Nick Kenny
Personal information
Born (1993-03-13) 13 March 1993
Newport, Wales
Home townCwmbran, Wales
Darts information
Playing darts since2011
Darts24 Gram
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Song 2" by Blur
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2012–2020
PDC2020–
WDF2022
Current world ranking129 Decrease 7 (3 January 2024)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2017, 2018, 2020
World MastersQuarter Final: 2022
World TrophySemi Finals: 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2021
UK OpenLast 96: 2021
Other tournament wins
BDO International Open 2016
Belgium Open 2019
Bruges Open 2019
French Open 2019
Helvetia Open 2018
Jersey Open 2016
PDC Development Tour England 2014 (x2)
WDF Europe Youth Cup 2010
WDF World Cup Team 2019
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing  Wales
WDF Europe Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Gandía Men's pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Gandía Men's overall

Nick Kenny (born 13 March 1993) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He earned a bronze medal in the WDF Europe Cup.

Career

Kenny won the WDF European Cup youth Singles in 2010. In 2016 he qualified for the BDO World Trophy but was defeated by Mark McGeeney 7-6 in the last 16 of the competition, having beaten fifth seed Wesley Harms in the first round. Kenny faced first seed Glen Durrant in the first round of the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship, he lost 3–1.

Kenny won a two-year PDC Tour Card on the final day of 2020 Q-School. During his first season he appeared on 2020 UK Open, where he was eliminated in the second round. He was unable to qualify for other major tournaments throughout the year, but he won the UK Tour Card Holders' Qualifier and secured his spot on 2021 PDC World Darts Championship. In his debut he faced Dutchman Derk Telnekes and won in the deciding set 3-2. In the second round he lost to another Dutchman, Jermaine Wattimena 1-3 on sets. After the first year with the Tour card, Kenny earned £23 000 and placed 89th in the PDC Order of Merit.

In 2021 he appeared on 2021 UK Open, where he was seeded into the second round. There he won over Ryan Meikle in the deciding leg 6-5, in the third round he lost in another deciding leg 5-6 to Kai Fan Leung. In November he qualified for the second time in the row via PDPA Qualifier and secured his spot at 2022 PDC World Darts Championship. Being outside of top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit, Kenny had to win at least the first round to keep alive the chance for securing his Tour card. He lost in the first round 0-3 to Rowby-John Rodriguez, placing 74th in the ranking and lost his Tour card.

On 15 January 2023, Nick regained a two-year PDC Tour Card on the final day of Q-School, finishing 4th in the Order of Merit.

World Championship results

BDO/WDF

PDC

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament201220132014201520162017201820192020
BDO World Championship DNQ 1R 1R DNQ 1R
BDO World Trophy Not held DNQ 2R SF DNQ 2R PDC
Winmau World Masters L272 L144 L16 L144 L272 L32 L272 DNP PDC

PDC

Tournament2020202120222023
PDC World Championship BDO 2R 1R DNQ
UK Open 2R 3R DNQ 2R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 89 74 -


PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2020 BDC
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
2021 HDT
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
DNQ
GDC
DNP
GDG
DNP
ADO
DNP
EDO
DNP
CDO
DNP
EDG
DNP
DDC
DNP
EDM
DNP
HDT
DNP
GDO
DNP
BDO
DNP
GDT
DNP
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
2R
DDC
DNQ
BDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
EDM
GDO
HDT
GDC


Performance Table Legend
DNP Did not play at the event DNQ Did not qualify for the event NYF Not yet founded #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF lost in the quarter-finals SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament

References

  1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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