Nick Kenny (born 13 March 1993) is a Welsh professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a multi-medallist in both the WDF World Cup and the WDF Europe Cup and won 2 titles on the PDC Development Tour. He also reached the quarter-finals at the 2022 World Masters and the semi finals at the 2017 BDO World Trophy. He has competed in six World Championships (three BDO, and three PDC), reaching the last 32 on four occasions.
Career
Kenny won the WDF Europe Youth Cup 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, losing 3–1 in sets.
Kenny won a two-year PDC Tour Card on the final day of 2020's Q-School.[2] He made his UK Open debut at the 2020 event, where he was eliminated in the second round. He was unable to qualify for any major events other than the World Championship, through the PDPA UK Qualifier, defeating James Wilson 7–6 to make his debut at the Alexandra Palace. In the first round he faced Dutchman Derk Telnekes and 3–2 in a deciding set. In the second round, he lost to Jermaine Wattimena, 3–1 in sets. After his first year with a PDC Tour Card, Kenny had earned £23,000 in ranking money and ended the year 89th on the PDC Order of Merit.
In 2021, he played at the 2021 UK Open, where he was seeded into the second round. There he defeated Ryan Meikle 6–5 in a deciding leg. In the third round he lost to Kai Fan Leung 6–5 in another last leg decider. Kenny secured his spot at the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship through the PDPA Tour Card Holder Qualifier, defeating Gordon Mathers 7–3 in his final match.[3]
Being outside of the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit before the World Championship, Kenny had to win a his first round game in order to keep alive the chances of keeping his Tour Card. However he was whitewashed 3–0 by Rowby-John Rodriguez, ending the year 74th on the Order of Merit, therefore losing his Tour Card.
On 15 January 2023, Kenny regained a two-year PDC Tour Card on the final day of Q-School, finishing 4th in the UK Q-School Order of Merit.[4]
Kenny replaced Dom Taylor at the 2024 Players Championship Finals after Taylor was suspended by the Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) for failing a drugs test.[5] In the first round, he lost 6–5 to Michael Smith. Kenny qualified for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, where he beat Stowe Buntz 3–0 in the first round before eliminating five-time World Champion Raymond van Barneveld 3–1 in the next round, meaning he would keep his Tour Card.[6][7] Kenny lost to defending champion Luke Humphries 4–0 in the third round.
World Championship results
BDO
- 2017: First round (lost to Glen Durrant 1–3)
- 2018: First round (lost to Willem Mandigers 0–3)
- 2020: First round (lost to Dennie Olde Kalter 2–3)
PDC
- 2021: Second round (lost to Jermaine Wattimena 1–3)
- 2022: First round (lost to Rowby-John Rodriguez 0–3)
- 2025: Third round (lost to Luke Humphries 0–4)
Performance timeline
BDO
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championship | DNQ | 1R | 1R | DNQ | 1R | ||||
| World Trophy | Not held | DNQ | 2R | SF | DNQ | 2R | NH | ||
| Winmau World Masters | L272 | L144 | L16 | L144 | L272 | L32 | L272 | DNP | NH |
PDC
| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2015 | 2016 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Did not participate | BDO | 2R | 1R | DNP | DNQ | 3R | ||||||||||||
| World Masters | NH | Did not qualify | Prel. | ||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Did not participate | 2R | 3R | DNP | 2R | 4R | 4R | ||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | Did not participate | DNQ | DNP | DNQ | 1R | ||||||||||||||
| Non-ranked televised events | |||||||||||||||||||
| PDC World Youth Championship | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | Did not participate | ||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||
| Season-end ranking | Not ranked | 89 | 74 | NR | 130 | 65 | |||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | DNQ | ADO 2R |
Did not qualify | ||||||||||
| 2024 | Did not qualify | GDC QF |
Did not qualify | ||||||||||
PDC Players Championships
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | BAR 4R |
BAR 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 4R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 1R |
NIE SF |
NIE 1R |
NIE 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 2R |
COV 2R | |||||||||||
| 2021 | BOL 2R |
BOL 1R |
BOL 1R |
BOL 3R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
NIE 3R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R | ||||
| 2022[nb 1] | Did not participate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
DNP | HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 3R |
BAR 1R |
DNP | BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R | ||||||
| 2024 | WIG QF |
WIG 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 1R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 4R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 3R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R | ||||
| 2025 | WIG 2R |
WIG 4R |
ROS SF |
ROS 4R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 4R |
LEI |
LEI |
LEI |
LEI |
ROS |
ROS |
HIL |
HIL |
LEI |
LEI |
LEI |
HIL |
HIL |
MIL |
MIL |
MIL |
HIL |
HIL |
LEI |
LEI |
LEI |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
- ^ Not a Tour card holder
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# |
Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Scott Waites and Wesley Harms among PDC Tour Card winners at Q-School". Sky Sports. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Phillips, Josh (29 November 2021). "Wilson, Krcmar & Kenny claim final World Championship places". PDC. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ "Fallon Sherrock misses out on PDC Tour card after early exit on last day of Q-School Final Stage". Sky Sports. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ "Statement: Dom Taylor". PDC. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ "World Darts Championship: Raymond van Barneveld exits in Round 2". ESPN. 21 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (22 December 2024). ""He didn't play his best game, but who cares" - Nick Kenny secures Tour Card with biggest win of his career over 'Barney' at World Darts Championship". Darts News. Retrieved 30 December 2024.