Nicholas Kenny (born 13 March 1993) is a

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professional

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player who currently plays in

Professional Darts Corporation The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is a professional darts organisation in the United Kingdom, established in 1992 when a group of leading players split from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form what was initially called the World ...

Events. He took a Bronze medal in the

WDF Europe Cup The WDF Europe Cup is a darts tournament held biennially since 1978. The tournament consists of a team championship, a pairs championship and a singles championship. All events have a men's competition, and a women's competition (since 1982). Tou ...

Career

Kenny won the WDF European Cup youth Singles in 2010. In 2016 he qualified for the

BDO World Trophy The BDO World Trophy was a major darts tournament run by the British Darts Organisation, hosted originally in February 2014 at Blackpool Tower, before it was held in May from 2016–18 in various locations. In 2019, it was held in King George's ...

but was defeated by

Mark McGeeney Mark McGeeney (born 28 June 1972) is an English professional darts player from Coventry, Warwickshire. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career BDO In August 2010, McGeeney won the Weoley Castle Open, beati ...

7-6 in the last 16 of the competition, having beaten fifth seed

Wesley Harms Wesley Harms (born 11 June 1984) is a Dutch former professional darts player. Career Harms won the BDO International Open in 2011, defeating Stephen Bunting in the final. Harms qualified for the 2012 BDO World Darts Championship as the 13th s ...

in the first round. Kenny faced first seed

Glen Durrant Glen Durrant (born 24 November 1970), nicknamed "Duzza", is an English former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously won the BDO World Darts Championship three times consecutively fr ...

in the first round of the

2017 BDO World Darts Championship The 2017 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 40th World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 32nd staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green. Format and qualifiers The cutoff for qualif ...

, 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 Derk Telnekes (born April 28, 1995) is a Dutch darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career In 2017, Telnekes won the Belgium Open. He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship as one of the playoff qual ...

and won in the deciding set 3-2. In the second round he lost to another Dutchman,

Jermaine Wattimena Jermaine Wattimena (born 9 March 1988) is a Dutch darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments. Career Wattimena won the first event he entered as he claimed the 2008 Malta Open by beating Vincent Busuttil in t ...

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 Ryan Meikle ( born 13 August 1996) is an English professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, Meikle is a barber by trade, hence his nickname of "The Barber". He wo ...

in the deciding leg 6-5, in the third round he lost in another deciding leg 5-6 to

Kai Fan Leung Kai Fan Leung (born 11 September 1983) is a Hong Kong professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Career In 2017, he qualified for the UK Open, losing in the first round ...

. 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 Rowby-John Rodriguez (born 27 March 1994) is an Austrian professional darts player currently playing in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career In 2010, as a 16-year-old, Rodriguez won the Austrian National Championship by bea ...

, placing 74th in the ranking and lost his Tour card. On 15th 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

* 2017: First round (lost to

1–3) * 2018: First round (lost to

Willem Mandigers Willem Mandigers (born 4 June 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in World Darts Federation events. Career Mandigers won the Turkish Open in 2014. At the 2014 World Masters he lost to Robbie Green in the first round 3–1. H ...

0–3) * 2020: First round (lost to

Dennie Olde Kalter Dennie Olde Kalter (born 22 October 1991) is a Dutch professional darts player who mainly plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Career In September 2019, Olde Kalter qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship, where he beat ...

2–3)

PDC

* 2021: Second round (lost to

1–3) * 2022: First round (lost to

0–3)

Performance timeline

BDO PDC PDC European Tour

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kenny, Nick Living people Welsh darts players British Darts Organisation players Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders 1993 births