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 seven World Championships (three BDO, and four 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. 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 won 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.
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.
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. 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. Kenny lost to defending champion Luke Humphries 4–0 in the third round.
In March 2025, Kenny signed for Red Dragon Darts.
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) 2026: First round (lost to Justin Hood 0–3)
Performance timeline BDO Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020BDO Ranked televised events Did not qualify 1R 1R DNQ 1R World TrophyNot held DNQ 2R SF DNQ 2R NH World Masters L272 L144 L16 L144 L272 L32 L272 DNP NH
PDC Tournament 2011 2012 2015 2016 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026PDC Ranked televised events World ChampionshipDid not participateBDO 2R 1RDNPDNQ 3R 1R World MastersNHDid not qualify Prel. Prel. UK OpenDid not participate 2R 3RDNP 2R 4R 4R 3R Did not participate DNQDNPDNQ 1R 2RPDC Non-ranked televised events World CupDid not participateQF 1R 2R 2R 1RDid not participateCareer statisticsSeason-end rankingNot ranked8974NR1306559
PDC European Tour Tournament 2023 2024 2025 2026Austrian Darts Open2RDNQDNQ1RGerman Darts ChampionshipDNQQFDNQNH
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 2020BAR4RBAR2RWIG1RWIG4RWIG1RWIG1RBAR2RBAR1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RNIE1RNIE1RNIESFNIE1RNIE1RCOV1RCOV1RCOV1RCOV2RCOV2R 2021BOL2RBOL1RBOL1RBOL3RMIL2RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RNIE3RNIE1RNIE2RNIE1RMIL2RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RCOV1RCOV1RCOV1RCOV2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR4RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR2R 2022Not a Tour card holderDid not participate 2023BAR2RBAR3RBAR1RBAR1RBARDNPHIL1RHIL1RWIG1RWIG1RLEI1RLEI2RHIL2RHIL2RLEI1RLEI1RHIL3RHIL3RBAR1RBARDNPBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2R 2024WIGQFWIG1RLEI1RLEI2RHIL2RHIL1RLEI2RLEI1RHIL2RHIL1RHIL3RHIL1RMIL3RMIL2RMIL1RMIL1RMIL4RMIL1RMIL3RWIG1RWIG2RLEI2RLEI1RWIG2RWIG1RWIG2RWIG2RWIG1RLEI1RLEI2R 2025WIG2RWIG4RROSSFROS4RLEI1RLEI1RHIL3RHIL4RLEI1RLEI2RLEI1RLEI1RROS3RROS2RHIL2RHIL1RLEI1RLEI1RLEI2RHIL2RHIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL4RHIL1RHIL1RLEI2RLEI3RLEI2RWIG1RWIG1RWIG2RWIG1RWIG3R 2026HIL3RHIL3RWIG1RWIG1RLEI2RLEI1RLEI2RLEI1RWIG2RWIG2RMIL1RMIL2RHIL1RHIL1RLEI3RLEI2RLEI1RLEI2RMIL1RMIL1RWIG1RWIG1RLEI1RLEI2RHIL2RHIL2RLEI3RLEI2RROS1RROS1RROSROSLEILEI
References
External links
Nick Kenny player profile at Mastercaller