Keane Barry
Keane Barry | |||||||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Keane Neill Barry | ||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Dynamite" | ||||||||||||||||||
Born | 25 June 2002 Duleek, County Meath, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Duleek, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
Darts | 24g Target | ||||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "TNT" by AC/DC | ||||||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||
BDO | 2016–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
PDC | 2020– (Tour Card: 2021-) | ||||||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | 47 3 (17 November 2024)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2022, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | Semi-final: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2021, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
PC Finals | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
World Series Finals | Last 32: 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth events
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Keane Neill Barry[2] (born 25 June 2002) is an Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and Youth Development Tour events. He was the World Masters Youth Champion and BDO World Youth Champion.
Career
[edit]Barry won the 2019 World Boys Masters, defeating Charlie Manby of England, having previously been runner-up in 2017 and 2018. He is the only player ever to qualify for 3 World Boys Masters finals. In 2019, Barry won the Junior Darts Corporation International Open, beating Nathan Girvan[3] and won the final of the Tom Kirby Irish Matchplay, beating Liam Gallagher. He qualified for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship.[4] He defeated Adam Gawlas in the 2019 JDC World Championship final.[5] He beat Leighton Bennett 3–0 in the 2020 BDO World Youth Championships final.[6]
Barry made the semi-finals of the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship, where he lost 6–2 to Luke Humphries.[7]
He beat Adam Gawlas to become the 2020 Junior Darts Corporation World Champions.
PDC
[edit]In January 2020, Barry went to PDC UK Q-School. On the fourth day, he reached the final where he played two-time BDO World Champion Scott Waites for a tour card, which Keane lost 0–5. He spent 2020 competing in Development Tour and Challenge Tour events with three victories in four finals across the 20 events. He finished second on the 2020 Development Tour Order of Merit to secure a two-year PDC tour card for 2021/2022.[8]
In the 2022 UK Open Barry beat defending champion James Wade 10–4 in the quarter-finals. Barry lost in the semi-final 6–11 to Michael Smith.
World Championship results
[edit]PDC
[edit]- 2020: First round (lost to Vincent van der Voort 0–3)
- 2021: First round (lost to Jeff Smith 1–3)
- 2022: Second round (lost to Jonny Clayton 2–3)
- 2023: First round (lost to Grant Sampson 1–3)
- 2024: Second round (lost to Michael van Gerwen 0–3)
Performance timeline
[edit]Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||
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PDC Major televised events | |||||||||||||
PDC World Championship | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | ||||||||
UK Open | 1R | 3R | SF | 4R | 6R | ||||||||
European Championship | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||
Grand Slam of Darts | Did not qualify | RR | |||||||||||
Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 1R | 3R | DNQ | |||||||||
PDC Non-ranked televised events | |||||||||||||
PDC World Cup of Darts | Did not qualify | RR | RR | ||||||||||
World Series of Darts Finals | Did not qualify | 1R | |||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | 118 | 72 | 45 | 41 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2021 | HDT 3R |
GDT 1R | |||||||||||
2022 | IDO 2R |
GDC DNQ |
GDG 3R |
ADO DNQ |
EDO 1R |
CDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDO 1R |
BDO 2R |
GDT 1R |
2023 | BSD DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDG QF |
ADO DNQ |
DDC QF |
BDO 2R |
CDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
EDM 2R |
GDO DNQ |
HDT 2R |
GDC DNQ |
2024 | BDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDG 2R |
ADO DNQ |
BSD DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
FDT DNQ |
HDT 2R |
SDT DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. |
Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round |
DQ | Disqualified |
DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded |
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Keane Barry Player Profile". www.dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ Allen, Dave. "Netherlands & Barry share JDC wins". pdc.tv. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ Allen, Dave. "2019 BoyleSports World Grand Prix Final". pdc.tv. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "Barry wins JDC World Youth Championship defeating Gawlas in final - Darts News". Archived from the original on 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Barry defeats Bennett to claim 2020 BDO World Youth Championship title - Darts News". Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "2019 Unicorn World Youth Championship Last 96".
- ^ "Barry & Berry win Tour Cards as Development Tour concludes".