Keane Barry | |
Fullname: | Keane Neill Barry |
Nickname: | "Dynamite" |
Birth Date: | 2002 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Duleek, County Meath, Ireland |
Hometown: | Duleek, Ireland |
Since: | 2006 |
Darts: | 24g Target |
Laterality: | Right-handed |
Music: | "TNT" by AC/DC |
Bdo: | 2016–2020 |
Pdc: | 2020– (Tour Card: 2021-) |
Pdc World: | Last 64: 2022, 2024 |
European: | Last 32: 2021, 2023 |
Uk Open: | Semi-final: 2022 |
Pc Finals: | Last 16: 2022 |
Results: | Youth events |
Keane Neill Barry[1] (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.
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[2] and won the final of the Tom Kirby Irish Matchplay, beating Liam Gallagher. He qualified for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship.[3] He defeated Adam Gawlas in the 2019 JDC World Championship final.[4] He beat Leighton Bennett 3–0 in the 2020 BDO World Youth Championships final.[5]
Barry made the semi-finals of the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship, where he lost 6–2 to Luke Humphries.[6]
He beat Adam Gawlas to become the 2020 Junior Darts Corporation World Champions.
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.[7]
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.
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 | |||||||||
Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 1R | 3R | DNQ | |||||||||
PDC Non-major televised events | |||||||||||||
PDC World Cup of Darts | DNQ | RR | |||||||||||
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 | EDO | GDC | FDT | HDT | SDT | CDO |
Performance timeline legend | ||||||
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DNP | Did not play in the event |
| lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin) | QF | lost in the quarter-finals | |
SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |