Conan Whitehead
| Conan Whitehead | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||||||
| Nickname | "The Barbarian" | ||||||
| Born | 18 February 1986 Dartford, Kent, England | ||||||
| Home town | Gillingham, Kent, England | ||||||
| Darts information | |||||||
| Playing darts since | 2007 | ||||||
| Darts | 23g One80 | ||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
| Walk-on music | "Lets Get Ready to Rumble!" by Jock Jams | ||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
| BDO | 2007–2011, 2016–2019 | ||||||
| PDC | 2011–2015, 2019– | ||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||
| World Championship | Quarter-final: 2019 | ||||||
| World Masters | Last 72: 2009 | ||||||
| World Trophy | Quarter-final: 2017 | ||||||
| Finder Masters | Quarter-final: 2018 | ||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2013 | ||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||
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Conan Whitehead (born 18 February 1986) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former quarter-finalist of the BDO World Darts Championship.
Career
Whitehead has competed in numerous competitions throughout his career, starting in 2008. In 2009, he won the 2009 Kent Open, beating Steve Douglas in the final. Since then, he has only been in one other final. This was in the 2016 England Open where he lost 3–6 to Glen Durrant. He reached the quarter-final of the 2017 BDO World Trophy, his best TV major performance to date. This was equalled at his third appearance at the BDO World Darts Championship (in 2019) where he knocked out top-seed Mark McGeeney before losing to Scott Waites in the quarter-finals.
PDC
In January 2019, Whitehead entered PDC UK Q-School and did enough to earn a two-year tour card by finishing in the top 11 of the Order of Merit.
World Championship results
BDO
- 2017: First round (lost to Darius Labanauskas 1–3)
- 2018: Second round (lost to Jim Williams 3–4)
- 2019: Quarter-final (lost to Scott Waites 3–5)
Performance timeline
BDO
| Tournament | 2009 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDO World Championship | DNQ | 1R | 2R | |
| BDO World Trophy | NH | DNQ | QF | 1R |
| World Masters | L72 | L272 | L272 | L144 |
| Zuiderduin Masters | DNP | RR | RR | QF |
PDC
| Tournament | 2011 | 2013 | 2014 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Open | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
CRA 3R |
CRA 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
CRA DNP |
COV 2R |
COV 1R |
CRA 1R |
CRA 1R |
DUB 1R |
DUB 1R |
CRA 1R |
CRA 2R |
COV 2R |
COV 3R | |||||||||||
| 2015 | BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 2R |
COV 1R |
CRA 1R |
CRA 1R |
Did not participate | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
HIL 4R |
HIL 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
DUB 1R |
DUB 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
| 2020 | BAR 4R |
BAR 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 1R |
COV QF |
COV 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 2R | |||||||
| 2023 | Did not participate | LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
Did not participate | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Key
| 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 | ||