Conan Whitehead
{{short description|English darts player}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2020}}{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox darts player
| name = Conan Whitehead
| image =
| fullname = Conan Whitehead
| nickname = "The Barbarian"
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|2|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Dartford, Kent, England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| hometown = Gillingham, Kent, England
| since = 2007
| darts = 23g One80
| laterality = Right-handed
| music = "Lets Get Ready to Rumble!" by Jock Jams
| BDO = 2007–2011, 2016–2019
| PDC = 2011–2015, 2019–
| currentrank =
| BDO World = Quarter Final: 2019
| World Masters = Last 72: 2009
| World Darts Trophy = Quarter Final: 2017
| Int. Darts League =
| Zuiderduin Masters = Quarter Final: 2018
| Matchplay =
| Grand Prix =
| UK Open = Last 64: 2013
| Vegas =
| Premier League =
| US Open =
| results = {{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap
| Kent Open | 2009
| PDC Challenge Tour | 2023
| MODUS Super Series 1 | 2023
}}
}}
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
class="wikitable" | |||||||||||
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2024 |
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style="background:#efefef;" | {{Nowrap|BDO World Championship}}
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R |colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| NH | |||||||||||
style="background:#efefef;" | BDO World Trophy
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |Not held | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R |colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| NH | |||||||||||
style="background:#efefef;" | Winmau World Masters
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| L72 | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Did not play | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| L272 | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| L272 | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| L144 | colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| NH | |||||||||||
style="background:#efefef;" | {{Nowrap|Zuiderduin Masters}}
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Did not play | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | RR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | RR | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF | colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| NH | |||||||||||
style="background:#efefef;" | UK Open
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Did not play | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | colspan="1" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 3R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Did not play | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R |
class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;" |
style="background:#efefef;"
! colspan="8"|Performance Table Legend |
style="color:#ccc; text-align:center; width:30px;"|DNP
| Did not play at the event | style="color:#ccc; text-align:center; width:30px;"|DNQ | Did not qualify for the event | style="color:#ccc; text-align:center; width:30px;"|NYF | Not yet founded | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|L# | lost in the early rounds of the tournament |
style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF
| lost in the quarter-finals | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF | lost in the semi-finals | style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|RU | lost in the final | style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|W | won the tournament |
References
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External links
- {{DartsOrakel|Conan Whitehead}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Whitehead, Conan}}
Category:English darts players
Category:British Darts Organisation players
Category:Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders