Johnny Haines

Johnny Haines
Personal information
Nickname The Punk
Born 19 July 1964
Swindon
Home town Swindon
England
Darts information
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Pretty Vacant by The Sex Pistols
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2012–
Current world ranking 96
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2013
UK Open Last 64: 2009
Other tournament wins
Hampshire Open 2011

Johnny Haines (born 19 July 1964) is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events. His nickname is The Punk and he qualified for the PDC Pro Tour via Q School in 2012 and 2015.

Career

Haines made his television debut at the 2009 UK Open at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton qualifying as an amateur. He lost 7–9 to Mark Dudbridge in the last 64 earning himself £1,000 in the process.

Haines' best result of 2012 was getting to the quarter-finals of the Dutch Darts Masters in Nuland by defeating Peter Wright, Raymond van Barneveld and Jamie Caven along the way before losing 2–6 in the quarter-final to Simon Whitlock.[1]

Haines qualified for the World Championship by finishing 41st on the 2012 ProTour Order of Merit,[2] claiming the 10th of 16 spots that were awarded to non-qualified players.[3] In his first appearance at the World Championship he lost to world number six Wes Newton 0–3 in the first round after missing a series of crucial doubles.[4] Haines was ranked world number 65 after the tournament.[5] The deepest run in a tournament Haines could achieve in 2013 came in the second UK Open Qualifier where he lost 6–1 in the last 16 versus Peter Wright.[6] This result saw him qualify for the UK Open and Haines beat Nigel Daniels 5–1, but lost 5–2 to William O'Connor in the second round.[7] Haines could only reach the last 32 of one tournament during the rest of the year.[6]

Haines just hung on to his position on the tour by starting 2014 64th on the Order of Merit, claiming the final automatic place available.[8] At the UK Open he lost 5–4 to Nigel Heydon in the second round.[9] At the seventh Players Championship he advanced to the last 16 for the first time in over a year by winning three games which included a 6–2 victory over Raymond van Barneveld, but he lost 6–3 to Ben Ward.[10] Haines hit a nine-dart finish at the 10th event during a win over Jelle Klaasen to reach the last 16 once more, where he was beaten 6–4 by Dean Winstanley.[11] Haines beat Denis Ovens and Peter Wright both 6–4 in the opening rounds of the Gibraltar Darts Trophy and was 4–1 ahead of Steve Beaton in the third round but missed multiple match darts to be defeated 6–5.[12][13] He missed out on qualifying for the 2015 World Championship by just £500 on the Pro Tour Order of Merit.[14]

Haines dropped to world number 76 in January 2015 meaning he needed to enter Q School to win his place back on the PDC tour.[15] He reached the last 16 once during the four days of play and went on to finish inside the top 18 on the Order of Merit to earn a fresh two-year tour card.[16]

World Championship results

PDC

References

  1. ↑ "Johnny Haines 2012". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "ProTour Order of Merit". PDC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "2013 PDC World Championship Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Ladbrokes WDC Day Five". PDC. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Order of Merit on 1 January 2013". PDC. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Johnny Haines 2013". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Speedy Services UK Open - Thursday". PDC. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Order of Merit on 2 January 2014". PDC. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC. 7 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "Thornton Denies Brown In Wigan". PDC. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  11. ↑ "Jenkins Returns To Winners' Circle". PDC. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "2014 PDC Gibraltar Darts Trophy Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Third Round". PDC. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  14. ↑ "2014 Pro Tour Order of Merit". PDC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  15. ↑ "Order of Merit on 5 January 2015". PDC. Archived from the original on 17 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

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