Shane O'Connor (darts player)
Irish darts player
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shane O'Connor (born 4 December 1985)[citation needed] is an Irish former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation events.
| Shane O'Connor | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | "Maverick" |
| Born | 4 December 1985 Dublin, Ireland |
| Home town | Tallaght, Ireland[1] |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 2004 |
| Darts | 24 gram Unicorn George noble |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | "The Boys Are Back in Town" by Thin Lizzy |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2004-2006 |
| PDC | 2006–2018 (Tour Card: 2011) |
| WDF major events – best performances | |
| World Masters | Last 192: 2006 |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| World Championship | Last 70: 2009 |
| UK Open | Last 96: 2011 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Ireland Players Championship PDC Qualifying School Irish Qualifier Sky Bets Tournament Kells Co Kilkenny Tom Kirby Memorial Trophy West Coast Classic | 2010 2010 2010 2008 2013 |
Darts career
O'Connor won the 2008 Irish Matchplay which earned him a place in the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship. He later reached the semi-finals of the Gleneagle Irish Masters, beating Jacko Barry 4-0 and Tony Eccles 5–0, eventually losing 5-4 to the eventual winner Michael van Gerwen.
O'Connor was drawn against David Fatum in the preliminary round, being beaten 6–4.[citation needed]
He won a 2-year PDC Tour Card at Q-School in 2011 but declined the card for the 2012 season, with his place reallocated via the Q-School Order of Merit.
World Championship results
PDC
- 2008: Last 70 (lost to David Fatum 4-6) (legs)
Personal life
O'Connor was not a full-time professional and makes his living as a scaffolder.
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||||||||||||||
| PDC World Championship | DNQ | PR | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | DNQ | 2R | |||||||||||||||||
| BDO Ranked televised events | |||||||||||||||||||
| Winmau World Masters | 1R | DNP | |||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking (PDC) | - | - | - | 103 | - | 106 | |||||||||||||
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 | 31 | 32 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Did not participate | KIL 1R |
DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Did not participate | DUB 2R |
DUB 2R |
IRV 2R |
IRV 3R |
KIR DNP |
KIL 3R |
LEI DNP |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Did not participate | LVE 2R |
Did not participate | DUB 3R |
DUB 1R |
KIL 1R |
NUL DNP |
IRV 1R |
IRV 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | HAL 3R |
HAL 2R |
DER 2R |
DER 2R |
CRA 2R |
CRA 2R |
VIE 1R |
VIE 1R |
CRA DNP |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
NUL 2R |
NUL 2R |
DNP | DUB 3R |
DUB 2R |
KIL 1R |
DNP | CRA 1R |
CRA 2R |
WIG DNP |
||||||||||||
| 2013 [nb 1] |
Did not participate | KIL PR |
KIL PR |
DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Not a Tour card holder
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
