Johnny Haines | |||
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Personal information | |||
Nickname | The Punk | ||
Born |
Swindon |
19 July 1964 ||
Home town |
Swindon England |
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Darts information | |||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||
Walk-on music | Pretty Vacant by The Sex Pistols | ||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
PDC | 2012– | ||
Current world ranking | 95 | ||
PDC premier events - best performances | |||
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2013 | ||
UK Open | Last 64: 2009, 2017 | ||
Other tournament wins | |||
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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.
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.
Haines qualified for the World Championship by finishing 41st on the 2012 ProTour Order of Merit, claiming the 10th of 16 spots that were awarded to non-qualified players. 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. Haines was ranked world number 65 after the tournament. 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. 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. Haines could only reach the last 32 of one tournament during the rest of the year.