Callan Rydz

Callan Rydz
Callan Rydz
Personal information
Nickname	The Riot
Born	3 July 1998 (age 26); Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Home town	Bedlington, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2013
Darts	22g Unicorn Contender Callan Rydz
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Hypersonic Missiles” by Sam Fender
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2017–
Current world ranking	41 1 (31 October 2024)
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Last 144: 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter-final: 2022
World Matchplay	Quarter-final: 2021
World Grand Prix	Last 32: 2021, 2022, 2023
UK Open	Last 16: 2022
European Ch'ship	Last 32: 2021
PC Finals	Quarter-final: 2022
Masters	Last 24: 2023
Other tournament wins
Finder Masters Youth	2014
PDC Challenge Tour	2019 (x2)
PDC Development Tour	2019, 2020
Players Championship (BAR)	2021, 2023
Players Championship (BOL)	2021

Callan Rydz (/rɪds/ born 3 July 1998, from Newcastle upon Tyne) is a professional English darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation events.

Darts career

At 2018 PDC Q-School he tried to win a tour card, however he missed out on the points table by virtue of countback. He played on the Challenge Tour and Development Tour throughout the year. As a result of his Development Tour exploits, he qualified for the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship and progressed through the early group stage. He managed to reach the semi-finals, including a victory over the #1 seed Luke Humphries but lost out 6–3 to eventual runner up Martin Schindler. He also tried to win a tour card in 2019 Q-School. He came in 10th place but didn't succeed due to countback. Rydz played extremely well hitting 39 180's in only 105 legs, a higher rate than Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson and Dave Chisnall in 2018.

Rydz qualified for the 2019 UK Open by winning through the amateur qualifier in Wolverhampton, but lost to Jamie Hughes in the first round.

On 21 April 2019 he won his first PDC title after picking up the eighth Development Tour title of 2019, beating Luke Humphries 5–2 in the final.

At the 17th Players Championship event of 2019, Rydz made his first Pro Tour appearance in 2 years, and marked it with a run to the quarter-finals. He defeated Stephen Burton, Chris Dobey, Steve Beaton and Brendan Dolan before losing 6–3 to eventual winner James Wade.

He followed up the Development Tour title with a Challenge Tour title on 11 August 2019 by seeing off David Evans 5–2 in the final. Rydz went to the top of the Challenge Tour Order of Merit on 28 September 2019 by winning Event 18, beating Cody Harris to win the title.

Rydz finished 2019 top of the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, meaning he gained a two-year PDC Tour Card and qualified for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship.

He made the quarter-finals of the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship on 4 November, but lost 6–2 to Adam Gawlas.

Rydz won his first Pro Tour title on 26 February 2021, winning the second event of the 2021 PDC Pro Tour, beating Jonny Clayton 8–7 in the final.

Rydz qualified for the 2021 World Matchplay, and on his debut he reached the quarter-finals, overcoming Glen Durrant 10–6, Rob Cross 11–8, before losing to Krzysztof Ratajski 16–8.

Personal life

He is a supporter of Newcastle United F.C..^[3]

World Championship results

PDC

2020: Second round (lost to Danny Noppert 2–3)
2021: Second round (lost to James Wade 0–3)
2022: Quarter-finals (lost to Peter Wright 4–5)
2023: Second round (lost to Josh Rock 0–3)

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	2016	2017	2018
BDO World Championship	DNP	DNQ	DNP
World Masters	2R	DNP	1R

PDC

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
PDC World Championship	DNP	DNQ			2R	2R	QF	2R
UK Open	DNP			1R	3R	5R	6R	5R
World Matchplay	DNP	DNQ				QF	1R	DNQ
World Grand Prix	DNP	DNQ				1R	1R	1R
European Championship	DNP	DNQ				1R	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	DNP	DNQ			3R	2R	QF
Non-ranked televised events
Masters	DNQ							1R
PDC World Youth Championship	1R	DNP	SF	QF	3R	2R	SF	DNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	137	148	93	68	36	23

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2017	GDC DNQ	GDM DNP	GDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDT 1R	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2018	EDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNP	DDM DNP	GDT DNP	DDO DNP	EDM DNP	GDC DNP	DDC DNP	IDO DNP	EDT DNP
2019	EDO DNP	GDC DNP	GDG DNP	GDO DNP	ADO DNP	EDG DNP	DDM DNP	DDO DNP	CDO DNQ	ADC DNQ	EDM DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDT DNP
2020	BDC 1R	GDC DNQ	EDG DNQ	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT 3R
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC 2R	GDG 2R	ADO 3R	EDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG 1R	DDC SF	EDM 2R	HDT 1R	GDO DNQ	BDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2023	BSD DNP	EDO DNP	IDO 1R	GDG 2R	ADO DNP	DDC DNP	BDO 1R	CDO 1R	EDG WD	EDM 2R	GDO	HDT	GDC

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Prel.	DNQ	DNP	NH	EX	WD

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Prel.) Preliminary round; (DNQ) Did not qualify; (DNP) Did not participate; (NH) Not held; (EX) Excluded; (WD) Withdrew

References

^ "Callan Rydz - Mastercaller".
^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
^ "Callan 'The Riot' Rydz's guest programme column". Newcastle United Football Club. Retrieved 21 December 2022.

External links

Callan Rydz player profile at Darts Orakel

[1] "Callan Rydz - Mastercaller".

[PDC_Rankings-2] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.

[3] "Callan 'The Riot' Rydz's guest programme column". Newcastle United Football Club. Retrieved 21 December 2022.

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