Ryan Searle (darts player)
Ryan Searle | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Nickname | Heavy Metal | ||||||
Born | [1] 21 October 1987 Wellington, Somerset, England | ||||||
Home town | Holcombe Rogus, Devon | ||||||
Darts information | |||||||
Darts | 32g Locker RS1 | ||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
Walk-on music | "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath | ||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
BDO | 2011–2016 | ||||||
PDC | 2016– | ||||||
Current world ranking | 37 | ||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||
World Masters | Last 16: 2013 | ||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2019 | ||||||
UK Open | Last 32: 2017 | ||||||
Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2018 | ||||||
PC Finals | Last 32: 2018 | ||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||
Players Championships
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Ryan Searle (born 21 October 1987) is a professional English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.
Career
He reached the last 16 of the 2013 BDO World Masters, after a controversial win over Richie George, when his winning dart at double 10 didn't actually hit the target, but referee Nick Rolls called 'game shot', ending the leg and giving Searle the match.
In 2016, he finished second on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit, thanks to winning 2 events along the way, which meant he automatically gained a PDC Tour Card.
In the PDC, Searle reached the 4th round of the World Championship on his debut in 2019, then the third round the following year where he led Gary Anderson 3-1 but was eventually defeated 4-3. The next season, Searle won his first Pro Tour title by beating world number one Michael van Gerwen 8-6 in the final of event 3.
Personal
Ryan has very bad eyesight. He often cannot even see where his darts land[2].
World Championship results
PDC
- 2019: Fourth round (lost to Michael Smith 1–4)
- 2020: Third round (lost to Gary Anderson 3–4)
Performance timeline
BDO
Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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BDO World Championship | DNQ | |||||
World Masters | 1R | DNP | 6R | DNP | 3R | DNP |
PDC
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||||
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PDC World Championship | BDO | DNQ | 4R | 3R | ||||||||
UK Open | DNP | 4R | DNQ | 4R | ||||||||
Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | RR | DNQ | |||||||||
Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 1R | 2R | 1R | ||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | - | 85 | 50 | 52 |