Ryan Meikle
| Ryan Thomas Meikle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Meikle in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | The Barber | ||
| Born | 13 August 1996 Ipswich, Suffolk, England | ||
| Home town | Leiston, Suffolk, England | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 2014 | ||
| Darts | 22g Red Dragon Amberjacks | ||
| Laterality | Left-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "Take Me Out" by Franz Ferdinand | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| PDC | 2015– | ||
| Current world ranking | 60  1 (23 June 2024)[1] | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2020, 2021 | ||
| UK Open | Last 32: 2018 | ||
| PC Finals | Last 16: 2019 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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Ryan Meikle (born 13 August 1996) is an English professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
Career
Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, Meikle is a barber by trade, hence his nickname of "The Barber". He won a PDC Pro Tour card by qualifying from the second day of Q School in 2016.[2]
He made his PDC European Tour debut in the 2016 International Darts Open in Riesa, Germany, where he whitewashed Austrian Michael Rasztovits 6–0 thanks to an opening 151 checkout. He was scheduled to play world number one Michael van Gerwen in the next round, but an ankle injury forced Van Gerwen to withdraw, giving Meikle a bye to round three, where he lost 6–2 to Yordi Meeuwisse.[3]
In 2018, he won his second PDC Development Tour title, defeating Rowby-John Rodriguez 5–3 in the final of Development Tour 11 in Wigan.
Meikle made the semi-finals of the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship but lost 6–3 to Adam Gawlas.
World Championship results
PDC
- 2020: First round (lost to Yuki Yamada 1–3)
- 2021: First round (lost to Keegan Brown 0–3)
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC World Championship | Did not qualify | 1R | 1R | ||
| UK Open | 2R | 4R | 2R | 1R | |
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 3R | 1R | ||
References
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "2016 PDC Qualifying School Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "2016 PDC International Darts Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
External links
- Player profile on Ryan Meikle from Dartsdatabase