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, England | ||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||
Darts | 32g Harrows signature | ||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||
Walk-on music | "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath | ||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||
BDO | 2011–2016 | ||||||||
PDC | 2016– (Tour Card: 2017–) | ||||||||
Current world ranking | 16 3 (27 October 2024)[2] | ||||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||
World Masters | Last 16: 2013 | ||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2019, 2021, 2022 | ||||||||
World Matchplay | Quarter Final: 2023 | ||||||||
World Grand Prix | Quarter Final: 2021 | ||||||||
UK Open | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||
Grand Slam | Last 16: 2023 | ||||||||
European Ch'ship | Last 16: 2021, 2022, 2024 | ||||||||
PC Finals | Runner Up: 2021 | ||||||||
Masters | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||
Players Championships
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Ryan Searle (born 21 October 1987) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
[edit]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 did not 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 two events along the way, which meant he automatically gained a PDC Tour Card.
In the PDC, Searle reached the fourth 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 3–4. 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.
Searle made his first appearance in a PDC major quarter-final at the 2021 World Grand Prix, following victories over Dimitri Van den Bergh and Luke Humphries. He lost to Stephen Bunting in the quarter-finals, by a score of 3–1 in sets.[3]
Searle hit a first televised nine-dart finish at the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts in a final group match victory over Nathan Rafferty.[4]
In January 2024 it was announced that Ryan's had left Loxley Darts at the end of his 3 year deal, shortly afterwards it was announced on the 17th January that he had signed with Harrow darts which coincided with the release of his new signature darts, shirt and merchandise. The same year, he was one of the participants on the Masters. However, he lost in the first round to Dirk van Duijvenbode.
On the 2024 PDC Pro Tour, Searle was runner-up in Players Championships 1 & 2, losing to Luke Littler 8–7 and Gary Anderson 8–5 in the respective finals.[5][6] The following week at Players Championship 3, he defeated Anderson 8–7 in a repeat of the previous event's final to win his first event in a year.[7][8]
Personal life
[edit]Searle has astigmatism. He often cannot even see where his darts land.[9]
World Championship results
[edit]PDC
[edit]- 2019: Fourth round (lost to Michael Smith 1–4)
- 2020: Third round (lost to Gary Anderson 3–4)
- 2021: Fourth round (lost to Stephen Bunting 3–4)
- 2022: Fourth round (lost to Peter Wright 1–4)
- 2023: Third round (lost to José de Sousa 3–4)
- 2024: Third round (lost to Joe Cullen 2–4)
PDC career finals
[edit]PDC major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)
[edit]Legend |
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Players Championship Finals (0–1) |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2021 | Players Championship Finals | Peter Wright | 10–11 (l) |
- ^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
Performance timeline
[edit]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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||
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PDC World Championship | BDO | DNQ | 4R | 3R | 4R | 4R | 3R | 3R | ||||
UK Open | DNP | 4R | DNQ | 4R | 4R | 5R | 6R | 4R | 4R | |||
World Matchplay | DNQ | 1R | 1R | QF | 2R | |||||||
World Grand Prix | DNQ | 1R | QF | 1R | 2R | 1R | ||||||
European Championship | DNQ | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | |||||||
Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | RR | DNQ | RR | DNQ | RR | 2R | |||||
Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | F | 3R | 3R | ||||
Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||||
Masters | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | ||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | - | 85 | 50 | 52 | 38 | 16 | 15 | 20 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2017 | GDC 1R |
GDM DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
ADO DNP |
EDO DNQ |
DDM 1R |
GDG DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDT DNQ | |
2018 | EDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDM DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
DDO DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
DDC 2R |
IDO QF |
EDT DNQ |
2019 | EDO DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
ADO 2R |
EDG 3R |
DDM DNQ |
DDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
ADC DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
2020 | BDC 2R |
GDC DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
IDO DNQ | |||||||||
2021 | HDT DNQ |
GDT 2R | |||||||||||
2022 | IDO 1R |
GDC 3R |
GDG 3R |
ADO 2R |
EDO QF |
CDO 3R |
EDG 3R |
DDC 3R |
EDM 2R |
HDT 2R |
GDO 2R |
BDO 3R |
GDT 3R |
2023 | BSD SF |
EDO 2R |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO QF |
DDC 3R |
BDO 2R |
CDO 3R |
EDG 2R |
EDM 3R |
GDO 3R |
HDT 2R |
GDC 2R |
2024 | BDO QF |
GDG 3R |
IDO QF |
EDG 2R |
ADO 2R |
BSD QF |
DDC QF |
EDO QF |
GDC 3R |
FDT QF |
HDT SF |
SDT F |
CDO 2R |
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 |
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2017 | BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
WIG 2R |
WIG QF |
MIL 4R |
MIL 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR SF |
DUB 4R |
DUB 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R | ||||||||
2018 | BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
MIL SF |
MIL 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR F |
DUB 1R |
DUB 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R | ||||||||
2019 | WIG 3R |
WIG QF |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
BAR QF |
BAR 1R |
WIG QF |
WIG 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
DUB 1R |
DUB 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
2020 | BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
WIG W |
WIG 3R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 3R |
NIE 2R |
NIE SF |
NIE 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 1R |
COV QF |
COV 4R |
COV 1R | |||||||
2021 | BOL 3R |
BOL 1R |
BOL 3R |
BOL 3R |
MIL QF |
MIL 3R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 3R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 3R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 4R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 1R |
MIL F |
MIL 1R |
COV 1R |
COV SF |
COV 1R |
COV 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR W |
BAR QF |
BAR QF |
BAR 4R |
BAR F |
BAR 1R |
BAR F |
BAR QF |
BAR 1R |
2022 | BAR F |
BAR 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
NIE DNP |
NIE DNP |
BAR 3R |
BAR 3R |
BAR W |
BAR F |
BAR 2R |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
NIE DNP |
NIE DNP |
BAR 2R |
BAR SF |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR SF |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
2023 | BAR W |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR F |
BAR 1R |
BAR F |
HIL DNP |
HIL DNP |
WIG 4R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
HIL DNP |
HIL DNP |
LEI SF |
LEI 2R |
HIL DNP |
HIL DNP |
BAR 3R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR QF |
BAR DNP |
BAR QF |
BAR 3R |
2024 | WIG F |
WIG F |
LEI W |
LEI 4R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 4R |
LEI 2R |
HIL DNP |
HIL DNP |
HIL DNP |
HIL DNP |
MIL 1R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
MIL QF |
MIL F |
MIL 1R |
WIG QF |
WIG 2R |
MIL DNP |
MIL DNP |
WIG 3R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG SF |
WIG 4R |
LEI DNP |
LEI |
Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# |
Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage |
DQ | Disqualified |
DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded |
Nine-dart finishes
[edit]Date | Opponent | Tournament | Method | Prize |
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13 November 2023 | Nathan Rafferty | Grand Slam of Darts | 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 | £10,000 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ryan Searle - Mastercaller.com". Mastercaller.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ "World Grand Prix 2021: Gerwyn Price beats Dave Chisnall and takes on crowd after quarter-final boos". Sky Sports. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "Searle lands sensational nine-darter at Grand Slam, as Smith crashes out". www.pdc.tv. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (12 February 2024). "Nine-dart Littler denies superb Searle to celebrate PC1 victory". pdc.tv.
- ^ "Luke Littler knocked out in second round of Players Championship in Wigan as Gary Anderson claims victory". Sky Sports. 13 February 2024.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (19 February 2024). "Sensational Searle denies Anderson to clinch PC3 title". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Luke Littler: Teenager suffers Players Championship 3 defeat to Callan Rydz in Leicester". Sky Sports. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Searle back at the PDC World Championship despite struggling to see the board". 17 December 2019.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Ryan Searle at Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Searle player profile at Darts Orakel