Ryan Searle (darts player)
Ryan Searle (born 21 October 1987) is a professional English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.
| Ryan Searle | |||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||
| Nickname | Heavy Metal | ||||||
| Born | 21 October 1987[1] Wellington, Somerset, England | ||||||
| Home town | Holcombe Rogus, Devon England | ||||||
| Darts information | |||||||
| Darts | 32g Loxley Darts signature | ||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
| Walk-on music | "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath | ||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
| BDO | 2011–2016 | ||||||
| PDC | 2016– | ||||||
| Current world ranking | 37 | ||||||
| BDO majors – best performances | |||||||
| World Masters | Last 16: 2013 | ||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2019 | ||||||
| Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2018 | ||||||
| UK Open | Last 32: 2017 | ||||||
| Players Ch'ship Finals | Last 32: 2018 | ||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||
Players Championships
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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 | ||||||||