| Harry Ward | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | "Big H" | ||
| Born | 13 June 1997 Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England | ||
| Home town | Swadlincote, Derbyshire, England | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 2012 | ||
| Darts | 22g Unicorn Signature | ||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "A Little Respect" by Erasure | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| PDC | 2014–2020, 2023 | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Championship | Last 64: 2020 | ||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2018, 2020 | ||
| PC Finals | Last 64: 2019 | ||
| World Series Finals | Last 24: 2020 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
Players Championships
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Harry Ward (born 13 June 1997 [1] ) is an English professional darts player who formerly competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won his maiden PDC ranking title at Players Championship 16 on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour.
He reached the final of the 2015 BDO World Youth Championships, losing 3–0 in the final to Colin Roelofs.
In January 2019, Ward won a two-year PDC Tour Card by right on the first day of the event, beating Mark McGeeney 5–2 in the final.
In 2019, Ward won his first PDC ranking title at Players Championship 16 on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour, beating Max Hopp 8–7 in the final. [2]
Later in the year, he qualified for his World Championship debut via the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit. At the tournament Ward defeated Madars Razma 3–2 in sets in the first round. In the second round, he lost 3–0 to Simon Whitlock.
After the restart of the season due to COVID-19, Ward came through the qualifying rounds to earn a debut appearance in the 2020 World Series of Darts Finals. At the event, he lost 6–2 to Darius Labanauskas.
In September 2020, he announced a shock decision to step away from the PDC circuit at the end of the 2020 season. [3]
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||||||
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| PDC World Championship | Did not qualify | 2R | |||||||||
| UK Open | 2R | DNQ | 3R | 3R | 4R | ||||||
| Players Championship Finals | Did not qualify | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||
| Non-ranked televised events | |||||||||||
| World Series of Darts Finals | Did not qualify | 1R | |||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 171 | 195 | 183 | 72 | |||||||