Ryan Searle (darts player)

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Ryan Searle
Ryan Searle Darts Actueel 2023.jpg
Searle in 2023
Personal information
Nickname"Heavy Metal"
Born (1987-10-21) 21 October 1987 (age 36) [1]
Wellington, Somerset, England
Home town Holcombe Rogus, Devon, England
Darts information
Darts32g 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 21 Steady2.svg (2 August 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
PC Finals Runner Up: 2021
Masters Last 16: 2022
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour England 2016 (x2)

Players Championships

Players Championship (BAR) 2021, 2022, 2023
Players Championship (LEI) 2024
Players Championship (WIG) 2020

Ryan Searle (born 21 October 1987) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Contents

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 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

Searle has astigmatism. He often cannot even see where his darts land. [9]

World Championship results

PDC

PDC career finals

PDC major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Players Championship Finals (0–1)
OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore [N 1]
Runner-up1. 2021 Players Championship Finals Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright 10–11 (l)
  1. (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament201120122013201420152016
BDO World Championship DNQ
World Masters 1RDNP6RDNP3RDNP

PDC

Tournament201620172018201920202021202220232024
PDC World Championship BDODNQ 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
European Championship DNQ 2R 2R 1R
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-85505238161520

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
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
FDT
HDT
SDT
CDO

PDC Players Championships

Season123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
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
MIL
WIG
WIG
MIL
MIL
WIG
WIG
WIG
WIG
WIG
LEI
LEI
Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
L#
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Last # stage
DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

Nine-dart finishes

Ryan Searle televised nine-dart finishes
DateOpponentTournamentMethodPrize
13 November 2023 Ulster Banner.svg   Nathan Rafferty Grand Slam of Darts 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12£10,000

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