Ryan Searle (darts player)
Ryan Searle (born 21 October 1987) is an English professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) 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 | 16  (1 May 2022)[2] | ||||||||
| BDO majors – best performances | |||||||||
| World Masters | Last 16: 2013 | ||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2019, 2021, 2022 | ||||||||
| World Matchplay | Last 32: 2021 | ||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Quarter Final: 2021 | ||||||||
| UK Open | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||
| Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2018, 2020 | ||||||||
| European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2021 | ||||||||
| Players Ch'ship Finals | Runner Up: 2021 | ||||||||
| Masters | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||
| 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 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]
Personal
Searle has astigmatism. He often cannot even see where his darts land.[4]
World Championship results
PDC
- 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)
Performance timeline
BDO
| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDO World Championship | DNQ | |||||
| World Masters | 1R | DNP | 6R | DNP | 3R | DNP |
PDC
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |||||
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| PDC World Championship | BDO | DNQ | 4R | 3R | 4R | 4R | ||||||
| Masters | DNQ | 2R | ||||||||||
| UK Open | DNP | 4R | DNQ | 4R | 4R | 5R | 6R | |||||
| World Matchplay | DNQ | 1R | ||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | 1R | QF | |||||||||
| European Championship | DNQ | 2R | ||||||||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | RR | DNQ | RR | DNQ | |||||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | F | ||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | - | 85 | 50 | 52 | 38 | 16 | ||||||
PDC career finals
PDC major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Legend |
| Players Championship Finals (0–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2021 | Players Championship Finals |  Peter Wright |
10–11 (l) |
- (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
References
- "Ryan Searle - Mastercaller.com". Mastercaller.
- "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- "World Grand Prix 2021: Gerwyn Price beats Dave Chisnall and takes on crowd after quarter-final boos". Sky Sports. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- "Searle back at the PDC World Championship despite struggling to see the board". 17 December 2019.