Ryan_Searle_(darts_player)
Ryan Searle (darts player)
English darts player
Ryan Searle (born 21 October 1987) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
| Ryan Searle | |||||||||
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 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 | |||||||||
| 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 | 20  1 (28 April 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 | |||||||||
Players Championships
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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]
Searle has astigmatism. He often cannot even see where his darts land.[9]
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)
- 2023: Third round (lost to José de Sousa 3–4)
- 2024: Third round (lost to Joe Cullen 2–4)
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.
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 | 2023 | 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||
| 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 | - | 85 | 50 | 52 | 38 | 16 | 15 | 20 | ||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
DDC |
EDO |
GDC |
FDT |
HDT |
SDT |
CDO |
PDC Players Championships
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Tournament | Method | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 November 2023 |  Nathan Rafferty |
Grand Slam of Darts | 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 | £10,000 |
- "Ryan Searle - Mastercaller.com". Mastercaller.
- "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 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.
Media related to Ryan Searle at Wikimedia Commons- Ryan Searle player profile at Darts Orakel
