Ryan Meikle

Ryan Meikle
Ryan Meikle
	Meikle in 2019
Personal information
Nickname	The Barber
Born	13 August 1996 (age 28); Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Home town	Leiston, Suffolk, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2014
Darts	22g Red Dragon Amberjacks
Laterality	Left-handed
Walk-on music	"This Girl" by Kungs vs. Cookin' on 3 Burners
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2015– ; (Tour Card: 2016–)
Current world ranking	62 1 (24 November 2024)
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2022, 2023
UK Open	Last 32: 2018, 2024
European Ch'ship	Last 32: 2022
PC Finals	Last 16: 2019
Other tournament wins
PDC Development Tour	2017, 2018, 2019 (x2), 2020 (x2)

Ryan Thomas Meikle (/ˈmiːkəl/ born 13 August 1996) is an English professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).

Career

Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, Meikle is a barber by trade, hence his nickname of "The Barber". He won a PDC Pro Tour card by qualifying from the second day of Q School in 2016.^[2]

He made his PDC European Tour debut in the 2016 International Darts Open in Riesa, Germany, where he whitewashed Austrian Michael Rasztovits 6–0 thanks to an opening 151 checkout. He was scheduled to play world number one Michael van Gerwen in the next round, but an ankle injury forced Van Gerwen to withdraw, giving Meikle a bye to round three, where he lost 6–2 to Yordi Meeuwisse.^[3]

In 2018, he won his second PDC Development Tour title, defeating Rowby-John Rodriguez 5–3 in the final of Development Tour 11 in Wigan.

Meikle made the semi-finals of the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship but lost 6–3 to Adam Gawlas.

World Championship results

PDC

2020: First round (lost to Yuki Yamada 1–3)
2021: First round (lost to Keegan Brown 0–3)
2022: Second round (lost to Peter Wright 0–3)
2023: Second round (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 1–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC World Championship	Did not qualify					1R	1R	2R	2R	DNQ
UK Open	DNP	DNQ	2R	4R	2R	1R	2R	4R	3R	5R
European Championship	Did not qualify							1R	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	DNP	DNQ			3R	1R	2R	1R	DNQ	2R
Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Youth Championship	1R	1R	1R	3R	SF	QF	DNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	113	92	81	69	97	60	45	59

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2016	DDM DNP	GDM DNP	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO 3R	EDT DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDC DNQ
2017	GDC 1R	GDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDG 1R	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2018	EDO 1R	GDG 2R	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDC DNQ	DDC DNP	IDO DNP	EDT DNQ
2019	EDO 1R	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	ADC DNQ	EDM 2R	IDO DNQ	GDT 1R
2020	BDC DNP	GDC DNP	EDG DNQ	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT DNQ
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG 1R	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG 2R	DDC 3R	EDM DNQ	HDT QF	GDO DNQ	BDO 2R	GDT 1R
2023	BSD 1R	EDO 3R	IDO 1R	GDG DNQ	ADO 2R	DDC DNQ	BDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDO DNP	HDT DNQ	GDC DNP
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	BSD DNQ	DDC 1R	EDO 1R	GDC DNQ	FDT DNQ	HDT DNQ	SDT 1R	CDO DNQ

References

^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
^ "2016 PDC Qualifying School Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
^ "2016 PDC International Darts Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

External links

Ryan Meikle player profile at Darts Orakel

[PDC_Rankings-1] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.

[2] "2016 PDC Qualifying School Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

[3] "2016 PDC International Darts Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

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