Ryan Joyce (born 20 September 1985) is a professional English
darts
Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed missiles known as darts at a round target known as a dartboard.
Points can be scored by hitting specific marked areas of the bo ...
player who plays in
Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
BDO
In 2014 he reached the Last 48 of the
World Masters
The World Masters, known for sponsorship reasons as the Mita/Sky World Masters, was a snooker tournament held between 13 and 26 January 1991. Conceived by promoter Barry Hearn, the tournament had a similar format to the Grand Slam events in tenn ...
. He took part in the
2016 BDO World Trophy, he was knocked out in the first round losing to
Jamie Hughes. He has qualified for the
2017 BDO World Darts Championship, where he won 3–0 against
Dennis Nilsson
Dennis Nilsson (born 21 March 1976) is a Swedish darts player and former strongman.
Career
Nilsson qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, where he lost 4–2 to Japan's Haruki Muramatsu in the preliminary round.
He represented S ...
in the Preliminary round. In the First Round, he lost to
Martin Adams
Martin Adams (born 4 June 1956) is an English professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Nicknamed "Wolfie", he is a three-time BDO World Champion and three-time World Masters champion. He represents Cambridges ...
2–3 in a sudden death leg, after throwing for the match twice and missing one dart at double 18 to win followed by Adams hitting a 115 checkout to stay in the match, before Joyce himself survived a dart at 5-4 down before hitting a 164 checkout to take the game to the deciding leg.
Outside of the major tournaments he has reached 3 BDO ranked event finals, the first was the 2013
Turkish Open
The Turkish Open is a darts tournament that has been held since 2007.
List of winners Men's
Women's
Boys
Tournament records
* Most wins 3: Martin Phillips (darts player), Martin Phillips.
* Most Finals 5: Martin Phillips (darts player), ...
where he lost 5–0 to
Martin Phillips, then the
Isle of Man Open
The Isle of Man Open is a darts tournament that has been held since 1986.
List of tournaments
Men's
Ladies
Youth
Tournament records
* Most wins 3: Ronnie Baxter.
* Most Finals 4: Ronnie Baxter, Alan Warriner.
* Most Semi Finals 6: ...
in 2016, losing 6–4 to
Tony O'Shea
Tony O'Shea (born 9 May 1961) is an English professional darts player. His squat figure has resulted in the nickname "Silverback". O'Shea has reached the finals of seven British Darts Organisation (BDO) major darts tournaments, but to date ...
also the Denmark Masters in 2016 losing 6–4 to
Glen Durrant
Glen Durrant (born 24 November 1970), nicknamed "Duzza", is an English former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously won the BDO World Darts Championship three times consecutively fr ...
. He has had more success in pairs competitions winning the Turkish open pairs 2013, Welsh open pairs 2015 and losing in the final of the British open pairs 2016 all while partnering Andy Chalmers. He won the Scottish open pairs 2017 title with
Kevin McDine
Kevin McDine (born 23 May 1985 in Wallsend) is an English professional darts player currently residing in Wallsend.
Career
In November 2004 he reached the last 16 of the JR & Vauxhall Holiday Park 128 Plus Classic. He improved on that perfor ...
. His most recent success came in the BDO Gold cup singles tournament 2017 which he won beating Wayne Warren 6–3 in the final.
In October 2017 Joyce along with
Kevin McDine
Kevin McDine (born 23 May 1985 in Wallsend) is an English professional darts player currently residing in Wallsend.
Career
In November 2004 he reached the last 16 of the JR & Vauxhall Holiday Park 128 Plus Classic. He improved on that perfor ...
, Andy Lynn, Alan Davey, David Gradwell, Shaun Pomeroy and Tony Hardy won the National Punch Tavern pub darts team event, representing the Black Bull of Blaydon defeating The Red Lion of Bradford. The Red Lion team included Double BDO World Champion Scott Waites and former British open winner Martin Atkins. The Black Bull won 6–5 with Shaun Pomeroy defeating Martin Atkins in the nail biting deciding leg.
PDC
He joined the PDC in 2018 after a successful first attempt at Q school and after a very good first year qualified for the
2019 PDC World Darts Championship, and drew
Anastasia Dobromyslova
Anastasia Petrovna Dobromyslova-Martin (russian: Анастаси́я Петро́вна Добромы́слова; born 26 September 1984) is a professional darts player. She is a three-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the B ...
in round 1, winning the match 3–0. He then went on to take out three seeded players, defeating
Simon Whitlock
Simon Whitlock (born 3 March 1969) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments, having also played in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) between 2004 and 2009. He uses the nickname ...
3–0,
Alan Norris 4-3 and
James Wade 4–3. However, he was beaten in the quarter finals 5-1 by
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2014, 2 ...
. This was his debut appearance in the PDC World Championship.
In July 2020 he won his first PDC title at the Summer series pro tour event at Milton Keynes. Victories over Andy Hamilton, Luke Humphries, Chris Dobey, Madars Razma, Glen Durrant and Gary Anderson set up a final with Dave Chisnall. Ryan winning 8–7.
World Championship results
BDO
* 2017: First round: (lost to
Martin Adams
Martin Adams (born 4 June 1956) is an English professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Nicknamed "Wolfie", he is a three-time BDO World Champion and three-time World Masters champion. He represents Cambridges ...
2–3) (sets)
PDC
* 2019: Quarter-finals (lost to
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2014, 2 ...
1–5)
* 2020: First round (lost to
Jan Dekker
Jan Dekker (born 25 June 1990) is a former Dutch professional darts player. He twice reached the semi-finals of the BDO World Darts Championship, in 2011 and 2014.
Career
Dekker qualified for the televised stages of the 2010 Winmau World Ma ...
2–3)
* 2021: Second round (lost to
Krzysztof Ratajski
Krzysztof Ratajski (Polish pronunciation: ; born 1 January 1977) is a Polish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2017 World Masters. Ratajski also pl ...
0–3)
* 2022: Second round (lost to
Mervyn King 2–3)
* 2023: First round (lost to
Scott Williams 1–3)
Performance timeline
PDC European Tour
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Prel.) Preliminary round; (DNQ) Did not qualify; (DNP) Did not participate; (NH) Not held; (EX) Excluded; (WD) Withdrew
References
External links
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Living people
English darts players
English people of Irish descent
British Darts Organisation players
Sportspeople from Newcastle upon Tyne
1985 births
PDC ranking title winners
Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders