Ryan Meikle ( born 13 August 1996) is an English professional

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 events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).

Career

Born in

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, Suffolk, Meikle is a barber by trade, hence his nickname of "The Barber". He won a

PDC Pro Tour The PDC Pro Tour is a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They comprise Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) Players Championships and European Tour events. Only four players ...

card by qualifying from the second day of Q School in 2016. He made his

PDC European Tour The PDC European Tour is a series of darts tournaments held across Europe organized by the Professional Darts Corporation. Starting in 2012 with five events, the number of events has steadily risen with eight held in 2013 and 2014, nine in 2015, te ...

debut in the

2016 International Darts Open The 2016 International Darts Open was the seventh of ten PDC European Tour events on the 2016 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at SACHSENarena in Riesa, Germany, between 2–4 September 2016. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 ...

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, where he whitewashed Austrian

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6–0 thanks to an opening 151 checkout. He was scheduled to play world number one

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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. In 2018, he won his second PDC Development Tour title, defeating

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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

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0–3) * 2022: Second round (lost to Peter Wright 0–3) * 2023: Second round (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 1–3)

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meikle, Ryan 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Ipswich English darts players Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders 21st-century English people