Ryan Meikle
English darts player (born 1996)
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Ryan Thomas Meikle (/ˈmiːkəl/ born 13 August 1996) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the last 16 at the 2019 Players Championship Finals.
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| Ryan Meikle | |||
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Meikle in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ryan Thomas Meikle | ||
| Nickname | The Barber | ||
| Born | 13 August 1996 Ipswich, Suffolk, England | ||
| Home town | Leiston, Suffolk, England[1] | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 2014 | ||
| Darts | 22g Red Dragon | ||
| Laterality | Left-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "This Girl" by Kungs vs. Cookin' on 3 Burners | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| PDC | 2015–present (Tour Card: 2016–present) | ||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 58  2 (15 March 2026)[2] | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Championship | Last 32: 2026 | ||
| UK Open | Last 32: 2018, 2024 | ||
| European Championship | Last 32: 2022 | ||
| PC Finals | Last 16: 2019 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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In his youth career, Meikle won six PDC Development Tours and made the semi-finals at the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship.
Career
Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, Meikle is a barber by trade, hence his nickname of "The Barber".[3] He won a PDC Tour Card by qualifying from the second day of Q–School in 2016.[4][5]
He made his PDC European Tour debut in the 2016 International Darts Open in Riesa, Germany, where he whitewashed Michael Rasztovits 6–0. 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.[6]
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.[6]
Meikle made the semi-finals of the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship but lost 6–3 to Adam Gawlas.[6]
He qualified for the 2020 PDC World Championship where he lost on his debut against Yuki Yamada. He played his last season on the PDC Development Tour in 2020. During his six years on the tour, he has won six PDC Development Tour titles.[7]
Meikle was able to qualify for the 2021 PDC World Championship but again lost in the first round, this time to Keegan Brown, 3–0 in sets.[6]
In his third World Championship appearance, Meikle was able to win his first round match for the first time, defeating Fabian Schmutzler 3–0 in the 2022 edition before losing against Peter Wright 3–0.[6]
At the 2023 World Championship, he defeated Lisa Ashton 3–2 in a deciding set in the first round. He then lost to Raymond van Barneveld 3–1.[8]
Despite failing to win his opening game at the 2023 UK Open and failing to qualify for any further major tournaments, Meikle was able to stay in top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit and continued on the Pro Tour in 2024. He made it to the fifth round of the 2024 UK Open, reaching the last 32 for the first time. He was also able to qualify for the 2024 Players Championship Finals as the fifty-ninth seed. He defeated the sixth seed Gary Anderson 6–5 in a deciding leg in the first round, before losing to Martin Schindler.[9] He qualified for the 2025 PDC World Championship.[10] Meikle defeated Fallon Sherrock 3–2 in the first round[11][12] but lost to Luke Littler 3–1 in the second round.[13][14]
Personal life
Meikle is a supporter of Ipswich Town F.C..[15] He has a son.[1]
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)
- 2025: Second round (lost to Luke Littler 1–3)
- 2026: Third round (lost to Justin Hood 1–4)
Performance timeline
Source: [6]
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC World Championship | Did not qualify | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | DNQ | 2R | 3R | |||||||
| UK Open | DNP | DNQ | 2R | 4R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 3R | 5R | 3R | ||||
| European Championship | Did not qualify | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNP | DNQ | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | DNQ | 2R | 1R | ||||||
| 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 | 62 | 56 | ||||
PDC European Tour [6]
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Did not qualify | IDO 3R |
DNQ | |||||||||||
| 2017 | GDC 1R |
Did not qualify | GDG 1R |
DNQ | ||||||||||
| 2018 | EDO 1R |
GDG 2R |
Did not qualify | |||||||||||
| 2019 | EDO 1R |
Did not qualify | EDM 2R |
IDO DNQ |
GDT 1R | |||||||||
| 2022 | DNQ | GDG 1R |
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 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2024 | Did not qualify | DDC 1R |
EDO 1R |
DNQ | SDT 1R |
CDO DNQ | ||||||||
| 2025 | Did not qualify | DDC 2R |
EDO DNQ |
BSD 1R |
Did not qualify | |||||||||
| 2026 | DNQ | BDO 2R |
||||||||||||
PDC Players Championships [6]
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 2R |
COV 1R |
COV 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
DUB 1R |
DUB 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 4R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 3R |
DUB 3R |
DUB 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 4R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
DNP | DUB 1R |
DUB 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR QF |
BAR 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 3R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
DUB 1R |
DUB 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R | ||||
| 2020 | BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
DNP | WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 4R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 1R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 3R |
NIE 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 4R |
COV 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 3R | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | BOL 1R |
BOL 2R |
BOL 1R |
BOL 3R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
NIE 4R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 3R |
Did not participate | BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR QF |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R | |||||||
| 2022 | BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
WIG 4R |
WIG 3R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 2R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR DNP |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR SF |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R | ||||
| 2023 | BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 4R |
HIL 4R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR DNP |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R | ||||
| 2024 | WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
LEI QF |
LEI 2R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 4R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
LEI 4R |
LEI 1R | ||||
| 2025 | WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
ROS 2R |
ROS 3R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 3R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 1R |
ROS 1R |
ROS 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 4R |
HIL 4R |
HIL 3R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI QF |
LEI 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. |
Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
