Ryan Meikle (; 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.
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". He won a PDC Tour Card by qualifying from the second day of Q–School in 2016.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. He qualified for the 2025 PDC World Championship. Meikle defeated Fallon Sherrock 3–2 in the first round but lost to Luke Littler 3–1 in the second round.
Personal life Meikle is a supporter of Ipswich Town F.C.. He has a son.
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 Meikle's performance timeline is as follows: PDC Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 World ChampionshipDid not qualify 1R 1R 2R 2RDNQ 2R 3R World MastersDid not qualifyPrel.WD UK OpenDNPDNQ 2R 4R 2R 1R 2R 4R 3R 5R 3R 3R European ChampionshipDid not qualify 1RDNQ DNPDNQ 3R 1R 2R 1RDNQ 2R 1RNon-ranked televised events 1R 1R 1R 3R SF QFDNPCareer statisticsYear-end ranking-113928169976045596256
European Tour
Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2016Did not qualifyIDO3RDNQ 2017GDC1RDid not qualifyGDG1RDNQ 2018EDO1RGDG2RDid not qualify 2019EDO1RDid not qualifyEDM2RIDODNQGDT1R 2022DNQGDG1RDNQEDG2RDDC3REDMDNQHDTQFGDODNQBDO2RGDT1R 2023BSD1REDO3RIDO1RGDGDNQADO2RDid not qualify 2024Did not qualifyDDC1REDO1RDNQSDT1RCDODNQ 2025Did not qualifyDDC2REDODNQBSD1RDid not qualify 2026DNQBDO2RDid not qualifyHDTCDODNQFDTSDTDDC
Players Championships
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 2016BAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR3RBAR4RBAR2RCOV1RCOV1RBAR4RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RDUB1RDUB2RBAR1RBAR2R 2017BAR3RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RMIL1RMIL4RBAR2RBAR1RWIG1RWIG1RMIL1RMIL1RWIG3RWIG1RBAR1RBAR4RBAR3RBAR3RDUB3RDUB1RBAR1RBAR1R 2018BAR1RBAR4RBAR1RBAR2RMIL1RMIL1RBAR1RBAR1RWIG2RWIG1RMIL1RMIL2RWIG1RWIG4RBAR2RBAR1RBARDNPDUB1RDUB2RBAR3RBAR1R 2019WIG2RWIG1RWIG2RWIG1RBAR1RBAR3RWIG2RWIG2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR3RBAR2RBARQFBAR2RWIG2RWIG1RBAR2RBAR1RHIL2RHIL3RBAR3RBAR1RBAR3RBAR2RDUB1RDUB3RBAR1RBAR2R 2020BAR3RBAR1RWIGDNPWIG1RWIG2RBAR2RBAR2RMIL1RMIL1RMIL4RMIL3RMIL1RNIE1RNIE2RNIE1RNIE3RNIE1RCOV1RCOV4RCOV1RCOV1RCOV3R 2021BOL1RBOL2RBOL1RBOL3RMIL3RMIL3RMIL2RMIL2RNIE4RNIE1RNIE2RNIE1RMIL2RMIL3RMIL3RMIL3RDid not participateBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBARQFBAR2RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1R 2022BAR1RBAR4RWIG2RWIG4RBAR1RBAR3RNIE2RNIE2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR3RBAR2RBAR1RWIG4RWIG3RNIE2RNIE2RBAR4RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBARDNPBAR1RBAR1RBARSFBAR1RBAR3RBAR1R 2023BAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR1RHIL2RHIL2RWIG1RWIG1RLEI1RLEI1RHIL1RHIL2RLEI1RLEI1RHIL4RHIL4RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR3RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBARDNPBAR2RBAR1R 2024WIG1RWIG1RLEI3RLEI1RHIL1RHIL2RLEIQFLEI2RHIL2RHIL1RHIL3RHIL4RMIL3RMIL2RMIL2RMIL1RMIL1RMIL3RMIL1RWIG1RWIG2RLEI2RLEI2RWIG1RWIG1RWIG2RWIG1RWIG2RLEI4RLEI1R 2025WIG2RWIG2RROS2RROS3RLEI1RLEI3RHIL1RHIL1RLEI2RLEI2RLEI3RLEI1RROS1RROS1RHIL1RHIL2RLEI2RLEI3RLEI2RLEI1RLEI4RHIL4RHIL3RMIL1RMIL1RHIL1RHIL1RLEI1RLEIQFLEI1RWIG2RWIG1RWIG1RWIG3R 2026HIL1RHIL1RWIG1RWIG2RLEI1RLEI1RLEI3RLEI1RWIG1RWIG1RMIL1RMIL3RHIL1RHIL2RLEI2RLEI3RLEI3RLEI1RMIL2RMIL1RWIG2RWIG1RLEI1RLEI2RHIL1RHIL2RLEI1RLEI1RROS1RROS2RROSROSLEILEI
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