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'''Ryan Joyce''' (born 20 September 1985) is an English professional [[darts]] player who plays in [[Professional Darts Corporation]] (PDC) events.
'''Ryan Joyce''' (born 20 September 1985) is an English professional [[darts]] player who plays in [[Professional Darts Corporation]] (PDC) events. He has won 2 ranking PDC titles.


==Career==
==Career==
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===PDC===
===PDC===
====2018====
Joyce attended [[2018 PDC Pro Tour#Q-School|Q-School]] for the first time in 2018 and earned a two–year [[PDC Tour Card]] by finishing 10th on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.


Joyce made his [[Players Championship Finals]] debut at the [[2018 Players Championship Finals|2018 edition]] as the 27th seed. He lost to the 38th seed [[Steven Lennon]] 6–2 in the first round.
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]] in round 1, winning the match 3–0. He then went on to take out three seeded players, defeating [[Simon Whitlock]] 3–0, [[Alan Norris (darts player)|Alan Norris]] 4–3 and [[James Wade]] 4–3. However, he was beaten in the quarter finals 5–1 by the eventual winner [[Michael van Gerwen]]. This was his debut appearance in the PDC World Championship.


Joyce made his debut at the [[2019 PDC World Darts Championship]], whitewashing both [[Anastasia Dobromyslova]] and [[Simon Whitlock]] 3–0, then defeating both [[Alan Norris (darts player)|Alan Norris]] and [[James Wade]] 4–3 in sets. However, he was beaten in the quarter-finals by the eventual winner [[Michael van Gerwen]] 5–1.
In July 2020, at the second Players Championship event of the Summer Series, he won a first PDC title, coming back from 7–3 down to defeat [[Dave Chisnall]] 8–7 in the final.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.sportinglife.com/darts/news/joyce-stuns-chizzy-in-final/181857|title=Darts results: Ryan Joyce wins second Players Championship event of PDC Summer Series|website=www.sportinglife.com|date=10 July 2020|accessdate=9 October 2024}}</ref>


====2020====
Ryan saw a return to form on the PDC tour in 2023, winning his second title in October 2023 when he beat [[Gerwyn Price]] 8–7 in Players Championship 26. He also made the finals of Players Championship 16 and Players Championship 24.
In July 2020, at Players Championship 10, the second Players Championship event of the Summer Series, Joyce won his first PDC title, coming back from 7–3 down to defeat [[Dave Chisnall]] 8–7 in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportinglife.com/darts/news/joyce-stuns-chizzy-in-final/181857|title=Darts results: Ryan Joyce wins second Players Championship event of PDC Summer Series|website=www.sportinglife.com|date=10 July 2020|access-date=9 October 2024}}</ref>


====2023====
In November 2023, Joyce reached a first major televised semi-final losing 11–3 to eventual champion [[Luke Humphries]] at the [[2023 Players Championship Finals|Players Championship Finals]].<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2023/11/26/humphries-denies-nine-dart-van-gerwen-minehead-glory|title=Humphries denies nine-dart Van Gerwen for Minehead glory|website=www.pdc.tv|date=26 November 2023|accessdate=11 October 2024}}</ref>
On the [[2023 PDC Pro Tour]], Joyce was the runner-up at Players Championship 16 and Players Championship 24. In October, Joyce won his second PDC title. He defeated [[Gerwyn Price]] 8–7 in the final of Players Championship 26.

In November 2023, Joyce reached a first major televised semi-final at the [[2023 Players Championship Finals]], losing 11–3 to eventual champion [[Luke Humphries]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 November 2023 |title=Michael van Gerwen nine-darter not enough as Luke Humphries wins Players Championship Finals |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/67537979 |access-date=25 July 2024 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Allen |first=Dave |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2023/11/26/humphries-denies-nine-dart-van-gerwen-minehead-glory|title=Humphries denies nine-dart Van Gerwen for Minehead glory |website=www.pdc.tv|date=26 November 2023|access-date=11 October 2024}}</ref>


==World Championship results==
==World Championship results==
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==Performance timeline ==
==Performance timeline ==

{| class="wikitable" style="width:20%; margin:0"
{| class="wikitable" style="width:20%; margin:0"
|-
|-
! Tournament !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024
! Tournament !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025
|-
|-
| colspan="31" align="left" |'''[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] Ranked televised events'''
| colspan="32" align="left" |'''[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] Ranked televised events'''
|-
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"| [[PDC World Darts Championship|PDC World Championship]]
| style="background:#efefef;"| [[PDC World Darts Championship|PDC World Championship]]
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| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2023 PDC World Darts Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2023 PDC World Darts Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2024 PDC World Darts Championship|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2024 PDC World Darts Championship|2R]]
|
|-
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"| [[UK Open]]
| style="background:#efefef;"| [[UK Open]]
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| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2023 UK Open|3R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2023 UK Open|3R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2024 UK Open|3R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2024 UK Open|3R]]
|
|-
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"| [[World Matchplay (darts)|World Matchplay]]
| style="background:#efefef;"| [[World Matchplay (darts)|World Matchplay]]
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| colspan=3; style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
| colspan=3; style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2024 World Matchplay|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2024 World Matchplay|1R]]
|
|-
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"| [[World Grand Prix (darts)|World Grand Prix]]
| style="background:#efefef;"| [[World Grand Prix (darts)|World Grand Prix]]
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| colspan=3; style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
| colspan=3; style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
| style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"| [[2024 World Grand Prix (darts)|SF]]
| style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"| [[2024 World Grand Prix (darts)|SF]]
|
|-
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"| [[Grand Slam of Darts]]
| style="background:#efefef;"| [[Grand Slam of Darts]]
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2024 Grand Slam of Darts|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2024 Grand Slam of Darts|2R]]
|
|-
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"| {{Nowrap|[[Players Championship Finals]]}}
| style="background:#efefef;"| {{Nowrap|[[Players Championship Finals]]}}
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| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2022 Players Championship Finals|3R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2022 Players Championship Finals|3R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"| [[2023 Players Championship Finals|SF]]
| style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"| [[2023 Players Championship Finals|SF]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| [[2024 Players Championship Finals|QF]]
|
|
|-
|-
| colspan="17" align="left" |'''[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] Non-ranked televised events'''
| colspan="18" align="left" |'''[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] Non-ranked televised events'''
|-
|-
| style="background:#efefef;" | [[World Series of Darts Finals]]
| style="background:#efefef;" | [[World Series of Darts Finals]]
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| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2022 World Series of Darts Finals|QF]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2022 World Series of Darts Finals|QF]]
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
|
|-
|-
| colspan="31" align="left" |'''[[British Darts Organisation|BDO]] Ranked televised events'''
| colspan="32" align="left" |'''[[British Darts Organisation|BDO]]/[[World Darts Federation|WDF]] Ranked televised events'''
|-
|-
| style="background:#efefef;" | [[BDO World Darts Championship|BDO World Championship]]
| style="background:#efefef;" | [[BDO World Darts Championship|BDO World Championship]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 BDO World Darts Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 BDO World Darts Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|PDC
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|PDC
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|PDC
|-
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"| [[BDO World Trophy]]
| style="background:#efefef;"| [[BDO World Trophy]]
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| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|PDC
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|PDC
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH
|-
|-
| style="background:#efefef;" align=left| [[Winmau World Masters]]
| style="background:#efefef;" align=left| [[Winmau World Masters]]
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| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[Winmau World Masters#Records|3R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[Winmau World Masters#Records|3R]]
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|PDC
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|PDC
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|PDC
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|PDC
|-
|-
| colspan="14" align="left" |'''Career statistics'''
| colspan="14" align="left" |'''Career statistics'''
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| style="text-align:center;|44
| style="text-align:center;|37
| style="text-align:center;|37
| style="text-align:center;|33
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|
|}
|}



'''PDC European Tour'''
'''PDC European Tour'''

Latest revision as of 16:52, 24 November 2024

Ryan Joyce
Personal information
Nickname"Relentless"
Born (1985-09-20) 20 September 1985 (age 39)[1]
Newcastle, England
Home townNewcastle, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2007
Darts21g Mission Darts Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Tetris" by Doctor Spin
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2013–2018
PDC2018–
(Tour Card: 2018-)
Current world ranking33 Increase 1 (24 November 2024)[2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2017
World MastersLast 48: 2014
World TrophyLast 32: 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipQuarter Final: 2019
World MatchplayLast 32: 2020, 2024
World Grand PrixSemi Final: 2024
UK OpenLast 64: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Grand SlamLast 16: 2021, 2024
PC FinalsSemi Final: 2023
World Series FinalsQuarter Final: 2022
Other tournament wins
BDO Gold Cup 2017

Players Championships

Players Championship (BAR) 2023
Players Championship (MK) 2020

Ryan Joyce (born 20 September 1985) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He has won 2 ranking PDC titles.

Career

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BDO

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In 2014 he reached the Last 48 of the World Masters. He took part in the 2016 BDO World Trophy, he was knocked out in the first round losing to Jamie Hughes. He qualified for the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship, where he won 3–0 against Dennis Nilsson in the Preliminary round. In the First Round, he lost to Martin Adams 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 where he lost 5–0 to Martin Phillips, then the Isle of Man Open in 2016, losing 6–4 to Tony O'Shea also the Denmark Masters in 2016 losing 6–4 to Glen Durrant. 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. 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, Andy Lynn, Alan Davie, 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

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2018

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Joyce attended Q-School for the first time in 2018 and earned a two–year PDC Tour Card by finishing 10th on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.

Joyce made his Players Championship Finals debut at the 2018 edition as the 27th seed. He lost to the 38th seed Steven Lennon 6–2 in the first round.

Joyce made his debut at the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, whitewashing both Anastasia Dobromyslova and Simon Whitlock 3–0, then defeating both Alan Norris and James Wade 4–3 in sets. However, he was beaten in the quarter-finals by the eventual winner Michael van Gerwen 5–1.

2020

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In July 2020, at Players Championship 10, the second Players Championship event of the Summer Series, Joyce won his first PDC title, coming back from 7–3 down to defeat Dave Chisnall 8–7 in the final.[3]

2023

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On the 2023 PDC Pro Tour, Joyce was the runner-up at Players Championship 16 and Players Championship 24. In October, Joyce won his second PDC title. He defeated Gerwyn Price 8–7 in the final of Players Championship 26.

In November 2023, Joyce reached a first major televised semi-final at the 2023 Players Championship Finals, losing 11–3 to eventual champion Luke Humphries.[4][5]

World Championship results

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BDO

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PDC

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Performance timeline

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Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship Non-PDC QF 1R 2R 2R 1R 2R
UK Open Non-PDC DNQ 4R 4R 4R 4R 3R 3R
World Matchplay Non-PDC DNQ 1R DNQ 1R
World Grand Prix Non-PDC DNQ 2R DNQ SF
Grand Slam of Darts Non-PDC DNQ RR 2R DNQ 2R
Players Championship Finals Non-PDC 1R 1R 1R 2R 3R SF QF
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Series of Darts Finals Non-PDC DNQ QF DNQ
BDO/WDF Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship DNP DNQ DNP 1R DNQ PDC NH PDC
BDO World Trophy DNP 1R DNP PDC NH
Winmau World Masters 4R DNP 1R 3R PDC NH PDC NH PDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 183 (BDO) 330 (BDO) 36 (BDO) 104 (BDO) 51 42 44 34 44 37 33

PDC European Tour

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


PDC 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
2018 BAR
SF
BAR
QF
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
MIL
3R
MIL
4R
BAR
4R
BAR
4R
WIG
4R
WIG
1R
MIL
4R
MIL
2R
WIG
3R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
DUB
1R
DUB
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
2019 WIG
2R
WIG
3R
WIG
3R
WIG
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
4R
WIG
2R
WIG
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
QF
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
BAR
QF
BAR
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
3R
DUB
SF
DUB
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
2020 BAR
1R
BAR
3R
WIG
3R
WIG
1R
WIG
4R
WIG
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
W
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
3R
COV
1R
COV
4R
COV
3R
COV
1R
COV
QF
2021 BOL
1R
BOL
3R
BOL
2R
BOL
2R
MIL
QF
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
2R
NIE
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
3R
MIL
3R
COV
4R
COV
1R
COV
SF
COV
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
2022 BAR
2R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
4R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
NIE
DNP
NIE
DNP
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
WIG
3R
WIG
SF
NIE
DNP
NIE
DNP
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
2023 BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
LEI
4R
LEI
2R
HIL
DNP
HIL
DNP
LEI
2R
LEI
F
HIL
3R
HIL
3R
BAR
SF
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
4R
BAR
F
BAR
3R
BAR
W
BAR
4R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
2024 WIG
2R
WIG
4R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
HIL
DNP
HIL
DNP
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
HIL
F
HIL
4R
HIL
DNP
HIL
DNP
MIL
1R
MIL
SF
MIL
1R
MIL
4R
MIL
4R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
WIG
3R
WIG
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
QF
WIG
3R
WIG
2R
WIG
QF
LEI
2R
LEI
2R


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

References

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  1. ^ "Ryan Joyce". pdc.tv/. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  2. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Darts results: Ryan Joyce wins second Players Championship event of PDC Summer Series". www.sportinglife.com. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Michael van Gerwen nine-darter not enough as Luke Humphries wins Players Championship Finals". BBC Sport. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  5. ^ Allen, Dave (26 November 2023). "Humphries denies nine-dart Van Gerwen for Minehead glory". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
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