Ryan Joyce (born 20 September 1985) is an English professional

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player who competes in

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(PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty-six. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2018, he has won two ranking titles in Players Championship events. Nicknamed "Relentless", Joyce has made two PDC major semi-finals: in the 2023 Players Championship Finals and 2024 World Grand Prix, as well as being a finalist on the European Tour at the 2025 European Darts Trophy. He is a one-time World Championship quarter-finalist, reaching the last eight at the 2019 PDC World Championship.

Career

BDO

In 2014 he reached the Last 48 of the

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. He took part in the

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, 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

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in the Preliminary round. In the first round, he lost to

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3–2 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

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also the Denmark Masters in 2016 losing 6–4 to

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. 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.

PDC

2018

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

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and

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3–0, then defeating both Alan Norris and

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4–3 in sets. However, he was beaten in the quarter-finals by the eventual winner

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5–1.

2020

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

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8–7 in the final.

2023

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, defeating

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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

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2024

On the 2024 PDC Pro Tour, Joyce was the runner-up at Players Championship 9, losing to Michael Smith 8–6 in the final. At the 2024 World Grand Prix Joyce reached the semi-finals, defeating Josh Rock 2–0 in sets,

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3–2 in a deciding leg in set 5, and

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also 3–2, before being whitewashed 5–0 by

Style of play

Joyce is known as an accurate double hitter, particularly on the double 16 segment of the board.

World Championship results

BDO

* 2017: First round: (lost to

2–3)

PDC

* 2019: Quarter-finals (lost to

1–5) * 2020: First round (lost to

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2–3) * 2021: Second round (lost to

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0–3) * 2022: Second round (lost to Mervyn King 2–3) * 2023: First round (lost to Scott Williams 1–3) * 2024: Second round (lost to

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0–3) * 2025: Fourth round (lost to

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3–4)

Performance timeline

BDO PDC PDC European Tour PDC Players Championships

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Joyce, Ryan Living people 1985 births British Darts Organisation players English darts players English people of Irish descent PDC ranking title winners Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders Sportspeople from Newcastle upon Tyne