Harry Ward (darts player)
Harry Ward (born 13 June 1997[2] in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire) is a professional English darts player who played in the Professional Darts Corporation events.
| Harry Ward | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | Big H | ||
| Born | 13 June 1997 Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England | ||
| Home town | Swadlincote, Derbyshire, England | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 2012 | ||
| Darts | 22g Unicorn Signature | ||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "A Little Respect" by Erasure | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| PDC | 2014–2020, 2023– | ||
| Current world ranking | NR (21 October 2023)[1] | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2020 | ||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2018, 2020 | ||
| PC Finals | Last 64: 2019 | ||
| World Series Finals | Last 24: 2020 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
Players Championships
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Career
He reached the final of the 2015 BDO World Youth Championships, losing 3–0 in the final to Colin Roelofs.
In January 2019, Ward won a two-year PDC Tour Card by right on the first day of the event, beating Mark McGeeney 5–2 in the final.
Ward won his first PDC title at the sixteenth Players Championship of 2019, beating Max Hopp 8–7 in the final at Barnsley Metrodome.[3]
Later in the year, he qualified for his first World Championship via PDC Pro Tour, he faced Latvian Madars Razma in the first round and in a very close match Ward won 3-2. In the second round, he lost 0-3 to Simon Whitlock.
After the restart of the season due to Covid-19, Ward came through the qualifying rounds to earn a debut appearance in the World Series of Darts Finals. At the event, he lost 2-6 to Darius Labanauskas.
In September 2020 he announced a shock decision to step away from the PDC circuit at the end of the 2020 season.[4]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2020: Second round (lost to Simon Whitlock 0–3) (sets)
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC World Championship | Did not qualify | 2R | |||||||||
| UK Open | 2R | DNQ | 3R | 3R | 4R | ||||||
| Players Championship Finals | Did not qualify | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||
| Non-major televised events | |||||||||||
| World Series of Darts Finals | Did not qualify | 1R | |||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 171 | 195 | 183 | 72 | |||||||
References
- "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- "Harry Ward". Mastercaller.com. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- "Dartconnect". Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- "Harry Ward to resign PDC Tour Card at the end of the season - LiveDarts". Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2020.