Harry Ward (born 13 June 1997[1]) is an English professional darts player who last played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) 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– | ||
| 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
editHe 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.[2]
Later in the year, he qualified for his first World Championship via the PDC Pro Tour. Ward defeated Madars Razma 3–2 in the first round. In the second round, he lost 3–0 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 6–2 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.[3]
World Championship results
editPDC
edit- 2020: Second round (lost to Simon Whitlock 0–3) (sets)
Performance timeline
edit| 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
edit- ^ "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.
External links
edit- Player profile for Harry Ward from Dartsdatabase
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