Callan Rydz

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Callan Rydz
Personal information
Nickname	The Riot
Born	(1998-07-03) 3 July 1998 (age 23)[1] Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Home town	Bedlington
Darts information
Playing darts since	2013
Darts	22g Unicorn Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Hypersonic Missiles” by Sam Fender
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2017–
Current world ranking	36 1 (28 November 2021)[2]
BDO majors – best performances
World Masters	Last 144: 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter Final: 2022
World Matchplay	Quarter Final: 2021
World Grand Prix	Last 32: 2021
European Ch'ship	Last 32: 2021
UK Open	Last 32: 2021
Players Ch'ship Finals	Last 16: 2020
Other tournament wins
Finder Masters Youth 2014 PDC Challenge Tour 2019 (x2) PDC Development Tour 2019, 2020 Players Championships Players Championship (BAR) 2021 Players Championship (BOL) 2021

Callan Rydz (/rɪds/ born 3 July 1998, from Newcastle upon Tyne) is a professional English darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation events.

Darts career[]

At 2018 PDC Q-School he tried to win a tour card, however he missed out on the points table by virtue of countback. He played on the Challenge Tour and Development Tour throughout the year. As a result of his Development Tour exploits, he qualified for the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship and progressed through the early group stage. He managed to reach the semi finals, including a victory over the #1 seed Luke Humphries but lost out 6–3 to eventual runner up Martin Schindler. He also tried to win a tour card in 2019 Q-School. He came in 10th place but unfortunately didn't succeed due to countback. Rydz played extremely well hitting 39 180's in only 105 legs, a higher rate than Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson and Dave Chisnall in 2018.

Rydz qualified for the 2019 UK Open by winning through the amateur qualifier in Wolverhampton, but lost to Jamie Hughes in the first round.

On 21 April 2019 he won his first PDC title after picking up the eighth Development Tour title of 2019, beating Luke Humphries 5-–2 in the final.

At the 17th Players Championship event of 2019, Rydz made his first Pro Tour appearance in 2 years, and marked it with a run to the quarter finals. He defeated Stephen Burton, Chris Dobey, Steve Beaton and Brendan Dolan before losing 6–3 to eventual winner James Wade.

He followed up the Development Tour title with a Challenge Tour title on 11 August 2019 by seeing off David Evans 5–2 in the final. Rydz went to the top of the Challenge Tour Order of Merit on 28 September 2019 by winning Event 18, beating Cody Harris to win the title.

Rydz finished 2019 top of the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, meaning he gained a two-year PDC Tour Card and qualified for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship.

He made the quarter-finals of the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship on 4 November, but lost 6–2 to Adam Gawlas.

Rydz won his first Pro Tour title on 26 February 2021, winning the second event of the 2021 PDC Pro Tour, beating Jonny Clayton 8–7 in the final.

Rydz qualified for the 2021 World Matchplay, and on his debut he reached the quarter-finals, overcoming Glen Durrant 10-6, Rob Cross 11-8, before losing to Krzysztof Ratajski 16-8.

World Championship results[]

PDC[]

• 2020: Second round (lost to Danny Noppert 2–3)
• 2021: Second round (lost to James Wade 0–3)
• 2022: Ongoing

Performance timeline[]

Personal life[]

Rydz is the cousin of fellow professional Chris Dobey.^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• Callan Rydz player profile at Darts Orakel