Ryan Searle has taken the title at the 4th Players Championship event of the 2025 season in Rosmalen, Netherlands this Tuesday afternoon. In the final, 'Heavy Metal' defeated Cameron Menzies 8-3 to emerge as a winner on the Pro Tour for the 6th time in his career.
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En route to his 16th Pro Tour final, Searle had fought off Florian Hempel (6-0), Mensur Suljovic (6-2), Owen Bates (6-1), Mickey Mansell (6-5), William O'Connor (6-4) and Stefan Bellmont (7-6) with some impressive performances. Menzies meanwhile, came past Jose De Sousa (6-5), Christian Kist (6-1), Wesley Plaisier (6-5), Stephen Bunting (6-3), James Wade (6-3) and Dom Taylor (7-4) to reach the 3rd Players Championship final of his career.
In the final itself, Menzies started strong with a 12-dart hold of throw in the opening leg. After Searle held his own in leg 2, Menzies fired right back with a 15-darter to nudge back in front. There wasn't much to separate the pair in the early stages though, and as 'Heavy Metal' pinned a 96 checkout in 2 darts for the 4th leg, it was all square again.
The first potentially key moment of the match came in leg 5, as Searle broke the Menzies throw in 13 darts to get a break up, then thanks to a pair of 180s in the next leg, the Englishman moved clear 4-2. Although Menzies held in leg 7, he couldn't pressure the Searle throw in the next leg, allowing 'Heavy Metal' to immediately restore his two leg cushion at 5-3. Moments later, Searle move a double break up at 6-3, taking firm control of the final. When he held in leg 10, Searle was suddenly just one leg away from the win. In the very next leg, an 8-3 victory was secured by Searle on double top.
| Ryan Searle | VS | Cameron Menzies |
|---|---|---|
| 100.76 | Average (3 Darts) | 96.99 |
| 14 | 100+ Thrown | 16 |
| 9 | 140+ Thrown | 8 |
| 3 | 180 Thrown | 1 |
| 110 | Highest Checkout | 145 |
| 2 | Checkout 100+ | 1 |
| 66.7 | Checkout percentage | 37.5 |
| 8 / 12 | Checkout | 3 / 8 |
Results Players Championship 4
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# Final
Ryan Searle (100.76) 8 | 3 (96.99) Cameron Menzies
# Semi-Finals
Ryan Searle (99.89) 7 | 6 (98.71) Stefan Bellmont
Cameron Menzies (99.00) 7 | 4 (100.00) Dom Taylor
# Quarter-Finals
Ryan Searle (101.70) 6 | 4 (94.01) William O'Connor
Stefan Bellmont (93.62) 6 | 2 (90.27) Josh Rock
Dom Taylor (106.64) 6 | 3 (100.51) Gabriel Clemens
Cameron Menzies (96.24) 6 | 3 (90.15) James Wade
# Top 16
William O'Connor (94.95) 6 | 5 (95.17) Raymond van Barneveld
Ryan Searle (92.47) 6 | 5 (87.58) Mickey Mansell
Stefan Bellmont (96.57) 6 | 5 (99.00) Ryan Joyce
Josh Rock (101.84) 6 | 3 (93.90) James Hurrell
Gabriel Clemens (99.10) 6 | 2 (95.28) Wessel Nijman
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Dom Taylor (104.86) 6 | 0 (88.82) Nick Kenny
Cameron Menzies (95.87) 6 | 3 (93.09) Stephen Bunting
James Wade (92.41) 6 | 5 (88.72) Maik Kuivenhoven
# Top 32
William O'Connor (91.29) 6 | 4 (92.63) Dave Chisnall
Raymond van Barneveld (88.70) 6 | 4 (81.47) George Killington
Mickey Mansell (91.50) 6 | 3 (91.61) Luke Woodhouse
Ryan Searle (109.21) 6 | 1 (93.10) Owen Bates
Ryan Joyce (99.44) 6 | 4 (100.15) Martin Schindler
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Stefan Bellmont (95.26) 6 | 4 (97.49) Gerwyn Price
Josh Rock (107.03) 6 | 4 (99.81) Brendan Dolan
James Hurrell (86.40) 6 | 4 (87.88) Andy Boulton
Gabriel Clemens (101.62) 6 | 3 (95.02) Cor Dekker
Wessel Nijman (101.61) 6 | 2 (92.92) Kevin Doets
Dom Taylor (99.31) 6 | 2 (94.07) Ryan Meikle
Nick Kenny (82.24) 6 | 5 (84.91) Jeffrey Sparidaans
Stephen Bunting (100.74) 6 | 4 (93.43) Justin Hood
Cameron Menzies (88.80) 6 | 5 (93.09) Wesley Plaisier
Maik Kuivenhoven (89.83) 6 | 5 (90.36) Darryl Pilgrim
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James Wade (95.32) 6 | 3 (91.13) Callan Rydz
# Top 64
William O'Connor (89.38) 6 | 4 (86.08) Bradley Brooks
Dave Chisnall (109.98) 6 | 0 (95.65) Darius Labanauskas
George Killington (90.07) 6 | 2 (86.36) Scott Williams
Raymond van Barneveld (88.28) 6 | 5 (83.26) Brett Claydon
Luke Woodhouse (82.60) 6 | 3 (77.01) Mervyn King
Mickey Mansell (94.20) 6 | 2 (80.44) Jarno Bottenberg
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Owen Bates (86.61) 6 | 4 (77.56) Stefaan Henderyck
Ryan Searle (95.14) 6 | 2 (87.02) Mensur Suljovic
Ryan Joyce (96.76) 6 | 3 (92.88) Radek Szaganski
Martin Schindler (95.91) 6 | 3 (89.35) Adam Paxton
Stefan Bellmont (86.12) 6 | 4 (83.39) Rhys Griffin
Gerwyn Price (99.43) 6 | 4 (88.83) Ricky Evans
Brendan Dolan (91.09) 6 | 2 (93.00) Martin Lukeman
Josh Rock (92.24) 6 | 2 (85.20) Aden Kirk
Andy Boulton (93.24) 6 | 4 (90.28) Jim Long
James Hurrell (100.13) 6 | 1 (90.42) Patrick Geeraets
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Gabriel Clemens (91.67) 6 | 4 (94.80) Matthew Dennant
Cor Dekker (88.62) 6 | 4 (99.42) Chris Dobey
Kevin Doets (84.47) 6 | 1 (80.82) Peter Wright
Wessel Nijman (103.43) 6 | 1 (86.53) Stephen Burton
Ryan Meikle (90.14) 6 | 2 (83.55) Carl Sneyd
Dom Taylor (102.57) 6 | 4 (99.09) Damon Heta
Nick Kenny (112.32) 6 | 3 (105.93) Jermaine Wattimena
Jeffrey Sparidaans (87.62) 6 | 2 (89.00) Thomas Lovely
Justin Hood (106.79) 6 | 2 (97.62) Krzysztof Ratajski
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Stephen Bunting (96.73) 6 | 4 (99.57) Niels Zonneveld
Cameron Menzies (100.83) 6 | 1 (84.51) Christian Kist
Wesley Plaisier (95.83) 6 | 5 (103.85) Gian van Veen
Maik Kuivenhoven (95.83) 6 | 2 (91.16) Ricardo Pietreczko
Darryl Pilgrim (94.75) 6 | 5 (94.99) Alan Soutar
James Wade (90.94) 6 | 1 (85.99) Andy Baetens
Callan Rydz (100.89) 6 | 5 (99.50) Rob Cross
# Top 128
William O'Connor (90.16) 6 | 4 (85.81) Madars Razma
Bradley Brooks (92.84) 6 | 1 (83.52) Tim Wolters
Dave Chisnall (92.96) 6 | 5 (91.20) Adam Hunt
Darius Labanauskas (87.87) 6 | 2 (88.55) Viktor Tingstrom
Scott Williams (96.08) 6 | 4 (95.08) Mike De Decker
George Killington (88.35) 6 | 3 (89.03) Michael Flynn
Raymond van Barneveld (91.54) 6 | 4 (89.30) Robert Grundy
Brett Claydon (88.04) 6 | 5 (88.64) Tom Bissell
Luke Woodhouse (88.25) 6 | 5 (90.59) Niko Springer
Mervyn King (91.59) 6 | 5 (83.82) Pero Ljubic
Mickey Mansell (96.52) 6 | 5 (100.20) Danny Noppert
Jarno Bottenberg (83.06) 6 | 4 (80.25) Gilbert van der Meijden
Stefaan Henderyck (88.85) 6 | 2 (89.01) Joe Cullen
Owen Bates (91.04) 6 | 2 (88.73) Steve Lennon
Ryan Searle (104.86) 6 | 0 (90.48) Florian Hempel
Mensur Suljovic (86.59) 6 | 2 (84.86) Mario Vandenbogaerde
Ryan Joyce (99.20) 6 | 2 (90.05) Connor Scutt
Radek Szaganski (95.68) 6 | 4 (90.04) Lukas Wenig
Martin Schindler (93.51) 6 | 2 (83.15) Keane Barry
Adam Paxton (91.77) 6 | 3 (96.55) Leon Weber
Stefan Bellmont (91.36) 6 | 2 (84.77) Ritchie Edhouse
Rhys Griffin (81.72) 6 | 4 (81.07) Tavis Dudeney
Gerwyn Price (94.93) 6 | 0 (84.07) Danny Lauby
Ricky Evans (95.72) 6 | 4 (90.89) Dominik Gruellich
Brendan Dolan (91.13) 6 | 2 (86.78) Jimmy van Schie
Martin Lukeman (93.94) 6 | 0 (68.84) Benjamin Reus
Josh Rock (97.04) 6 | 4 (85.84) Joshua Richardson
Aden Kirk (80.70) 6 | 5 (80.86) Thibault Tricole
Andy Boulton (91.90) 6 | 3 (94.65) Michael Smith
Jim Long (79.46) 6 | 4 (77.64) Adam Lipscombe
James Hurrell (94.39) 6 | 3 (88.53) Daryl Gurney
Patrick Geeraets (85.70) 6 | 4 (86.19) Nathan Rafferty
Gabriel Clemens (88.33) 6 | 1 (91.77) Kevin Burness
Matthew Dennant (96.38) 6 | 3 (93.16) Marvin van Velzen
Chris Dobey (95.40) 6 | 5 (89.52) Matt Campbell
Cor Dekker (94.85) 6 | 3 (84.73) Jitse Van der Wal
Peter Wright (105.97) 6 | 1 (79.56) Richard Veenstra
Kevin Doets (87.80) 6 | 5 (87.28) William Borland
Wessel Nijman (90.84) 6 | 3 (87.34) Martijn Dragt
Stephen Burton (92.29) 6 | 3 (84.33) Dennie Olde Kalter
Ryan Meikle (94.01) 6 | 5 (97.45) Dirk van Duijvenbode
Carl Sneyd (96.35) 6 | 5 (99.42) Nathan Aspinall
Damon Heta (91.76) 6 | 1 (78.94) Tytus Kanik
Dom Taylor (103.70) 6 | 2 (82.65) Karel Sedlacek
Jermaine Wattimena (97.58) 6 | 5 (89.75) Ian White
Nick Kenny (102.57) 6 | 2 (96.21) Haupai Puha
Jeffrey Sparidaans (97.13) 6 | 4 (95.47) Jonny Clayton
Thomas Lovely (92.42) 6 | 3 (83.60) Kim Huybrechts
Krzysztof Ratajski (92.18) 6 | 2 (83.93) Rob Owen
Justin Hood (89.09) 6 | 3 (90.49) Maximilian Czerwinski
Stephen Bunting (96.05) 6 | 2 (88.86) Darren Beveridge
Niels Zonneveld (100.03) 6 | 2 (89.80) Jelle Klaasen
Cameron Menzies (85.91) 6 | 5 (80.90) Jose De Sousa
Christian Kist (86.35) 6 | 2 (81.30) Max Hopp
Gian van Veen (99.59) 6 | 5 (93.06) Greg Ritchie
Wesley Plaisier (98.02) 6 | 0 (66.40) Jules van Dongen
Ricardo Pietreczko (91.92) 6 | 5 (86.07) Oskar Lukasiak
Maik Kuivenhoven (101.44) 6 | 4 (95.94) Sebastian Bialecki
Darryl Pilgrim (100.20) 6 | 0 (93.62) Ross Smith
Alan Soutar (97.33) 6 | 4 (93.00) Dylan Slevin
James Wade (90.99) 6 | 4 (94.46) Kai Gotthardt
Andy Baetens (87.86) 6 | 3 (79.98) Adam Warner
Rob Cross (100.15) 6 | 2 (93.70) Cam Crabtree
Callan Rydz (94.59) 6 | 4 (91.92) Berry van Peer
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