Ritchie Edhouse
| Ritchie Edhouse | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Edhouse at the 2024 European Championship | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | "Madhouse" | ||
| Born | 19 April 1983[1] Basildon, Essex, England[2] | ||
| Home town | Enfield, London, Middlesex, England | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 2003 | ||
| Darts | 23g Mission Signature | ||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "Our House" by Madness | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| BDO | 2014–2015 | ||
| PDC | 2016– (Tour Card: 2017-2018, 2021-) | ||
| WDF | 2014–2015 | ||
| Current world ranking | 29  (17 November 2024)[3] | ||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||
| World Masters | Last 80: 2014 | ||
| World Trophy | Last 32: 2015 | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2020, 2022 | ||
| World Matchplay | Last 32: 2024 | ||
| World Grand Prix | Last 32: 2024 | ||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2022 | ||
| Grand Slam | Last 16: 2024 | ||
| European Ch'ship | Winner (1): 2024 | ||
| PC Finals | Last 32: 2021, 2022 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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Ritchie Edhouse (born 19 April 1983) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the current European Champion, after he won his first ever Major title, by defeating Jermaine Wattimena 11–3 in the 2024 Final.
Career
[edit]Edhouse reached the semi-finals of the 2018 Dutch Darts Championship, where he lost to Ricky Evans 5–7. He won his second Challenge Tour event in early 2019, and a third in 2020, allowing him to regain his tour card for the 2021 season.[4]
On the European Tour Edhouse reached the quarter-finals of the 2024 International Darts Open, defeating Jitse Van der Wal 6–1, Michael Smith 6–5 in a deciding leg[5] and Rob Cross 6–4 before losing to Stephen Bunting 6–5 in a deciding leg.
Edhouse reached the final of the 2024 European Championship, where he defeated Jermaine Wattimena 11–3 to win his first major title.[6][2]
World Championship results
[edit]PDC
[edit]- 2020: Second round (lost to James Wade 0–3)
- 2022: Second round (lost to Gerwyn Price 1–3)
- 2023: First round (lost to David Cameron 2–3)
- 2024: First round (lost to Jeffrey de Graaf 2–3)
Career finals
[edit]PDC major finals: 1 (1 title)
[edit]| Legend |
|---|
| European Championship (1–0) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2024 | European Championship |  Jermaine Wattimena
|
11–3 (l) |
- ^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
Performance timeline
[edit]| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC World Championship | Non-PDC | Did not qualify | 2R | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | BDO | DNQ | 2R | 1R | Did not qualify | 1R | 4R | 3R | 3R | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Did not Qualify | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Did not Qualify | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | Non-PDC | Did not qualify | 1R | DNQ | W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | Did not qualify | RR | DNQ | 2R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | Non-PDC | Did not qualify | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO World Championship | DNP | DNQ | No longer a BDO player | NH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO World Trophy | DNP | 1R | No longer a BDO player | NH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winmau World Masters | 3R | DNP | No longer a BDO player | NH | PDC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 575 (BDO) | 312 (BDO) | 110 | 99 | 76 | 79 | 154 | 68 | 46 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | DDM 3R |
GDM DNQ |
GDT DNP |
EDM DNP |
ADO DNQ |
EDO 2R |
IDO DNQ |
EDT 1R |
EDG DNQ |
GDC DNQ | |||
| 2017 | GDC DNQ |
GDM DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
GDT 1R |
EDM DNQ |
ADO 1R |
EDO DNQ |
DDM DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDT DNQ | |
| 2018 | EDO 1R |
GDG DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
ADO 1R |
EDG DNQ |
DDM DNQ |
GDT 1R |
DDO DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
DDC SF |
IDO DNQ |
EDT DNQ |
| 2019 | EDO 1R |
GDC DNQ |
GDG 3R |
GDO DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDM 2R |
DDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
ADC DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
IDO 2R |
GDT 2R |
| 2020 | Did not play | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | HDT DNQ |
GDT 2R | |||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO 2R |
GDC DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDO 1R |
CDO 2R |
EDG DNQ |
DDC 2R |
EDM DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
BDO DNQ |
GDT 2R |
| 2023 | BSD 2R |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
BDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
EDG 1R |
EDM DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
IDO QF |
EDG 3R |
ADO 3R |
BSD QF |
DDC 3R |
EDO 2R |
GDC 2R |
FDT 2R |
HDT 1R |
SDT 1R |
CDO 2R |
PDC Players Championships
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 2R |
HIL SF |
HIL 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR SF |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 2R |
| 2024 | WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 4R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 3R |
LEI 4R |
LEI 3R |
HIL SF |
HIL 3R |
HIL 4R |
HIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG SF |
MIL 3R |
MIL 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 4R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 3R |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# |
Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Ritchie Edhouse - Mastercaller".
- ^ a b "'Madhouse' Edhouse lands shock European title". BBC Sport. 27 October 2024.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "2021 PDC Tour Cards". Professional Darts Players Association. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Michael Smith suffers early exit at International Darts Open in Germany after loss to Ritchie Edhouse". Sky Sports. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "European Championship: Ritchie Edhouse secured maiden major title with win over Jermaine Wattimena". 27 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.