Ritchie Edhouse

2024: European Champion Edhouse experienced an improvement of form in 2024, particularly 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 and Rob Cross 6–4 before losing to Stephen Bunting 6–5 in a deciding leg. He also made the quarter-finals of the 2024 Baltic Sea Darts Open, where he lost to eventual champion Rob Cross 6–5. His success during the year saw him qualify for the 2024 World Matchplay, 2024 World Grand Prix and the 2024 European Championship.

Edhouse headed into the 2024 European Championship as a 250/1 outsider to win the tournament. He won his opening game 6–1 against Gian van Veen, averaging 109.48 in the process. He then defeated former world champions Michael Smith and Gary Anderson before a semi-final victory over Luke Woodhouse. Edhouse reached the final, where he defeated Jermaine Wattimena 11–3 to win his first major title. The win resulted in Edhouse entering the top 32 in the PDC Order of Merit for the first time. It also granted him a spot at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts, where he lost to Rob Cross in the Last 16.

2025–present

At the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, Edhouse was seeded and started the tournament in the second round for the first time. He lost 3–1 to Ian White. Edhouse missed out on qualification for the 2025 European Championship following a third-round defeat at the Swiss Darts Trophy to Raymond van Barneveld that resulted in Edhouse finishing outside of the top 32 on the European Tour Order of Merit, meaning he could not defend his title.

At the 2026 World Championship, 27th seed Edhouse was defeated 3–0 by New Zealand's Jonny Tata in the first round.

World Championship results PDC 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) 2025: Second round (lost to Ian White 1–3) 2026: First round (lost to Jonny Tata 0–3)

Career finals PDC major finals: 1 (1 title) Legend European Championship (1–0)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Winner 1. 2024 European Championship 11–3 (l)

Performance timeline BDO

PDC

European Tour

Players Championships