Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (born 24 December 2000) is a professional Austrian darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. In 2017, he was the inaugural winner of the JDC (Junior Darts Corporation) World Championship.
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| Full name | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | RJR3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 December 2000[1] Vienna, Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Vienna, Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing darts since | 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 22g Bull's Signature | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2017– | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 82  (12 February 2023)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 160: 2021, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Group Stages: 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Players Finals | Last 64: 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Youth events
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Medal record
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Career
Rodriguez entered PDC qualifying school in 2017. His best result was getting to the last 64 on day four. This was not good enough to get a PDC tour card. He won a PDC Development Tour event in Germany in 2017, as well as the WDF Europe Cup Youth Pairs Boys with Thomas Langer in the same year. Rusty and his brothers Rowby-John and Roxy-James qualified for the 2017 Austrian Darts Open.[3] This was Rusty's European tour debut.[4] Rusty lost in the second round, while his brothers lost in the first round. Rusty was the first player to win the JDC World Championship in 2017 after he defeated Owen Roelofs 5–4 in legs.[5] He failed to qualify for the 2018 PDC World Championship after he lost 4–5 to Terry Temple in the first round of the World Championship qualifiers.
Rodriguez entered European qualifying school in 2018. His best result was getting to the semi final on day three. Only one player per day got an automatic PDC tour card in the European qualifying school. Rusty came 10th in the PDC European qualifying school Order of Merit but only the top six in the PDC European qualifying school Order of Merit got a PDC tour card.
World Championship results
PDC
- 2022: Second round (lost to Chris Dobey 2–3) (sets)
Personal life
His brothers, Rowby-John and Roxy-James, are also dart players.
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||||
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| PDC World Championship | DNQ | 2R | ||||||||||||
| UK Open | DNP | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNP | RR | ||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNP | 1R | ||||||||||||
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| PDC World Youth Championship | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | QF | |||||||||
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| Year-end ranking | - | 149 | 187 | - | 77 | |||||||||
References
- "Rusty-Jake Rodriguez - Mastercaller".
- "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- "Rodriguez trio win Austrian places". PDC. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- "2017 Austrian Darts Open day one". PDC. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- "RUSTY-JAKE RODRIGUEZ DEFEATS OWEN ROELOFS 5-4 TO WIN THE WDS ASSOCIATES JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". JDC. Retrieved 27 January 2018.