Radek Szagański
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| Radek Szagański | |||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||
| Full name | Radosław Szagański | ||||||
| Born | 17 October 1979[1] Poznań, Poland | ||||||
| Home town | Cork, Ireland | ||||||
| Darts information | |||||||
| Playing darts since | 2008 | ||||||
| Darts | 23g MasterDarts | ||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
| Walk-on music | "Whiskey in the Jar" by Metallica | ||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
| BDO | 2010–2013 | ||||||
| PDC | 2014– (Tour Card 2022-) | ||||||
| WDF | 2010–2013 | ||||||
| Current world ranking | 97  (17 November 2024)[2] | ||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||
| World Masters | Last 24: 2011 | ||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2024 | ||||||
| UK Open | Last 96: 2023 | ||||||
| PC Finals | Last 32: 2023 | ||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||
Players Championships
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Radosław "Radek" Szagański (born 17 October 1979) is a Polish-Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a one-time Poznań Open Champion and Polish Champion.
Career
[edit]Szagański appeared independently from 2008 at various events, primarily in Poland and Republic of Ireland where he lives. He reached semi-finals of the Limerick Classic. His first attempt to qualify for the BDO World Darts Championship in 2010 was not crowned with success. In October 2010, he qualified for the 2010 Winmau World Masters, when he won the first round match 3–1 in sets against Chris Scutt. In the second round he lost 1–3 in sets to Andy Boulton.
In August 2011, he played at the Poznań Open which his first and only international trophy of World Darts Federation. In the final he defeat Oto Zmelík. Good form influenced the results in the 2011 Winmau World Masters. On the first day of the competition, he defeated Loris Polese, Craig Robertson, Lee Whitworth and Jim Withers. In the fifth round he lost to Christian Kist 1–3 in sets. In the following years, Szagański's results at the World Masters differed from previous years. In the 2012 Winmau World Masters he lost to Harry Todman in his first match. In the 2013 Winmau World Masters he beat Cor Dekker in preliminary round, but lost to Gary Harding in the first round.
In 2013, Szagański became the Polish Champion, defeating Tomasz Mikołajczyk in the final. In 2014, he was able to reach the quarter-finals of the Police Masters.
Szagański attempted to qualify for the 2015 PDC World Darts Championship. He reached the final of the Irish Tom Kirby Memorial, a win in the tournament would have earned him a spot in the preliminary round of the PDC World Darts Championship.[3] Unfortunately for him, he lost the match 2–6 in legs to Daryl Gurney. He was just as close to qualifying in 2016, when he lost 5–6 in legs to Mick McGowan.
2022
[edit]After a few years of break in activity at the international level, Szagański successfully gained a two-year PDC Tour Card at 2022 European Q-School by finishing sixth on the European Q-School Order of Merit. In his debut on PDC European Tour stage in April at the 2022 Austrian Darts Open, he lost 1–6 to Danny Jansen in the first round. A month later he played at the 2022 European Darts Grand Prix, he lost 1–6 to Mickey Mansell in the first round. In June, he was close to his first victory in a PDC European Tour tournament at the 2022 European Darts Matchplay, but he lost 5–6 to Scott Williams in the first round.
2023
[edit]In 2023 Szagański won Players Championship 27, winning matches against Dimitri van den Bergh and Jonny Clayton before beating Connor Scutt 8–5 in the final.[4]
2024
[edit]At the World Championship, Szagański won his first-round match 3–2 in sets against Marko Kantele. He was defeated in the second round by Raymond van Barneveld 3–1.
At European Q-School, Szagański regained his PDC Tour Card by finishing third on the European Q-School Order of Merit.[5]
In February, on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour, Szagański achieved a surprise 6–5 victory over Luke Littler in the second round of Players Championship 2. He was defeated by Ryan Joyce 6–2 in the third round.[6][7]
In the PDC ET01 Tour Card Holder Qualifier for the 2024 Belgian Darts Open Szagański was whitewashed, 6–0 by Littler.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Szagański works as a bus driver for Bus Éireann in Cork. He lives in Cobh.[9]
World Championship results
[edit]PDC
[edit]- 2024: Second round (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 1–3)
Performance timeline
[edit]| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Did not qualify | 2R | |||||||||||||
| UK Open | Did not qualify | 2R | 3R | 1R | |||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | Did not qualify | 2R | |||||||||||||
| Non-ranking televised events | |||||||||||||||
| PDC World Cup of Darts | Did not qualify | 2R | |||||||||||||
| WDF Ranked televised events | |||||||||||||||
| World Masters | 2R | 5R | 1R | 1R | Did not qualify | PDC | |||||||||
| Year-end ranking (PDC) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 114 | 68 | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | IDO DNP |
GDC DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO 1R |
EDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
EDG 1R |
DDC DNQ |
EDM 1R |
HDT DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
BDO DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
BDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
BSD DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
EDO 1R |
GDC DNQ |
FDT DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
SDT DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
| 2023 | BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
LEI SF |
LEI 2R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 2R |
LEI QF |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR W |
BAR 4R |
BAR QF |
BAR 3R |
| 2024 | WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL DNP |
HIL DNP |
LEI 1R |
LEI SF |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
MIL 4R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL DNP |
MIL DNP |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 3R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 4R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 2R |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. |
Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Radek Szagański - Mastercaller".
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Mighty Mike Seals Dublin Double". PDC. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (20 October 2023). "Surprise package Szaganski causes a sensation with PC27 success". PDC.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (14 January 2024). "Tour Cards confirmed on final day of 2024 Q School". PDC. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "Players Championship 2 PDC". pdc.tv. 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Luke Littler knocked out in second round of Players Championship in Wigan as Gary Anderson claims victory". Sky Sports. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Littler qualifies for Belgian Darts Open after success in Wigan". Sky Sports. 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Radek Szaganski: Bus Eireann driver who could send Barney packing from World Darts Championship". Extra.ie. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Player profile for Radek Szagański from Dartsdatabase