Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Personal information
Nickname	"RJR3"
Born	24 December 2000 (age 23); Vienna, Austria
Home town	Vienna, Austria
Darts information
Playing darts since	2012
Darts	22g Bull's Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"All I Do Is Win" by DJ Khaled
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2017– ; (Tour Card: 2022-2023)
Current world ranking	NR (31 October 2024)
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2022
UK Open	Last 128: 2023
Grand Slam	Group Stages: 2021
PC Finals	Last 64: 2021
Other tournament wins
Hungarian Masters	2016
JDC World Ch'ship	2017
Austrian Open	2015, 2016
Czech Open	2015
German Open	2017
Hungarian Classic	2016
Hungarian Masters	2016
Swiss Open	2016
PDC Development Tour	2017, 2021 (x5), 2023
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Austria
EDF European Ch'ship
WDF Europe Cup Youth

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (born 24 December 2000) is an Austrian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. In 2017, he was the inaugural winner of the JDC (Junior Darts Corporation) World Championship.

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 a 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)
2024: First round (lost to Cameron Menzies 0–3)

Personal life

Born in Austria, Rodriguez is of Filipino descent. His brothers, Rowby-John and Roxy-James, are also dart players.^[6]

Performance timeline

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC World Championship	DNQ					2R	DNQ	1R
UK Open	DNP				1R	1R	2R	1R
Grand Slam of Darts	DNP				RR	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	DNP				1R	DNQ
Non-major televised events
PDC World Youth Championship	2R	2R	2R	2R	QF	RR	RR
Career statistics
PDC Year-end ranking	-	149	187	-	77	112	84

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2017	GDC DNQ	GDM DNQ	GDO DNP	EDG DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNP	ADO 2R	EDO DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2018	EDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNP	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO 2R	EDM DNQ	GDC DNQ	DDC 1R	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2019	EDO DNP	GDC DNP	GDG DNP	GDO DNP	ADO DNQ	EDG DNP	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	ADC 2R	EDM DNP	IDO DNP	GDT DNP
2020	Did not play
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT DNQ
2022	IDO DNP	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG DNP	DDC DNQ	EDM DNQ	HDT QF	GDO DNQ	BDO 3R	GDT 2R
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 DNP	GDG DNP	IDO DNP	EDG DNP	ADO DNQ	BSD DNP	DDC DNP	EDO DNP	GDC DNP	FDT DNP	HDT DNP	SDT DNP	CDO DNP

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
2021 ^{[nb 1]}	BOL 1R	BOL 4R	BOL 1R	BOL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 4R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 4R	MIL 4R	COV DNP	COV 2R	COV 2R	COV 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP
2022	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	NIE 3R	NIE 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2023	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	HIL 3R	HIL 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 4R	LEI 4R	LEI 3R	HIL 2R	HIL 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R

^ Not a Tour card holder

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	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	NYF	Not yet founded

References

^ "Rusty-Jake Rodriguez - Mastercaller".
^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
^ "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.
^ "2017 Austrian Darts Open day one". PDC. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

External links

Profile and stats on Darts Database

[NTC-7] Not a Tour card holder

[1] "Rusty-Jake Rodriguez - Mastercaller".

[PDC_Rankings-2] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.

[3] "Rodriguez trio win Austrian places". PDC. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

[4] "2017 Austrian Darts Open day one". PDC. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

[5] "RUSTY-JAKE RODRIGUEZ DEFEATS OWEN ROELOFS 5-4 TO WIN THE WDS ASSOCIATES JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". JDC. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

[6] "2017 Austrian Darts Open day one". PDC. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

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