Ricardo Pietreczko Explained

Ricardo Pietreczko
Nickname:"Pikachu"
Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:Berlin, Germany
Hometown:Nuremberg, Germany
Since:2010
Darts:23g Datadart
Laterality:Right-handed
Music:"Pokémon Theme" by Jason Paige
Bdo:2017–2020
Pdc:2014–
(Tour Card: 2022-)
Wdf:2017–2020
World Masters:Last 32: 2018
Pdc World:Last 32: 2024
Matchplay:Last 32: 2024
Grand Slam:Group Stage: 2023
Uk Open:Last 64: 2024
European:Last 16: 2023
Pc Finals:Last 32: 2022, 2023
Results:European Tour Events

Ricardo Pietreczko (born 20 October 1994), nicknamed "Pikachu", is a German professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a German Champion and bronze medalist of the WDF World Cup.

Career

Pietreczko started playing darts at the age of 16 after his father put a dartboard in his room and he trained diligently before and after school. In 2014, he took part in a qualifiers for the PDC European Tour events, but for a long time he was not able to qualify for any international tournament. At the national level, however, he was doing much better. He advanced to the semi-finals of the Super League Darts. In 2016, he took part in the 4 Nations Cup for the Germany team and reached the semi-finals in singles competition, where he lost to Wesley Harms by 3–5 in legs.

At the beginning of 2017, he played at the Dinslaken Open and reached the final, where he lost to Daniel Zygla. As the third in the national ranking of qualifying tour for the WDF World Cup, he qualified to participate in the 2017 WDF World Cup as a representative of Germany. In the singles competition, he won the bronze medal, lost in the semi-final to Raymond Smith by 1–6 in legs. Pietreczko also made his debut at the 2017 World Masters, where he advanced to the fourth round. In his fourth round match, he lost to Neil Duff by 0–3 in sets.[2]

At the end of February 2018, Pietreczko won the Donnersberg Cup in Rockenhausen, and in mid-June he won the German Championship for the first time. At the beginning of September, Pietreczko finally qualified for the PDC European Tour event. During the 2018 International Darts Open he lost in the first round match to Ryan Searle by 4–6 in legs. The next day, Pietreczko won the DDV ranking tournament in Steinfurt. Pietreczko was appointed by the national federation to represent Germany at the 2018 WDF Europe Cup. In the singles competition, he advanced to the third round where he lost to Ross Montgomery. In pairs and team competition, he was eliminated in the earlier stage.[3]

He played at the 2018 World Masters, where he advanced to the fifth round, where he lost to seeded Willem Mandigers by 1–3 in sets.[4] In mid-November, Pietreczko made a successful return to the Super League Darts, when he won the qualifier in Düsseldorf. In May 2019, he qualified for the 2019 European Darts Grand Prix, where he lost in first round match to Jamie Hughes by 1–6 in legs. In October 2020, Pietreczko achieved his first victory on the Professional Darts Corporation stage, during the 2020 European Darts Grand Prix. In the first round match he beat Luke Woodhouse by 6–1 in legs, but in the second round match he lost to José de Sousa. In 2021, he participate in the PDC Challenge Tour events.

In January 2022, he earned a PDC Tour Card during the PDC Q-School event. His debut at the 2022 UK Open was successful, but he was defeated in second round match by Zoran Lerchbacher. In October, Pietreczko reached the semi-finals in 2022 PDC Players Championship series and lost to Luke Humphries.In addition, Pietreczko was again at the start of the Super League Darts, where he made it to the quarter-finals. There he was defeated by Niko Springer in the decider leg. At the 2022 Players Championship Finals, he beat Damon Heta in the first round match, before losing to Callan Rydz in the second round.[5]

In 2023, he start his season with lost to Jelle Klaasen in the second round match of the 2023 UK Open. In March, he reached his second semi-finals in 2023 PDC Players Championship series. At the 2023 European Darts Open, he achieved quarter-finals after victories over Geert Nentjes, Peter Wright and Stephen Bunting. In his quarter-finals match he lost only 5–6 in legs to Rob Cross. At the 2023 Austrian Darts Open, he beat Cameron Menzies in first round and narrowly lost in the second round match to Michael Smith. At the 2023 Dutch Darts Championship he lost in the first round to Daryl Gurney. At the 2023 European Darts Grand Prix he narrowly lost in the first round match to Steve Beaton. During 2023 European Darts Matchplay he white-washed his compatriot Fabian Herz in the first round match. In the second round he was beaten by Dimitri Van den Bergh.

Pietreczko won his first PDC title at the 2023 German Darts Championship, the final event on the 2023 European Tour, beating Peter Wright in the final having earlier dispatched of Michael van Gerwen.

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World ChampionshipDNQ3R
UK OpenDNQ2R2R
World MatchplayDNQ
European ChampionshipDNPDNQ2R
Grand Slam of DartsDNQRR
DNQ2R2R
WDF Ranked televised events
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Career statistics
Year-end rankingstyle="text-align:center;-193229167style="text-align:center;-9939

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2018EDO
DNP
GDG
DNP
GDO
DNP
ADO
DNP
EDG
DNP
DDM
DNP
GDT
DNP
DDO
DNP
EDM
DNP
GDC
DNP
DDC
DNP
IDO
1R
EDT
DNP
2019EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNP
EDG
1R
DDM
DNQ
DDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
ADC
DNP
EDM
DNP
IDO
DNP
GDT
DNP
2020BDC
DNP
GDC
DNQ
EDG
2R
IDO
DNP
2021HDT
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2022IDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
BDO
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2023BSD
DNQ
EDO
QF
IDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
2R
DDC
1R
BDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
1R
EDM
2R
GDO
2R
HDT
1R
GDC
W
2024BDO
SF
GDG
2R
IDO
3R
EDG
2R
ADO
2R
BSD
3R
DDC
2R
EDO
GDC
FDT
HDT
SDT
CDO

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
2022BAR
2R
BAR
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
NIE
2R
NIE
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
SF
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
2023BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
HIL
1R
HIL
SF
WIG
3R
WIG
2R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
HIL
4R
HIL
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
3R
HIL
4R
HIL
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
4R
BAR
QF
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
SF
BAR
QF
BAR
4R
BAR
2R
2024WIG
4R
WIG
2R
LEI
2R
LEI
3R
HIL
3R
HIL
2R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
HIL
HIL
MIL
MIL
MIL
MIL
MIL
MIL
MIL
WIG
WIG
MIL
MIL
WIG
WIG
WIG
WIG
WIG
LEI
LEI

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ricardo Pietreczko - Mastercaller .
  2. Web site: Winmau World Masters Men 2017. World Darts Federation. 28 December 2022.
  3. Web site: Ricardo Pietreczko. mastercaller.com. 28 December 2022.
  4. Web site: Winmau World Masters Men 2018. World Darts Federation. 28 December 2022.
  5. Web site: Ricardo Pietreczko. mastercaller.com. 28 December 2022.