Radek Szagański
Radosław "Radek" Szagański (born 17 October 1979) is an Polish-Irish professional darts player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a one-time Poznań Open Champion and Polish Champion.
Radek Szagański | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Full name | Radosław Szagański | ||||||
Born | [1] Poznań, Poland | 17 October 1979||||||
Home town | Cork, Republic of Ireland | ||||||
Darts information | |||||||
Playing darts since | 2008 | ||||||
Darts | 23g MasterDarts | ||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
Walk-on music | "Whiskey in the Jar" by Thin Lizzy | ||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
BDO | 2010–2013 | ||||||
PDC | 2014– | ||||||
WDF | 2010–2013 | ||||||
Current world ranking | 73 11 (21 October 2023)[2] | ||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||
World Masters | Last 24: 2011 | ||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
UK Open | Last 128: 2022, 2023 | ||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||
Players Championships
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Career
Szagański appeared independently from 2008 at various events, primarily in Poland and Republic of Ireland where he live. 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, he became the Polish Champion, defeat Tomasz Mikołajczyk in the final. The years that followed did not go so well. In 2014, he was able to reach the quarter-finals of the Police Masters and also trying to qualifying for the PDC World Darts Championship. He reached the final of the Irish Tom Kirby Memorial, where the victory in this tournament guaranteed qualified to PDC World Darts Championship. Unfortunately, he lost 2–6 in legs to Daryl Gurney. He was just as close to the qualifying in 2016, when he lost 5–6 in legs to Mick McGowan.
After a few years of break in activity at the international level, Szagański successfully gain a two-year PDC Tour Card in 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 the PDC European Tour tournament at the 2022 European Darts Matchplay, but he lost 5–6 to Scott Williams in the first round.
Performance timeline
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||
UK Open | Did not qualify | 2R | 3R | |||||||||||
WDF Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||
World Masters | 2R | 5R | 1R | 1R | Did not qualify | PDC | ||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking (PDC) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 114 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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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 |
DDC |
BDO |
CDO |
EDG |
EDM |
GDO |
HDT |
GDC |
Performance timeline legend | |||||||
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DNP | Did not play in the event | DNQ | Did not qualify for the event | WD | Withdrew from the event | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals | SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
References
- "Radek Szagański - Mastercaller".
- "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
External links
- Player profile on Radek Szagański from Dartsdatabase