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
Personal information
Full nameRadosław Szagański
Born (1979-10-17) 17 October 1979[1]
Poznań, Poland
Home townCork, Republic of Ireland
Darts information
Playing darts since2008
Darts23g MasterDarts
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Whiskey in the Jar" by Thin Lizzy
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2010–2013
PDC2014–
WDF2010–2013
Current world ranking73 Increase 11 (21 October 2023)[2]
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 24: 2011
PDC premier events – best performances
UK OpenLast 128: 2022, 2023
Other tournament wins
Poznań Open 2011
Polish Ch'ship 2013

Players Championships

Players Championship (BAR) 2023

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

Tournament20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
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

Season12345678910111213
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
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

  1. "Radek Szagański - Mastercaller".
  2. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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