Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

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

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Personal information
NicknameRJR3
Born (2000-12-24) 24 December 2000[1]
Vienna, Austria
Home townVienna, Austria
Darts information
Playing darts since2015
Darts22g Bull's Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2017–
Current world ranking121 1 (1 May 2022)[2]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2022
UK OpenLast 160: 2021, 2022
Grand SlamGroup Stages: 2021
Players Ch'ship FinalsLast 64: 2021
Other tournament wins
Hungarian Masters 2016
PDC Development Tour 2017, 2021 (x5)
WDF Europe Cup Boys' Pairs 2017
JDC World Championship 2017

Career

2017

Rusty 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.

2018

Rusty entered 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

JDC (Youth)
  • 2018: Winner (Beat to Owen Roelofs 5–4) (legs)
  • 2019: Last 16 (Lost to Keelan Kay 3–4)

PDC

Personal life

His brothers, Rowby-John and Roxy-James, are also dart players.

References
  1. https://www.mastercaller.com/players/rusty-jake-rodriguez
  2. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  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.
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