Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (born 24 December 2000) is a professional

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player who plays in

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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

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in 2017, as well as the WDF Europe Cup Youth Pairs Boys with

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in the same year. Rusty and his brothers Rowby-John and Roxy-James qualified for the

2017 Austrian Darts Open The 2017 Austrian Darts Open was the seventh of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna, Austria between 23–25 June 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,00 ...

. This was Rusty's European tour debut. 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. He failed to qualify for the 2018 PDC World Championship after he lost 4–5 to

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in the first round of the World Championship qualifiers. Rodriguez 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

PDC

* 2022: Second round (lost to

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2–3) (sets)

Personal life

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

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour

References

External links

Profile and stats on Darts Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Rusty-Jake 2000 births Living people Austrian darts players Game players from Vienna Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders