Ricardo Pietreczko
Personal information
Nickname"Pikachu"
Born (1994-10-20) 20 October 1994[1]
Berlin, Germany
Home townNuremberg, Germany
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts23g Datadart
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Pokémon Theme" by Jason Paige
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2017–2020
PDC2014–
(Tour Card: 2022-)
WDF2017–2020
Current world ranking36 Increase 3 (3 January 2024)[2]
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 32: 2018
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2024
UK OpenLast 128: 2022, 2023
Grand SlamGroup Stage: 2023
European Ch'shipLast 16: 2023
PC FinalsLast 32: 2022, 2023
Other tournament wins
German Ch'ship 2018
Donnersberg Cup 2018
DDV Flensburg 2020
DDV Nürnberg Open 2019
DDV Steinfurt 2019
DDV Warsteiner Open 2018

European Tour Events

German Darts Championship 2023
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing  Germany
WDF World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kobe Men's singles

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.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

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

Tournament20172018201920202021202220232024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship DNQ 3R
UK Open DNQ 2R 2R
European Championship DNP DNQ 2R
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ RR
Players Championship Finals DNQ 2R 2R
WDF Ranked televised events
World Masters 4R 5R DNQ NH DNQ NH
Career statistics
Year-end ranking - 193 229 167 - 99 39

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2018 EDO
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
2019 EDO
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
2020 BDC
DNP
GDC
DNQ
EDG
2R
IDO
DNP
2021 HDT
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
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
2023 BSD
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
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. "Ricardo Pietreczko - Mastercaller".
  2. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  3. "Winmau World Masters Men 2017". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  4. "Ricardo Pietreczko". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  5. "Winmau World Masters Men 2018". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  6. "Ricardo Pietreczko". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
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