Ricardo Pietreczko

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Ricardo Pietreczko
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Pietreczko at the 2025 World Championship
Personal information
Nickname"Pikachu"
Born (1994-10-20) 20 October 1994 (age 30) [1]
Berlin, Germany
Home town Hannover, Germany [2]
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts25g Datadart
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Pokémon Theme" by Jason Paige
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2017–2020
PDC 2014–
(Tour Card: 2022–)
WDF 2017–2020
Current world ranking ( PDC ) 30 Steady2.svg (12 January 2025) [3]
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters Last 32: 2018
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 16: 2025
World Matchplay Last 32: 2024
World Grand Prix Last 16: 2024
UK Open Last 64: 2024
Grand Slam Group Stage: 2023
European Ch'ship Quarter Final: 2024
PC Finals Last 32: 2022, 2023
Other tournament wins
DDV Donnersberg Cup 2018
DDV Flensburg Open 2020
DDV Nürnberg Open 2019
DDV Steinfurt Open 2019
DDV Warsteiner Open 2018
German Championship 2018

European Tour Events

German Darts Championship 2023
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
WDF World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Kobe Men's singles

Ricardo Pietreczko (born 20 October 1994) is a German professional darts player. Nicknamed "Pikachu", he competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number thirty. He won his maiden PDC title at the 2023 German Darts Championship and reached the quarter-finals at the 2024 European Championship.

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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 qualifiers for PDC European Tour events, but was not able to qualify. 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 5–3 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 3–0 in sets. [4]

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 qualified for a PDC European Tour event, the 2018 International Darts Open, but lost in the first round to Ryan Searle 6–4 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. [5]

He played at the 2018 World Masters, where he advanced to the fifth round, where he lost to seeded Willem Mandigers 3–1 in sets. [6] 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 participated in the PDC Challenge Tour events.

In January 2022, he earned a PDC Tour Card during the PDC Q-School event. [7] His debut at the 2022 UK Open was successful, but he was defeated in the 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. [1]

In 2023, he started his season with a loss 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 previously dispatched Michael van Gerwen. [8]

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament201720182019202020212022202320242025
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship DNQ 3R 4R
PDC World Masters DNQ Prel.
UK Open DNQ 2R 2R 4R
World Matchplay DNQ 1R
World Grand Prix DNQ 2R
European Championship DNPDNQ 2R QF
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ RR DNQ
Players Championship Finals DNQ 2R 2R DNQ
WDF Ranked televised events
World Masters 4R 5R DNQNHDNPNHPDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking-193229167-993930

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
2024 BDO
SF		 GDG
2R		 IDO
3R		 EDG
2R		 ADO
2R		 BSD
3R		 DDC
2R		 EDO
2R		 GDC
3R		 FDT
F		 HDT
3R		 SDT
2R		 CDO
3R

PDC Players Championships

Season123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
2022 BAR
2R		 BAR
1R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 NIE
1R		 NIE
2R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
2R		 NIE
2R		 NIE
1R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
3R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
4R		 BAR
4R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
3R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
SF		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R
2023 BAR
1R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
4R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
3R		 HIL
1R		 HIL
SF		 WIG
3R		 WIG
2R		 LEI
2R		 LEI
1R		 HIL
4R		 HIL
2R		 LEI
1R		 LEI
3R		 HIL
4R		 HIL
2R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
3R		 BAR
4R		 BAR
QF		 BAR
2R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
SF		 BAR
QF		 BAR
4R		 BAR
2R
2024 WIG
4R		 WIG
2R		 LEI
2R		 LEI
3R		 HIL
3R		 HIL
2R		 LEI
2R		 LEI
1R		 HIL
1R		 HIL
2R		 HIL
2R		 HIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
2R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 WIG
3R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 LEI
4R		 LEI
1R
Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
Prel.		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round		DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

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References

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  2. ↑ "Ricardo Pietreczko PDPA Profile". PDPA . Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
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