Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "RJR3" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] 24 December 2000 Vienna, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Vienna, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Darts | 22g Bull's Signature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "All I Do Is Win" by DJ Khaled | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC | 2017– (Tour Card: 2022–2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | NR (24 November 2024) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | Last 128: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam | Group Stages: 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PC Finals | Last 64: 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (born 24 December 2000) is an Austrian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. In 2017, he was the inaugural winner of the JDC (Junior Darts Corporation) World Championship.
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 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.
Rodriguez entered a 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.
Born in Austria, Rodriguez is of Filipino descent. His brothers, Rowby-John and Roxy-James, are also dart players. [6]
Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||
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Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||
PDC World Championship | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | 1R | ||||||||||
UK Open | DNP | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | |||||||||
Grand Slam of Darts | DNP | RR | DNQ | |||||||||||
Players Championship Finals | DNP | 1R | DNQ | |||||||||||
Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||
PDC World Youth Championship | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | QF | RR | RR | RR | ||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
PDC Year-end ranking | - | 149 | 187 | - | 77 | 112 | 84 | |||||||
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2017 | GDC DNQ | GDM DNQ | GDO DNP | EDG DNQ | GDT DNQ | EDM DNP | ADO 2R | EDO DNQ | DDM DNQ | GDG DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDT DNQ | |
2018 | EDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | GDO DNP | ADO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDM DNQ | GDT DNQ | DDO 2R | EDM DNQ | GDC DNQ | DDC 1R | IDO DNQ | EDT DNQ |
2019 | EDO DNP | GDC DNP | GDG DNP | GDO DNP | ADO DNQ | EDG DNP | DDM DNQ | DDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | ADC 2R | EDM DNP | IDO DNP | GDT DNP |
2020 | Did not play | ||||||||||||
2021 | HDT DNQ | GDT DNQ | |||||||||||
2022 | IDO DNP | GDC DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNP | DDC DNQ | EDM DNQ | HDT QF | GDO DNQ | BDO 3R | GDT 2R |
2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO DNQ | IDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | DDC DNQ | BDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDO DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDC DNQ |
2024 | BDO DNP | GDG DNP | IDO DNP | EDG DNP | ADO DNQ | BSD DNP | DDC DNP | EDO DNP | GDC DNP | FDT DNP | HDT DNP | SDT DNP | CDO DNP |
PDC Players Championships
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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2021 [nb 1] | BOL 1R | BOL 4R | BOL 1R | BOL 2R | MIL 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 4R | NIE 1R | NIE 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 4R | MIL 4R | COV DNP | COV 2R | COV 2R | COV 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR DNP | BAR DNP |
2022 | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | NIE 3R | NIE 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R |
2023 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | HIL 3R | HIL 3R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 4R | LEI 4R | LEI 3R | HIL 2R | HIL 4R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R |
Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | DQ | Disqualified |
DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded |
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