Thibault Tricole

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Thibault Tricole
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Tricole in 2018
Personal information
Nickname"The French Touch"
Born (1989-10-11) 11 October 1989 (age 35)
Auray, France
Home town Malguénac, France
Darts information
Playing darts since2002
Darts24g Winmau
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Essentielles" by Ibrahim Maalouf
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2010–2020
PDC 2021–
(Tour Card: 2024–)
WDF 2010–2023
Current world ranking ( PDC ) 65 Increase2.svg 9 (12 January 2025) [1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Runner Up: 2022
World Masters Last 32: 2019
Dutch Open Semi Final: 2022
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2024, 2025
UK Open Last 96: 2024
PC Finals Last 32: 2024
Other tournament wins
Denmark Open 2021
Greek Open 2019
Isle of Man Masters 2020
Italian Open 2022
PDC Challenge Tour 2022, 2023
PDC West Europe Qualifier 2023
Torremolinos Open 2019
Welsh Classic 2021

Thibault Tricole (born 11 October 1989) is a French professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the first French player to reach the final of a World Darts Championship when he finished as runner-up at the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship. He is also the only French player to compete at the PDC World Darts Championship and is considered the most successful darts player to come from France.

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Career

Tricole started playing in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments in 2010, including multiple appearances at the World Masters. In 2019, he attended PDC Q-School for the first time, but was unable to secure a PDC Tour Card. During the year, he played significantly more BDO tournaments than in previous years and was able to win his first tournaments at the Torremolinos Open and Greek Open. He also reached the fourth round at the 2019 World Masters. He was also in finals at the Belfry Open, Malta Open and Italian Open.

In 2020, Tricole became the first French player to qualify for the BDO World Darts Championship as a Western European Qualifier. [2] In the preliminary round he beat Ross Montgomery in a sudden-death leg. In the first round, Tricole lost 1–3 in sets to Ryan Hogarth. Tricole narrowly missed out on a Tour Card at Q-School in January 2020, but he won the Isle of Man Masters in March. In 2021, Tricole reached the semi-finals on the PDC Challenge Tour once. At the beginning of October, he won the Denmark Open with a 6–3 win over Andreas Harrysson in the final and he later won the Welsh Classic.

In 2022, he attempted Q-School once again, but was unsuccessful in winning a Tour Card. At the end of March, Tricole got called up to his first two Players Championships on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour due to his ranking on the Challenge Tour. In April, Tricole went into the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship as a seed and survived match darts in his first match against Shawn Burt. He improved against Steve Hine, whom he defeated 3–1 in sets. He narrowly eliminated Andy Baetens 4–3 in the quarter-finals and defeated Cameron Menzies in a deciding set in the semi-finals, thus reaching the final. Tricole managed to become the first French player to reach a World Darts Championship final where he ended up being defeated by Neil Duff 5–6.

In his PDC European Tour debut at the 2022 Austrian Darts Open, Tricole lost in a deciding leg against Zoran Lerchbacher. His second European Tour appearance was at the 2022 Hungarian Darts Trophy, where he lost 4–6 in legs to Karel Sedláček in the first round. In June, Tricole took part in the 2022 Dutch Open and reached the semi-finals, where he lost to eventual champion Jelle Klaasen 1–2 in sets.

In November 2023, he took part in the West Europe Qualifier for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship. He won the tournament by defeating Wesley Plaisier in the final 7–4 in legs. [3] [4] Tricole became the first person to represent France at the PDC World Darts Championship before becoming the first French player to claim a victory at the competition, defeating Mario Vandenbogaerde 3–1 in the first round before a 3–0 defeat to Rob Cross in the second round. [5]

In November 2024, he beat former PDC World Champion Gerwyn Price 6–4 in the first round of the 2024 Players Championship Finals. [6]

At the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, Tricole played Australia's Joe Comito in the opening match of the tournament, with the winner to face reigning champion Luke Humphries in the second round later in the evening. Tricole began with a 3–1 win over Comito but was defeated 3–0 by Humphries, who won all nine legs. [7]

Personal life

Tricole is a supporter of French football club FC Lorient and signed a partnership deal with the club in October 2024. [8] [9]

World Championship results

BDO

WDF

PDC

Career finals

WDF major finals: (1 runner-up)

Legend
World Championship (0–1)
OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore [N 1]
Runner-up1. 2022 World Darts Championship Ulster Banner.svg Neil Duff 5–6 (s)
  1. ↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

Tournament2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 2R 2R
World Masters NH Prel.
UK Open DNQ 1R 3R
Players Championship Finals DNQ 2R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts DNPNHDNPDNQDNP QF 2R
WDF Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 1R NH F WDPDC
World Masters 1R DNP 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 3R 4R NH RR NHPDC
Dutch Open DNP 5R DNP SF DNPPDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC)––––––––––––16011274

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2022 IDO
DNP		 GDC
DNP		 GDG
DNP		 ADO
1R		 EDO
DNP		 CDO
DNP		 EDG
DNP		 DDC
DNP		 EDM
DNP		 HDT
1R		 GDO
DNP		 BDO
DNP		 GDT
DNP
2023 BSD
DNP		 EDO
DNP		 IDO
DNP		 GDG
DNP		 ADO
DNP		 DDC
DNP		 BDO
DNP		 CDO
DNP		 EDG
DNP		 EDM
DNP		 GDO
DNP		 HDT
DNP		 GDC
DNP
2024 BDO
DNQ		 GDG
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 BSD
1R		 DDC
DNQ		 EDO
DNQ		 GDC
DNQ		 FDT
DNQ		 HDT
DNQ		 SDT
DNQ		 CDO
DNQ

PDC Players Championships

Season123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
2022
[nb 1] 		BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 WIG
DNP		 WIG
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 NIE
1R		 NIE
1R		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 WIG
DNP		 WIG
DNP		 NIE
2R		 NIE
3R		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
3R		 BAR
1R
2023
[nb 1] 		BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 HIL
2R		 HIL
3R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
3R		 LEI
DNP		 LEI
DNP		 HIL
4R		 HIL
1R		 LEI
1R		 LEI
1R		 HIL
1R		 HIL
1R		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP
2024 WIG
2R		 WIG
1R		 LEI
3R		 LEI
1R		 HIL
1R		 HIL
2R		 LEI
QF		 LEI
2R		 HIL
3R		 HIL
4R		 HIL
1R		 HIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
3R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
SF		 WIG
3R		 WIG
4R		 MIL
3R		 MIL
2R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
3R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
1R		 LEI
2R		 LEI
4R
  1. 1 2 Not a Tour card holder
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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