Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
{{short description|Austrian darts player (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox darts player
| image =
| name = Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
| fullname =
| nickname = "RJR3"
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|12|24|df=yes}}{{cite web | url=https://www.mastercaller.com/players/rusty-jake-rodriguez | title=Rusty-Jake Rodriguez |website=Mastercaller }}
| birth_place = Vienna, Austria
| hometown =
| since = 2012
| darts = 21g Bull's
| laterality = Right-handed
| music = "All I Do Is Win" by DJ Khaled featuring T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg and Rick Ross
| BDO =
| PDC = 2017–
(Tour Card: 2022–2023, 2025–)
| WDF =
| currentrank = {{PDC Rankings|Rusty-Jake Rodriguez}}
| BDO World =
| World Masters =
| PDC World = Last 64: 2022
| Matchplay =
| Grand Prix =
| UK Open = Last 128: 2023, 2025
| Grand Slam = Group Stage: 2021
| European =
| Premier League =
| PC Finals = Last 64: 2021
| results = {{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap
| Hungarian Masters | 2016
}}
Youth events
{{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap
| JDC World Championship | 2017
| Austrian Open | 2015, 2016
| Czech Open | 2015
| German Open | 2017
| Hungarian Classic | 2016
| Hungarian Masters | 2016
| Swiss Open | 2016
| PDC Development Tour (x7) | 2017, 2021 (x5), 2023
}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's Darts}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUT}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | EDF European Championship}}
{{MedalBronze | 2016 Podčetrtek | Men's singles}}
{{MedalCompetition | WDF World Cup Youth}}
{{MedalSilver | 2015 Antalya | Boys' singles}}
{{MedalCompetition | WDF Europe Cup Youth}}
{{MedalGold | 2017 Malmo | Men's pairs}}
{{MedalBronze | 2014 Vienna | Men's team}}
{{MedalBronze | 2017 Malmo | Men's team}}
}}
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (born 24 December 2000) is an Austrian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
In his youth career, he won the 2017 Junior Darts Corporation (JDC) World Championship.
He also won seven PDC Development Tours.
Career
Rodriguez won a PDC Development Tour event in 2017,{{cite web |title=PDC Unicorn Development Tour 11-12 |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/05/28/pdc-unicorn-development-tour-11-12 |website=Professional Darts Corporation |access-date=15 January 2025 |date=28 May 2017}} as well as the WDF Europe Youth Cup boys' pairs event with Thomas Langer in the same year.{{cite web |title=WDF Europe Cup Youth Boys Pairs 2017 |url=https://dartswdf.com/competitions/wdf-europe-cup-youth-boys-pairs/2017 |website=World Darts Federation |access-date=15 January 2025}} Rodriguez and his brothers Rowby-John and Roxy-James qualified for the 2017 Austrian Darts Open.{{cite web|title=Rodriguez trio win Austrian places|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/06/23/rodriguez-trio-win-austrian-places|publisher=PDC|accessdate=27 January 2018}} This was his PDC European Tour debut.{{cite web|title=2017 Austrian Darts Open day one|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/06/23/austrian-darts-open-day-one|publisher=PDC|accessdate=27 January 2018}} He was eliminated in the second round. Rodriguez was the first player to win the JDC World Darts Championship in 2017 after he defeated Owen Roelofs 5–4 in legs.{{cite web|title=RUSTY-JAKE RODRIGUEZ DEFEATS OWEN ROELOFS 5-4 TO WIN THE WDS ASSOCIATES JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP|url=http://www.juniordarts.com/index.php/2-jdc/149-wds-junior-world-darts-championship-2018|publisher=JDC|accessdate=27 January 2018}}
Rodriguez won five titles on the 2021 European Development Tour, finishing top of the Order of Merit which granted him qualification for the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts and a two-year PDC Tour Card.{{cite web |last=Allen |first=Dave |title=Rodriguez seals European Development Tour success as German talent wins |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2021/11/06/rodriguez-seals-european-development-tour-success-german-talent-wins |website=Professional Darts Corporation |access-date=15 January 2025 |date=6 November 2021}} At the Grand Slam, he played in Group B but went winless in matches against Jonny Clayton, Mervyn King and Bradley Brooks.{{cite web |title=Grand Slam of Darts 2021: Results |url=https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/12458138/grand-slam-of-darts-2021-results |website=Sky Sports |access-date=15 January 2025 |date=21 November 2021}}
Rodriguez made his PDC World Darts Championship debut at the 2022 World Championship, winning his first match 3–1 against Ben Robb.{{cite web |last=Gill |first=Samuel |title=Rodriguez through on PDC World Darts Championship debut with impressive win over Robb |url=https://dartsnews.com/pdc/rodriguez-through-on-pdc-world-darts-championship-with-impressive-win-over-robb |website=Dartsnews.com |access-date=15 January 2025 |date=20 December 2021}}{{cite web |title=Auch Rusty-Jake Rodriguez meistert bei Darts-WM Auftakthürde |trans-title=Rusty-Jake Rodriguez also overcomes opening hurdle at Darts World Championship |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000132063014/auch-rusty-jake-rodriguez-meisterte-bei-wm-auftakthuerde |website=Der Standard |access-date=15 January 2025 |date=21 December 2021 |language=de}} In the second round, he went 2–0 up against Chris Dobey but ultimately lost the match 3–2.{{cite web |last=Gill |first=Samuel |title=Dobey battles back from brink to deny Rodriguez and set up Van Gerwen clash |url=https://dartsnews.com/pdc/dobey-battles-back-from-brink-to-deny-rodriguez-and-set-up-van-gerwen-clash |website=Dartsnews.com |access-date=15 January 2025 |date=24 December 2021}}{{cite web |title=Darts-WM in London: Rusty-Jake Rodriguez scheitert trotz 2:0-Satzführung mit 2:3 |url=https://www.kleinezeitung.at/sport/instagram_sport/6078350/DartsWM-in-London_RustyJake-Rodriguez-scheitert-trotz |trans-title=Darts World Championship in London: Rusty-Jake Rodriguez loses 3–2 despite leading 2–0|website=Kleine Zeitung |access-date=15 January 2025 |date=24 December 2021 |language=de}}
Rodriguez won his seventh Development Tour title in 2023, defeating Dominik Grüllich 5–3 in the final of Event 21.{{cite web |last=Gorton |first=Josh |title=Rodriguez & Bialecki share titles; Littler seals Ally Pally spot |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2023/08/18/rodriguez-bialecki-share-titles-littler-seals-ally-pally-spot |website=Professional Darts Corporation |access-date=15 January 2025 |date=18 August 2023}} In November 2023, he secured qualification for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship through the Tour Card Holder Qualifier.{{cite web |last=Wood |first=Kieran |title=Darren Webster, Boris Krcmar, Rusty-Jake Rodriguez and Florian Hempel grab final spots for World Darts Championship |url=https://dartsnews.com/pdc/darren-webster-boris-krcmar-rusty-jake-rodriguez-and-florian-hempel-grab-final-spots-for-world-darts-championship |website=Dartsnews.com |access-date=15 January 2025 |date=27 November 2023}} He lost 3–0 against Cameron Menzies in the first round.{{cite web |title=Cameron Menzies into second round of World Darts Championship hours after working plumbing shift |url=https://news.sky.com/story/cameron-menzies-into-second-round-of-world-darts-championship-hours-after-working-plumbing-shift-13031478 |website=Sky News |access-date=15 January 2025 |date=16 December 2023}}
Rodriguez lost his Tour Card after two years, but following a one-year absence from the PDC Pro Tour, he regained his Tour Card at 2025 Q-School after finishing sixth in the European Q-School Order of Merit.{{cite web |last=Gill |first=Samuel |title=Final Order of Merit PDC European Q-School 2025: These 12 players secured PDC Tour Cards |url=https://dartsnews.com/pdc/final-order-of-merit-pdc-european-q-school-2025-these-12-players-secured-pdc-tour-cards |website=Dartsnews.com |access-date=15 January 2025 |date=12 January 2025}}{{cite web |title=Rusty-Jake Rodriguez sichert sich Ticket für PDC-Tour 2025 |trans-title=Rusty-Jake Rodriguez secures card for 2025 PDC Tour|url=https://www.skysportaustria.at/rusty-jake-rodriguez-sichert-sich-ticket-fuer-pdc-tour-2025/ |website=Sky Sport Austria |access-date=15 January 2025 |date=13 January 2025 |language=de}}
Personal life
Two of his brothers, Rowby-John and Roxy-James, are also darts players. They are of Filipino heritage.{{cite web |last=Yildiz |first=Marcel |title=Roxy-James, Rowby-John, Rusty-Jake und Ridgy-Jorg: So tickt die Darts-Familie Rodriguez |trans-title=Roxy-James, Rowby-John, Rusty-Jake and Ridgy-Jorg: This is how the Rodriguez darts family ticks|url=https://www.kleinezeitung.at/sport/instagram_sport/6078440/RoxyJames-RowbyJohn-RustyJake-und-RidgyJorg_So-tickt-die |website=Kleine Zeitung |access-date=15 January 2025 |date=25 December 2021 |language=de}}
World Championship results
= PDC =
- 2022: Second round (lost to Chris Dobey 2–3)
- 2024: First round (lost to Cameron Menzies 0–3)
Performance timeline
| class="wikitable" style="width:20%; margin:0" | |||||||||
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="15" align="left" |Ranked televised events | |||||||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| PDC World Championship
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | |||||||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| UK Open
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not participate | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | |||||||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| Grand Slam
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not participate | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| RR | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | | |||||||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| {{Nowrap|Players Championship Finals}}
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not participate | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | | |||||||||
| colspan="15" align="left" |Non-ranked televised events | |||||||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| {{Nowrap|PDC World Youth Championship}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| RR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| RR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| RR | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | |||||||||
| colspan="14" align="left" |Career statistics | |||||||||
| bgcolor="efefef"
| align="left" |PDC Year-end ranking | style="text-align:center; | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;|149
| style="text-align:center;|187 | style="text-align:center; | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;|77
| style="text-align:center;|112 | style="text-align:center;|84 | style="text-align:center; | |||||||||
PDC European Tour
| class="wikitable" style="width:50%; margin:0" | |||||||||||||
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2017
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|ADO | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | |||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2018
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|DDO | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|DDC | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | |||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2019
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|ADC | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not participate | |||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2022
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|HDT | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|GDO | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BDO | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|GDT |
PDC Players Championships
| class="wikitable" style="width:18%; margin:0; font-size:75%"
! 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 |
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2021 Not a Tour card holder | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BOL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BOL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BOL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BOL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|NIE | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|NIE | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|NIE | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|NIE | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|COV | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|COV | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|COV | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|COV | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP |
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2022
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|NIE | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|NIE | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|NIE | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|NIE | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR |
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2023
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR |
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References
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External links
- {{DartsOrakel|Rusty-Jake Rodriguez}}
- {{Dartsdatabase|id=16370}}
- [https://mastercaller.com/players/rusty-jake-rodriguez Rusty-Jake Rodriguez player profile at Mastercaller]
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