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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 Germany
WDF World Cup
	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 won his maiden PDC title at the 2023 German Darts Championship and reached the quarter-finals at the 2024 European Championship.

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.

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.

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. 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. 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.

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.

World Championship results

PDC

2024: Third round (lost to Luke Humphries 3–4)
2025: Fourth round (lost to Nathan Aspinall 0–4)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship	DNQ							3R	4R
UK Open	DNQ					2R	2R	4R
World Matchplay	DNQ							1R
World Grand Prix	DNQ							2R
European Championship	DNP	DNQ					2R	QF
Grand Slam of Darts	DNQ						RR	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	DNQ					2R	2R	DNQ
WDF Ranked televised events
World Masters	4R	5R	DNQ	NH		DNP	NH	PDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	193	229	167	-	99	39

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
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

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
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
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	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	NYF	Not yet founded

References

"Ricardo Pietreczko - Mastercaller".
"Ricardo Pietreczko PDPA Profile". pdpa.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
"PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
"Winmau World Masters Men 2017". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
"Ricardo Pietreczko". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
"Winmau World Masters Men 2018". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
"Fallon Sherrock: 'Queen of the Palace' beaten at Q School, ending hopes of PDC Tour Card". Sky Sports. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
"Ricardo Pietreczko". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
Gorton, Josh (16 October 2023). "Pietreczko's darting dreams come true on historic night in Hildesheim". PDC. Retrieved 21 November 2024.

External links

Player profile for Ricardo Pietreczko from Dartsdatabase

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