Rowby-John Rodriguez

Rowby-John Rodriguez
Personal information
Full name Rowby-John Rodriguez
Nickname Little John
Born (1994-03-27) 27 March 1994
Austria
Home town Austria
Darts information
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Ruby by Kaiser Chiefs
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2010–2013
PDC 2013–
Current world ranking 41
BDO majors - best performances
World Masters Last 80: 2013
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2015, 2016
Grand Slam Group Stages: 2014, 2015
European Ch'ship Last 16: 2015
UK Open Last 96: 2016
Other tournament wins
Austria National Championships 2010
Baltic Cup Open 2012
Carinthian Open 2011
PDC Challenge Tour England 2013
PDC Development Tour England 2015
Other achievements
2015 Breaks into the top 64 on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time

Rowby-John Rodriguez (born 27 March 1994) is an Austrian darts player currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation.

Career

In 2010, as a 16-year-old Rodriguez won the Austrian National Championship by beating Franz Thaler 5–0 in the final.[1]

At the second event of Q School in January 2014 he stood one win away from joining the PDC but lost 5–3 to Gerwyn Price.[2] However, after all four events had been played Rodriguez had done enough to finish ninth on the Q School Order of Merit and earn a two-year tour card.[3] His first PDC major was the UK Open where he was knocked out 5–1 by Tony Randall in the first round.[4]

In May, Rodriguez reached the final of the PDC World Youth Championship where he lost 6–4 to Keegan Brown at the O2 Arena in London as part of the Premier League finals night. Reaching the final secured him a place in the 2014 Grand Slam of Darts.[5][6] Rodriguez was now Austria's number two player behind Mensur Suljović and they teamed up at the World Cup of Darts, but lost both their singles matches in the second round against the Belgium brothers of Kim and Ronny Huybrechts.[7] Rodriguez reached the quarter-finals of a Pro Tour event for the first time at the 14th Players Championship defeating the likes of Gary Anderson, Paul Nicholson and Jamie Caven, before losing 6–1 to Ian White.[8] His play throughout the year earned him a debut in the European Championship where he lost 6–2 to Robert Thornton in the opening round.[9] At the Grand Slam, Rodriguez beat world number three Adrian Lewis 5–2 in his opening group game before losing 5–1 to Dave Chisnall.[10] He went into his final group game knowing a win over Brown would see him qualify for the last 16 and, despite coming back from 3–0 down to level at 3–3, he lost 5–3.[11]

Rodriguez made his debut at the 2015 World Championship after he qualified through the Pro Tour Order of Merit.[12] However, he ran into an in-form Raymond van Barneveld who hit finishes of 167 and 170 as he restricted Rodriguez to two legs during the match in a 3–0 defeat. Rodriguez averaged 79.22 which was over 20 points lower than his opponent's, but he still broke into the top 64 on the Order of Merit for the first time after the tournament concluded as he was ranked world number 58.[13][14] He won the opening Development Tour event of the year by beating Jamie Lewis 4–1 in the final.[15] Rodriguez and Suljović were eliminated in the last 16 of the World Cup for the second consecutive year, this time to Germany.[16] From the last 32 onwards he knocked out Kim Huybrechts, Wayne Jones and Mensur Suljović at the 14th Players Championship to play in his first PDC Pro Tour semi-final, where he lost 6–2 against Jelle Klaasen.[17] A 6–4 win over Christian Kist saw Rodriguez make the second round of the European Championship in which he could only average 73.43 against John Henderson in a 10–2 defeat.[18] After losing 5–3 to Robbie Green and beating Martin Phillips 5–2 at the Grand Slam, Rodriguez needed a win over Phil Taylor to qualify for the last 16, but he lost 5–2.[19]

Rodriguez hit the first 170 finish of the 2016 World Championship, but lost each of the three sets played against Dave Chisnall in the first round by deciding legs.[20]

World Championship results

PDC

Personal life

Rodriguez' brother Roxy-James Rodriguez also plays darts and reached the last 16 of the European Darts Trophy in 2014.[21]

References

  1. ↑ "2010 Austria National Championships Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "2014 PDC Tour Card Qualifying School Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Keegan Brown claims world youth champion darts crown". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Unicorn World Youth Joy For Brown". PDC. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "bwin World Cup of Darts Second Round". PDC. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Mighty Mike Claims Crawley Crown". PDC. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "888.com European Championship Day One". PDC. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam Day One". PDC. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Monday". PDC. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  12. ↑ "William Hill World Champs Field". PDC. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Five". PDC. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  14. ↑ "Order of Merit on 5 January 2015". PDC. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  15. ↑ "Coventry Crowns For Rodriguez & Van Peer". PDC. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  16. ↑ "bwin World Cup of Darts Quarter-Finals". PDC. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  17. ↑ "ProTour Joy For Klaasen In Wigan". PDC. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  18. ↑ "Unibet European Championship Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  19. ↑ "2015 Grand Slam Of Darts Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  20. ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Six". PDC. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  21. ↑ "European Darts Trophy Draw & Qualifiers". PDC. Retrieved 15 October 2014.

External links

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