Krzysztof Ratajski
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Nickname | "The Polish Eagle" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1 January 1977 Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Warsaw, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Darts | 22g Bull's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "Whatever You Want" by Status Quo and "Zawsze do celu" by Najlepszy Przekaz w Mieście | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BDO | 2007–2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC | 2018– (Tour Card: 2019-) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WDF | 2007–2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | 30 1 (31 October 2024)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Masters | Winner (1): 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Trophy | Last 32: 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Quarter-final: 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Matchplay | Semi-final: 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Quarter-final: 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | Quarter-final: 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam | Last 16: 2018, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Ch'ship | Last 16: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PC Finals | Last 16: 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Masters | Last 16: 2022, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Series Finals | Semi-final: 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Tour Events
Players Championships
UK Open Qualifiers
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Medal record
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Krzysztof Ratajski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkʐɨʂtɔf raˈtajski]; born 1 January 1977) is a Polish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2017 World Masters. Ratajski also plays on the Professional Darts Corporation's ProTour and has represented Poland at the PDC World Cup of Darts on numerous occasions. He is the most successful darts player to come from Poland. Together with Krzysztof Kciuk, he is the world record holder in pairs match average.
Career
[edit]Ratajski's first major run came in the 2007 Czech Open where he reached the semi-finals. He gained notable wins over Joey ten Berge and local player Marek Polak, eventually losing to Patrick Loos who won the tournament. He then went on to win the 2008 Denmark Open, defeating Hungary's Nándor Bezzeg, Finland's Marko Kantele and Belgian Geert De Vos en route to the final where he beat Fabian Roosenbrand.
On 4 December 2008 Ratajski qualified for the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship, earning one of five spots available. He earned notable wins over former qualifier Ian Jones and Mike Veitch before beating Robbie Green to qualify, becoming the first Polish player to qualify for either world championship. The next day, Ratajski took part in the 2008 Winmau World Masters, but lost in the very first round to Denmark's Stig Jorgensen. Ratajski then lost in the first round of the 2009 World Championship to Edwin Max.
Ratajski represented Poland in the inaugural PDC World Cup of darts in partnership with Krzysztof Kciuk. They lost 2–6 in the first round to New Zealand, who were represented by Phillip Hazel and Warren Parry. He did not feature in the tournament again until 2013, once more with Kciuk, and they progressed to the last 16 by finishing second in Group E thanks to beating Gibraltar 5–2.[2] They played the host nation Germany, who were represented by Jyhan Artut and Andree Welge, and were defeated 5–2.[3]
He lost in the semi-finals of the 2015 Polish Open 5–2 to Scott Waites.[4] Ratajski made his European Tour debut at the 2015 European Darts Trophy and was edged out 6–5 by Adam Hunt in the first round.[5] He was knocked out 3–2 by Martin Adams in the last 16 of the World Masters.[6]
Ratajski played in the BDO World Trophy for the first time in 2016 and lost 6–4 to Scott Waites.[7] He teamed up with Mariusz Paul at the 2016 PDC World Cup of Darts and they were defeated 5–1 by Belgium in the opening round.[8] He qualified for the International Darts Open and was eliminated 6–1 by Chris Dobey in the first round.[9]
Ratajski qualified for the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship. He earned his first two wins at the event, including a 3–0 victory over Wesley Harms, before narrowly losing to Darius Labanauskas in the last 16. At the 2017 World Cup, Ratajski and Tytus Kanik lost 5–3 in the first round to the Irish team of Mick McGowan and William O'Connor.[10]
At the 2017 World Masters, Ratajski was unseeded and had to start from the first round. He defeated two-time reigning champion Glen Durrant in the quarter-finals, Scotland's Cameron Menzies in the semi-final, and world number one Mark McGeeney 6–1 in the final for his first televised major title. In doing so, Ratajski also guaranteed qualification for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship, but declined his invitation in favour of an attempt to qualify for the rival 2018 PDC World Darts Championship.[11] He qualified for the latter as the top ranked Eastern European on the PDC Pro Tour.[12]
Ratajski competed in his first PDC premier event as a singles player at the 2017 European Championship. He lost 3–6 to Peter Wright in the first round. In the 2018 World Championship Ratajski lost 1–3 to James Wilson despite winning the first set.
2018
[edit]In January, Ratajski entered Q-School, but failed to gain a tour card. Ratajski played on the 2018 Challenge Tour. Ratajski made the final at event 8 and won event 14.[13] Due to these successes, he was able to play some Players Championship events towards the end of 2018.
In February Ratajski became the first Polish player to win a PDC event, defeating Daryl Gurney 6–4 in the final of the sixth UK Open qualifier.[14]
Ratajski won a Players Championship event on 20 October 2018, defeating Chris Dobey 6–2 in the final of Players Championship 21, despite not having a tour card.[15] Ratajski also won Players Championship 22 the following day, joining an elite club of only 8 PDC players to win two Players Championship titles in a single weekend by beating Adrian Lewis 6–4.[16] His weekend “double header” win secured him a place at the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, where he lost to Seigo Asada. Ratajski also made the 2018 Players Championship Finals, where he beat Gerwyn Price and Adrian Lewis before losing to Danny Noppert, and the 2018 Grand Slam of Darts, where he was drawn in Group B. He defeated Raymond van Barneveld and Adam Smith-Neale and losing to Michael Smith, which meant that he went through to the last 16 stage where he lost to Jonny Clayton. Ratajski reached the top 64 on the PDC Order of Merit, which earned him a tour card for 2019.
2023
[edit]Ratajski received a qualifier for the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts and for the fifth-time he represented Poland together with Krzysztof Kciuk. On the first day of the tournament, the Poles defeated the Portuguese team (Jose de Sousa and Luis Ameixa) with some difficulty by 4–3 in legs.[17] In the second match of the group stage, the Poles faced the Lithuanian national team (Darius Labanauskas and Mindaugas Barauskas). The Poles defeated their rivals by 4–1 in legs, achieving the world record match average (118.10) of doubles matches.[18]
World Championship results
[edit]BDO
[edit]- 2009: First round (lost to Edwin Max 2–3)
- 2017: Second round (lost to Darius Labanauskas 3–4)
PDC
[edit]- 2018: First round (lost to James Wilson 1–3)
- 2019: First round (lost to Seigo Asada 2–3)
- 2020: Third round (lost to Nathan Aspinall 3–4)
- 2021: Quarter-finals (lost to Stephen Bunting 3–5)
- 2022: Second round (lost to Steve Lennon 1–3)
- 2023: Third round (lost to Dimitri Van den Bergh 1–4)
- 2024: Third round (lost to Jonny Clayton 2–4)
Performance timeline
[edit]PDC
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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PDC World Championship | BDO | 1R | 1R | 3R | QF | 2R | 3R | 3R | |||||||
UK Open | DNQ | 5R | 6R | 4R | QF | 4R | 4R | 5R | |||||||
World Matchplay | Did not qualify | 2R | QF | SF | 2R | 1R | 2R | ||||||||
World Grand Prix | Did not qualify | 1R | 1R | QF | 2R | 2R | DNQ | ||||||||
European Championship | Did not qualify | 1R | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | DNQ | ||||||
Grand Slam of Darts | Did not qualify | 2R | DNQ | RR | RR | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | |||||||
Players Championship Finals | Did not qualify | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | ||||||||
Non-ranking televised events | |||||||||||||||
The Masters | Did not qualify | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | ||||||||||
PDC World Cup of Darts | 1R | NH | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | |
World Series of Darts Finals | Not held | Did not qualify | QF | 2R | SF | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | |||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 79 | 55 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 24 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2015 | GDC DNP |
GDT DNP |
GDM DNP |
DDM DNP |
IDO DNP |
EDO DNQ |
EDT 1R |
EDM DNQ |
EDG DNP | ||||
2016 | DDM DNP |
GDM DNP |
GDT DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
ADO DNP |
EDO DNQ |
IDO 1R |
EDT DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
GDC DNQ | |||
2017 | GDC 2R |
GDM 1R |
GDO 2R |
EDG 2R |
GDT 2R |
EDM 1R |
ADO 1R |
EDO 2R |
DDM QF |
GDG 2R |
IDO DNQ |
EDT 2R | |
2018 | EDO DNQ |
GDG 1R |
GDO DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDG 1R |
DDM 3R |
GDT 1R |
DDO 1R |
EDM DNQ |
GDC 2R |
DDC DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDT 2R |
2019 | EDO 3R |
GDC DNQ |
GDG 2R |
GDO DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDG 2R |
DDM 2R |
DDO 2R |
CDO 1R |
ADC DNQ |
EDM QF |
IDO 2R |
GDT W |
2020 | BDC QF |
GDC QF |
EDG 2R |
IDO QF | |||||||||
2021 | HDT 2R |
GDT QF | |||||||||||
2022 | IDO 2R |
GDC 3R |
GDG WD |
ADO 3R |
EDO 2R |
CDO 2R |
EDG 3R |
DDC 2R |
EDM 2R |
HDT 2R |
GDO QF |
BDO DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
2023 | BSD DNQ |
EDO 2R |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNP |
ADO 2R |
DDC 2R |
BDO 1R |
CDO DNQ |
EDG QF |
EDM DNQ |
GDO W |
HDT DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
2024 | BDO 2R |
GDG 2R |
IDO 2R |
EDG 2R |
ADO 3R |
BSD 2R |
DDC DNQ |
EDO 1R |
GDC 3R |
FDT 1R |
HDT 1R |
SDT 1R |
CDO 2R |
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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2018 | BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
MIL DNP |
MIL DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
MIL DNP |
MIL DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
DUB 1R |
DUB 1R |
BAR W |
BAR W | ||||||||
2019 | WIG 2R |
WIG 4R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 4R |
WIG 4R |
WIG 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 2R |
BAR QF |
BAR 4R |
BAR 4R |
WIG W |
WIG SF |
BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
HIL W |
HIL QF |
BAR 3R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
DUB F |
DUB 2R |
BAR QF |
BAR F |
2020 | BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
WIG 4R |
WIG W |
WIG 3R |
WIG SF |
BAR QF |
BAR DNP |
MIL SF |
MIL 3R |
MIL 2R |
MIL QF |
MIL 3R |
NIE QF |
NIE 1R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 4R |
NIE F |
COV 3R |
COV 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 2R |
COV F | |||||||
2021 | BOL 4R |
BOL 2R |
BOL QF |
BOL 2R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL QF |
NIE 1R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 4R |
NIE 3R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 2R |
COV 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 3R |
COV 4R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR QF |
BAR 3R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR QF |
BAR W |
2022 | BAR QF |
BAR 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG SF |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
NIE 4R |
NIE 4R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
WIG QF |
WIG 1R |
NIE QF |
NIE 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 4R |
BAR F |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
2023 | BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
HIL SF |
HIL F |
WIG W |
WIG 2R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
2024 | WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 3R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
HIL SF |
HIL SF |
HIL DNP |
HIL DNP |
MIL 4R |
MIL 1R |
MIL QF |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 4R |
MIL 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
WIG QR |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 4R |
LEI 4R |
LEI 1R |
Career finals
[edit]BDO major finals: 1 (1 title)
[edit]Legend |
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Winmau World Masters (1–0) |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] |
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Winner | 1. | 2017 | Winmau World Masters | Mark McGeeney | 6–1 (s) |
References
[edit]- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "Betfair World Cup of Darts - Saturday Afternoon". PDC. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ^ "Betfair World Cup of Darts - Last 16". PDC. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ "2015 Polish Open Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ "European Darts Trophy Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ "2015 World Masters Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ "2016 BDO World Trophy Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ "2016 PDC World Cup of Darts Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ "HappyBet International Darts Open Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ "2017 PDC World Cup of Darts Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "Gary Robson Invite to Lakeside World Pro 2018". BDO. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "International Qualifiers Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ^ "PDC Challenge Tour 14". DartConnect TV. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ Allen, Dave. "UK Open Qualifier 6". PDC. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ Allen, Dave (20 October 2018). "Relentless Ratajski's PC21 Glory". PDC.
- ^ Phillips, Josh (21 October 2018). "Double Joy For Ratajski". PDC.
- ^ "Poland pair Ratajski and Kciuk survive double woes as moustache maestro Dante stars for Italy to begin World Cup of Darts". Darts News. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ "Poland produce record pairs average at World Cup of Darts with sensational 118.1". dartsnews.com. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
External links
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