Radek Szaganski
- Leagues Played
- Players Championship 27 2023 4 Players Championship 13 3 Players Championship 8 3 Players Championship 30 3 Players Championship 2 2024 2 PDC World Championship 2 Players Championship Finals 2023 2 Players Championship 29 2 Players Championship 11 2023 2 UK Open 2022 2
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Wikipedia - Radek Szagański
Radosław "Radek" Szagański (born 17 October 1979) is a Polish-Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a one-time Poznań Open Champion and Polish Champion.
History
Szagański appeared independently from 2008 at various events, primarily in Poland and Republic of Ireland where he lives. He reached semi-finals of the Limerick Classic. His first attempt to qualify for the BDO World Darts Championship in 2010 was not crowned with success. In October 2010, he qualified for the 2010 Winmau World Masters, when he won the first round match 3–1 in sets against Chris Scutt. In the second round he lost 1–3 in sets to Andy Boulton.
In August 2011, he played at the Poznań Open which his first and only international trophy of World Darts Federation. In the final he defeat Oto Zmelík. Good form influenced the results in the 2011 Winmau World Masters. On the first day of the competition, he defeated Loris Polese, Craig Robertson, Lee Whitworth and Jim Withers. In the fifth round he lost to Christian Kist 1–3 in sets. In the following years, Szagański's results at the World Masters differed from previous years. In the 2012 Winmau World Masters he lost to Harry Todman in his first match. In the 2013 Winmau World Masters he beat Cor Dekker in preliminary round, but lost to Gary Harding in the first round.
In 2013, Szagański became the Polish Champion, defeating Tomasz Mikołajczyk in the final. In 2014, he was able to reach the quarter-finals of the Police Masters.
Szagański attempted to qualify for the 2015 PDC World Darts Championship. He reached the final of the Irish Tom Kirby Memorial, a win in the tournament would have earned him a spot in the preliminary round of the PDC World Darts Championship. Unfortunately for him, he lost the match 2–6 in legs to Daryl Gurney. He was just as close to qualifying in 2016, when he lost 5–6 in legs to Mick McGowan.
2022
After a few years of break in activity at the international level, Szagański successfully gained a two-year PDC Tour Card at 2022 European Q-School by finishing sixth on the European Q-School Order of Merit. In his debut on PDC European Tour stage in April at the 2022 Austrian Darts Open, he lost 1–6 to Danny Jansen in the first round. A month later he played at the 2022 European Darts Grand Prix, he lost 1–6 to Mickey Mansell in the first round. In June, he was close to his first victory in a PDC European Tour tournament at the 2022 European Darts Matchplay, but he lost 5–6 to Scott Williams in the first round.
2023
In 2023 Szagański won Players Championship 27, winning matches against Dimitri van den Bergh and Jonny Clayton before beating Connor Scutt 8–5 in the final.
2024
At the World Championship, Szagański won his first-round match 3–2 in sets against Marko Kantele. He was defeated in the second round by Raymond van Barneveld 3–1.
At European Q-School, Szagański regained his PDC Tour Card by finishing third on the European Q-School Order of Merit.
In February, on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour, Szagański achieved a surprise 6–5 victory over Luke Littler in the second round of Players Championship 2. He was defeated by Ryan Joyce 6–2 in the third round.
In the PDC ET01 Tour Card Holder Qualifier for the 2024 Belgian Darts Open Szagański was whitewashed, 6–0 by Littler.