Radek Szagański

Radek Szagański
Personal information
Full name	Radosław Szagański
Born	(1979-10-17) 17 October 1979 Poznań, Poland
Home town	Cork, Ireland
Darts information
Playing darts since	2008
Darts	23g MasterDarts
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Whiskey in the Jar" by Metallica
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2010–2013
PDC	2014– (Tour Card 2022-)
WDF	2010–2013
Current world ranking	106 (21 April 2024)
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Last 24: 2011
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2024
UK Open	Last 96: 2023
PC Finals	Last 32: 2023
Other tournament wins
Poznań Open 2011 Polish Ch'ship 2013 Players Championships Players Championship (BAR) 2023

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.

Career

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.

World Championship results

PDC

• 2024: Second round (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 1–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	Did not qualify														2R
UK Open	Did not qualify												2R	3R	1R
Players Championship Finals	Did not qualify													2R
WDF Ranked televised events
World Masters	2R	5R	1R	1R	Did not qualify								PDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	114	68

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2022	IDO DNP	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO 1R	EDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG 1R	DDC DNQ	EDM 1R	HDT DNQ	GDO DNQ	BDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	DDC DNQ	BDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	HDT DNQ	GDC DNQ

PDC Players Championship

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 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R
2023	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	LEI SF	LEI 2R	HIL 3R	HIL 2R	LEI QF	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR W	BAR 4R	BAR QF	BAR 3R
2024	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL DNP	HIL DNP	LEI 1R	LEI	HIL	HIL	HIL	HIL	MIL	MIL	MIL	MIL	MIL	MIL	MIL	WIG	WIG	MIL	MIL	WIG	WIG	WIG	WIG	WIG	LEI	LEI

Performance timeline legend
DNP	Did not play in the event	DNQ	Did not qualify for the event	WD	Withdrew from the event	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin)
QF	lost in the quarter-finals	SF	lost in the semi-finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament

External links

• Player profile on Radek Szagański from Dartsdatabase