Thibault Tricole

Thibault Tricole
Thibault Tricole
	Tricole in 2018
Personal information
Nickname	"The French Touch"
Born	11 October 1989 (age 35); Auray, France
Home town	Malguénac, France
Darts information
Playing darts since	2002
Darts	24g Winmau
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Essentielles" by Ibrahim Maalouf
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2010–2020
PDC	2021– ; (Tour Card: 2024–)
WDF	2010–2023
Current world ranking	74 5 (3 January 2025)
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Runner Up: 2022
World Masters	Last 32: 2019
Dutch Open	Semi Final: 2022
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2024, 2025
UK Open	Last 96: 2024
PC Finals	Last 32: 2024
Other tournament wins
Denmark Open	2021
Greek Open	2019
Isle of Man Masters	2020
Italian Open	2022
PDC Challenge Tour	2022, 2023
PDC West Europe Qualifier	2023
Torremolinos Open	2019
Welsh Classic	2021

Thibault Tricole (born 11 October 1989) is a French professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the first French player to reach the final of a World Darts Championship when he finished as runner-up at the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship. He is also the only French player to compete at the PDC World Darts Championship and is considered the most successful darts player to come from France.

Career

Tricole started playing in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments in 2010, including multiple appearances at the World Masters. In 2019, he attended PDC Q-School for the first time, but was unable to secure a PDC Tour Card. During the year, he played significantly more BDO tournaments than in previous years and was able to win his first tournaments at the Torremolinos Open and Greek Open. He also reached the fourth round at the 2019 World Masters. He was also in finals at the Belfry Open, Malta Open and Italian Open.

In 2020, Tricole became the first French player to qualify for the BDO World Darts Championship as a Western European Qualifier.^[2] In the preliminary round he beat Ross Montgomery in a sudden-death leg. In the first round, Tricole lost 1–3 in sets to Ryan Hogarth. Tricole narrowly missed out on a Tour Card at Q-School in January 2020, but he won the Isle of Man Masters in March. In 2021, Tricole reached the semi-finals on the PDC Challenge Tour once. At the beginning of October, he won the Denmark Open with a 6–3 win over Andreas Harrysson in the final and he later won the Welsh Classic.

In 2022, he attempted Q-School once again, but was unsuccessful in winning a Tour Card. At the end of March, Tricole got called up to his first two Players Championships on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour due to his ranking on the Challenge Tour. In April, Tricole went into the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship as a seed and survived match darts in his first match against Shawn Burt. He improved against Steve Hine, whom he defeated 3–1 in sets. He narrowly eliminated Andy Baetens 4–3 in the quarter-finals and defeated Cameron Menzies in a deciding set in the semi-finals, thus reaching the final. Tricole managed to become the first French player to reach a World Darts Championship final where he ended up being defeated by Neil Duff 5–6.

In his PDC European Tour debut at the 2022 Austrian Darts Open, Tricole lost in a deciding leg against Zoran Lerchbacher. His second European Tour appearance was at the 2022 Hungarian Darts Trophy, where he lost 4–6 in legs to Karel Sedláček in the first round. In June, Tricole took part in the 2022 Dutch Open and reached the semi-finals, where he lost to eventual champion Jelle Klaasen 1–2 in sets.

In November 2023, he took part in the West Europe Qualifier for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship. He won the tournament by defeating Wesley Plaisier in the final 7–4 in legs.^[3]^[4] Tricole became the first person to represent France at the PDC World Darts Championship before becoming the first French player to claim a victory at the competition, defeating Mario Vandenbogaerde 3–1 in the first round before a 3–0 defeat to Rob Cross in the second round.^[5]

In November 2024, he beat former PDC World Champion Gerwyn Price 6–4 in the first round of the 2024 Players Championship Finals.^[6]

At the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, Tricole played Australia's Joe Comito in the opening match of the tournament, with the winner to face reigning champion Luke Humphries in the second round later in the evening. Tricole began with a 3–1 win over Comito but was defeated 3–0 by Humphries, who won all nine legs.^[7]

Personal life

Tricole is a supporter of French football club FC Lorient and signed a partnership deal with the club in October 2024.^[8]^[9]

World Championship results

BDO

2020: First round (lost to Ryan Hogarth 1–3)

WDF

2022: Runner-up (lost to Neil Duff 5–6)

PDC

2024: Second round (lost to Rob Cross 0–3)
2025: Second round (lost to Luke Humphries 0–3)

Career finals

WDF major finals: (1 runner-up)

Legend
World Championship (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score^{[N 1]}
Runner-up	1.	2022	World Darts Championship	Neil Duff	5–6 (s)

^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNQ														2R	2R
Winmau World Masters	NH
UK Open	DNQ													1R	3R
Players Championship Finals	DNQ														2R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts	DNP	NH	DNP		DNQ	DNP								QF	2R
WDF Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNQ										1R	NH	F	WD	PDC
World Masters	1R	DNP	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	3R	4R	NH		RR	NH	PDC
Dutch Open	DNP								5R	DNP			SF	DNP	PDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	160	112	74

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2022	IDO DNP	GDC DNP	GDG DNP	ADO 1R	EDO DNP	CDO DNP	EDG DNP	DDC DNP	EDM DNP	HDT 1R	GDO DNP	BDO DNP	GDT DNP
2023	BSD DNP	EDO DNP	IDO DNP	GDG DNP	ADO DNP	DDC DNP	BDO DNP	CDO DNP	EDG DNP	EDM DNP	GDO DNP	HDT DNP	GDC DNP
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	BSD 1R	DDC DNQ	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	FDT DNQ	HDT DNQ	SDT DNQ	CDO DNQ

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 ^{[nb 1]}	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	NIE 2R	NIE 3R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR 3R	BAR 1R
2023 ^{[nb 1]}	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 3R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	LEI DNP	LEI DNP	HIL 4R	HIL 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP
2024	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	LEI 3R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	LEI QF	LEI 2R	HIL 3R	HIL 4R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL SF	WIG 3R	WIG 4R	MIL 3R	MIL 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 4R

^ ^a ^b Not a Tour card holder

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

^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
^ "Field for men's and ladies BDO World Darts Championship 2020 confirmed". dartsnews.com. 30 September 2019.
^ "PDC W. Europe World Championship Qualifier 2023". DartConnect. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
^ Gorton, Josh (18 November 2023). "Tricole wins West Europe Qualifier to confirm Alexandra Palace debut". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
^ "Price powers through to round three, as Leung stuns Van Veen". www.pdc.tv. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
^ Bonizec-Le Louarne, Corentin (22 November 2024). "Fléchettes. Le Morbihannais Thibault Tricole s'offre un ancien champion du monde en compétition" [Darts: Morbihan's Thibault Tricole beats a former world champion in competition] (in French). Ouest-France. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
^ Keogh, Frank (15 December 2024). "Humphries begins title defence with emphatic win". BBC. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
^ "Thibault Tricole signe au FC Lorient". fclorient.bzh. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
^ Gicquel, Jérôme (7 October 2024). "Ligue 2 : Pourquoi le FC Lorient a recruté Thibault Tricole, le champion français des fléchettes" [Ligue 2: Why FC Lorient recruited Thibault Tricole, the French darts champion] (in French). 20 minutes. Retrieved 2 January 2025.

External links

Player profile for Thibault Tricole from Dartsdatabase

[score-10] (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

[NTC-11] Not a Tour card holder

[PDC_Rankings-1] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.

[2] "Field for men's and ladies BDO World Darts Championship 2020 confirmed". dartsnews.com. 30 September 2019.

[3] "PDC W. Europe World Championship Qualifier 2023". DartConnect. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.

[4] Gorton, Josh (18 November 2023). "Tricole wins West Europe Qualifier to confirm Alexandra Palace debut". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 2 January 2025.

[5] "Price powers through to round three, as Leung stuns Van Veen". www.pdc.tv. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

[6] Bonizec-Le Louarne, Corentin (22 November 2024). "Fléchettes. Le Morbihannais Thibault Tricole s'offre un ancien champion du monde en compétition" [Darts: Morbihan's Thibault Tricole beats a former world champion in competition] (in French). Ouest-France. Retrieved 1 January 2025.

[7] Keogh, Frank (15 December 2024). "Humphries begins title defence with emphatic win". BBC. Retrieved 17 December 2024.

[8] "Thibault Tricole signe au FC Lorient". fclorient.bzh. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.

[9] Gicquel, Jérôme (7 October 2024). "Ligue 2 : Pourquoi le FC Lorient a recruté Thibault Tricole, le champion français des fléchettes" [Ligue 2: Why FC Lorient recruited Thibault Tricole, the French darts champion] (in French). 20 minutes. Retrieved 2 January 2025.

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