Roman Benecký

Roman Benecký
Personal information
Nickname"Beny"
Born (2000-01-20) 20 January 2000 (age 24)
Czech Republic
Home townArnultovice, Czech Republic
Darts information
Playing darts since2009
Darts22g Target
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Hey Ya!" by Outkast
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2016–2019
PDC2019–
WDF2016–2019
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 128: 2019
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 96: 2022
Other tournament wins
PDC Worlds Regional Qualifier 2021
PDC Development Tour 2024

Youth events

Czech Open 2016
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing  Czech Republic
EDU European Ch'ship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Caorle Boys singles (U18)

Roman Benecký (born 20 January 2000) is a Czech professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He represented his country at the 2018 PDC World Cup of Darts and qualify for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship.

Career

Benecký started playing darts in 2009, at the age of 9. He first played in soft-tip darts tournaments for a few years and in 2017 he became the EDU European Champion at the U18 category.[1] In the final match he defeated Oguzhan Kaya and took a gold medal. In 2016, he achieved other of his greatest youth's successes by winning the Czech Open Youth's tournament.[2]

In 2018, he quite surprisingly won the qualification for the 2018 PDC World Cup of Darts where he played for the Czech Republic with Karel Sedláček. In the first round doubles match they faced Rob Cross and Dave Chisnall, who defeated them by 3–5 in legs.[citation needed] In 2019, he took part in PDC Development Tour tournaments for the first time. In addition to two rounds of 16, a quarter-final was the best result of the year, which also gave him qualification for the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship. In the decisive group game he was defeated by Nathan Rafferty and thus missed the knock-out rounds.

In 2020, he played in PDC Development Tour and went to the semi-finals later in the year, which guaranteed him a start in the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship. He was eliminated once again in the group stage, by eventual finalist Joe Davis. At the end of 2021, in the final of the Eastern Europe Qualifier tournament he prevailed against Karel Sedláček and therefore qualified for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship.[3] There he faced Ryan Joyce in the first round match, whom he narrowly lost in the decider. At the Q-School, Benecký was once again unable to earn a tour card, and a little later he made it into the quarter-finals at the PDC Challenge Tour. At the end of March, Benecky advanced to his first two Players Championship.[4]

World Championship results

PDC

  • 2022: First round (lost to Ryan Joyce 2–3) (sets)

Performance timeline

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 1R DNQ
WDF Ranked televised events
World Masters DNQ 2R NH DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Cup of Darts 1R DNQ
World Youth Championship DNQ RR RR DNQ RR
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC) – – – 126 -


PDC European Tour

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


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

References

  1. ^ "EM 2017". European Dart Union. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Roman Benecky signs with Mission Darts". dartsnews.com. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Benecky wins East Europe Qualifier to seal PDC World Darts Championship debut". dartsnews.com. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Players Championship 7-8 entries confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 14 September 2022.