Krzysztof Kciuk
Krzysztof Kciuk (born 11 June 1980) is a Polish technology specialist and professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a Polish Champion and first player from Poland who played at PDC World Darts Championship. Together with Krzysztof Ratajski, he is the world record holder in pairs match average.
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| Full name | Krzysztof Kciuk | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "The Thumb" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 June 1980 Katowice, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Kraków, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing darts since | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 18g Unicorn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Legendary" by Welshly Arms | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| BDO | 2010–2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2009–2010, 2019– | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2010–2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 88  1 (21 October 2023)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 32: 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Ch'ship | Last 72: 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Krzysztof Kciuk is a successful Polish darts player who has represented Poland in various international tournaments. He won the national qualification for the PDC World Darts Championship in 2009 and played in the first PDC World Cup of Darts in history with Krzysztof Ratajski in the same year. Kciuk reached the quarter-finals at the Polish Open in 2017 and almost qualified for the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship, but lost in the final of the Eastern Europe Qualifier. He won the Polish Championship in 2018 and played in the BDO World Darts Championship in 2019. Kciuk won a two-year PDC Tour Card in 2020 and has since played in several tournaments, including the PDC World Cup of Darts with Ratajski in 2020 and 2021. In the 2021 UK Open, he won his first match but was eliminated in the second round.
Kciuk lost his PDC Pro Tour card at the end of 2021 after not achieving good results, but regained it for the next two years by winning the last PDC European Q-School tournament in January 2022. He played in the 2022 International Darts Open in February and reached the second round, where he lost to Jonny Clayton. At the 2022 UK Open, he made it to the fourth round before losing to Ron Meulenkamp. In May 2022, Kciuk won his opening game against Keane Barry at the European Darts Open, but lost in the second round to Ryan Searle. He qualified for the 2022 Gibraltar Darts Trophy, but withdrew for unknown reasons.
Based on his performance throughout the 2023 season, especially his strong performance at the PDC Players Championship tournaments, Kciuk received a qualifier for the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts and for the fifth-time he represented Poland together with Krzysztof Ratajski. 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.[2] In the second match of the group stage, the Poles faced the Lithuanian national team (Darius Labanauskas and Mindaugas Barauskas). After a great match, the Poles defeated their rivals by 4–1 in legs, achieving the world record match average (118.10) of doubles matches.[3]
Personal life
Kciuk is married to Justyna and is a Front-end Developer.
World Championship results
PDC
- 2010: Preliminary round (lost to Haruki Muramatsu 1–4) (legs)
BDO
- 2019: Second round (lost to Scott Mitchell 0-4) (sets)
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||
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| World Championship | PR | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Did not qualify | 1R | 3R | 4R | 2R | ||||||||||||||
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| World Championship | Did not qualify | 2R | PDC | ||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Did not qualify | 3R | 5R | 2R | PDC | ||||||||||||||
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| World Cup of Darts | 1R | DNQ | 2R | Did not qualify | 2R | 2R | DNQ | 2R | |||||||||||
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| Year-end ranking (PDC) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 166 | 140 | 101 | 110 | ||||||
References
- "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- "Poland pair Ratajski and Kciuk survive double woes as moustache maestro Dante stars for Italy to begin World Cup of Darts". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- "Poland produce record pairs average at World Cup of Darts with sensational 118.1". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 17 June 2023.