# Thibault Tricole

Thibault Tricole (born 11 October 1989) is a French professional darts player who competes 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. 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. 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.
In November 2024, he beat former PDC World Champion Gerwyn Price 6–4 in the first round of the 2024 Players Championship Finals.
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.

## Personal life

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

## 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 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2022 | World Darts Championship | Neil Duff | 5–6 (s) |
* ↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

## Performance timeline

BDO
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| BDO Ranked televised events ||||||||||||
| World Championship | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 1R |
| World Masters | 1R | DNP | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 4R | NH |
| Dutch Open | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | 5R | DNP | DNP |
WDF
| Tournament | 2022 |
| WDF Ranked televised events ||
| World Championship | F |
| World Masters | RR |
| Dutch Open | SF |
PDC
| Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| PDC Ranked televised events ||||
| World Championship | DNQ | 2R | 2R |
| World Masters | DNQ | DNQ | Prel. |
| UK Open | 1R | 3R | 2R |
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 2R | |
| PDC Non-ranked televised events ||||
| World Cup | QF | 2R | |
| Career statistics ||||
| Season-end ranking (PDC) | 112 | 74 | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 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 |
| 2025 | BDO 1R | EDT DNQ | IDO | GDG DNQ | ADO | EDG | DDC | EDO | BSD | FDT | CDO | HDT | SDT | GDC |
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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| 2022 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | NIE 2R | NIE 3R | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | BAR 3R | BAR 1R |
| 2023 | 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 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 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 |
| 2025 | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | ROS 1R | ROS 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 3R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | LEI | LEI | LEI | LEI | ROS | ROS | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | HIL | HIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG |
* 1 2 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 |