Thibault Tricole

Career Tricole has been playing darts since the age of 12, He 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. Following the tournament, he attended European Q-School and earned a PDC Tour Card, becoming the second French player to become a professional after Jacques Labre.

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. He began with a 3–1 win over Comito but was defeated 3–0 by Humphries, who won all nine legs. At the 2025 International Darts Open, Tricole became the first French player to win a match on the European Tour by defeating former world champion Michael Smith in the first round.

Personal life Tricole previously worked as a landscape gardener, quitting in 2019 to pursue darts full time. Having previously lived in Belgium,

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) 2026: First round (lost to Motomu Sakai 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 Championship Neil Duff5–6 (s)

Performance timeline BDO

WDF

PDC

PDC European Tour

PDC Players Championships