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Rowby-John Rodriguez (born 27 March 1994) is an Austrian darts player currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation. ==Career== In 2010, as a 16-year-old Rodriguez won the Austrian National Championship by beating Franz Thaler 5–0 in the final.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2010 Austria National Championships Results )〕 At the second event of Q School in January 2014 he stood one win away from joining the PDC but lost 5–3 to Gerwyn Price.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2014 PDC Tour Card Qualifying School Results )〕 However, after all four events had been played Rodriguez had done enough to finish ninth on the Q School Order of Merit and earn a two-year tour card.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Four )〕 His first PDC major was the UK Open where he was knocked out 5–1 by Tony Randall in the first round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon )〕 In May, Rodriguez reached the final of the PDC World Youth Championship where he lost 6–4 to Keegan Brown at the O2 Arena in London as part of the Premier League finals night. Reaching the final secured him a place in the 2014 Grand Slam of Darts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Keegan Brown claims world youth champion darts crown )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Unicorn World Youth Joy For Brown )〕 Rodriguez was now Austria's number two player behind Mensur Suljović and they teamed up at the World Cup of Darts, but lost both their singles matches in the second round against the Belgium brothers of Kim and Ronny Huybrechts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=bwin World Cup of Darts Second Round )〕 Rodriguez reached the quarter-finals of a Pro Tour event for the first time at the 14th Players Championship defeating the likes of Gary Anderson, Paul Nicholson and Jamie Caven, before losing 6–1 to Ian White.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Mighty Mike Claims Crawley Crown )〕 His play throughout the year earned him a debut in the European Championship where he lost 6–2 to Robert Thornton in the opening round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=888.com European Championship Day One )〕 At the Grand Slam, Rodriguez beat world number three Adrian Lewis 5–2 in his opening group game before losing 5–1 to Dave Chisnall.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=SINGHA Beer Grand Slam Day One )〕 He went into his final group game knowing a win over Brown would see him qualify for the last 16 and, despite coming back from 3–0 down to level at 3–3, he lost 5–3.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Monday )〕 Rodriguez made his debut at the 2015 World Championship after he qualified through the Pro Tour Order of Merit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=William Hill World Champs Field )〕 However, he ran into an in-form Raymond van Barneveld who hit finishes of 167 and 170 as he restricted Rodriguez to two legs during the match in a 3–0 defeat. Rodriguez averaged 79.22 which was over 20 points lower than his opponent's, but he still broke into the top 64 on the Order of Merit for the first time after the tournament concluded as he was ranked world number 58.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=William Hill World Championship Day Five )〕 Rodriguez and Suljović were eliminated in the last 16 of the World Cup for the second consecutive year, this time to Germany.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=bwin World Cup of Darts Quarter-Finals )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rowby-John Rodriguez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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