Thibault Tricole (born 11 October 1989) is a French professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "the French Touch", Tricole was the runner-up at the 2022 WDF World Championship, where he lost to Neil Duff in the final. Regarded as the best French player in the sport's history, he is the holder of several milestones for French darts: the first French player to reach a World Championship final, the first French player to compete at the PDC World Championship, and the first French player to win a match on the PDC European Tour. He was also the second French player to earn a PDC Tour Card after Jacques Labre.

Career Tricole has been playing darts since the age of 12, and won the French Darts Federation's junior title in his youth. 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, Tricole lives in Malguénac, Brittany with his wife and son.

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) 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(l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.Runner-up 1. 2022 World Championship Neil Duff5–6 (s)

Performance timeline BDO Tournament 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020BDO Ranked televised events Did not qualify 1R World Masters 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 3R 4RNH

WDF Tournament 2018 2022WDF Ranked televised events NH F World MastersNH Dutch Open 5R SF

PDC Tournament 2023 2024 2025 2026PDC Ranked televised events World ChampionshipDNQ2R2R1R World MastersDNQPrel.WD UK Open 1R 3R 2R 4R DNQ2RDNQPDC Non-ranked televised events World CupQF2RRR2RCareer statistics1127461

PDC European Tour Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2022DNPADO1RDid not participateHDT1RDNP 2024Did not qualifyBSD1RDid not qualify 2025BDO1REDTDNQIDO2RGDGDNQADO2RDid not qualifyHDT3RSDTDNQGDCDNQ 2026DNQBDO1RDid not qualifyDDC

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 Not a Tour card holderDNPNIE1RNIE1RDNPNIE2RNIE3RDNPBAR3RBAR1R 2023 Not a Tour card holderBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RHIL2RHIL3RWIG2RWIG3RLEIDNPLEIDNPHIL4RHIL1RLEI1RLEI1RHIL1RHIL1RDNP 2024WIG2RWIG1RLEI3RLEI1RHIL1RHIL2RLEIQFLEI2RHIL3RHIL4RHIL1RHIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL3RMIL1RMIL1RMILSFWIG3RWIG4RMIL3RMIL2RWIG2RWIG3RWIG2RWIG2RWIG1RLEI2RLEI4R 2025WIG1RWIG2RROS1RROS1RLEI1RLEI3RHIL2RHIL1RLEI1RLEI1RLEI1RLEI1RROS1RROS2RHIL3RHIL3RLEIQFLEI2RLEI1RLEI1RLEI3RHIL2RHIL2RMIL1RMIL1RHIL2RHIL2RLEI1RLEI1RLEI2RWIG1RWIG1RWIGQFWIG1R 2026HIL2RHIL2RWIG2RWIG1RLEI3RLEISFLEI1RLEI2RWIG1RWIG1RMIL2RMIL1RHIL3RHIL1RLEI1RLEI2RLEI1RLEI2RMIL1RMIL1RWIG1RWIG2RLEI2RLEI1RHIL1RHIL1RLEI1RLEI1RROS1RROS1RROSROSLEILEI

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