Tomáš Houdek
Personal information
Full nameTomáš Houdek
Born (2003-11-25) 25 November 2003
Czech Republic
Home townNová Včelnice, Czech Republic
Darts information
Playing darts since2017
Darts22g Target
LateralityRight-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2019–2020
PDC2021–
WDF2019–
Current world rankingNR (14 November 2023)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 128: 2022
Other tournament wins
Youth events
Czech Youth Ch'ship 2019
Czech Open 2019, 2021
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing  Czech Republic
WDF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cluj Youth's mixed pairs
Silver medal – second place 2019 Cluj Boys pairs
WDF Europe Cup Youth
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest Boys singles (U21)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest Boys pairs (U21)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest Boys team (U21)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest Boys overall (U21)
Silver medal – second place 2019 Ankara Boys pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ankara Boys team
EDU European Ch'ship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Caorle Boys singles (U18)

Tomáš Houdek (born 25 November 2003) is a Czech professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won a gold medal in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup Youth and was a Czech Youth Champion. He has represented his country at the WDF Europe Cup.

Career

Houdek started his darts career in August 2017 and in two years he won numerous international tournaments for youth players. In 2019, during the EDU European Darts Championship, he won the gold medal in the single youth competition, defeated Marcel Grossmann in the final match. In the same year, he played in the 2019 WDF World Cup youth competitions and won two medals in the pairs competition. In the mixed pairs competition, together with Anna Votavová, he won the gold medal, defeated another pair from the Czech Republic, Vilém Šedivý and Denisa Feklová, by 6–2 in legs.[2] In the boys' pairs competition, together with Vilém Šedivý, won the silver medal, lost to Keelan Kay and Brad Phillips from England in the final match.[3]

In 2019, again together with Vilém Šedivý, won the silver medal in the pairs competition at the 2019 WDF Europe Cup Youth. They lost in the final match to Jurjen van der Velde and Luke van der Kwast from the Netherlands.[4] In the team competition, the youth team from the Czech Republic slightly lost to the Netherlands and took bronze medal.[5] The coronavirus pandemic has slowed down Houdek's career as he has maintained a regular game in his home country.[6]

In 2022, he was invited to participate in a special tournament held during the 2022 WDF Europe Cup Youth. Due to the cancellation of tournaments in 2020–2021 because the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided to organize an additional tournament (WDF Europe U21 Cup) for players under 21 years of age. In the boys' under-21 singles event, he won the gold medal, defeated David Zaruba in the final by 6–5 in legs. The excellent result of the Czech national team in other competitions contributed to the victory in the general classification. Ultimately, Houdek returned from this tournament with four gold medals.[7]

At the end of September 2022, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the second day of the tournament, he advanced to the second round of the pairs competition where he played together with Dalibor Šmolík. They were defeated by James Hurrell and Luke Littler from England by 3–4 in legs.[8] On the third day of the tournament, he lost in the preliminary round match to Stefan Bellmont by 3–4 in legs.[9] In the team competition, Czech team advanced to the second round, where he lost to England by 7–9 in legs.[10]

Performance timeline

Tournament20222023
WDF Ranked televised events
World Masters 2R

References

  1. ↑ "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "WDF World Cup Youth Mixed Pairs 2019". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "WDF World Cup Youth Boys Pairs 2019". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "WDF Europe Cup Youth Boys Pairs 2019". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "WDF Europe Cup Youth Boys Teams 2019". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Šipky i v době koronaviru! Startuje česká obdoba Premier League" (in Czech). iSport.cz. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "WDF Europe Cup Youth 13-17 July 2022 - Hungary". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "WDF Europe Cup Men Singles". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "WDF Europe Cup Men Teams". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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