Thibault Tricole

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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.