Rico Vonck was born on March 12th, 1987 in Roermond, Holland. He has the nickname Sparky and made his TV debut in 2007. That year Vonck qualified for the PDC World Championship as a result of finishing 2nd in the Dutch Rankings. He was only 19 years old at the time.

He defeated 16th seed Mark Walsh in the first round before beating Canadian Qualifier Brian Cyr in Round Two. However in the last 16 he came up against an in form Raymond Van Barneveld. Vonck failed to win a single leg in the match losing 0 - 4.