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2024 Czech Darts Open

2024 Czech Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates18–20 October 2024
VenuePVA EXPO
LocationPrague
Country Czech Republic
Organisation(s)Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
FormatLegs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout
Champion(s)
 Luke Humphries
«Event 12

The 2024 Czech Darts Open was the final event of the PDC European Tour on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the PVA EXPO Praha, in Prague, Czech Republic from 18 to 20 October 2024. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Peter Wright was the defending champion after defeating Dave Chisnall 8–6 in the 2023 final.[1] He was eliminated in the second round, losing 6–1 to Martin Schindler.

Luke Humphries won his second European Tour title of the year with an 8–1 win over Kim Huybrechts in the final.[2]

Prize money

The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[3]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £30,000
Runner-up (1) £12,000
Semi-finalists (2) £8,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £6,000
Third round losers (8) £4,000
Second round losers (16) £2,500*
First round losers (16) £1,250*
Total £175,000
  • Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.[4][5]

Qualification and format

A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January.[6]

For the first time, both the PDC Order of Merit and the PDC ProTour Order of Merit rankings were used to determine 32 of the 48 entrants for the event.

The top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit qualified, along with the highest 16 ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit (after the PDC Order of Merit players were removed). From those 32 players, the 16 highest ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit were seeded for the event.

The seedings were confirmed on 17 August.[7]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 23 August), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 17 October), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 27 July), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 2 June).

Gary Anderson and Ryan Joyce withdrew prior to the tournament start and were replaced by Madars Razma and Florian Hempel. Ricardo Pietreczko moved up to become a seed. Rob Cross withdrew due to illness after the draw was made, with Kim Huybrechts being a direct replacement in the draw.[8] Gerwyn Price withdrew due to a trapped nerve in his neck after the draw was made, with Maik Kuivenhoven being a direct replacement in the draw.

The following players are taking part in the tournament:

Draw

First round
(best of 11 legs)
18 October[9]
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
19 October[9][10][11]
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
20 October[9]
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
20 October[9]
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
20 October[9]
Final
(best of 15 legs)
20 October[2][9]
  Robert Owen 88.6221 Dave Chisnall 85.732
 Niels Zonneveld 92.606 Niels Zonneveld 93.486
 Zonneveld 91.356
16 Pietreczko 95.585
  Martin Lukeman 86.21616 Ricardo Pietreczko 94.606
 Callan Rydz 87.184 Martin Lukeman 90.475
  Zonneveld 85.326
 Clayton 84.734
  Dimitri Van den Bergh 84.2128 Stephen Bunting 85.903
 Jonny Clayton 96.596 Jonny Clayton 100.196
  Clayton 100.376
 Smith 96.182
  Kevin Doets 81.6839 Ryan Searle 91.823
 Michael Smith 86.796 Michael Smith 107.906
 Zonneveld 93.966
Alt Huybrechts 88.147
  Joe Cullen 82.4944 Josh Rock 91.725
 Pavel Drtil 84.276 Pavel Drtil 83.356
 Drtil 90.294
Alt Huybrechts 93.486
  Luke Woodhouse 92.026Alt Kim Huybrechts 93.696
 Marko Kantele 80.740 Luke Woodhouse 92.595
Alt Huybrechts 92.426
 Wattimena 87.584
  Daryl Gurney 84.630Alt Maik Kuivenhoven 90.704
 Raymond van Barneveld 98.026 Raymond van Barneveld 94.376
  van Barneveld 89.574
 Wattimena 86.566
  Jermaine Wattimena 91.14612 Chris Dobey 100.150
 Patrik Kovács 81.905 Jermaine Wattimena 107.366
Alt Huybrechts 86.141
3 Humphries 105.578
Alt Florian Hempel 81.0222 Ross Smith 93.575
 Alan Soutar 88.076 Alan Soutar 92.366
 Soutar 90.432
15 van Gerwen 95.766
  Krzysztof Ratajski 91.73615 Michael van Gerwen 104.566
Alt Madars Razma 80.083 Krzysztof Ratajski 98.364
15 van Gerwen 112.191
10 Littler 110.576
  Brendan Dolan 81.3017 Damon Heta 102.356
 Gabriel Clemens 87.236 Gabriel Clemens 93.023
7 Heta 105.593
10 Littler 116.516
  Michal Šmejda 73.02110 Luke Littler 110.436
 Nathan Aspinall 88.656 Nathan Aspinall 96.451
10 Littler 106.734
3 Humphries 108.567
  Ritchie Edhouse 97.2163 Luke Humphries 100.686
 Jiří Brejcha 89.872 Ritchie Edhouse 89.742
3 Humphries 106.816
14 van Veen 99.032
  James Wade 105.67614 Gian van Veen 97.406
 Daniel Markovsky 80.201 James Wade 93.182
3 Humphries 103.166
 De Decker 91.142
  Mike De Decker 104.0166 Danny Noppert 91.590
 Brett Claydon 81.471 Mike De Decker 102.486
 De Decker 104.606
11 Schindler 99.862
  Cameron Menzies 97.19511 Martin Schindler 102.946
 Peter Wright 97.326 Peter Wright 94.451

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