2021 WDF calendar

2021 WDF calendar
Tournament information
Dates	Yearly
Country	Worldwide
Organisation(s)	WDF
Format	501 Legs (men's & women's)
Prize fund	Depends on tournament's category
«2020 2022»

2021 WDF season of darts comprises every tournament of World Darts Federation. The prize money of the tournaments may vary depending on category.

WDF most important tournaments are the WDF World Darts Championship, WDF World Masters or WDF World Cup.

2021 is the first year in which the calendar will be under WDF-sole management after the liquidation of BDO. ^[1]

Due to COVID-19-related restrictions and lockdowns in many countries, calendar has been disrupted by the cancelling or postponing of several tournaments. WDF resumed their darts calendar in June 2021.

Tournament categories, points & prize money

World Darts Federation		Points
Category	Prize Fund ($)	1st	2nd	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64
Platinum	It depends on each tournament	270	167	103	64	39	26	13
Gold		180	111	68	43	26	17	9
Silver		90	56	34	21	13	9
Bronze		45	28	17	11	6

Calendar

January–May

Date	Tournament	Cat.	Venue	City	Prize money	Men's			Women's
						winner	score	runner-up	winner	score	runner-up
January 24	Victorian Classic	Unranked	Italian Australian Club	Morwell	AU$6,700	Brody Klinge	8–5	Steve Powell	Tori Kewish	6–2	Barb Smyth
January 29–February 3	Reykjavik International Games		Bullseye Reykjavik	Reykjavík	n/a	Páll Pétursson	7–1	Matthías Friðriksson	Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir	7–0	Sólveig Daníelsdóttir
February 7	Canterbury Classic		Canterbury & Suburban Darts Assoc.	Christchurch	NZ$6,500	Warren Parry	6–4	Ben Robb	Wendy Harper	5–3	Jo Steed
March 6	Missouri St. Patricks Open		Inn at Grand Glaize	Osage Beach	$2,295	Steve Hilger	6–3	Steve Shope	Brittany Short	4–0	Brenda Roush
March 14	West Coast Classic		Belmont Sports & Recreation Club	Cloverdale	AU$3,520	Tim Pusey	6–2	Dave Burke	Natalie Carter	5–0	Dot McLeod
March 20	Budapest Classic		János Simon Basketball Arena	Budapest	HUF1,334,000	Patrik Kovács	7–5	Pál Székely	Veronika Ihász	6–2	Adrienn Végső
March 21	Budapest Masters					Patrik Kovács	7–2	József Rucska	Veronika Ihász	6–1	Adrienn Végső
April 3	South Island Masters		Otepuni Community Hub	Invercargill	NZ$6,000	Ben Robb	6–3	Bryan Steed	Desi Mercer	5–3	Jo Steed
April 4	Victorian Easter Classic		Geelong Darts Club	Geelong	AU$5,400	Justin Thompson	8–6	Brody Klinge	Lavinia Hogg	6–2	Tori Kewish
April 18	North Island Masters		Hastings Dart Hall	Hastings	NZ$3,480	Ben Robb	6–2	Brian Steed	Wendy Harper	5–2	Tina Osborne
May 22	Darts for Arch		Roebuck VFW Post	Roebuck	$730	Ken Saathoff	bt.	Doug Wade	Sandy Hudson	bt.	Candra Archbold
May 23	Sunshine State Classic		Inala Darts Club	Inala	AU$5,900	Ky Smith	6–5	Jackson Davies	Lorraine Burn	5–1	Seini Vakanofiti

June

Date	Tournament	Cat.	Venue	City	Prize money	Men's			Women's
						winner	score	runner-up	winner	score	runner-up
June 6	Canterbury Open	Bronze	Canterbury & Suburban Darts Assoc.	Christchurch	NZ$3,640	Landon Gardiner	6–2	Craig Ross	Judy Fenton	5–3	Tara Mears
June 12	International Youth Challenge	Silver	Szent István Hotel	Balatonlelle	n/a	Dávid Balogh	5–2	Balázs Pazonyi	No girl's draw
June 13	Gibraltar Open	Bronze	George Federico Darts Hall	Gibraltar	£2,500	Gavin Smith	4–0	Mike Norton	Laura Turner	4–0	Mel Williams
June 19	New Zealand Masters	Silver	Kapi Mana Darts Association	Porirua	NZ$6,120	Warren Parry	6–5	Mark Cleaver	Nicole Regnaud	5–4	Wendy Harper
June 19	Cherry Bomb International	Bronze	Fort Lauderdale Marriott	Coral Springs	$3,850	Jules van Dongen	6–4	Danny Lauby Jr.	Dani Warmack	6–4	Cris Cwalinski

July

Date	Tournament	Cat.	Venue	City	Prize money	Men's			Women's
						winner	score	runner-up	winner	score	runner-up
July 3	John Wilkie Memorial	Silver	Hutt Valley Darts Association	Taitā	NZ$5,880	Ben Robb	6–1	Jimmy Samuels	Wendy Harper	5–0	Tina Osborne
July 12	Charlotte Open	Bronze	Sheraton Airport Hotel	Charlotte	$3,600	Jules van Dongen	6–3	Jason Brandon	Paula Murphy	5–2	Heather Howard
July 17	Slovenia Open	Bronze	Austria Trend Hotel	Ljubljana	€2,500	Benjamin Pratnemer	7–2	Silvo Javornik	Mojca Mužić	6–5	Branka Krček
July 24	Apatin Open	Bronze	Apatin Tehnička škola	Apatin	€2,580	László Kádár	6–5	Oliver Ferenc	Veronika Ihász	6–1	Adrienn Végső

August

Date	Tournament	Cat.	Venue	City	Prize money	Men's			Women's
						winner	score	runner-up	winner	score	runner-up
August 4	New Zealand Open	Silver	Motueka Recreation Centre	Motueka	NZ$7,240	Haupai Puha	6–2	AJ Te Kira	Desi Mercer	5–3	Mary-Anne Teinaki
August 21	Salavat Yulaev Cup	Bronze	Bashkir State Agrarian University	Ufa	RUB_ n/a	Boris Koltsov	5–1	Aleksei Kadochnikov	Elena Shulgina	4–2	Natalia Aleksandrova

September

Date	Tournament	Cat.	Venue	City	Prize money	Men's			Women's
						winner	score	runner-up	winner	score	runner-up
September 3	Blueberry Hill Open	Non-ranked	Blueberry Hill	University City	$1,500	Jordan Meyer	3–1	Bobby Dees Jr.	Brenda Roush	3–0	Kimberly Hawthorne
September 4	Washington Area Open	Bronze	Holiday Inn	Sterling	$2,950	Bruce Robbins	6–3	Joe Huffman	Dani Warmack	5–1	Marlise Kiel
September 4	Catalonia Open	Bronze	Fábrica Llobet-Gurí	Calella	€5,720	Andy Baetens	5–0	Martín Martí Santamaría	Aileen de Graaf	4–1	Anna Forsmark
September 5	FCD Anniversary Open	Bronze			€2,760	Andy Baetens	5–1	Daniel Zapata	Aileen de Graaf	4–1	Paula Jacklin
September 10–12	England National Singles	Silver	Bunn Leisure Holiday Centre	Selsey	£7,300	Neil Duff	5–4	Brian Raman	Fallon Sherrock	5–3	Anastasia Dobromyslova
September 11–12	England Open	Gold			£21,600	Brian Raman	6–2	Ian Jones	Deta Hedman	6–2	Anastasia Dobromyslova
September 11	Kalashnikov Cup	Bronze	Izhevsk State Medical Academy	Izhevsk	RUB_ n/a	Roman Obukhov	6–3	Kirill Fadeev	Natalia Aleksandrova	5–2	Elena Shulgina
September 12	Udmurtia Open	Bronze			RUB_ n/a	Roman Obukhov	4–1	Kirill Fadeev	Elena Shulgina	4–1	Ksenia Klochek
September 19	North Queensland Classic	Silver	Townsville Darts Association	Annandale	AU$6,000	Raymond Smith	6–1	Donovan Lottering	Maureen Homer	5–3	Eva Dilger

October

Date	Tournament	Cat.	Venue	City	Prize money	Men's			Women's
						winner	score	runner-up	winner	score	runner-up
October 2	Denmark Open	Gold	Granly Hockey Arena	Esbjerg	DKK133,000	Thibault Tricole	6–3	Andreas Harrysson	Anca Zijlstra	5–2	Anastasia Dobromyslova
October 3	Denmark Masters	Silver			DKK53,800	Richard Veenstra	6–5	Ricky Nauman	Deta Hedman	5–2	Aileen de Graaf
October 9–10	Klondike Open	Silver	River Cree Resort & Casino	Enoch	C$4,750	Shawn Burt	5–2	Dawson Murschell	Brenda Moreau	4–2	Michelle Spicer
October 14	Virginia Beach Classic	Silver	Wyndham Virginia Beach Oceanfront	Virginia Beach	$6,685	Leonard Gates	6–1	Danny Lauby Jr.	Marlise Kiel	6–5	Julie Weger
October 15–17	British Open	Gold	Bridlington Spa	Bridlington	€17,000	Scott Marsh	6–5	Connor Scutt	Fallon Sherrock	5–2	Corrine Hammond
October 16–17	British Classic	Silver			€7,000	Jim McEwan	6–5	Rhys Hayden	Lorraine Hyde	5–1	Denise Cassidy
October 22	Red Dragon Welsh Classic	Silver	Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park	Prestatyn	£10,320	Thibault Tricole	6–2	Jim Williams	Beau Greaves	5–2	Kirsty Hutchinson
October 24	Red Dragon Welsh Open	Gold			£23,120	Cameron Menzies	6–0	James Hurrell	Kirsty Hutchinson	5–4	Beau Greaves
October 30	Dreher Hungarian Classic	Bronze	Danubius Hotel Hungaria City Center	Budapest	HUF1,360,000	Mark Barilli	6–3	Nick Fullwell	Deta Hedman	5–0	Adrienn Vegső
October 31	Dreher Hungarian Masters	Silver			HUF2,800,000	Aleksei Kadochnikov	6–5	Antony Allen	Deta Hedman	5–0	Elena Shulgina

November

Date	Tournament	Cat.	Venue	City	Prize money	Men's			Women's
						winner	score	runner-up	winner	score	runner-up
November 9–11	Malta Open	Silver	Kirkop Sports Complex	Kirkop	€8,000	John Desreumaux	5–3	John Scott	Paula Jacklin	5–4	Aurora Fochesato
November 13	Seacoast Open	Gold	DoubleTree by Hilton	Andover	$6,000	Jules van Dongen	6–4	Kevin Luke	Paula Murphy	6–2	Dani Warmack
November 13	Winmau Irish Open	Gold	The Gleneagle Hotel	Killarney	€18,400	Luke Littler	6–2	Barry Copeland	Anastasia Dobromyslova	5–4	Deta Hedman
November 14	Winmau HPR Irish Classic	Silver			€8,000	Shaun McDonald	5–3	Josh Rock	Deta Hedman	5–2	Corrine Hammond
November 14	Challenger Classic	Bronze	Redlands Multi Sports Club	Birkdale	AU$5,000	Raymond Smith	6–1	Jeremy Fagg	Vanessa James	6–2	Vivia Matson
November 20	Czech Open	Silver	OREA Hotel Pyramida	Prague	CZK300,200	Andy Baetens	5–0	Mark Barilli	Deta Hedman	5–4	Laura Turner
November 20	Oregon Open	Bronze	Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel	Portland	$2,160	David Fatum	6–1	Carlos Calderon	Lisa Tyler	5–2	Tanja Bencic
November 27	Italian Grand Masters	Silver	Grand Hotel Bologna	Pieve di Cento	€8,000	Richard Veenstra	5–3	James Hurrell	Maria O'Brien	5–1	Priscilla Steenbergen
November 28	Italian Open	Bronze			€4,370	Chris Landman	5–2	Richard Veenstra	Maria O'Brien	4–3	Aileen de Graaf
November 27	Russian Open	Bronze	Restaurant PALMA	Saint Petersburg	RUB231,000	Vladimir Akshulakov	6–4	Artem Klyuev	Elena Shulgina	5–1	Ksenia Klochek
November 28	Saint Petersburg Open	Bronze			RUB184,500	Aleksei Kadochnikov	6–2	Andrey Pontus	Ksenia Klochek	5–2	Alisa Burykina

December

Date	Tournament	Cat.	Venue	City	Prize money	Men's			Women's
						winner	score	runner-up	winner	score	runner-up
December 5	WDF World Championship Qualifiers	WDF	Lakeside Country Club	Frimley Green		Johnny Haines	6–5	Scott Walters	Rhian O'Sullivan	5–3	Robyn Byrne
		WDF				Jarred Cole	6–3	Terry Stubbs
		WDF	De Bonte Wever	Assen		Mario Vandenbogaerde	6–2	Kenny Neyens	Marjolein Noijens	5–4	Vanessa Zuidema
		WDF				Ryan de Vreede	6–5	Danny Jansen

Tournaments cancelled

Following tournaments have been postponed until 2022.

Tournaments postponed to 2022

Date	Tournament	Cat.	Venue	City	Prize money	Men's			Women's
						winner	score	runner-up	winner	score	runner-up
January 25	Romanian Classic	Silver	InterContinental Hotel	Bucharest	RON 24,160
January 26	Romanian International				RON 46,000
February 19–21	Scottish Open	Gold	Normandy Cosmopolitan Hotel	Renfrew	£10,550
March 6	Halifax Open	Bronze	Bedford Legion Club	Bedford	C$2,560
March 11–14	Isle of Man Classic	Silver	Villa Marina	Douglas	£8,000
March 13–14	Isle of Man Open	Gold			£15,500
April 5	Geelong Club Singles	Bronze	Geelong Darts Club	Geelong	AU$4,800
April 7–10	Egypt Open	Bronze	Blue House Hotel	Marsa Alam	$27,000
April 9–11	White Mountain Shootout	Bronze	Town & Country Inn & Resort	Shelburne	$4,900
April 17	Estonia Open	Bronze	Radisson Blu Hotel Tallinn	Tallinn	€2,530
April 19	Estonia Masters	Bronze			€1,990
April 24–25	Slovak Masters	Silver	x-bionic sphere	Šamorín	€8,460
April 25	Slovak Open	Silver			€8,460
April 25	Murray Bridge GP	Bronze	Murray Bridge Darts Club	Murray Bridge	AU$5,930
June 13	Melton Classic	Bronze	Melton Dart Club	Melton	$5,850
June 17–21	Six Nations Cup (T)	EDO	Normandy Hotel	Renfrew	£3,000
June 18–20	Canadian Open	Bronze	Centre 200	Sydney	C$6,000
June 26–27	Australian Grand Masters	Silver	Canberra Labour Club	Canberra	AU$11,300
June 25–27	Austrian Open Vienna	Bronze	Hilton Garden Inn	Vienna	€2,260
June 26–27	Vienna Open	Bronze			€2,260
July 24	Luxembourg Open	Bronze	D'Coque	Luxembourg City	€7,250
July 25	Luxembourg Masters	Bronze			€7,250
July 25	Japan Open	Bronze	Ota-Ku Sangyo Plaza PIO	Tokyo	JP¥1,240,000
July 23–25	WDF Americas Cup (S)	WDF	–	Kingston	n/a
July 24–25	WDF Americas Cup (T)	WDF
August 7	Antwerp Open	Silver	Royal Yacht Club België	Antwerp	€8,120
August 8	Belgium Open	Silver
August 13	LDO Swedish Classic	Bronze	Scandic Triangle Hotel	Malmö	SEK12,400
August 14	Swedish Open	Silver			SEK117,400
August 15	Gents Classic	Bronze			SEK12,400
August 21	French Open	Bronze	Salle Dany Boon	Bray-Dunes	€7,800
August 22	French Classic	Bronze			€5,210
September 11	Taranaki Open	Silver	Taranaki Darts Association	New Plymouth	NZ$6,120
September 7–9	WDF Asia-Pacific Cup (S)	WDF	–	Taipei	n/a
September 10–12	WDF Asia-Pacific Cup (T)	WDF
September 11–12	Taiwan Open	Bronze	NTSU	Taoyuan	NT$83,000
September 18	Auckland Open	Bronze	West City Darts Association	Rānui	NZ$3,750
September 29–Oct. 2	WDF Europe Cup (S)	WDF	–		n/a
September 28–Oct. 2	WDF Europe Cup (T)	WDF
October 3	Australian Masters	Bronze	Geelong Darts Club	Geelong	AU$16,000
October 10	Bunbury Grand Prix	Bronze	–	Bunbury	–
October 16–17	N. Ireland Open	Silver	Bellini's	Newry	£4,650
	N. Ireland Matchplay	Silver
October 23	Alan King Memorial	Bronze	Otago Darts Association	Dunedin	NZ$4,000
October 23	Tórshavn Open	Bronze	Glasir Sports Hall	Tórshavn	kr.19,400
October 24	Faroe Islands Open	Bronze			kr.19,400
October 24	Bob Jones Memorial	Bronze	Astra Lounge, CFB Trenton	Trenton	C$4,500
October 28–29	Turkish Open	Bronze	Göynük Atatürk Spor Salonu	Kemer	n/a
October 30–31	Turkish Masters	Bronze
November 7	Pacific Masters	Bronze	Rich River Golf Club	Moama	AU$9,880
November 6–7	Welsh Masters	Silver	Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Park	Rhyl	–
November 20	Latvia Open	Bronze	Bellevue Park Hotel	Riga	€4,840
November 21	Riga Open	Bronze			€4,225
November 21	Great Lakes Open	Bronze	Club Forster	Forster	AU$4,380
November 21	Ted Clements Memorial	Bronze	Levin Cosmopolitan Club	Levin	NZ$3,000
December 2–5	WDF World Masters	WDF	De Bonte Wever	Assen	£70,500
December 18	Belfry Open	Silver	Sporthal Tempelhof	Bruges	€7,725
December 19	Bruges Open	Silver			€7,725

Statistical information

The players/nations are sorted by:

1. Total number of titles;
2. Cumulated importance of those titles;
3. Alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Titles won by player (men's)

Total	Player	Category
		Platinum	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3	Jules van Dongen  (USA)		●		●●
3	Andy Baetens  (BEL)			●	●●
2	Thibault Tricole  (FRA)		●	●
2	Richard Veenstra  (NED)			●●
2	Aleksei Kadochnikov  (RUS)			●	●
2	Raymond Smith  (AUS)			●	●
2	Roman Obukhov  (RUS)				●●
1	Luke Littler  (ENG)		●
1	Scott Marsh  (ENG)		●
1	Cameron Menzies  (SCO)		●
1	Brian Raman  (BEL)		●
1	Shawn Burt  (CAN)			●
1	John Desreumaux  (BEL)			●
1	Neil Duff  (NIR)			●
1	Leonard Gates  (USA)			●
1	Shaun McDonald  (SCO)			●
1	Jim McEwan  (SCO)			●
1	Warren Parry  (NZL)			●
1	Haupai Puha  (NZL)			●
1	Ben Robb  (NZL)			●
1	Vladimir Akshulakov  (RUS)				●
1	Mark Barilli  (SCO)				●
1	David Fatum  (USA)				●
1	Landon Gardiner  (NZL)				●
1	László Kádár  (ROM)				●
1	Boris Koltsov  (RUS)				●
1	Chris Landman  (NED)				●
1	Benjamin Pratnemer  (SLO)				●
1	Bruce Robbins  (USA)				●
1	Gavin Smith  (ENG)				●

Titles won by nation (men's)

Total	Nation	Category
		Platinum	Gold	Silver	Bronze
6	United States  (USA)		●	●	●●●●
5	Belgium  (BEL)		●	●●	●●
4	Scotland  (SCO)		●	●●	●
4	New Zealand  (NZL)			●●●	●
6	Russia  (RUS)			●	●●●●●
3	England  (ENG)		●●		●
3	Netherlands  (NED)			●●	●
2	France  (FRA)		●	●
2	Australia  (AUS)			●	●
1	Canada  (CAN)			●
1	Northern Ireland  (NIR)			●
1	Romania  (ROM)				●
1	Slovenia  (SLO)				●

Titles won by player (women's)

Total	Player	Category
		Platinum	Gold	Silver	Bronze
6	Deta Hedman  (ENG)		●	●●●●	●
3	Elena Shulgina  (RUS)				●●●
2	Fallon Sherrock  (ENG)		●	●
2	Paula Murphy  (USA)		●		●
2	Maria O'Brien  (ENG)			●	●
2	Aileen de Graaf  (NED)				●●
2	Dani Warmack  (USA)				●●
1	Anastasia Dobromyslova  (RUS)		●
1	Kirsty Hutchinson  (ENG)		●
1	Anca Zijlstra  (NED)		●
1	Beau Greaves  (ENG)			●
1	Wendy Harper  (NZL)			●
1	Lorraine Hyde  (SCO)			●
1	Maureen Homer  (AUS)			●
1	Paula Jacklin  (ENG)			●
1	Marlise Kiel  (USA)			●
1	Desi Mercer  (NZL)			●
1	Brenda Moreau  (CAN)			●
1	Nicole Regnaud  (NZL)			●
1	Natalia Aleksandrova  (RUS)				●
1	Judy Fenton  (NZL)				●
1	Veronika Ihász  (HUN)				●
1	Vanessa James  (AUS)				●
1	Ksenia Klochek  (RUS)				●
1	Mojca Mužić  (SLO)				●
1	Laura Turner  (ENG)				●
1	Lisa Tyler  (USA)				●

Titles won by nation (women's)

Total	Nation	Category
		Platinum	Gold	Silver	Bronze
14	England  (ENG)		●●●	●●●●●●●●	●●●
6	United States  (USA)		●	●	●●●●
6	Russia  (RUS)		●		●●●●●
4	New Zealand  (NZL)			●●●	●
3	Netherlands  (NED)		●		●●
2	Australia  (AUS)			●	●
1	Canada  (CAN)			●
1	Scotland  (SCO)			●
1	Hungary  (HUN)				●
1	Slovenia  (SLO)				●

Rankings

Only the best ten points achievements by players in WDF Ranked Tournaments accounts towards the WDF Rankings

Updated to November 28, 2021

Men's [2] Rank Player Points 1 Brian Raman 676 2 Jim Williams 427 3 Thibault Tricole 403 = Wayne Warren 403 5 Ross Montgomery 395 6 Neil Duff 356 7 James Hurrell 351 8 Andy Baetens 326 9 Luke Littler 314 10 Richard Veenstra 299

Women's [3] Rank Player Points 1 Deta Hedman 980 2 Anastasia Dobromyslova 688 3 Fallon Sherrock 650 4 Anca Zijlstra 607 5 Aileen de Graaf 581 6 Beau Greaves 570 7 Kirsty Hutchinson 479 8 Maria O'Brien 410 9 Lorraine Winstanley 368 10 Corrine Hammond 359

References

1. "BDO era comes to an end as counties join UKDA". dartsnews.com. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
2. "WDF Men's ranking". dartswdf.com. 6 December 2021. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
3. "WDF Women's ranking". dartswdf.com. 6 December 2021. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

External links

• 2021 WDF calendar