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2024 Australian Darts Masters | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 9–10 August 2024 | ||
Venue | WIN Entertainment Centre | ||
Location | Wollongong | ||
Country | Australia | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | £60,000 | ||
Winner's share | £20,000 | ||
High checkout | 161 Michael Smith | ||
Champion(s) | |||
Gerwyn Price | |||
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The 2024 Australian Darts Masters was the first staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, and the sixth entry in the 2024 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight PDC players and eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong, Australia on 9–10 August 2024.
Gerwyn Price won the tournament, defeating Luke Littler 8–1 in the final. [1]
The total prize fund remained at £60,000.
Position (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £60,000) | |
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Winner | (1) | £20,000 |
Runner-up | (1) | £10,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | £5,000 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | £2,500 |
First round | (8) | £1,250 |
The PDC announced the 8 elite players on 7 May. Both Michael van Gerwen and Nathan Aspinall declined their invites for family reasons. [2]
The seedings were based on the World Series Order of Merit following the first 5 events.
The Oceanic qualifiers consisted of their other PDC Tour Card holders (Simon Whitlock and Haupai Puha), plus the four Australian players who won the DPA qualifiers, along with one New Zealand player from the DPNZ qualifier, and the highest-ranked non-qualifier on the DPA Order of Merit on 14 July.
Qualification | Player |
PDC Tour Card Holders | Simon Whitlock (first round) |
Haupai Puha (first round) | |
DPA Qualifiers | Brenton Lloyd (first round) |
Rob Modra (first round) | |
Stuart Coburn(first round) | |
Joe Comito(first round) | |
DPNZ Qualifier | John Hurring (first round) |
Highest Ranked Non-Qualifier On DPA Order of Merit | Jeremy Fagg (first round) |
First round (best of 11 legs) 9 August | Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 10 August | Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 10 August | Final (best of 15 legs) 10 August | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Luke Littler 90.68 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Rob Modra 90.44 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Luke Littler 104.03 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Michael Smith 99.93 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Michael Smith 88.70 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stuart Coburn 76.54 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Luke Littler 104.92 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Dimitri Van den Bergh 102.22 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Luke Humphries 87.18 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Joe Comito 70.11 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Luke Humphries 90.16 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Dimitri Van den Bergh 103.19 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dimitri Van den Bergh 86.85 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jeremy Fagg 72.40 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Luke Littler 94.24 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Gerwyn Price 99.42 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Rob Cross 91.50 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Haupai Puha 86.82 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Rob Cross 92.51 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Peter Wright 94.04 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Peter Wright 95.42 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Simon Whitlock 84.11 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Peter Wright 93.24 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Gerwyn Price 99.34 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Gerwyn Price 95.18 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Brenton Lloyd 81.28 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Gerwyn Price 91.38 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Damon Heta 86.54 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Damon Heta 89.29 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
John Hurring 71.58 | 0 |
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