2024 Czech Darts Open

2024 Gambrinus Czech Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	18–20 October 2024
Venue	PVA EXPO
Location	Prague
Country	Czech Republic
Organisation(s)	Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£175,000
Winner's share	£30,000
High checkout	170   Patrik Kovács   Luke Humphries
Champion(s)
Luke Humphries
«Event 12

The 2024 Czech Darts Open, known as the 2024 Gambrinus Czech Darts Open for sponsorship reasons, 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 Pro Tour 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:

Seeded Players   Dave Chisnall (second round)   Ross Smith (second round)   Luke Humphries (champion)   Josh Rock (second round)   Gerwyn Price (withdrew)   Danny Noppert (second round)   Damon Heta (third round)   Stephen Bunting (second round)   Ryan Searle (second round)   Luke Littler (semi-finals)   Martin Schindler (third round)   Chris Dobey (second round)   Rob Cross (withdrew)   Gian van Veen (third round)   Michael van Gerwen (quarter-finals)   Ricardo Pietreczko (third round)

Order of Merit Qualifiers   Daryl Gurney (first round)   Jonny Clayton (quarter-finals)   Michael Smith (third round)   Raymond van Barneveld (third round)   Peter Wright (second round)   Krzysztof Ratajski (second round)   Mike De Decker (quarter-finals)   Ritchie Edhouse (second round)   Brendan Dolan (first round)   Joe Cullen (first round)   Luke Woodhouse (second round)   Cameron Menzies (first round)   Dimitri Van den Bergh (first round)   Nathan Aspinall (second round)

Tour Card Qualifier   James Wade (second round)   Martin Lukeman (second round)   Callan Rydz (first round)   Kevin Doets (first round)   Gabriel Clemens (second round)   Robert Owen (first round)   Jermaine Wattimena (quarter-finals)   Alan Soutar (third round)   Brett Claydon (first round)   Niels Zonneveld (semi-finals) Host Nation Qualifier  Daniel Markovsky(first round)   Jiří Brejcha (first round)  Pavel Drtil(third round)   Michal Šmejda (first round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier   Marko Kantele (first round) East European Qualifier   Patrik Kovács (first round) Reserve List   Madars Razma (first round)   Florian Hempel (first round)   Kim Huybrechts (runner-up)   Maik Kuivenhoven (second round)

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 88.62	2			1	Dave Chisnall 85.73	2
		Niels Zonneveld 92.60	6				Niels Zonneveld 93.48	6
												Zonneveld 91.35	6
											16	Pietreczko 95.58	5
		Martin Lukeman 86.21	6			16	Ricardo Pietreczko 94.60	6
		Callan Rydz 87.18	4				Martin Lukeman 90.47	5
																	Zonneveld 85.32	6
																	Clayton 84.73	4
		Dimitri Van den Bergh 84.21	2			8	Stephen Bunting 85.90	3
		Jonny Clayton 96.59	6				Jonny Clayton 100.19	6
												Clayton 100.37	6
												Smith 96.18	2
		Kevin Doets 81.68	3			9	Ryan Searle 91.82	3
		Michael Smith 86.79	6				Michael Smith 107.90	6
																						Zonneveld 93.96	6
																					Alt	Huybrechts 88.14	7
		Joe Cullen 82.49	4			4	Josh Rock 91.72	5
		Pavel Drtil 84.27	6				Pavel Drtil 83.35	6
												Drtil 90.29	4
											Alt	Huybrechts 93.48	6
		Luke Woodhouse 92.02	6			Alt	Kim Huybrechts 93.69	6
		Marko Kantele 80.74	0				Luke Woodhouse 92.59	5
																Alt	Huybrechts 92.42	6
																	Wattimena 87.58	4
		Daryl Gurney 84.63	0			Alt	Maik Kuivenhoven 90.70	4
		Raymond van Barneveld 98.02	6				Raymond van Barneveld 94.37	6
												van Barneveld 89.57	4
												Wattimena 86.56	6
		Jermaine Wattimena 91.14	6			12	Chris Dobey 100.15	0
		Patrik Kovács 81.90	5				Jermaine Wattimena 107.36	6
																										Alt	Huybrechts 86.14	1
																										3	Humphries 105.57	8
	Alt	Florian Hempel 81.02	2			2	Ross Smith 93.57	5
		Alan Soutar 88.07	6				Alan Soutar 92.36	6
												Soutar 90.43	2
											15	van Gerwen 95.76	6
		Krzysztof Ratajski 91.73	6			15	Michael van Gerwen 104.56	6
	Alt	Madars Razma 80.08	3				Krzysztof Ratajski 98.36	4
																15	van Gerwen 112.19	1
																10	Littler 110.57	6
		Brendan Dolan 81.30	1			7	Damon Heta 102.35	6
		Gabriel Clemens 87.23	6				Gabriel Clemens 93.02	3
											7	Heta 105.59	3
											10	Littler 116.51	6
		Michal Šmejda 73.02	1			10	Luke Littler 110.43	6
		Nathan Aspinall 88.65	6				Nathan Aspinall 96.45	1
																					10	Littler 106.73	4
																					3	Humphries 108.56	7
		Ritchie Edhouse 97.21	6			3	Luke Humphries 100.68	6
		Jiří Brejcha 89.87	2				Ritchie Edhouse 89.74	2
											3	Humphries 106.81	6
											14	van Veen 99.03	2
		James Wade 105.67	6			14	Gian van Veen 97.40	6
		Daniel Markovsky 80.20	1				James Wade 93.18	2
																3	Humphries 103.16	6
																	De Decker 91.14	2
		Mike De Decker 104.01	6			6	Danny Noppert 91.59	0
		Brett Claydon 81.47	1				Mike De Decker 102.48	6
												De Decker 104.60	6
											11	Schindler 99.86	2
		Cameron Menzies 97.19	5			11	Martin Schindler 102.94	6
		Peter Wright 97.32	6				Peter Wright 94.45	1

Top averages

The table lists all players who achieved an average of at least 100 in a match. ^[9] In the case one player has multiple records, this is indicated by the number in brackets.

#	Player	Round	Average	Result
1	Luke Littler	3	116.51	Won
2	Michael van Gerwen	Quarter Final	112.19	Lost
3	Luke Littler (2)	Quarter Final	110.57	Won
4	Luke Littler (3)	2	110.43	Won
5	Luke Humphries	Semi Final	108.56	Won
6	Michael Smith	2	107.90	Won
7	Jermaine Wattimena	2	107.36	Won
8	Luke Humphries (2)	3	106.81	Won
9	Luke Littler (4)	Semi Final	106.73	Lost
10	James Wade	1	105.67	Won
11	Damon Heta	3	105.59	Lost
12	Luke Humphries (3)	Final	105.57	Won
13	Mike De Decker	3	104.60	Won
14	Michael van Gerwen (2)	2	104.56	Won
15	Luke Humphries (4)	Quarter Final	103.16	Won
16	Martin Schindler	2	102.94	Won
17	Mike De Decker (2)	2	102.48	Won
18	Damon Heta (2)	2	102.35	Won
19	Luke Humphries (5)	2	100.68	Won
20	Jonny Clayton	3	100.37	Won
21	Jonny Clayton (2)	2	100.19	Won
22	Chris Dobey	2	100.15	Lost

References

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