2025 Bahrain Darts Masters

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2025 Bahrain Darts Masters
Bahrain Darts Masters - Logo.svg
Tournament information
Dates16–17 January 2025
Venue Bahrain International Circuit
Location Sakhir, Bahrain
Organisation(s) Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format Legs
Prize fund£100,000
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout
Champion(s)
Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting
«2024 2026»

The 2025 Bahrain Darts Masters was a professional darts tournament that took place at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, from 16 to 17 January 2025. [1] It was the third staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and was the first event in the 2025 World Series of Darts. [2] The tournament featured 16 players (8 PDC representatives and 8 Asian representatives).

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Luke Littler was the defending champion, having defeated Michael van Gerwen 8–5 in the 2024 final. [3] [4] However, he lost to Gerwyn Price 6–2 in the quarter-finals. [5]

Stephen Bunting won the tournament, beating Gerwyn Price 8–4 in the final to claim his first World Series title. [6]

Prize money

The total prize fund was increased from 2024 to £100,000. The breakdown of prize money is shown below: [7]

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £100,000)
Winner(1)£30,000
Runner-up(1)£16,000
Semi-finalists(2)£10,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£5,000
First round(8)£1,750

Qualifiers

The PDC announced the 16-player line-up on 8 January 2025. [8] [9] Due to family commitments, Michael van Gerwen did not participate in the event. Stephen Bunting and Chris Dobey made their Bahrain Darts Masters debuts. [10]

  1. Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries (semi-finals)
  2. Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler (quarter-finals)
  3. Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross (first round)
  4. Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting (champion)
  5. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price (runner-up)
  6. Flag of England.svg   Chris Dobey (quarter-finals)
  7. Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall (quarter-finals)
  8. Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright (semi-finals)

The Asian representatives consisted of six invited players, alongside two Bahrain qualifiers that were decided in a qualifying tournament which took place in December 2024. Basem Mahmood and Abdulla Saeed both qualified for their second Bahrain Darts Masters, having previously competed in the 2023 and 2024 editions respectively. [11] [12]

QualificationPlayer
Asian Invitees Flag of the Philippines.svg   Lourence Ilagan (first round)
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Alexis Toylo(first round)
Flag of the Philippines.svg   Paolo Nebrida (quarter-finals)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg   Zong Xiao Chen (first round)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lok Yin Lee(first round)
Flag of India.svg   Nitin Kumar (first round)
Bahrain qualifiers Flag of Bahrain.svg  Basem Mahmood(first round)
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Abdulla Saeed(first round)

Draw

The draw was announced on 15 January. [13] [14]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
16 January
[15] [16] 		Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
17 January
[17] 		Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
17 January
[17] 		Final
(best of 15 legs)
17 January
[17]
            
1 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 103.666
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Abdulla Saeed 62.300
1 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 100.476
Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 101.905
  Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 95.426
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg   Zong Xiao Chen 81.472
1 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 94.766
4 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting 99.967
4 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting 95.616
Flag of India.svg   Nitin Kumar 92.362
4 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting 111.336
Flag of England.svg   Chris Dobey 84.620
  Flag of England.svg   Chris Dobey 93.946
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Basem Mahmood 76.900
4 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting 99.338
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 96.644
2 Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 94.366
Flag of the Philippines.svg   Lourence Ilagan 82.503
2 Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 105.122
  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 115.316
  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 91.406
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lok Yin Lee 83.353
  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 92.587
Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 91.154
3 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 86.303
Flag of the Philippines.svg   Paolo Nebrida 82.376
  Flag of the Philippines.svg   Paolo Nebrida 85.254
Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 88.546
  Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 91.876
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Alexis Toylo 89.503

Media coverage

The tournament is broadcast on ITV4 in the United Kingdom. [18]

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