2025 Dutch Darts Masters

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2025 TOTO Dutch Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates24–25 January 2025
Venue Maaspoort Den Bosch
Location 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Organisation(s) Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format Legs
Prize fund£100,000
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout153
Jermaine Wattimena
Champion(s)
Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross
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The 2025 TOTO Dutch Darts Masters was a professional darts tournament that took place at the Maaspoort Den Bosch in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands from 24 to 25 January 2025. It was the third staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) since the 2022 competition and the second event in the 2025 World Series of Darts. [1] The tournament featured 16 players (eight top-ranking PDC representatives and eight Benelux representatives).

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

Rob Cross won the tournament, beating Stephen Bunting 8–5 in the final. [5] [6]

Prize money

The winner received the Toon Greebe Trophy [7] and £30,000. The total prize fund increased from 2024 to £100,000. The breakdown of prize money is shown below: [8]

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 lineup on 13 January 2025. [9] [10] 2025 PDC World Championship runner-up Michael van Gerwen made his first 2025 World Series appearance after not participating in the Bahrain Darts Masters.

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

The Benelux representatives list consisted of seven Dutch players and Dimitri Van den Bergh as the sole Belgian player, as Belgian World Grand Prix champion Mike De Decker was unable to participate due to family commitments. [9] [11] Richard Veenstra made his debut at the event.

Draw

The draw was announced on 23 January. [12] [13] [14]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
24 January		Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
25 January		Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
25 January		Final
(best of 15 legs)
25 January
            
1 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting 102.066
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Gian van Veen 105.135
1 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting 95.326
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Raymond van Barneveld 88.885
  Flag of England.svg   Chris Dobey 94.495
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Raymond van Barneveld 96.346
1 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting 99.557
4 Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 107.596
4 Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 101.076
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 88.994
4 Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 94.856
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 90.263
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 95.536
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Dirk van Duijvenbode 88.601
1 Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting 96.465
Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 101.878
2 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 101.856
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert 93.722
2 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 91.756
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Kevin Doets 84.705
  Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 91.151
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Kevin Doets 94.796
2 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 94.293
Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 100.107
3 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 91.553
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jermaine Wattimena 98.866
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jermaine Wattimena 94.483
  Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 99.346
  Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 95.276
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Richard Veenstra 92.423

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