2025 PDC World Masters

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2025 Winmau World Masters
Tournament information
DatesMain tournament: 30 January–2 February 2025
Preliminary rounds: 29 January 2025
Venue Marshall Arena
Location Milton Keynes, England
Organisation(s) Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format Sets (best of 3 legs)
Final – first to 6 sets
Prize fund£500,000
Winner's share£100,000
«2024 2026»

The 2025 PDC World Masters (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 Winmau World Masters) [1] is an upcoming professional darts tournament that will take place at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England, from 30 January to 2 February 2025. [2] It will be the 13th Masters to be organised by the Professional Darts Corporation, but will be the first time the tournament is ranked [3] and using set play. [4]

Contents

Stephen Bunting is the defending champion after beating Michael van Gerwen 11–7 in the 2024 final. [5]

Overview

Format

All matches will be played as straight in (player begins scoring with their first throw no matter what section is hit), double out (a segment on the outer ring or the bullseye), requiring the players to score 501 points to win a leg, finishing on a double. The matches will be played in the set format, with a minimum of two sets required to win a match. The following rules are observed: [4]

RoundBest of (sets)First to (sets)
Preliminary32
First & Second53
Third & Fourth74
Quarter-finals74
Semi-finals95
Final116

Prize money

The prize money for the tournament will be £500,000 in total. The winner's prize money will be £100,000. [6] [7]

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £500,000)
Winner(1)£100,000
Runner-up(1)£50,000
Semi-finalists(2)£30,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£17,500
Second round losers(8)£10,000
First round losers(16)£5,000
Preliminary round Last 16 losers(8)£2,500
Preliminary round Last 32 losers(16)£1,000
Preliminary round Last 64 losers(32)£750

Qualifiers

The World Masters will feature the top 24 players in the PDC Order of Merit after the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship [8] automatically qualifying for the first round, while the 2025 Tour Card Holders ranked outside the top 24 will play in preliminary rounds held on 29 January 2025, alongside players from affiliated tours. The top sixteen players on the Order of Merit will be seeded for the tournament. [4] [9]

The provisional list of participants is as follows:

Number 1–24 on the PDC Order of Merit (starting in first round)

  1. Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries
  2. Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler
  3. Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen
  4. Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross
  5. Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting
  6. Flag of England.svg   Dave Chisnall
  7. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton
  8. Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Damon Heta
  9. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price
  10. Flag of England.svg   Chris Dobey
  11. Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall
  12. Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright
  13. Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert
  14. Flag of Scotland.svg   Gary Anderson
  15. Flag of England.svg   James Wade
  16. Ulster Banner.svg   Josh Rock
  17. Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith
  18. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh
  19. Flag of England.svg   Ryan Searle
  20. Flag of England.svg   Andrew Gilding
  21. Flag of England.svg   Ross Smith
  22. Flag of Germany.svg   Martin Schindler
  23. Flag of England.svg   Joe Cullen
  24. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Mike De Decker

Number 25–56 on the PDC Order of Merit (starting in preliminary round last 64)

Number 57–88 on the PDC Order of Merit (seeded in preliminary round group stage)

  1. Flag of Ireland.svg   Dylan Slevin
  2. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Robert Owen
  3. Flag of England.svg   Ryan Meikle
  4. Flag of England.svg   Stephen Burton
  5. Flag of England.svg   Connor Scutt
  6. Flag of Austria.svg   Mensur Suljović
  7. Flag of Sweden.svg   Jeffrey de Graaf
  8. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Nick Kenny
  9. Flag of France.svg   Thibault Tricole
  10. Flag of England.svg   James Hurrell
  11. Flag of England.svg  Dom Taylor
  12. Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Chris Landman
  13. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Mario Vandenbogaerde
  14. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Andy Baetens
  15. Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Berry van Peer
  16. Ulster Banner.svg   Nathan Rafferty
  17. Flag of Ireland.svg   Steve Lennon
  18. Flag of Poland.svg   Radek Szagański
  19. Flag of Germany.svg   Lukas Wenig
  20. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Rhys Griffin
  21. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Patrick Geeraets
  22. Flag of England.svg  Matthew Dennant
  23. Flag of Scotland.svg  Darren Beveridge
  24. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jitse Van der Wal
  25. Flag of Denmark.svg  Benjamin Reus
  26. Flag of the United States.svg   Danny Lauby
  27. Flag of England.svg  Robert Grundy
  28. Flag of England.svg   George Killington
  29. Flag of England.svg  Owen Bates
  30. Flag of England.svg   Brett Claydon
  31. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Martijn Dragt
  32. Flag of England.svg   Adam Hunt

Number 89–128 on the PDC Order of Merit (starting in preliminary round group stage)

  1. Flag of New Zealand.svg   Haupai Puha
  2. Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jelle Klaasen
  3. Flag of Scotland.svg   William Borland
  4. Flag of Germany.svg  Tim Wolters
  5. Flag of England.svg  Joshua Richardson
  6. Flag of Italy.svg  Michele Turetta
  7. Flag of the United States.svg   Jules van Dongen
  8. Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Wesley Plaisier
  9. Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Christian Kist
  10. Flag of Germany.svg   Niko Springer
  11. Flag of Poland.svg   Sebastian Białecki

PDC Development Tour qualifiers (starting in preliminary round group stage)

The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 PDC Development Tour series who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the preliminary round group stage.

  1. Flag of England.svg   Beau Greaves
  2. Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jurjen van der Velde
  3. Flag of Germany.svg  Dominik Grüllich
  4. Flag of England.svg  Tavis Dudeney
  5. Flag of England.svg  Henry Coates
  6. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Owen Roelofs
  7. Flag of England.svg  Charlie Manby
  8. Flag of England.svg  Daniel Perry

PDC Challenge Tour qualifiers (starting in preliminary round group stage)

The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour series Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.

PDC Women's Series qualifiers (starting in preliminary round group stage)

The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 PDC Women's Series Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.

PDC Nordic & Baltic ProTour qualifiers (starting in preliminary round group stage)

The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 PDC Nordic & Baltic ProTour series Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.

  1. Flag of Lithuania.svg   Darius Labanauskas
  2. Flag of Sweden.svg   Johan Engström
  3. Flag of Sweden.svg   Oskar Lukasiak
  4. Flag of Finland.svg   Marko Kantele
  5. Flag of Norway.svg   Cor Dekker
  6. Flag of Finland.svg   Teemu Harju
  7. Flag of Finland.svg  Jani Laurila
  8. Flag of Norway.svg Kent Jøran Sivertsen

PDC Asian Tour qualifiers (starting in preliminary round group stage)

The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 PDC Asian Tour series Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.

  1. Flag of the Philippines.svg  Alexis Toylo
  2. Flag of the Philippines.svg   Lourence Ilagan
  3. Flag of the Philippines.svg   Paolo Nebrida
  4. Flag of Japan.svg  Ryusei Azemoto
  5. Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Man Lok Leung
  6. Flag of Japan.svg  Tomoya Goto
  7. Flag of the Philippines.svg  Sandro Eric Sosing
  8. Flag of Japan.svg   Haruki Muramatsu

CDC ProTour qualifiers (starting in preliminary round group stage)

The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 CDC ProTour series Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.

  1. Flag of the United States.svg   Leonard Gates
  2. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Jim Long
  3. Flag of the United States.svg   Stowe Buntz
  4. Flag of the United States.svg  Adam Sevada
  5. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   David Cameron
  6. Flag of the United States.svg  Alex Spellman
  7. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jacob Taylor
  8. Flag of the United States.svg  Jake Womack

DartsPlayers Australia ProTour qualifiers (starting in preliminary round group stage)

The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 DartsPlayers Australia ProTour series Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.

  1. Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Joe Comito
  2. Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Brandon Weening
  3. Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jeremy Fagg
  4. Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Brenton Lloyd
  5. Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Gordon Mathers
  6. Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Harley Kemp
  7. Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Rob Modra
  8. Flag of Australia (converted).svg   James Bailey

DartsPlayers New Zealand ProTour qualifiers (starting in preliminary round group stage)

The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 DartsPlayers New Zealand ProTour series Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.

  1. Flag of New Zealand.svg  Kayden Milne
  2. Flag of New Zealand.svg   Mark Cleaver
  3. Flag of New Zealand.svg   Ben Robb
  4. Flag of New Zealand.svg   John Hurring
  5. Flag of New Zealand.svg  Jaymie Hilton-Jones
  6. Flag of New Zealand.svg   Darren Herewini
  7. Flag of New Zealand.svg  Stu Irwin
  8. Flag of New Zealand.svg  Wayne McRae

Junior Darts Corporation Representatives (starting in preliminary round group stage)

Four Junior Darts Corporation representatives qualified for the first round.

  1. Flag of England.svg  Daniel Stephenson

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  4. 1 2 3 Gill, Samuel (25 December 2024). "Format confirmed for 2025 Winmau World Masters including much-loved sets returning". Darts News. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Cazoo Masters: Stephen Bunting beats Michael van Gerwen to win maiden televised PDC title". BBC Sport. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  6. ↑ Gorton, Josh (24 December 2024). "£500,000 prize fund announced for 2025 Winmau World Masters". PDC . Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  7. ↑ Gill, Samuel (24 December 2024). "Here's how much players can earn in Prize Money at 2025 Winmau World Masters with huge amount set". Darts News. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  8. ↑ Gill, Samuel (4 January 2025). "PDC Order of Merit Update: Luke Littler passes Michael van Gerwen but World Number One out of reach for now". Darts News. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | 2024 PDC Order of Merit Rules - Announced January 16 2024. | 3. Invitations and Seedings". PDC.
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