2024 Bahrain Darts Masters

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2024 Bahrain Darts Masters
Bahrain Darts Masters - Logo.svg
Tournament information
Dates18–19 January 2024
Venue Bahrain International Circuit
Location Sakhir
CountryFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£60,000
Winner's share£20,000
Nine-dart finish Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler
High checkout170 Flag of Japan.svg   Haruki Muramatsu
170 Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler
Champion(s)
Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler
«2023 2025»

The 2024 Bahrain Darts Masters was the second staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the first event in the season's World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (8 PDC representatives and 8 Asian representatives), and was held at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, from 18–19 January 2024. [1]

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Michael Smith was the defending champion, having defeated Gerwyn Price 8–6 in the 2023 final. [2] [3] However, he lost 7–6 to Michael van Gerwen in the semi-finals.

On 19 January, two days before his 17th birthday, Luke Littler became the youngest player to hit a televised nine-dart finish, achieving the feat in the first leg of his 6–3 quarter-final win over Nathan Aspinall. The previous record of 17 years and 298 days had been set by van Gerwen at the 2007 Masters of Darts. [4] [5] Littler also became the second player, after Phil Taylor, to hit a nine-darter in the World Series. [6]

Littler went on to win the tournament, and capture his first PDC senior title, by beating Price 7–3 in the semi-finals and van Gerwen 8–5 in the final. [6] He became the third player, after van Gerwen and Aspinall, to win a World Series title on his debut.

Prize money

The total prize fund is at £60,000.

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £60,000)
Winner(1)£20,000
Runner-up(1)£10,000
Semi-finalists(2)£5,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£2,500
First round(8)£1,250

Qualifiers

The PDC announced the 16-man line-up on 8 January 2024. [7]

  1. Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries (quarter-finals)
  2. Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen (runner-up)
  3. Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith (semi-finals)
  4. Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall (quarter-finals)
  5. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price (semi-finals)
  6. Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright (quarter-finals)
  7. Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross (quarter-finals)
  8. Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler (champion)

The Asian representatives consisted of six invited players, alongside two Bahrain qualifiers that were decided in a qualifier. [7] Christian Perez couldn't enter due to visa issues.

QualificationPlayer
Asian Invitees Flag of the Philippines.svg   Lourence Ilagan (first round)
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Paolo Nebrida(first round)
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Reynaldo Rivera(first round)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Man Lok Leung(first round)
Flag of Japan.svg   Haruki Muramatsu (first round)
Flag of Japan.svg  Tomoya Goto(first round)
Bahrain qualifiers Flag of Bahrain.svg  Abdulla Saeed(first round)
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Hasan Haji(first round)

Draw

The draw was announced on 17 January 2024. [8]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
18 January		Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
19 January		Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
19 January		Final
(best of 15 legs)
19 January
            
1 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 98.026
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Abdulla Saeed 68.830
1 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 95.394
  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 90.486
  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 92.136
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Reynaldo Rivera 94.864
  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 92.883
  Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 95.867
4 Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 97.206
Flag of the Philippines.svg   Lourence Ilagan 84.355
4 Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 100.483
Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 104.506
  Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 97.926
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Man Lok Leung 90.563
  Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 95.158
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 87.805
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 106.096
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Hasan Haji 60.180
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 105.976
  Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 99.534
  Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 94.666
Flag of Japan.svg  Tomoya Goto 94.693
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 100.027
3 Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith 91.586
3 Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith 98.286
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Paolo Nebrida 88.055
3 Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith 95.526
  Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 93.651
  Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 91.696
Flag of Japan.svg   Haruki Muramatsu 87.115

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