2025 PDC World Masters

2025 Winmau World Masters
Tournament information
Dates	Main 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
Nine-dart finish	Dimitri Van den Bergh
High checkout	170 William Borland
Champion(s)
Luke Humphries
«2024 2026»

The 2025 PDC World Masters (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 Winmau World Masters) was a professional darts tournament that took place at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England, from 30 January to 2 February 2025. It was the 13th Masters to be organised by the Professional Darts Corporation and the first under the World Masters rebrand. It was the first time the tournament was ranked and was using set play.

Stephen Bunting was the defending champion after beating Michael van Gerwen 11–7 in the 2024 final. However, he lost 4–3 to Danny Noppert in the quarter-finals.^[1]

Luke Humphries won the tournament, defeating Jonny Clayton 6–5 in the final.^[2][3]

Dimitri Van den Bergh hit a nine-dart finish during his second round victory over Michael van Gerwen.^[4]

The inaugural edition of The Masters, the 2013 Masters, was held by the Professional Darts Corporation from 1–3 November 2013 at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland and broadcast live on ITV4.^[5] Phil Taylor won the first final, defeating Adrian Lewis 10–1.^[6] Since 2015, the tournament has been held in Milton Keynes.^[7] The tournament initially featured the top 16 players in the world before increasing to the top 24 in 2021.^[8]

In August 2024, it was announced that for the 2025 event, the field would expand to 32 players and it would be the first edition where the tournament was ranked.^[9] However, this preceded a bigger announcement that was made on 28 October. The PDC announced a complete revamp of the competition, rebranding it from The Masters to the World Masters (sponsored by Winmau), emulating the World Masters which was first held in 1975 and organised by the British Darts Organisation and later the World Darts Federation.^[10][11] The revamp saw a change in format from leg play to classic World Masters set play (best of 3 legs in a set), and saw preliminary rounds introduced for players outside of the top 24 and players from the PDC's affiliated tours to determine who would join the top 24 in the main competition.

The 2025 event was held from 30 January to 2 February at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England.^[12] The defending champion was Stephen Bunting, who won his first PDC televised title by defeating Michael van Gerwen 11–7 in the 2024 final.^[13][14]

All matches were 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 were played in set format, with a minimum of two sets required to win a match. All sets were played to the best of three legs.^[15][13]

Round	Best of (sets)	First to (sets)
Preliminary	3	2
First	5	3
Second	7	4
Quarter-finals	7	4
Semi-finals	9	5
Final	11	6

The prize money for the tournament was £500,000 in total. The winner's prize money was £100,000.^[16][17][13]

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

The World Masters featured the top 24 players in the PDC Order of Merit after the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship^[18] automatically qualifying for the first round, while the 2025 Tour Card Holders ranked outside the top 24 competed in preliminary rounds held on 29 January 2025 alongside players from affiliated tours to determine the last eight players in the main field. The top sixteen players on the Order of Merit were seeded for the tournament.^[15][19]

The list of participants was as follows:^[20]

The preliminary rounds began with a group stage, with one seeded player per group (the players ranked 57–88 were seeded). The winner of each group progressed to the last 64 where they faced players ranked 25–56. The eight winners of the last 16 matches qualified for the main tournament.^[21]

Raymond van Barneveld (ranked world number thirty-four) did not enter the preliminary rounds. Dylan Slevin therefore received a bye to the last 64.

The following players participated in the last 64 of the preliminary rounds:

The draw for the preliminary rounds was made on 29 January 2025.

All matches were played to the best of three sets (the first player to win two sets wins the match).

The knockout phase results are shown below.^[22]

	Last 64 (best of 3 sets) 29 January					Last 32 (best of 3 sets) 29 January					Last 16 (best of 3 sets) 29 January[23]
	25	Daryl Gurney 92.58	2
		Joshua Richardson 88.46	1
						25	Daryl Gurney 93.06	1
						56	Dylan Slevin 92.29	2
	56	Dylan Slevin 88.75	2
		Ryan Branley 89.66	0
											56	Dylan Slevin 87.09	0
											40	Kevin Doets 91.09	2
	40	Kevin Doets 92.46	2
		Andy Boulton 93.20	0
						40	Kevin Doets 91.69	2
							Radek Szagański 88.09	1
	41	Madars Razma 88.18	1
		Radek Szagański 80.82	2

	Last 64 (best of 3 sets) 29 January					Last 32 (best of 3 sets) 29 January					Last 16 (best of 3 sets) 29 January
	32	Krzysztof Ratajski 91.48	2
		Owen Bates 91.23	0
						32	Krzysztof Ratajski 100.19	2
						49	Keane Barry 92.67	1
	49	Keane Barry 83.58	2
		Thibault Tricole 82.47	1
											32	Krzysztof Ratajski 89.43	0
												Bradley Brooks 96.60	2
	33	Luke Woodhouse 95.50	1
		Cam Crabtree 89.05	2
						Cam Crabtree 83.70		0
						Bradley Brooks 91.89		2
	48	Ian White 92.10	0
		Bradley Brooks 91.96	2

	Last 64 (best of 3 sets) 29 January					Last 32 (best of 3 sets) 29 January					Last 16 (best of 3 sets) 29 January
	28	Ritchie Edhouse 70.33	0
		Darius Labanauskas 70.73	2
							Darius Labanauskas 97.92	2
						53	Matt Campbell 89.01	1
	53	Matt Campbell 85.11	2
		Adam Lipscombe 84.34	0
											Darius Labanauskas 97.55		0
											Andy Baetens 100.87		2
	37	Martin Lukeman 76.76	2
		Andreas Harrysson 80.70	1
						37	Martin Lukeman 86.18	0
							Andy Baetens 96.04	2
	44	José de Sousa 83.70	1
		Andy Baetens 85.94	2

	Last 64 (best of 3 sets) 29 January					Last 32 (best of 3 sets) 29 January					Last 16 (best of 3 sets) 29 January
	29	Ryan Joyce 94.72	2
		Adam Hunt 85.52	0
						29	Ryan Joyce 90.12	0
						52	Florian Hempel 92.19	2
	52	Florian Hempel 110.57	2
		Mensur Suljović 96.82	1
											52	Florian Hempel 87.73	2
											36	Gabriel Clemens 88.06	0
	36	Gabriel Clemens 80.16	2
		Jitse Van der Wal 71.57	0
						36	Gabriel Clemens 88.18	2
						45	Kim Huybrechts 81.93	0
	45	Kim Huybrechts 87.03	2
		Tom Bissell 77.13	0

	Last 64 (best of 3 sets) 29 January					Last 32 (best of 3 sets) 29 January					Last 16 (best of 3 sets) 29 January[24]
	26	Dirk van Duijvenbode 89.80	1
		William Borland 101.63	2
							William Borland 81.16	2
						55	Alan Soutar 87.53	1
	55	Alan Soutar 89.65	2
		Henry Coates 89.55	1
												William Borland 92.18	2
											42	Mickey Mansell 87.91	1
	39	Callan Rydz 100.76	1
		Jimmy van Schie 95.29	2
							Jimmy van Schie 92.08	1
						42	Mickey Mansell 92.85	2
	42	Mickey Mansell 87.96	2
		Brett Claydon 80.16	1

	Last 64 (best of 3 sets) 29 January					Last 32 (best of 3 sets) 29 January					Last 16 (best of 3 sets) 29 January[23]
	31	Brendan Dolan 89.89	1
		Nick Kenny 85.45	2
							Nick Kenny 91.42	2
						50	Jim Williams 84.53	1
	50	Jim Williams 87.74	2
		Thomas Lovely 83.31	1
												Nick Kenny 95.22	1
											34	Jermaine Wattimena 95.97	2
	34	Jermaine Wattimena 95.81	2
		Nathan Girvan 71.56	0
						34	Jermaine Wattimena 99.00	2
						47	Niels Zonneveld 93.30	0
	47	Niels Zonneveld 98.97	2
		Oskar Lukasiak 84.28	1

	Last 64 (best of 3 sets) 29 January					Last 32 (best of 3 sets) 29 January					Last 16 (best of 3 sets) 29 January[24][25]
	27	Gian van Veen 92.29	2
		Aden Kirk 90.08	0
						27	Gian van Veen 106.01	2
						54	Wessel Nijman 100.71	1
	54	Wessel Nijman 101.90	2
		Pero Ljubić 92.94	0
											27	Gian van Veen 94.37	0
											38	Cameron Menzies 106.16	2
	38	Cameron Menzies 92.95	2
		Berry van Peer 86.05	1
						38	Cameron Menzies 92.49	2
						43	Ricky Evans 87.81	0
	43	Ricky Evans 81.09	2
		Karel Sedláček 90.40	0

	Last 64 (best of 3 sets) 29 January					Last 32 (best of 3 sets) 29 January					Last 16 (best of 3 sets) 29 January
	30	Ricardo Pietreczko 80.38	0
		Jeffrey de Graaf 88.41	2
							Jeffrey de Graaf 77.63	1
						51	William O'Connor 91.97	2
	51	William O'Connor 93.94	2
		Danny Lauby 90.35	0
											51	William O'Connor 86.45	2
											46	Richard Veenstra 85.74	0
	35	Scott Williams 90.49	0
		Ryan Meikle 95.58	2
							Ryan Meikle 78.59	0
						46	Richard Veenstra 81.31	2
	46	Richard Veenstra 96.62	2
		Marvin van Velzen 90.08	1

The draw for the televised stages was made on 21 January.^[26][13][27]

	First round (best of 5 sets) 30–31 January					Second round (best of 7 sets) 1 February					Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets) 2 February					Semi-finals (best of 9 sets) 2 February					Final (best of 11 sets) 2 February
	1	Luke Humphries 98.62	3
		Joe Cullen 92.50	1
						1	Luke Humphries 94.63	4
						16	Josh Rock 94.78	0
	16	Josh Rock 98.16	3
	Q	Jermaine Wattimena 94.75	1
											1	Luke Humphries 104.24	4
											8	Damon Heta 97.78	1
	8	Damon Heta 92.32	3
		Ross Smith 96.81	1
						8	Damon Heta 94.58	4
						9	Gerwyn Price 96.37	3
	9	Gerwyn Price 97.49	3
	Q	Florian Hempel 92.08	0
																1	Luke Humphries 99.71	5
																13	Danny Noppert 88.33	2
	4	Rob Cross 103.19	1
	Q	William O'Connor 98.75	3
						Q	William O'Connor 88.16	0
						13	Danny Noppert 96.27	4
	13	Danny Noppert 97.32	3
		Michael Smith 96.99	1
											13	Danny Noppert 97.58	4
											5	Stephen Bunting 101.28	3
	5	Stephen Bunting 95.03	3
	Q	William Borland 92.06	2
						5	Stephen Bunting 93.67	4
						12	Peter Wright 94.84	2
	12	Peter Wright 101.28	3
	Q	Kevin Doets 97.42	2
																					1	Luke Humphries 100.42	6
																					7	Jonny Clayton 98.25	5
	2	Luke Littler 104.33	3
	Q	Andy Baetens 95.94	0
						2	Luke Littler 105.47	4
						15	James Wade 91.42	0
	15	James Wade 92.61	3
		Mike De Decker 91.76	2
											2	Luke Littler 108.50	2
											7	Jonny Clayton 103.96	4
	7	Jonny Clayton 112.77	3
		Martin Schindler 105.05	1
						7	Jonny Clayton 93.54	4
							Ryan Searle 93.87	3
	10	Chris Dobey 91.83	1
		Ryan Searle 90.93	3
																7	Jonny Clayton 90.51	5
																	Dimitri Van den Bergh 85.19	2
	3	Michael van Gerwen 95.87	3