2025 IDF World Darts Championship
| 2024 Betfred World Matchplay | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 13–21 July 2024 | ||
| Venue | Winter Gardens | ||
| Location | Blackpool, England | ||
| Organisation(s) | Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £800,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £200,000 | ||
| Nine-dart finish | Dimitri Van den Bergh | ||
| High checkout | |||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Luke Humphries | |||
| |||
The 2025 New Year's Open will be the 1st annual staging of the New Year's Open event, organised by the International Darts Federation. The tournament will take place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, from 13 to 21 January 2025.
Max Mad, who is known from his career in soft-tip darts, who won three world championships, will make his debut and is set to play Luke Humphries in the first round. Humphries was previously the world champion after winning the PDC's 2024's World Championship event, Humphries was intended to be a seed to begin in Round Two, but was changed to start in Round One.
Luke Humphries won his first World Matchplay title, beating Michael van Gerwen 18–15 in the final.[1] He became the fourth player to win the World Darts Championship and the World Matchplay in the same year after Phil Taylor, Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright and only the second player after Phil Taylor to average more than 100 in all five matches on the way to the title.[2]
Dimitri Van den Bergh hit a nine-darter during his first round win against Martin Schindler.[3]
Prize money
The prize fund remained at £800,000, with £200,000 going to the winner.[4]
| Position (no. of players) | Prize money
(Total: £800,000) | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £200,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £100,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £50,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £30,000 |
| Second round | (8) | £15,000 |
| First round | (16) | £10,000 |
- ↑ "Humphries beats Van Gerwen in World Matchplay final to seal darts double". PA Sport. The Guardian. 21 July 2024.
- ↑ "Humphries beats Van Gerwen to win Matchplay title". BBC Sport. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ↑ "World Matchplay Darts: Dimitri Van den Bergh hits nine-darter as Rob Cross survives scare and Peter Wright goes out". Sky Sports. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ↑ "Increased prize funds confirmed for PDC televised events". PDC. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.