2025 Dutch Darts Masters
| 2025 TOTO Dutch Darts Masters | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 24–25 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 checkout | 153 Jermaine Wattimena | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Rob Cross | |||
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The 2025 TOTO Dutch Darts Masters was a professional darts tournament taking 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).
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.
Rob Cross won the tournament, beating Stephen Bunting 8–5 in the final.[4][5]
Prize money
[edit]The winner received the Toon Greebe Trophy[6] and £30,000. The total prize fund has increased from 2024 to £100,000. The breakdown of prize money is shown below:[7]
| 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
[edit]The PDC announced the 16-player lineup on 13 January 2025.[8][9] 2025 PDC World Championship runner-up Michael van Gerwen made his first 2025 World Series appearance after not participating in the Bahrain Darts Masters.
- Stephen Bunting (runner-up)
Gerwyn Price (semi-finals)- Luke Humphries (first round)
- Luke Littler (semi-finals)
- Chris Dobey (first round)
- Nathan Aspinall (first round)
- Rob Cross (champion)
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.[8][10] Richard Veenstra made his debut at the event.
- Danny Noppert (first round)
Dimitri Van den Bergh (first round)- Dirk van Duijvenbode (first round)
- Gian van Veen (first round)
- Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals)
- Jermaine Wattimena (quarter-finals)
- Kevin Doets (quarter-finals)
- Richard Veenstra (first round)
Draw
[edit]The draw was announced on 23 January.[11][12][13]
| 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 | Stephen Bunting 102.06
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gian van Veen 105.13
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Stephen Bunting 95.32
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Raymond van Barneveld 88.88
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Dobey 94.49
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Raymond van Barneveld 96.34
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Stephen Bunting 99.55
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Luke Littler 107.59
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Luke Littler 101.07
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dimitri Van den Bergh 88.99
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Luke Littler 94.85
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Michael van Gerwen 90.26
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Michael van Gerwen 95.53
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dirk van Duijvenbode 88.60
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Stephen Bunting 96.46
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rob Cross 101.87
| 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Gerwyn Price 101.85
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Danny Noppert 93.72
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Gerwyn Price 91.75
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Doets 84.70
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nathan Aspinall 91.15
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Doets 94.79
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Gerwyn Price 94.29
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rob Cross 100.10
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Luke Humphries 91.55
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jermaine Wattimena 98.86
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jermaine Wattimena 94.48
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rob Cross 99.34
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rob Cross 95.27
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Veenstra 92.42
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Gorton, Josh (14 October 2024). "2025 World Series of Darts schedule confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ Stafford, Ali (28 January 2024). "Michael van Gerwen beats Luke Littler 8-6 to claim World Series win in Dutch Darts Masters final". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ "Dutch Darts Masters: Michael van Gerwen beats Luke Littler 8-6 in final". BBC Sport. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ "Rob Cross beats Stephen Bunting in Dutch Masters final". The Independent. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Cross wins Dutch Masters after Bunting battle". BBC Sport. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Toon Greebe Trophy Unveiled". Darts World. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ "Dutch Darts Masters (WS) 2025". Mastercaller. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Dutch Darts Masters: Michael van Gerwen to return after losing to Luke Littler in World Darts Championship final". Sky Sports. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ Shaw, Jamie (13 January 2025). "Field confirmed for 2025 Dutch Darts Masters | Bunting and Dobey debut, De Decker misses out". Live Darts. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (14 January 2025). "Mike De Decker shares another sneer at PDC after Dutch Darts Masters absence: "If you get invited then, you don't want to go to Den Bosch"". Darts News. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ Allen, Dave (23 January 2025). "Van Gerwen meets Van Duijvenbode in TOTO Dutch Darts Masters opener". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ Smith, Emma (24 January 2025). "Littler sets up van Gerwen rematch at Dutch Masters". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Results of Dutch Darts Masters (WS) 2025". Mastercaller. Retrieved 25 January 2025.