2024 Bahrain Darts Masters
| 2024 Bahrain Darts Masters | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 18–19 January 2024 | ||
| Venue | Bahrain International Circuit | ||
| Location | Sakhir | ||
| Country |  Bahrain | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £60,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £20,000 | ||
| Nine-dart finish |  Luke Littler | ||
| High checkout | 170  Haruki Muramatsu Luke Littler | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Luke Littler | |||
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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]
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
[edit]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
[edit]The PDC announced the 16-man line-up on 8 January 2024.[7]
Luke Humphries (quarter-finals)
Michael van Gerwen (runner-up)- Michael Smith (semi-finals)
- Nathan Aspinall (quarter-finals)
Gerwyn Price (semi-finals)
Peter Wright (quarter-finals)- Rob Cross (quarter-finals)
- 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.
| Qualification | Player |
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| Asian Invitees |  Lourence Ilagan (first round)
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| Paolo Nebrida (first round)
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| Reynaldo Rivera (first round)
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 Man Lok Leung (first round)
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| Haruki Muramatsu (first round)
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| Tomoya Goto (first round)
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| Bahrain qualifiers | Abdulla Saeed (first round)
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| Hasan Haji (first round)
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Draw
[edit]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 | Luke Humphries 98.02
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Abdulla Saeed 68.83
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Luke Humphries 95.39
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 Gerwyn Price 90.48
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gerwyn Price 92.13
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reynaldo Rivera 94.86
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gerwyn Price 92.88
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Luke Littler 95.86
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Nathan Aspinall 97.20
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lourence Ilagan 84.35
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Nathan Aspinall 100.48
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Luke Littler 104.50
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Luke Littler 97.92
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Man Lok Leung 90.56
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Luke Littler 95.15
| 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Michael van Gerwen 87.80
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michael van Gerwen 106.09
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hasan Haji 60.18
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michael van Gerwen 105.97
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rob Cross 99.53
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rob Cross 94.66
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tomoya Goto 94.69
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michael van Gerwen 100.02
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Michael Smith 91.58
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Michael Smith 98.28
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paolo Nebrida 88.05
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Michael Smith 95.52
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
 Peter Wright 93.65
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Wright 91.69
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Haruki Muramatsu 87.11
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Bahrain Darts Masters". Bahrain GP. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Bahrain Darts Masters glory for classy Smith". PDC. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ "Michael Smith continues winning streak to hold off Gerwyn Price and claim first ever Bahrain Darts Masters". Sky Sports. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "VIDEO: Luke Littler makes more history, becoming youngest ever player to hit televised nine-darter at Bahrain Darts Masters". Dartsnews.com. 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ "Luke Littler becomes youngest ever player to hit a televised nine dart finish". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Bahrain Masters: Luke Littler beats Van Gerwen in final". BBC Sport. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 Bahrain Darts Masters field confirmed". www.pdc.tv. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Reigning champion Smith faces Nebrida in 2024 Bahrain Darts Masters". PDC. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.