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Karel Sedláček

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Karel Sedláček
Personal information
Nickname"Evil Charlie"
Born (1979-02-17) 17 February 1979 (age 45)[1]
Náchod, Czechoslovakia
Home townBohdašín, Czech Republic[2]
Darts information
Playing darts since1995
Darts23g Bull's
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Rock the Boat" by The Hues Corporation
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2007–2017
PDC2018–
(Tour Card: 2020–2021, 2023–)
Current world ranking68 Increase 2 (24 November 2024)[3]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2015
World MastersLast 144: 2013
World TrophyLast 16: 2014
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2023
UK OpenLast 32: 2023
European Ch'shipLast 32: 2022
PC FinalsLast 16: 2020
Other tournament wins
Czech Open 2018
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing  Czech Republic
EDU European Ch'ship
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Poreč Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Poreč Men's singles

Karel Sedláček (born 17 February 1979) is a Czech darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

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BDO

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Sedláček qualified for the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship playing Paul Hogan in the preliminary round, losing 1–3. He qualified for the 2014 BDO World Trophy, won in the first round 6–1 over Robbie Green, then lost in the last 16 to Paul Jennings 2–7. He qualified for the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship, playing Paul Coughlin in the preliminary round; he won 3–2. He lost 1–3 to Glen Durrant in the first round, with the highest average - 99.58 - in all the first round matches, and the third-highest average for a match loser in Lakeside history.

PDC

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In 2018 Sedláček qualified for the Dutch Darts Championship in Maastricht.[4] He won the East European qualifier to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, his first qualification for that event.[5]

Following a 3–0 defeat to Keegan Brown at the World Championship, he went on to qualify for the 2019 German Darts Grand Prix in Munich. Wins over Diogo Portela, Ian White and Darren Webster saw Sedláček reach the quarter-finals, where he went down 6–5 to Max Hopp.

Sedláček was also able to qualify for his home tournament, the 2019 Czech Darts Open, where he was eventually beaten in the second round 6–4 by Ian White.

On 18 January 2020, he beat Berry van Peer in the final of Day Three at European Q-School to win a PDC Tour Card for the first time, making him the first Czech player to earn a Tour Card.[6]

At the 2021 UK Open, Sedláček won 6–0 against Rhys Griffin but was then eliminated 7–10 against Simon Whitlock. On the PDC Pro Tour, Sedláček reached at most the last 16 whereupon he lost his Tour Card and had to go back to 2022 Q-School. As a former Tour Card holder he started in the final stage, but he didn't win his Tour Card back.[7]

Despite not having a Tour Card, Sedláček qualified for the 2022 European Championship after regularly appearing at European Tour events through East Europe qualifiers.[8] He lost in the first round 6–4 against Michael Smith. Sedláček also qualified for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship, where he defeated Raymond Smith 3–0 in the first round before losing 3–2 in a tiebreaker against Dirk van Duijvenbode, a match where Sedláček had a dart to win it.[9]

Sedláček regained his PDC Tour Card at 2023 Q-School, finishing 6th on the European Order of Merit.[10]

World Championship results

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BDO

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PDC

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Performance timeline

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Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship Non-PDC DNQ 1R DNQ 1R DNQ 2R DNQ
UK Open Non-PDC DNP 3R 4R DNP 5R 2R
European Championship Non-PDC DNQ 1R DNQ
Players Championship Finals Non-PDC DNP 3R DNQ 1R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts DNP 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R RR 2R
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship DNP PR 1R DNQ DNP PDC NH PDC
BDO World Trophy DNP 2R 1R DNP PDC NH
Winmau World Masters 2R 1R 1R DNP PDC NH PDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking - - - - - 180 152 81 71 68 108

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2018 EDO
DNP
GDG
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
DDO
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
DDC
1R
IDO
DNQ
EDT
DNQ
2019 EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
QF
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
DDO
DNQ
CDO
2R
ADC
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2020 BDC
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
EDG
DNP
IDO
DNP
2021 HDT
DNQ
GDT
DMQ
2022 IDO
DNQ
GDC
QF
GDG
2R
ADO
1R
EDO
2R
CDO
2R
EDG
1R
DDC
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
HDT
3R
GDO
1R
BDO
2R
GDT
WD
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
BDO
DNQ
CDO
3R
EDG
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
GDC
1R
2024 BDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
ADO
1R
BSD
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDO
2R
GDC
DNQ
FDT
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
SDT
2R
CDO
DNQ

PDC Players Championships

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
2020 BAR
3R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
4R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
NIE
4R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
3R
NIE
4R
COV
1R
COV
1R
COV
1R
COV
1R
COV
4R
2021 BOL
1R
BOL
2R
BOL
1R
BOL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
4R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
2R
NIE
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
3R
COV
1R
COV
1R
COV
1R
COV
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
2022
[nb 1]
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
NIE
1R
NIE
3R
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
WIG
1R
WIG
3R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
2023 BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
3R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
HIL
4R
HIL
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
3R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
2024 WIG
1R
WIG
3R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
QF
LEI
4R
LEI
3R
HIL
1R
HIL
4R
HIL
2R
HIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
SF
MIL
2R
MIL
3R
MIL
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
3R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
WIG
4R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
3R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
  1. ^ Not a Tour card holder
Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
Prel.
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round
DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded
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References

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  1. ^ "Karel Sedlacek". Mastercaller.
  2. ^ "Karel Sedlacek". PDC.
  3. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  4. ^ "ET Qualifying Double for Ratajski".
  5. ^ Phillips, Josh. "Sedlacek Seals World Championship Debut". PDC. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  6. ^ "PDC Q-School: Jeff Smith, Karel Sedlacek and Aaron Beeney win Tour Cards on Day Three". Sky Sports News. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  7. ^ "2022 PDC Qualifying School final entries, exemptions & info confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  8. ^ Gorton, Josh (27 June 2022). "Sedlacek completes remarkable clean sweep at Euro Tour qualifiers". PDC. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  9. ^ Gill, Samuel (22 December 2022). "Van Duijvenbode survives match dart in Sedlacek scare sealing tie-break win at PDC World Darts Championship". DartsNews. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  10. ^ Phillips, Josh (15 January 2023). "Brown & Huybrechts headline Tour Card winners as 2023 Q Schools conclude". PDC. Retrieved 13 December 2024.