2024 Masters (darts)
| 2024 Cazoo Masters | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 2–4 February 2024 | ||
| Venue | Marshall Arena | ||
| Location | Milton Keynes, England | ||
| Organisation(s) | Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) | ||
| Format | Legs Final: best of 21 legs | ||
| Prize fund | £275,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £65,000 | ||
| High checkout | 160  Dave Chisnall (second round) | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Stephen Bunting | |||
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The 2024 Cazoo Masters was the twelfth and final staging of the non-ranking Masters darts tournament, held by the Professional Darts Corporation, from 2–4 February 2024, at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes.
Chris Dobey was the defending champion after defeating Rob Cross 11–7 in the 2023 final.[1] However, he lost to Michael van Gerwen in the second round.
Stephen Bunting won his first PDC major televised title, beating Van Gerwen 11–7 in the final.[2]
Qualifiers
[edit]The Masters featured the top 24 players in the PDC Order of Merit after the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, with the top 8 automatically qualifying for the second round.
Gerwyn Price withdrew from the tournament on 1 February 2024 due to family reasons. José de Sousa (the next highest ranked player) was scheduled to replace Price, but he was unable to, so was replaced by the next highest ranked player who was available, which in this case, was Daryl Gurney.[3]
Martin Schindler, Andrew Gilding and Josh Rock made their debuts in the event.
The following players took part in the tournament:
Luke Humphries (second round)
Michael van Gerwen (runner-up)- Michael Smith (second round)
- Nathan Aspinall (semi-finals)
Gerwyn Price - Rob Cross (second round)
- Danny Noppert (second round)
Peter Wright (quarter-finals)- Jonny Clayton (first round)
- Dave Chisnall (quarter-finals)
Damon Heta (quarter-finals)- Joe Cullen (second round)
- Dirk van Duijvenbode (second round)
Dimitri Van den Bergh (semi-finals)- Chris Dobey (second round)
- Stephen Bunting (champion)
- Ross Smith (first round)
- Andrew Gilding (first round)
- James Wade (first round)
- Ryan Searle (first round)
Josh Rock (first round)
Gabriel Clemens (first round)- Martin Schindler (first round)
Krzysztof Ratajski (second round)
- Alt. Daryl Gurney (quarter-finals)
Prize money
[edit]| Stage (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £275,000) | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £65,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £30,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £20,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £12,000 |
| Second round losers | (8) | £7,500 |
| First round losers | (8) | £4,000 |
Draw
[edit]The schedule was confirmed on 22 January.[4]
| First round (best of 11 legs) 2 February | Second round (best of 19 legs) 3 February | Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs) 4 February | Semi-finals (best of 21 legs) 4 February | Final (best of 21 legs) 4 February | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Stephen Bunting 93.81 | 6 | 1 | Luke Humphries 99.14 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Ross Smith 99.58 | 5 | 16 | Stephen Bunting 97.36 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Stephen Bunting 100.92 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Peter Wright 83.30 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Jonny Clayton 89.12 | 3 | 8 | Peter Wright 90.31 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 24 |  Krzysztof Ratajski 93.28 | 6 | 24 | Krzysztof Ratajski 92.78 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Stephen Bunting 99.53 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Nathan Aspinall 91.34 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 |  Dirk van Duijvenbode 88.47 | 6 | 4 | Nathan Aspinall 86.61 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Ryan Searle 92.58 | 5 | 13 | Dirk van Duijvenbode 82.73 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Nathan Aspinall 91.48 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt |  Daryl Gurney 92.08 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Joe Cullen 99.32 | 6 | Alt | Daryl Gurney 92.30 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Josh Rock 92.16 | 4 | 12 | Joe Cullen 92.27 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Stephen Bunting 102.50 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michael van Gerwen 98.27 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Chris Dobey 94.69 | 6 | 2 | Michael van Gerwen 96.29 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Andrew Gilding 86.33 | 3 | 15 | Chris Dobey 87.32 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michael van Gerwen 102.38 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Dave Chisnall 96.65 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Dave Chisnall 109.26 | 6 | 7 | Danny Noppert 94.85 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23 |  Martin Schindler 103.85 | 1 | 10 | Dave Chisnall 97.59 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michael van Gerwen 99.63 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 |  Dimitri Van den Bergh 91.04 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.65 | 6 | 3 | Michael Smith 95.31 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | James Wade 84.74 | 1 | 14 | Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.69 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Dimitri Van den Bergh 87.45 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 |  Damon Heta 90.39 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Damon Heta 102.96 | 6 | 6 | Rob Cross 99.04 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Gabriel Clemens 99.05 | 2 | 11 | Damon Heta 102.70 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Gorton, Josh (29 January 2023). "Dobey defeats Cross to clinch first televised title at Cazoo Masters". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ Drury, Sam (5 February 2024). "Cazoo Masters: Stephen Bunting beats Michael van Gerwen to win maiden televised PDC title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (1 February 2024). "Price to miss Cazoo Masters as Gurney steps in". Professional Darts Corporation.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (22 January 2024). "2024 Cazoo Masters draw & schedule of play confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation.