2025 IDF Grand Prix Open Masters Championship

2025 Grand Prix Open Masters Championship
Tournament information
Dates	January 14 — January 16, 2025
Venue	Darttastic
Location	Blackpool, England
Organisation(s)	International Darts Federation
Format	Legs
Prize fund	$2,000,000
Winner's share	$1,250,000
High checkout	161 Dylan Evans

The 2025 IDF Grand Prix Open Masters Championship is a professiona darts event taking place from 14 January 2025 to 16 January 2025. It is the 1st IDF Grand Prix Open Masters Championship to be organised by the International Darts Federation (IDF).

The tournament is set to featured 64 players, with a "traditional" seeding system.

Overview

Format

All matches were played as straight in (player begins scoring with their first throw no matter what section is hit), double out (a segment on the outer ring or the bullseye), requiring the players to score 501 points to win a leg, finishing on a double. The matches were played in the leg format, with a minimum of legs required to win a match. The following rules are observed:

Round	Best of (Legs)	First to (Legs)
First & Second	11	6
Third	15	8
Quarter-finals	21	11
Semi-finals	27	14
Final	35	18

Ranking

Main article: IDF Order of Merit

The rankings on the IDF Order of Merit for this competition will be based on players earning both prize money. Each round will reward players with money, which will help them progress in the order of merit.

Prize money

The total prize pool for the tournament remained at $2,000,000 million in total. Bonus money is still rewarded for a nine-dart finish, however there has been a few changes made: the first nine-darter for a player is worth $120,000, every successive nine-darter gives $7,500.

Position (no. of players)		Prize money (Total: $2,000,000)
Winner	(1)	$1,000,000
Runner-up	(1)	$250,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	$125,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	$60,000
Second round losers	(32)	$15,000
First round losers	(32)	$7,500
Nine-dart finish	(0)	$120,000
2+ Nine-dart finish	(0)	$7,500

Qualification

Lukas Parker is the current world champion and number one. He went into the event as the number one seed.

Players who had an average of 50.00 or higher, or played in any previous IDF event could play in the Grand Prix Open Masters Championship event. The event uses the leg format with the final being first to 18 legs, the longest of any IDF format.

Seeds

Similar to the 2025 Home Masters Championship event, the Grand Prix Open Masters Championship will not have a traditional seeding system that had highest ranked players starting in a second round; instead all players, including the world number one Lukas Parker will begin in the first round; Parker had most recently become the 2025 Home Masters champion beating Alex Brow in the final 11–6. Parker serves as the first seed with Brow being the second seed.

The next six seeds are the top eight players in the IDF Order of Merit, the third seed is Patrick Richards, the fourth seed is Toby Underwood, the fifth seed is Nathan Reeves, the sixth seed is Harrison Lewis.

The seventh seed is Lucas Brow, who will be a higher seed in any future events due to his achievements in the second week of the 2025 IDF Darts Premiere League.

The eighth seed is Parker Reeves.

Other events to earn access

IDF World Championship 2025

Main article: 2025 IDF World Darts Championship

In December 2024, it was announced that a new worlds championship will be hosted in September and October 2025 and players would need to qualify to be able to play in it.

IDF Premiere League 2026

The top four players from the IDF Order of Merit will automatically qualify for the 2026 IDF Premier League, joined by the four semi-finalists from the Grand Prix Open Masters Championship. The 2026 IDF Premier League is set to commence in January 2026.

Summary

First round

The tournament began on 14 January, with the first match being between Uriah Walker and Mason Owens. The match was 1–6 with Owens winning the match with a high finish of 156 to progress to the second round. Tanner Vaughn faced a Harrison Lewis that was in top form. Lewis won 6–4 with a 79.38 average and a high checkout of 97 in his victory. Brady Evans played a high quality Dylan Evans and was beaten 0–6 with the highest peg of the tournament thus far being 161, he was also the first player to average over a ton with a 103.66 average. Oliver Sanders faced Parker Reeves which turned against him with a 3–6 defeat. Reeves averaged 85.12 and hit a 81 peg in his way to victory.

Second and third rounds

The second round and third round both will be played throughout 15 January.

Draw

Finals

	Quarter-finals (First to 11 legs) 15 January					Semi-finals (First to 14 legs) 16 January					Final (First to 18 legs) 16 January
	1
	8
	4
	5
	2
	7
	3
	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round (First to 6 legs) 14 January					Second round (First to 6 legs) 15 January					Third round (First to 8 legs) 15 January					Quarter-finals (First to 11 legs) 15 January
	1	Uriah Walker 86.38	1
	16	Mason Owens 90.35	6
						Mason Owens
						Harrison Lewis
	8	Tanner Vaughn 80.60	4
	9	Harrison Lewis 79.38	6
	5	Brady Evans 70.15	0
	12	Dylan Evans 103.66	6
						Dylan Evans
						Parker Reeves
	4	Oliver Sanders 76.17	3
	13	Parker Reeves 85.12	6
	6	Micah Quinn
	11	Quinn Sanders
	3	Blake Carter
	14	Noah O'Brien
	7	Eli Fletcher
	10	Jordan Knight
	2	Finn Greene
	15	Chase Foster

Section 2

	First round (First to 6 legs) 14 January					Second round (First to 6 legs) 15 January					Third round (First to 8 legs) 15 January					Quarter-finals (First to 11 legs) 15 January
	1	Xavier Baker
	16	Kevin Lee
	8	Wyatt Walker
	9	Vince Young
	5	Kai Mitchell
	12	Isaac Johnson
	4	Caleb Daniels
	13	Reed Scott
	6	Zane Adams
	11	Lucas Brow
	3	Grant Hayes
	14	Isaiah Mitchell
	7	Oscar Peterson
	10	Ryan Thomas
	2	Frank James
	15	Xander Young

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round (First to 6 legs) 14 January					Second round (First to 6 legs) 15 January					Third round (First to 8 legs) 15 January					Quarter-finals (First to 11 legs) 15 January
	1	Alex Brow
	16	Hayden Ingram
	8	Gage Kelly
	9	Wesley Adams
	5	Alec Baker
	12	Felix Grant
	4	Elliott Harris
	13	Logan Morgan
	6	Carter Dawson
	11	Liam Nelson
	3	Derek Greene
	14	Miles Nash
	7	Zion Carter
	10	Nathan Reeves
	2	Brody Clarke
	15	Gavin Harris

Section 4

	First round (First to 6 legs) 14 January					Second round (First to 6 legs) 15 January					Third round (First to 8 legs) 15 January					Quarter-finals (First to 11 legs) 15 January
	1	Damon Edwards
	16	Ian Kelly
	8	Aiden Brooks
	9	Patrick Richards
	5	Spencer Taylor
	12	Owen Quinn
	4	Lukas Parker
	13	Sean Turner
	6	Andy Dawson
	11	Victor Vaughn
	3	Toby Underwood
	14	Nate Parker
	7	Kade Owens
	10	Jack Lewis
	2	Ethan Foster
	15	Jonah Nelson

Highest averages

This table shows all averages over 100.00 achieved by players throughout the tournament. For players with multiple high averages, this is indicated by the number in brackets.

Player	Round	Average	Opponent
Dylan Evans	1	103.66	Brady Evans