2024 Bahrain Darts Masters

The 2024 Bahrain Darts Masters was a professional darts tournament that was held at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain from 18–19 January 2024.^[1] It was the second staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation and was the first event in the 2024 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (8 PDC representatives and 8 Asian representatives).

2024 Bahrain Darts Masters
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 170  Luke Littler
Champion(s)
Luke Littler
«2023 2025»

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 Gerwyn Price 7–3 in the semi-finals and Michael van Gerwen 8–5 in the final.^[6] He became the third player, after van Gerwen and Nathan Aspinall, to win a World Series title on his debut.

Prize money

The total prize fund is at £60,000.^[7]

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

The PDC announced the 16-man line-up on 8 January 2024.^[8]

1.  Luke Humphries (quarter-finals)
2.  Michael van Gerwen (runner-up)
3.  Michael Smith (semi-finals)
4.  Nathan Aspinall (quarter-finals)
5.  Gerwyn Price (semi-finals)
6.  Peter Wright (quarter-finals)
7.  Rob Cross (quarter-finals)
8.  Luke Littler (champion)

The Asian representatives consisted of six invited players, alongside two Bahrain qualifiers that were decided in a qualifier.^[8] Christian Perez couldn't enter due to visa issues.

Qualification	Player
Asian Invitees	Lourence Ilagan (first round)
	Paolo Nebrida (first round)
	Reynaldo Rivera (first round)
	Man Lok Leung (first round)
	Haruki Muramatsu (first round)
	Tomoya Goto (first round)
Bahrain qualifiers	Abdulla Saeed (first round)
	Hasan Haji (first round)

Draw

The draw was announced on 17 January 2024.^[9]

	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