The 2025 Czech Darts Open (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 Gambrinus Czech Darts Open) was a professional darts tournament that took place at the PVA Expo in Prague, Czech Republic, from 5 to 7 September 2025. It was the eleventh of fourteen PDC European Tour events on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour. It featured a field of 48 players and ã175,000 in prize money, with ã30,000 going to the winner.
Luke Humphries was the defending champion after defeating Kim Huybrechts 8âÂÂ1 in the 2024 final. He retained the title, his eighth European Tour win, by beating Josh Rock 8âÂÂ5 in the final.
The prize fund remained at ã175,000, with ã30,000 to the winner:
In a change from the previous year, the top 16 on the two-year main PDC Order of Merit ranking were seeded and entered the tournament in the second round, while the 16 qualifiers from the one-year PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit ranking entered in the first round. In another change, the 16 Pro Tour Order of Merit qualifiers were drawn against one of the 16 other qualifiers in the first round.
The seedings were confirmed on 25 July. The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events â 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 31 July), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 4 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 5 July), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 9 August).
Gary Anderson withdrew from the event. He was replaced by Madars Razma from the reserve list, while Martin Schindler moved up to become 16th seed.
The following players took part in the tournament:
The first round was played on 5 September. Nathan Aspinall, competing in his first tournament since the World Matchplay, advanced to the second round with a whitewash win over Czech qualifier Jià ÂàBrejcha. "I could tell I hadn't played darts for seven weeks," remarked Aspinall, who believed his rhythm during the match was "awful". Dirk van Duijvenbode took a 4âÂÂ0 lead against Cor Dekker before eventually winning 6âÂÂ4, setting up a second-round tie against defending champion Luke Humphries. Slovenia's Benjamin Pratnemer claimed his first victory on the European Tour by defeating Ricardo Pietreczko 6âÂÂ4. World Grand Prix winner Mike De Decker beat European Championship winner Ritchie Edhouse 6âÂÂ3 to progress to a second-round match against world number three Michael van Gerwen; De Decker said that he would be "in for a tough task" if the best version of Van Gerwen showed up the following day. Cameron Menzies set up a tie against reigning world champion Luke Littler by defeating Ian White 6âÂÂ3 and commented that he was "buzzing to play ... the best darts player in the world". Czech qualifier LukÃ¡à ¡ Unger produced two ton-plus checkouts in his 6âÂÂ3 loss to Madars Razma, while the other two Czech representatives, Karel SedláÃÂek and Filip Maà Âák, lost to Ryan Joyce and Ryan Searle respectively. Krzysztof Ratajski and William O'Connor increased their chances of qualifying for the World Grand Prix in their wins over Raymond van Barneveld and Luke Woodhouse. Andrew Gilding came through a deciding leg against Darius Labanauskas to prevail 6âÂÂ5, while Wessel Nijman defeated Dutch compatriot Richard Veenstra by the same scoreline. Niko Springer survived several match darts from Joe Cullen to win 6âÂÂ5.
The second round was played on 6 September. Luke Littler started his campaign by defeating Cameron Menzies 6âÂÂ2, while Luke Humphries began his title defence with a 6âÂÂ4 win against Dirk van Duijvenbode. Michael van Gerwen recorded a three-dart average of 112.73 in his whitewash victory over Mike De Decker. "It's been hard for me the last year or so, my confidence level hasn't been great but if I keep working hard I can keep producing performances like this," said Van Gerwen following the win. James Wade averaged 107.71 on his way to beating Nathan Aspinall 6âÂÂ3, 2023 champion Peter Wright defeated Benjamin Pratnemer 6âÂÂ2 and Stephen Bunting progressed with a 6âÂÂ4 win over Kevin Doets. Wessel Nijman led Damon Heta 4âÂÂ1 but Heta managed to take the match to a deciding leg, hitting a 158 checkout in the process; Nijman won 6âÂÂ5. Welsh World Cup teammates Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton set up a tie against each other in the third round by beating Niko Springer and Ryan Joyce respectively. In the last match of the round, Josh Rock defeated William O'Connor 6âÂÂ2. First-round winners Andrew Gilding, Madars Razma and Krzysztof Ratajski were eliminated in the second round, while seeded players Chris Dobey, Danny Noppert and Dave Chisnall lost to Jermaine Wattimena, Gian van Veen and Ryan Searle respectively.
The third round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final were played on Sunday 7 September. The final day saw Luke Humphries and Josh Rock reach the final. Humphries beat Martin Schindler 6âÂÂ3 in the third round, survived a deciding leg against Wessel Nijman in the quarter-finals and defeated James Wade 7âÂÂ1 to book his place in the final; Nijman landed a 170 checkout in defeat. Rock joined him after beating Michael van Gerwen 6âÂÂ4, Jermaine Wattimena 6âÂÂ1 and Gian van Veen 7âÂÂ3. Van Veen had defeated world champions Luke Littler and Gerwyn Price to reach the semi-finals; he claimed his third consecutive win against Littler which ended Littler's 19-match winning streak on stage, before whitewashing Price 6âÂÂ0. Rock was looking to win his first European Tour title of the year after finishing as runner-up at the Flanders Darts Trophy the previous week, while Humphries was looking to win the Czech Darts Open for the third time.
In the final, Rock established leads of 2âÂÂ0 and 3âÂÂ1 early on. Humphries recovered and went ahead but Rock hit a 153 checkout in the eighth leg to level the match at 4âÂÂ4. Once at 5âÂÂ5, Humphries took advantage of missed opportunities from Rock to take full control, following a 98 checkout by hitting double 10 to triumph 8âÂÂ5. He finished with a three-dart average of 93.89, slightly lower than Rock's 94.10. Humphries retained the Czech Darts Open, marking his eighth European Tour title and his third Czech trophy after winning the tournament in 2022 and 2024. He stated that he felt "a bit emotional" following the match and praised the crowd in Prague by saying, "If it were up to me, I'd have all 14 European Tours held here." "We both didn't play to our full potential," claimed Rock about the pair's final performances. Despite the loss, he expressed satisfaction in his recent form: "I'm starting to be a proper darts player, getting further in tournaments, so I'm looking forward to the rest of the year."
The draw was announced on 4 September. Numbers to the left of a player's name show the seedings for the top 16 in the tournament. The figures to the right of a player's name state their three-dart average in a match. Players in bold denote match winners.