The 2025 Dutch Darts Masters, known as the 2025 TOTO Dutch Darts Masters for sponsorship reasons, was the third staging of the professional darts tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation and the second event in the 2025 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight elite PDC players and eight Benelux representatives) and was held at the Maaspoort Den Bosch in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands from 24 to 25 January 2025. The total prize fund was ã100,000, with the winner receiving ã30,000.
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, having defeated Luke Littler 8âÂÂ6 in the 2024 final. However, he lost to Littler 6âÂÂ3 in the quarter-finals.
Rob Cross won the tournament, beating Stephen Bunting 8âÂÂ5 in the final.
Eight elite PDC representatives were drawn to play eight Benelux representatives in the first round on Friday 24 January; the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final all took place on Saturday 25 January. All matches were in leg play format, with the number of legs required to win increasing as the tournament progressed:
The winner received the Toon Greebe Trophy and ã30,000. The total prize fund increased from 2024 to ã100,000. The breakdown of prize money is shown below:
The tournament was broadcast on ITV4 and ITVX in the United Kingdom. Other broadcasters included DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; Viaplay in the Netherlands, Iceland, Poland and Scandinavia; TV Nova in the Czech Republic and Slovakia; Fox Sports in Australia; Sky Sport in New Zealand; VTM in Belgium; Sport1 in Hungary and FanDuel in the United States. It was also available on PDCTV to international subscribers.
The PDC announced the 16-player lineup on 13 January 2025. 2025 PDC World Championship runner-up Michael van Gerwen made his first 2025 World Series appearance after not participating in the Bahrain Darts Masters.
The Benelux representatives list consisted of seven Dutch players and Dimitri Van den Bergh as the sole Belgian player, as Belgian World Grand Prix champion Mike De Decker was unable to participate due to family commitments. Richard Veenstra made his debut at the event.
Five of the eight elite PDC representatives were victorious in the first round. Michael van Gerwen competed in his first match since losing the 2025 World Championship final, defeating Dirk van Duijvenbode 6âÂÂ1. This set up a quarter-final meeting between him and Luke Littler, a rematch of the world final and the 2024 Dutch Darts Masters final â the latter Van Gerwen won 8âÂÂ6. Littler came out of a closer contest with Dimitri Van den Bergh as a 6âÂÂ4 winner. Stephen Bunting â the number one seed for the tournament after winning the Bahrain Darts Masters â narrowly defeated Gian van Veen 6âÂÂ5. Rob Cross opened the session by beating Richard Veenstra 6âÂÂ3 and Gerwyn Price won 6âÂÂ2 against Danny Noppert.
The Netherlands' Jermaine Wattimena, Raymond van Barneveld and Kevin Doets successfully reached the second round. Wattimena earned a 6âÂÂ3 upset victory over world number one Luke Humphries. Van Barneveld capitalised on Chris Dobey missing a match dart by hitting a 144 checkout to win their match 6âÂÂ5. Van Barneveld stated that he was "over the moon" with the win and that he was looking forward to the following night's action. Doets comfortably beat Nathan Aspinall 6âÂÂ1 to complete the trio of PDC representative losses.
In a rematch of the world final, Luke Littler took a 3âÂÂ0 lead over Michael van Gerwen before Van Gerwen brought the match level at 3âÂÂ3. However, Littler then won the next three legs to advance to the semi-finals with a 6âÂÂ3 victory. Gerwyn Price won a last-leg decider against Kevin Doets with a 145 checkout. Stephen Bunting also survived a deciding leg against Raymond van Barneveld, while Rob Cross progressed after beating Jermaine Wattimena 6âÂÂ3. In the semi-finals, Luke Littler produced a tournament record average of 107.59, but was defeated 7âÂÂ6 by Stephen Bunting. Rob Cross won 7âÂÂ3 against Gerwyn Price in the other semi-final, setting up a final between Cross and Bunting.
Cross initially took a 3âÂÂ1 lead in the final, but Bunting kept the match close and eventually evened the score at 5âÂÂ5 with a 130 checkout. However, this ended up being the end of Bunting's comeback as Cross won the next three legs, hitting double eight to secure an 8âÂÂ5 victory and claim the title. This marked Cross' fifth World Series of Darts title, as well as his first World Series title win in Europe. In his post-match interview, Cross showed appreciation for the Dutch crowd and commended Bunting for his performance, calling him a "credit to the sport." He also said, "To come here and win this one means so much. It's been a great weekend and I've really enjoyed it, and I love the World Series." Bunting saw solace in reaching back-to-back World Series finals and expressed that he "[couldn't] wait to continue the form in the World Masters."
The draw was announced on 23 January. Numbers to the left of players' names show the seedings for the top four 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.