Winmau World Masters 2025 Darts Preview and Predictions
A beloved format of one of the biggest Darts tournaments of the year returns to our screens this weekend. The Winmau World Masters takes place this weekend between Thursday 30th January and Sunday February 2nd.
The return to set play format guarantees to provide more drama and upsets across the board. For those new to darts, this format resembles that of the World Darts Championship.
Whilst the draw has been completed, many competitors are yet to be decided and will be known following the preliminary round on Wednesday 29th January. Want to know everything about the event? Continue reading below.
Last Year's Tournament
The 2024 Masters was won by none other than Stephen Bunting. The Bullet had his crowning moment with a win over Michael Van Gerwen just 12 months ago.
The win at the Masters gave Bunting the confidence to go on and have a great 12 months of darts. Bunting now sits as the world number 5 and is part of this year's Premier League line up.
Not only has Bunting excelled at the oche, the Bullet has become a social media sensation and has become one of the most popular players in the world.
2025 Winmau World Masters Draw
The draw for the 2025 Winmau World Masters can be found below, featuring some of the worlds best players including Luke Littler, Michael Van Gerwen, Luke Humphries, Stephen Bunting and more.
(1) Luke Humphries v Joe Cullen
(16) Josh Rock v Qualifier 6
(8) Damon Heta v Ross Smith
(9) Gerwyn Price v Qualifier 4
(4) Rob Cross v Qualifier 8
(13) Danny Noppert v Michael Smith
(5) Stephen Bunting v Qualifier 5
(12) Peter Wright v Qualifier 1
(2) Luke Littler v Qualifier 3
(15) James Wade v Mike De Decker
(7) Jonny Clayton v Martin Schindler
(10) Chris Dobey v Ryan Searle
(3) Michael van Gerwen v Qualifier 2
(14) Gary Anderson v Dimitri Van den Bergh
(6) Dave Chisnall v Qualifier 7
(11) Nathan Aspinall v Andrew Gilding
Tournament Format
For those wondering the format for each round of the tournament, all of that key information can be found below;
Round One: Best of 5 sets
Round Two & Quarter Finals: Best of 7 sets
Semi Finals: Best of 9 sets
Final: Best of 11 sets
Prize Money
A total of £500,000 is set to be paid out across the course of the tournament this weekend with a full breakdown of how that money will be distributed is available below;
First Round Elimination: £5,000
Second Round Elimination: £10,000
Quarterfinalists: £17,500
Semifinalists: £30,000
Runner Up: £50,000
Winner: £100,000
Tournament Prediction
Another tournament which is incredibly hard to call before it begins. Bunting has all the ability to go back to back in this tournament following his fine form over the last year.
However, as stated the longer format of the tournament definitely plays its part and with that in mind players like Littler and Humphries come to mind. Littler will want to get back to winning ways following his huge triumph at the World Championship.
Ahead of the tournament kicking off this Thursday, we are predicting Luke Littler to win this years World Masters. However, we also predict a strong tournament for the likes of Van Gerwen and Bunting.
Players to watch include Mike De Decker and Gerwyn Price.
Where to Watch
All of the action kicks off this Thursday and the whole tournament is live on ITV4 following the same schedule as the previous World Series events over the past two weeks.