Luke Littler's finals day schedule in Winmau World Masters darts tournament
ALL eyes will be on world champion Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler as he bids for glory in the first major darts event of the new season on Sunday.
The Warrington 18-year-old has been in sparkling form so far in the Winmau World Masters in Milton Keynes, reaching the quarter-finals without conceding a set.
His 3-0 destruction of Belgian Andy Baetens in less than 11 minutes in the first round was bettered by his walloping of James Wade 4-0 in the Marshall Arena on Saturday night.
Next up is Welshman Jonny Clayton for the right to compete in the semi-finals.
It will be their first televised meeting on stage.
In this tournament Clayton has already shown two sides of his game, coming back from 3-1 down to defeat Ryan Searle 4-3 in the last 16 while the night before he was sensational in scoring the greatest average (112.77) the Masters has seen - in its various guises since starting in 1974 - when he defeated German Martin Schindler.
The pair will be due on stage around 3pm on Sunday for the third of the afternoon’s four quarter-finals.
Whoever of the two progresses, they will feature in the second semi-final on Sunday night at 8.15pm and will have little rest before the final at 9.30pm.
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2025 Winmau World Masters schedule:
Sunday, February 2
Afternoon session (12.45pm UK time)
4 x quarter-finals:
Luke Humphries v Damon Heta – 1pm
Danny Nopert v Stephen Bunting – 2pm
Luke Littler v Jonny Clayton – 3pm
Nathan Aspinall v Dimitri van den Bergh
Evening session (7pm UK time)
2 x semi-finals:
Humphries/Heta v Nopert/Bunting
Littler/Clayton v Aspinall/Van den Bergh
Final: 9.30pm
2025 Winmau World Masters results:
First Round (Preliminary round results in brackets)
James Wade 3-2 Mike De Decker (2-0, 0-2, 2-0, 1-2, 2-0)
Cameron Menzies 3-1 Dave Chisnall (2-1, 2-0, 0-2, 2-0)
Jonny Clayton 3-1 Martin Schindler (2-1, 2-0, 0-2, 2-0)
Nathan Aspinall 3-0 Andrew Gilding (2-0, 2-0, 2-1)
Ryan Searle 3-1 Chris Dobey (2-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-1)
Luke Littler 3-0 Andy Baetens (2-1, 2-0, 2-0)
Michael van Gerwen 3-1 Bradley Brooks (2-0, 1-2, 2-0, 2-0)
Dimitri Van den Bergh 3-1 Gary Anderson (0-2, 2-0, 2-0, 2-0)
Josh Rock 3-1 Jermaine Wattimena (2-1, 0-2, 2-0, 2-1)
Damon Heta 3-1 Ross Smith (2-1, 0-2, 2-0, 2-1)
William O’Connor 3-1 Rob Cross (0-2, 2-1, 2-0, 2-1)
Gerwyn Price 3-0 Florian Hempel (2-0, 2-0, 2-1)
Peter Wright 3-2 Kevin Doets (1-2, 2-0, 0-2, 2-1, 2-1)
Luke Humphries 3-1 Joe Cullen (2-1, 2-0, 1-2, 2-0)
Stephen Bunting 3-2 William Borland (0-2, 1-2, 2-0, 2-1, 2-1)
Danny Noppert 3-1 Michael Smith (2-0, 1-2, 2-1, 2-1)
Second round:
William O’Connor 0-4 Danny Noppert
Damon Heta 4-3 Gerwyn Price
Stephen Bunting 4-2 Peter Wright
Luke Humphries 4-0 Josh Rock
Jonny Clayton 4-3 Ryan Searle
Cameron Menzies 1-4 Nathan Aspinall
Luke Littler 4-0 James Wade
Michael van Gerwen 3-4 Dimitri van den Bergh
2025 Winmau World Masters format:
First Round - Best of five sets, best of three legs per set
Second Round - Best of seven sets, best of three legs per set
Quarter-finals - Best of seven sets, best of three legs per set
Semi-finals - Best of nine sets, best of three legs per set
Final - Best of 11 sets, best of three legs per set
2025 Winmau World Masters prize fund:
Winner £100,000
Runner-Up £50,000
Semi-Finalists £30,000
Quarter-Finalists £17,500
Second Round Losers £10,000
First Round Losers £5,000
Preliminary Round Last 16 Losers £2,500
Preliminary Round Last 32 Losers £1,000
Preliminary Round Last 64 Losers £750
Total £500,000
