Lisa Ashton threatened to win set #1, but couldn’t follow through after a 2-1 lead in legs. Michael Smith leads 1-0 in sets.
Day 1 of the PDC Darts World Championship is here!
Former winners of the event, Luke Littler and Michael Smith, will take the stage tonight.
Four games will be played on Day 1 to start a 64-game first-round slate that will take place over the next week-plus.
2025 PDC Darts World Championship schedule & scores
Here are the scores and schedule of play for the first round on Day 1.
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Day 1 (evening session)
| Matchup | Date | Time (local) | Score |
| Kim Huybrechts vs. Arno Merk | Thurs., Dec. 11 | 7:00 p.m. | 1-3 |
| Michael Smith vs. Lisa Ashton | Thurs., Dec. 11 | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Luke Littler vs. Darius Labanauskas | Thurs., Dec. 11 | 9:00 p.m. | |
| Madars Razma vs. Jamai Van Den Herik | Thurs., Dec. 11 | 10:00 p.m. |
Bracket
*Updated as of the end of this day
Quarter #1
| Littler/Labanauskas vs. Vandenbogaerde/Davies |
| Cullen/Brooks vs. Suljovic/Cameron |
| Heta/Lennon vs. van Barneveld/Bellmont |
| Cross/Dekker vs. White/King |
| Dobey/Zong vs. Gilding/Crabtree |
| Woodhouse/Krcmar vs. Lukeman/Hopp |
| Price/Gawlas vs. Wenig/Plaisier |
| Joyce/Bates vs. Ratajski/Toylo |
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Quarter #2
| Bunting/Bialecki vs. Veenstra/Kumar |
| van Duijvenbode/Baetens vs. Hurrell/Buntz |
| Schindler/Burton vs. Barry/Pusey |
| Searle/Landman vs. Dolan/Dudeney |
| Clayton/Lipscombe vs. Taylor/Lukasiak |
| Smith/Ashton vs. Zonneveld/Puha |
| Smith/Harrysson vs. Tricole/Sakai |
| Chisnall/Sherrock vs. Pietreczko/de Sousa |
Quarter #3
| Humphries/Evetts vs. de Graaf/Lim |
| Nijman/Sedlacek vs. Clemens/Spellman |
| Aspinall/Ilagan vs. Mansell/Gates |
| De Decker/Munyua vs. Doets/Dennant |
| Wade/Azemoto vs. Evans/Leung |
| Menzies/Manby vs. Campbell/Sevada |
| van Veen/Reyes vs. Soutar vs. Harju |
| Van den Bergh/Beveridge vs. Razma/van den Herik |
Quarter #4
| van Gerwen/Tatsunami vs. O’Connor/Kciuk |
| Wright/van Leuven vs. Merk |
| Anderson/Hunt vs. Scutt/Whitlock |
| Wattimena/Grullich vs. Williams/Nebrida |
| Noppert/van der Velde vs. Kenny/Hood |
| Edhouse/Tata vs. Meikle/Salate |
| Rock/Hayter vs. Springer/Comito |
| Gurney/Greaves vs. Rydz/Kovacs |
