Karel Sedláček (born 17 February 1979) is a

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player.

Career

Sedláček qualified for the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship playing

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in the preliminary round, losing 1–3. He qualified for the

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, won in the first round 6–1 over

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, then lost in the last 16 to Paul Jennings 2–7. He qualified for the

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, playing Paul Coughlin in the preliminary round; he won 3–2. He lost 1–3 to

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in the first round, with the highest average - 99.58 - in all the first round matches, and the third-highest average for a match loser in Lakeside history. In 2018 Sedláček qualified for the Dutch Darts Championship in

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. He won the East European qualifier to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, his first qualification for that event. Following a 3–0 defeat to

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at the World Championship, he went on to qualify for the

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in Munich. Wins over Diogo Portela, Ian White and

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saw Sedláček reach the quarter-finals, where he went down 6–5 to

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. Sedláček was also able to qualify for his home tournament, the 2019 Czech Darts Open, where he was eventually beaten in the second round 6-4 by Ian White. On 18 January 2020, he beat

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in the final of day three at European Q-School to win a PDC Tour Card for the first time. Sedláček will play on the ProTour in 2020 and 2021. At the UK Open 2021 Sedláček won 6:0 straight against Rhys Griffin but was then eliminated 7:10 against Simon Whitlock. But Sedláček was denied another Major participation. On the PDC Pro Tour Sedláček reached at most the last 16 whereupon he lost his Tour Card and has to start at Q-School 2022. As a former Tour cardholder he started in the final stage, but he didn't win his Tour Card back.

World Championship results

BDO

* 2014: Preliminary round (lost to

1–3) * 2015: First round (lost to

1–3)

PDC

* 2019: First round (lost to

0–3) * 2021: First round (lost to

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2–3) * 2023: Second round (lost to

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2–3)

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour

External links

References

Living people Czech darts players British Darts Organisation players Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders 1979 births PDC World Cup of Darts Czech team People from Náchod Sportspeople from the Hradec Králové Region {{CzechRepublic-sport-bio-stub