Karel Sedláček

Karel Sedláček
Personal information
Nickname	"Evil Charlie"
Born	(1979-02-17) 17 February 1979 (age 45)[1] Náchod, Czechoslovakia
Home town	Bohdašín, Czech Republic[2]
Darts information
Playing darts since	1995
Darts	23g Bull's
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Rock the Boat" by The Hues Corporation
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2007–2017
PDC	2018– (Tour Card: 2020–2021, 2023–2024)
Current world ranking	66 2 (3 January 2025)[3]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2015
World Masters	Last 144: 2013
World Trophy	Last 16: 2014
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2023
UK Open	Last 32: 2023
European Ch'ship	Last 32: 2022
PC Finals	Last 16: 2020
Other tournament wins
Czech Open 2018
Medal record Men's Darts Representing  Czech Republic EDU European Ch'ship 2014 Poreč Men's singles 2016 Poreč Men's singles

Karel Sedláček (born 17 February 1979) is a Czech darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

BDO

Sedláček qualified for the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship playing Paul Hogan in the preliminary round, losing 3–1. He qualified for the 2014 BDO World Trophy, won in the first round 6–1 over Robbie Green, then lost in the last 16 to Paul Jennings 7–2. He qualified for the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship, playing Paul Coughlin in the preliminary round; he won 3–2. He lost to Glen Durrant 3–1 in the first round, despite having the highest average, 99.58, of all the first round matches, and the third-highest losing average in Lakeside history.

PDC

In 2018 Sedláček qualified for the Dutch Darts Championship in Maastricht.^[4] He won the East European qualifier to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, his first qualification for that event.^[5]

Following a 3–0 defeat to Keegan Brown at the World Championship, he went on to qualify for the 2019 German Darts Grand Prix in Munich. Wins over Diogo Portela, Ian White and Darren Webster saw Sedláček reach the quarter-finals, where he went down 6–5 to Max Hopp.

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 Berry van Peer in the final of Day Three at European Q-School to win a PDC Tour Card for the first time, making him the first Czech player to earn a Tour Card.^[6]

At the 2021 UK Open, Sedláček won 6–0 against Rhys Griffin but was then eliminated by Simon Whitlock 10–7. On the PDC Pro Tour, Sedláček reached at most the last 16 whereupon he lost his Tour Card and had to go back to 2022 Q-School. As a former Tour Card holder he started in the final stage, but he didn't win his Tour Card back.^[7]

Despite not having a Tour Card, Sedláček qualified for the 2022 European Championship after regularly appearing at European Tour events through East Europe qualifiers.^[8] He lost in the first round 6–4 against Michael Smith. Sedláček also qualified for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship, where he defeated Raymond Smith 3–0 in the first round before losing 3–2 in a tiebreaker against Dirk van Duijvenbode, a match where Sedláček had a dart to win it.^[9]

Sedláček regained his PDC Tour Card at 2023 Q-School, finishing 6th on the European Order of Merit.^[10]

In 2024 Sedláček made it to the quarter-finals at a Players Championship event for the first time at Players Championship 6 in Hildesheim and made it to the semi-finals at Players Championship 16 in Milton Keynes. These results helped him qualify for the 2024 Players Championship Finals as the 43rd seed, where he lost to 22nd seed Ryan Joyce 6–4 in the first round. After a one year absence, Sedláček also qualified for the 2025 PDC World Championship, where he was trying to secure his Tour Card by finishing the season in the top 65 on the PDC Order of Merit. However, he lost to debutant Rhys Griffin 3–0 in sets in the first round and due to the results of Robert Owen, Nick Kenny and Jeffrey de Graaf, he dropped to 66th place on the rankings and lost his Tour Card.^[11]

World Championship results

BDO

• 2014: Preliminary round (lost to Paul Hogan 1–3)
• 2015: First round (lost to Glen Durrant 1–3)

PDC

• 2019: First round (lost to Keegan Brown 0–3)
• 2021: First round (lost to Ryan Joyce 2–3)
• 2023: Second round (lost to Dirk van Duijvenbode 2–3)
• 2025: First round (lost to Rhys Griffin 0–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship	Non-PDC					DNQ	1R	DNQ	1R	DNQ	2R	DNQ	1R
UK Open	Non-PDC					DNP		3R	4R	DNP	5R	2R
European Championship	Non-PDC					DNQ				1R	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	Non-PDC					DNP		3R	DNQ			1R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts	DNP				1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	RR	2R
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship	DNP	PR	1R	DNQ	DNP	PDC			NH	PDC
BDO World Trophy	DNP	2R	1R	DNP		PDC		NH
Winmau World Masters	2R	1R	1R	DNP		PDC		NH		PDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	-	-	-	-	180	152	81	71	68	108	66

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2018	EDO DNP	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDC DNQ	DDC 1R	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2019	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG QF	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO 2R	ADC DNQ	EDM DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2020	BDC DNQ	GDC DNQ	EDG DNP	IDO DNP
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT DMQ
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC QF	GDG 2R	ADO 1R	EDO 2R	CDO 2R	EDG 1R	DDC DNQ	EDM DNQ	HDT 3R	GDO 1R	BDO 2R	GDT WD
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	DDC DNQ	BDO DNQ	CDO 3R	EDG DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	HDT DNQ	GDC 1R
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	ADO 1R	BSD DNQ	DDC DNQ	EDO 2R	GDC DNQ	FDT DNQ	HDT DNQ	SDT 2R	CDO DNQ

PDC Players Championships

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
2020	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 4R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	NIE 4R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 3R	NIE 4R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 4R
2021	BOL 1R	BOL 2R	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 4R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R
2022 [nb 1]	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	NIE 1R	NIE 3R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R
2023	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 4R	HIL 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 3R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2024	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL QF	LEI 4R	LEI 3R	HIL 1R	HIL 4R	HIL 2R	HIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL SF	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	WIG 4R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R

1. Not a Tour card holder

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held			NYF	Not yet founded

External links

• Karel Sedláček player profile at Darts Orakel

References

1. "Karel Sedlacek". Mastercaller.
2. "Karel Sedlacek". PDC.
3. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
4. "ET Qualifying Double for Ratajski".
5. Phillips, Josh. "Sedlacek Seals World Championship Debut". PDC. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
6. "PDC Q-School: Jeff Smith, Karel Sedlacek and Aaron Beeney win Tour Cards on Day Three". Sky Sports News. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
7. "2022 PDC Qualifying School final entries, exemptions & info confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
8. Gorton, Josh (27 June 2022). "Sedlacek completes remarkable clean sweep at Euro Tour qualifiers". PDC. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
9. Gill, Samuel (22 December 2022). "Van Duijvenbode survives match dart in Sedlacek scare sealing tie-break win at PDC World Darts Championship". DartsNews. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
10. Phillips, Josh (15 January 2023). "Brown & Huybrechts headline Tour Card winners as 2023 Q Schools conclude". PDC. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
11. Martinovsky, Jakub. "Sedláček přišel o kartu profíka. Jistotu mu dala prohra týmového parťáka". TN Nova CZ. (in Czech). Retrieved 31 December 2024.