Karel Sedláček

Karel Sedláček (born 17 February 1979) is a Czech darts player.

Karel Sedláček
Personal information
NicknameEvil Charlie
Born (1979-02-17) 17 February 1979
Náchod, Czech Republic
Home townČervený Kostelec
Darts information
Playing darts since2001
Darts23 Gram bulls(NL)
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on musicRock the Boat by The Hues Corporation
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2007–2017
PDC2018–
Current world ranking81 3 (3 January 2021)[1]
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2015
World MastersLast 144: 2013
World Darts TrophyLast 16: 2014
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 96: 2019, 2021
UK OpenLast 96: 2020
Players Ch'ship FinalsLast 16: 2020
Other tournament wins
Czech Open 2018
PDC European Tour Eastern European Qualifier 2018
PDC World East European Qualifying Event 2018

Career

Sedláček qualified for the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship playing Paul Hogan in the Preliminary round, losing 1–3. 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 2-7. He qualified for the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship, playing Paul Coughlin in the Preliminary round; he won 3–2. He lost 1-3 to Glen Durrant 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 Maastricht.[2] He won the East European qualifier to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, his first qualification for that event.[3]

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. Sedláček will play on the ProTour in 2020 and 2021.

World Championship results

BDO

PDC

References
  1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDC.tv. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. https://www.pdc.tv/news/2018/08/28/et-qualifying-double-ratajski
  3. Phillips, Josh. "Sedlacek Seals World Championship Debut". PDC. Retrieved 22 September 2018.


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