# Karel Sedláček

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Karel Sedláček (born 17 February 1979) is a Czech darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Nicknamed "Evil Charlie", he reached the last 16 at both the 2014 BDO World Trophy and the 2020 Players Championship Finals. He is a two-time quarter-finalist on the PDC European Tour, and made his first ranking PDC semi-final at Players Championship 16 in 2024.

## Early and personal life

Sedláček began playing darts at 15 after receiving darts equipment from a classmate, and started playing in tournaments two years later. After serving in the military, he began playing darts again.
Outside of darts, Sedláček runs a gas warehouse in Trutnov.

## Career

Sedláček's nickname, "Evil Charlie", derives from a spectator having shouted "To je zlej Kája!" ("That's evil, Charlie!") after he defeated an opponent heavily in a league match.

### 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. 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 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.
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.
Despite not having a Tour Card, Sedláček qualified for the 2022 European Championship after regularly appearing at European Tour events through East Europe qualifiers. 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.
Sedláček regained his PDC Tour Card at 2023 Q-School, finishing 6th on the European Order of Merit.
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. Due to the results of Robert Owen, Nick Kenny and Jeffrey de Graaf at the World Championship, he dropped to 66th place on the rankings and lost his Tour Card, but he regained it at 2025 Q-School.

## 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 | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | 1R |
| PDC World Masters | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Prel. |
| UK Open | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | DNP | DNP | 3R | 4R | DNP | 5R | 2R | 1R |
| European Championship | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Players Championship Finals | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | DNP | DNP | 3R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | |
| PDC Non-ranked televised events ||||||||||||||
| PDC World Cup of Darts | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | RR | 2R | |
| BDO Ranked televised events ||||||||||||||
| BDO World Championship | DNP | PR | 1R | DNQ | DNP | PDC | PDC | PDC | NH | PDC | PDC | PDC | PDC |
| BDO World Trophy | DNP | 2R | 1R | DNP | DNP | PDC | PDC | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH |
| World Masters | 2R | 1R | 1R | DNP | DNP | PDC | PDC | NH | NH | PDC | PDC | PDC | PDC |
| Career statistics ||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking (PDC) | - | - | - | - | - | 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 | 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 |
* ↑ 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 | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | NYF | Not yet founded |