Adam Gawlas

**Adam Gawlas** (born 18 February 2002) is a Czech professional darts player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He reached the final of the PDC World Youth Championship in 2019.

## Career

Gawlas made his international debut during the 2019 WDF Europe Cup Youth competitions, where he advanced to the second round, but lost to Dylan Slevin by 2–3 in legs. It was his last appearance at the World Darts Federation level. During the PDC Development Tour in 2019, he reached the semi-finals in only his second event, which he lost to eventual winner Ted Evetts. Along the way, he defeated Nico Blum, Harry Ward and Berry van Peer.

A week later, Gawlas was able to qualify for the 2019 Austrian Darts Championship, thanks to a 6–2 victory over his compatriot Martin Popelka. There he defeated Ross Smith by 6–5 in first round thanks to a strong performance. In the second round he lost to Mensur Suljović by 2–6 in legs. During the JDC World Darts Championship he advanced to the final, but lost to Keane Barry by 3–5 in legs. In addition, Gawlas made final in 2019 PDC World Youth Championship, but finally lost to Luke Humphries by 0–6 in legs. Participation in the final, guaranteed him a start in the 2020 Grand Slam of Darts.

At the beginning of 2020, he first took part in the PDC Q-School. On the PDC Challenge Tour he made it to last 16 phase. In November, he made his 2020 PDC World Cup of Darts debut alongside Karel Sedláček. In the first round doubles match they faced Belgium (Dimitri Van den Bergh and Kim Huybrechts) and lost only by 4–5 in legs. During his Grand Slam of Darts debut, he lost all matches in the group-stage.

In February 2021, Gawlas won the PDC Tour Card and automatically advanced to the 2021 UK Open. He lost in the first round to Gino Vos. He surprisingly reached the quarter-finals during the 2021 Hungarian Darts Trophy, where he defeated Boris Krčmar, Jonny Clayton and Lewis Williams. In the quarter-finals he lost in the last leg decider to José de Sousa. A week later he representing Czech Republic for the second time during the 2021 PDC World Cup of Darts and together with Karel Sedláček. This time they lost to Poland (Krzysztof Ratajski and Krzysztof Kciuk) in the first round doubles match. The Czech team lost this match with a match average over 103. It was one of the best doubles matches in the history of this tournament.

In the same year, Gawlas made his debut at the 2021 European Championship, where he advanced to the second round. There it was only enough to won three legs against Gerwyn Price and finally lost the game. However, Gawlas was now more and more in top form and thus also played his way into the fourth round at the 2022 UK Open. Gawlas was twice promoted to the PDC European Tour tournaments, but lost in the first round matches. hings went better in the 2022 Czech Darts Open, where he reached a quarter-final. On his way to the final phase of this tournament he beat Dennie Olde Kalter, Damon Heta and Ryan Searle. In the quarter-final match he lost to Vincent van der Voort by 2–6 in legs.

At the 2022 PDC World Cup of Darts he again formed a pair with Karel Sedláček and this time he lost in the first round match to England team (Michael Smith and James Wade) by 1–5 in legs. He also qualified for the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts, but occupied last place in his group. As a PDC Pro Tour qualifier, Gawlas made his debut at the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship. He won his debut match against Richie Burnett, but lost in the second round to Ryan Searle. Gawlas played his best major tournament at the 2023 UK Open. The Czech defeated Mario Vandenbogaerde, Luke Littler, Kevin Doets, William O'Connor and Rob Cross to reach the semi-finals. There he had to admit defeat against eventual winner Andrew Gilding by 6–11 in legs.

On the PDC Pro Tour and PDC European Tour tournaments, things did not go well, there were many clear first-round defeats, including 2023 Czech Darts Open. On the PDC Development Tour, Gawlas clinched his first Professional Darts Corporation tournament victory in June. At the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts he again formed a duo with Karel Sedláček, but failed in the group-stage by lost to Philippines team within Lourence Ilagan and Christian Perez.

He is qualified for the inaugural 2023 Poland Darts Masters.

## World Championship results

### PDC

* 2023: Second round (lost to Ryan Searle 0–3)

## References

1. ↑ Major secures Poland Darts Masters spot at Hungarian Qualifier. Professional Darts Corporation.