Vítězslav Sedlák

**Vítězslav Sedlák** (born 5 February 1991) is a Czech professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He represented his country at the WDF Europe Cup.

## Career

Sedlák started playing darts at the age of 18, before that he played table football in which he became Czech Junior Champion. He started to play darts in local pub leagues, soon after he participated in official league events. In soft-tip darts he managed to win twice in TOP tournament of National Grand Prix and twice on Grand Prix itself. In steel-tip tournaments, his biggest achievement so far is a victory in Czech Cup in 2020.

In April 2020 he became one of the ten players of newly found 2020 Tipsport Premier League as a replacement for Tomáš Houdek. Sedlák was among top 4 players during the round robin stage and secured his playoff spot. In the semifinal he won against Daniel Barborak by 10–4 in legs and advanced to the final. In the final he defeated Alexander Mašek by 10–6 in legs and became the first winner of Tipsport Premier League.

In 2021, he played in the second year of Tipsport Premier League and was defending the title. After round robin he was on 2nd place with 12 wins and 4 losses and secured his spot in play-off. In the semi-finals he faced Daniel Barborak again and won by 10–5 in legs. In the final, he played against the overall winner of the round robin, Jan Hlavacek, and won by 10–8 in legs, successfully defending the title. Later in this year, he became Czech National Champion in singles, pairs and mixed pairs.

In 2022, he qualified through Host Nation Qualifier for 2022 Czech Darts Open. In his first PDC ranking event match he won against Jonathan Worsley. In the second round he lost with Michael van Gerwen by 2–6 in legs. At the end of September 2022, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the second day of the tournament, he advanced to the semi-finals of the pairs competition, where he played together with Alexander Mašek and they lost to England (Joshua Richardson, Scott Williams) and won bronze medal. On the third day of the tournament, he advanced to the third round of the singles competition, but lost to Jan McIntosh by 3–4 in legs.  In the team competition, Czech team advanced to the second round, where he lost to England by 7–9 in legs.

At the start of October 2022, he played at the inaugural Spanish Open tournament. In the final match, he lost to Jacques Labre by 1–6 in legs. In December 2022, he took part in 2022 World Masters, and advanced to the fifth round. On his way to the fifth round, he defeated the likes of Roxy-James Rodriguez, Björn Lejon and Ricardo Perez, where he lost to Nick Kenny by 3–5 in legs.

At the beginning of 2023, Sedlák took part in PDC Q-School, where he advanced to the Final Stage, he was not able to secure the Tour card. He continued on PDC Challenge Tour, where he his best results were quarter-finals. In April 2023, he became the first Czech player to participiate in MODUS Super Series. Sedlák qualified for 2023 Austrian Darts Open, winning his place in qualifying for the East European players. In the first round match, he lost to Chris Dobey by 3–6 in legs. In June, he also qualified for 2023 European Darts Matchplay.

## References

1. ↑ České šipky spouští nový projekt. Tipsport Premier League 2020 startuje | TN.cz.
2. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs. World Darts Federation.
3. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Singles. World Darts Federation.
4. ↑ WDF Europe Cup Men Teams. World Darts Federation.
5. ↑ Vitezslav Sedlak. World Darts Federation.