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Karel Sedláček (born 17 February 1979) is a Czech professional 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. A three-time quarter-finalist on the PDC European Tour, he reached three Players Championship semi-finals before winning his first PDC ranking title at 2026 Players Championship 30.

Nickname"Evil Charlie"
Born (1979-02-17) 17 February 1979 (age 47)[1]
Náchod, Czechoslovakia
HometownBohdašín, Czech Republic[2][3]
Playingdartssince1995
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Karel Sedláček
Sedláček with the Czech Republic at the 2025 PDC World Cup of Darts
Personal information
Nickname"Evil Charlie"
Born (1979-02-17) 17 February 1979 (age 47)[1]
Náchod, Czechoslovakia
Home townBohdašín, Czech Republic[2][3]
Darts information
Playing darts since1995
Darts21g Bull's NL Signature[1][3]
LateralityRight-handed[1]
Walk-on music"Rock the Boat" by The Hues Corporation
"The Final Countdown" by Europe[1][2]
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2007–2017
PDC2018–present
(Tour Card: 2020–2021; 2023–present)
Current world ranking(PDC) 53 Increase 4 (23 September 2026)[4]
WDF major events – best performances
World ChampionshipLast 32: 2015
World MastersLast 144: 2013
World TrophyLast 16: 2014
PDC premier events – best performances
World ChampionshipLast 64: 2023
UK OpenLast 32: 2023
Grand SlamGroup Stage: 2025
European ChampionshipLast 32: 2022
PC FinalsLast 16: 2020
World Series FinalsLast 16: 2026
Other tournament wins
Czech Open 2018
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing  Czech Republic
EDU European Ch'ship
Bronze medal – third place2014 PorečMen's singles
Bronze medal – third place2016 PorečMen's singles
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Sedláček has represented the Czech Republic at the PDC World Cup of Darts, reaching the quarter-finals in 2025 alongside Petr Křivka.

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.[5]

Outside of darts, Sedláček runs a gas warehouse in Trutnov.[6]

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.[7]

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.[8] He won the East European qualifier to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, his first qualification for that event.[9]

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.[10]

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.[11]

Despite not having a Tour Card, Sedláček qualified for the 2022 European Championship after regularly appearing at European Tour events through East Europe qualifiers.[12] 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.[13]

Sedláček regained his PDC Tour Card at 2023 Q-School, finishing 6th on the European Order of Merit.[14]

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,[15] but he regained it at 2025 Q-School.[16]

World Championship results

BDO World Championship

PDC World Championship

Performance timeline

Sedláček's performance timeline is as follows:[17]

BDO

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Tournament201320142015
BDO Ranked televised events
World Championship DNP Prel. 1R
World Trophy NH 2R 1R
World Masters 2R 1R 1R
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PDC

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Tournament2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 1R DNQ 1R DNQ 2R DNQ 1R 1R
World Masters Did not qualify Prel. Prel.
UK Open Did not qualify 3R 4R DNP 5R 2R 1R 3R
European Championship Did not qualify 1R DNQ
Grand Slam Did not qualify RR
Players Championship Finals DNP 3R DNQ 1R 1R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Cup 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R RR 2R QF 2R
World Series Finals Did not qualify 2R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC) NR 180 152 81 71 68 108 66 68
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European Tour

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Season123456789101112131415
2018 Did not qualify DDC
1R
DNQ
2019 DNQ GDG
QF
Did not qualify CDO
2R
Did not qualify
2022 IDO
DNQ
GDC
QF
GDG
2R
ADO
1R
EDO
2R
CDO
2R
EDG
1R
DNQ HDT
3R
GDO
1R
BDO
2R
GDT
WD
2023 Did not qualify CDO
3R
Did not qualify GDC
1R
2024 Did not qualify ADO
1R
DNQ EDO
2R
DNQ SDT
2R
CDO
DNQ
2025 DNQ IDO
QF
GDG
DNQ
ADO
2R
EDG
DNQ
DDC
1R
DNQ FDT
2R
CDO
1R
HDT
DNQ
SDT
DNQ
GDC
1R
2026 PDO
DNQ
EDT
2R
BDO
DNQ
GDG
3R
EDG
1R
ADO
1R
IDO
2R
BSD
2R
SDO
1R
EDO
2R
HDT
DNQ
CDO
1R
FDT
2R
SDT
DNQ
DDC
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Players Championships

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2020 BAR
3R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
4R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
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
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Did not participate NIE
1R
NIE
3R
Did not participate 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
2025 WIG
2R
WIG
2R
ROS
3R
ROS
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
HIL
4R
HIL
2R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
4R
ROS
QF
ROS
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
LEI
3R
LEI
QF
LEI
1R
LEI
3R
LEI
2R
HIL
4R
HIL
1R
MIL
QF
MIL
QF
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
LEI
4R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
3R
WIG
4R
2026 HIL
1R
HIL
1R
WIG
4R
WIG
3R
LEI
SF
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
WIG
3R
WIG
SF
MIL
4R
MIL
2R
HIL
2R
HIL
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
WIG
4R
WIG
1R
LEI
3R
LEI
1R
HIL
2R
HIL
QF
LEI
1R
LEI
4R
ROS
2R
ROS
W
ROS
ROS
LEI
LEI
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  1. Not a Tour card holder
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Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
Prel.
Lost in # round
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DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded
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