2025 World Grand Prix of Darts Day 1/First Round final results, scores, schedule and bracket: Bunting, Humphries highlight round one winners

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Luke Humphries, James Wade, Nathan Aspinall and Stephen Bunting were among the many stars who took the stage during Monday night's eight-game slate.

Day 1 didn't disappoint, with several upsets and last-leg deciders.

Rob Cross vs. Wessel Nijman: The first game of the night required a last-leg decider in set #3, with Rob Cross winning despite Nijman having a chance to win the match.

Martin Schindler vs. Krzysztof Ratajski: The first seed of the tournament has gone down, as Ratajski wins 2-0 with an impressive average of 95.94.

Chris Dobey vs. Cameron Menzies: Another seed goes down, as Menzies produces an impressive display to knock out the #8 seed.

James Wade vs. Joe Cullen: Cullen was sprinting out of the gates in leg #1, and came back from down 2-0 in set #2 to beat James Wade 2-0 in sets.

Danny Noppert vs. Jermaine Wattimena: Wattimena had a dart for the match, but Noppert pulled off an impressive comeback, winning 2-1.

Luke Humphries vs. Nathan Aspinall: Aspinall had his chances to make it a close game, but some crucial errors led to his defeat, as Humphries took home a 2-0 win.

Gary Anderson vs. Raymond van Barneveld: van Barneveld made a strong effort to come back from down 1-0 in sets, but couldn't put a leg together up 2-1 legs in set #3, losing to Anderson 2-1 in sets.

Stephen Bunting vs. Niko Springer: Springer had a chance to force a third set, but Bunting's scoring was too much for him. Bunting managed to take home a 2-0 win.

Day 1 coverage & updates (evening session)

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2025 World Grand Prix Day 1 schedule & scores

Here are the scores and schedule of play for Day 1.

Match	Date	Time (local)	Score
Rob Cross (9) vs. Wessel Nijman	Mon., Oct. 6	6:00 p.m.	2-1
Martin Schindler (16) vs. Krzysztof Ratajski	Mon., Oct. 6	6:30 p.m.	0-2
Chris Dobey (8) vs. Cameron Menzies	Mon., Oct. 6	7:00 p.m.	0-2
James Wade (5) vs. Joe Cullen	Mon., Oct. 6	7:30 p.m.	0-2
Danny Noppert (13) vs. Jermaine Wattimena	Mon., Oct. 6	8:00 p.m.	2-1
Luke Humphries (1) vs. Nathan Aspinall	Mon., Oct. 6	8:30 p.m.	2-0
Gary Anderson (12) vs. Raymond van Barneveld	Mon., Oct. 6	9:00 p.m.	2-1
Stephen Bunting (4) vs. Niko Springer	Mon., Oct. 6	9:30 p.m.	2-0

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Tournament bracket

Here are the matchups for the Round of 16 (Second Round).

Match	Date
Humphries vs. Ratajski	Wed., Oct. 8
Menzies vs. Cross	Wed., Oct. 8
Bunting vs. Noppert	Wed., Oct. 8
Cullen vs. Anderson	Wed., Oct. 8
Littler/van Veen vs. Wright/De Decker	Thurs., Oct. 9
Price/Searle vs. Rock/Joyce	Thurs., Oct. 9
van Gerwen/van Duijvenbode vs. Smith/Gurney	Thurs., Oct. 9
Clayton/Gilding vs. Heta/Woodhouse	Thurs., Oct. 9