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.
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.
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 World Championship 2014: Preliminary round (lost to Paul Hogan 1–3) 2015: First round (lost to Glen Durrant 1–3)
PDC World Championship 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) 2026: First round (lost to Wessel Nijman 0–3)
Performance timeline Sedláček's performance timeline is as follows:
BDO Tournament 2013 2014 2015BDO Ranked televised events DNPPrel.1R World TrophyNH2R1R World Masters2R1R1R
PDC Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026PDC Ranked televised events World ChampionshipDNQ 1RDNQ 1RDNQ 2RDNQ 1R 1R World MastersDid not qualify Prel. Prel. UK OpenDid not qualify 3R 4RDNP 5R 2R 1R 3R European ChampionshipDid not qualify1RDNQ Grand Slam Did not qualifyRR DNP 3RDNQ 1R 1RPDC Non-ranked televised events World Cup1R1R1R1R1R1RRR2RQF2R World Series Finals Did not qualify2RCareer statisticsYear-end ranking (PDC)NR1801528171681086668
European Tour Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2018Did not qualifyDDC1RDNQ 2019DNQGDGQFDid not qualifyCDO2RDid not qualify 2022IDODNQGDCQFGDG2RADO1REDO2RCDO2REDG1RDNQHDT3RGDO1RBDO2RGDTWD 2023Did not qualifyCDO3RDid not qualifyGDC1R 2024Did not qualifyADO1RDNQEDO2RDNQSDT2RCDODNQ 2025DNQIDOQFGDGDNQADO2REDGDNQDDC1RDNQFDT2RCDO1RHDTDNQSDTDNQGDC1R 2026PDODNQEDT2RBDODNQGDG3REDG1RADO1RIDO2RBSD2RSDO1REDO2RHDTDNQCDO1RFDT2RSDTDNQDDC
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 31 32 33 34 2020BAR3RBAR1RWIG1RWIG4RWIG1RWIG1RBAR<br/ >DNPMIL2RMIL1RMIL2RMIL1RMIL2RNIE4RNIE1RNIE1RNIE3RNIE4RCOV1RCOV1RCOV1RCOV1RCOV4R 2021BOL1RBOL2RBOL1RBOL1R MIL1RMIL4RMIL1RMIL2RNIE1RNIE1RNIE2RNIE1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL2R MIL3RCOV1RCOV1RCOV1RCOV2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2R BAR4R BAR3RBAR1RBAR2R 2022 Not a Tour card holderDid not participateNIE1RNIE3RDid not participateWIG1RWIG3RNIE1RNIE1RBAR2RBAR4R BAR2R BAR3RBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2R BAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2R 2023 BAR1R BAR3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RHIL1RHIL3RWIG1RWIG1RLEI2RLEI1RHIL4RHIL1RLEI2RLEI3RHIL1RHIL2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1R 2024WIG1RWIG3RLEI2RLEI1RHIL1RHILQFLEI4RLEI3RHIL1RHIL4RHIL2RHIL2RMIL2RMIL2RMIL2RMILSFMIL2RMIL3RMIL1RWIG1RWIG3RMIL1RMIL1RWIG4RWIG1RWIG1RWIG1RWIG3RLEI1RLEI2R 2025WIG2RWIG2RROS3RROS1RLEI1RLEI2RHIL4RHIL2RLEI2RLEI1RLEI1RLEI4RROSQFROS1RHIL1RHIL2RLEI3RLEIQFLEI1RLEI3RLEI2RHIL4RHIL1RMILQFMILQFHIL1RHIL1RLEI4RLEI1RLEI2RWIG2RWIG1RWIG3RWIG4R 2026HIL1RHIL1RWIG4RWIG3RLEISFLEI2RLEI1RLEI1RWIG3RWIGSFMIL4RMIL2RHIL2RHIL1RLEI2RLEI2RLEI1RLEI2RMIL1RMIL2RWIG4RWIG1RLEI3RLEI1RHIL2RHILQFLEI1RLEI4RROS2RROSWROSROSLEILEI
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