The schedule of play has been released ahead of the 2021
Masters which is set to take place on Friday January 29 in Milton Keynes.
The tournament which has had it's prize fund expanded due to the 24 player line-up will see the players ranked 9-24 facing off on the opening day.
A bumper session kicks off the tournament with the likes of
Michael Smith facing Adrian Lewis,
Glen Durrant taking on Mervyn King and Krzysztof Ratajski facing Simon Whitlock being among the ties.
Saturday sees a double session with
James Wade, Rob Cross, Nathan Aspinall and Dave Chisnall the top players coming into the tournament in the afternoon. While in the evening, a stacked line-up which sees
Gary Anderson,
Peter Wright,
Michael van Gerwen and
Gerwyn Price, the new World Champion in action concludes the second round.
From there, Sunday will see another double session day with the Quarter-Finals in the afternoon followed by the semi-finals and the final in the evening.
2021 Masters Schedule
Friday January 29 (1900 GMT)
First Round x8
Ian White v Mensur Suljovic
Glen Durrant v Mervyn King
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Chris Dobey
Krzysztof Ratajski v Simon Whitlock
Michael Smith v Adrian Lewis
Daryl Gurney v Jeffrey de Zwaan
Jose de Sousa v Jonny Clayton
Joe Cullen v Stephen Bunting
Saturday January 30
Afternoon Session (1245 GMT)
Second Round x4
Rob Cross v Durrant/King
James Wade v Van den Bergh/Dobey
Nathan Aspinall v White/Suljovic
Dave Chisnall v Gurney/De Zwaan
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Second Round x4
Gary Anderson v Smith/Lewis
Peter Wright v Ratajski/Whitlock
Gerwyn Price v Cullen/Bunting
Michael van Gerwen v De Sousa/Clayton
Sunday January 31
Afternoon Session (1245 GMT)
Quarter-Finals
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Semi-Finals
Final