The most cursed seed over this period is the No.24 seed with 10 1st match defeats: 2006: Alan Caves 2007: Alan Warrener-Little 2008: Wes Newton 2009: Andy Jenkins 2010: Jelle Klaasen 2011: Steve Beaton 2014: Colin Lloyd 2019: Jelle Klaasen 2022: Glen Durrant 2023: Daryl Gurney
📊 Seeds losing in their 1st match: 2006: 13 2007: 11 2008: 9 2009: 12 2010: 9 2011: 7 2012: 11 2013: 5 2014: 7 2015: 9 2016: 10 2017: 6 2018: 12 2019: 13 2020: 8 2021: 6 2022: 8 2023: 2* Will this be the fewest seeds lost since 32 seeds in the #WorldDartsChampionship?
