Overview

• The 2025 PDC World Matchplay begins July 19 at Blackpool’s Empress Ballroom with a total prize fund of around £800,000.
• Schindler arrives as world No. 18 after his Austrian Open triumph in April, having moved past former champions Michael Smith and Raymond van Barneveld.
• Despite four consecutive appearances, the 28-year-old German has yet to secure a match win at the event.
• He meets Wales’s Jonny Clayton in the first round on Sunday evening, drawing a top-five opponent for the fourth-year entrant.
• Ahead of his opener, Schindler described his form as “mittelmäßig” yet takes confidence from Germany’s recent Team World Cup upset alongside Ricardo Pietreczko.