LUKE ‘The Nuke’ Littler is confirmed in the 32-player field for the 2024 BoyleSports World Grand Prix which starts in Leicester on Monday.

The unique double-start tournament runs at the Mattioli Arena from October 7 to 13, with Warrington 17-year-old Littler featuring as one of the ProTour Order of Merit qualifiers in the 32-player field.

He will not be seeded in this tournament, which was won by Luke Humphries last year, while the draw is to be made later today.

The tournament will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK.

Confirmed 32-player field for the 2024 BoyleSports World Grand Prix:

PDC Order of Merit top 16: Luke Humphries, Michael Smith, Michael van Gerwen, Rob Cross, Nathan Aspinall, Dave Chisnall, Gerwyn Price, Jonny Clayton, Damon Heta, Ross Smith, Peter Wright, Chris Dobey, Dimitri Van den Bergh, Stephen Bunting, Danny Noppert, Josh Rock

ProTour Order of Merit qualifiers: Ryan Searle, Luke Littler, Martin Schindler, Gary Anderson, Gian van Veen, Daryl Gurney, Ricardo Pietreczko, Raymond van Barneveld, Ritchie Edhouse, Ryan Joyce, Cameron Menzies, James Wade, Mike De Decker, Joe Cullen, Brendan Dolan, Luke Woodhouse.

Meanwhile, Littler was beaten by Humphries in the third round of the Swiss Darts Trophy in Basel on Sunday.

‘The Nuke’ proved too strong for home hope Bruno Stockli in the second round on Saturday, powering to a 6-3 win with a 145 checkout along the way.

Humphries, who beat Littler in January’s World Championship final but had lost to him six times since, progressed with a 6-2 defeat of Richard Veenstra.

In the latest showdown with Littler though, Humphries came out on top 6-3 before going on to lose 6-1 to Josh Rock in the quarter-finals of an event eventually won 8-7 by Martin Schindler against Ryan Searle.