Michael Smith has been handed a tough start to the 2024 PDC World Championship with a second-round tie against Kevin Doets or Stowe Buntz.
The world number one has been in indifferent form of late, suffering an early exit at the Grand Slam of Darts and Players Championship Finals, and he will have to improve at Alexandra Palace.
Standing in his way could be Buntz, who recently reached the Grand Slam of Darts quarter-finals, if the American can overcome Doets in their last-96 clash.
Luke Humphries, the winner of three of the last four televised majors, will begin his campaign versus either Lee Evans or Sandro Eric Sosing.
Michael van Gerwen goes up against either Keane Barry or Reynaldo Rivera, while Gerwyn Price has been handed a meeting with either Connor Scutt or Krzysztof Kciuk.
Either Jim Williams or Norman Madhoo stand in the way of Peter Wright, and Gary Anderson could go up against Simon Whitlock if the Australian gets the better of Paolo Nebrida.
Fallon Sherrock will set up a clash with Martin Schindler if she can overcome Jermaine Wattimena, while Mikuru Suzuki goes up against Ricardo Pietreczko with the victor squaring off against Callum Rydz.
Draw in full:
Michael Smith vs. Kevin Doets/Stowe Buntz
Madars Razma vs. Mike de Decker/Dragutin Horvat
Ross Smith vs. Niels Zonneveld/Darren Webster
Chris Dobey vs. William O'Connor/Bhav Patel
Rob Cross vs. Mario Vandenbogaerde/Tribault Tricole
Jose De Sousa vs. Ritchie Edhouse/Jeffrey de Graaf
Jonny Clayton vs. Steve Lennon/Owen Bates
Krzysztof Ratajski vs. Jamie Hughes/David Cameron
Peter Wright vs. Jim Williams/Norman Madhoo
Raymond van Barneveld vs. Radek Szaganski/Marko Kantele
James Wade vs. Matt Campbell/Lawrence Ilagan
Andrew Gilding vs. Christian Kist/Luke Littler
Gerwyn Price vs. Connor Scutt/Krzysztof Kciuk
Brendan Dolan vs. Micky Mansell/Xiaochen Zong
Dirk van Duijvenbode vs. Keegan Brown/Boris Krcmar
Gary Anderson vs. Simon Whitlock/Paolo Nebrida
Michael van Gerwen vs. Keane Barry/Reynaldo Rivera
Kim Huybrechts vs. Richard Veenstra/Ben Robb
Dimitri van den Bergh vs. Dylan Slevin/Florian Hempl
Stephen Bunting vs. Ryan Joyce/Alex Spellman
Danny Noppert vs. Scott Williams/Haruki Muramatsu
Martin Schindler vs. Jermaine Wattimena/Fallon Sherrock
Damon Heta vs. Martin Lukeman/Haupai Puha
Josh Rock vs. Luke Woodhouse/Berry van Peer
Luke Humphries vs. Lee Evans/Sandro Eric Sosing
Callum Rydz vs. Ricardo Pietreczko/Mikuru Suzuki
Joe Cullen vs. Jules van Dongen/Darren Penhall
Ryan Searle vs. Ian White/Tomoya Goto
Nathan Aspinall vs. Ricky Evans/Simon Adams
Daryl Gurney vs. Steve Beaton/Wessel Nijman
Dave Chisnall vs. Cameron Menzies/Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Gabriel Clemens vs. Gian van Veen/Man Lok Leung
