2018 Dutch Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates11–13 May 2018
VenueIJsselhallen
LocationZwolle
Country Netherlands
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£135,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 Australia Kyle Anderson
(second round)
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«Event 5 Event 7»

The 2018 Dutch Darts Masters was the sixth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at IJsselhallen, Zwolle, Netherlands, between 11–13 May 2018. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen was the defending four-time consecutive champion after defeating Steve Beaton 6–2 in the 2017 final.

Van Gerwen went on to win the title for the 5th time in a row by defeating Steve Lennon 8–5 in the final, after he was 6–2 down in the semi-finals, before surviving three match darts from Daryl Gurney and winning 7–6 to reach the final.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £6,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £4,000
Third round losers (8) £3,000
Second round losers (16) £2,000
First round losers (16) £1,000
Total £135,000

Prize money will count towards the PDC Order of Merit, the ProTour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit, with one exception: should a seeded player lose in the second round (last 32), their prize money will not count towards any Orders of Merit, although they still receive the full prize money payment.[1][2]

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 27 March will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places will go to players from five qualifying events – 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 6 April), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 3 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 10 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 23 February) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 24 February).

Rob Cross withdrew with illness on the day of the tournament, so Steve Lennon, who was due to face him in round 2, was given a bye to round 3.[3]

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw

First round
(best of 11 legs)
11 May
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
12 May
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
13 May
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
13 May
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
13 May
Final
(best of 15 legs)
13 May
1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 95.946
England Terry Jenkins 94.206England Terry Jenkins 81.660
1Netherlands van Gerwen 91.976
Belgium Mike De Decker 79.312
16England Webster 89.264
16England Darren Webster 94.556
England Steve Beaton 82.086England Steve Beaton 96.694
1Netherlands van Gerwen 102.786
Netherlands Jeffrey de Graaf 86.695
Australia Anderson 91.422
8England Dave Chisnall 84.914
Scotland Cameron Menzies 96.316Scotland Cameron Menzies 95.386
Scotland Menzies 74.795
Germany Kevin Münch 82.371
Australia Anderson 89.396
9England Ian White 102.873
Australia Kyle Anderson 98.806Australia Kyle Anderson 99.096
1Netherlands van Gerwen 93.347
Netherlands Christian Kist 91.093
5Northern Ireland Gurney 84.606
5Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 102.066
England James Wade 94.703Spain Cristo Reyes 93.364
5Northern Ireland Gurney 98.536
Spain Cristo Reyes 98.576
12England King 90.162
12England Mervyn King 93.776
England Ryan Joyce 89.926England Ryan Joyce 86.924
5Northern Ireland Gurney 93.586
Germany Michael Rosenauer 83.465
England Bunting 97.922
4England Michael Smith 93.040
England Stephen Bunting 91.076England Stephen Bunting 106.096
England Bunting 100.176
Germany Tobias Müller 83.611
Poland Ratajski 99.703
13Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 88.592
England Ricky Evans 90.192Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 92.836
1Netherlands van Gerwen 97.538
Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 89.746
Republic of Ireland Lennon 91.405
2Scotland Peter Wright 96.866
England James Wilson 100.726England James Wilson 95.234
2Scotland Wright 103.406
Sweden Johan Engström 86.112
15Wales Price 97.223
15Wales Gerwyn Price 88.806
Spain Toni Alcinas 88.465Germany Dragutin Horvat 86.225
2Scotland Wright 95.985
Germany Dragutin Horvat 91.746
10Belgium Huybrechts 93.496
7England Joe Cullen 99.923
Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 90.556Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 96.876
Netherlands Wattimena 91.055
England Adam Huckvale 80.063
10Belgium Huybrechts 90.166
10Belgium Kim Huybrechts 89.396
Wales Jamie Lewis 90.031England Wayne Jones 88.572
10Belgium Huybrechts 85.025
England Wayne Jones 101.326
Republic of Ireland Lennon 88.747
6Austria Mensur Suljović 94.746
Wales Jonny Clayton 89.885England Josh Payne 92.485
6Austria Suljović 94.116
England Josh Payne 89.576
11Australia Whitlock 91.783
11Australia Simon Whitlock 97.636
England Adrian Lewis 82.324Netherlands Jan Dekker 89.114
6Austria Suljović 92.963
Netherlands Jan Dekker 92.886
Republic of Ireland Lennon 87.596
3England Rob Cross w/d
Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 91.536Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon w/o
Republic of Ireland Lennon 86.876
Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 95.845
England Richardson 83.005
14Scotland John Henderson 89.743
England James Richardson 96.666England James Richardson 92.016
Republic of Ireland Jason Cullen 87.824

References

  1. "European Tour 2018 Info". PDPA. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. "European Tour Rule Changes Announced". PDC. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  3. Phillips, Josh. "Cross Withdraws From Zwolle Event". PDC. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  4. Allen, Dave. "ET5 & ET6 Entries Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  5. "Seven Secure Double European Qualification". PDC. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
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