2016 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters

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2016 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates26–27 May 2016
Venue Dubai Tennis Centre
Location Dubai
CountryFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
Final – best of 21 legs
Prize fund AED750,000
Winner's shareAED220,000
High checkout170 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor
Champion(s)
Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson
«2015 2017»

The 2016 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters was the fourth staging of the tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the first World Series of Darts event of 2016. The tournament featured eight of the top 10 players according to the PDC Order of Merit, competing in a knockout system. The tournament was held at the Dubai Tennis Centre in Dubai over 26–27 May 2016.

Contents

Gary Anderson won the title after he beat previously undefeated three-time champion Michael van Gerwen 11–9 in the final. [1]

Prize money

The total prize fund was AED750,000.

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: AED750,000)
Winner(1)AED220,000
Runner-up(1)AED110,000
Semi-finalists(2)AED85,000
Quarter-finalists(4)AED62,500

Qualifiers

The eight players who qualified for this tournament are the same as last year's tournament, with the exception of Dave Chisnall replacing Stephen Bunting. These were:

Seeded players:

  1. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen (runner-up)
  2. Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson (winner)
  3. Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor (semi-finals)
  4. Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals)

The next four seeded PDC players were (drawn at random against the higher seeds):

Draw

[2] [3]

Quarter-finals
(best of 19 legs)
26 May [4]
Semi-finals
(best of 21 legs)
27 May [5]
Final
(best of 21 legs)
27 May [5]
         
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 107.6510
Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright 106.557
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 105.0911
Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall 97.357
4 Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis 79.461
Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall 90.1810
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 100.959
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 97.9811
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 98.3610
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld 94.258
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 97.2911
3 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 101.657
3 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 93.1110
Flag of England.svg James Wade 87.072

Broadcasting

The tournament was available in the following territories on these channels.

CountryChannel
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom ITV4 (delayed coverage)
Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland Setanta Sports
Flag of Dubai.svg Dubai Dubai Sports TV
Middle East and North Africa OSN
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Fox Sports
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Sky Sport (New Zealand)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands RTL7
Asia Fox Sports
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic TV Nova

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