2016 Tokyo Darts Masters

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2016 Tokyo Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates6–7 July 2016
Venue Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Location Tokyo
CountryFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
Final – best of 15 legs
High checkout161 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson
Champion(s)
Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson
«2015

The 2016 Tokyo Darts Masters was the second staging of the tournament (formerly known as the Japan Darts Masters) by the Professional Darts Corporation, as a fourth entry in the 2016 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured eight Japanese players who faced eight PDC players and was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from 6–7 July 2016.

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Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won the inaugural staging of the Japan Darts Masters after defeating Peter Wright 8–7 in the final, but he lost 8–7 to James Wade in the quarter-finals. [1]

Gary Anderson won the title after beating Michael van Gerwen 8–6 in the final. [2]

Qualifiers

The seeded PDC players were:

  1. Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson (Winner)
  2. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen (Runner-up)
  3. Flag of England.svg James Wade (Semi-finals)
  4. Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis (Semi-finals)

The next four seeded PDC players were (drawn at random into seeded side of the draw):

  1. Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor (Quarter-finals)
  2. Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall (Quarter-finals)
  3. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld (Quarter-finals)
  4. Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright (Quarter-finals)

The Japanese qualifiers were:

Draw

[3]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
6 July [4]
Quarter-finals
(best of 15 legs)
7 July [5]
Semi-finals
(best of 15 legs)
7 July [5]
Final
(best of 15 legs)
7 July [5]
            
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 96.086
Flag of Japan.svg Seigo Asada 77.381
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 103.008
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld 95.903
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld 92.876
Flag of Japan.svg Keita Ono 82.921
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 104.718
4 Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis 95.415
4 Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis 90.186
Flag of Japan.svg Tsuneki Zaha 80.951
4 Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis 98.968
Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright 95.326
  Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright 92.976
Flag of Japan.svg Chikara Fujimori 76.770
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 103.728
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 101.906
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 93.246
Flag of Japan.svg Masumi Chino 81.983
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 101.918
Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall 99.436
  Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall 96.646
Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Inoue 84.811
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 101.678
3 Flag of England.svg James Wade 91.453
3 Flag of England.svg James Wade 88.906
Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Hiraga 77.071
3 Flag of England.svg James Wade 101.718
Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 103.437
  Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 97.356
Flag of Japan.svg Haruki Muramatsu 79.132

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