2017 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters

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2017 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates24–25 May 2017
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£50,000
Winner's share£20,000
High checkout170 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Raymond van Barneveld
Champion(s)
Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson
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The 2017 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters was the fifth staging of the tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the first World Series of Darts event of 2017. The tournament featured eight of the top 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 24–25 May 2017.

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Gary Anderson was the title defender after beating Michael van Gerwen 11–9 in the last year's final. He successfully defended his title after beating Michael van Gerwen in a repeat of the final 11–7.

The combined average in the final was 221.34, the highest total in a televised PDC final, beating the previous best of 217.15 by Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis in the 2013 World Matchplay final.

Prize money

The total prize fund was £50,000.

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £50,000)
Winner(1)£20,000
Runner-up(1)£10,000
Semi-finalists(2)£5,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£2,500

Qualifiers

Eight players were invited by the Professional Darts Corporation were selected to compete. 5 of the top 6 players in the PDC Order of Merit prior to the event were invited - reigning event champion Gary Anderson, 2017 world champion Michael van Gerwen, 2017 UK Open winner Peter Wright, James Wade & Dave Chisnall - as were two former world champions - the sixteen-time champion Phil Taylor and five-time champion Raymond van Barneveld. The 2017 UK Open runner-up Gerwyn Price was the eighth player invited, making his World Series of Darts debut. Price was the only player not to have featured in the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters event. [1]

The top four players going into the event were seeded and were kept apart for the first round.

  1. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen (runner-up)
  2. Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson (champion)
  3. Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright (semi-finals)
  4. Flag of England.svg James Wade (quarter-finals)

The other four players were unseeded and drawn randomly among the top four seeds for the first round. [2]

Draw

[3]

Quarter-finals
(best of 19 legs)
24 May [2] [4]
Semi-finals
(best of 21 legs)
25 May [5]
Final
(best of 21 legs)
25 May [5]
         
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 104.8710
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld 101.205
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 96.9111
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price 88.843
4 Flag of England.svg James Wade 88.969
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price 95.2510
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 110.467
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 110.8811
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 99.2610
Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 90.363
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 99.2911
3 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright 91.918
3 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright 101.5710
Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall 99.375

Broadcasting

The tournament was available in the following territories on these channels. [5]

CountryChannel
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom ITV4 (delayed coverage)
Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland Setanta Sports
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 Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Nova Sport 2
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Flag of Japan.svg Japan DAZN
Scandinavia Viasat
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China CCTV & Madison
South Africa & Sub-Saharan AfricaKwese
Flag of the United States.svg United States Eleven

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