2018 German Darts Masters

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2018 German Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates25 May 2018
Venue Veltins-Arena
Location Gelsenkirchen
CountryFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£60,000
Winner's share£20,000
High checkout167 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson
Champion(s)
Flag of Austria.svg Mensur Suljović
«2017 2019»

The 2018 German Darts Masters was the second staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, and was the first entry in the 2018 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight PDC players facing eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on 25 May 2018.

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Peter Wright was the defending champion after defeating Phil Taylor 11–4 in the final of the 2017 event, [1] but he lost 8–2 in the semi-finals to Mensur Suljović.

Suljović won his first World Series title by defeating Dimitri Van den Bergh 8–2 in the final. [2]

The event also broke the attendance record for a darts tournament with 20,210 people attending the event, beating the previous record set 70 years earlier. [3]

Prize money

The total prize fund was £60,000.

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £60,000)
Winner(1)£20,000
Runner-up(1)£10,000
Semi-finalists(2)£5,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£2,500
First round(8)£1,250

Qualifiers

[4]

The eight invited PDC representatives were:

  1. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen (quarter-finals)
  2. Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright (semi-finals)
  3. Flag of England.svg Rob Cross (quarter-finals)
  4. Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson (semi-finals)
  5. Flag of Austria.svg Mensur Suljović (champion)
  6. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals)
  7. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jamie Lewis (quarter-finals)
  8. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh (runner-up)

The German qualifiers were: [5] [6]

QualificationPlayer
#1 Ranked German player Flag of Germany.svg Max Hopp (first round)
#2 Ranked German player Flag of Germany.svg Martin Schindler (first round)
#1 Ranked German Superleague Player Flag of Germany.svg Gabriel Clemens (first round)
#2 Ranked German Superleague Player Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Bilderl (first round)
#3 Ranked German Superleague Player Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Stoyke (first round)
#4 Ranked German Superleague Player Flag of Germany.svg Robert Marijanović (first round)
#5 Ranked German Superleague Player Flag of Germany.svg Nico Kurz (first round)
#6 Ranked German Superleague Player Flag of Germany.svg Dragutin Horvat (first round)

Draw

First round
(best of 11 legs)
25 May
Quarter-finals
(best of 15 legs)
25 May
Semi-finals
(best of 15 legs)
25 May
Final
(best of 15 legs)
25 May
            
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 106.466
Flag of Germany.svg Max Hopp 95.234
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 98.723
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.358
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 109.986
Flag of Germany.svg Martin Schindler 84.120
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 92.478
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 98.767
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 98.676
Flag of Germany.svg Gabriel Clemens 87.462
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 102.658
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jamie Lewis 98.406
  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jamie Lewis 89.466
Flag of Germany.svg Nico Kurz 88.165
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 86.662
Flag of Austria.svg Mensur Suljović 101.638
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright 96.866
Flag of Germany.svg Dragutin Horvat 89.571
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright 102.668
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld 98.497
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld 85.896
Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Bilderl 77.060
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright 94.302
Flag of Austria.svg Mensur Suljović 99.718
3 Flag of England.svg Rob Cross 84.446
Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Stoyke 80.354
3 Flag of England.svg Rob Cross 92.217
Flag of Austria.svg Mensur Suljović 94.098
  Flag of Austria.svg Mensur Suljović 96.596
Flag of Germany.svg Robert Marijanović 85.292

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