2025 European Darts Grand Prix

2025 Elten Safety Shoes European Darts Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates	2–4 May 2025
Venue	Glaspalast
Location	Sindelfingen, Germany
Organisation(s)	Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£175,000
Winner's share	£30,000
High checkout	170 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Champion(s)
Gary Anderson  (SCO)
«Event 5 Event 7»

The 2025 European Darts Grand Prix (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 Elten Safety Shoes European Darts Grand Prix) was the sixth of fourteen PDC European Tour events on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Glaspalast, Sindelfingen, Germany, from 2 to 4 May 2025. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Gary Anderson was the defending champion after defeating Ross Smith 8–6 in the 2024 final. ^[1]

Anderson became the first person to successfully defend the title by beating Andrew Gilding 8–0. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Prize money

The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner: ^[5]

Stage (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	£30,000
Runner-up	(1)	£12,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£8,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£6,000
Third round losers	(8)	£4,000
Second round losers	(16)	£2,500*
First round losers	(16)	£1,250*
Total	£175,000

• Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event. ^[6]

Qualification and format

In a change from the previous year, the top 16 on the two-year main PDC Order of Merit ranking were now seeded and entered the tournament in the second round, while the 16 qualifiers from the one-year PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit ranking entered in the first round. ^{[7] [8] [9]} The seedings were confirmed on 27 March. ^[10]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 2 April), ^[11] four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 9 February), ^[12] one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 29 March), ^[13] and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 15 February). ^[14]

Luke Littler and Daryl Gurney withdrew and were replaced by Martin Lukeman and William O'Connor . Michael Smith moved up to become the 16th seed. ^[15]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Seeded Players   Luke Humphries (third round)   Michael van Gerwen (second round)   Rob Cross (third round)   Jonny Clayton (second round)   Stephen Bunting (second round)   Damon Heta (second round)   Nathan Aspinall (second round)   Chris Dobey (second round)   Dave Chisnall (second round)   James Wade (quarter-finals)   Gerwyn Price (second round)   Peter Wright (quarter-finals)   Danny Noppert (third round)   Gary Anderson (champion)   Josh Rock (second round)   Michael Smith (quarter-finals)

Pro Tour Order of Merit Qualifiers   Martin Schindler (third round)   Ross Smith (third round)   Ryan Searle (first round)   Gian van Veen (second round)   Mike De Decker (second round)   Cameron Menzies (third round)   Wessel Nijman (second round)   Ritchie Edhouse (first round)   Joe Cullen (second round)   Luke Woodhouse (semi-finals)   Raymond van Barneveld (third round)   Jermaine Wattimena (first round)   Andrew Gilding (runner-up)   Ryan Joyce (first round)

Tour Card Qualifier   Connor Scutt (second round)   Dirk van Duijvenbode (semi-finals)  Leon Weber(second round)   Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)   Max Hopp (first round)   Bradley Brooks (first round)   Gabriel Clemens (first round)   Niels Zonneveld (third round)   Callan Rydz (first round)   Nathan Rafferty (first round) Host Nation Qualifier   Michael Unterbuchner (first round)  Marcel Erba(first round)  Paul Krohne(first round)   Daniel Klose (second round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier   Johan Engström (first round) East European Qualifier   Benjamin Pratnemer (first round) Reserve List   Martin Lukeman (quarter-finals)   William O'Connor (first round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 2 May					Second round (best of 11 legs) 3 May					Third round (best of 11 legs) 4 May					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 4 May					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 4 May					Final (best of 15 legs) 4 May
	Ritchie Edhouse 88.02		2			1	Luke Humphries 98.80	6
	Connor Scutt 87.90		6				Connor Scutt 89.70	1
											1	Humphries 100.77	5
											16	M. Smith 106.53	6
	Jermaine Wattimena 92.96		3			16	Michael Smith 88.03	6
	Daniel Klose 95.85		6				Daniel Klose 89.62	5
																16	M. Smith 98.04	5
																	Woodhouse 98.08	6
	Luke Woodhouse 88.64		6			8	Chris Dobey 98.65	4
	Johan Engström 93.35		3				Luke Woodhouse 96.37	6
												Woodhouse 98.91	6
												R. Smith 98.98	3
	Ross Smith 108.65		6			9	Dave Chisnall 92.40	3
	Paul Krohne 96.63		0				Ross Smith 91.92	6
																						Woodhouse 84.89	3
																						Gilding 88.71	7
	Andrew Gilding 100.47		6			4	Jonny Clayton 92.77	5
	Gabriel Clemens 96.13		5				Andrew Gilding 92.71	6
												Gilding 110.77	6
											13	Noppert 104.03	3
	Wessel Nijman 86.50		6			13	Danny Noppert 89.69	6
	Bradley Brooks 75.58		2				Wessel Nijman 91.91	5
																	Gilding 95.50	6
																12	Wright 95.59	1
	Cameron Menzies 87.63		6			5	Stephen Bunting 101.14	2
	Michael Unterbuchner 78.32		2				Cameron Menzies 98.54	6
												Menzies 98.27	5
											12	Wright 99.71	6
	Ryan Joyce 97.07		3			12	Peter Wright 105.34	6
	Leon Weber 92.76		6				Leon Weber 94.74	4
																											Gilding 85.59	0
																										14	Anderson 92.49	8
	William O'Connor 87.65		2			2	Michael van Gerwen 89.52	3
	Dirk van Duijvenbode 95.05		6				Dirk van Duijvenbode 101.34	6
												van Duijvenbode 111.66	6
												Schindler 93.26	2
	Martin Schindler 94.26		6			15	Josh Rock 93.78	4
	Callan Rydz 87.72		3				Martin Schindler 92.71	6
																	van Duijvenbode 94.47	6
																10	Wade 90.57	5
	Ryan Searle 85.80		1			7	Nathan Aspinall 88.36	2
	Niels Zonneveld 87.96		6				Niels Zonneveld 96.99	6
												Zonneveld 82.97	2
											10	Wade 86.75	6
	Joe Cullen 93.94		6			10	James Wade 91.85	6
	Marcel Erba 76.56		0				Joe Cullen 94.13	4
																						van Duijvenbode 93.56	2
																					14	Anderson 106.22	7
	Mike De Decker 86.17		6			3	Rob Cross 96.74	6
	Max Hopp 85.48		4				Mike De Decker 100.55	3
											3	Cross 85.66	3
											14	Anderson 94.37	6
	Gian van Veen 90.35		6			14	Gary Anderson 110.16	6
	Nathan Rafferty 87.78		3				Gian van Veen 99.43	5
																14	Anderson 87.88	6
																	Lukeman 86.53	5
	Martin Lukeman 93.44		6			6	Damon Heta 89.16	2
	Benjamin Pratnemer 92.26		3				Martin Lukeman 96.20	6
												Lukeman 102.91	6
												van Barneveld 97.59	5
	Raymond van Barneveld 94.31		6			11	Gerwyn Price 98.78	5
	Krzysztof Ratajski 96.32		3				Raymond van Barneveld 97.81	6

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