2021 World Series of Darts Finals

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2021 Jack's Casino World Series of Darts Finals
Tournament information
Dates29–31 October 2021
Venue AFAS Live
Location Amsterdam
CountryFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£300,000
Winner's share£70,000
High checkout170 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jeffrey de Zwaan
170 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton
«2020 2022»

The 2021 Jack's Casino World Series of Darts Finals was the seventh staging of the World Series of Darts Finals tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at AFAS Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands, from 29 to 31 October 2021. It featured a field of 24 players. [1]

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Gerwyn Price was the defending champion, after beating Rob Cross 11–9 in the 2020 final, [2] but lost to compatriot Jonny Clayton in the quarter-finals.

Clayton went on to win the title, defeating Dimitri Van den Bergh 11–6 in the final. [3]

This was the first time the tournament had taken place without any representatives from outside Europe.

Prize money

The prize money remained the same as the previous year. [4]

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £300,000)
Winner(1)£70,000
Runner-up(1)£30,000
Semi-finalists(2)£20,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£15,000
Last 16 (Second round)(8)£7,500
Last 24 (First round)(8)£5,000

Qualification

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic still being prevalent in 2021, only one event took place on the 2021 World Series of Darts, which was the 2021 Nordic Darts Masters. [5]

The eight PDC representatives who reached the quarter-finals of the Nordic Darts Masters were seeded for the World Series of Darts Finals. The other 16 places were filled up by:

The following players qualified for the tournament: [6]

Invited Seeds [7]
  1. Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen (Semi-finals)
  2. Flag of England.svg   Fallon Sherrock (Second round)
  3. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh (Runner-up)
  4. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton (Champion)
  5. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price (Quarter-finals)
  6. Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright (Second round)
  7. Flag of Scotland.svg   Gary Anderson (Second round)
  8. Flag of Latvia.svg   Madars Razma (Second round)
Order of Merit Players
International Representatives
Dutch Representatives
Tour Card Holder Qualifiers

Draw

First round
(best of 11 legs)
29 October
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
30 October
Quarter-finals
(best of 19 legs)
31 October
Semi-finals
(best of 21 legs)
31 October
Final
(best of 21 legs)
31 October
Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Maik Kuivenhoven 88.1961 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 92.926
Flag of Scotland.svg   John Henderson 90.712Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Maik Kuivenhoven 90.024
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 98.9710
Q Flag of England.svg   Mervyn King 93.175
RQ Flag of England.svg   James Wade 86.1308 Flag of Latvia.svg   Madars Razma 87.360
Q Flag of England.svg   Mervyn King 115.626Q Flag of England.svg   Mervyn King 98.026
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 99.326
4 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton 101.4711
  Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 91.6034 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton 94.176
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Vincent van der Voort 93.346 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Vincent van der Voort 84.601
4 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton 95.5210
5 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 97.709
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jeffrey de Zwaan 86.1225 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 100.286
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Dirk van Duijvenbode 98.556 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Dirk van Duijvenbode 95.052
4 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton 101.6311
3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 101.956
  Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 93.8962 Flag of England.svg   Fallon Sherrock 89.831
Flag of Germany.svg   Gabriel Clemens 95.863 Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 96.936
Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 91.9810
Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Niels Zonneveld 90.126
Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Niels Zonneveld 88.7967 Flag of Scotland.svg   Gary Anderson 93.894
RQ Flag of England.svg   Dave Chisnall 87.043Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Niels Zonneveld 96.976
Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 92.568
3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 96.0011
RQ Flag of Portugal.svg   José de Sousa 103.8663 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 101.216
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert 97.812RQ Flag of Portugal.svg   José de Sousa 95.503
3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 100.3010
Q Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Kim Huybrechts 100.638
Q Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Kim Huybrechts 98.4866 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 91.411
RQ Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith 90.693Q Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Kim Huybrechts 92.326

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