2018 European Darts Grand Prix

The 2018 European Darts Grand Prix was the fifth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Glaspalast, Sindelfingen, Germany, between 4–6 May 2018. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2018 European Darts Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates4–6 May 2018
VenueGlaspalast
LocationSindelfingen
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£135,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout164 England Darren Webster
(third round)
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«Event 4 Event 6»

Peter Wright was the defending champion after defeating Michael van Gerwen 6–0 in the 2017 final,[1] but he was defeated 6–5 in the third round to Danny Noppert.

Michael van Gerwen won the tournament for a second time, defeating James Wade 8–3 in the final whilst averaging over 109 for the third successive game.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £6,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £4,000
Third round losers (8) £3,000
Second round losers (16) £2,000
First round losers (16) £1,000
Total £135,000

Prize money will count towards the PDC Order of Merit, the ProTour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit, with one exception: should a seeded player lose in the second round (last 32), their prize money will not count towards any Orders of Merit, although they still receive the full prize money payment.[2][3]

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 27 March will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places will go to players from five qualifying events – 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 6 April), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 3 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 3 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 23 February) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 28 January).

Adrian Lewis withdrew prior to the draw through illness, and was replaced by a Host Nation Qualifier.[4]

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw

First round
(best of 11 legs)
4 May[4]
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
5 May
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
6 May
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
6 May
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
6 May
Final
(best of 15 legs)
6 May
1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 103.046
England Alan Tabern 93.596England Alan Tabern 92.622
1Netherlands van Gerwen 104.806
Netherlands Mats Gies 80.773
16England Webster 99.955
16England Darren Webster 88.576
Germany Robert Marijanović 84.496Germany Robert Marijanović 80.983
1Netherlands van Gerwen 109.546
England Andy Boulton 92.373
8England Chisnall 107.574
8England Dave Chisnall 89.456
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 92.664England Matt Padgett 84.705
8England Chisnall 107.046
England Matt Padgett 89.746
9England White 95.435
9England Ian White 92.046
England Steve Hine 88.054Latvia Madars Razma 90.971
1Netherlands van Gerwen 109.597
Latvia Madars Razma 90.106
4England Smith 90.430
5Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 96.734
Wales Jamie Lewis 91.116Wales Jamie Lewis 93.006
Wales Lewis 89.166
Germany Christian Bunse 80.734
Australia Nicholson 95.345
12England Mervyn King 93.754
Australia Paul Nicholson 95.716Australia Paul Nicholson 93.746
Wales Lewis 81.252
Canada Dawson Murschell 89.682
4England Smith 89.916
4England Michael Smith 95.336
England Peter Hudson 83.783England Arron Monk 89.915
4England Smith 98.326
England Arron Monk 85.636
Netherlands Wattimena 87.783
13Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 89.453
Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 91.496Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 89.106
1Netherlands van Gerwen 110.878
Spain Toni Alcinas 88.555
England Wade 98.383
2Scotland Peter Wright 110.296
England Stephen Bunting 91.702England Kirk Shepherd 95.112
2Scotland Wright 103.495
England Kirk Shepherd 93.936
Netherlands Noppert 94.456
15Wales Gerwyn Price 101.335
Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 91.603Netherlands Danny Noppert 97.166
Netherlands Noppert 91.096
Netherlands Danny Noppert 99.736
7England Cullen 90.635
7England Joe Cullen 98.226
Germany Martin Schindler 89.296Germany Martin Schindler 99.535
7England Cullen 105.896
Wales Robert Owen 73.970
Australia Anderson 97.683
10Belgium Kim Huybrechts 98.104
Australia Kyle Anderson 94.286Australia Kyle Anderson 99.826
Netherlands Noppert 96.493
England Ricky Evans 92.324
England Wade 96.607
6Austria Mensur Suljović 93.116
England Jamie Caven 84.896England Jamie Caven 94.075
6Austria Suljović 100.824
Netherlands Mareno Michels 77.471
11Australia Whitlock 98.656
11Australia Simon Whitlock 99.106
Netherlands Jan Dekker 89.296Netherlands Jan Dekker 89.860
11Australia Whitlock 86.793
Germany Gabriel Clemens 87.593
England Wade 90.606
3England Rob Cross 102.476
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 103.406Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 93.545
3England Cross 98.505
Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 90.494
England Wade 100.526
14Scotland John Henderson 94.514
England James Wade 92.086England James Wade 94.786
Germany Max Hopp 89.814

References

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  2. "European Tour 2018 Info". PDPA. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
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  4. Allen, Dave. "2018 European Darts Grand Prix Draw". PDC. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
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  6. "PDC European Tour Qualifier #5". DartConnect. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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