2017 European Darts Open

The 2017 European Darts Open was the eighth of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Ostermann-Arena, Leverkusen, Germany, between 30 June–2 July 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2017 European Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates30 June–2 July 2017
VenueOstermann-Arena
LocationLeverkusen
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£135,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout161 England Stephen Bunting
England James Wade
(second round)[1]
Champion(s)
Scotland Peter Wright
«Event 7Event 9»

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Peter Wright 6–5 in the final of the 2016 tournament,[2][3] but lost 6–2 in the third round to Rob Cross.

Peter Wright won the tournament, defeating Mervyn King 6–2 in the final.

Prize money

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This is how the prize money is divided:[4]

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

Qualification and format

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The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 11 May automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from five qualifying events – 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 16 June), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 29 June), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 29 June), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 19 May) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 22 June).

Adrian Lewis withdrew for health reasons the day before the event, meaning a fifth Host Nation Qualifier took his place.[5]

On 2 July, Joe Cullen withdrew before his third round match after his father suffered a heart attack;[6][7] consequently Mensur Suljović was given a bye to the quarter-finals.

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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[15]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
30 June [16]
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
1 July [17]
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
2 July[18]
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
2 July[19]
Semi-finals
(best of 11 legs)
2 July[20]
Final
(best of 11 legs)
2 July[21]
1 Michael van Gerwen 96.976
Cristo Reyes 88.432 Vincent van der Voort 88.730
1 van Gerwen 102.922
Vincent van der Voort 91.966
16 Cross 102.306
16 Rob Cross 92.026
Dragutin Horvat 86.733 Robert Allenstein 75.840
16 Cross 94.062
Robert Allenstein 87.676
King 96.906
8 Jelle Klaasen 77.144
Devon Petersen 75.306 Devon Petersen 81.166
Petersen 91.203
Richard North 80.565
King 102.956
9 Ian White 93.912
Mervyn King 93.806 Mervyn King 102.496
King 96.586
Kim Viljanen 84.503
5 Smith 94.614
5 Michael Smith 91.226
Kyle Anderson 100.723 Peter Jacques 91.283
5 Smith 104.376
Peter Jacques 97.796
12 Gurney 96.633
12 Daryl Gurney 98.566
Jerry Hendriks 84.306 Jerry Hendriks 85.805
5 Smith 96.806
Christian Bunse 84.934
13 Price 95.424
4 Simon Whitlock 95.155
Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.946 Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.986
Van den Bergh 93.523
Matt Clark 80.190
13 Price 93.346
13 Gerwyn Price 88.656
Mark Walsh 91.816 Mark Walsh 85.204
King 92.422
Nathan Aspinall 87.392
2 Wright 103.076
2 Peter Wright 98.126
Robbie Green 86.766 Robbie Green 93.121
2 Wright 95.556
Martin Schindler 87.825
15 Bunting 94.163
15 Stephen Bunting 86.646
Jermaine Wattimena 87.595 Steffen Siepmann 83.084
2 Wright 96.536
Steffen Siepmann 80.446
10 Chisnall 95.201
7 Benito van de Pas 91.725
Mark Webster 92.202 James Richardson 96.956
Richardson 93.573
James Richardson 101.246
10 Chisnall 100.856
10 Dave Chisnall 100.046
James Wade 90.346 James Wade 98.892
2 Wright 99.956
Justin Pipe 82.351
3 Suljović 90.393
6 Kim Huybrechts 92.644
John Henderson 97.196 John Henderson 95.386
Henderson 92.796
Ray Campbell 81.582
11 Norris 90.525
11 Alan Norris 93.026
Aden Kirk 83.666 Aden Kirk 85.362
Henderson 92.342
Michael Plooy 88.005
3 Suljović 97.266
3 Mensur Suljović 86.166
Christian Kist 90.706 Christian Kist 87.934
3 Suljovićw/o
Zoran Lerchbacher 85.022
14 Cullenw/d
14 Joe Cullen 99.566
Mark Barilli 79.671 Krzysztof Ratajski 96.992
Krzysztof Ratajski 95.976

References

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