2018 Gibraltar Darts Trophy

The 2018 Gibraltar Darts Trophy was the seventh of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar from 8–10 June 2018. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2018 Gibraltar Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates8–10 June 2018
VenueVictoria Stadium
LocationGibraltar
Country Gibraltar
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£135,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 Wales Gerwyn Price
(third round)
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«Event 6Event 8»

Michael Smith was the defending champion after defeating Mensur Suljović 6–4 in the 2017 final, but he lost 6–5 to Jermaine Wattimena in the second round.

Michael van Gerwen won the title for a third time by defeating Adrian Lewis 8–3 in the final.

Prize money

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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.[1][2]

Qualification and format

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The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 11 May 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 Milton Keynes on 18 May), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 30 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 7 June), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 25 May) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 24 February).

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
8 June
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
9 June
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
10 June
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
10 June
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
10 June
Final
(best of 15 legs)
10 June
1 Michael van Gerwen 107.866
Vincent van der Voort 96.026 Vincent van der Voort 102.434
1 van Gerwen 103.266
Barrie Bates 86.533
Boulton 89.532
16 Stephen Bunting 91.724
Ritchie Edhouse 97.435 Andy Boulton 91.616
1 van Gerwen 97.396
Andy Boulton 98.946
8 Clayton 86.122
8 Jonny Clayton 93.946
Hannes Schnier 77.516 Hannes Schnier 80.060
8 Clayton 96.596
Roy Asquez 69.282
Hopp 87.642
9 Ian White 87.944
Max Hopp 100.206 Max Hopp 94.116
1 van Gerwen 105.207
Mark Dudbridge 87.710
West 92.144
5 Daryl Gurney 94.666
James Wilson 88.974 Brendan Dolan 93.714
5 Gurney 89.941
Brendan Dolan 88.226
West 93.816
12 Darren Webster 90.255
Steve West 93.346 Steve West 96.616
West 89.746
Toni Alcinas 89.533
4 Cross 99.875
4 Rob Cross 97.666
Robert Thornton 90.895 Cristo Reyes 91.265
4 Cross 101.026
Cristo Reyes 87.076
13 Whitlock 84.452
13 Simon Whitlock 91.766
Richie Burnett 87.643 Adam Huckvale 78.001
1 van Gerwen 108.138
Adam Huckvale 94.346
A. Lewis 96.693
2 Michael Smith 95.305
Jermaine Wattimena 85.006 Jermaine Wattimena 93.606
Wattimena 94.723
Tony Dawkins 71.311
15 Price 97.826
15 Gerwyn Price 91.456
Matt Padgett 91.595 Mike De Decker 86.112
15 Price 92.725
Mike De Decker 95.456
Nicholson 87.956
7 Joe Cullen 107.976
Jeffrey de Graaf 95.714 Darius Labanauskas 95.971
7 Cullen 95.965
Darius Labanauskas 95.946
Nicholson 92.856
10 Dave Chisnall 89.274
Paul Nicholson 85.086 Paul Nicholson 94.246
  Nicholson 98.826
Antony Lopez 67.790
A. Lewis 98.297
6 Mensur Suljović 98.953
Adrian Lewis 85.896 Adrian Lewis 95.636
A. Lewis 105.976
Clayton Otton 67.180
11 Wade 105.605
11 James Wade 85.616
Jamie Lewis 97.013 Ross Smith 88.675
A. Lewis 95.116
Ross Smith 91.996
3 Wright 92.483
3 Peter Wright 100.616
Krzysztof Ratajski 87.993 Michael Barnard 84.432
3 Wright 108.826
Michael Barnard 95.836
Dobey 94.901
14 Mervyn King 84.453
Chris Dobey 97.036 Chris Dobey 84.856
Steve Lennon 91.762

References

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  1. ^ "European Tour 2018 Info". PDPA. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. ^ "European Tour Rule Changes Announced". PDC. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  3. ^ Allen, Dave. "Entries Confirmed For Gibraltar & Denmark". PDC. Retrieved 11 May 2018.