2018 European Darts Grand Prix

2018 European Darts Grand Prix
2018 European Darts Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates	4–6 May 2018
Venue	Glaspalast
Location	Sindelfingen
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	164 Darren Webster ; (third round)
Champion(s)
	Michael van Gerwen
«Event 4	Event 6»

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.

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:

Top 16^[5]

Michael van Gerwen (winner)
Peter Wright (third round)
Rob Cross (third round)
Michael Smith (semi-finals)
Daryl Gurney (second round)
Mensur Suljović (third round)
Joe Cullen (quarter-finals)
Dave Chisnall (quarter-finals)
Ian White (third round)
Kim Huybrechts (second round)
Simon Whitlock (quarter-finals)
Mervyn King (second round)
Jelle Klaasen (second round)
John Henderson (second round)
Gerwyn Price (second round)
Darren Webster (third round)

UK Qualifier^[6]

Kyle Anderson (third round)
Stephen Bunting (first round)
Robert Owen (first round)
Matt Padgett (second round)
Adrian Lewis (withdrew)
Alan Tabern (second round)
James Wade (runner-up)
Arron Monk (second round)
Dawson Murschell (first round)
Ricky Evans (first round)
Steve Hine (first round)
Peter Hudson (first round)
Paul Nicholson (third round)
Jamie Caven (second round)
Andy Boulton (first round)
Jamie Lewis (quarter-finals)
Steve Lennon (first round)
Kirk Shepherd (second round)

West/South European Qualifier

Toni Alcinas (first round)
Vincent van der Voort (second round)
Danny Noppert (semi-finals)
Mats Gies (first round)
Jan Dekker (second round)
Mareno Michels (first round)
Jermaine Wattimena (third round)
Dimitri Van den Bergh (first round)

Host Nation Qualifier

Max Hopp (first round)
Martin Schindler (second round)
Gabriel Clemens (first round)
Christian Bunse (first round)
Robert Marijanović (second round)

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

Madars Razma (second round)^[7]

East European Qualifier

Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)^[8]

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



		1	Michael van Gerwen 103.04	6

Alan Tabern 93.59	6		Alan Tabern 92.62	2
					1	van Gerwen 104.80	6
Mats Gies 80.77	3
					16	Webster 99.95	5
		16	Darren Webster 88.57	6

Robert Marijanović 84.49	6		Robert Marijanović 80.98	3
								1	van Gerwen 109.54	6
Andy Boulton 92.37	3
								8	Chisnall 107.57	4
		8	Dave Chisnall 89.45	6

Dimitri Van den Bergh 92.66	4		Matt Padgett 84.70	5
					8	Chisnall 107.04	6
Matt Padgett 89.74	6
					9	White 95.43	5
		9	Ian White 92.04	6

Steve Hine 88.05	4		Madars Razma 90.97	1
											1	van Gerwen 109.59	7
Madars Razma 90.10	6
											4	Smith 90.43	0
		5	Daryl Gurney 96.73	4

Jamie Lewis 91.11	6		Jamie Lewis 93.00	6
					Lewis 89.16		6
Christian Bunse 80.73	4
					Nicholson 95.34		5
		12	Mervyn King 93.75	4

Paul Nicholson 95.71	6		Paul Nicholson 93.74	6
									Lewis 81.25	2
Dawson Murschell 89.68	2
								4	Smith 89.91	6
		4	Michael Smith 95.33	6

Peter Hudson 83.78	3		Arron Monk 89.91	5
					4	Smith 98.32	6
Arron Monk 85.63	6
						Wattimena 87.78	3
		13	Jelle Klaasen 89.45	3

Jermaine Wattimena 91.49	6		Jermaine Wattimena 89.10	6
														1	van Gerwen 110.87	8
Toni Alcinas 88.55	5
															Wade 98.38	3
		2	Peter Wright 110.29	6

Stephen Bunting 91.70	2		Kirk Shepherd 95.11	2
					2	Wright 103.49	5
Kirk Shepherd 93.93	6
						Noppert 94.45	6
		15	Gerwyn Price 101.33	5

Krzysztof Ratajski 91.60	3		Danny Noppert 97.16	6
									Noppert 91.09	6
Danny Noppert 99.73	6
								7	Cullen 90.63	5
		7	Joe Cullen 98.22	6

Martin Schindler 89.29	6		Martin Schindler 99.53	5
					7	Cullen 105.89	6
Robert Owen 73.97	0
						Anderson 97.68	3
		10	Kim Huybrechts 98.10	4

Kyle Anderson 94.28	6		Kyle Anderson 99.82	6
											Noppert 96.49		3
Ricky Evans 92.32	4
											Wade 96.60		7
		6	Mensur Suljović 93.11	6

Jamie Caven 84.89	6		Jamie Caven 94.07	5
					6	Suljović 100.82	4
Mareno Michels 77.47	1
					11	Whitlock 98.65	6
		11	Simon Whitlock 99.10	6

Jan Dekker 89.29	6		Jan Dekker 89.86	0
								11	Whitlock 86.79	3
Gabriel Clemens 87.59	3
									Wade 90.60	6
		3	Rob Cross 102.47	6

Vincent van der Voort 103.40	6		Vincent van der Voort 93.54	5
					3	Cross 98.50	5
Steve Lennon 90.49	4
						Wade 100.52	6
		14	John Henderson 94.51	4

James Wade 92.08	6		James Wade 94.78	6

Max Hopp 89.81	4