2017 Dutch Darts Masters

2017 Dutch Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates1–3 September 2017
VenueMECC Maastricht
LocationMaastricht
Country Netherlands
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£135,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 Poland Krzysztof Ratajski
England Kirk Shepherd
(second round)
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«Event 8 Event 10»

The 2017 Dutch Darts Masters was the ninth of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at MECC Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands, between 1–3 September 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Daryl Gurney 6–2 in the final of the 2016 tournament,[1] and he retained his title for the 4th consecutive year by defeating Steve Beaton 6–1 in the final.

More than half of all seeds (nine out of 16) did lose their first match, thus resulting in the most seeds crashed out in a European Tour Event after the second round (since the adaption of 16 seeds in the second round in 2014) till the 2019 Czech Darts Open which then saw 11 out of 16 seeds lost in their opening match.

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

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 30 June 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 Barnsley on 7 July), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 31 August), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 31 August), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 19 May) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 August).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

First round
(best of 11 legs)
1 September
[8]
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
2 September
[9]
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
3 September
[10]
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
3 September
[11]
Semi-finals
(best of 11 legs)
3 September
[12]
Final
(best of 11 legs)
3 September
[13]
1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 99.666
Greece John Michael 92.034Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 88.011
1Netherlands van Gerwen 107.606
Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 91.636
Australia Anderson 100.961
16England Mervyn King 103.013
Australia Kyle Anderson 108.966Australia Kyle Anderson 100.716
1Netherlands van Gerwen 104.136
England Justin Pipe 99.944
9Northern Ireland Gurney 94.475
8Netherlands Benito van de Pas 88.281
England Nathan Aspinall 95.666England Nathan Aspinall 102.246
England Aspinall 84.402
Finland Ulf Ceder 86.964
9Northern Ireland Gurney 88.506
9Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 102.806
England Steve West 87.966England Steve West 95.782
1Netherlands van Gerwen 100.426
England Ryan Searle 84.185
5England Smith 104.122
5England Michael Smith 87.156
England James Wilson 89.783Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 79.422
5England Smith 93.236
Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 94.406
12England Cullen 89.622
12England Joe Cullen 94.636
Netherlands Jimmy Hendriks 89.206Netherlands Jimmy Hendriks 86.445
5England Smith 89.766
Germany René Berndt 100.695
Wales Owen 90.645
4Australia Simon Whitlock 101.756
Germany Max Hopp 100.014England Kirk Shepherd 98.404
4Australia Whitlock 86.134
England Kirk Shepherd 91.316
Wales Owen 91.196
13Spain Cristo Reyes 88.335
Wales Robert Owen 85.896Wales Robert Owen 92.386
1Netherlands van Gerwen 99.596
Scotland Jamie Bain 84.820
England Beaton 98.541
2Scotland Peter Wright 87.136
England Darren Webster 88.275Scotland Jim Walker 83.545
2Scotland Wright 92.846
Scotland Jim Walker 90.496
15England Cross 94.483
15England Rob Cross 105.586
Wales Jamie Lewis 95.586Wales Jamie Lewis 93.601
2Scotland Wright 91.426
England Harry Robinson 81.652
Poland Ratajski 90.023
7Belgium Kim Huybrechts 90.964
Netherlands Christian Kist 89.646Netherlands Christian Kist 94.396
Netherlands Kist 91.881
Netherlands Justin van Tergouw 88.595
Poland Ratajski 104.586
10Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 90.073
Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 102.486Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 97.116
2Scotland Wright 95.274
Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 91.410
England Beaton 101.266
6England Ian White 100.803
Scotland John Henderson 90.516Scotland John Henderson 104.306
Scotland Henderson 95.236
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts 88.694
Belgium De Decker 89.262
11England Alan Norris 92.605
England Richard North 87.853Belgium Mike De Decker 87.666
Scotland Henderson 94.432
Belgium Mike De Decker 96.006
England Beaton 102.626
3Austria Mensur Suljović 89.783
England Steve Beaton 85.606England Steve Beaton 86.786
England Beaton 99.106
Germany Nico Blum 80.324
Germany Schindler 92.804
14Wales Gerwyn Price 96.735
England Chris Quantock 90.694Germany Martin Schindler 92.856
Germany Martin Schindler 88.346

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