Dubai Darts Masters 2016

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Dubai Darts Masters 2016

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Tournament status

Tournament type Invitation tournament
organizer PDC
venue Dubai Tennis Stadium ,
Dubai
Tournament dates
Defending champion NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
Attendees 8th
Opening game May 26, 2016
Endgame May 27, 2016
Prize money (total) $ 245,000
Prize money (winner) $ 65,000
winner ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson
statistics

highest
finish
170 points from Phil Taylor
EnglandEngland
2015
 
2017

The Dubai Darts Masters is a tournament in darts and was held for the fourth time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from May 26th to 27th, 2016 . It was the first event of the World Series of Darts 2016 . The venue was the Dubai Tennis Stadium in Dubai for the fourth time .

Defending champion Michael van Gerwen was defeated for the first time ever at the Dubai Darts Masters with a 9:11 final defeat by Gary Anderson .

format

A total of 8 players took part in the tournament. The field of participants consisted of the 6 best placed players of the PDC Order of Merit and 2 wildcard players. The position in the Order of Merit was the basis for the seeding list.

The tournament was played in a knockout system . The first round took place on May 26th. Game mode was a best of 19 legs . The semi-finals and the final were all played on the evening of May 27th in a best of 21 legs mode.

Prize money

The tournament totaled $ 245,000 in prize money. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players) Prize money
winner (1) $ 65,000
finalist (1) $ 40,000
Semi-finalists (2) $ 30,000
Quarter finalists (4) $ 20,000
$ 245,000

Since it was an invitation tournament, the prizes won were not taken into account when calculating the PDC Order of Merit.

Attendees

The following 8 players were qualified for the Dubai Darts Masters 2016:

PDC Order of Merit

  1. NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
  2. ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson
  3. EnglandEngland Adrian Lewis
  4. EnglandEngland Phil Taylor
  5. ScotlandScotland Peter Wright
  6. EnglandEngland James Wade

Wildcard participant

Results

  1st round May 26th, 2016
best of 19 legs
Semi-finals May 27, 2016
best of 21 legs
Final May 27, 2016
best of 21 legs
                           
  1 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 107.65 10        
5 ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 106.55 7th  
1 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 105.09 11
  WC EnglandEngland Dave Chisnall 97.35 7th  
3 EnglandEngland Adrian Lewis 79.46 1
WC EnglandEngland Dave Chisnall 90.18 10  
1 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 100.95 9
  2 ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 97.98 11
2 ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 98.36 10    
WC NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 94.25 8th  
2 ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 97.29 11
  3 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 101.65 7th  
4th EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 11/93 10
  6th EnglandEngland James Wade 7/7 2  

transmission

In German-speaking countries, the event was not broadcast on TV.

Internationally, all games were broadcast by the PDC on livepdc.tv.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
  2. Dubai To Kick Off 2016 World Series. (No longer available online.) March 6, 2016, archived from the original on March 7, 2016 ; accessed on March 6, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pdc.tv