Dubai Darts Masters 2017

Dubai Darts Masters 2017
Tournament status
Tournament type	Invitation tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Dubai Tennis Stadium , Dubai
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Gary Anderson
Attendees	8th
Opening game	May 24, 2017
Endgame	May 25, 2017
Prize money (total)	£ 50,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 20,000
winner	Gary Anderson
statistics
← 2016

The Dubai Darts Masters is a tournament in darts and was held for the fifth time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from May 24th to 25th, 2017 . It was the first event of the 2017 World Series of Darts . The venue is the Dubai Tennis Stadium in Dubai for the fifth time .

Defending champion Gary Anderson was able to repeat his previous year's victory with an 11: 7 in the final over Michael van Gerwen .

format

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

The tournament was played in a knockout system . In the first round the game mode was a best of 19 legs . The semi-finals and the final were played in a best of 21 legs mode.

Prize money

The tournament totaled £ 50,000 in prize money. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 20,000
finalist	(1)	£ 10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 5,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 2,500
		£ 50,000

Since this is an invitation tournament, the prize money won was not taken into account when calculating the PDC Order of Merit.

Attendees

The following eight players were qualified for the Dubai Darts Masters 2017:

• The 6 first placed players of the PDC Order of Merit , of which the first 4 were seeded
• The 2 wildcard participants

PDC Order of Merit

1. Michael van Gerwen
2. Gary Anderson
3. Peter Wright
4. James Wade
5. Dave Chisnall
6. Phil Taylor

Wildcard participant

1. Raymond van Barneveld
2. Gerwyn Price

Results

	1st round May 24th 2017 best of 19 legs					Semi-finals May 25, 2017 best of 21 legs					Final May 25, 2017 best of 21 legs
	1	Michael van Gerwen 104.87	10
		Raymond van Barneveld 101.2	5
						1	Michael van Gerwen 96.91	11
							Gerwyn Price 88.84	3
	4th	James Wade 88.96	9
		Gerwyn Price 95.25	10
											1	Michael van Gerwen 110.46	7th
											2	Gary Anderson 110.88 1	11
	2	Gary Anderson 99.26	10
		Phil Taylor 90.36	3
						2	Gary Anderson 99.29	11
						3	Peter Wright 91.91	8th
	3	Peter Wright 101.57	10
		Dave Chisnall 99.37	5

¹ In the final, Gary Anderson played the highest average in the history of the Dubai Darts Masters at the time.

transmission

The DAZN streaming service broadcast the event exclusively in German-speaking countries .

In addition, the PDC offered a live stream for the tournament.

Web links

• Report on darts1.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dubai Darts Masters prize money. Retrieved May 23, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Dubai Darts Masters participant. Retrieved May 23, 2017 (English).