European Darts Grand Prix 2017

European Darts Grand Prix 2017
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Glaspalast , Sindelfingen
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Michael van Gerwen
Attendees	48
Opening game	5th May 2017
Endgame	May 7, 2017
Prize money (total)	£ 135,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 25,000
winner	Peter Wright
statistics
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The European Darts Grand Prix is a ranking tournament in darts and was organized for the fourth time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from May 5th to 7th, 2017 . It was the fourth event of the European Darts Tour , which will be carried out as part of the Pro Tour 2017 . The venue was the Glass Palace in Sindelfingen .

The tournament was won by the Scot Peter Wright , who prevailed in the final with 6-0 legs against the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen .

format

The tournament was played in a knockout system . Game mode in all rounds was a best of 11 legs . Each leg was played in double-out mode.

Prize money

The tournament totaled £ 135,000 in prize money, an increase of £ 20,000 over the previous year. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 25,000
finalist	(1)	£ 10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 6,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 4,000
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 3,000
2nd round loser	(16)	£ 2,000
Loser of the preliminary round	(16)	£ 1,000
		£ 135,000

Attendees

PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit
places 1–16

1. Michael van Gerwen
2. Peter Wright
3. Scale length Suljović
4. Simon Whitlock
5. Dave Chisnall
6. James Wade
7. Kim Huybrechts
8. Benito van de Pas
9. Gerwyn Price
10. Alan Norris
11. Jelle Klaasen
12. Ian White
13. Michael Smith
14. Joe Cullen
15. Daryl Gurney
16. Cristo Reyes

UK Qualifier Winner

• Stephen Bunting
• Mervyn King
• Steve West
• Joe Murnan
• Steve Beaton
• James Wilson
• Adrian Lewis
• Chris Dobey
• Paul Rowley
• Rob Cross
• Luke Woodhouse
• Mark Webster
• Steve Lennon
• John Henderson
• James Richardson
• Matt Clark
• Jonny Clayton
• Keegan Brown

Winner of the West & South Europe Qualifier

• Ron Meulenkamp
• Dimitri Van den Bergh
• Jeffrey de Graaf
• Jermaine Wattimena
• Jan Dekker
• Christian Kist
• Zoran Lerchbacher
• Dirk van Duijvenbode

Host Nation Qualifier Winner

• Gabriel Clemens
• Bernd Roith
• René Berndt
• Max Hopp

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

• Ulf Ceder

East Europe Qualifier

• Krzysztof Ratajski

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Michael van Gerwen final 02. Peter Wright victory 03. Scale length Suljović Round of 16 04th Simon Whitlock 2nd round 05. Dave Chisnall Semifinals 06th James Wade 2nd round 07th Kim Huybrechts Round of 16 08th. Benito van de Pas Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 09. Gerwyn Price Round of 16 10. Alan Norris 2nd round 11. Jelle Klaasen Semifinals 12. Ian White 2nd round 13. Michael Smith 2nd round 14th Joe Cullen Quarter finals 15th Daryl Gurney Round of 16 16. Cristo Reyes 2nd round

Tournament course

Preliminary round

5th May 2017

No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2		No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Jeffrey de Graaf 85.86	4: 6	Keegan Brown 86.79		9	James Richardson 94.51	6  : 2	Paul Rowley 12/84
2	Steve Beaton 86.6	2: 6	Ulf Ceder 94.28		10	Ron Meulenkamp 90.7	5: 6	John Henderson 89.24
3	Gabriel Clemens 79.75	3: 6	Joe Murnan 85.61		11	Max Hopp 95.49	6  : 4	Zoran Lerchbacher 85.76
4th	Dimitri Van den Bergh 96.86	6  : 4	Mervyn King 96.76		12	Jan Dekker 108.12	6  : 3	James Wilson 89.6
5	Matt Clark 88.44	6  : 4	René Berndt 82.16		13	Mark Webster 81.56	6  : 4	Bernd Roith 83.57
6th	Stephen Bunting 84.15	2: 6	Adrian Lewis 96.3		14th	Dirk van Duijvenbode 94.88	6  : 5	Jermaine Wattimena 87.44
7th	Rob Cross 96.31	6  : 3	Luke Woodhouse 93.02		15th	Steve Lennon 90.78	4: 6	Krzysztof Ratajski 99.52
8th	Steve West 90.82	6  : 2	Chris Dobey 7/89		16	Christian Kist 89.92	2: 6	Jonny Clayton 96.81

Main round

Round 2 May 6, 2017 best of 11 legs

Round of 16 May 7, 2017 best of 11 legs

Quarterfinals May 7, 2017 best of 11 legs

Semi-finals May 7, 2017 best of 11 legs

Final May 7, 2017 best of 11 legs

1

Michael van Gerwen 97.05

6th

Keegan Brown 90.88

2

1

Michael van Gerwen 97.12

6th

Ulf Ceder 91.9

2

16

Cristo Reyes 83.7

3

Ulf Ceder 82.35

6th

1

Michael van Gerwen 104.05

6th

8th

Benito van de Pas 89.16

1

8th

Benito van de Pas 89.87

6th

Joe Murnan 92.16

5

8th

Benito van de Pas 94.63

6th

9

Gerwyn Price 90.84

2

9

Gerwyn Price 96.67

6th

Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.39

3

1

Michael van Gerwen 105.85

6th

5

Dave Chisnall 97.15

5

5

Dave Chisnall 112.25

6th

Matt Clark 95.65

3

5

Dave Chisnall 99.02

6th

Adrian Lewis 94.41

3

12

Ian White 92.63

4th

Adrian Lewis 96.74

6th

5

Dave Chisnall 95.8

6th

Rob Cross 91.7

3

4th

Simon Whitlock 94.71

3

Rob Cross 95.93

6th

Rob Cross 103.32

6th

Steve West 100.62

1

13

Michael Smith 101.88

5

Steve West 93.7

6th

1

Michael van Gerwen 99.56

0

2

Peter Wright 104.86

6th

2

Peter Wright 100.65

6th

James Richardson 97.96

2

2

Peter Wright 100.38

6th

15th

Daryl Gurney 99.46

4th

15th

Daryl Gurney 99.57

6th

John Henderson 89.41

4th

2

Peter Wright ?

6th

Jan Dekker ?

2

7th

Kim Huybrechts 92.12

6th

Max Hopp 85.63

3

7th

Kim Huybrechts 93.44

4th

Jan Dekker 95.75

6th

10

Alan Norris 92.13

5

Jan Dekker 91.36

6th

2

Peter Wright 99.42

6th

11

Jelle Klaasen 90.26

3

6th

James Wade 89.33

5

Mark Webster 89.13

6th

Mark Webster 92.94

1

11

Jelle Klaasen 97.74

6th

11

Jelle Klaasen 81.57

6th

Dirk van Duijvenbode 73.68

2

11

Jelle Klaasen 94.91

6th

14th

Joe Cullen 91.53

5

3

Scale length Suljović 98.47

6th

Krzysztof Ratajski 91.03

4th

3

Scale length Suljović 101.44

5

14th

Joe Cullen 101.21

6th

14th

Joe Cullen 95.28

6th

Jonny Clayton 92.44

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transmission

The event was not shown on TV in German-speaking countries.

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)