Melbourne Darts Masters 2017
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Melbourne Darts Masters 2017
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Tournament status
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| Tournament type | Invitation tournament |
| organizer | PDC |
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Hisense Arena , Melbourne |
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| Defending champion | - |
| Attendees | 16 |
| Opening game | 18th August 2017 |
| Endgame | 20th August 2017 |
| Prize money (total) | £ 60,000 |
| Prize money (winner) | £ 20,000 |
| winner |
 Phil Taylor
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The Melbourne Darts Masters was a tournament in darts and was held from August 18th to 20th, 2017 by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was the fifth event of the World Series of Darts 2017 and took place for the first time. The venue was the Hisense Arena in Melbourne.
format
A total of 16 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. In addition, eight local players took part. Two of them were invited by the PDC, the other six were able to qualify in advance at a qualification tournament. All local participants started the tournament as unset players.
The tournament was played in a knockout system . The first round took place on August 18th, game mode was a best of 11 legs . The quarter-finals were played on August 19th in the best of 19 legs mode, the semi-finals and the final on August 20th, both in the best of 21 legs mode.
Prize money
The tournament totaled £ 60,000 in prize money. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:
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| winner | (1) | £ 20,000 |
| finalist | (1) | £ 10,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £ 5,000 |
| Quarter finalists | (4) | £ 2,500 |
| Round of 16 players | (8th) | £ 1,250 |
| £ 60,000 | ||
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 16 players qualified for the Melbourne Darts Masters 2017:
- The first 6 players in the PDC Order of Merit , all of whom were seeded 1
- The 2 wildcard participants who were also placed
- 8 local participants
PDC Order of Merit
Wildcard participant
Local players
Seeding list
The current placement in the World Series ranking was the basis for the seeding list.
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Results
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1st round August 18, 2017 best of 11 legs |
Quarterfinals August 19, 2017 best of 19 legs |
Semi-finals August 20, 2017 best of 21 legs |
Final August 20, 2017 best of 21 legs |
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 Gary Anderson 103.98
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6th | ||||||||||||||||
 Justin Thompson 82.43
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Gary Anderson 91.25
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 Daryl Gurney 96.21
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Daryl Gurney 94.93
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Dave Marland 73.3
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Daryl Gurney 92.68
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Peter Wright 95.27
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Peter Wright 87.82
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Rhys Mathewson 76.59
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| 4th |
Peter Wright 89.82
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Michael Smith 88.88
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Michael Smith 90.24
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David Platt 89.63
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Peter Wright 98.88
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Phil Taylor 99.74
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 Raymond van Barneveld 85.71
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Corey Cadby 93.42
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Corey Cadby 91.22
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Phil Taylor 97.31
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Phil Taylor 98.01
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 Cody Harris 91.85
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Phil Taylor 93.97
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Simon Whitlock 90.48
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James Wade 84.3
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Koha Kokiri 82.8
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James Wade 91.97
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Simon Whitlock 94.4
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Simon Whitlock 107.69
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Kyle Anderson 103.37
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transmission
In German-speaking countries, the event was not broadcast on TV. However, the paid streaming platform DAZN broadcast the entire tournament.
Internationally, all games were broadcast by the British TV station ITV.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)