Melbourne Darts Masters 2018
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Melbourne Darts Masters 2018
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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 |
 Phil Taylor
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| Attendees | 16 |
| Opening game | August 10, 2018 |
| Endgame | August 12, 2018 |
| Prize money (total) | £ 60,000 |
| Prize money (winner) | £ 20,000 |
| winner |
 Peter Wright
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statistics
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| highest finish |
170 points from Simon Whitlock |
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The Melbourne Darts Masters is a tournament in darts and was organized from August 10th to 12th, 2018 by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was the fifth event of the World Series of Darts 2018 and took place for the second time. The venue was again the Hisense Arena in Melbourne .
The tournament was won by the Scot Peter Wright , who prevailed in the final with 11: 8 legs against the Englishman Michael Smith .
format
A total of 16 players took part in the tournament. The field of participants consisted of the four best placed players of the PDC Order of Merit and four 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 10th, the game mode was a best of 11 legs . The quarter-finals were held on August 11th in best of 19 legs mode, the semi-finals and the final on August 12th, both in 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 were qualified for the Melbourne Darts Masters 2018:
- The 4 first placed players of the PDC Order of Merit , all of whom were seeded
- The 4 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 10, 2018 best of 11 legs |
Quarterfinals August 11, 2018 best of 19 legs |
Semi-finals August 12, 2018 best of 21 legs |
Final August 12, 2018 best of 21 legs |
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 Michael van Gerwen 111.41
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 Raymond Smith 90.94
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Michael van Gerwen 100.20
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Simon Whitlock 93.96
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Simon Whitlock 94.41
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Corey Cadby 84.50
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Michael van Gerwen 103.47
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Peter Wright 104.28
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Peter Wright 99.10
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Mike Bonser 84.28
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| 4th |
Peter Wright 101.91
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Raymond van Barneveld 97.16
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Raymond van Barneveld 82.84
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Ray O'Donnell 81.86
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Peter Wright 97.70
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Michael Smith 99.17
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Rob Cross 92.74
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 Hauptai Puha 91.86
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Rob Cross 96.57
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Michael Smith 100.33
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Michael Smith 92.46
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Tim Pusey 81.31
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Michael Smith 100.40
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Gary Anderson 95.75
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Gary Anderson 107.56
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James Bailey 87.42
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Gary Anderson 95.58
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Damon Heta 90.91
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Kyle Anderson 86.42
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Damon Heta 83.45
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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. In addition, all games ran on pdc.tv.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)