Perth Darts Masters 2017

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Perth Darts Masters 2017

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Tournament status

Tournament type Invitation tournament
organizer PDC
venue Convention and Exhibition Center ,
Perth
Tournament dates
Defending champion NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
Attendees 16
Opening game August 25, 2017
Endgame 27th August 2017
Prize money (total) £ 60,000
Prize money (winner) £ 20,000
winner ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson
statistics
2016
 

The Perth Darts Masters is a tournament in darts and was organized from August 25th to 27th, 2017 by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was the sixth event of the 2017 World Series of Darts . As in the previous year, the venue was the Perth Convention and Exhibition Center in Perth.

The tournament was won by the Scot Gary Anderson , who was able to prevail in the final with 11: 7 legs against the Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld .

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 25th, game mode was a best of 11 legs . The quarter-finals were held on August 26th in best of 19 legs mode, the semi-finals and the final on August 27th, 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:

Position (number of players) Prize money
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 Perth 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

1The originally qualified Michael van Gerwen and Adrian Lewis withdrew their participation due to the upcoming birth of their children.

Seeding list

The current placement in the World Series ranking was the basis for the seeding list.

No. player Round reached

01. ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson victory
02. EnglandEngland Phil Taylor Quarter finals
03. ScotlandScotland Peter Wright Quarter finals
04th EnglandEngland James Wade Semifinals

Results

  1st round August 25, 2017
best of 11 legs
  Quarterfinals August 26th 2017
best of 19 legs
  Semi-finals August 27, 2017
best of 21 legs
  Final August 27, 2017
best of 21 legs
                                     
1 ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 96.47 6th                  
New ZealandNew Zealand Rob Szabo 78.25 1  
1 ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 102.38 10
  AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 98.42 5  
AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 83.74 6th
 
AustraliaAustralia Justin Thompson 80.93 2  
1 ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 98.41 11
  4th EnglandEngland James Wade 7/90 9  
4th EnglandEngland James Wade 95.94 6th      
 
AustraliaAustralia Darren Hayes 63.2 0  
4th EnglandEngland James Wade May 101 10
  EnglandEngland Michael Smith 97.26 5  
EnglandEngland Michael Smith 88.29 6th
 
AustraliaAustralia Adam Rowe 85.5 2  
1 ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 103.98 11
  NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 101.87 7th
2 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 95.9 6th            
 
AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson 95.64 4th  
2 EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 93.75 9
  NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 94.89 10  
NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 95.35 6th
 
AustraliaAustralia Corey Cadby 96.4 5  
NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 91.55 11
  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 91.6 10  
3 ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 100.24 6th      
 
AustraliaAustralia Rhys Mathewson 98.76 2  
3 ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 99.43 4th
  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 97.7 10  
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 106.09 6th
 
New ZealandNew Zealand Koha Kokiri 95.27 0  

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

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