The Masters 2018

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The Masters 2018

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Tournament status

Tournament type Invitation tournament
organizer PDC
venue ArenaMK , Milton Keynes
Tournament dates
Defending champion NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
Attendees 16
Opening game January 26, 2018
Endgame January 28, 2018
Prize money (total) £ 200,000
Prize money (winner) £ 60,000
winner NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
statistics
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The Unibet Masters 2018 is an invitation tournament in darts and was held for the sixth time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from January 26th to 28th, 2018 . The venue was the ArenaMK in Milton Keynes for the fourth time .

The tournament win was secured by the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen , who defeated his compatriot Raymond van Barneveld in the final with 11: 9 legs.

mode

The tournament was played in the best of legs mode and the double-out variant . The player who throws exactly 501 points first wins a leg . The last throw of a leg must be on a double square.

The tournament was played in a knockout system . Game mode in the round of 16 and in the quarter-finals was a best of 19 legs . The two semi-finals and the final were held in the best of 21 legs mode.

Attendees

qualification

The first 16 players of the PDC Order of Merit - as of January 2, 2018 - took part in the tournament, all of whom were seeded

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen victory
02. ScotlandScotland Peter Wright Quarter finals
03. EnglandEngland Rob Cross Quarter finals
04th ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson Semifinals

05. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney Round of 16

06th AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović Semifinals

07th EnglandEngland Dave Chisnall Round of 16

08th. AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock Round of 16
No. player Round reached
09. EnglandEngland James Wade Quarter finals

10. NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld final

11. EnglandEngland Michael Smith Round of 16

12. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price Quarter finals

13. NetherlandsNetherlands Benito van de Pas Round of 16

14th EnglandEngland Ian White Round of 16

15th EnglandEngland Alan Norris Round of 16

16. BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts Round of 16

Prize money

A total of 200,000 were pounds paid out in prize money. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players) Prize money
winner (1) £ 60,000
finalist (1) £ 25,000
Semi-finalists (2) £ 17,500
Quarter finalists (4) £ 10,500
Round of 16 players (8th) £ 5,000
£ 200,000

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

Results

  Round of 16 Jan 26 & 27, 2018
best of 19 legs
  Quarterfinals Jan. 28, 2018
best of 19 legs
  Semi-finals Jan. 28, 2018
best of 21 legs
  Final Jan. 28, 2018
best of 21 legs
                                     
1 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 102.68 10                  
16 BelgiumBelgium Kim Huybrechts 96.52 6th  
1 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 111.14 10
  9 EnglandEngland James Wade 97.81 2  
8th AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 97.18 8th
 
9 EnglandEngland James Wade 95.79 10  
1 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 102.33 11
  4th ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 96.43 5  
5 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 96.9 7th      
 
12 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price 98.72 10  
12 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gerwyn Price 92.63 6th
  4th ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 94.46 10  
4th ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 90.55 10
 
13 NetherlandsNetherlands Benito van de Pas 82.78 4th  
1 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 106.13 11
  10 NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 100.55 9
2 ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 98.31 10            
 
15th EnglandEngland Alan Norris 88.87 5  
2 ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 98.85 2
  10 NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 103.51 10  
7th EnglandEngland Dave Chisnall 106.48 9
 
10 NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 101.9 10  
10 NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 94.52 11
  6th AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 90.41 7th  
6th AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 99.89 10      
 
11 EnglandEngland Michael Smith 96.93 8th  
6th AustriaAustria Scale length Suljović 101.4 10
  3 EnglandEngland Rob Cross 99.0 8th  
3 EnglandEngland Rob Cross 08/10 10
 
14th EnglandEngland Ian White 92.9 3  

transmission

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

In the English-speaking world, the TV station ITV broadcast . In addition, the PDC offered a live stream for the tournament.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The Masters 2018 in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)