2017 Dutch Darts Masters

The 2017 Dutch Darts Masters was the ninth of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at MECC Eventcentre, Maastricht, Netherlands, between 1–3 September 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2017 Dutch Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates1–3 September 2017
VenueMECC Eventcentre
LocationMaastricht
Country Netherlands
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£135,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 Krzysztof Ratajski
Kirk Shepherd
(Second round)
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
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Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Daryl Gurney 6–2 in the final of the 2016 tournament,[1] and he retained his title for the 4th consecutive year by defeating Steve Beaton 6–1 in the final.

More than half of all seeds (nine out of 16) did lose their first match, thus resulting in the most seeds crashed out in a European Tour Event after the second round (since the adaption of 16 seeds in the second round in 2014).

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £6,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £4,000
Third round losers (8) £3,000
Second round losers (16) £2,000
First round losers (16) £1,000
Total £135,000

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 30 June automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from five qualifying events – 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 7 July), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 31 August), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 31 August), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 19 May) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 August).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

  First round
1 September
[8]
Second round
2 September
[9]
Third round
3 September
[10]
Quarter-finals
3 September
[11]
Semi-finals
3 September
[12]
Final
3 September
[13]
                                                         
John Michael 92.03 4     1 Michael van Gerwen 99.66 6  
Jeffrey de Zwaan 91.63 6     Jeffrey de Zwaan 88.01 1  
  1 van Gerwen 107.60 6  
  Anderson 100.96 1  
Kyle Anderson 108.96 6 16 Mervyn King 103.01 3
Justin Pipe 99.94 4     Kyle Anderson 100.71 6  
  1 van Gerwen 104.13 6  
  9 Gurney 94.47 5  
Nathan Aspinall 95.66 6     8 Benito van de Pas 88.28 1  
Ulf Ceder 86.96 4     Nathan Aspinall 102.24 6  
  Aspinall 84.40 2
  9 Gurney 88.50 6  
Steve West 87.96 6 9 Daryl Gurney 102.80 6
Ryan Searle 84.18 5     Steve West 95.78 2  
  1 van Gerwen 100.42 6  
  5 Smith 104.12 2  
James Wilson 89.78 3     5 Michael Smith 87.15 6  
Rowby-John Rodriguez 94.40 6     Rowby-John Rodriguez 79.42 2  
  5 Smith 93.23 6
  12 Cullen 89.62 2  
Jimmy Hendriks 89.20 6 12 Joe Cullen 94.63 6
René Berndt 100.69 5     Jimmy Hendriks 86.44 5  
  5 Smith 89.76 6
  Owen 90.64 5  
Max Hopp 100.01 4     4 Simon Whitlock 101.75 6  
Kirk Shepherd 91.31 6     Kirk Shepherd 98.40 4  
  4 Whitlock 86.13 4
  Owen 91.19 6  
Robert Owen 85.89 6 13 Cristo Reyes 88.33 5
Jamie Bain 84.82 0     Robert Owen 92.38 6  
1 van Gerwen 99.59 6
Beaton 98.54 1
Darren Webster 88.27 5     2 Peter Wright 87.13 6  
Jim Walker 90.49 6     Jim Walker 83.54 5  
  2 Wright 92.84 6  
  15 Cross 94.48 3  
Jamie Lewis 95.58 6 15 Rob Cross 105.58 6
Harry Robinson 81.65 2     Jamie Lewis 93.60 1  
  2 Wright 91.42 6  
  Ratajski 90.02 3  
Christian Kist 89.64 6     7 Kim Huybrechts 90.96 4  
Justin van Tergouw 88.59 5     Christian Kist 94.39 6  
  Kist 91.88 1
  Ratajski 104.58 6  
Krzysztof Ratajski 102.48 6 10 Jelle Klaasen 90.07 3
Steve Lennon 91.41 0     Krzysztof Ratajski 97.11 6  
  2 Wright 95.27 4
  Beaton 101.26 6  
John Henderson 90.51 6     6 Ian White 100.80 3  
Ronny Huybrechts 88.69 4     John Henderson 104.30 6  
  Henderson 95.23 6
  De Decker 89.26 2  
Richard North 87.85 3 11 Alan Norris 92.60 5
Mike De Decker 96.00 6     Mike De Decker 87.66 6  
  Henderson 94.43 2
  Beaton 102.62 6  
Steve Beaton 85.60 6     3 Mensur Suljović 89.78 3  
Nico Blum 80.32 4     Steve Beaton 86.78 6  
  Beaton 99.10 6
  Schindler 92.80 4  
Chris Quantock 90.69 4 14 Gerwyn Price 96.73 5
Martin Schindler 88.34 6     Martin Schindler 92.85 6  
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References

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  3. "ET9 UK Qualifier Updates". PDC. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
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  5. https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/08/31/kist-headlines-maastricht-qualifiers
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  7. https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/08/27/further-ratajski-success-bezzeg-qualifies
  8. "Dutch Masters Day One". PDC. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  9. "Dutch Masters Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  10. "Dutch Masters Finals Day". PDC. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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