2018 Gibraltar Darts Trophy

The 2018 Gibraltar Darts Trophy was the seventh of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar from 8–10 June 2018. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2018 Gibraltar Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates8–10 June 2018
VenueVictoria Stadium
LocationGibraltar
Country Gibraltar
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£135,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 Wales Gerwyn Price
(third round)
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«Event 6 Event 8»

Michael Smith was the defending champion after defeating Mensur Suljović 6–4 in the 2017 final, but he lost 6–5 to Jermaine Wattimena in the second round.

Michael van Gerwen won the title for a third time by defeating Adrian Lewis 8–3 in the final.

Prize money edit

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

Prize money will count towards the PDC Order of Merit, the ProTour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit, with one exception: should a seeded player lose in the second round (last 32), their prize money will not count towards any Orders of Merit, although they still receive the full prize money payment.[1][2]

Qualification and format edit

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 11 May will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places will go to players from five qualifying events – 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Milton Keynes on 18 May), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 30 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 7 June), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 25 May) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 24 February).

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw edit

First round
(best of 11 legs)
8 June
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
9 June
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
10 June
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
10 June
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
10 June
Final
(best of 15 legs)
10 June
1  Michael van Gerwen 107.866
  Vincent van der Voort 96.026  Vincent van der Voort 102.434
1  van Gerwen 103.266
  Barrie Bates 86.533
  Boulton 89.532
16  Stephen Bunting 91.724
  Ritchie Edhouse 97.435  Andy Boulton 91.616
1  van Gerwen 97.396
  Andy Boulton 98.946
8  Clayton 86.122
8  Jonny Clayton 93.946
  Hannes Schnier 77.516  Hannes Schnier 80.060
8  Clayton 96.596
  Roy Asquez 69.282
  Hopp 87.642
9  Ian White 87.944
  Max Hopp 100.206  Max Hopp 94.116
1  van Gerwen 105.207
  Mark Dudbridge 87.710
  West 92.144
5  Daryl Gurney 94.666
  James Wilson 88.974  Brendan Dolan 93.714
5  Gurney 89.941
  Brendan Dolan 88.226
  West 93.816
12  Darren Webster 90.255
  Steve West 93.346  Steve West 96.616
  West 89.746
  Toni Alcinas 89.533
4  Cross 99.875
4  Rob Cross 97.666
  Robert Thornton 90.895  Cristo Reyes 91.265
4  Cross 101.026
  Cristo Reyes 87.076
13  Whitlock 84.452
13  Simon Whitlock 91.766
  Richie Burnett 87.643  Adam Huckvale 78.001
1  van Gerwen 108.138
  Adam Huckvale 94.346
  A. Lewis 96.693
2  Michael Smith 95.305
  Jermaine Wattimena 85.006  Jermaine Wattimena 93.606
  Wattimena 94.723
  Tony Dawkins 71.311
15  Price 97.826
15  Gerwyn Price 91.456
  Matt Padgett 91.595  Mike De Decker 86.112
15  Price 92.725
  Mike De Decker 95.456
  Nicholson 87.956
7  Joe Cullen 107.976
  Jeffrey de Graaf 95.714  Darius Labanauskas 95.971
7  Cullen 95.965
  Darius Labanauskas 95.946
  Nicholson 92.856
10  Dave Chisnall 89.274
  Paul Nicholson 85.086  Paul Nicholson 94.246
   Nicholson 98.826
  Antony Lopez 67.790
  A. Lewis 98.297
6  Mensur Suljović 98.953
  Adrian Lewis 85.896  Adrian Lewis 95.636
  A. Lewis 105.976
  Clayton Otton 67.180
11  Wade 105.605
11  James Wade 85.616
  Jamie Lewis 97.013  Ross Smith 88.675
  A. Lewis 95.116
  Ross Smith 91.996
3  Wright 92.483
3  Peter Wright 100.616
  Krzysztof Ratajski 87.993  Michael Barnard 84.432
3  Wright 108.826
  Michael Barnard 95.836
  Dobey 94.901
14  Mervyn King 84.453
  Chris Dobey 97.036  Chris Dobey 84.856
  Steve Lennon 91.762

References edit

  1. ^ "European Tour 2018 Info". PDPA. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. ^ "European Tour Rule Changes Announced". PDC. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  3. ^ Allen, Dave. "Entries Confirmed For Gibraltar & Denmark". PDC. Retrieved 11 May 2018.