2017 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters

2017 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates 24–25 May 2017
Venue Dubai Tennis Centre
Location Dubai
Country  United Arab Emirates
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Final – best of 21 legs
Prize fund £50,000
Winners share £20,000
High checkout 170 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Champion(s)
Scotland Gary Anderson
«2016

The 2017 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters was the fifth staging of the tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the first World Series of Darts event of 2017. The tournament featured eight of the top players according to the PDC Order of Merit, competing in a knockout system. The tournament was be held at the Dubai Tennis Centre in Dubai over 24–25 May 2017.

Gary Anderson was the title defender after beating Michael van Gerwen 11–9 in the last year's final. He successfully defended his title after beating Michael van Gerwen in a repeat of the final 11–7.

The combined average in the final was 221.34, the highest total in a televised PDC final, beating the previous best of 217.15 by Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis in the 2013 World Matchplay final.

Prize money

The total prize fund was £50,000.

Stage (no. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £20,000
Runner-Up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £5,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £2,500

Qualifiers

Eight players were invited by the Professional Darts Corporation were selected to compete. 5 of the top 6 players in the PDC Order of Merit prior to the event were invited - reigning event champion Gary Anderson, 2017 world champion Michael van Gerwen, 2017 UK Open winner Peter Wright, James Wade & Dave Chisnall - as were two former world champions - the sixteen-time champion Phil Taylor and five-time champion Raymond van Barneveld. The 2017 UK Open runner-up Gerwyn Price was the eighth player invited, making his World Series of Darts debut. Price was the only player not to have featured in the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters event.[1]

The top four players going into the event were seeded and were kept apart for the first round.

  1. Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (Runner-up)
  2. Scotland Gary Anderson (Champion)
  3. Scotland Peter Wright (Semi-finals)
  4. England James Wade (Quarter-finals)

The other four players were unseeded and drawn randomly among the top four seeds for the first round.[2]

Draw

[3]

Quarter-finals
Best of 19 legs
[2][4] 		Semi-finals
Best of 21 legs[5] 		Final
Best of 21 legs[5]
         
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 104.87 10
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 101.20 5
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 96.91 11
Wales Gerwyn Price 88.84 3
4 England James Wade 88.96 9
Wales Gerwyn Price 95.25 10
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 110.46 7
2 Scotland Gary Anderson 110.88 11
2 Scotland Gary Anderson 99.26 10
England Phil Taylor 90.36 3
2 Scotland Gary Anderson 99.29 11
3 Scotland Peter Wright 91.91 8
3 Scotland Peter Wright 101.57 10
England Dave Chisnall 99.37 5

Broadcasting

The tournament was available in the following territories on these channels.[5]

Country Channel
United Kingdom United KingdomITV4 (delayed coverage)
Republic of Ireland Republic of IrelandSetanta Sports
Middle East and North AfricaOSN
Australia AustraliaFox Sports
New Zealand New ZealandSky Sport (New Zealand)
Netherlands NetherlandsRTL7
AsiaFox Sports
Czech Republic Czech Republic Slovakia SlovakiaNova Sport 2
Germany Germany Japan JapanDAZN
ScandinaviaViasat
China ChinaCCTV & Madison
South Africa & Sub-Saharan AfricaKwese
United States United StatesEleven

References

  1. ↑ "Trio To Make World Series Debuts". PDC. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters Draw". PDC. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  3. ↑ http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=11266&showAverages=Y
  4. ↑ http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1hr2xjgl54pp917tsr8epqano0/title/anderson-relishing-van-gerwen-duel
  5. 1 2 3 http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1dyxriyxbqrhj1859d1vwe1e03/title/dubai-duty-free-darts-masters-finals-day
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