2017 European Darts Open

2017 European Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	30 June-2 July
Venue	Smidt-Arena
Location	Leverkusen
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winners share	£25,000
High checkout	161 Stephen Bunting James Wade (Second round)[1]
Champion(s)
Peter Wright
«Event 7 Event 9»

The 2017 European Darts Open was the eighth of twelve European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Smidt-Arena, Leverkusen, Germany, between 30 June-2 July. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Peter Wright 6–5 in the final of the 2016 tournament,^[2][3] but lost 6–2 in the third round to Rob Cross.

Peter Wright won the tournament, defeating Mervyn King 6–2 in the final.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:^[4]

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 11 May 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 Wigan on 16 June), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 29 June), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 29 June), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 19 May) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 22 June).

Adrian Lewis withdrew for health reasons the day before the event, meaning a fifth Host Nation Qualifier will take his place.^[5]

On 2 July, Joe Cullen withdrew before his third round match after his father suffered a heart attack;^[6][7] consequently Mensur Suljović was given a bye to the quarter-finals.

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

^[15]

	First round 30 June [16]					Second round 1 July [17]					Third round 2 July[18]					Quarter-finals 2 July[19]					Semi-finals 2 July[20]					Final 2 July[21]
		Cristo Reyes 88.43	2			1	Michael van Gerwen 96.97	6
		Vincent van der Voort 91.96	6				Vincent van der Voort 88.73	0
											1	van Gerwen 102.92	2
											16	Cross 102.30	6
		Dragutin Horvat 86.73	3	16	Rob Cross 92.02	6
		Robert Allenstein 87.67	6				Robert Allenstein 75.84	0
																16	Cross 94.06	2
																King 96.90	6
		Devon Petersen 75.30	6			8	Jelle Klaasen 77.14	4
		Richard North 80.56	5				Devon Petersen 81.16	6
												Petersen 91.20	3
												King 102.95	6
		Mervyn King 93.80	6	9	Ian White 93.91	2
		Kim Viljanen 84.50	3				Mervyn King 102.49	6
																						King 96.58	6
																					5	Smith 94.61	4
		Kyle Anderson 100.72	3			5	Michael Smith 91.22	6
		Peter Jacques 97.79	6				Peter Jacques 91.28	3
											5	Smith 104.37	6
											12	Gurney 96.63	3
		Jerry Hendriks 84.30	6	12	Daryl Gurney 98.56	6
		Christian Bunse 84.93	4				Jerry Hendriks 85.80	5
																5	Smith 96.80	6
															13	Price 95.42	4
		Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.94	6			4	Simon Whitlock 95.15	5
		Matt Clark 80.19	0				Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.98	6
												Van den Bergh 93.52	3
											13	Price 93.34	6
		Mark Walsh 91.81	6	13	Gerwyn Price 88.65	6
		Nathan Aspinall 87.39	2				Mark Walsh 85.20	4
																											King 92.42	2
																										2	Wright 103.07	6
		Robbie Green 86.76	6			2	Peter Wright 98.12	6
		Martin Schindler 87.82	5				Robbie Green 93.12	1
											2	Wright 95.55	6
											15	Bunting 94.16	3
		Jermaine Wattimena 87.59	5	15	Stephen Bunting 86.64	6
		Steffen Siepmann 80.44	6				Steffen Siepmann 83.08	4
																2	Wright 96.53	6
															10	Chisnall 95.20	1
		Mark Webster 92.20	2			7	Benito van de Pas 91.72	5
		James Richardson 101.24	6				James Richardson 96.95	6
												Richardson 93.57	3
											10	Chisnall 100.85	6
		James Wade 90.34	6	10	Dave Chisnall 100.04	6
		Justin Pipe 82.35	1				James Wade 98.89	2
																					2	Wright 99.95	6
																					3	Suljović 90.39	3
		John Henderson 97.19	6			6	Kim Huybrechts 92.64	4
		Ray Campbell 81.58	2				John Henderson 95.38	6
												Henderson 92.79	6
											11	Norris 90.52	5
		Aden Kirk 83.66	6	11	Alan Norris 93.02	6
		Michael Plooy 88.00	5				Aden Kirk 85.36	2
																	Henderson 92.34	2
															3	Suljović 97.26	6
		Christian Kist 90.70	6			3	Mensur Suljović 86.16	6
		Zoran Lerchbacher 85.02	2				Christian Kist 87.93	4
											3	Suljović	w/o
											14	Cullen	w/d
		Mark Barilli 79.67	1	14	Joe Cullen 99.56	6
		Krzysztof Ratajski 95.97	6				Krzysztof Ratajski 96.99	2

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