2017 German Darts Masters (European Tour)

2017 German Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates	15–17 April 2017
Venue	Sparkassen-Arena
Location	Jena
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	164 Michael van Gerwen (quarter-finals)
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«Event 1 Event 3»

The 2017 German Darts Masters was the second of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Sparkassen-Arena, Jena, Germany, between 15–17 April 2017. 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, having beaten Peter Wright 6–4 in the final of the previous edition, and he defended his title by defeating Jelle Klaasen 6–2 in the final.

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 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today on 23 March 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 Milton Keynes on 31 March), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 23 March), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 14 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 17 February) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 February).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16

1. Michael van Gerwen (champion)
2. Peter Wright (quarter-finals)
3. Mensur Suljović (third round)
4. Simon Whitlock (semi-finals)
5. Benito van de Pas (second round)
6. Ian White (second round)
7. James Wade (semi-finals)
8. Alan Norris (second round)
9. Kim Huybrechts (third round)
10. Gerwyn Price (third round)
11. Jelle Klaasen (runner-up)
12. Michael Smith (quarter-finals)
13. Joe Cullen (second round)
14. Steve West (second round)
15. Stephen Bunting (third round)
16. Cristo Reyes (third round)

UK Qualifier

• Ronnie Baxter (first round)
• Daryl Gurney (second round)
• Brian Woods (first round)
• Robert Owen (first round)
• Kyle Anderson (quarter-finals)
• Mervyn King (second round)
• Justin Pipe (first round)
• Robbie Green (first round)
• Robert Thornton (second round)
• Ted Evetts (second round)
• Andrew Gilding (first round)
• Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals)
• Jamie Lewis (second round)
• Ricky Evans (first round)
• Mark Webster (second round)
• Adrian Lewis (first round)
• Jonny Clayton (second round)
• Joe Murnan (first round)

West/South European Qualifier

• Dirk van Duijvenbode (first round)
• Sven Groen (first round)
• Jeffrey de Graaf (third round)
• Ronny Huybrechts (first round)
• Zoran Lerchbacher (first round)
• Michael Plooy (first round)
• Rowby-John Rodriguez (third round)
• John Michael (second round)

Host Nation Qualifier

• Steffen Siepmann (third round)
• Robert Marijanović (first round)
• Max Hopp (second round)
• Dragutin Horvat (second round)

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

• Daniel Larsson (second round)

East European Qualifier

• Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 15 April					Second round (best of 11 legs) 16 April					Third round (best of 11 legs) 17 April					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 17 April					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 17 April					Final (best of 11 legs) 17 April
						1	Michael van Gerwen 110.12	6
	John Michael 89.56		6				John Michael 91.30	1
											1	van Gerwen 110.78	6
	Robert Marijanović 82.71		2
											16	Reyes 92.56	3
						16	Cristo Reyes 92.11	6
	Mervyn King 94.03		6				Mervyn King 88.49	5
																1	van Gerwen 105.23	6
	Sven Groen 90.04		3
																	van Barneveld 99.50	3
						8	Alan Norris 87.92	4
	Raymond van Barneveld 96.86		6				Raymond van Barneveld 89.08	6
												van Barneveld 102.16	6
	Michael Plooy 81.99		4
											9	K. Huybrechts 96.43	4
						9	Kim Huybrechts 92.44	6
	Justin Pipe 80.32		0				Daniel Larsson 90.10	2
																					1	van Gerwen 100.58	6
	Daniel Larsson 91.09		6
																					4	Whitlock 92.30	2
						5	Benito van de Pas 96.69	4
	Rowby-John Rodriguez 91.26		6				Rowby-John Rodriguez 94.18	6
												Rodriguez 77.66	1
	Krzysztof Ratajski 78.97		1
											12	Smith 92.58	6
						12	Michael Smith 98.51	6
	Brian Woods 76.75		3				Dragutin Horvat 83.20	1
																12	Smith 92.16	4
	Dragutin Horvat 77.51		6
																4	Whitlock 93.30	6
						4	Simon Whitlock 96.55	6
	Ronny Huybrechts 91.75		5				Jonny Clayton 98.09	4
											4	Whitlock 93.27	6
	Jonny Clayton 88.42		6
												Siepmann 83.73	1
						13	Joe Cullen 85.46	5
	Andrew Gilding 66.19		4				Steffen Siepmann 80.92	6
																										1	van Gerwen 107.33	6
	Steffen Siepmann 75.58		6
																										11	Klaasen 98.29	2
						2	Peter Wright 98.65	6
	Mark Webster 87.49		6				Mark Webster 96.29	3
											2	Wright 95.39	6
	Robbie Green 86.20		4
											15	Bunting 100.74	1
						15	Stephen Bunting 90.78	6
	Joe Murnan 89.59		4				Ted Evetts 88.71	4
																2	Wright 93.72	3
	Ted Evetts 98.81		6
																7	Wade 94.33	6
						7	James Wade 91.35	6
	Robert Thornton 89.55		6				Robert Thornton 91.49	3
											7	Wade 87.41	6
	Dirk van Duijvenbode 81.53		1
											10	Price 89.52	2
						10	Gerwyn Price 93.24	6
	Max Hopp 97.27		6				Max Hopp 84.99	1
																					7	Wade 84.40	3
	Robert Owen 87.28		3
																					11	Klaasen 93.99	6
						6	Ian White 87.93	5
	Ricky Evans 91.07		5				Jeffrey de Graaf 91.93	6
												de Graaf 89.38	5
	Jeffrey de Graaf 93.18		6
											11	Klaasen 92.28	6
						11	Jelle Klaasen 87.24	6
	Adrian Lewis 90.94		5				Daryl Gurney 90.59	4
																11	Klaasen 92.63	6
	Daryl Gurney 98.08		6
																	Anderson 94.22	4
						3	Mensur Suljović 90.77	6
	Jamie Lewis 84.56		6				Jamie Lewis 89.48	5
											3	Suljović 99.05	2
	Zoran Lerchbacher 82.75		3
												Anderson 98.53	6
						14	Steve West 95.32	4
	Kyle Anderson 85.93		6				Kyle Anderson 96.72	6
	Ronnie Baxter 89.33		5