2016 Dutch Darts Masters

The 2016 Dutch Darts Masters was the first of ten PDC European Tour events on the 2016 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Evenementenhal, Venray, Netherlands, between 12–14 February 2016. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2016 Dutch Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates	12–14 February 2016
Venue	Evenementenhal
Location	Venray
Country	Netherlands
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£115,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
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Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, having beaten Justin Pipe 6–0 in the final of the previous edition, and he retained his title by defeating Daryl Gurney 6–2 in the final.^[1]

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:^[2]

Stage (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	£25,000
Runner-up	(1)	£10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£5,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£3,500
Third round losers	(8)	£2,000
Second round losers	(16)	£1,500
First round losers	(16)	£1,000
Total	£115,000

Qualification and format

The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2013-11-27 at archive.today on 15 January automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.^[3]

The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 17 January),^[4] eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held on 23 January).^[5]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16 Michael van Gerwen (winner) Michael Smith (third round) Peter Wright (third round) James Wade (third round) Kim Huybrechts (second round) Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals) Ian White (second round) Dave Chisnall (quarter-finals) Robert Thornton (withdrew) Jelle Klaasen (third round) Terry Jenkins (third round) Gary Anderson (second round) Benito van de Pas (quarter-finals) Brendan Dolan (second round) Mensur Suljović (semi-finals) Justin Pipe (third round)

UK Qualifier Mervyn King (semi-finals) Simon Whitlock (quarter-finals) Stephen Bunting (second round) Ronnie Baxter (first round) Gerwyn Price (second round) Jamie Lewis (second round) Kevin Thomas (second round) John Henderson (second round) Daryl Gurney (runner-up) Mark Webster (second round) James Richardson (second round) Jamie Caven (first round) Paul Milford (first round) Ricky Evans (first round) David Pallett (first round) Ritchie Edhouse (third round) Robbie Green (first round) Kevin Painter (second round) Devon Petersen (third round) Ryan Harrington (second round)

European Qualifier Zoran Lerchbacher (first round) Jyhan Artut (first round) John Michael (first round) Mike De Decker (first round) Andree Welge (first round) Martin Schindler (first round) Dimitri Van den Bergh (first round) Rowby-John Rodriguez (second round) Host Nation Qualifier Dirk van Duijvenbode (first round) Remco van Eijden (second round) Jermaine Wattimena (first round) Jan Dekker (first round)

Draw

^[6]

	First round (best of 11 legs) 12 February [7]					Second round (best of 11 legs) 13 February [8]					Third round (best of 11 legs) 14 February [9]					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 14 February [10]					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 14 February [10]					Final (best of 11 legs) 14 February [10]
						1	Michael van Gerwen 99.49	6
	John Henderson 84.37		6				John Henderson 92.78	3
											1	van Gerwen 102.65	6
	Dimitri Van den Bergh 87.49		5
											16	Pipe 90.90	3
						16	Justin Pipe 98.44	6
	Jamie Lewis 98.02		6				Jamie Lewis 103.84	5
																1	van Gerwen 103.45	6
	Andree Welge 77.21		0
																8	Chisnall 103.72	3
						8	Dave Chisnall 87.52	6
	Jan Dekker 79.74		3				Kevin Thomas 79.34	3
											8	Chisnall 104.44	6
	Kevin Thomas 81.96		6
												Edhouse 89.15	2
						9	Robert Thornton	w/d
	Ritchie Edhouse 90.16		6				Ritchie Edhouse	w/o
																					1	van Gerwen 96.59	6
	Martin Schindler 93.92		4
																						King 88.96	2
						5	Kim Huybrechts 87.98	2
	Ricky Evans 91.88		5				Devon Petersen 90.65	6
											Petersen 94.76		2
	Devon Petersen 95.66		6
											King 101.82		6
						12	Gary Anderson 99.64	4
	Mervyn King 92.23		6				Mervyn King 100.54	6
																	King 91.27	6
	Ronnie Baxter 90.00		3
																13	van de Pas 93.62	5
						4	James Wade 90.54	6
	David Pallett 83.82		4				Ryan Harrington 83.98	3
											4	Wade 100.55	1
	Ryan Harrington 83.11		6
											13	van de Pas 103.67	6
						13	Benito van de Pas 100.82	6
	Mark Webster 100.92		6				Mark Webster 102.66	2
																										1	van Gerwen 112.26	6
	Jermaine Wattimena 92.97		2
																											Gurney 96.89	2
						2	Michael Smith 85.16	6
	Gerwyn Price 88.92		6				Gerwyn Price 83.67	3
											2	Smith 95.30	5
	Dirk van Duijvenbode 80.09		3
											15	Suljović 95.60	6
						15	Mensur Suljović 81.77	6
	Rowby-John Rodriguez 89.63		6				Rowby-John Rodriguez 66.19	1
																15	Suljović 102.10	6
	Robbie Green 89.35		4
																	Whitlock 95.29	3
						7	Ian White 101.13	4
	Simon Whitlock 90.55		6				Simon Whitlock 100.51	6
												Whitlock 91.61	6
	Mike De Decker 83.69		2
											10	Klaasen 89.65	3
						10	Jelle Klaasen 91.91	6
	Jamie Caven 90.93		5				Kevin Painter 85.87	4
																					15	Suljović 83.51	1
	Kevin Painter 87.63		6
																						Gurney 93.46	6
						6	Adrian Lewis 102.98	6
	Paul Milford 88.43		5				Remco van Eijden 91.95	1
											6	A. Lewis 93.98	6
	Remco van Eijden 90.73		6
											11	Jenkins 88.26	2
						11	Terry Jenkins 93.70	6
	James Richardson 92.70		6				James Richardson 88.31	1
																6	A. Lewis 98.29	4
	Zoran Lerchbacher 91.68		5
																	Gurney 106.84	6
						3	Peter Wright 103.87	6
	Stephen Bunting 94.93		6				Stephen Bunting 94.99	4
											3	Wright 103.27	4
	John Michael 72.67		0
												Gurney 105.18	6
						14	Brendan Dolan 81.62	4
	Daryl Gurney 98.28		6				Daryl Gurney 87.90	6
	Jyhan Artut 93.79		5