2017 Dutch Darts Masters

The 2017 Dutch Darts Masters was the ninth of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at MECC Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands, between 1–3 September 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2017 Dutch Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates	1–3 September 2017
Venue	MECC Maastricht
Location	Maastricht
Country	Netherlands
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Krzysztof Ratajski Kirk Shepherd (second round)
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
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Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Daryl Gurney 6–2 in the final of the 2016 tournament,^[1] and he retained his title for the 4th consecutive year by defeating Steve Beaton 6–1 in the final.

More than half of all seeds (nine out of 16) did lose their first match, thus resulting in the most seeds crashed out in a European Tour Event after the second round (since the adaption of 16 seeds in the second round in 2014) till the 2019 Czech Darts Open which then saw 11 out of 16 seeds lost in their opening match.

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 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 30 June 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 Barnsley on 7 July), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 31 August), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 31 August), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 19 May) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 August).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16[2] Michael van Gerwen (winner) Peter Wright (semi-finals) Mensur Suljović (second round) Simon Whitlock (third round) Michael Smith (semi-finals) Ian White (second round) Kim Huybrechts (second round) Benito van de Pas (second round) Daryl Gurney (quarter-finals) Jelle Klaasen (second round) Alan Norris (second round) Joe Cullen (third round) Cristo Reyes (second round) Gerwyn Price (second round) Rob Cross (third round) Mervyn King (second round)

UK Qualifier[3] Nathan Aspinall (third round) Steve Beaton (runner-up) James Wilson (first round) Steve West (second round) Kyle Anderson (third round) Jim Walker (second round) Darren Webster (first round) John Henderson (quarter-finals) Kirk Shepherd (second round) Harry Robinson (first round) Justin Pipe (first round) Chris Quantock (first round) Jamie Bain (first round) Ryan Searle (first round) Jamie Lewis (second round) Robert Owen (quarter-finals) Steve Lennon (first round) Richard North (first round)

West/South European Qualifier[4] René Berndt (first round) Max Hopp (first round) Nico Blum (first round) Mike De Decker (third round) Martin Schindler (third round) Ronny Huybrechts (first round) Rowby-John Rodriguez (second round) John Michael (first round) Host Nation Qualifier[5] Jimmy Hendriks (second round) Christian Kist (third round) Justin van Tergouw (first round) Jeffrey de Zwaan (second round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier[6] Ulf Ceder (first round) East European Qualifier[7] Krzysztof Ratajski (quarter-finals)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 1 September [8]					Second round (best of 11 legs) 2 September [9]					Third round (best of 11 legs) 3 September [10]					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 3 September [11]					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 3 September [12]					Final (best of 11 legs) 3 September [13]
						1	Michael van Gerwen 99.66	6
	John Michael 92.03		4				Jeffrey de Zwaan 88.01	1
											1	van Gerwen 107.60	6
	Jeffrey de Zwaan 91.63		6
												Anderson 100.96	1
						16	Mervyn King 103.01	3
	Kyle Anderson 108.96		6				Kyle Anderson 100.71	6
																1	van Gerwen 104.13	6
	Justin Pipe 99.94		4
																9	Gurney 94.47	5
						8	Benito van de Pas 88.28	1
	Nathan Aspinall 95.66		6				Nathan Aspinall 102.24	6
												Aspinall 84.40	2
	Ulf Ceder 86.96		4
											9	Gurney 88.50	6
						9	Daryl Gurney 102.80	6
	Steve West 87.96		6				Steve West 95.78	2
																					1	van Gerwen 100.42	6
	Ryan Searle 84.18		5
																					5	Smith 104.12	2
						5	Michael Smith 87.15	6
	James Wilson 89.78		3				Rowby-John Rodriguez 79.42	2
											5	Smith 93.23	6
	Rowby-John Rodriguez 94.40		6
											12	Cullen 89.62	2
						12	Joe Cullen 94.63	6
	Jimmy Hendriks 89.20		6				Jimmy Hendriks 86.44	5
																5	Smith 89.76	6
	René Berndt 100.69		5
																	Owen 90.64	5
						4	Simon Whitlock 101.75	6
	Max Hopp 100.01		4				Kirk Shepherd 98.40	4
											4	Whitlock 86.13	4
	Kirk Shepherd 91.31		6
												Owen 91.19	6
						13	Cristo Reyes 88.33	5
	Robert Owen 85.89		6				Robert Owen 92.38	6
																										1	van Gerwen 99.59	6
	Jamie Bain 84.82		0
																											Beaton 98.54	1
						2	Peter Wright 87.13	6
	Darren Webster 88.27		5				Jim Walker 83.54	5
											2	Wright 92.84	6
	Jim Walker 90.49		6
											15	Cross 94.48	3
						15	Rob Cross 105.58	6
	Jamie Lewis 95.58		6				Jamie Lewis 93.60	1
																2	Wright 91.42	6
	Harry Robinson 81.65		2
																	Ratajski 90.02	3
						7	Kim Huybrechts 90.96	4
	Christian Kist 89.64		6				Christian Kist 94.39	6
											Kist 91.88		1
	Justin van Tergouw 88.59		5
											Ratajski 104.58		6
						10	Jelle Klaasen 90.07	3
	Krzysztof Ratajski 102.48		6				Krzysztof Ratajski 97.11	6
																					2	Wright 95.27	4
	Steve Lennon 91.41		0
																						Beaton 101.26	6
						6	Ian White 100.80	3
	John Henderson 90.51		6				John Henderson 104.30	6
											Henderson 95.23		6
	Ronny Huybrechts 88.69		4
											De Decker 89.26		2
						11	Alan Norris 92.60	5
	Richard North 87.85		3				Mike De Decker 87.66	6
																Henderson 94.43		2
	Mike De Decker 96.00		6
																Beaton 102.62		6
						3	Mensur Suljović 89.78	3
	Steve Beaton 85.60		6				Steve Beaton 86.78	6
											Beaton 99.10		6
	Nico Blum 80.32		4
											Schindler 92.80		4
						14	Gerwyn Price 96.73	5
	Chris Quantock 90.69		4				Martin Schindler 92.85	6
	Martin Schindler 88.34		6