2018 World Masters (darts)

The 2018 Winmau World Masters was a major tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 2018. It took place from 3–7 October at the Bridlington Spa Hall, which hosted the stage element of the event for the second time since 2009.

Winmau World Masters
Tournament information
Dates	3–7 October
Location	Bridlington
Country	England
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets for men, Legs for women, boys and girls
Prize fund	£70,500
Winner's share	£25,000 (men), £5,000 (women)
Champion(s)
Adam Smith-Neale (men) Lisa Ashton (women) Jurjen van der Velde (boys) Beau Greaves (girls)
«2017 2019»

The event was the first time a BDO Major tournament had not been broadcast on television in 28 years after Eurosport decided to not renew the rights to the event. The event was streamed live on YouTube through the channel winmau TV ^[1]

Krzysztof Ratajski was the reigning men's champion after defeating Mark McGeeney in last year's final by 6 sets to 1, but switched to the PDC straight after last years event meaning he was excluded from taking part. Lorraine Winstanley was the defending women's champion after defeating Corrine Hammond in the final by 5 legs to 2, but she lost 4–0 in the quarter-finals to Casey Gallagher.

Adam Smith-Neale became the 2nd player in 2 years to win the event after starting at the first round (Seeds are given byes to the last 32) after Ratajski managed the same feat last year. He won his first major title by defeating two-time champion Glen Durrant 6–4 in the final.

Lisa Ashton won the Women's World Masters for the second time with a 5–2 win over Casey Gallagher in the final.^[2]

Men's seeds

The seedings were finalised on 10 September. For the third consecutive year, there were 16 seeds (a decrease from 32 between 2012 and 2015) with all seeds exempt until the Last 32 stage and cannot play each other until the Last 16 stage.

1. Glen Durrant (runner-up)
2. Mark McGeeney (last 16)
3. Jim Williams (semi-finals)
4. Wesley Harms (last 32)
5. Scott Mitchell (semi-finals)
6. Scott Waites (quarter-finals)
7. Michael Unterbuchner (last 16)
8. Gary Robson (quarter-finals)
9. Ross Montgomery (last 32)
10. Wayne Warren (quarter-finals)
11. Dave Parletti (last 16)
12. Willem Mandigers (last 16)
13. Chris Landman (last 32)
14. Richard Veenstra (last 16)
15. Daniel Day (last 32)
16. Scott Baker (last 32)

Men's draw (last 48 onwards)

	Last 48 4 October (best of 5 sets)					Last 32 5 October (best of 5 sets)					Last 16 6 October (best of 5 sets)					Quarter-finals 7 October (best of 7 sets)					Semi-finals 7 October (best of 9 sets)					Final 7 October (best of 11 sets)
						1	Glen Durrant 99.62	3
	John Walton		3				John Walton 89.76	1
											1	Durrant 97.18	3
	Martin Adams		0
												Stone 88.97	0
						16	Scott Baker 83.16	1
	Gary Stone		3				Gary Stone 86.64	3
																1	Durrant 101.99	4
	Martin Phillips		1
																8	Robson 94.04	2
						8	Gary Robson 80.64	3
	Wouter Vaes		3				Wouter Vaes 75.66	1
											8	Robson 92.19	3
	Darren Tyler		0
												Vandenbogaerde 95.25	1
						9	Ross Montgomery 82.41	1
	Mario Vandenbogaerde		3				Mario Vandenbogaerde 90.85	3
																					1	Durrant 98.70	5
	Darren Clifford		0
																					5	Mitchell 99.14	2
						5	Scott Mitchell 83.73	3
	Shane McGuirk		3				Shane McGuirk 80.98	1
											5	Mitchell 84.56	3
	Gary Stafford		2
											12	Mandigers 85.67	2
						12	Willem Mandigers 86.50	3
	Paavo Myller		0				Ricardo Pietreczko 80.68	1
																5	Mitchell 108.72	4
	Ricardo Pietreczko		3
																	Copley 101.19	0
						4	Wesley Harms 81.96	2
	Wes Newton		2				Eddie Mordica 75.99	3
											Mordica 74.57		1
	Eddie Mordica		3
											Copley 82.01		3
						13	Chris Landman 84.55	1
	Michael Meaney		2				David Copley 82.80	3
																										1	Durrant 99.68	4
	David Copley		3
																											Smith-Neale 96.86	6
						2	Mark McGeeney 93.02	3
	Keith Geraghty		3				Keith Geraghty 85.93	1
											2	McGeeney 88.82	2
	Ricardo Fernández		1
												Smith-Neale 90.92	3
						15	Daniel Day 78.55	0
	Adam Smith-Neale		3				Adam Smith-Neale 92.97	3
																	Smith-Neale 96.82	4
	Aaron Turner		1
																10	Warren 88.21	1
						7	Michael Unterbuchner 97.20	3
	John Burgess		3				John Burgess 102.72	1
											7	Unterbuchner 101.44	0
	Michael Haynes		1
											10	Warren 97.60	3
						10	Wayne Warren 91.08	3
	Terry Stubbs		3				Terry Stubbs 83.22	0
																						Smith-Neale 93.92	5
	Mikey Rees		1
																					3	Williams 90.91	3
						6	Scott Waites 104.50	3
	Roger Janssen		3				Roger Janssen 96.52	0
											6	Waites 92.28	3
	Oskar Lukasiak		1
											11	Parletti 96.34	1
						11	Dave Parletti 87.02	3
	Martijn Kleermaker		1				Krzysztof Kciuk 82.70	1
																6	Waites 100.22	3
	Krzysztof Kciuk		3
																3	Williams 97.61	4
						3	Jim Williams 87.07	3
	Dennis Harbour		0				Nigel Heydon 86.85	2
											3	Williams 86.85	3
	Nigel Heydon		3
											14	Veenstra 90.76	1
						14	Richard Veenstra 80.87	3
	Sebastian Steyer		3				Sebastian Steyer 75.16	0
	Jason Lovett		1

Women's seeds

It was announced before the start of the event that the Ladies seeds were cut from 8 to 4 for unknown reasons.

1. Lorraine Winstanley (quarter-finals)
2. Lisa Ashton (champion)
3. Deta Hedman (semi-finals)
4. Anastasia Dobromyslova (semi-finals)

Women's draw (last 8 onwards)

	Quarter-finals (best of 7 legs) 6 October					Semi-finals (best of 7 legs) 7 October					Final (best of 9 legs) 7 October
	1	Lorraine Winstanley 69.23	0
		Casey Gallagher 77.08	4
							Casey Gallagher 73.73	4
						4	Anastasia Dobromyslova 74.78	3
	4	Anastasia Dobromyslova 73.38	4
		Sue Gulliver 70.77	1
												Casey Gallagher 77.46	2
											2	Lisa Ashton 84.17	5
	2	Lisa Ashton 92.04	4
		Corrine Hammond 78.42	1
						2	Lisa Ashton 75.54	4
						3	Deta Hedman 75.70	2
	3	Deta Hedman 84.02	4
		Mikuru Suzuki 80.38	3