2017 German Darts Open

2017 German Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	21–23 April 2017
Venue	Saarlandhalle
Location	Saarbrücken
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Joe Cullen (third round)
Champion(s)
Peter Wright
«Event 2 Event 4»

The 2017 German Darts Open was the third of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany, between 21–23 April 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Peter Wright won the tournament by defeating Benito van de Pas 6–5 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 on 6 April 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 April), eight from the West/South European Qualifier, four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held on 20 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 18 February) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 26 February).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16

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

UK Qualifier

• James Richardson (second round)
• Mervyn King (third round)
• Paul Nicholson (second round)
• Nathan Aspinall (second round)
• Mark Walsh (second round)
• Brian Woods (first round)
• Robbie Green (first round)
• Darren Webster (second round)
• Josh Payne (first round)
• Peter Jacques (first round)
• Robert Thornton (first round)
• Andy Hamilton (first round)
• John Henderson (first round)
• Adam Hunt (third round)
• Rob Cross (quarter-finals)
• Steve Lennon (first round)
• Jamie Bain (first round)
• Warrick Scheffer (second round)

West/South European Qualifier

• Dirk van Duijvenbode (first round)
• Zoran Lerchbacher (first round)
• Ronny Huybrechts (second round)
• Jeffrey de Graaf (first round)
• Christian Kist (second round)
• Jimmy Hendriks (first round)
• Vincent van der Voort (second round)
• Dimitri Van den Bergh (third round)

Host Nation Qualifier

• Bernd Roith (second round)
• René Berndt (first round)
• Martin Schindler (first round)
• Nico Blum (second round)

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

• Marko Kantele (first round)

East European Qualifier

• Krzysztof Ratajski (second round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 21 April					Second round (best of 11 legs) 22 April					Third round (best of 11 legs) 23 April					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 23 April					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 23 April					Final (best of 11 legs) 23 April
						1	Michael van Gerwen 102.48	6
	Ronny Huybrechts 88.41		6				Ronny Huybrechts 100.62	3
											1	van Gerwen 101.31	6
	Zoran Lerchbacher 85.12		0
												Hunt 90.40	2
						16	Steve West 90.12	4
	Adam Hunt 93.04		6				Adam Hunt 87.30	6
																1	van Gerwen 97.47	1
	René Berndt 87.66		3
																8	White 104.01	6
						8	Ian White 103.15	6
	Marko Kantele 82.06		3				Warrick Scheffer 96.22	3
											8	White 106.55	6
	Warrick Scheffer 86.60		6
												King 99.11	4
						9	Kim Huybrechts 95.04	3
	Mervyn King 97.16		6				Mervyn King 97.42	6
																					8	White 95.13	3
	Robbie Green 94.24		5
																					4	van de Pas 100.18	6
						5	Simon Whitlock 96.53	6
	Darren Webster 97.15		6				Darren Webster 94.62	3
											5	Whitlock 99.22	3
	Peter Jacques 88.06		3
												Cross 101.34	6
						12	Michael Smith 87.88	2
	Jeffrey de Graaf 80.83		1				Rob Cross 90.18	6
																	Cross 89.97	2
	Rob Cross 95.54		6
																4	van de Pas 103.79	6
						4	Benito van de Pas 87.16	6
	Paul Nicholson 92.68		6				Paul Nicholson 86.92	3
											4	van de Pas 94.44	6
	Martin Schindler 79.65		1
											13	Cullen 91.66	5
						13	Joe Cullen 98.72	6
	Vincent van der Voort 85.60		6				Vincent van der Voort 93.73	4
																										4	van de Pas 110.46	5
	Dirk van Duijvenbode 89.98		5
																										2	Wright 97.49	6
						2	Peter Wright 101.10	6
	Jamie Bain 84.71		3				Krzysztof Ratajski 87.12	1
											2	Wright 96.58	6
	Krzysztof Ratajski 86.03		6
											15	Reyes 95.96	5
						15	Cristo Reyes 97.24	6
	Josh Payne 86.19		4				Nico Blum 87.96	1
																2	Wright 104.21	6
	Nico Blum 85.49		6
																10	Price 96.16	2
						7	Alan Norris 78.79	2
	Dimitri Van den Bergh 91.09		6				Dimitri Van den Bergh 85.19	6
												Van den Bergh 88.14	4
	Andy Hamilton 86.69		0
											10	Price 93.88	6
						10	Gerwyn Price 86.84	6
	John Henderson 83.20		3				James Richardson 89.57	5
																					2	Wright 105.74	6
	James Richardson 83.90		6
																					11	Klaasen 96.17	2
						6	Dave Chisnall 104.86	6
	Robert Thornton 89.04		3				Nathan Aspinall 89.00	0
											6	Chisnall 93.89	3
	Nathan Aspinall 94.27		6
											11	Klaasen 92.17	6
						11	Jelle Klaasen 94.93	6
	Christian Kist 84.22		6				Christian Kist 81.83	0
																11	Klaasen 89.90	6
	Steve Lennon 82.93		4
																3	Suljović 87.69	3
						3	Mensur Suljović 98.90	6
	Mark Walsh 95.01		6				Mark Walsh 91.96	2
											3	Suljović 103.66	6
	Jimmy Hendriks 90.45		5
											14	Bunting 91.63	0
						14	Stephen Bunting 95.54	6
	Brian Woods 71.98		5				Bernd Roith 89.28	1
	Bernd Roith 79.16		6