2018 Players Championship Finals
2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 23–25 November 2018 | ||
Venue | Butlin's Resort | ||
Location | Minehead | ||
Country | ![]() | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | £460,000 | ||
Winner's share | £100,000 | ||
High checkout | 170 ![]() (Quarter-finals) | ||
Champion(s) | |||
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The 2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals was the eleventh edition of the PDC darts tournament, which saw the top 64 players from the 22 Players Championship events of 2018 taking part. The tournament took place from 23–25 November 2018 at Butlin's Resort in Minehead.
Daryl Gurney won his 2nd major PDC title by defeating defending champion Michael van Gerwen 11–9, bringing an end to his 22-match winning streak in the competition.[1]
Prize money
The 2018 Players Championship Finals had a total prize fund of £460,000, the same as 2017. The following is the breakdown of the fund:
Position (no. of players) | Prize Money (Total: £460,000) | |
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Winner | (1) | £100,000 |
Runner-Up | (1) | £40,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | £23,000 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | £12,500 |
Last 16 (Third round) | (8) | £8,000 |
Last 32 (Second round) | (16) | £5,000 |
Last 64 (First round) | (32) | £2,500 |
Qualification
The top 64 players from the Players Championships Order of Merit, which is solely based on prize money won in the twenty-two Players Championships events during the season, qualified for the tournament:
On 20 November, Mensur Suljović withdrew from the tournament citing family reasons. Under the rules of the tournament, the next highest qualifier took his place, which happened to be Benito van de Pas, with no draw adjustments being made.
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Top 64 in the Players Championship Order of Merit
- 1.
Ian White (Second round)
- 2.
Gary Anderson (Semi-finals)
- 3.
Michael van Gerwen (Runner-up)
- 4.
Peter Wright (Third round)
- 5.
Adrian Lewis (Second round)
- 6.
Rob Cross (First round)
- 7.
Michael Smith (Second round)
- 8.
James Wade (Third round)
- 9.
Dave Chisnall (Second round)
- 10.
Jeffrey de Zwaan (Second round)
- 11.
James Wilson (Second round)
- 12.
Danny Noppert (Semi-finals)
- 13.
Stephen Bunting (Quarter-finals)
- 14.
Jermaine Wattimena (First round)
- 15.
Steve Beaton (Second round)
- 16.
Daryl Gurney (Winner)
- 17.
Josh Payne (First round)
- 18.
John Henderson (First round)
- 19.
Darren Webster (Second round)
- 20.
Mickey Mansell (First round)
- 21.
Mervyn King (Second round)
- 22.
Gabriel Clemens (Third round)
- 23.
Ricky Evans (Third round)
- 24.
Chris Dobey (Quarter-finals)
- 25.
Nathan Aspinall (Second round)
- 26.
Jonny Clayton (Quarter-finals)
- 27.
Ryan Joyce (First round)
- 28.
Krzysztof Ratajski (Third round)
- 29.
Max Hopp (Second round)
- 30.
Keegan Brown (Second round)
- 31.
Simon Whitlock (Second round)
- 32.
Brendan Dolan (Third round)
- 33.
Michael Barnard (First round)
- 34.
Kyle Anderson (First round)
- 35.
Mensur Suljović (Withdrew)
- 36.
Steve West (First round)
- 37.
Gerwyn Price (First round)
- 38.
Steve Lennon (Quarter-finals)
- 39.
Mark Webster (First round)
- 40.
Martin Schindler (First round)
- 41.
Ron Meulenkamp (First round)
- 42.
Jan Dekker (First round)
- 43.
Andrew Gilding (First round)
- 44.
Simon Stevenson (First round)
- 45.
Madars Razma (Second round)
- 46.
Jeffrey de Graaf (First round)
- 47.
Joe Cullen (Third round)
- 48.
Ryan Searle (Second round)
- 49.
Robert Thornton (First round)
- 50.
Kim Huybrechts (First round)
- 51.
Stephen Burton (Third round)
- 52.
Richard North (First round)
- 53.
Rowby-John Rodriguez (First round)
- 54.
Dimitri Van den Bergh (First round)
- 55.
Jelle Klaasen (First round)
- 56.
Jamie Lewis (First round)
- 57.
Ross Smith (First round)
- 58.
Vincent van der Voort (First round)
- 59.
Cristo Reyes (Second round)
- 60.
Adam Hunt (First round)
- 61.
Toni Alcinas (First round)
- 62.
Matthew Edgar (First round)
- 63.
Alan Tabern (First round)
- 64.
Scott Taylor (First round)
- 65.
Benito van de Pas (Alternate, First round)
Draw
There was no draw held, all players were put in a fixed bracket by their seeding positions.
Finals
Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs) 25 November | Semi-finals (best of 21 legs) 25 November | Final (best of 21 legs) 25 November | ||||||||||||
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Top half
Section 1
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Bottom half
Section 3
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Section 4
First round (best of 11 legs) 23 November | Second round (best of 11 legs) 24 November | Third round (best of 19 legs) 24 November | Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs) 25 November | ||||||||||||||||
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References
- ^ Allen, Dave. "Emotional Gurney Lifts Minehead Title". PDC. Retrieved 25 November 2018.