2017 Gibraltar Darts Trophy

2017 Gibraltar Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	12–14 May 2017
Venue	Victoria Stadium
Location	Gibraltar
Country	Gibraltar
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 John Henderson (First round) Daryl Gurney (Second round)[1]
Champion(s)
Michael Smith
«Event 4 Event 6»

The 2017 Gibraltar Darts Trophy was the fifth of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar from 12–14 May 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Dave Chisnall 6–2 in the 2016 tournament, but he decided not to enter this tournament.^[2]

Michael Smith won his fourth PDC European Tour title by defeating Mensur Suljović 6–4 in the final.^[3]

Prize money[]

This is how the prize money is divided:^[4]

Qualification and format[]

The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 27 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 Wigan on 28 April), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 4 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 11 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 17 March) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 29 April).

Following the withdrawal of Adrian Lewis the day before the event started for family reasons, the number of Host Nation Qualifiers was increased from four to five.^[5]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw[]

^[13]

	First round (best of 11 legs) 12 May [14]					Second round (best of 11 legs) 13 May [15]					Third round (best of 11 legs) 14 May [16]					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 14 May [16]					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 14 May [16]					Final (best of 11 legs) 14 May [16]
		Krzysztof Ratajski 90.79	6			1	Peter Wright 98.20	6
		Ritchie Edhouse 87.04	3				Krzysztof Ratajski 94.47	3
											1	Wright 98.02	6
											16	Bunting 83.66	0
		Paul Nicholson 84.15	5	16	Stephen Bunting 94.78	6
		Chris Quantock 84.20	6				Chris Quantock 91.06	4
																1	Wright 101.01	6
																Johnson 99.33	5
		Darren Johnson 92.89	6			8	Gerwyn Price 92.84	3
		Manuel Vilerio 73.00	1				Darren Johnson 94.96	6
												Johnson 90.87	6
											9	Norris 81.59	3
		Matt Clark 85.05	6	9	Alan Norris 88.43	6
		79.05	3				Matt Clark 89.01	5
																					1	Wright 92.35	5
																					12	Smith 93.84	6
		Dimitri Van den Bergh 86.17	6			5	James Wade 94.36	5
		Antony Lopez 76.78	2				Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.24	6
												Van den Bergh 98.00	5
											12	Smith 94.32	6
		Christian Kist 85.30	6	12	Michael Smith 99.91	6
		Ronny Huybrechts 86.58	4				Christian Kist 92.10	5
																12	Smith 99.46	6
																Cross 99.93	5
		Justin Pipe 87.38	5			4	Dave Chisnall 86.46	6
		Jonny Clayton 86.05	6				Jonny Clayton 91.16	4
											4	Chisnall 99.05	2
												Cross 97.50	6
		Rob Cross 84.28	6	13	Joe Cullen 91.94	5
		Mario Robbe 75.74	0				Rob Cross 93.83	6
																										12	Smith 96.33	6
																										2	Suljović 99.00	4
		Jeffrey de Zwaan 84.88	4			2	Mensur Suljović 103.94	6
		Alan Tabern 90.35	6				Alan Tabern 98.71	4
											2	Suljović 93.39	6
											15	Reyes 89.69	3
		James Richardson 85.83	6	15	Cristo Reyes 96.62	6
		79.37	1				James Richardson 90.42	5
																2	Suljović 93.11	6
																Caris 89.63	3
		Martin Schindler 85.09	6			7	Benito van de Pas 83.53	6
		Callan Rydz 83.08	4				Martin Schindler 80.35	1
											7	van de Pas 90.00	2
												Caris 86.42	6
		Magnus Caris 85.29	6	10	Jelle Klaasen 88.08	3
		Dyson Parody 82.01	1				Magnus Caris 95.59	6
																					2	Suljović 94.11	6
																					14	Gurney 86.88	5
		James Wilson 89.35	6			6	Kim Huybrechts 93.43	4
		Dylan Duo 71.63	1				James Wilson 89.13	6
												Wilson 94.70	6
											11	White 90.93	3
		John Henderson 86.19	6	11	Ian White 93.85	6
		René Eidams 82.54	4				John Henderson 86.51	3
																	Wilson 82.88	3
															14	Gurney 85.48	6
		Steve Beaton 99.29	6			3	Simon Whitlock 102.21	6
		Mike De Decker 86.94	4				Steve Beaton 86.32	1
											3	Whitlock 98.94	4
											14	Gurney 98.08	6
		Darren Webster 94.70	6	14	Daryl Gurney 92.01	6
		Richie Corner 90.61	5				Darren Webster 89.56	3

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