2017 International Darts Open

2017 International Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates22–24 September 2017
VenueSACHSENarena
LocationRiesa
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£135,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 England Rob Cross
(second round)
Champion(s)
Scotland Peter Wright
«Event 10 Event 12»

The 2017 International Darts Open was the eleventh of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the SACHSENarena, Riesa, Germany, between 22–24 September 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Mensur Suljović was the defending champion after defeating Kim Huybrechts 6–5 in the final of the 2016 tournament, but he was defeated 6–5 in the third round by Gerwyn Price.

Peter Wright then went on to win the contest, defeating Kim Huybrechts 6–5 in the final.

Prize money

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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

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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 4 August), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 21 September), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 21 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 11 August) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 26 August).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
22 September[3]
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
23 September[4]
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
24 September[5]
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
24 September[5]
Semi-finals
(best of 11 legs)
24 September[5]
Final
(best of 11 legs)
24 September[5]
1Scotland Peter Wright 88.226
England Chris Quantock 91.496England Chris Quantock 87.312
1Scotland Wright 90.026
Germany Dragutin Horvat 86.923
Belgium R. Huybrechts 88.114
16Spain Cristo Reyes 82.404
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts 94.106Belgium Ronny Huybrechts 94.246
1Scotland Wright 94.266
England Ted Evetts 89.274
8Netherlands Klaasen 93.644
8Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 97.136
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 90.186Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 88.844
8Netherlands Klaasen 93.936
England Andy Hamilton 70.970
England Jacques 84.904
9Netherlands Benito van de Pas 90.912
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 85.194England Peter Jacques 97.556
1Scotland Wright 103.656
England Peter Jacques 85.756
Netherlands Meulenkamp 105.893
5Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 100.915
England Steve Beaton 93.295Sweden Dennis Nilsson 92.196
Sweden Nilsson 92.836
Sweden Dennis Nilsson 86.986
12England Chisnall 91.705
12England Dave Chisnall 100.216
England Darren Webster 95.046England Darren Webster 93.744
Sweden Nilsson 85.502
England Luke Woodhouse 88.604
Netherlands Meulenkamp 99.756
4England Michael Smith 90.313
Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp 87.646Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp 82.866
Netherlands Meulenkamp 96.206
Republic of Ireland Mick McGowan 85.151
England Payne 88.723
13England Rob Cross 92.824
England Josh Payne 87.856England Josh Payne 94.396
1Scotland Wright 102.656
Germany Bernd Roith 83.634
7Belgium K. Huybrechts 92.445
2Austria Mensur Suljović 102.326
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.634Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 96.003
2Austria Suljović 102.125
Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 89.086
15Wales Price 100.216
15Wales Gerwyn Price 99.176
England Simon Stevenson 93.722Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 93.614
15Wales Price 99.044
Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 99.366
7Belgium K. Huybrechts 99.796
7Belgium Kim Huybrechts 99.746
England Justin Pipe 89.685Netherlands Christian Kist 89.641
7Belgium K. Huybrechts 97.516
Netherlands Christian Kist 92.296
10England White 100.585
10England Ian White 93.856
England Keegan Brown 86.026England Keegan Brown 87.263
7Belgium K. Huybrechts 90.996
Netherlands Michael Plooy 86.574
11England Cullen 94.822
6England Alan Norris 105.066
Wales Mark Webster 89.504Germany Max Hopp 87.911
6England Norris 88.553
Germany Max Hopp 90.636
11England Cullen 94.616
11England Joe Cullen 113.776
England Richie Corner 89.546England Richie Corner 91.661
11England Cullen 98.826
Germany Martin Schindler 86.744
3Australia Whitlock 91.893
3Australia Simon Whitlock 100.956
Australia Kyle Anderson 100.596Australia Kyle Anderson 94.974
3Australia Whitlock 99.826
Netherlands Jerry Hendriks 91.391
14England King 92.881
14England Mervyn King 92.236
Greece John Michael 80.716Greece John Michael 94.232
Hungary Nándor Bezzeg 74.233

References

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  1. ^ "Dutch Darts Masters Entries Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Further Ratajski Success & Bezzeg Qualifies".
  3. ^ "2017 HappyBet International Open Day One". PDC. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  4. ^ "2017 HappyBet International Open Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d "2017 HappyBet International Open Finals Day". PDC. Retrieved 24 September 2017.