2018 Gibraltar Darts Trophy

2018 Gibraltar Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	8–10 June 2018
Venue	Victoria Stadium
Location	Gibraltar
Country	Gibraltar
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Gerwyn Price (third round)
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«Event 6 Event 8»

The 2018 Gibraltar Darts Trophy was the seventh of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar from 8–10 June 2018. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael Smith was the defending champion after defeating Mensur Suljović 6–4 in the 2017 final, but he lost 6–5 to Jermaine Wattimena in the second round.

Michael van Gerwen won the title for a third time by defeating Adrian Lewis 8–3 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

Prize money will count towards the PDC Order of Merit, the ProTour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit, with one exception: should a seeded player lose in the second round (last 32), their prize money will not count towards any Orders of Merit, although they still receive the full prize money payment.

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 11 May will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places will go to players from five qualifying events – 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Milton Keynes on 18 May), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 30 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 7 June), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 25 May) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 24 February).

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Top 16

1. Michael van Gerwen (champion)
2. Michael Smith (second round)
3. Peter Wright (quarter-finals)
4. Rob Cross (quarter-finals)
5. Daryl Gurney (third round)
6. Mensur Suljović (second round)
7. Joe Cullen (third round)
8. Jonny Clayton (quarter-finals)
9. Ian White (second round)
10. Dave Chisnall (second round)
11. James Wade (third round)
12. Darren Webster (second round)
13. Simon Whitlock (third round)
14. Mervyn King (second round)
15. Gerwyn Price (quarter-finals)
16. Stephen Bunting (second round)

UK Qualifier

• Richie Burnett (first round)
• Andy Boulton (third round)
• James Wilson (first round)
• Adrian Lewis (runner-up)
• Michael Barnard (second round)
• Barrie Bates (first round)
• Adam Huckvale (second round)
• Mark Dudbridge (first round)
• Steve West (semi-finals)
• Jamie Lewis (first round)
• Chris Dobey (third round)
• Robert Thornton (first round)
• Ross Smith (second round)
• Steve Lennon (first round)
• Matt Padgett (first round)
• Brendan Dolan (second round)
• Paul Nicholson (semi-finals)
• Ritchie Edhouse (first round)

West/South European Qualifier

• Jermaine Wattimena (third round)
• Jeffrey de Graaf (first round)
• Toni Alcinas (first round)
• Max Hopp (third round)
• Cristo Reyes (second round)
• Vincent van der Voort (second round)
• Mike De Decker (second round)
• Hannes Schnier (second round)

Host Nation Qualifier

• Antony Lopez (first round)
• Clayton Otton (first round)
• Roy Asquez (first round)
• Tony Dawkins (first round)

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

• Darius Labanauskas (second round)

East European Qualifier

• Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 8 June					Second round (best of 11 legs) 9 June					Third round (best of 11 legs) 10 June					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 10 June					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 10 June					Final (best of 15 legs) 10 June
						1	Michael van Gerwen 107.86	6
	Vincent van der Voort 96.02		6				Vincent van der Voort 102.43	4
											1	van Gerwen 103.26	6
	Barrie Bates 86.53		3
												Boulton 89.53	2
						16	Stephen Bunting 91.72	4
	Ritchie Edhouse 97.43		5				Andy Boulton 91.61	6
																1	van Gerwen 97.39	6
	Andy Boulton 98.94		6
																8	Clayton 86.12	2
						8	Jonny Clayton 93.94	6
	Hannes Schnier 77.51		6				Hannes Schnier 80.06	0
											8	Clayton 96.59	6
	Roy Asquez 69.28		2
												Hopp 87.64	2
						9	Ian White 87.94	4
	Max Hopp 100.20		6				Max Hopp 94.11	6
																					1	van Gerwen 105.20	7
	Mark Dudbridge 87.71		0
																						West 92.14	4
						5	Daryl Gurney 94.66	6
	James Wilson 88.97		4				Brendan Dolan 93.71	4
											5	Gurney 89.94	1
	Brendan Dolan 88.22		6
												West 93.81	6
						12	Darren Webster 90.25	5
	Steve West 93.34		6				Steve West 96.61	6
																	West 89.74	6
	Toni Alcinas 89.53		3
																4	Cross 99.87	5
						4	Rob Cross 97.66	6
	Robert Thornton 90.89		5				Cristo Reyes 91.26	5
											4	Cross 101.02	6
	Cristo Reyes 87.07		6
											13	Whitlock 84.45	2
						13	Simon Whitlock 91.76	6
	Richie Burnett 87.64		3				Adam Huckvale 78.00	1
																										1	van Gerwen 108.13	8
	Adam Huckvale 94.34		6
																											A. Lewis 96.69	3
						2	Michael Smith 95.30	5
	Jermaine Wattimena 85.00		6				Jermaine Wattimena 93.60	6
												Wattimena 94.72	3
	Tony Dawkins 71.31		1
											15	Price 97.82	6
						15	Gerwyn Price 91.45	6
	Matt Padgett 91.59		5				Mike De Decker 86.11	2
																15	Price 92.72	5
	Mike De Decker 95.45		6
																	Nicholson 87.95	6
						7	Joe Cullen 107.97	6
	Jeffrey de Graaf 95.71		4				Darius Labanauskas 95.97	1
											7	Cullen 95.96	5
	Darius Labanauskas 95.94		6
												Nicholson 92.85	6
						10	Dave Chisnall 89.27	4
	Paul Nicholson 85.08		6				Paul Nicholson 94.24	6
																						Nicholson 98.82	6
	Antony Lopez 67.79		0
																						A. Lewis 98.29	7
						6	Mensur Suljović 98.95	3
	Adrian Lewis 85.89		6				Adrian Lewis 95.63	6
												A. Lewis 105.97	6
	Clayton Otton 67.18		0
											11	Wade 105.60	5
						11	James Wade 85.61	6
	Jamie Lewis 97.01		3				Ross Smith 88.67	5
																	A. Lewis 95.11	6
	Ross Smith 91.99		6
																3	Wright 92.48	3
						3	Peter Wright 100.61	6
	Krzysztof Ratajski 87.99		3				Michael Barnard 84.43	2
											3	Wright 108.82	6
	Michael Barnard 95.83		6
												Dobey 94.90	1
						14	Mervyn King 84.45	3
	Chris Dobey 97.03		6				Chris Dobey 84.85	6
	Steve Lennon 91.76		2