2017 German Darts Open

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The **2017 HappyBet 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

The prize fund in the 2017 PDC European Tour events increased by £20,000 to £135,000 per event, although the winner still received £25,000.

In a change of rules for 2017, prize money will count towards the PDC Order of Merit, the PDC 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.

This is how the prize money was divided:

## 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:

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)*
* 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)*
* Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(First round)*
* Ronny Huybrechts  *(Second round)*
* Zoran Lerchbacher  *(First 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)*

## References

1. ↑ Wright Wins HappyBet German Darts Open. PDC.
2. ↑ Record Prize Money On Offer In 2017. PDC. Retrieved on August 17, 2023.
3. ↑ European Tour Rule Changes Announced. PDC. Retrieved on August 17, 2023.
4. ↑ HappyBet German Darts Open Entries. PDC. Retrieved on August 18, 2023.
5. ↑ HappyBet German Darts Open Draw. PDC. Retrieved on August 18, 2023.