2017 German Darts Masters (European Tour)

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The **2017 HappyBet German Darts Masters** was the second of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Sparkassen-Arena, Jena, Germany, between 15–17 April 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, having beaten Peter Wright 6–4 in the final of the previous edition, and he defended his title by defeating Jelle Klaasen 6–2 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 23 March 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 Milton Keynes on 31 March), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 23 March), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 14 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 17 February) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 February).

The following players took part in the tournament:

1. **Michael van Gerwen**  **(Champion)**
2. Peter Wright  *(Quarter-finals)*
3. Mensur Suljović  *(Third round)*
4. Simon Whitlock  *(Semi-finals)*
5. Benito van de Pas  *(Second round)*
6. Ian White  *(Second round)*
7. James Wade  *(Semi-finals)*
8. Alan Norris  *(Second round)*
9. Kim Huybrechts  *(Third round)*
10. Gerwyn Price  *(Third round)*
11. Jelle Klaasen  *(Runner-up)*
12. Michael Smith  *(Quarter-finals)*
13. Joe Cullen  *(Second round)*
14. Steve West  *(Second round)*
15. Stephen Bunting  *(Third round)*
16. Cristo Reyes  *(Third round)*
* Ronnie Baxter  *(First round)*
* Daryl Gurney  *(Second round)*
* Brian Woods  *(First round)*
* Robert Owen  *(First round)*
* Kyle Anderson  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Mervyn King  *(Second round)*
* Justin Pipe  *(First round)*
* Robbie Green  *(First round)*
* Robert Thornton  *(Second round)*
* Ted Evetts  *(Second round)*
* Andrew Gilding  *(First round)*
* Raymond van Barneveld  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Jamie Lewis  *(Second round)*
* Ricky Evans  *(First round)*
* Mark Webster  *(Second round)*
* Adrian Lewis  *(First round)*
* Jonny Clayton  *(Second round)*
* Joe Murnan  *(First round)*
* Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(First round)*
* Sven Groen  *(First round)*
* Jeffrey de Graaf  *(Third round)*
* Ronny Huybrechts  *(First round)*
* Zoran Lerchbacher  *(First round)*
* Michael Plooy  *(First round)*
* Rowby-John Rodriguez  *(Third round)*
* John Michael  *(Second round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Steffen Siepmann  *(Third round)*
* Robert Marijanović  *(First round)*
* Max Hopp  *(Second round)*
* Dragutin Horvat  *(Second round)*

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Daniel Larsson  *(Second round)*

**East European Qualifier**
* Krzysztof Ratajski  *(First round)*

## References

1. ↑ Van Gerwen Retains German Masters Title. PDC.
2. ↑ Van Gerwen's German Darts Masters Treble. PDC.
3. ↑ Record Prize Money On Offer In 2017. PDC. Retrieved on August 17, 2023.
4. ↑ European Tour Rule Changes Announced. PDC. Retrieved on August 17, 2023.
5. ↑ HappyBet German Darts Masters Entries. PDC. Retrieved on August 17, 2023.
6. ↑ HappyBet German Darts Masters Draw. PDC. Retrieved on August 17, 2023.