2018 German Darts Masters


The 2018 German Darts Masters was the second staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, and was the first entry in the 2018 [World Series of Darts]. The tournament featured 16 players and was held at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on 25 May 2018.
Peter Wright was the defending champion after defeating Phil Taylor 11–4 in the final of 2017 German Darts Masters (World [Series of Darts)|the 2017 event], but he lost 8–2 in the semi-finals to Mensur Suljović.
Suljović won his first World Series title by defeating Dimitri Van den Bergh 8–2 in the final.
The event also broke the attendance record for a darts tournament with 20,210 people attending the event, beating the previous record set 70 years earlier.

Prize money

The total prize fund was £60,000.

Qualifiers

The eight invited PDC representatives were:
  1. Michael van Gerwen '
  2. Peter Wright '
  3. Rob Cross '
  4. Gary Anderson '
  5. Mensur Suljović
  6. Raymond van Barneveld '
  7. Jamie Lewis '
  8. Dimitri Van den Bergh '
The German qualifiers were:
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