2018 Dutch Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates	11–13 May 2018
Venue	IJsselhallen
Location	Zwolle
Country	Netherlands
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Kyle Anderson (second round)
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«Event 5 Event 7»

The 2018 Dutch Darts Masters was the sixth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at IJsselhallen, Zwolle, Netherlands, between 11–13 May 2018. 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 four-time consecutive champion after defeating Steve Beaton 6–2 in the 2017 final.

Van Gerwen went on to win the title for the 5th time in a row by defeating Steve Lennon 8–5 in the final, after he was 6–2 down in the semi-finals, before surviving three match darts from Daryl Gurney and winning 7–6 to reach the final.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:

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.^[1][2]

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 27 March 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 Barnsley on 6 April), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 3 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 10 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 23 February) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 24 February).

Rob Cross withdrew with illness on the day of the tournament, so Steve Lennon, who was due to face him in round 2, was given a bye to round 3.^[3]

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 11 May					Second round (best of 11 legs) 12 May					Third round (best of 11 legs) 13 May					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 13 May					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 13 May					Final (best of 15 legs) 13 May
						1	Michael van Gerwen 95.94	6
	Terry Jenkins 94.20		6				Terry Jenkins 81.66	0
											1	van Gerwen 91.97	6
	Mike De Decker 79.31		2
											16	Webster 89.26	4
						16	Darren Webster 94.55	6
	Steve Beaton 82.08		6				Steve Beaton 96.69	4
																1	van Gerwen 102.78	6
	Jeffrey de Graaf 86.69		5
																	Anderson 91.42	2
						8	Dave Chisnall 84.91	4
	Cameron Menzies 96.31		6				Cameron Menzies 95.38	6
											Menzies 74.79		5
	Kevin Münch 82.37		1
											Anderson 89.39		6
						9	Ian White 102.87	3
	Kyle Anderson 98.80		6				Kyle Anderson 99.09	6
																					1	van Gerwen 93.34	7
	Christian Kist 91.09		3
																					5	Gurney 84.60	6
						5	Daryl Gurney 102.06	6
	James Wade 94.70		3				Cristo Reyes 93.36	4
											5	Gurney 98.53	6
	Cristo Reyes 98.57		6
											12	King 90.16	2
						12	Mervyn King 93.77	6
	Ryan Joyce 89.92		6				Ryan Joyce 86.92	4
																5	Gurney 93.58	6
	Michael Rosenauer 83.46		5
																	Bunting 97.92	2
						4	Michael Smith 93.04	0
	Stephen Bunting 91.07		6				Stephen Bunting 106.09	6
											Bunting 100.17		6
	Tobias Müller 83.61		1
											Ratajski 99.70		3
						13	Jelle Klaasen 88.59	2
	Ricky Evans 90.19		2				Krzysztof Ratajski 92.83	6
																										1	van Gerwen 97.53	8
	Krzysztof Ratajski 89.74		6
																											Lennon 91.40	5
						2	Peter Wright 96.86	6
	James Wilson 100.72		6				James Wilson 95.23	4
											2	Wright 103.40	6
	Johan Engström 86.11		2
											15	Price 97.22	3
						15	Gerwyn Price 88.80	6
	Toni Alcinas 88.46		5				Dragutin Horvat 86.22	5
																2	Wright 95.98	5
	Dragutin Horvat 91.74		6
																10	Huybrechts 93.49	6
						7	Joe Cullen 99.92	3
	Jermaine Wattimena 90.55		6				Jermaine Wattimena 96.87	6
												Wattimena 91.05	5
	Adam Huckvale 80.06		3
											10	Huybrechts 90.16	6
						10	Kim Huybrechts 89.39	6
	Jamie Lewis 90.03		1				Wayne Jones 88.57	2
																					10	Huybrechts 85.02	5
	Wayne Jones 101.32		6
																						Lennon 88.74	7
						6	Mensur Suljović 94.74	6
	Jonny Clayton 89.88		5				Josh Payne 92.48	5
											6	Suljović 94.11	6
	Josh Payne 89.57		6
											11	Whitlock 91.78	3
						11	Simon Whitlock 97.63	6
	Adrian Lewis 82.32		4				Jan Dekker 89.11	4
																6	Suljović 92.96	3
	Jan Dekker 92.88		6
																	Lennon 87.59	6
						3	Rob Cross	w/d
	Steve Lennon 91.53		6				Steve Lennon	w/o
											Lennon 86.87		6
	Rowby-John Rodriguez 95.84		5
											Richardson 83.00		5
						14	John Henderson 89.74	3
	James Richardson 96.66		6				James Richardson 92.01	6
	Jason Cullen 87.82		4

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