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2018 World Series of Darts Finals

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2018 bwin World Series of Darts Finals
Tournament information
Dates2–4 November 2018
VenueMultiversum Schwechat
LocationVienna
Country Austria
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£250,000
Winner's share£50,000
High checkout170 Scotland Gary Anderson
170 England Michael Smith
Champion(s)
England James Wade
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The 2018 bwin World Series of Darts Finals was the fourth staging of the World Series of Darts Finals tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place in the Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna, Austria, from 2–4 November 2018. It featured a field of 24 players.

Michael van Gerwen was three-time defending champion after defeating Gary Anderson 11-6 in the 2017 final, but lost in the quarter-finals to Raymond van Barneveld 8–10. This ended a 13-match unbeaten streak and 3 year reign as champion.

James Wade won his first World Series Finals title. It was his second title in as many weeks after he beat Michael Smith 11–10 in a dramatic final, in which Wade missed two match darts in the penultimate leg and Smith missed five match darts in the final leg.

Prize money

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The total prize money remained £250,000.

Position (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £250,000)
Winner (1) £50,000
Runner-up (1) £25,000
Semi-finalists (2) £16,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £12,500
Last 16  (second round) (8) £7,500
Last 24  (first round) (8) £4,000

Qualification

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The top eight players from the six World Series events of 2018 are seeded for this tournament. Those events are:

In addition, the next four highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit following the 2018 World Grand Prix final on 6 October 2018 qualify, as will the next eight players on the World Series Order of Merit. Another four places were awarded following a Tour Card Holders' qualifier in Barnsley on 19 October.[1]

Corey Cadby originally qualified through the World Series Order of Merit, but withdrew following a broken arm in a car accident. Royden Lam replaced him.[2] Dawson Murschell also originally qualified through the World Series Order of Merit, but withdrew on the day of the tournament with illness. Max Hopp replaced Murschell as the highest player from the Order of Merit who had not qualified and was able to play, with Mark McGrath, Tim Pusey and Haupai Puha unable to make the journey at such short notice.[3]

The following players qualified for the tournament:

World Series Top 8

(seedings after all events)

  1. Scotland Peter Wright (second round)
  2. England Rob Cross (second round)
  3. Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (quarter-finals)
  4. Scotland Gary Anderson (second round)
  5. England Michael Smith (runner-up)
  6. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (semi-finals)
  7. Austria Mensur Suljović (second round)
  8. Australia Simon Whitlock (quarter-finals)
PDC Order of Merit Qualifiers
Tour Card Qualifiers
World Series Order of Merit

Draw

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First round (best of 11 legs)
2 November
Second round (best of 11 legs)
3 November
Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)
4 November
Semi-finals (best of 21 legs)
4 November
Final (best of 21 legs)
4 November
RQWales Gerwyn Price 90.5761Scotland Peter Wright 79.941
Hong Kong Royden Lam 73.491RQWales Gerwyn Price 81.446
RQWales Gerwyn Price 96.7510
8Australia Simon Whitlock 98.917
QEngland Steve Beaton 98.5408Australia Simon Whitlock 88.866
RQNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 102.486RQNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 95.025
RQWales Gerwyn Price 96.388
5England Michael Smith 98.0011
RQEngland Ian White 97.3645England Michael Smith 103.986
Australia Kyle Anderson 101.356Australia Kyle Anderson 97.463
5England Michael Smith 100.0910
RQEngland Dave Chisnall 100.105
RQEngland Dave Chisnall 102.9164Scotland Gary Anderson 100.365
Germany Max Hopp 84.391RQEngland Dave Chisnall 95.806
5England Michael Smith 99.0910
England James Wade 97.0011
 Wales Jamie Lewis 109.8262England Rob Cross 83.865
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 105.212Wales Jamie Lewis 87.876
 Wales Jamie Lewis 84.085
England James Wade 94.4010
QEngland Ross Smith 87.1137Austria Mensur Suljović 87.303
England James Wade 91.166England James Wade 97.826
England James Wade 99.3711
6Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 93.602
Australia Raymond Smith 93.4866Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 89.636
QEngland Keegan Brown 92.163Australia Raymond Smith 83.775
6Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 99.6710
3Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 103.598
QGermany Maik Langendorf 80.7053Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 104.866
Australia Damon Heta 83.216Australia Damon Heta 85.620

References

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  1. ^ Allen, Dave. "bwin World Series Finals Field Update". PDC. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. ^ Phillips, Josh. "bwin World Series Finals Field Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. ^ Allen, Dave. "Ill Murschell Replaced By Hopp". PDC. Retrieved 2 November 2018.