The 2017 German Darts Open was the third of twelve

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events on the

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. The tournament took place at

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, 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

This is how the prize money is 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

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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: :Top 16 :#

Michael van Gerwen Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player, who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number three; he was ranked world number one from 20 ...

''(quarter-finals)'' :# Peter Wright (champion) :#

Mensur Suljović Mensur Suljović (Serbian Cyrillic: Менсур Суљовић; born 5 March 1972) is a Serbian-Austrian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he reached a peak ranking of world number five ...

''(quarter-finals)'' :# Benito van de Pas ''(runner-up)'' :#

Simon Whitlock Simon Whitlock (born 3 March 1969) is an Australian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, having previously competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. Nicknamed "The Wizard", he won th ...

''(third round)'' :#

Dave Chisnall David Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twelve; he reached a peak ranking of world number five in ...

''(third round)'' :# Alan Norris ''(second round)'' :# Ian White ''(semi-finals)'' :#

Kim Huybrechts Kim Huybrechts (born 16 November 1985) is a Belgian professional darts player competing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was runner-up in the 2012 Players Championship Finals, losing to Phil Taylor 13–6. He also made the fin ...

''(second round)'' :#

Gerwyn Price Gerwyn Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. He competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world ...

''(quarter-finals)'' :#

Jelle Klaasen Jelle Klaasen (born 17 October 1984), nicknamed the Cobra, is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously participated in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments, where in 2006 ...

''(semi-finals)'' :# Michael Smith ''(second round)'' :# Joe Cullen ''(third round)'' :#

Stephen Bunting Stephen Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number four. Nicknamed "the Bullet", Bunting formerly competed in Brit ...

''(third round)'' :# Cristo Reyes ''(third round)'' :# Steve West ''(second round)'' :UK Qualifier :* James Richardson ''(second round)'' :* Mervyn King ''(third round)'' :* Paul Nicholson ''(second round)'' :*

Nathan Aspinall Nathan Aspinall (born 15 July 1991) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number six; he reached a peak ranking of world number ...

''(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 Andrew Neil Hamilton (born 28 May 1954) is a British comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter, radio dramatist, novelist and actor. Early life and education Hamilton was born in Fulham, West London. He was educa ...

''(first round)'' :* John Henderson ''(first round)'' :* Adam Hunt ''(third round)'' :* Rob Cross ''(quarter-finals)'' :*

Steve Lennon Steve Lennon (born 25 November 1993) is an Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "Scuba Steve", he reached his first major quarter-final at the 2018 Players Championship Finals. He ...

''(first round)'' :* Jamie Bain ''(first round)'' :* Warrick Scheffer ''(second round)'' :West/South European Qualifier :*

Dirk van Duijvenbode Dirk van Duijvenbode (born 30 June 1992) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is known for his energetic walk-on, combined with hardstyle music. More recently, he has become known f ...

''(first round)'' :* Zoran Lerchbacher ''(first round)'' :* Ronny Huybrechts ''(second round)'' :* Jeffrey de Graaf ''(first round)'' :*

Christian Kist Christian Kist (born 21 April 1986) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2012, he won the BDO World Darts Championship, defeating Tony O'Shea in the final. Career BDO Kist reached ...

''(second round)'' :*

Jimmy Hendriks Jimmy Hendriks (born 19 March 1994) is a former Dutch darts player. Career BDO Hendriks won the WDF World Youth Cup and World Youth Masters in 2011 and the Lithuania Open in 2012; 2012 proved to be a successful year for 18-year-old Hendriks who ...

''(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)''

Draw

References

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