The 2018 German Darts Masters was the second staging of the tournament by the

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, and was the first entry in the 2018 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight PDC players facing eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the

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on 25 May 2018. Peter Wright was the defending champion after defeating Phil Taylor 11–4 in the final of 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: #

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''(quarter-finals)'' # Peter Wright ''(semi-finals)'' # Rob Cross ''(quarter-finals)'' # Gary Anderson ''(semi-finals)'' # Mensur Suljović (champion) #

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''(quarter-finals)'' # Jamie Lewis ''(quarter-finals)'' # Dimitri Van den Bergh ''(runner-up)'' The German qualifiers were:

Draw

References

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