The 2018 21.co.uk Shanghai Darts Masters was the third staging of the tournament by the
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is a professional darts organisation in the United Kingdom, established in 1992 when a group of leading players split from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form what was initially called the World ...
and the second entry in the
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. The tournament featured 16 players (eight PDC players facing eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the Pullman Hotel in
Shanghai,
China
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from 13–14 July 2018.
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating
Dave Chisnall 8–0 in the final of
the 2017 event, but he lost 8–4 in the semi-finals to
Michael Smith.
Smith went on to win his first
World Series title by beating
Rob Cross 8–2 in the final.
Prize money
The total prize fund was
£60,000.
Qualifiers
The eight invited PDC representatives are (seeded according to the
2018 World Series of Darts The 2018 World Series of Darts was a series of televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. In 2018, there were 6 World Series events and one finals event, which has this year been moved from Glasgow, Scotland to Vien ...
Order of Merit):
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Gary Anderson ''(first round)''
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Rob Cross ''(runner-up)''
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Peter Wright ''(semi-finals)''
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Michael van Gerwen ''(semi-finals)''
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James Wade
James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player to win a major PDC title, when he won the 2007 World Matchplay at the ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Daryl Gurney ''(quarter-finals)''
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Michael Smith (champion)
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Gerwyn Price ''(quarter-finals)''
The Asian representatives will be:
The top 3 players from the PDC Asian Tour Order of Merit after Event 6.
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Royden Lam
Royden Lam (Chinese:林鼎智; born 8 September 1975) is a darts player from Hong Kong.
Career
Royden Lam is best known as a soft tip darts player but also plays steel tip darts. In 2009 he won the Hong Kong Open by beating Liu Cheng from Chi ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Lourence Ilagan ''(first round)''
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Seigo Asada
is a Japanese professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career BDO
Asada won the Japan Open in 2012 by beating Osamu Niki in the final. He won the tournament for the second time in 2014, beating Kats ...
''(first round)''
Four winners of a Chinese qualifier.
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Zong Xiao Chen ''(first round)''
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Yuanjun Liu ''(first round)''
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Chengan Liu
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References ...
''(first round)''
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Lihao Wen ''(first round)''
One other qualifier, the criteria for which has not been announced by the
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is a professional darts organisation in the United Kingdom, established in 1992 when a group of leading players split from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form what was initially called the World ...
.
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Hai Long Chen ''(first round)''
Draw
References
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