2018 Danish Darts Open

The 2018 Danish Darts Open was the eighth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Brøndbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark from 22–24 June 2018. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2018 Danish Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	22–24 June 2018
Venue	Brøndbyhallen
Location	Copenhagen
Country	Denmark
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	167 Jelle Klaasen (second round)
Champion(s)
Mensur Suljović
«Event 7 Event 9»

Mensur Suljović won his second European Tour title, defeating Simon Whitlock 8–3 in the final.

This was the first PDC European Tour event to be held in Scandinavia.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:

Stage (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	£25,000
Runner-up	(1)	£10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£6,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£4,000
Third round losers	(8)	£3,000
Second round losers	(16)	£2,000
First round losers	(16)	£1,000
Total	£135,000

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.

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 11 May 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 Milton Keynes on 18 May), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 7 June), two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 21 June), two from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (excluding Danish players, held on 21 June), one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 February), and one to the highest ranked PDCNB player on the PDC Order of Merit on 30 May.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Top 16

1. Michael van Gerwen (third round)
2. Michael Smith (second round)
3. Peter Wright (quarter-finals)
4. Rob Cross (third round)
5. Daryl Gurney (second round)
6. Mensur Suljović (champion)
7. Joe Cullen (quarter-finals)
8. Jonny Clayton (second round)
9. Ian White (second round)
10. James Wade (third round)
11. Darren Webster (third round)
12. Simon Whitlock (runner-up)
13. Mervyn King (quarter-finals)
14. Gerwyn Price (third round)
15. Stephen Bunting (third round)
16. John Henderson (second round)

UK Qualifier

• Steve Beaton (second round)
• Paul Nicholson (first round)
• Adrian Lewis (semi-finals)
• Richard North (first round)
• Scott Taylor (second round)
• Ricky Evans (third round)
• Barry Lynn (second round)
• Steve West (semi-finals)
• Ted Evetts (first round)
• Chris Dobey (first round)
• Robert Thornton (first round)
• Mickey Mansell (first round)
• Peter Jacques (second round)
• Wayne Jones (first round)
• Brendan Dolan (quarter-finals)
• Ryan Joyce (second round)
• William O'Connor (first round)
• Adam Huckvale (first round)

West/South European Qualifier

• Jelle Klaasen (second round)
• Jermaine Wattimena (second round)
• Cristo Reyes (second round)
• Max Hopp (second round)
• Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (second round)
• Dragutin Horvat (first round)
• Martin Schindler (first round)
• Jeffrey de Zwaan (first round)

Host Nation Qualifier

• Per Laursen (first round)
• Brian Løkken (first round)

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

• Dennis Nilsson (first round)
• Darius Labanauskas (third round)

Highest Ranked PDCNB Player on the PDC Order of Merit

• Madars Razma (second round)

East European Qualifier

• Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 22 June					Second round (best of 11 legs) 23 June					Third round (best of 11 legs) 24 June					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 24 June					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 24 June					Final (best of 15 legs) 24 June
						1	Michael van Gerwen 91.30	6
	Robert Thornton 76.07		5				Scott Taylor 85.66	2
											1	van Gerwen 95.17	4
	Scott Taylor 82.53		6
												Dolan 91.83	6
						16	John Henderson 85.07	4
	Martin Schindler 95.12		4				Brendan Dolan 90.82	6
																Dolan 86.15		3
	Brendan Dolan 90.25		6
																West 96.78		6
						8	Jonny Clayton 98.66	5
	Richard North 92.02		5				Darius Labanauskas 97.03	6
											Labanauskas 94.13		5
	Darius Labanauskas 91.64		6
											West 97.95		6
						9	Ian White 89.14	4
	Per Laursen 81.60		4				Steve West 86.71	6
																						West 96.48	4
	Steve West 87.04		6
																					12	Whitlock 97.14	7
						5	Daryl Gurney 93.74	3
	Ricky Evans 90.87		6				Ricky Evans 99.44	6
												Evans 92.73	5
	Dennis Nilsson 88.95		4
											12	Whitlock 97.76	6
						12	Simon Whitlock 98.07	6
	Jermaine Wattimena 96.43		6				Jermaine Wattimena 90.42	3
																12	Whitlock 92.34	6
	Wayne Jones 94.07		5
																13	King 87.10	4
						4	Rob Cross 96.04	6
	Steve Beaton 100.47		6				Steve Beaton 98.66	5
											4	Cross 98.12	5
	Adam Huckvale 92.97		2
											13	King 98.50	6
						13	Mervyn King 96.36	6
	Max Hopp 84.66		6				Max Hopp 84.18	5
																										12	Whitlock 94.78	3
	Dragutin Horvat 83.45		4
																										6	Suljović 99.31	8
						2	Michael Smith 103.26	5
	Adrian Lewis 84.93		6				Adrian Lewis 101.39	6
												Lewis 95.40	6
	Ted Evetts 79.61		3
											15	Bunting 93.95	4
						15	Stephen Bunting 90.49	6
	Paul Nicholson 90.52		4				Peter Jacques 87.22	3
																	Lewis 98.43	6
	Peter Jacques 89.02		6
																7	Cullen 95.90	2
						7	Joe Cullen 105.99	6
	Jeffrey de Zwaan 75.41		0				Madars Razma 95.93	3
											7	Cullen 99.94	6
	Madars Razma 104.86		6
											10	Wade 92.18	4
						10	James Wade 95.38	6
	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 91.69		6				Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 81.85	4
																						Lewis 102.28	6
	William O'Connor 96.60		5
																					6	Suljović 99.91	7
						6	Mensur Suljović 96.86	6
	Ryan Joyce 87.74		6				Ryan Joyce 91.34	1
											6	Suljović 98.92	6
	Krzysztof Ratajski 91.06		2
											11	Webster 101.17	5
						11	Darren Webster 94.19	6
	Brian Løkken 81.99		2				Cristo Reyes 103.01	5
																6	Suljović 96.44	6
	Cristo Reyes 88.48		6
																3	Wright 97.54	4
						3	Peter Wright 96.86	6
	Barry Lynn 90.95		6				Barry Lynn 86.44	1
											3	Wright 95.64	6
	Chris Dobey 86.65		5
											14	Price 90.49	1
						14	Gerwyn Price 92.23	6
	Mickey Mansell 87.60		5				Jelle Klaasen 90.99	3
	Jelle Klaasen 90.97		6