The 2017 Winmau World Masters was a major tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 2017. It took place from 25 to 27 September at the Bridlington Spa Hall, which hosted the stage element of the event for the first time since 2009.
| Winmau World Masters | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 25–27 September | ||
| Location | Bridlington | ||
| Country | England | ||
| Organisation(s) | BDO | ||
| Format | Sets for men, Legs for women, boys and girls | ||
| Prize fund | £70,500 | ||
| Winner's share | £25,000 (men), £5,000 (women) | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Krzysztof Ratajski (men)  Lorraine Winstanley (Women)  Nico Blum (boys) Beau Greaves (girls) | |||
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Glen Durrant was the defending men's champion after defeating Mark McGeeney in last year's final by 6 sets to 3 but he failed to defend his title after losing to eventual champion Krzysztof Ratajski in the quarter-finals. Trina Gulliver was the defending women's champion after defeating Deta Hedman in the final last year by 5 legs to 2 but she failed to defend her title after losing to Tricia Wright in the quarter-finals.
In the men's, Ratajski won his first ever major as a player and that the first time a Polish player won a televised major. It was even more remarkable that he had to play through all of the qualifying rounds before meeting and defeating the number 7 seed Richard Veenstra in the last 32 by 3 sets to 1, Alan Soutar in the last 16 by 3 sets to nil, defending champion and number 2 seed Glen Durrant in the quarter-finals by 4 sets to 2, number 6 seed Cameron Menzies in the semi-finals by 5 sets to 1, and defeating number 1 seed Mark McGeeney in the final by 6 sets to 1.[1]
The tournament was the last BDO tournament entered by Ratajski as a month after winning the event he accepted an offer to play in the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship and made the full switch to the PDC in January.[2]
During an emergency EGM called due to the issues surrounding how the BDO was currently being run, it was announced that the tournament had recorded losses to the BDO of £80,000 and with that the future of the tournament is in doubt.
Men's seeds edit
The seedings were finalised on 31 August. For the second consecutive year, there are 16 seeds (an decrease from 32 between 2012 and 2015) with all seeds exempt until the Last 32 stage and cannot play each other until the Last 16 stage.[3]
Mark McGeeney (runner-up)- Glen Durrant (quarter-finals)
- Scott Mitchell (last 32)
- Jamie Hughes (last 32)
Ross Montgomery (last 16)- Cameron Menzies (semi-finals)
Richard Veenstra (last 32)
Martin Phillips (quarter-finals)- Dean Reynolds (last 32)
- Wesley Harms (last 32)
- Willem Mandigers (last 32)
- James Hurrell (quarter-finals)
- Scott Waites (last 32)
- Jim Williams (quarter-finals)
- Darryl Fitton (last 32)
- Nick Kenny (last 32)
Men's draw (last 48 onwards) edit
Players in bold denote match winners.[4][5]
Women's seeds edit
The following women's seeds were:[6]
- Deta Hedman (quarter-finals)
- Aileen de Graaf (last 16)
- Lorraine Winstanley (winner)
- Lisa Ashton (last 16)
Corrine Hammond (runner-up)
Anastasia Dobromyslova (quarter-finals)- Trina Gulliver (quarter-finals)
- Fallon Sherrock (last 16)
Women's draw edit
Boy's Draw edit
Players in bold denote match winners.[9]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
 Ramon Leferink
| 4 | |||||||||||||
 Killian Heffernan
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ramon Leferink
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Nico Blum
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Nico Blum
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Justin van Tergouw
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Nico Blum 76.59
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Keane Barry 79.74
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Keelan Kay
| 3 | |||||||||||||
 Nathan Girvan
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Nathan Girvan
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Keane Barry
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Keane Barry
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Owen Maiden
| 1 | |||||||||||||
Girl's Draw edit
Players in bold denote match winners.[10]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Katie Sheldon
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Shannon Reeves
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Katie Sheldon
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Quintey Bieman
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Kyana Frauenfelder
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Quintey Bieman
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Katie Sheldon 60.78
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Beau Greaves 63.96
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Lerena Rietbergen
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Beau Greaves
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Beau Greaves
| 4 | |||||||||||||
 Ksenia Klochek
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sophie McKinlay
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ksenia Klochek
| 4 | |||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Ratajski and Winstanley take Masters crowns". BDODarts. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "World Championship Field Confirmed". 27 November 2017.
- ^ "World Masters Men 2017". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Results of World Masters Men 2017". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "World Masters Men 2017 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "World Masters Women 2017". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Results of World Masters Women 2017". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "World Masters Women 2017 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "World Masters Boys 2017 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "World Masters Girls 2017 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.