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The 2018 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. In this year there are 41 PDC Pro Tour events being held – 22 Players Championships, six UK Open Qualifiers and 13 European Tour events.
This page also includes results from the PDC’s affiliated tours including the Development and Challenge Tours and all the regional tours as well as the results from the World Championship regional qualifiers.
The prize money for the UK Open Qualifiers and Players Championship and European Tour events stayed the same as 2017.
This is how the prize money is divided:
Stage | ET | PC | UKQ | CT/DT |
---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | £25,000 | £10,000 | £10,000 | £2,000 |
Runner-up | £10,000 | £6,000 | £5,000 | £1,000 |
Semi-finalists | £6,000 | £3,000 | £2,500 | £500 |
Quarter-finalists | £4,000 | £2,250 | £2,000 | £300 |
Last 16 | £3,000 | £1,500 | £1,500 | £200 |
Last 32 | £2,000 | £1,000 | £750 | £100 |
Last 48 | £1,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Last 64 | N/A | £500 | £250 | £50 |
Total | £135,000 | £75,000 | £60,000 | £10,000 |
128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events.
The 2018 Tour Cards are awarded to:[1]
Afterwards, the playing field will be complemented by the highest qualified players from the Q School Order of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Pro Tour Card players had been reached. In 2018, that means that a total of 21 players will qualify this way.
In a change to previous years, The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (or Q-School) was split into a UK and European Q-School.[2] Players that are not from Europe can choose which Q-School they want to compete in.
The following players won two-year tour cards on each of the days played:
18 January | 19 January | 20 January | 21 January |
---|---|---|---|
UK Q-School | |||
435 contestants | 436 contestants | 430 contestants | 407 contestants |
European Q-School | |||
172 contestants | 174 contestants | 175 contestants | 156 contestants |
Total | |||
607 contestants | 610 contestants | 605 contestants | 563 contestants |
An Order of Merit was also created for each Q School. For every win after the first full round (without byes) the players get awarded 1 point.
To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places were allocated down the final Qualifying School Order of Merits in proportion to the number of entrants. The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:
UK Q-School Order of Merit |
European Q-School Order of Merit
|
This would turn out to be the last year in which qualifiers for the UK Open would take place, as from the 2019 UK Open, all Tour Card holders would automatically qualify for the tournament.[3]
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Friday 2 February | ![]() |
(105.50) Michael van Gerwen ![]() |
6 – 3 | ![]() |
[4] |
2 | Saturday 3 February | (98.33) Michael van Gerwen ![]() |
6 – 3 | ![]() |
[5] | |
3 | Sunday 4 February | (96.97) Michael Smith ![]() |
6 – 0 | ![]() |
[6] | |
4 | Friday 9 February | (100.05) Gary Anderson ![]() |
6 – 2 | ![]() |
[7] | |
5 | Saturday 10 February | (108.77) Corey Cadby ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[8] | |
6 | Sunday 11 February | (101.93) Krzysztof Ratajski ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[9] |
As with 2017, there were 22 Players Championship events.
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Saturday 17 February | ![]() |
(103.82) Michael van Gerwen ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[10] |
2 | Sunday 18 February | (101.68) Michael van Gerwen ![]() |
6 – 1 | ![]() |
[11] | |
3 | Saturday 10 March | (101.33) Gary Anderson ![]() |
6 – 0 | ![]() |
[12] | |
4 | Sunday 11 March | (91.42) Gary Anderson ![]() |
6 – 2 | ![]() |
[13] | |
5 | Saturday 17 March | ![]() |
(99.58) Michael van Gerwen ![]() |
6 – 2 | ![]() |
[14] |
6 | Sunday 18 March | (97.57) Ian White ![]() |
6 – 5 | ![]() |
[15] | |
7 | Saturday 7 April | ![]() |
(98.03) Michael Smith ![]() |
6 – 2 | ![]() |
[16] |
8 | Sunday 8 April | (97.93) Mickey Mansell ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[17] | |
9 | Saturday 28 April | ![]() |
(100.86) Michael van Gerwen ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[18] |
10 | Sunday 29 April | (92.91) Jeffrey de Zwaan ![]() |
6 – 5 | ![]() |
[19] | |
11 | Saturday 19 May | ![]() |
(100.65) Gary Anderson ![]() |
6 – 5 | ![]() |
[20] |
12 | Sunday 20 May | (99.62) Josh Payne ![]() |
6 – 5 | ![]() |
[21] | |
13 | Saturday 16 June | ![]() |
(100.32) Rob Cross ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[22] |
14 | Sunday 17 June | (96.57) Peter Wright ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[23] | |
15 | Tuesday 26 June | ![]() |
(105.24) Mervyn King ![]() |
6 – 2 | ![]() |
[24] |
16 | Wednesday 27 June | (91.54) Ian White ![]() |
6 – 3 | ![]() |
[25] | |
17 | Tuesday 4 September | (97.17) Peter Wright ![]() |
6 – 2 | ![]() |
[26] | |
18 | Wednesday 5 September | (94.68) Nathan Aspinall ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[27] | |
19 | Friday 28 September | ![]() |
(95.21) Max Hopp ![]() |
6 – 3 | ![]() |
[28] |
20 | Saturday 29 September | (98.68) Danny Noppert ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[29] | |
21 | Saturday 20 October | ![]() |
(99.78) Krzysztof Ratajski ![]() |
6 – 2 | ![]() |
[30] |
22 | Sunday 21 October | (96.51) Krzysztof Ratajski ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[31] |
As with the previous year, the 2018 PDC Challenge Tour series consisted of 20 events, held over 5 weekends.
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Saturday 27 January | ![]() |
Simon Preston ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
[45] |
2 | Diogo Portela ![]() |
5 – 3 | ![]() |
[45] | ||
3 | Sunday 28 January | Martin Atkins ![]() |
5 – 4 | ![]() |
[46] | |
4 | Jason Cullen ![]() |
5 – 4 | ![]() |
[46] | ||
5 | Saturday 24 March | ![]() |
(83.50) John Davey ![]() |
5 – 0 | ![]() |
[47] |
6 | (104.56) Michael Barnard ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
[48] | ||
7 | Sunday 25 March | (78.64) Dennis Nilsson ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
[49] | |
8 | (89.57) Ted Evetts ![]() |
5 – 1 | ![]() |
[50] | ||
9 | Saturday 5 May | ![]() |
(83.88) Cody Harris ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
[51] |
10 | (93.31) Michael Barnard ![]() |
5 – 1 | ![]() |
[52] | ||
11 | Sunday 6 May | (99.98) Michael Barnard ![]() |
5 – 3 | ![]() |
[53] | |
12 | (89.00) Adam Huckvale ![]() |
5 – 3 | ![]() |
[54] | ||
13 | Saturday 8 September | (94.23) Jamie Hughes ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
[55] | |
14 | (90.39) Krzysztof Ratajski ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
[56] | ||
15 | Sunday 9 September | (93.94) Cameron Menzies ![]() |
5 – 0 | ![]() |
[57] | |
16 | (86.51) Lee Budgen ![]() |
5 – 3 | ![]() |
[58] | ||
17 | Saturday 10 November | ![]() |
(88.46) David Evans ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
[59] |
18 | (96.64) Jonathan Worsley ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
[60] | ||
19 | Sunday 11 November | (97.38) Michael Rasztovits ![]() |
5 − 3 | ![]() |
[61] | |
20 | (88.72) Ted Evetts ![]() |
5 − 4 | ![]() |
[62] |
As with the previous year, the 2018 PDC Development Tour series consisted of 20 events, held over 5 weekends.
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Saturday 14 April | ![]() |
(82.98) Nathan Rafferty ![]() |
5 – 3 | ![]() |
[63] |
2 | (89.54) Wessel Nijman ![]() |
5 – 4 | ![]() |
[63] | ||
3 | Sunday 15 April | (86.96) Rob Hewson ![]() |
5 – 3 | ![]() |
[64] | |
4 | (80.16) Niels Zonneveld ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
[64] | ||
5 | Saturday 26 May | ![]() |
Rowby-John Rodriguez ![]() |
5 – 0 | ![]() |
[65] |
6 | Kenny Neyens ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
[65] | ||
7 | Sunday 27 May | Luke Humphries ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
[66] | |
8 | Ted Evetts ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
[66] | ||
9 | Saturday 9 June | ![]() |
(98.88) Martin Schindler ![]() |
5 – 0 | ![]() |
[67] |
10 | (94.29) Martin Schindler ![]() |
5 – 1 | ![]() |
[67] | ||
11 | Sunday 10 June | (89.04) Ryan Meikle ![]() |
5 – 3 | ![]() |
[68] | |
12 | (87.00) Ted Evetts ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
[68] | ||
13 | Saturday 22 September | ![]() |
(81.85) Luke Humphries ![]() |
5 – 4 | ![]() |
[69] |
14 | (87.20) George Killington ![]() |
5 – 3 | ![]() |
[69] | ||
15 | Sunday 23 September | (84.52) Dimitri Van den Bergh ![]() |
5 – 3 | ![]() |
[70] | |
16 | (96.68) Jarred Cole ![]() |
5 – 1 | ![]() |
[70] | ||
17 | Saturday 3 November | ![]() |
(94.92) Luke Humphries ![]() |
5 – 1 | ![]() |
[71] |
18 | (89.01) Berry van Peer ![]() |
5 – 4 | ![]() |
[72] | ||
19 | Sunday 4 November | (84.29) Dimitri Van den Bergh ![]() |
5 – 3 | ![]() |
[73] | |
20 | (93.41) Ted Evetts ![]() |
5 – 4 | ![]() |
[74] |
The PDCNB replaced the events in Norway and Latvia with new events in Lithuania and Iceland in 2018. As with 2017, there were 10 events held over 5 weekends. Two players from the Tour earned a 2019 PDC World Darts Championship spot, Darius Labanauskas and Daniel Larsson.
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Saturday 27 January | ![]() |
Kim Viljanen ![]() |
6 – 2 | ![]() |
[75] |
2 | Sunday 28 January | Daniel Larsson ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[75] | |
3 | Saturday 24 February | ![]() |
Darius Labanauskas ![]() |
6 – 5 | ![]() |
[76] |
4 | Sunday 25 February | Darius Labanauskas ![]() |
6 – 5 | ![]() |
[76] | |
5 | Saturday 26 May | ![]() |
(95.06) Marko Kantele ![]() |
6 – 2 | ![]() |
[77] |
6 | Sunday 27 May | (87.84) Cor Dekker ![]() |
6 – 3 | ![]() |
[78] | |
7 | Saturday 11 August | ![]() |
Daniel Larsson ![]() |
6 – 3 | ![]() |
[79] |
8 | Sunday 12 August | Marko Kantele ![]() |
6 – 5 | ![]() |
[79] | |
9 | Saturday 6 October | ![]() |
(93.42) Madars Razma ![]() |
6 – 2 | ![]() |
[80] |
10 | Sunday 7 October | (89.44) Madars Razma ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[81] |
The PDC introduced the PDC Asian Tour in 2018, with 12 events held over 6 weekends. Five players from the Tour earned a 2019 PDC World Darts Championship spot after Seigo Asada won the Japanese Qualifier. The other players to qualify were Lourence Ilagan, Royden Lam, Noel Malicdem and Paul Lim.[82]
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Saturday 10 March | ![]() |
(91.82) Royden Lam ![]() |
5 – 3 | ![]() |
[83] |
2 | Sunday 11 March | (83.34) Seigo Asada ![]() |
5 – 4 | ![]() |
[83] | |
3 | Saturday 28 April | ![]() |
(90.57) Lourence Ilagan ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
[84] |
4 | Sunday 29 April | (91.78) Lourence Ilagan ![]() |
5 – 1 | ![]() |
[85] | |
5 | Saturday 23 June | ![]() |
(91.39) Royden Lam ![]() |
5 – 3 | ![]() |
[86] |
6 | Sunday 24 June | (89.46) Noel Malicdem ![]() |
5 – 0 | ![]() |
[87] | |
7 | Saturday 18 August | ![]() |
(86.47) Seigo Asada ![]() |
5 – 4 | ![]() |
[88] |
8 | Sunday 19 August | (87.90) Lourence Ilagan ![]() |
5 – 1 | ![]() |
[89] | |
9 | Saturday 8 September | ![]() |
(89.60) Seigo Asada ![]() |
5 – 4 | ![]() |
[90] |
10 | Sunday 9 September | (92.39) Paul Lim ![]() |
5 – 3 | ![]() |
[91] | |
11 | Saturday 13 October | ![]() |
(93.21) Lourence Ilagan ![]() |
5 – 4 | ![]() |
[92] |
12 | Sunday 14 October | (99.70) Noel Malicdem ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
[93] |
The leading player of the 18 tournaments on the 2018 DPA Tour series qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship. That player was Raymond Smith.
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Friday 16 February | ![]() |
Raymond Smith ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[94] |
2 | Saturday 17 February | James Bailey ![]() |
6 – 5 | ![]() | ||
3 | Sunday 18 February | James Bailey ![]() |
6 – 5 | ![]() | ||
4 | Friday 23 March | ![]() |
Corey Cadby ![]() |
6 – 1 | ![]() |
[95] |
5 | Saturday 24 March | Raymond Smith ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() | ||
6 | Sunday 25 March | Mal Cuming ![]() |
6 – 5 | ![]() | ||
7 | Friday 13 April | ![]() |
Corey Cadby ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[96] |
8 | Saturday 14 April | Corey Cadby ![]() |
6 – 3 | ![]() | ||
9 | Sunday 15 April | Corey Cadby ![]() |
6 – 0 | ![]() | ||
10 | Friday 18 May | ![]() |
Corey Cadby ![]() |
6 – 2 | ![]() |
[97] |
11 | Saturday 19 May | Corey Cadby ![]() |
6 – 3 | ![]() | ||
12 | Sunday 20 May | Corey Cadby ![]() |
6 – 5 | ![]() | ||
13 | Friday 15 June | ![]() |
Raymond Smith ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[98] |
14 | Saturday 16 June | Raymond Smith ![]() |
6 – 5 | ![]() | ||
15 | Sunday 17 June | Gordon Mathers ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() | ||
16 | Friday 7 September | ![]() |
Raymond Smith ![]() |
6 – 2 | ![]() |
[99] |
17 | Saturday 8 September | Mark Smyth ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() | ||
18 | Sunday 9 September | Tim Pusey ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
There were 6 EADC Pro Tour events in 2018. Players from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine are eligible to play.
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Saturday 24 February | ![]() |
Aleksandr Oreshkin ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[100] |
2 | Sunday 25 February | Maxim Aldoshin ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[101] | |
3 | Sunday 29 April | Aleksei Kadochnikov ![]() |
6 – 1 | ![]() |
||
4 | Aleksei Kadochnikov ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
|||
5 | Monday 30 April | Roman Obukhov ![]() |
6 – 5 | ![]() |
||
6 | Aleksei Kadochnikov ![]() |
6 – 0 | ![]() |
The top American and Canadian players over the 2018 CDC Tour qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship.[102] Chuck Puleo and Jim Long took the two places.[103]
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Saturday 28 April | ![]() |
(88.72) Gary Mawson ![]() |
6 – 5 | ![]() |
[104] |
2 | Sunday 29 April | (83.80) Chuck Puleo ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[105] | |
3 | Saturday 19 May | ![]() |
(86.37) Leonard Gates ![]() |
6 – 5 | ![]() |
[106] |
4 | Sunday 20 May | (85.11) Darin Young ![]() |
6 – 5 | ![]() |
[107] | |
5 | Saturday 23 June | ![]() |
(94.68) Leonard Gates ![]() |
6 – 1 | ![]() |
[108] |
6 | Sunday 24 June | (81.53) Darin Young ![]() |
6 – 5 | ![]() |
[109] | |
7 | Saturday 4 August | ![]() |
(81.70) Nick Linberg ![]() |
6 – 3 | ![]() |
[110] |
8 | Sunday 5 August | (87.91) Chuck Puleo ![]() |
6 – 1 | ![]() |
[111] | |
9 | Saturday 25 August | ![]() |
(84.22) John Part ![]() |
6 – 2 | ![]() |
[112] |
10 | Sunday 26 August | (88.10) Chuck Puleo ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[113] |
Date | Event | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thursday 5 July[114] | North American Championship | ![]() |
(85.10) Jeff Smith ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[115] |
Friday 13 July[116] | DartPlayers New Zealand Qualifier | ![]() |
(89.04) Tahuna Irwin ![]() |
7 – 2 | ![]() |
[118] |
Saturday 15 September[119] | South/Central American Qualifier | ![]() |
Diogo Portela ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[120] |
Saturday 22 September[121] | Eastern Europe Qualifier | ![]() |
(79.17) Karel Sedláček ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[122] |
Saturday 6 October[123] | South/East Europe Qualifier | ![]() |
Rowby-John Rodriguez ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[124] |
Saturday 6 October | Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay | ![]() |
(79.66) Kevin Burness ![]() |
6 – 3 | ![]() |
[125] |
Sunday 7 October[126] | PDJ Japan Championship | ![]() |
(79.98) Seigo Asada ![]() |
5 – 1 | ![]() |
[127] |
Sunday 7 October[128] | Western Europe Qualifier | ![]() |
Yordi Meeuwisse ![]() |
6 – 3 | ![]() |
[129] |
Saturday 20 October[130] | South/West Europe Qualifier | ![]() |
(86.93) José de Sousa ![]() |
6 – 4 | ![]() |
[131] |
Sunday 28 October[132] | Euroasian Darts Corporation Qualifier | ![]() |
(93.94) Boris Koltsov ![]() |
3 – 0 | ![]() |
[133] |
Sunday 28 October[134] | Indian Qualifier | ![]() |
(78.28) Nitin Kumar ![]() |
5 – 0 | ![]() |
[133] |
Tuesday 30 October[135] | Oceanic Masters | ![]() |
(84.68) James Bailey ![]() |
3 – 2 | ![]() |
[136] |
Sunday 11 November[137] | PDC Chinese Qualifier | ![]() |
(73.50) Yuanjun Liu ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
|
Saturday 17 November[138] | Rest of the World Women's Qualifier | ![]() |
Anastasia Dobromyslova ![]() |
6 – 0 | ![]() |
[139] |
Sunday 18 November[140] | German Super League | (93.72) Robert Marijanović ![]() |
10 – 6 | ![]() |
[117] | |
Sunday 18 November[141] | African Qualifier | ![]() |
Devon Petersen ![]() |
7 – 2 | ![]() |
[117] |
Sunday 25 November[142] | World Youth Championship | ![]() |
(100.44) Dimitri Van den Bergh ![]() |
6 – 3 | ![]() |
[143] |
Sunday 25 November[138] | UK & Ireland Women's Qualifier | ![]() |
(83.27) Lisa Ashton ![]() |
6 – 3 | ![]() |
[144] |
Monday 26 November[142] | Tour Card Holders' Qualifier | (90.11) Adam Hunt ![]() |
7 – 4 | ![]() |
[145] | |
(94.44) Aden Kirk ![]() |
7 – 6 | ![]() | ||||
(93.10) Stephen Burton ![]() |
7 – 6 | ![]() |
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