2021 Hungarian Darts Trophy

The 2021 Hungarian Darts Trophy was the first PDC European Tour event on the 2021 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest, Hungary from 3–5 September 2021. It featured a field of 47 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2021 Hungarian Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	3–5 September 2021
Venue	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Location	Budapest
Country	Hungary
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£140,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	161  Geert De Vos
Champion(s)
Gerwyn Price
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Gerwyn Price became the inaugural champion after defeating Michael Smith 8–2 in the final, winning his 4th European Tour title.^[1]

This was the first PDC tournament held in Hungary; the tournament was originally scheduled to take place in 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prize money

This is how the prize money was divided, with the prize money being unchanged from the 2019 & 2020 European Tours:^[2]

Stage (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	£25,000
Runner-up	(1)	£10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£6,500
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£5,000
Third round losers	(8)	£3,000
Second round losers	(16)	£2,000*
First round losers	(16)	£1,000
Total	£140,000

• Seeded players who lose in the second round do not receive this prize money on any Orders of Merit.

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 28 June automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.^[3]

The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 9 July), one from the UK Associate Member Qualifier (held on 9 August), one from the European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 5 July), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (as there are no Hungarian Tour Card holders) (held on 31 July), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held in early 2020, and carried over^[4]), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held in 2020 and carried over).

Danny Noppert withdrew prior to the tournament, which meant Rob Cross became a seed, and a random player was drawn to receive a bye to round two. That player was William O'Connor.^[5]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16  Joe Cullen (quarter-finals)  José de Sousa (semi-finals)  Peter Wright (quarter-finals)  Michael van Gerwen (third round)  Gerwyn Price (winner)  Michael Smith (runner-up)  Jonny Clayton (second round)  James Wade (third round)  Devon Petersen (second round)  Krzysztof Ratajski (second round)  Dirk van Duijvenbode (second round)  Damon Heta (third round)  Brendan Dolan (quarter-finals)  Mensur Suljović (second round)  Nathan Aspinall (third round)  Rob Cross (third round)

Tour Card Qualifier  Ross Smith (second round)  John Michael (second round)  Lewy Williams (third round)  Geert De Vos (second round)  Keegan Brown (first round)  Joe Murnan (second round)  Simon Whitlock (second round)  Daryl Gurney (second round)  Darren Webster (first round)  Steve Beaton (first round)  Jake Jones (first round)  Alan Soutar (second round)  Madars Razma (first round)  Luke Humphries (semi-finals)  William Borland (third round, withdrew)  Adrian Lewis (first round)  Bradley Brooks (second round)  Vincent van der Voort (first round)  William O'Connor (second round)  Boris Krčmar (first round)  Florian Hempel (second round)  Geert Nentjes (first round)  Keane Barry (third round)

UK Associate Member Qualifier  Thomas Lovely (first round) European Associate Member Qualifier  Richard Veenstra (second round) Host Nation Qualifier  Péter Strbik (first round)  János Végső (first round)  Gábor Jagicza (first round)  József Rucska (first round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier  Johan Engström (first round) East European Qualifier  Adam Gawlas (quarter-finals)[6][7][8]

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 3 September [9]					Second round (best of 11 legs) 4 September [10]					Third round (best of 11 legs) 5 September					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 5 September					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 5 September					Final (best of 15 legs) 5 September
						1	Joe Cullen 100.10	6
	Geert Nentjes 90.17		2				Geert De Vos 82.38	3
											1	Cullen 97.03	6
	Geert De Vos 88.77		6
											16	Cross 93.38	4
						16	Rob Cross 94.02	6
	Péter Strbik 90.11		0				Ross Smith 90.08	4
																1	Cullen 93.43	4
	Ross Smith 100.20		6
																	Humphries 92.64	6
						8	James Wade 99.45	6
	William O'Connor		bye				William O'Connor 99.02	5
											8	Wade 95.73	2
												Humphries 97.53	6
						9	Devon Petersen 90.93	2
	Luke Humphries 91.87		6				Luke Humphries 101.08	6
																						Humphries 100.05	4
	Madars Razma 90.94		3
																					5	Price 107.21	7
						4	Michael van Gerwen 101.51	6
	Vincent van der Voort 93.03		2				Daryl Gurney 101.16	4
											4	van Gerwen 99.18	5
	Daryl Gurney 99.51		6
											13	Dolan 94.72	6
						13	Brendan Dolan 93.50	6
	Alan Soutar 97.43		6				Alan Soutar 90.74	1
																13	Dolan 87.10	4
	József Rucska 73.92		1
																5	Price 91.49	6
						5	Gerwyn Price 92.68	6
	Richard Veenstra 84.66		6				Richard Veenstra 84.88	4
											5	Price 89.74	6
	Keegan Brown 84.47		4
											12	Heta 90.49	4
						12	Damon Heta 95.82	6
	Simon Whitlock 98.23		6				Simon Whitlock 89.39	4
																										5	Price 108.74	8
	Darren Webster 90.71		4
																										6	M. Smith 92.17	2
						2	José de Sousa 94.87	6
	János Végső 80.57		5				Joe Murnan 94.01	3
											2	de Sousa 91.35	6
	Joe Murnan 92.31		6
											15	Aspinall 81.07	2
						15	Nathan Aspinall 101.68	6
	Adrian Lewis 99.63		5				Bradley Brooks 91.13	1
																2	de Sousa 90.64	6
	Bradley Brooks 95.19		6
																	Gawlas 92.86	5
						7	Jonny Clayton 88.66	5
	Boris Krčmar 97.11		5				Adam Gawlas 83.78	6
											Gawlas 98.16		6
	Adam Gawlas 96.94		6
											Williams 89.92		2
						10	Krzysztof Ratajski 96.71	3
	Gábor Jagicza 78.30		3				Lewy Williams 98.79	6
																					2	de Sousa 94.74	5
	Lewy Williams 86.55		6
																					6	M. Smith 98.54	7
						3	Peter Wright 93.00	6
	Florian Hempel 89.04		6				Florian Hempel 95.10	3
											3	Wright	w/o
	Jake Jones 85.98		5
												Borland	w/d1
						14	Mensur Suljović 96.22	5
	Johan Engström 84.65		4				William Borland 94.46	6
																3	Wright 91.76	2
	William Borland 87.84		6
																6	M. Smith 91.78	6
						6	Michael Smith 101.08	6
	Steve Beaton 97.64		5				John Michael 94.02	3
											6	M. Smith 84.80	6
	John Michael 98.93		6
												Barry 84.94	1
						11	Dirk van Duijvenbode 84.65	3
	Thomas Lovely 90.91		3				Keane Barry 95.07	6
	Keane Barry 91.99		6

1^ William Borland withdrew due to a personal issue. Therefore, Peter Wright received a bye into the quarter-finals.

References

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