2025 European Darts Grand Prix
| 2025 Elten Safety Shoes European Darts Grand Prix | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 2–4 May 2025 | ||
| Venue | Glaspalast | ||
| Location | Sindelfingen, Germany | ||
| Organisation(s) | Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £175,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £30,000 | ||
| High checkout | 170 Dirk van Duijvenbode (quarter-finals) | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Gary Anderson | |||
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The 2025 Elten Safety Shoes European Darts Grand Prix was the sixth of fourteen PDC European Tour events on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Glaspalast, Sindelfingen, Germany, from 2–4 May 2025. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.
Gary Anderson was the defending champion after defeating Ross Smith 8–6 in the 2024 final.[1]
Anderson became the first person to successfully defend the title by beating Andrew Gilding 8–0.[2]
Prize money
[edit]The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[3]
| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £30,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £12,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £8,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £6,000 |
| Third round losers | (8) | £4,000 |
| Second round losers | (16) | £2,500* |
| First round losers | (16) | £1,250* |
| Total | £175,000 | |
- Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.[4]
Qualification and format
[edit]In a change from the previous year, the top 16 on the two-year main PDC Order of Merit ranking were now seeded and entered the tournament in the second round, while the 16 qualifiers from the one-year PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit ranking entered in the first round.[5][6][7] The seedings were confirmed on 27 March.[8]
The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 2 April),[9] four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 9 February),[10] one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 29 March),[11] and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 15 February).[12]
Luke Littler and Daryl Gurney withdrew and were replaced by Martin Lukeman and William O'Connor. Michael Smith moved up to become the 16th seed.[13]
The following players took part in the tournament:
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Draw
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Anderson ends ten-year wait for European Tour title". PDC. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Anderson retains European Darts Grand Prix title in Sindelfingen". Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). 4 May 2025.
- ^ "Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced". PDC.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | 2025 PDC Order of Merit Rules, as at January 13 2025". PDC.
- ^ Shaw, Jamie (13 January 2025). "PDC confirm further controversial changes to European Tour criteria in 2025". Live Darts. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ Gill, Samuel (13 January 2025). "PDC European Tour rules change again in controversial move seeming to protect big names". Darts News. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ "2025 PDC Order of Merit Rules confirmed". PDC. 13 January 2025.
- ^ "2025 ET5-6 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". PDC. 27 March 2025.
- ^ "PDC ET06 Tour Card Holder Qualifier". DartConnect. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ "PDC ET06 Host Nation Qualifier". DartConnect. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ "PDCNB 2025 Tour - Sweden - Weekend 02 • ET6 Qualifier Final". DartConnect. 29 March 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ "PDC ET06 E. Europe Qualifier". DartConnect. 15 February 2025.
- ^ "2025 Elten Safety Shoes European Darts Grand Prix draw & schedule". Professional Darts Corporation. 1 May 2025.