The 2018 William Hill US Darts Masters was the second staging of the tournament by the

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. It was the second event in the 2018 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (8 PDC representatives and 8 North American representatives) and was held at the

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on 6–7 July 2018.

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was the defending champion after defeating

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8–6 in the 2017 final. However, he lost 8–3 in the quarter-finals to

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. Gary Anderson won his sixth

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title after beating Rob Cross 8–4 in the final.

Prize money

The total prize fund was £60,000.

Qualifiers

The eight PDC representatives are: # Peter Wright ''(semi-finals)'' # Gary Anderson (winner) #

''(quarter-finals)'' # Rob Cross ''(runner-up)'' #

''(quarter-finals)'' # Michael Smith ''(quarter-finals)'' #

''(semi-finals)'' #

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''(first round)'' The North American qualifier winners were: *

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''(first round)'' * John Norman Jnr ''(first round)'' * Jeff Smith ''(first round)'' *

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''(first round)'' The top 4 North American Order of Merit qualifiers were: * Joe Huffman ''(first round)'' *

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''(first round)'' * Dawson Murschell ''(quarter-finals)'' *

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''(first round)''

Bracket

References

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