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. In 2018, there were 6

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events and one finals event, which has this year been moved from

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Prize money

International events

Final

World Series events

World Series qualifiers

:German Masters :*

Max Hopp Max Hopp (born 20 August 1996) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Hopp reached the final of the 2011 WDF World Cup boys' singles, and won the boys' singles event at the 2012 ...

Martin Schindler Martin Schindler (born 16 August 1996) is a German professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Schindler won a PDC Tour Card at Qualifying-School (Q-School) in January 2017. He represented Germany ...

Nico Kurz Nico Kurz (born 31 January 1997) is a German darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2018, he qualified as a German Superleague qualifier for the 2018 German Darts Masters in the 2018 World Series of Da ...

:* Manfred Bilderl :*

Gabriel Clemens Gabriel Clemens (born August 16, 1983) is a German professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career In 2017, Clemens made the semi-finals of the 2017 World Masters (darts), World Masters, and missed matc ...

Stefan Stoyke Stefan Stoyke (born 23 March 1972) is a former German professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events. Nicknamed "The Calm", Stoyke narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 2017 PDC World Darts Championship, ...

Dragutin Horvat Dragutin Horvat (born 8 January 1976) is a German professional darts player of Croatian origin. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Horvat reached the quarter-finals of the 2016 International Darts Open, de ...

Robert Marijanović Robert Marijanovic (born 6 May 1980) is a German darts player of Croatian heritage. Career Marijanović qualified for the 2013 PDC World Darts Championship after coming through the Eastern European qualifier. He was beaten 3–4 by Northern Ire ...

:US Masters :* Dawson Murschell :* Joe Huffman :* John Norman Jnr :* DJ Sayre :*

Ross Snook Ross Snook (born 21 May 1971) is a Canadian professional darts player who is currently playing in World Darts Federation events. Career He won the Bob Jones Memorial in 2012 and 2013, and then made his big breakthrough in 2016, when he won the ...

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Dan Lauby Jr Daniel Lauby Jr. (born December 11, 1992) is an American professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is the son of fellow darts player Dan Lauby. Career Lauby made hi ...

:* Jeff Smith :Shanghai Masters :*

Lourence Ilagan Lourence Gregorio Ilagan (born 11 February 1978) is a Filipino professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who plays currently in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and international soft-tip events. His biggest achievement to date was adv ...

Seigo Asada is a Japanese professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career BDO Asada won the Japan Open in 2012 by beating Osamu Niki in the final. He won the tournament for the second time in 2014, beating Katsu ...

Royden Lam Royden Lam (Chinese:林鼎智; born 8 September 1975) is a darts player from Hong Kong. Career Royden Lam is best known as a soft tip darts player but also plays steel tip darts. In 2009 he won the Hong Kong Open by beating Liu Cheng from Chi ...

Zong Xiao Chen Zong Xiao Chen (; born 8 March 1998) is a Chinese professional darts player from Dandong who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a first winner of the China Premier League. He represented China for two time ...

:* Liu Cheng An :* Hai Long Chen :* Lihao Wen :*

Yuanjun Liu Yuanjun Liu (born 21 April 1982) is a Chinese professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. Career In 2016, he and Wenge Xie represented China in the 2016 PDC World Cup of Darts, and reached the second round, whe ...

:Auckland Masters :* Cody Harris :*

Warren Parry Warren "Wazza" Parry (born 9 January 1964) is a New Zealand professional darts player who played in the World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Parry is widely considered the greatest New Zealand player of all time. Career Parry reached the final o ...

Tim Pusey Timothy "Tim" Pusey (born 26 August 1992) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career A patient care assistant by trade, Pusey has mainly played on the Dartplayers Australia ...

Haupai Puha Haupai Puha (born 12 February 1985) is a New Zealand professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Darts career Puha qualified for 2 2018 World Series of Darts events in Australia and New Zealand as the n ...

Ben Robb Ben Robb (born 24 October 1988) is an New Zealand professional darts player who currently plays in the events of Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career Robb made his television debut in the 2018 Auckland Darts Masters, but lost to Simon ...

:* John Hurring :* Tahuna Irwin :*

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:Melbourne Masters :*

Corey Cadby Corey Patrick Cadby (born 18 March 1995) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the 2016 World Youth champion. Career A native of Tasmania, Cadby began competing in Darts P ...

:* Raymond Smith :*

Damon Heta Damon Heta (born 10 August 1987) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the Brisbane Darts Masters in 2019 and also, in pair with Simon Whitlock, World Cup of Darts in 2022. H ...

Mike Bonser Mike Bonser ( Merz, born 14 October 1970) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Bonser made his World Series of Darts debut at the 2018 Melbourne Darts Masters, where he was ...

Raymond O'Donnell Raymond O'Donnell (born 22 June 1978) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. O'Donnell qualified for the 2018 Melbourne Darts Masters, where he would lose 6–4 to Raymond van Barne ...

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:Brisbane Masters :*

:* Raymond Smith :*

Mark Cleaver Mark Cleaver (born 2 October 1967) is a New Zealand professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Cleaver made his World Series of Darts debut in the 2015 Auckland Darts Masters losing to Peter W ...

Gordon Mathers Gordon Glen Mathers (born 29 September 1981) is a professional Australian darts player. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2017 he finished top of the DPA Australian Pro Tour ranking table, and made his World ...

:* Barry Gardner :* Justin Thompson

2018 World Series Order of Merit

The top eight qualified (highlighted in green) for the

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and determined their seeding. The next 8 players qualified (highlighted in cyan) for the tournament, but were unseeded. The players highlighted in yellow qualified by the

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. (The players who aren't highlighted either withdrew or couldn't make the Finals as late call-ups.)

References

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World Series of Darts The World Series of Darts is a series of darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. Beginning in 2013, the World Series has comprised between two and seven tournaments across the world, where a mixture of the top-ranked P ...