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The 2013 Gibraltar Darts Trophy was the fifth of eight PDC European Tour events on the
2013 PDC Pro Tour The 2013 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They were the Professional Dart Players Association Players Championships, the UK Open Qualifiers, and the European Tour eve ...
. The tournament took place at the Victoria Stadium,
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, from 28–30 June 2013. It featured a field of 64 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner. It was won by Phil Taylor, with Jamie Lewis as the runner-up. Also notable was the
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hit by Ross Smith in his second round defeat by Adrian Lewis, which was the last nine darter to be hit in the PDC European Tour until June 2018.


Course of the event

Phil Taylor won his second European Tour title with a 6–1 victory over Jamie Lewis in the final. He had previously beaten Steve Beaton 6-0 in the last eight and Dave Chisnall 6-2 in the semi-finals, recording an average score of 112.73 in the former. The £20,000 first prize was Taylor's second win in June 2013, having earlier won the
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title. Taylor's victory was his first European Tour win since Berlin in June 2012, adding to a career that has led to him being called the greatest ever darts player. He told the
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newspaper '' The Sentinel'', "It's fantastic to win this and I am over the moon. It's been a great weekend for me and I've really enjoyed it in Gibraltar." The tournament's biggest surprise was Jamie Lewis' appearance in the final. He reached his first senior final after having to qualify to take part in the event, and was aiming to win one match and the £1,000 prize money, so that he would earn a place in the world top 64 and would avoid having to need to qualify for the 2014 PDC European Tour. The event was the first-ever Gibraltar Darts Trophy, sponsored by the Government of Gibraltar at a reported cost of £100,000. Although it was not broadcast live, it was covered by Sky Sports. The trophy was presented by the territory's Sports Minister, Stephen Linares. Four Gibraltarian players participated as home nation qualifiers, but were all eliminated in the opening round.


Prize money


Qualification

The top 32 players from th
PDC ProTour Order of Merit
on the 22 May 2013 automatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 24 May), eight from the European Qualifier (held at the venue in Gibraltar on 27 June) and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held in
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on 24 April). 1–32 UK Qualifier *
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''(first round)'' * John Henderson ''(third round)'' * Kevin McDine ''(first round)'' * Joe Cullen ''(first round)'' * Joe Murnan ''(first round)'' * Connie Finnan ''(second round)'' * Steve Maish ''(first round)'' *
Nigel Heydon Nigel Heydon (born 22 July 1970) is an English professional darts player who plays in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. Career Heydon qualified for the 2007 UK Open as an amateur qualifier, losing in the first round to John Burton. He ...
''(first round)'' * Jamie Lewis ''(runner-up)'' *
Mickey Mansell Michael "Mickey" Mansell (born 31 August 1973) is a Northern Irish darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career In October 2010, Mansell reached the semi-finals of a Players Championship in Dublin. A week lat ...
''(first round)'' * Mark Hylton ''(first round)'' * Jim Walker ''(first round)'' * Dean Winstanley ''(second round)'' *
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''(first round)'' * Ross Smith ''(second round)'' * John Bowles ''(first round)'' * Matthew Edgar ''(first round)'' *
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''(second round)'' * Steve Brown ''(third round)'' *
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''(second round)'' European Qualifier *
Gino Vos Gino Vos (born 6 July 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player. Career Vos first came to prominence as an 18-year-old in the 2008 Czech Open, getting to the final before losing to Dave Prins 6–4. His next major success came in the 2009 Wo ...
''(first round)'' * Vincent van der Voort ''(first round)'' * Ronny Huybrechts ''(first round)'' * Mensur Suljović ''(second round)'' * Jani Haavisto ''(second round)'' *
Leo Hendriks Leo Hendriks (born 12 July 1983) is a Dutch darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. Career Hendriks started playing in PDC events in 2012. He played in two European Tour event qualifiers, losing in the final round of b ...
''(first round)'' * Jelle Klaasen ''(first round)'' *
Leon de Geus Leon de Geus (born 24 June 1971) is a Dutch former darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. PDC career In January 2013, he took part in the PDC Qualifying School but failed to win a place, coming closest on th ...
''(third round)'' Host Nation Qualifier *
Dylan Duo Dylan Duo (born 24 November 1977) is a Gibraltarian professional darts player who has played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Duo qualified for the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship via the European Order of Merit. He bec ...
''(first round)'' *
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''(first round)'' * Manuel Vilerio ''(first round)'' * George Federico ''(first round)''


Draw


References

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