The 2018 21.co.uk Shanghai Darts Masters was the third staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation and the second entry in the 2018 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight PDC players facing eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the Pullman Hotel in

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, China from 13–14 July 2018.

Michael van Gerwen Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2014, 2 ...

was the defending champion after defeating

Dave Chisnall Dave Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He began his career in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and was the runner-up in their World Champion ...

8–0 in the final of the 2017 event, but he lost 8–4 in the semi-finals to Michael Smith. Smith went on to win his first

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title by beating Rob Cross 8–2 in the final.

Prize money

The total prize fund was £60,000.

Qualifiers

The eight invited PDC representatives are (seeded according to the 2018 World Series of Darts Order of Merit): # Gary Anderson ''(first round)'' # Rob Cross ''(runner-up)'' # Peter Wright ''(semi-finals)'' #

''(semi-finals)'' # James Wade ''(quarter-finals)'' #

Daryl Gurney Daryl Gurney (born 22 March 1986) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Gurney is a winner of two majors, having won the World Grand Prix in 2017 in his native Ireland, and the P ...

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

Gerwyn Price Gerwyn Stephen Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. Nicknamed "The Iceman", he competes in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), where he is cu ...

''(quarter-finals)'' The Asian representatives will be: The top 3 players from the PDC Asian Tour Order of Merit after Event 6. #

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 ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

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 ...

''(first round)'' #

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 ...

''(first round)'' Four winners of a Chinese qualifier. #

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 ...

''(first round)'' #

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, w ...

''(first round)'' # Chengan Liu ''(first round)'' # Lihao Wen ''(first round)'' One other qualifier, the criteria for which has not been announced by the Professional Darts Corporation. # Hai Long Chen ''(first round)''

Draw

References

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