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| 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) | |||
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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]
The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[3]
| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |
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| 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 | |
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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