Wright will take on the Code Star, Cody Harris and Rob Cross will take on Ryan Meikle which could be tough tests for 2 of the World's Top 3 and could ensure Van Gerwen's dominance once again.
Players such as Jamie Hughes, Jermaine Wattimena and Nathan Aspinall are all through. The likes of Richard North, John Part and Ted Evetts have all bowed out in the first round though in qualifiers that produce some shocks.
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Last 256
Vincent van der Voort BYE | -
Daniel Ayres 6 | 2 Robert Rickwood
Yordi Meeuwisse 6 | 1 Sven Groen
Davy Van Baelen 6 | 0 Curtis Hammond
Michael van Gerwen BYE | -
Kevin Edwards 6 | 3 Sean Bell
Tytus Kanik 6 | 1 Ryan Harrington
Mike De Decker 6 | 4 Richie Howson
Steve West BYE | -
Rene Berndt 6 | 4 Nathan Treadgold
Brian Woods BYE | - Michael Power
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 4 Dennis Nilsson
Daryl Gurney BYE | -
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6 | 4 Kevin Simm
Ryan De Vreede 6 | 5 Gary Eastwood
Andy Jenkins 6 | 5 Lee Grimshaw
Steve Beaton BYE | -
Thomas Lovely 6 | 3 Tony Cole
Mark Walsh 6 | 3 Rene Eidams
Mark Frost 6 | 3 Darren Lynch
Michael Smith BYE | -
Mark Wilson 6 | 2 Chris Ware
Ryan Joyce 6 | 2 Eddie Dootson
Adam Hunt 6 | 4 Darren Layden
Cristo Reyes BYE | -
Gabriel Clemens 6 | 1 Darren Place
Lee Harris 6 | 1 Alan Tabern
Nathan Aspinall 6 | 0 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Darren Webster BYE | -
Rees Hall 6 | 5 Nico Blum
Jay Foreman 6 | 3 Dafydd Edwards
John Court 6 | 4 Scott Dale
Mervyn King BYE | -
Ryan Murray 6 | 3 Ryan Palmer
Josh Payne 6 | 5 Carl Wilkinson
Trevor Burkhill 3 | 6 Mario Robbe
Rob Cross BYE | -
Ryan Meikle 6 | 2 Mark Lawrence
Antonio Alcinas 6 | 2 Stuart Kellett
Nicholas Bell 6 | 2 Ian Jones
Stephen Bunting BYE | -
Philip Borthwick 6 | 1 James Hajdar
Richie Corner 6 | 2 Mike Norton
Wayne Jones 6 | 1 Matt Padgett
Joe Cullen BYE | -
Ross Smith 6 | 3 Paul Milford
Tom Gregory 6 | 3 Bernd Roith
Peter Mitchell 6 | 1 Kevin Burness
Kyle Anderson BYE | -
Andy Boulton 6 | 5 Jeff Smith
Jim Walker 6 | 5 Devon Petersen
Christopher Bent 6 | 2 Jon Jukes
Kim Huybrechts BYE | -
Adam Huckvale 6 | 4 Ted Evetts
Luke Humphries 6 | 5 Prakash Jiwa
Steve Lennon 6 | 3 Michael Barnard
Jamie Lewis BYE | -
Geert Nentjes 6 | 3 Scott Rollings
Lee Bryant 6 | 3 Lewis Pride
Rhys Griffin 6 | 5 Lee Palfreyman
Ian White BYE | -
Peter Hudson 6 | 3 Madars Razma
Bradley Brooks 6 | 3 Ross Twell
David Pallett 6 | 1 Martin Schindler
Dimitri Van den Bergh BYE | -
Ron Meulenkamp 6 | 2 Josh McCarthy
Charlie Jackson 6 | 3 Darren Johnson
Kevin Painter 6 | 4 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Brendan Dolan BYE | -
Michael Plooy 6 | 5 Jason Cullen
Jason Lowe 6 | 2 Jack Main
Jamie Hughes 6 | 3 Ricky Evans
Peter Wright BYE | -
Cody Harris 6 | 2 Jose Antonio Justicia Perales
Steven Marfleet 6 | 0 Kelvin Self
Michael Rasztovits 6 | 5 Terry Roach
Justin Pipe BYE | -
Krzysztof Ratajski 6 | 3 Jason Wilson
Brett Claydon 6 | 4 Jerry Hendriks
Richie Burnett 6 | 2 Simon Preston
Jonny Clayton BYE | -
Dave Prins 6 | 5 Kevin Garcia
Robert Owen 6 | 5 Sam Guest
Jarred Cole 5 | 6 Jim Brown
Mark Webster BYE | -
George Killington 6 | 0 John Norman Jnr
Luke Woodhouse 6 | 3 Mats Gies
Ronny Huybrechts 6 | 4 Richard North
John Henderson BYE | -
Martyn Turner 6 | 5 David Evans
Paul Rowley 6 | 1 Jesus Noguera Perea
Ian Moss 6 | 4 John Michael
James Wade BYE | -
Mick McGowan 6 | 4 Melvin de Fijter
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 5 Terry Temple
Boris Koltsov 6 | 4 Steve Hine
Robert Thornton BYE | -
Corey Cadby 6 | 0 Ian Lever
Mickey Mansell 6 | 3 Joe Murnan
James Richardson 6 | 2 Aden Kirk
James Wilson BYE | -
Ryan Searle 6 | 5 Fabian Herz
Barrie Bates 6 | 0 Vincent Kamphuis
Martin Lukeman 6 | 3 Keith Geraghty
Benito van de Pas BYE | -
Marko Kantele 6 | 3 Kirk Shepherd
Dave Ladley 6 | 4 Peter Jacques
Keegan Brown 6 | 3 Barry Lynn
Jelle Klaasen BYE | -
Jamie Caven 6 | 4 Kevin Munch
Roxy-James Rodriguez 6 | 5 Ronnie Baxter
William O'Connor 6 | 5 Danny Noppert
Chris Dobey BYE | -
Matthew Edgar 6 | 3 Lee Evans
Robbie Green 6 | 3 John Goldie
Dennis Smith 2 | 6 Zoran Lerchbacher
Alan Norris BYE | -
Callan Rydz 6 | 5 Max Hopp
Jimmy Hendriks 6 | 4 John Part
Lee Turle 4 | 6 Paul Nicholson
Dave Chisnall BYE | -
Jeffrey de Graaf 6 | 5 Mark Dudbridge
Shayne Burgess 6 | 1 Paul Phillips
Darren Beveridge 6 | 1 Christian Bunse
Simon Whitlock BYE | -
Robert Marijanovic 6 | 1 Ricky Williams
Arron Monk 6 | 5 Ritchie Edhouse
Jan Dekker 6 | 0 Craig Quinn
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