Devon Petersen was the defending champion after defeating Jonny Clayton 8–3 in the 2020 final,[3][4] but lost to Michael Smith in the second round.

Michael van Gerwen won his 33rd European Tour title after beating Rob Cross 8–5 in the final,[5][6] after surviving three match darts in his semi-final match against Dimitri Van den Bergh.

[7] The prize money was unchanged from the European Tours of the last 3 years:[8] The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 1 February automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

Seeds Gerwyn Price and Brendan Dolan withdrew after the qualifiers, so Gabriel Clemens and Chris Dobey were promoted into the seeded positions, while unseeded Ted Evetts also withdrew, resulting in a total of three first round byes.

[10][11] Peter Wright withdrew from his quarter-final match with a back injury, so Michael van Gerwen received a bye to the semi-finals.