2019 European Darts Open

The 2019 European Darts Open was the first of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Ostermann-Arena, Leverkusen, Germany, from 22–24 March 2019. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2019 European Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates22–24 March 2019
VenueOstermann-Arena
LocationLeverkusen
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000
Winner's share£25,000
Nine-dart finishNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
High checkout170 England Justin Pipe
170 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
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Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Peter Wright 8–7 in the final of the 2018 tournament, and he defended his title by defeating Rob Cross 8–6 in the final.

In his semi-final win over Mensur Suljović, Van Gerwen became the first player to hit two nine-darters on the European Tour, taking out 147 via T19-Bull-D20, which was also the first time a filmed nine-dart finish included a bullseye, but not as the final dart (as all the previous three were double in/double out nine-darters in the World Grand Prix).

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:[1]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £6,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £5,000
Third round losers (8) £3,000
Second round losers (16) £2,000*
First round losers (16) £1,000
Total £140,000
  • Seeded players who lose in the second round do not receive this prize money on any Orders of Merit.

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 12 February will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places will go to players from six qualifying events – 18 from the UK Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 22 February), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 22 February), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 21 March), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 21 March), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 5 October 2018) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 19 January).

From 2019, the Host Nation, Nordic & Baltic and East European Qualifiers will only be available to non-Tour Card holders. Any Tour Card holders from the applicable regions will have to play the main European Qualifier. The only exceptions being that the Nordic & Baltic qualifiers for the first 3 European Tour events took place in late 2018, before the new ruling was announced, hence why Madars Razma qualified by this method, as under the new rules, he would have had to enter the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier, after regaining his Tour Card at European Q-School in January 2019.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw

First round
(best of 11 legs)
22 March
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
23 March
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
24 March
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
24 March
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
24 March
Final
(best of 15 legs)
24 March
1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 97.686
England Jason Wilson 77.841England Mervyn King 82.061
1Netherlands van Gerwen 101.336
England Mervyn King 85.976
16Netherlands Wattimena 90.140
16Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 102.166
Germany Michael Rosenauer 87.144England Glen Durrant 97.795
1Netherlands van Gerwen 102.886
England Glen Durrant 94.416
9Wales Price 103.325
8England Michael Smith 98.775
England Matthew Edgar 86.075Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 105.576
Poland Ratajski 87.154
Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 86.856
9Wales Price 89.266
9Wales Gerwyn Price 97.396
Germany Fabian Herz 82.423England Scott Taylor 86.633
1Netherlands van Gerwen 96.617
England Scott Taylor 91.586
5Austria Suljović 87.735
5Austria Mensur Suljović 99.656
England Matthew Dennant 88.116England Matthew Dennant 91.734
5Austria Suljović 93.816
Latvia Madars Razma 93.685
12England Cullen 99.773
12England Joe Cullen 97.206
England Wayne Jones 84.552Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 91.551
5Austria Suljović 102.266
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 90.946
4England Wade 94.972
4England James Wade 97.876
Netherlands Wesley Plaisier 85.036Netherlands Wesley Plaisier 92.493
4England Wade 101.796
Germany Jyhan Artut 81.224
13England Chisnall 98.411
13England Dave Chisnall 100.286
England Ted Evetts 88.616England Ted Evetts 90.742
1Netherlands van Gerwen 104.798
England Martin Atkins 84.933
7England Cross 100.276
2England Ian White 87.835
England Justin Pipe 94.616England Justin Pipe 89.446
England Pipe 96.646
England Ryan Meikle 86.323
15England Webster 90.211
15England Darren Webster 87.436
Czech Republic Pavel Jirkal 81.916Czech Republic Pavel Jirkal 81.083
England Pipe 92.552
Scotland William Borland 72.321
7England Cross 101.636
7England Rob Cross 101.376
England Steve Beaton 89.426England Steve Beaton 95.833
7England Cross 105.746
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 91.464
10Wales Clayton 100.454
10Wales Jonny Clayton 85.016
England Adam Hunt 97.246England Adam Hunt 86.543
7England Cross 104.247
Netherlands Danny van Trijp 92.643
3Scotland Wright 99.335
6England Adrian Lewis 102.523
England Ritchie Edhouse 85.301Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 102.296
Belgium Van den Bergh 85.740
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.726
11Northern Ireland Gurney 94.936
11Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 90.986
Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 91.016Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 90.212
11Northern Ireland Gurney 93.383
England Josh Payne 84.921
3Scotland Wright 92.836
3Scotland Peter Wright 101.036
Belgium Kim Huybrechts 87.036Belgium Kim Huybrechts 86.562
3Scotland Wright 101.576
Germany Nico Kurz 87.425
England R. Smith 96.463
14Australia Simon Whitlock 93.745
England Ross Smith 92.976England Ross Smith 92.696
England Ricky Williams 82.500

References

  1. Allen, Dave. "Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019". PDC. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. Magnussen, Mads Plagborg. "Thanks for now Iceland". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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