2019 European Darts Grand Prix

The 2019 European Darts Grand Prix was the sixth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Glaspalast, Sindelfingen, Germany, from 10 to 12 May 2019. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2019 European Darts Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates10–12 May 2019
VenueGlaspalast
LocationSindelfingen
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 England Darren Webster
170 England Mark McGeeney
170 England Ian White
Champion(s)
England Ian White
«Event 5 Event 7»

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating James Wade 8–3 in the final of the 2018 tournament, but he lost 6–3 to Peter Wright in the quarter-finals.

Ian White became the eighth player to win multiple European Tour titles after beating Wright 8–7 in the final. It was White's third consecutive final on the European Tour, a record matched only by Van Gerwen.

Prize money

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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

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The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 4 April 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 12 April), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 12 April), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 9 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 9 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 2 February) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 9 March).

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.

Dave Chisnall, who was set to be the 12th seed, withdrew prior to the tournament draw due to family reasons. All seeds below him moved up a place, with Mervyn King becoming sixteenth seed, and an extra place being made available in the Host Nation Qualifier.

James Wade, the 10th seed, withdrew from the tournament after the draw and was not replaced, with his second round opponent Ryan Searle receiving a bye.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
10 May
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
11 May
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
12 May
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
12 May
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
12 May
Final
(best of 15 legs)
12 May
1  Michael van Gerwen 92.396
  Brendan Dolan 94.946  Brendan Dolan 84.785
1  van Gerwen 100.576
  Michael Rosenauer 86.752
  Richardson 83.431
16  Mervyn King 100.193
  Matthew Edgar 83.633  James Richardson 102.196
1  van Gerwen 99.353
  James Richardson 95.946
8  Wright 97.946
8  Peter Wright 98.316
  Niels Zonneveld 79.156  Niels Zonneveld 86.284
8  Wright 104.756
  Michael Hurtz 78.154
9  Clayton 93.824
9  Jonny Clayton 88.956
  Pero Ljubić 84.003  Ross Smith 88.014
8  Wright 98.977
  Ross Smith 92.306
  Hughes 89.581
5  Adrian Lewis 96.543
  Ricardo Pietreczko 76.951  Jamie Hughes 103.976
  Hughes 91.806
  Jamie Hughes 90.446
  McGeeney 86.434
12  Joe Cullen 90.815
  Mark McGeeney 93.786  Mark McGeeney 93.096
  Hughes 92.006
  Josh Payne 97.743
  Aspinall 90.235
4  Daryl Gurney 98.256
  Chris Dobey 103.666  Chris Dobey 93.065
4  Gurney 101.934
  Madars Razma 95.320
  Aspinall 102.916
13  Max Hopp 93.983
  Kim Viljanen 82.091  Nathan Aspinall 98.436
8  Wright 92.687
  Nathan Aspinall 102.976
3  White 91.368
2  Gerwyn Price 103.416
  Dragutin Horvat 84.043  Gavin Carlin 95.681
2  Price 97.954
  Gavin Carlin 88.536
15  Webster 92.626
15  Darren Webster 90.866
  Vincent van der Voort 91.476  Vincent van der Voort 91.215
15  Webster 85.622
  Dave Prins 90.704
  Beaton 87.476
7  Mensur Suljović 95.205
  Steve Beaton 92.966  Steve Beaton 94.036
  Beaton 89.226
  Stephen Bunting 95.944
  Searle 90.784
10  James Wade w/d
  Ryan Searle 91.486  Ryan Searle w/o
  Beaton 90.395
  Glen Durrant 97.864
3  White 98.787
6  Rob Cross 89.553
  Stefan Bellmont 82.822  Jeffrey de Zwaan 90.246
  de Zwaan 105.966
  Jeffrey de Zwaan 97.816
11  M. Smith 98.544
11  Michael Smith 97.526
  Robert Owen 91.224  Krzysztof Ratajski 101.854
  de Zwaan 93.561
  Krzysztof Ratajski 94.696
3  White 97.076
3  Ian White 95.536
  Michael Rasztovits 90.981  Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.145
3  White 110.846
  Dimitri Van den Bergh 91.516
  Brown 107.043
14  Ricky Evans 94.162
  Daniel Klose 84.413  Keegan Brown 95.506
  Keegan Brown 91.796

References

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  1. ^ Allen, Dave. "Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019". PDC. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. ^ Magnussen, Mads Plagborg. "Baltic dominance on the Pro Tour". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.