2019 German Darts Grand Prix

The 2019 German Darts Grand Prix was the third of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Kulturhalle Zenith, Munich, Germany, from 20–22 April 2019. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2019 German Darts Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates20–22 April 2019
VenueKulturhalle Zenith
LocationMunich
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 England Glen Durrant
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
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Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Peter Wright 8–5 in the final of the 2018 tournament, and he defended his title by beating Simon Whitlock 8–3 in the final, which was his 30th European Tour title since its inception in 2012.

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 5 March 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 15 March), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 15 March), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 19 April), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 19 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 6 October 2018) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 20 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.

Gerwyn Price, who was set to be the 3rd seed, withdrew prior to the tournament draw. All seeds below him moved up a place, with Danny Noppert becoming sixteenth seed, and an extra place being made available in the Host Nation Qualifier.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
20 April
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
21 April
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
22 April
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
22 April
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
22 April
Final
(best of 15 legs)
22 April
1  Michael van Gerwen 102.026
  Krzysztof Ratajski 97.906  Krzysztof Ratajski 101.414
1  van Gerwen 106.136
  Martin Schindler 86.022
  Bunting 88.761
16  Danny Noppert 90.811
  Alan Norris 90.421  Stephen Bunting 93.056
1  van Gerwen 91.926
  Stephen Bunting 99.706
  Evetts 96.625
8  Michael Smith 84.270
  Gabriel Clemens 90.875  Ricky Evans 87.556
  Evans 99.444
  Ricky Evans 97.256
  Evetts 95.836
9  Jonny Clayton 93.722
  Ted Evetts 96.666  Ted Evetts 97.506
1  van Gerwen 93.817
  Mark Wilson 87.612
5  Cross 89.231
5  Rob Cross 93.526
  Chris Dobey 85.773  Michael Rasztovits 86.483
5  Cross 110.986
  Michael Rasztovits 93.536
12  Gurney 101.915
12  Daryl Gurney 97.106
  Kyle Anderson 86.456  Kyle Anderson 94.574
5  Cross 105.286
  Kevin Münch 82.702
4  Suljović 96.605
4  Mensur Suljović 100.076
  Josh Payne 91.826  Josh Payne 91.182
4  Suljović 94.296
  Jyhan Artut 81.712
13  Chisnall 100.145
13  Dave Chisnall 108.966
  Arron Monk 95.746  Arron Monk 103.862
1  van Gerwen 106.458
  Marko Puls 74.133
14  Whitlock 94.383
2  Ian White 81.084
  Karel Sedláček 92.186  Karel Sedláček 79.296
  Sedláček 96.556
  Diogo Portela 85.374
15  Webster 90.025
15  Darren Webster 97.566
  Steve Beaton 91.491  Nathan Derry 82.681
  Sedláček 89.705
  Nathan Derry 96.176
10  Hopp 91.346
7  James Wade 95.835
  Kim Huybrechts 93.476  Kim Huybrechts 96.436
  Huybrechts 92.603
  Dragutin Horvat 86.285
10  Hopp 96.466
10  Max Hopp 90.436
  Keegan Brown 90.786  Keegan Brown 87.883
10  Hopp 92.516
  Magnus Caris 82.195
14  Whitlock 90.507
6  Adrian Lewis 94.845
  Ritchie Edhouse 92.646  Ritchie Edhouse 92.786
  Edhouse 79.834
  Brendan Dolan 92.624
11  Cullen 84.156
11  Joe Cullen 99.636
  Jamie Hughes 95.331  Glen Durrant 97.125
11  Cullen 87.161
  Glen Durrant 99.066
14  Whitlock 92.366
3  Peter Wright 94.884
  Ross Smith 90.196  Ross Smith 98.026
  R. Smith 85.974
  Mark Barilli 83.033
14  Whitlock 93.336
14  Simon Whitlock 92.946
  Michael Hurtz 78.282  Cristo Reyes 92.334
  Cristo Reyes 87.166

References

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  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.