2019 German Darts Masters

The 2019 German Darts Masters was the third staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, and was the second entry in the 2019 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight PDC players facing eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the LANXESS arena in Cologne, Germany on 12–13 July 2019.

2019 German Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates12–13 July 2019
VenueLANXESS arena
LocationCologne
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£60,000
Winner's share£20,000
High checkout170 Germany Nico Kurz
(first round)
Champion(s)
Scotland Peter Wright
«2018

Mensur Suljović was the defending champion after defeating Dimitri Van den Bergh 8–2 in the 2018 final, but lost 8–3 to Gabriel Clemens in the semi-finals.

Peter Wright won his third World Series title and his second in Germany with an 8–6 win over Gabriel Clemens in the final.

Three of the top-ranked PDC players were beaten in the first round, a new record for the World Series.

Prize money edit

The total prize fund was £60,000.

Position (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £60,000)
Winner (1) £20,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £5,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £2,500
First round (8) £1,250

Qualifiers edit

The eight invited PDC representatives are (with the top 4 seeded following the 2019 US Darts Masters):[1]

  1.   Peter Wright (champion)
  2.   Michael van Gerwen (first round)
  3.   Rob Cross (quarter-finals)
  4.   Daryl Gurney (quarter-finals)
  5.   Gary Anderson (first round)
  6.   James Wade (semi-finals)
  7.   Mensur Suljović (semi-finals)
  8.   Raymond van Barneveld (first round)

The German qualifiers were:

Qualification Player
#1 Ranked German Payer   Max Hopp (first round)
#2 Ranked German Player   Martin Schindler (quarter-finals)
#1 Ranked German Superleague Player   Gabriel Clemens (runner-up)
#2 Ranked German Superleague Player   Nico Kurz (quarter-finals)
#3 Ranked German Superleague Player   Kevin Münch (first round)
#4 Ranked German Superleague Player   Christian Bunse (first round)
#5 Ranked German Superleague Player   Robert Marijanović (first round)
#6 Ranked German Superleague Player   Maik Langendorf (first round)

Draw edit

First round
(best of 11 legs)
12 July
Quarter-finals
(best of 15 legs)
13 July
Semi-finals
(best of 15 legs)
13 July
Final
(best of 15 legs)
13 July
            
1   Peter Wright 96.69 6
  Robert Marijanović 88.10 4
1   Peter Wright 97.29 8
  Nico Kurz 91.25 6
    Gary Anderson 92.80 4
  Nico Kurz 95.03 6
1   Peter Wright 96.30 8
  James Wade 90.27 4
4   Daryl Gurney 97.20 6
  Christian Bunse 92.82 2
4   Daryl Gurney 74.78 0
  James Wade 97.76 8
    James Wade 90.90 6
  Kevin Münch 82.29 2
1   Peter Wright 93.27 8
  Gabriel Clemens 92.69 6
2   Michael van Gerwen 91.75 5
  Martin Schindler 91.90 6
    Martin Schindler 91.05 2
  Mensur Suljović 100.89 8
    Mensur Suljović 90.86 6
  Maik Langendorf 83.69 2
    Mensur Suljović 91.59 3
  Gabriel Clemens 92.61 8
3   Rob Cross 101.41 6
  Max Hopp 106.62 4
3   Rob Cross 105.86 5
  Gabriel Clemens 99.21 8
    Raymond van Barneveld 90.39 3
  Gabriel Clemens 98.48 6

References edit

  1. ^ "2019 World Series Competitors Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 11 April 2019.