2019 German Darts Open

The 2019 German Darts Open was the fourth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany, from 26 to 28 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 Open
Tournament information
Dates26–28 April 2019
VenueSaarlandhalle
LocationSaarbrücken
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000
Winner's share£25,000
Nine-dart finishEngland Steve Beaton
High checkout167 England Steve Beaton
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«Event 3 Event 5»

Max Hopp was the defending champion after defeating Michael Smith 8–7 in the final of the 2018 tournament, but he was defeated 6–3 by John Henderson in the second round.

Steve Beaton hit the third nine-dart finish of the 2019 European Tour during his first round match with Kirk Shepherd.

Brendan Dolan averaged 105.54 in his first round defeat to Jamie Hughes, a European Tour record for a first round losing average.

Michael van Gerwen won his 31st European Tour title, defeating Ian White 8–3 in the final.

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 25 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 1 February) 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 following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
26 April
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
27 April
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
28 April
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
28 April
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
28 April
Final
(best of 15 legs)
28 April
1  Michael van Gerwen 88.706
  Dimitri Van den Bergh 80.426  Dimitri Van den Bergh 78.941
1  van Gerwen 100.606
  Thomas Köhnlein 78.352
  van Barneveld 90.075
16  Jermaine Wattimena 93.755
  Gabriel Clemens 92.233  Raymond van Barneveld 94.046
1  van Gerwen 107.406
  Raymond van Barneveld 99.476
  Aspinall 101.635
8  James Wade 96.476
  Pavel Jirkal 87.530  Luke Humphries 96.555
8  Wade 99.082
  Luke Humphries 98.026
  Aspinall 107.926
9  Jonny Clayton 92.793
  Nathan Aspinall 96.036  Nathan Aspinall 100.026
1  van Gerwen 105.187
  Dennis Nilsson 85.031
13  Chisnall 99.266
5  Mensur Suljović 93.186
  Mickey Mansell 94.636  Mickey Mansell 93.385
5  Suljović 99.996
  Steve West 88.593
12  Gurney 92.313
12  Daryl Gurney 91.636
  Mike De Decker 93.795  David Pallett 83.302
5  Suljović 93.135
  David Pallett 91.346
13  Chisnall 96.896
4  Peter Wright 101.796
  Kevin Münch 78.271  Steve Lennon 90.212
4  Wright 99.801
  Steve Lennon 91.976
13  Chisnall 106.136
13  Dave Chisnall 90.976
  Ted Evetts 99.586  Ted Evetts 89.833
1  van Gerwen 100.228
  Vincent Kamphuis 79.031
2  White 94.223
2  Ian White 101.676
  Kyle Anderson 95.603  Jeffrey de Zwaan 95.603
2  White 89.206
  Jeffrey de Zwaan 102.826
15  Webster 81.692
15  Darren Webster 93.656
  Karsten Koch 71.614  Vincent van der Meer 87.663
2  White 96.466
  Vincent van der Meer 81.216
7  Lewis 92.635
7  Adrian Lewis 94.656
  James Richardson 98.066  James Richardson 96.253
7  Lewis 85.516
  Wayne Jones 94.615
  Henderson 84.003
10  Max Hopp 96.023
  Stephen Bunting 94.595  John Henderson 97.036
2  White 98.497
  John Henderson 96.846
6  Cross 97.955
6  Rob Cross 102.446
  Lukas Wenig 86.654  Chris Dobey 93.804
6  Cross 101.646
  Chris Dobey 87.236
11  Cullen 94.353
11  Joe Cullen 86.656
  Jerry Hendriks 84.896  Jerry Hendriks 81.001
6  Cross 99.606
  James Wilson 83.523
3  Price 100.145
3  Gerwyn Price 100.076
  Kirk Shepherd 93.223  Steve Beaton 89.535
3  Price 94.396
  Steve Beaton 102.786
  Hughes 88.242
14  Simon Whitlock 95.544
  Jamie Hughes 100.376  Jamie Hughes 99.176
  Brendan Dolan 105.544

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.