2023 Baltic Sea Darts Open

The 2023 Interwetten Baltic Sea Darts Open was the first of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Wunderino Arena, Kiel, Germany from 24 to 26 February 2023. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.[1][2][3][4]

2023 Interwetten Baltic Sea Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates24–26 February 2023
VenueWunderino Arena
LocationKiel, Germany
Organisation(s)Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
FormatLegs
Prize fund£175,000

Dave Chisnall won his fourth European Tour title by defeating Luke Humphries 8–5 in the final.[5][6][7]

The event also saw 239 scores of 180 hit during the tournament, beating the previous European Tour record of 231.[6][8][9]

Prize money edit

The prize money was increased for the first time in 4 years for all European Tours:[10]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £30,000
Runner-up (1) £12,000
Semi-finalists (2) £8,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £6,000
Third round losers (8) £4,000
Second round losers (16) £2,500*
First round losers (16) £1,250
Total £175,000
  • Seeded players who lost in the second round of the event were not credited with prize money on any Order of Merit.[11]

Qualification and format edit

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 31 January 2023 automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.[12]

The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 13 February), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 10 February), the two highest ranked Germans automatically qualified, alongside two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 10 February), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 17 February), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 11 February).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw edit

The draw was confirmed on 23 February.[13][14]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
24 February
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
25 February
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
26 February
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
26 February
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
26 February
Final
(best of 15 legs)
26 February
   Gabriel Clemens 98.5551  Luke Humphries 98.806
  Daryl Gurney 97.276  Daryl Gurney 92.821
1  Humphries 94.236
16  Van den Bergh 90.513
   Shaun Wilkinson 85.23216  Dimitri Van den Bergh 97.776
  Ritchie Edhouse 92.806  Ritchie Edhouse 96.963
1  Humphries 100.506
9  van Duijvenbode 100.914
   Jermaine Wattimena 91.5648  Michael Smith 93.626
  Niko Springer 97.596  Niko Springer 88.124
8  Smith 99.273
9  van Duijvenbode 100.276
   Florian Hempel 82.9929  Dirk van Duijvenbode 88.366
  Richard Veenstra 90.356  Richard Veenstra 87.553
1  Humphries 97.047
13  Searle 101.026
   Ricky Evans 90.1724  Rob Cross 93.825
  Martijn Dragt 90.356  Martijn Dragt 88.296
  Dragt 97.212
13  Searle 100.126
   Niels Zonneveld 90.61513  Ryan Searle 95.486
  Mario Vandenbogaerde 86.726  Mario Vandenbogaerde 90.191
13  Searle 99.146
  Brown 81.951
   James Wade 92.1765  Peter Wright 96.606
  Raymond van Barneveld 89.533  James Wade 94.593
5  Wright 88.744
  Brown 94.476
   Filip Šebesta 82.99312  Danny Noppert 89.783
  Keegan Brown 89.086  Keegan Brown 90.386
1  Humphries 96.275
6  Chisnall 101.318
   William O'Connor 95.0942  Michael van Gerwen 98.314
  Stephen Bunting 97.296  Stephen Bunting 96.926
  Bunting 94.172
15  Clayton 95.856
   Jeroen Mioch 91.12315  Jonny Clayton 97.106
  Ted Evetts 89.596  Ted Evetts 88.311
15  Clayton 102.846
  Beaton 85.612
   Steve Beaton 106.1067  Nathan Aspinall 92.305
  Adrian Lewis 99.682  Steve Beaton 92.536
  Beaton 86.236
10  Cullen 88.064
   Arron Monk 91.92610  Joe Cullen 95.946
  Brendan Dolan 93.975  Arron Monk 98.434
15  Clayton 97.385
6  Chisnall 94.167
   Bradley Brooks 83.3563  Damon Heta 101.536
  Josh Payne 83.022  Bradley Brooks 91.762
3  Heta 91.002
14  Schindler 96.556
   Ryan Meikle 80.69114  Martin Schindler 98.146
  Lukas Wenig 90.846  Lukas Wenig 94.004
14  Schindler 89.484
6  Chisnall 88.146
   Lewy Williams 98.4866  Dave Chisnall 100.756
  Dennis Nilsson 85.893  Lewy Williams 94.932
6  Chisnall 107.046
11  Price 108.294
   Ryan Joyce 81.47311  Gerwyn Price 109.076
  Graham Usher 84.046  Graham Usher 88.982

References edit

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