2023 German Darts Open

The 2023 German Darts Open was the eleventh of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Sparkassen-Arena, Jena, Germany from 8-10 September 2023. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

2023 German Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates8-10 September 2023
VenueSparkassen-Arena
LocationJena
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout164  Daryl Gurney
Champion(s)
 Krzysztof Ratajski
«Event 10 Event 12»

The defending champion was Peter Wright, who defeated Dimitri Van den Bergh 8–6 in the 2022 final.[1] However, he was beaten by Cameron Menzies 4–6 in the second round.

Krzysztof Ratajski won his second European Tour title, defeating Stephen Bunting 8–3 in the final.

Prize money

edit

The prize money was increased for the first time in 4 years for all European Tours:[2]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £30,000
Runner-up (1) £12,000
Semi-finalists (2) £8,000
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 lose in the second round of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.[3]

Qualification and format

edit

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 15 August 2023 automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.[4]

The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 28 August), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 20 May), the two highest ranked Germans automatically qualified, alongside two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 20 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 3 June), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 3 June).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

edit
First round
(best of 11 legs)
8 September
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
9 September
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
10 September
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
10 September
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
10 September
Final
(best of 15 legs)
10 September
  Luke Woodhouse 98.4561  Dave Chisnall 102.866
  Gabriel Clemens 94.555  Luke Woodhouse 89.161
1  Chisnall 92.832
16  Ratajski 89.586
  Alan Soutar 75.65016  Krzysztof Ratajski 99.636
  Ricky Evans 94.936  Ricky Evans 92.523
16  Ratajski 92.836
9  Noppert 89.873
  Darius Labanauskas 87.8858  Peter Wright 89.154
  Cameron Menzies 90.656  Cameron Menzies 92.276
  Menzies 91.614
9  Noppert 92.156
  Dylan Slevin 87.2069  Danny Noppert 89.866
  Jeffrey de Graaf 85.654  Dylan Slevin 91.795
16  Ratajski 95.237
5  Rock 95.774
  Roy van de Griendt 78.4464  Dirk van Duijvenbode 93.766
  Danny Teßmann 77.633  Roy van de Griendt 87.884
4  van Duijvenbode 98.126
13  de Sousa 96.323
  Patrik Kovács 89.59113  José de Sousa 88.346
  Mike De Decker 94.186  Mike De Decker 86.044
4  van Duijvenbode 100.165
5  Rock 98.256
  Connor Scutt 88.3335  Josh Rock 108.486
  Jules van Dongen 95.406  Jules van Dongen 98.802
5  Rock 98.136
12  Searle 91.685
  Kevin Doets 96.39612  Ryan Searle 95.236
  Callum Goffin 83.232  Kevin Doets 93.623
16  Ratajski 93.688
  Bunting 92.503
  Florian Hempel 97.1962  Damon Heta 91.882
  James Wade 94.363  Florian Hempel 91.156
  Hempel 86.113
15  Gilding 89.106
  Madars Razma 96.31615  Andrew Gilding 86.196
  Stephen Burton 89.041  Madars Razma 78.942
15  Gilding 93.435
  Bunting 90.566
  Stephen Bunting 91.5967  Joe Cullen 96.455
  Mickey Mansell 94.854  Stephen Bunting 92.196
  Bunting 98.216
10  Schindler 92.011
  Daryl Gurney 92.88610  Martin Schindler 93.156
  Steve Lennon 83.292  Daryl Gurney 98.145
   Bunting 95.217
  Plaisier 90.356
  Daniel Klose 96.2743  Luke Humphries 98.436
  Ricardo Pietreczko 94.086  Ricardo Pietreczko 94.775
3  Humphries 92.095
  Plaisier 97.926
  Wesley Plaisier 99.81614  Ross Smith 94.222
  George Killington 96.024  Wesley Plaisier 101.796
   Plaisier 93.046
  Raman 86.653
  Brian Raman 84.2066  Rob Cross 94.205
  Nico Kurz 78.773  Brian Raman 91.616
  Raman 93.236
11  Aspinall 86.904
  Simon Whitlock 94.82111  Nathan Aspinall 86.236
  Gian van Veen 95.036  Gian van Veen 92.483

Notes

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "wonderful wright ends five-year wait for euro Tour title". PDC. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC.
  3. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
  4. ^ "2023 Players Championships 17-18 entries and & ET11-12 seeds confirmed". PDC.