2024 International Darts Open

The 2024 International Darts Open was the third of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the SACHSENarena, Riesa, Germany from 12 to 14 April 2024. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

2024 International Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates12–14 April 2024
VenueSACHSENarena
LocationRiesa
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout
  • 170
  •  Owen Bates
  •  Chris Dobey
Champion(s)
 Martin Schindler
«Event 2 Event 4»

Gerwyn Price was the defending champion after defeating Michael van Gerwen 8–4 in the 2023 final.[1]

Martin Schindler won his first European Tour title and first senior PDC title overall, beating Gerwyn Price 8–5 in the final.[2] Schindler became only the third German to ever win a European Tour event, after Max Hopp and Ricardo Pietreczko.

Prize money

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The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[3]

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
  • Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit who lose in their first match 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.[4][5]

Qualification and format

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A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January.[6]

For the first time, both the PDC Order of Merit and the PDC ProTour Order of Merit rankings were used to determine 32 of the 48 entrants for the event.

The top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit qualified, along with the highest 16 ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit (after the PDC Order of Merit players were removed). From those 32 players, the 16 highest ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit were seeded for the event.

The seedings were confirmed on 16 February.[7]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 21 February),[8] four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 17 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).

Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson withdrew and were replaced by Dylan Slevin and Lee Evans. Stephen Bunting and Joe Cullen moved up to become the 15th and 16th seeds respectively.[9]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
12 April
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
13 April
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
14 April
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
14 April
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
14 April
Final
(best of 15 legs)
14 April
   Richard Veenstra 97.2961  Dave Chisnall 96.272
  Andrew Gilding 96.794  Richard Veenstra 95.776
   Veenstra 92.941
  Schindler 97.096
   Jan Dueckers 69.46116  Joe Cullen 93.083
  Martin Schindler 97.316  Martin Schindler 105.056
  Schindler 95.926
9  Noppert 95.195
   Owen Bates 94.6758  Jonny Clayton 98.212
  Nathan Aspinall 96.896  Nathan Aspinall 113.146
  Aspinall 90.522
9  Noppert 85.906
   Alexander Mašek 85.1629  Danny Noppert 100.916
  Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.986  Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.134
   Schindler 98.527
  Dobey 86.393
   Callan Rydz 82.5564  Damon Heta 90.726
Alt  Lee Evans 75.831  Callan Rydz 83.281
4  Heta 100.275
13  Searle 97.216
   Daryl Gurney 92.02613  Ryan Searle 98.746
  Patrick Klingelhöfer 75.420  Daryl Gurney 98.735
13  Searle 98.692
  Dobey 104.266
   Gabriel Clemens 86.2565  Dirk van Duijvenbode 83.794
  Peter Wright 91.985  Gabriel Clemens 93.966
   Clemens 83.350
  Dobey 94.936
   Chris Dobey 96.78612  Krzysztof Ratajski 99.604
Alt  Dylan Slevin 101.361  Chris Dobey 111.196
  Schindler 96.358
3  Price 101.625
   José de Sousa 98.1362  Luke Humphries 99.656
  Cor Dekker 95.113  José de Sousa 81.312
2  Humphries 92.204
15  Bunting 89.676
   Michael Unterbuchner 89.64615  Stephen Bunting 101.506
  Luke Woodhouse 83.114  Michael Unterbuchner 92.761
15  Bunting 91.556
  Edhouse 91.075
   Gian van Veen 92.6467  Rob Cross 91.766
  Raymond van Barneveld 86.903  Gian van Veen 91.505
7  Cross 95.604
  Edhouse 103.496
   Jitse Van der Wal 84.47110  Michael Smith 100.785
  Ritchie Edhouse 95.836  Ritchie Edhouse 100.536
15  Bunting 97.865
3  Price 96.757
   Kai Gotthardt 102.2223  Gerwyn Price 96.866
  Brendan Dolan 103.856  Brendan Dolan 92.984
3  Price 115.746
14  Pietreczko 102.613
   Mike De Decker 93.39314  Ricardo Pietreczko 98.266
  James Wade 96.856  James Wade 92.535
3  Price 96.566
11  R. Smith 102.925
   Cameron Menzies 101.2066  Josh Rock 95.365
  Simon Whitlock 92.394  Cameron Menzies 92.356
  Menzies 92.424
11  R. Smith 89.906
   William O'Connor 92.81611  Ross Smith 90.476
  Mervyn King 87.343  William O'Connor 93.975

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Gorton, Josh (2 April 2023). "Peerless Price retains International Darts Open crown". PDC.
  2. ^ "International Darts Open: Martin Schindler denies Gerwyn Price fifth title, claiming his first senior PDC title". Sky Sports. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  3. ^ Phillips, Josh (15 February 2023). "Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced". PDC.
  4. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
  5. ^ Allen, Dave (22 February 2024). "European Tour Prize Money Rule Statement". PDC.
  6. ^ Allen, Dave (7 January 2024). "New qualifying format for European Tour confirmed for 2024". PDC.
  7. ^ Gorton, Josh (16 February 2024). "ET3-4 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". PDC.
  8. ^ Gill, Samuel (21 February 2024). "Simon Whitlock, Cameron Menzies and Mervyn King all qualify for International Darts Open". Darts News. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  9. ^ Gorton, Josh (11 April 2024). "2024 NEO.bet International Darts Open draw & schedule". PDC. Retrieved 11 April 2024.