2019 European Darts Open

The 2019 European Darts Open was the first of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Ostermann-Arena, Leverkusen, Germany, from 22–24 March 2019. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2019 European Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates22–24 March 2019
VenueOstermann-Arena
LocationLeverkusen
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000
Winner's share£25,000
Nine-dart finishNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
High checkout170 England Justin Pipe
170 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
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Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Peter Wright 8–7 in the final of the 2018 tournament, and he defended his title by defeating Rob Cross 8–6 in the final.

In his semi-final win over Mensur Suljović, Van Gerwen became the first player to hit two nine-darters on the European Tour, taking out 147 via T19-Bull-D20, which was also the first time a filmed nine-dart finish included a bullseye, but not as the final dart (as all the previous three were double in/double out nine-darters in the World Grand Prix).

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 12 February 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 22 February), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 22 February), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 21 March), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 21 March), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 5 October 2018) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 19 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 only exceptions being that the Nordic & Baltic qualifiers for the first 3 European Tour events took place in late 2018, before the new ruling was announced, hence why Madars Razma qualified by this method, as under the new rules, he would have had to enter the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier, after regaining his Tour Card at European Q-School in January 2019.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
22 March
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
23 March
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
24 March
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
24 March
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
24 March
Final
(best of 15 legs)
24 March
1  Michael van Gerwen 97.686
  Jason Wilson 77.841  Mervyn King 82.061
1  van Gerwen 101.336
  Mervyn King 85.976
16  Wattimena 90.140
16  Jermaine Wattimena 102.166
  Michael Rosenauer 87.144  Glen Durrant 97.795
1  van Gerwen 102.886
  Glen Durrant 94.416
9  Price 103.325
8  Michael Smith 98.775
  Matthew Edgar 86.075  Krzysztof Ratajski 105.576
  Ratajski 87.154
  Krzysztof Ratajski 86.856
9  Price 89.266
9  Gerwyn Price 97.396
  Fabian Herz 82.423  Scott Taylor 86.633
1  van Gerwen 96.617
  Scott Taylor 91.586
5  Suljović 87.735
5  Mensur Suljović 99.656
  Matthew Dennant 88.116  Matthew Dennant 91.734
5  Suljović 93.816
  Madars Razma 93.685
12  Cullen 99.773
12  Joe Cullen 97.206
  Wayne Jones 84.552  Vincent van der Voort 91.551
5  Suljović 102.266
  Vincent van der Voort 90.946
4  Wade 94.972
4  James Wade 97.876
  Wesley Plaisier 85.036  Wesley Plaisier 92.493
4  Wade 101.796
  Jyhan Artut 81.224
13  Chisnall 98.411
13  Dave Chisnall 100.286
  Ted Evetts 88.616  Ted Evetts 90.742
1  van Gerwen 104.798
  Martin Atkins 84.933
7  Cross 100.276
2  Ian White 87.835
  Justin Pipe 94.616  Justin Pipe 89.446
  Pipe 96.646
  Ryan Meikle 86.323
15  Webster 90.211
15  Darren Webster 87.436
  Pavel Jirkal 81.916  Pavel Jirkal 81.083
  Pipe 92.552
  William Borland 72.321
7  Cross 101.636
7  Rob Cross 101.376
  Steve Beaton 89.426  Steve Beaton 95.833
7  Cross 105.746
  Raymond van Barneveld 91.464
10  Clayton 100.454
10  Jonny Clayton 85.016
  Adam Hunt 97.246  Adam Hunt 86.543
7  Cross 104.247
  Danny van Trijp 92.643
3  Wright 99.335
6  Adrian Lewis 102.523
  Ritchie Edhouse 85.301  Dimitri Van den Bergh 102.296
  Van den Bergh 85.740
  Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.726
11  Gurney 94.936
11  Daryl Gurney 90.986
  Jeffrey de Zwaan 91.016  Jeffrey de Zwaan 90.212
11  Gurney 93.383
  Josh Payne 84.921
3  Wright 92.836
3  Peter Wright 101.036
  Kim Huybrechts 87.036  Kim Huybrechts 86.562
3  Wright 101.576
  Nico Kurz 87.425
  R. Smith 96.463
14  Simon Whitlock 93.745
  Ross Smith 92.976  Ross Smith 92.696
  Ricky Williams 82.500

References

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  1. ^ Allen, Dave. "Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019". PDC. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. ^ Magnussen, Mads Plagborg. "Thanks for now Iceland". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.