2022 German Darts Open

The 2022 Interwetten German Darts Open was the eleventh of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Sparkassen-Arena, Jena, Germany, from 9–11 September 2022. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2022 Interwetten German Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates9–11 September 2022
VenueSparkassen-Arena
LocationJena
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout164  Jamie Hughes
164  Daryl Gurney
Champion(s)
 Peter Wright
«Event 10 Event 12»

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Ian White 8–3 in the 2019 final.[1] However, he withdrew from the tournament before it started.

Peter Wright won his seventh European Tour title, defeating Dimitri Van den Bergh 8–6 in the final.[2]

Prize money

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The prize money was unchanged from the European Tours of the last 3 years:[3]

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 and host nation qualifiers (who qualify automatically as a result of their ranking) 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]

Qualification and format

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The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 28 June automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 7 July), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 23 April), the two highest ProTour ranking German players, two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 23 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 4 June), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 25 June).

Seeds Michael van Gerwen and Michael Smith, and qualifiers Adrian Lewis and Darren Webster withdrew, with Martin Schindler and Dave Chisnall moving into the seeded positions and four byes being given in the first round.

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
9 September
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
10 September
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
11 September
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
11 September
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
11 September
Final
(best of 15 legs)
11 September
   Jamie Hughes 96.8851  Luke Humphries 97.986
  Daniel Larsson 90.716  Daniel Larsson 89.283
1  Humphries 105.296
16  Chisnall 93.103
   Bradley Brooks 95.18616  Dave Chisnall 95.136
  Scott Williams 85.453  Bradley Brooks 87.072
1  Humphries 92.165
9  Cullen 91.296
   Daryl Gurney 89.8568  Dirk van Duijvenbode 89.013
  Connor Scutt 85.913  Daryl Gurney 90.516
  Gurney 92.415
9  Cullen 97.956
   Joe Murnan 9  Joe Cullen 96.116
bye  Joe Murnan 95.585
9  Cullen 85.114
4  Wright 101.717
   Ian White 79.6404  Peter Wright 99.886
  Raymond van Barneveld 91.096  Raymond van Barneveld 91.023
4  Wright 98.086
13  Clayton 98.353
   Karel Sedláček 92.81513  Jonny Clayton 93.616
  Jim Williams 89.886  Jim Williams 96.974
4  Wright 100.856
  R. Smith 87.682
   Alan Soutar 88.3065  Damon Heta 101.326
  Lukas Wenig 85.033  Alan Soutar 86.262
5  Heta 94.293
  R. Smith 106.666
   Ross Smith 12  Danny Noppert 96.475
bye  Ross Smith 98.906
4  Wright 99.758
11  Van den Bergh 92.746
   Lewy Williams 2  Gerwyn Price 95.336
bye  Lewy Williams 98.324
2  Price 106.136
15  Schindler 93.161
   Danny van Trijp 92.97615  Martin Schindler 88.176
  John Henderson 85.260  Danny van Trijp 84.523
2  Price 100.455
10  de Sousa 95.716
   Steve Beaton 7  Nathan Aspinall 89.134
bye  Steve Beaton 89.576
  Beaton 99.173
10  de Sousa 100.876
   Dragutin Horvat 79.55610  José de Sousa 90.936
  Jeff Smith 81.964  Dragutin Horvat 78.094
10  de Sousa 85.393
11  Van den Bergh 95.077
   Gabriel Clemens 107.3513  Rob Cross 100.486
  Martin Lukeman 103.586  Martin Lukeman 93.601
3  Cross 86.495
14  Ratajski 90.326
   Josh Rock 89.34014  Krzysztof Ratajski 89.036
  Geert Nentjes 98.026  Geert Nentjes 90.925
14  Ratajski 89.893
11  Van den Bergh 91.746
   Keane Barry 94.7556  Ryan Searle 88.233
  Luke Woodhouse 97.796  Luke Woodhouse 89.626
  Woodhouse 92.545
11  Van den Bergh 92.466
   Martijn Kleermaker 89.24311  Dimitri Van den Bergh 91.946
  David Evans 84.186  David Evans 89.252

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "2019 German Darts Open Finals Day". PDC. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Wonderful Wright ends five-year wait for Euro Tour title". PDC. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11.
  4. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".