2019 German Darts Open

2019 German Darts Open
2019 German Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	26–28 April 2019
Venue	Saarlandhalle
Location	Saarbrücken
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£140,000
Winner's share	£25,000
Nine-dart finish	Steve Beaton
High checkout	167 Steve Beaton
Champion(s)
	Michael van Gerwen
«Event 3	Event 5»

The 2019 German Darts Open was the fourth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany, from 26 to 28 April 2019. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Max Hopp was the defending champion after defeating Michael Smith 8–7 in the final of the 2018 tournament, but he was defeated 6–3 by John Henderson in the second round.

Steve Beaton hit the third nine-dart finish of the 2019 European Tour during his first round match with Kirk Shepherd.

Brendan Dolan averaged 105.54 in his first round defeat to Jamie Hughes, a European Tour record for a first round losing average.

Michael van Gerwen won his 31st European Tour title, defeating Ian White 8–3 in the final.

Prize money

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

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 5 March 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 15 March), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 15 March), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 19 April), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 25 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 1 February) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 20 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 following players will take part in the tournament:

Top 16

Michael van Gerwen (champion)
Ian White (runner-up)
Gerwyn Price (quarter-finals)
Peter Wright (third round)
Mensur Suljović (quarter-finals)
Rob Cross (semi-finals)
Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals)
James Wade (third round)
Jonny Clayton (second round)
Max Hopp (second round)
Joe Cullen (third round)
Daryl Gurney (third round)
Dave Chisnall (semi-finals)
Simon Whitlock (second round)
Darren Webster (third round)
Jermaine Wattimena (second round)

UK Qualifier

Ted Evetts (second round)
David Pallett (second round)
Steve West (first round)
James Wilson (first round)
Stephen Bunting (first round)
Steve Beaton (second round)
Steve Lennon (second round)
Chris Dobey (second round)
John Henderson (third round)
Kyle Anderson (first round)
Kirk Shepherd (first round)
Mickey Mansell (second round)
Wayne Jones (first round)
Nathan Aspinall (quarter-finals)
Luke Humphries (second round)
James Richardson (second round)
Brendan Dolan (first round)
Jamie Hughes (third round)

European Qualifier

Vincent Kamphuis (first round)
Dimitri Van den Bergh (second round)
Gabriel Clemens (first round)
Jeffrey de Zwaan (second round)
Vincent van der Meer (second round)
Raymond van Barneveld (third round)

West/South European Qualifier

Mike De Decker (first round)
Jerry Hendriks (second round)

Host Nation Qualifier

Thomas Köhnlein (first round)
Karsten Koch (first round)
Lukas Wenig (first round)
Kevin Münch (first round)

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

Dennis Nilsson (first round)^[2]

East European Qualifier

Pavel Jirkal (first round)

Draw


First round (best of 11 legs) 26 April		Second round (best of 11 legs) 27 April			Third round (best of 11 legs) 28 April			Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 28 April			Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 28 April			Final (best of 15 legs) 28 April



		1	Michael van Gerwen 88.70	6

Dimitri Van den Bergh 80.42	6		Dimitri Van den Bergh 78.94	1
					1	van Gerwen 100.60	6
Thomas Köhnlein 78.35	2
						van Barneveld 90.07	5
		16	Jermaine Wattimena 93.75	5

Gabriel Clemens 92.23	3		Raymond van Barneveld 94.04	6
								1	van Gerwen 107.40	6
Raymond van Barneveld 99.47	6
									Aspinall 101.63	5
		8	James Wade 96.47	6

Pavel Jirkal 87.53	0		Luke Humphries 96.55	5
					8	Wade 99.08	2
Luke Humphries 98.02	6
						Aspinall 107.92	6
		9	Jonny Clayton 92.79	3

Nathan Aspinall 96.03	6		Nathan Aspinall 100.02	6
											1	van Gerwen 105.18	7
Dennis Nilsson 85.03	1
											13	Chisnall 99.26	6
		5	Mensur Suljović 93.18	6

Mickey Mansell 94.63	6		Mickey Mansell 93.38	5
					5	Suljović 99.99	6
Steve West 88.59	3
					12	Gurney 92.31	3
		12	Daryl Gurney 91.63	6

Mike De Decker 93.79	5		David Pallett 83.30	2
								5	Suljović 93.13	5
David Pallett 91.34	6
								13	Chisnall 96.89	6
		4	Peter Wright 101.79	6

Kevin Münch 78.27	1		Steve Lennon 90.21	2
					4	Wright 99.80	1
Steve Lennon 91.97	6
					13	Chisnall 106.13	6
		13	Dave Chisnall 90.97	6

Ted Evetts 99.58	6		Ted Evetts 89.83	3
														1	van Gerwen 100.22	8
Vincent Kamphuis 79.03	1
														2	White 94.22	3
		2	Ian White 101.67	6

Kyle Anderson 95.60	3		Jeffrey de Zwaan 95.60	3
					2	White 89.20	6
Jeffrey de Zwaan 102.82	6
					15	Webster 81.69	2
		15	Darren Webster 93.65	6

Karsten Koch 71.61	4		Vincent van der Meer 87.66	3
								2	White 96.46	6
Vincent van der Meer 81.21	6
								7	Lewis 92.63	5
		7	Adrian Lewis 94.65	6

James Richardson 98.06	6		James Richardson 96.25	3
					7	Lewis 85.51	6
Wayne Jones 94.61	5
						Henderson 84.00	3
		10	Max Hopp 96.02	3

Stephen Bunting 94.59	5		John Henderson 97.03	6
											2	White 98.49	7
John Henderson 96.84	6
											6	Cross 97.95	5
		6	Rob Cross 102.44	6

Lukas Wenig 86.65	4		Chris Dobey 93.80	4
					6	Cross 101.64	6
Chris Dobey 87.23	6
					11	Cullen 94.35	3
		11	Joe Cullen 86.65	6

Jerry Hendriks 84.89	6		Jerry Hendriks 81.00	1
								6	Cross 99.60	6
James Wilson 83.52	3
								3	Price 100.14	5
		3	Gerwyn Price 100.07	6

Kirk Shepherd 93.22	3		Steve Beaton 89.53	5
					3	Price 94.39	6
Steve Beaton 102.78	6
						Hughes 88.24	2
		14	Simon Whitlock 95.54	4

Jamie Hughes 100.37	6		Jamie Hughes 99.17	6

Brendan Dolan 105.54	4

References

^ Allen, Dave. "Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019". PDC. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^ Magnussen, Mads Plagborg. "Baltic dominance on the Pro Tour". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[1] Allen, Dave. "Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019". PDC. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

[2] Magnussen, Mads Plagborg. "Baltic dominance on the Pro Tour". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

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