2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy

The 2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy is the thirteenth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament is taking place at the Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar, from 27–29 September 2019. It features a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates27–29 September 2019
VenueVictoria Stadium
LocationGibraltar
Country Gibraltar
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000
Winner's share£25,000
Nine-dart finishEngland Dave Chisnall
High checkout164 England Nathan Aspinall
Champion(s)
Poland Krzysztof Ratajski
«Event 12

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Adrian Lewis 8–3 in the previous year's final, but he lost in the third round 6–3 to Nathan Aspinall.

Dave Chisnall hit his first European Tour nine-dart finish in his quarter-final against James Wade, which was the fifth European Tour nine-darter of 2019, equalling the record set in the inaugural year in 2012.

Krzysztof Ratajski won his sixth PDC title, and his first on the European Tour, with an 8–2 win against Chisnall in the final.

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 10 September 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 20 September), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 20 September), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 12 September), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 26 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 24 August), and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 August).

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:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
27 September
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
28 September
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
29 September
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
29 September
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
29 September
Final
(best of 15 legs)
29 September
1  Michael van Gerwen 103.516
  Darius Labanauskas 94.452  José de Sousa 94.393
1  van Gerwen 101.833
  José de Sousa 103.656
16  Aspinall 95.396
16  Nathan Aspinall 108.146
  Ryan Joyce 100.776  Ryan Joyce 100.794
16  Aspinall 96.216
  Matt Clark 95.513
8  Wright 94.983
8  Peter Wright 100.706
  Cor Dekker 91.285  Dyson Parody 82.221
8  Wright 97.696
  Dyson Parody 88.666
9  Suljović 96.023
9  Mensur Suljović 98.326
  Wessel Nijman 88.896  Wessel Nijman 90.091
16  Aspinall 98.286
  Darren Webster 87.615
4  Chisnall 97.077
5  James Wade 95.706
  Ryan Meikle 94.045  Paul Rowley 93.282
5  Wade 102.726
  Paul Rowley 92.176
  Huybrechts 101.193
12  Jonny Clayton 95.203
  Justin Pipe 93.993  Kim Huybrechts 93.076
5  Wade 94.564
  Kim Huybrechts 96.726
4  Chisnall 106.106
4  Dave Chisnall 103.416
  Jeffrey de Zwaan 96.356  Jeffrey de Zwaan 94.805
4  Chisnall 101.446
  Steve West 86.123
13  Wattimena 92.544
13  Jermaine Wattimena 94.726
  Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.096  Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.492
4  Chisnall 99.962
  Scott Taylor 93.263
7  Ratajski 102.858
2  Ian White 88.906
  Antony Lopez 71.824  Michael Rosenauer 82.941
2  White 101.356
  Michael Rosenauer 76.846
15  Smith 93.824
15  Michael Smith 85.816
  Keegan Brown 93.465  Danny Noppert 83.001
2  White 92.513
  Danny Noppert 93.196
7  Ratajski 91.436
7  Krzysztof Ratajski 90.536
  Steve Beaton 89.696  Steve Beaton 88.053
7  Ratajski 93.176
  Tony Newell 84.265
10  Cullen 85.923
10  Joe Cullen 98.466
  Ritchie Edhouse 87.996  Ritchie Edhouse 88.513
7  Ratajski 109.517
  Jamie Hughes 84.303
6  Gurney 99.303
6  Daryl Gurney 97.186
  Carl Wilkinson 76.386  Carl Wilkinson 89.734
6  Gurney 100.786
  Justin Hewitt 76.013
11  Durrant 99.641
11  Glen Durrant 104.096
  William O'Connor 85.804  Chris Dobey 94.174
6  Gurney 84.736
  Chris Dobey 85.196
3  Price 92.463
3  Gerwyn Price 98.026
  Robert Thornton 72.324  David Francis 76.630
3  Price 102.976
  David Francis 72.646
14  Cross 97.625
14  Rob Cross 87.146
  Krzysztof Kciuk 84.256  Krzysztof Kciuk 78.143
  Kirk Shepherd 75.683

References

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