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2019 German Darts Open

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2019 German Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates26–28 April 2019
VenueSaarlandhalle
LocationSaarbrücken
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000
Winner's share£25,000
Nine-dart finishEngland Steve Beaton
High checkout167 England Steve Beaton
Champion(s)
Netherlands 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

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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 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:

Draw

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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
1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 88.706
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 80.426Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 78.941
1Netherlands van Gerwen 100.606
Germany Thomas Köhnlein 78.352
Netherlands van Barneveld 90.075
16Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 93.755
Germany Gabriel Clemens 92.233Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 94.046
1Netherlands van Gerwen 107.406
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 99.476
England Aspinall 101.635
8England James Wade 96.476
Czech Republic Pavel Jirkal 87.530England Luke Humphries 96.555
8England Wade 99.082
England Luke Humphries 98.026
England Aspinall 107.926
9Wales Jonny Clayton 92.793
England Nathan Aspinall 96.036England Nathan Aspinall 100.026
1Netherlands van Gerwen 105.187
Sweden Dennis Nilsson 85.031
13England Chisnall 99.266
5Austria Mensur Suljović 93.186
Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 94.636Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 93.385
5Austria Suljović 99.996
England Steve West 88.593
12Northern Ireland Gurney 92.313
12Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 91.636
Belgium Mike De Decker 93.795England David Pallett 83.302
5Austria Suljović 93.135
England David Pallett 91.346
13England Chisnall 96.896
4Scotland Peter Wright 101.796
Germany Kevin Münch 78.271Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 90.212
4Scotland Wright 99.801
Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 91.976
13England Chisnall 106.136
13England Dave Chisnall 90.976
England Ted Evetts 99.586England Ted Evetts 89.833
1Netherlands van Gerwen 100.228
Netherlands Vincent Kamphuis 79.031
2England White 94.223
2England Ian White 101.676
Australia Kyle Anderson 95.603Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 95.603
2England White 89.206
Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 102.826
15England Webster 81.692
15England Darren Webster 93.656
Germany Karsten Koch 71.614Netherlands Vincent van der Meer 87.663
2England White 96.466
Netherlands Vincent van der Meer 81.216
7England Lewis 92.635
7England Adrian Lewis 94.656
England James Richardson 98.066England James Richardson 96.253
7England Lewis 85.516
England Wayne Jones 94.615
Scotland Henderson 84.003
10Germany Max Hopp 96.023
England Stephen Bunting 94.595Scotland John Henderson 97.036
2England White 98.497
Scotland John Henderson 96.846
6England Cross 97.955
6England Rob Cross 102.446
Germany Lukas Wenig 86.654England Chris Dobey 93.804
6England Cross 101.646
England Chris Dobey 87.236
11England Cullen 94.353
11England Joe Cullen 86.656
Netherlands Jerry Hendriks 84.896Netherlands Jerry Hendriks 81.001
6England Cross 99.606
England James Wilson 83.523
3Wales Price 100.145
3Wales Gerwyn Price 100.076
England Kirk Shepherd 93.223England Steve Beaton 89.535
3Wales Price 94.396
England Steve Beaton 102.786
England Hughes 88.242
14Australia Simon Whitlock 95.544
England Jamie Hughes 100.376England Jamie Hughes 99.176
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 105.544

References

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  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.