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2019 International Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates13–15 September 2019
Venue SACHSENarena
Location Riesa
Country  Germany
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout161 England Joe Murnan
170 England Steve West
Champion(s)
Wales Gerwyn Price
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The 2019 International Darts Open was the twelfth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the SACHSENarena, Riesa, Germany, from 13–15 September 2019. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Gerwyn Price was the defending champion after defeating Simon Whitlock 8–3 in the previous year's final, and he successfully defended his title, by defeating Rob Cross 8–6 in the final. It was his second Euro Tour title, while Cross failed to get over the line in his fourth consecutive European 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 25 June 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 2 August), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 2 August), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 12 September), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 12 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.

Michael van Gerwen and Dave Chisnall, who were set to be the 1st seed and 4th seed respectively, withdrew prior to the tournament. All seeds below Van Gerwen moved up a place and all seeds below Chisnall moved up two places. Jeffrey de Zwaan and Jamie Hughes became 15th seed and 16th seed respectively, and an extra two places were made available in the Host Nation Qualifier.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw

First round
(best of 11 legs)
13 September
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
14 September
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
15 September
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
15 September
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
15 September
Final
(best of 15 legs)
15 September
1 England Ian White 96.135
England Richard North 88.696 England Richard North 92.126
England North 88.136
Russia Boris Koltsov 86.175
England West 89.315
16 England Jamie Hughes 93.163
Sweden Daniel Larsson 81.093 England Steve West 98.016
England North 93.151
England Steve West 94.346
9 England Cross 102.366
8 England Joe Cullen 95.046
Belgium Davy Van Baelen 103.666 Belgium Davy Van Baelen 85.515
8 England Cullen 91.180
Germany Ole Luckow 89.450
9 England Cross 101.336
9 England Rob Cross 101.566
Scotland John Henderson 79.796 Scotland John Henderson 93.271
9 England Cross 91.547
England Brett Claydon 82.944
4 Scotland Wright 92.726
5 England Adrian Lewis 81.026
Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 92.906 Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 84.994
5 England Lewis 91.006
Netherlands Benito van de Pas 86.904
12 Wales Clayton 86.482
12 Wales Jonny Clayton 96.596
England Andy Boulton 88.215 Germany Steffen Siepmann 89.734
5 England Lewis 83.040
Germany Steffen Siepmann 85.346
4 Scotland Wright 100.206
4 Scotland Peter Wright 96.476
England Ritchie Edhouse 88.056 England Ritchie Edhouse 96.594
4 Scotland Wright 94.946
Belgium Davyd Venken 80.352
13 Austria Suljović 88.063
13 Austria Mensur Suljović 101.336
England Harry Ward 81.496 England Harry Ward 83.070
9 England Cross 90.926
England Reece Robinson 81.004
2 Wales Price 93.048
2 Wales Gerwyn Price 106.206
England Arron Monk 97.345 Australia Kyle Anderson 100.414
2 Wales Price 96.086
Australia Kyle Anderson 99.636
England Murnan 88.554
15 Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 85.733
England Joe Murnan 85.766 England Joe Murnan 87.536
2 Wales Price 94.276
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 89.195
7 England Aspinall 91.894
7 England Nathan Aspinall 99.266
Germany Christian Jentschke 75.173 England Justin Pipe 96.793
7 England Aspinall 96.946
England Justin Pipe 80.966
10 England Evans 93.595
10 England Ricky Evans 93.236
England Adam Hunt 93.583 Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 98.464
2 Wales Price 101.897
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 98.676
11 England Durrant 98.023
6 Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 85.133
Belgium Mike De Decker 81.804 Germany Michael Rosenauer 83.516
Germany Rosenauer 79.243
Germany Michael Rosenauer 81.666
11 England Durrant 92.246
11 England Glen Durrant 97.976
England James Richardson 82.976 England James Richardson 100.393
11 England Durrant 100.236
Germany Mike Poge 70.333
3 Northern Ireland Gurney 91.314
3 Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 99.606
Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 88.605 Netherlands Danny Noppert 98.565
3 Northern Ireland Gurney 102.146
Netherlands Danny Noppert 94.326
14 England Beaton 95.035
14 England Steve Beaton 89.776
Germany Manfred Bilderl 82.641 England Luke Woodhouse 87.834
England Luke Woodhouse 94.846

References

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