2019 European Darts Open

The 2019 European Darts Open was the first of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Ostermann-Arena, Leverkusen, Germany, from 22–24 March 2019. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2019 European Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	22–24 March 2019
Venue	Ostermann-Arena
Location	Leverkusen
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£140,000
Winner's share	£25,000
Nine-dart finish	Michael van Gerwen
High checkout	170 Justin Pipe 170 Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
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Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Peter Wright 8–7 in the final of the 2018 tournament, and he defended his title by defeating Rob Cross 8–6 in the final.

In his semi-final win over Mensur Suljović, Van Gerwen became the first player to hit two nine-darters on the European Tour, taking out 147 via T19-Bull-D20, which was also the first time a filmed nine-dart finish included a bullseye, but not as the final dart (as all the previous three were double in/double out nine-darters in the World Grand Prix).

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 12 February 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 22 February), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 22 February), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 21 March), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 21 March), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 5 October 2018) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 19 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 only exceptions being that the Nordic & Baltic qualifiers for the first 3 European Tour events took place in late 2018, before the new ruling was announced, hence why Madars Razma qualified by this method, as under the new rules, he would have had to enter the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier, after regaining his Tour Card at European Q-School in January 2019.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Top 16   Michael van Gerwen (champion)   Ian White (second round)   Peter Wright (semi-finals)   James Wade (quarter-finals)   Mensur Suljović (semi-finals)   Adrian Lewis (second round)   Rob Cross (runner-up)   Michael Smith (second round)   Gerwyn Price (quarter-finals)   Jonny Clayton (third round)   Daryl Gurney (quarter-finals)   Joe Cullen (third round)   Dave Chisnall (third round)   Simon Whitlock (second round)   Darren Webster (third round)   Jermaine Wattimena (third round)

UK Qualifier   Mervyn King (second round)   Justin Pipe (quarter-finals)   Scott Taylor (second round)   Ricky Williams (first round)   Adam Hunt (second round)   Steve Beaton (second round)   William Borland (first round)   Ross Smith (third round)   Glen Durrant (second round)   Ritchie Edhouse (first round)   Josh Payne (first round)   Jason Wilson (first round)   Ted Evetts (second round)   Wayne Jones (first round)   Matthew Dennant (second round)   Ryan Meikle (first round)   Matthew Edgar (first round)   Martin Atkins (Leeds) (first round)

European Qualifier   Kim Huybrechts (second round)   Jeffrey de Zwaan (second round)   Krzysztof Ratajski (third round)   Dimitri Van den Bergh (third round)   Raymond van Barneveld (first round)   Vincent van der Voort (second round) West/South European Qualifier   Wesley Plaisier (second round)   Danny van Trijp (first round) Host Nation Qualifier   Fabian Herz (first round)   Michael Rosenauer (first round)   Nico Kurz (first round)   Jyhan Artut (first round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier   Madars Razma (first round)^[2] East European Qualifier   Pavel Jirkal (second round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 22 March					Second round (best of 11 legs) 23 March					Third round (best of 11 legs) 24 March					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 24 March					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 24 March					Final (best of 15 legs) 24 March
						1	Michael van Gerwen 97.68	6
	Jason Wilson 77.84		1				Mervyn King 82.06	1
											1	van Gerwen 101.33	6
	Mervyn King 85.97		6
											16	Wattimena 90.14	0
						16	Jermaine Wattimena 102.16	6
	Michael Rosenauer 87.14		4				Glen Durrant 97.79	5
																1	van Gerwen 102.88	6
	Glen Durrant 94.41		6
																9	Price 103.32	5
						8	Michael Smith 98.77	5
	Matthew Edgar 86.07		5				Krzysztof Ratajski 105.57	6
												Ratajski 87.15	4
	Krzysztof Ratajski 86.85		6
											9	Price 89.26	6
						9	Gerwyn Price 97.39	6
	Fabian Herz 82.42		3				Scott Taylor 86.63	3
																					1	van Gerwen 96.61	7
	Scott Taylor 91.58		6
																					5	Suljović 87.73	5
						5	Mensur Suljović 99.65	6
	Matthew Dennant 88.11		6				Matthew Dennant 91.73	4
											5	Suljović 93.81	6
	Madars Razma 93.68		5
											12	Cullen 99.77	3
						12	Joe Cullen 97.20	6
	Wayne Jones 84.55		2				Vincent van der Voort 91.55	1
																5	Suljović 102.26	6
	Vincent van der Voort 90.94		6
																4	Wade 94.97	2
						4	James Wade 97.87	6
	Wesley Plaisier 85.03		6				Wesley Plaisier 92.49	3
											4	Wade 101.79	6
	Jyhan Artut 81.22		4
											13	Chisnall 98.41	1
						13	Dave Chisnall 100.28	6
	Ted Evetts 88.61		6				Ted Evetts 90.74	2
																										1	van Gerwen 104.79	8
	Martin Atkins 84.93		3
																										7	Cross 100.27	6
						2	Ian White 87.83	5
	Justin Pipe 94.61		6				Justin Pipe 89.44	6
												Pipe 96.64	6
	Ryan Meikle 86.32		3
											15	Webster 90.21	1
						15	Darren Webster 87.43	6
	Pavel Jirkal 81.91		6				Pavel Jirkal 81.08	3
																	Pipe 92.55	2
	William Borland 72.32		1
																7	Cross 101.63	6
						7	Rob Cross 101.37	6
	Steve Beaton 89.42		6				Steve Beaton 95.83	3
											7	Cross 105.74	6
	Raymond van Barneveld 91.46		4
											10	Clayton 100.45	4
						10	Jonny Clayton 85.01	6
	Adam Hunt 97.24		6				Adam Hunt 86.54	3
																					7	Cross 104.24	7
	Danny van Trijp 92.64		3
																					3	Wright 99.33	5
						6	Adrian Lewis 102.52	3
	Ritchie Edhouse 85.30		1				Dimitri Van den Bergh 102.29	6
												Van den Bergh 85.74	0
	Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.72		6
											11	Gurney 94.93	6
						11	Daryl Gurney 90.98	6
	Jeffrey de Zwaan 91.01		6				Jeffrey de Zwaan 90.21	2
																11	Gurney 93.38	3
	Josh Payne 84.92		1
																3	Wright 92.83	6
						3	Peter Wright 101.03	6
	Kim Huybrechts 87.03		6				Kim Huybrechts 86.56	2
											3	Wright 101.57	6
	Nico Kurz 87.42		5
												R. Smith 96.46	3
						14	Simon Whitlock 93.74	5
	Ross Smith 92.97		6				Ross Smith 92.69	6
	Ricky Williams 82.50		0

References

1. Allen, Dave. "Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019". PDC. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
2. Magnussen, Mads Plagborg. . PDC Nordic & Baltic. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.