2023 Baltic Sea Darts Open

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The **2023 Interwetten Baltic Sea Darts Open** was the first of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Wunderino Arena, Kiel, Germany from 24–26 February 2023. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Dave Chisnall won his fourth European Tour title by defeating Luke Humphries 8–5 in the final.

The event also saw 239 scores of 180 hit during the tournament, beating the previous European Tour record of 231.

## Prize money

The prize money was increased for the first time in 4 years for all European Tours, with the prize fund increasing to £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:

* Seeded players who lost in the second round of the event were not credited with prize money on any Order of Merit.

## Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 31 January automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 13 February), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 10 February), the two highest ranked Germans automatically qualified, alongside two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 10 February), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 17 February), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 11 February).

The following players took part in the tournament:

2. Michael van Gerwen  *(Second round)*
3. Damon Heta  *(Third round)*
4. Rob Cross  *(Second round)*
5. Peter Wright  *(Third round)*
6. **Dave Chisnall**  **(Champion)**
7. Nathan Aspinall  *(Second round)*
8. Michael Smith  *(Third round)*
9. Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(Quarter-finals)*
10. Joe Cullen  *(Third round)*
11. Gerwyn Price  *(Third round)*
12. Danny Noppert  *(Second round)*
13. Ryan Searle  *(Semi-finals)*
14. Martin Schindler  *(Quarter-finals)*
15. Jonny Clayton  *(Semi-finals)*
16. Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Third round)*
* Ricky Evans  *(First round)*
* Graham Usher  *(Second round)*
* Arron Monk  *(Second round)*
* Ryan Joyce  *(First round)*
* Mario Vandenbogaerde  *(Second round)*
* Raymond van Barneveld  *(First round)*
* Stephen Bunting  *(Third round)*
* Keegan Brown  *(Quarter-finals)*
* James Wade  *(Second round)*
* Ritchie Edhouse  *(Second round)*
* Richard Veenstra  *(Second round)*
* Shaun Wilkinson  *(First round)*
* Niels Zonneveld  *(First round)*
* Steve Beaton  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Lewy Williams  *(Second round)*
* Bradley Brooks  *(Second round)*
* Adrian Lewis  *(First round)*
* Ryan Meikle  *(First round)*
* Josh Payne  *(First round)*
* Jermaine Wattimena  *(First round)*
* Brendan Dolan  *(First round)*
* William O'Connor  *(First round)*
* Daryl Gurney  *(Second round)*
* Ted Evetts  *(Second round)*
* Martijn Dragt  *(Third round)*
* Jeroen Mioch  *(First round)*

**Highest Ranking Germans**
* Gabriel Clemens  *(First round)*
* Florian Hempel  *(First round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Niko Springer  *(Second round)*
* Lukas Wenig  *(Second round)*

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Dennis Nilsson  *(First round)*

**East European Qualifier**
* Filip Šebesta  *(First round)*

## References

1. ↑ Chisnall claims Interwetten Baltic Sea Darts Open title. PDC (26 February 2023).
2. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>PDC Darts [@OfficialPDC] (27 February 2023). "180 RECORD SMASHED!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
3. ↑ Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced.
4. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC.
5. ↑ 2023 Players Championships 1-2 entries & ET1-2 seeds confirmed.
6. ↑ 2023 Interwetten Baltic Sea Darts Open draw & schedule.