2019 German Darts Open

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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 26–28 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.

Michael van Gerwen won his 31st European Tour title, defeating Ian White 8–3 in the final.

Steve Beaton hit the third nine-dart finish of the 2019 European Tour during his first round match with Kirk Shepherd.

## Prize money

The prize fund increased from £135,000 to £140,000 for the 2019 European Tour.

This is how the prize money was divided:

* 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 9 March automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went 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 took part in the tournament:

1. **Michael van Gerwen**  **(Champion)**
2. Ian White  *(Runner-up)*
3. Gerwyn Price  *(Quarter-finals)*
4. Peter Wright  *(Third round)*
5. Mensur Suljović  *(Quarter-finals)*
6. Rob Cross  *(Semi-finals)*
7. Adrian Lewis  *(Quarter-finals)*
8. James Wade  *(Third round)*
9. Jonny Clayton  *(Second round)*
10. Max Hopp  *(Second round)*
11. Joe Cullen  *(Third round)*
12. Daryl Gurney  *(Third round)*
13. Dave Chisnall  *(Semi-finals)*
14. Simon Whitlock  *(Second round)*
15. Darren Webster  *(Third round)*
16. Jermaine Wattimena  *(Second round)*
* Ted Evetts  *(Second round)*
* David Pallett  *(Second round)*
* Steve West  *(First round)*
* James Wilson  *(First round)*
* Stephen Bunting  *(First round)*
* Steve Beaton  *(Second round)*
* Steve Lennon  *(Second round)*
* Chris Dobey  *(Second round)*
* John Henderson  *(Third round)*
* Kyle Anderson  *(First round)*
* Kirk Shepherd  *(First round)*
* Mickey Mansell  *(Second round)*
* Wayne Jones  *(First round)*
* Nathan Aspinall  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Luke Humphries  *(Second round)*
* James Richardson  *(Second round)*
* Brendan Dolan  *(First round)*
* Jamie Hughes  *(Third round)*
* Vincent Kamphuis  *(First round)*
* Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Second round)*
* Gabriel Clemens  *(First round)*
* Jeffrey de Zwaan  *(Second round)*
* Vincent van der Meer  *(Second round)*
* Raymond van Barneveld  *(Third round)*

**West/South European Qualifier**
* Mike De Decker  *(First round)*
* Jerry Hendriks  *(Second round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Thomas Köhnlein  *(First round)*
* Karsten Koch  *(First round)*
* Lukas Wenig  *(First round)*
* Kevin Münch  *(First round)*

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

**East European Qualifier**
* Pavel Jirkal  *(First round)*

## References

1. ↑ Incredible Hopp Wins First Euro Title. PDC.
2. ↑ 2019 German Darts Open Finals Day. PDC.
3. ↑ Nine-Dart Heroics For Beaton. PDC.
4. ↑ Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019. PDC. Retrieved on August 30, 2023.
5. ↑ European Tour 3-4 Qualifier Entries. PDC. Retrieved on August 31, 2023.
6. ↑ 2019 German Darts Open Draw & Schedule. PDC. Retrieved on September 1, 2023.