2018 International Darts Open

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The **2018 International Darts Open** was the twelfth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the SACHSENarena, Riesa, Germany from 14–16 September 2018. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Peter Wright was the defending champion after defeating Kim Huybrechts 6–5 in last year's final, but he was defeated 6–4 by Ryan Searle in the second round.

Gerwyn Price won his first European Tour title by beating Simon Whitlock 8–3 in the final.

This tournament was also the first in European Tour history in which none of the top 4 seeds reached the quarter-finals.

## Prize money

The prize fund remained at £135,000 for the 2018 PDC European Tour events.

Prize money will count towards the PDC Order of Merit, the PDC ProTour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit, with one exception: should a seeded player lose in the second round (last 32), their prize money will not count towards any Orders of Merit, although they still receive the full prize money payment.

This is how the prize money was divided:

## Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 30 August automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from five qualifying events – 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 3 September), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 13 September), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 13 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 10 August) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 26 August).

The following players took part in the tournament:

1. Peter Wright  *(Second round)*
2. Mensur Suljović  *(Third round)*
3. Ian White  *(Third round)*
4. Jonny Clayton  *(Third round)*
5. Adrian Lewis  *(Quarter-finals)*
6. Simon Whitlock  *(Runner-up)*
7. Joe Cullen  *(Third round)*
8. Daryl Gurney  *(Third round)*
9. **Gerwyn Price**  (Champion)
10. Darren Webster  *(Quarter-finals)*
11. Max Hopp  *(Second round)*
12. Stephen Bunting  *(Third round)*
13. Mervyn King  *(Second round)*
14. Dave Chisnall  *(Second round)*
15. Jermaine Wattimena  *(Second round)*
16. Kim Huybrechts  *(Second round)*
* Steve West  *(Semi-finals)*
* Steve Beaton  *(Third round)*
* James Wilson  *(Second round)*
* John Henderson  *(Second round)*
* Ross Smith  *(Second round)*
* Steve Lennon  *(Second round)*
* Barry Lynn  *(Second round)*
* Kyle Anderson  *(First round)*
* Ryan Searle  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Dawson Murschell  *(First round)*
* Matthew Dennant  *(First round)*
* Terry Jenkins  *(Second round)*
* Terry Temple  *(First round)*
* Mickey Mansell  *(Second round)*
* Ryan Joyce  *(Second round)*
* Robert Thornton  *(First round)*
* James Richardson  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Adam Huckvale  *(First round)*
* Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(First round)*
* Ron Meulenkamp  *(First round)*
* José Justicia  *(First round)*
* Jan Dekker  *(First round)*
* Michael Plooy  *(First round)*
* Vincent van der Voort  *(First round)*
* Jelle Klaasen  *(Second round)*
* Danny Noppert  *(Semi-finals)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Gabriel Clemens  *(First round)*
* Robert Marijanović  *(Second round)*
* Ricardo Pietreczko  *(First round)*
* Martin Schindler  *(Third round)*

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Magnus Caris  *(First round)*

**East European Qualifier**
* Patrik Kovács  *(First round)*

## References

1. ↑ 2017 HappyBet International Open Finals Day. PDC. Retrieved on August 23, 2023.
2. ↑ Price Lands Maiden European Title. PDC. Retrieved on August 29, 2023.
3. ↑ European Tour 2018 Info. PDPA. Retrieved on March 24, 2018.
4. ↑ European Tour Rule Changes Announced. PDC (19 January 2017).
5. ↑ ET11 & ET12 Entries Confirmed. PDC. Retrieved on August 28, 2023.
6. ↑ 2018 International Darts Open Schedule. PDC. Retrieved on August 29, 2023.