2022 German Darts Grand Prix

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The **2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix** was the third of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Kulturhalle Zenith, Munich, Germany, from 16–18 April 2022. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Simon Whitlock 8–3 in the 2019 final, but he was whitewashed 7-0 by Luke Humphries in the semi-finals.

Humphries went on to win his first European Tour event, defeating Martin Lukeman 8–2 in the final.

## Prize money

The prize money was unchanged from the European Tours of the last 3 years:

* Seeded players who lose in the second round and host nation qualifiers (who qualify automatically as a result of their ranking) who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.

## Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 10 February 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 11 February), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 23 February), the two highest ProTour ranking German players, two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 24 February), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 29 January), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 5 March).

Krzysztof Ratajski withdrew after the qualifiers, so Gabriel Clemens was promoted into the seeded positions, and Karel Sedláček received a bye into the second round.

Gerwyn Price withdrew from his second round match due to illness, so Keane Barry received a bye to the third round.

The following players took part in the tournament:

2. José de Sousa  *(Second round)*
3. Michael Smith  *(Third round)*
4. Peter Wright  *(Second round)*
5. Jonny Clayton  *(Quarter-finals)*
6. Joe Cullen  *(Second round)*
7. Michael van Gerwen  *(Semi-finals)*
8. Brendan Dolan  *(Second round)*
9. Ryan Searle  *(Third round)*
10. Rob Cross *(Third round)*
11. Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(Third round)*
12. Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Second round)*
13. Damon Heta  *(Semi-finals)*
14. **Luke Humphries**  **(Champion)**
15. Callan Rydz  *(Second round)*
16. Gabriel Clemens  *(Second round)*
* Keegan Brown  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Kim Huybrechts  *(First round)*
* Boris Krčmar  *(Second round)*
* Madars Razma  *(Third round)*
* Chris Dobey  *(Second round)*
* Alan Soutar  *(First round)*
* Berry van Peer  *(Second round)*
* Adam Hunt  *(First round)*
* Jermaine Wattimena  *(First round)*
* James Wilson  *(First round)*
* Dave Chisnall  *(Second round)*
* Keane Barry  *(Third round)*
* Raymond van Barneveld  *(Second round)*
* Jim Williams  *(First round)*
* Danny Baggish  *(Second round)*
* Luke Woodhouse  *(First round)*
* Vincent van der Voort  *(First round)*
* Scott Waites  *(Third round)*
* Ryan Meikle  *(First round)*
* Adam Gawlas  *(First round)*
* Martin Lukeman  *(Runner-up)*
* Jeffrey de Zwaan  *(Second round)*
* Max Hopp  *(Third round)*
* John O'Shea  *(First round)*
* Wesley Plaisier  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Thomas Junghans  *(First round)*

**Highest Ranked Germans**
* Martin Schindler  *(Quarter-finals)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Lukas Wenig  *(First round)*
* Dragutin Horvat  *(First round)*

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Daniel Larsson  *(First round)*

**East European Qualifier**
* Karel Sedláček  *(Second round)*

## References

1. ↑ Van Gerwen Wins 30th Euro Tour Title. PDC (22 April 2019).
2. ↑ Brilliant Humphries wins Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix.
3. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules.
4. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC.
5. ↑ Seeded players confirmed for 2022 European Tour 2-3.
6. ↑ 2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix draw & schedule. PDC.