2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy

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The **2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy** was the thirteenth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar, from 27–29 September 2019. 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 Adrian Lewis 8–3 in the previous year's final, but he lost in the third round 6–3 to Nathan Aspinall.

Krzysztof Ratajski won his sixth PDC title, and his first on the European Tour, with an 8–2 win against Dave Chisnall in the final.

Chisnall also hit his first European Tour nine-dart finish in his quarter-final against James Wade, which was the fifth European Tour nine-darter of 2019, equalling the record set in the inaugural year in 2012.

## 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 12 September 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 20 September), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 20 September), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 12 September), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 26 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 24 August), and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 August).

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  *(Third round)*
2. Ian White  *(Quarter-finals)*
3. Gerwyn Price  *(Quarter-finals)*
4. Dave Chisnall  *(Runner-up)*
5. James Wade  *(Quarter-finals)*
6. Daryl Gurney  *(Semi-finals)*
7. **Krzysztof Ratajski**  **(Champion)**
8. Peter Wright  *(Quarter-finals)*
9. Mensur Suljović  *(Third round)*
10. Joe Cullen  *(Third round)*
11. Glen Durrant  *(Third round)*
12. Jonny Clayton  *(Second round)*
13. Jermaine Wattimena  *(Third round)*
14. Rob Cross  *(Third round)*
15. Michael Smith  *(Third round)*
16. Nathan Aspinall  *(Semi-finals)*
* Jamie Hughes  *(First round)*
* Ritchie Edhouse  *(Second round)*
* Steve Beaton  *(Second round)*
* Chris Dobey  *(Second round)*
* Carl Wilkinson  *(Second round)*
* Keegan Brown  *(First round)*
* Matt Clark  *(First round)*
* Paul Rowley  *(Second round)*
* Tony Newell  *(First round)*
* William O'Connor  *(First round)*
* Justin Pipe  *(First round)*
* Darren Webster  *(First round)*
* Ryan Joyce  *(Second round)*
* Scott Taylor  *(First round)*
* Ryan Meikle  *(First round)*
* Robert Thornton  *(First round)*
* Kirk Shepherd  *(First round)*
* Steve West  *(First round)*
* Jeffrey de Zwaan  *(Second round)*
* Danny Noppert  *(Second round)*
* Kim Huybrechts  *(Third round)*
* Darius Labanauskas  *(First round)*
* Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Second round)*
* José de Sousa  *(Second round)*

**West/South European Qualifier**
* Michael Rosenauer  *(Second round)*
* Wessel Nijman  *(Second round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* David Francis  *(Second round)*
* Antony Lopez  *(First round)*
* Dyson Parody  *(Second round)*
* Justin Hewitt  *(First round)*

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Cor Dekker  *(First round)*

**East European Qualifier**
* Krzysztof Kciuk  *(Second round)*

## References

1. ↑ Van Gerwen Clinches Gibraltar Title. PDC. Retrieved on August 27, 2023.
2. ↑ 2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy (ET13). PDC. Retrieved on September 3, 2023.
3. ↑ Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019. PDC. Retrieved on August 30, 2023.
4. ↑ 2019 ET13 entries confirmed. PDC. Retrieved on September 3, 2023.
5. ↑ 2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy Draw & Schedule. PDC. Retrieved on September 3, 2023.