2022 German Darts Open

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The **2022 Interwetten German Darts Open** was the eleventh of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Sparkassen-Arena, Jena, Germany, from 9–11 September 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 Ian White 8–3 in the 2019 final. However, he withdrew from the tournament before it started.

Peter Wright won his seventh European Tour title, defeating Dimitri Van den Bergh 8–6 in the final.

## Prize money

The prize money is 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 30 June 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 7 July), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 23 April), the two highest ProTour ranking German players, two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 23 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 4 June), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 25 June).

Seeds Michael van Gerwen and Michael Smith, and qualifiers Adrian Lewis and Darren Webster withdrew, with Martin Schindler and Dave Chisnall moving into the seeded positions, with Joe Murnan, Ross Smith, Lewy Williams and Steve Beaton given byes to the second round.

The following players took part in the tournament:

2. Gerwyn Price  *(Quarter-finals)*
3. Rob Cross  *(Third round)*
4. **Peter Wright**  **(Champion)**
5. Damon Heta  *(Third round)*
6. Ryan Searle  *(Second round)*
7. Nathan Aspinall  *(Second round)*
8. Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(Second round)*
9. Joe Cullen  *(Semi-finals)*
10. José de Sousa  *(Semi-finals)*
11. Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Runner-up)*
12. Danny Noppert  *(Second round)*
13. Jonny Clayton  *(Third round)*
14. Krzysztof Ratajski  *(Quarter-finals)*
15. Martin Schindler  *(Third round)*
16. Dave Chisnall  *(Third round)*
* Ian White  *(First round)*
* Lewy Williams  *(Second round)*
* Daryl Gurney  *(Third round)*
* Keane Barry  *(First round)*
* Jamie Hughes  *(First round)*
* Luke Woodhouse  *(Third round)*
* Martin Lukeman  *(Second round)*
* Raymond van Barneveld  *(Second round)*
* Jeff Smith  *(First round)*
* Bradley Brooks  *(Second round)*
* Geert Nentjes  *(Second round)*
* Steve Beaton  *(Third round)*
* Joe Murnan  *(Second round)*
* Connor Scutt  *(First round)*
* David Evans  *(Second round)*
* Jim Williams  *(Second round)*
* Martijn Kleermaker  *(First round)*
* John Henderson  *(First round)*
* Josh Rock  *(First round)*
* Ross Smith  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Alan Soutar  *(Second round)*
* Scott Williams  *(First round)*
* Danny van Trijp  *(Second round)*

**Highest Ranked Germans**
* Gabriel Clemens  *(First round)*

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

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

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

## References

1. ↑ 2019 German Darts Open Finals Day. PDC (28 April 2019).
2. ↑ Wonderful Wright ends five-year wait for Euro Tour title. PDC (11 September 2022).
3. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules.
4. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC.
5. ↑ Players Championships 18-21 entries & European Tour 10-11 seeds confirmed.
6. ↑ 2022 Interwetten German Darts Open draw & schedule. PDC.