2023 German Darts Open

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The **2023 Interwetten German Darts Open** was the eleventh of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Sparkassen-Arena, Jena, Germany from 8–10 September 2023. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Peter Wright was the defending champion after defeating Dimitri Van den Bergh 8–6 in the 2022 final, but he was defeated 6–4 by Cameron Menzies in the second round.

Krzysztof Ratajski won his second European Tour title by defeating Stephen Bunting 8–3 in the final.

## Prize money

The prize money was increased for the first time in 4 years for all European Tours, with the prize fund increasing to £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:

* Seeded players who lose in the second round 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 22 August 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 28 August), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 20 May), the two highest ranked Germans automatically qualified, alongside two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 20 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 3 June), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held 3 June).

The following players will take part in the tournament:

2. Damon Heta  *(Second round)*
3. Luke Humphries  *(Third round)*
4. Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(Quarter-finals)*
5. Josh Rock  *(Semi-finals)*
6. Rob Cross  *(Second round)*
7. Joe Cullen  *(Second round)*
8. Peter Wright  *(Second round)*
9. Danny Noppert  *(Quarter-finals)*
10. Martin Schindler  *(Third round)*
11. Nathan Aspinall  *(Third round)*
12. Ryan Searle  *(Third round)*
13. José de Sousa  *(Third round)*
14. Ross Smith  *(Second round)*
15. Andrew Gilding  *(Quarter-finals)*
16. **Krzysztof Ratajski**  **(Champion)**
* James Wade  *(First round)*
* Simon Whitlock  *(First round)*
* Kevin Doets  *(Second round)*
* Gian van Veen  *(Second round)*
* Stephen Bunting  *(Runner-up)*
* Callum Goffin  *(First round)*
* Daryl Gurney  *(Second round)*
* Brian Raman  *(Quarter-finals)*
* George Killington  *(First round)*
* Madars Razma  *(Second round)*
* Dylan Slevin  *(Second round)*
* Mickey Mansell  *(First round)*
* Mike De Decker  *(Second round)*
* Ricky Evans  *(Second round)*
* Cameron Menzies  *(Third round)*
* Stephen Burton  *(First round)*
* Florian Hempel  *(Third round)*
* Alan Soutar  *(First round)*
* Darius Labanauskas  *(First round)*
* Jules van Dongen  *(Second round)*
* Steve Lennon  *(First round)*
* Connor Scutt  *(First round)*
* Luke Woodhouse  *(Second round)*
* Daniel Klose  *(First round)*
* Wesley Plaisier  *(Semi-finals)*
* Roy van de Griendt  *(Second round)*

**Highest Ranking Germans**
* Gabriel Clemens  *(First round)*
* Ricardo Pietreczko  *(Second round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Danny Tessmann  *(First round)*
* Nico Kurz  *(First round)*

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Jeffrey de Graaf  *(First round)*

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

## References

1. ↑ Wonderful Wright ends five-year wait for Euro Tour title. PDC (11 September 2022).
2. ↑ Ratajski romps to Interwetten German Darts Open glory in Jena. PDC.
3. ↑ Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced.
4. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC.
5. ↑ Players Championships 17-18 entries and & ET11-12 seeds confirmed. PDC (22 August 2023).
6. ↑ 2023 Interwetten German Darts Open draw & schedule. PDC (7 September 2023).