2019 Czech Darts Open


The 2019 Czech Darts Open was the ninth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the PVA Expo Praha, Prague, Czech Republic, from 28–30 June 2019. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
Jamie Hughes won his first PDC title with an 8–3 win over Stephen Bunting in the final.
Gerwyn Price hit the fourth nine-dart finish of the 2019 European Tour to beat Glen Durrant 6–4 in the second round. It was also the first of Price's career.
The tournament saw a new European tour record for the most seeded players losing their first match as 11 of 16 players including Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright lost in the second round. The previous record was set by the 2017 Dutch Darts Masters which involved 9 seeds being eliminated.
It was the first ever PDC tournament held in the Czech Republic.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:
The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 11 June will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.
The remaining 32 places will go to players from six qualifying events – 18 from the UK Tour Card Holder Qualifier, six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier, two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier, four from the Host Nation Qualifier, one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier, and one from the East European Qualifier.
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 will take part in the tournament:
  1. Michael van Gerwen '
  2. Ian White '
  3. Gerwyn Price '
  4. Daryl Gurney '
  5. Peter Wright '
  6. James Wade '
  7. Adrian Lewis '
  8. Mensur Suljović '
  9. Ricky Evans '
  10. Steve Beaton '
  11. Michael Smith '
  12. Joe Cullen '
  13. Jonny Clayton '
  14. Simon Whitlock '
  15. Nathan Aspinall '
  16. Darren Webster '

    Draw