2019 German Darts Open


The 2019 German Darts Open was the fourth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany, from 26–28 April 2019. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
Max Hopp was the defending champion after defeating Michael Smith 8–7 in the final of the 2018 tournament, but he was defeated 6–3 by John Henderson in the second round.
Steve Beaton hit the third nine-dart finish of the 2019 European Tour during his first round match with Kirk Shepherd.
Brendan Dolan averaged 105.54 in his first round defeat to Jamie Hughes, a European Tour record for a first round losing average.
Michael van Gerwen won his 31st European Tour title, defeating Ian White 8–3 in the final.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:
The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 5 March 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 Associate Member Qualifier and one from the East European Associate Member 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. Peter Wright '
  5. Mensur Suljović '
  6. Rob Cross '
  7. Adrian Lewis '
  8. James Wade '
  9. Jonny Clayton '
  10. Max Hopp '
  11. Joe Cullen '
  12. Daryl Gurney '
  13. Dave Chisnall '
  14. Simon Whitlock '
  15. Darren Webster '
  16. Jermaine Wattimena

    Draw