2019 German Darts Grand Prix

The 2019 German Darts Grand Prix was the third of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Kulturhalle Zenith, Munich, Germany, from 20–22 April 2019. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2019 German Darts Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates	20–22 April 2019
Venue	Kulturhalle Zenith
Location	Munich
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£140,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Glen Durrant
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
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Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Peter Wright 8–5 in the final of the 2018 tournament, and he defended his title by beating Simon Whitlock 8–3 in the final, which was his 30th European Tour title since its inception in 2012.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:^[1]

Stage (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	£25,000
Runner-up	(1)	£10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£6,500
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£5,000
Third round losers	(8)	£3,000
Second round losers	(16)	£2,000*
First round losers	(16)	£1,000
Total	£140,000

• 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 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 (held on 15 March), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 15 March), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 19 April), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 19 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 6 October 2018) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 20 January).

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 only exceptions being that the Nordic & Baltic qualifiers for the first 3 European Tour events took place in late 2018, before the new ruling was announced.

Gerwyn Price, who was set to be the 3rd seed, withdrew prior to the tournament draw. All seeds below him moved up a place, with Danny Noppert becoming sixteenth seed, and an extra place being made available in the Host Nation Qualifier.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Top 16 Michael van Gerwen (champion) Ian White (second round) Peter Wright (second round) Mensur Suljović (quarter-finals) Rob Cross (semi-finals) Adrian Lewis (second round) James Wade (second round) Michael Smith (second round) Jonny Clayton (second round) Max Hopp (semi-finals) Joe Cullen (quarter-finals) Daryl Gurney (third round) Dave Chisnall (third round) Simon Whitlock (runner-up) Darren Webster (third round) Danny Noppert (second round)

UK Qualifier Keegan Brown (second round) Ricky Evans (third round) Alan Norris (first round) Glen Durrant (second round) Stephen Bunting (third round) Steve Beaton (first round) Nathan Derry (second round) Chris Dobey (first round) Ritchie Edhouse (third round) Kyle Anderson (second round) Josh Payne (second round) Ted Evetts (quarter-finals) Mark Barilli (first round) Ross Smith (third round) Arron Monk (second round) Mark Wilson (first round) Brendan Dolan (first round) Jamie Hughes (first round)

European Qualifier Kim Huybrechts (third round) Krzysztof Ratajski (second round) Gabriel Clemens (first round) Cristo Reyes (second round) Martin Schindler (first round) West/South European Qualifier Michael Rasztovits (second round) Diogo Portela (first round) Host Nation Qualifier Michael Hurtz (first round) Kevin Münch (first round) Marko Puls (first round) Dragutin Horvat (first round) Jyhan Artut (first round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier Magnus Caris (first round)[2] East European Qualifier Karel Sedláček (quarter-finals)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 20 April					Second round (best of 11 legs) 21 April					Third round (best of 11 legs) 22 April					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 22 April					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 22 April					Final (best of 15 legs) 22 April
						1	Michael van Gerwen 102.02	6
	Krzysztof Ratajski 97.90		6				Krzysztof Ratajski 101.41	4
											1	van Gerwen 106.13	6
	Martin Schindler 86.02		2
												Bunting 88.76	1
						16	Danny Noppert 90.81	1
	Alan Norris 90.42		1				Stephen Bunting 93.05	6
																1	van Gerwen 91.92	6
	Stephen Bunting 99.70		6
																	Evetts 96.62	5
						8	Michael Smith 84.27	0
	Gabriel Clemens 90.87		5				Ricky Evans 87.55	6
											Evans 99.44		4
	Ricky Evans 97.25		6
											Evetts 95.83		6
						9	Jonny Clayton 93.72	2
	Ted Evetts 96.66		6				Ted Evetts 97.50	6
																					1	van Gerwen 93.81	7
	Mark Wilson 87.61		2
																					5	Cross 89.23	1
						5	Rob Cross 93.52	6
	Chris Dobey 85.77		3				Michael Rasztovits 86.48	3
											5	Cross 110.98	6
	Michael Rasztovits 93.53		6
											12	Gurney 101.91	5
						12	Daryl Gurney 97.10	6
	Kyle Anderson 86.45		6				Kyle Anderson 94.57	4
																5	Cross 105.28	6
	Kevin Münch 82.70		2
																4	Suljović 96.60	5
						4	Mensur Suljović 100.07	6
	Josh Payne 91.82		6				Josh Payne 91.18	2
											4	Suljović 94.29	6
	Jyhan Artut 81.71		2
											13	Chisnall 100.14	5
						13	Dave Chisnall 108.96	6
	Arron Monk 95.74		6				Arron Monk 103.86	2
																										1	van Gerwen 106.45	8
	Marko Puls 74.13		3
																										14	Whitlock 94.38	3
						2	Ian White 81.08	4
	Karel Sedláček 92.18		6				Karel Sedláček 79.29	6
												Sedláček 96.55	6
	Diogo Portela 85.37		4
											15	Webster 90.02	5
						15	Darren Webster 97.56	6
	Steve Beaton 91.49		1				Nathan Derry 82.68	1
																	Sedláček 89.70	5
	Nathan Derry 96.17		6
																10	Hopp 91.34	6
						7	James Wade 95.83	5
	Kim Huybrechts 93.47		6				Kim Huybrechts 96.43	6
												Huybrechts 92.60	3
	Dragutin Horvat 86.28		5
											10	Hopp 96.46	6
						10	Max Hopp 90.43	6
	Keegan Brown 90.78		6				Keegan Brown 87.88	3
																					10	Hopp 92.51	6
	Magnus Caris 82.19		5
																					14	Whitlock 90.50	7
						6	Adrian Lewis 94.84	5
	Ritchie Edhouse 92.64		6				Ritchie Edhouse 92.78	6
												Edhouse 79.83	4
	Brendan Dolan 92.62		4
											11	Cullen 84.15	6
						11	Joe Cullen 99.63	6
	Jamie Hughes 95.33		1				Glen Durrant 97.12	5
																11	Cullen 87.16	1
	Glen Durrant 99.06		6
																14	Whitlock 92.36	6
						3	Peter Wright 94.88	4
	Ross Smith 90.19		6				Ross Smith 98.02	6
												R. Smith 85.97	4
	Mark Barilli 83.03		3
											14	Whitlock 93.33	6
						14	Simon Whitlock 92.94	6
	Michael Hurtz 78.28		2				Cristo Reyes 92.33	4
	Cristo Reyes 87.16		6

References

1. Allen, Dave. "Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019". PDC. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
2. Magnussen, Mads Plagborg. "Thanks for now Iceland". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.