2019 Czech Darts Open

2019 Czech Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates28–30 June 2019
VenuePVA Expo Praha
LocationPrague
Country Czech Republic
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000
Winner's share£25,000
Nine-dart finish Gerwyn Price
High checkout170 Danny Noppert
Mervyn King
Champion(s)
Jamie Hughes
«Event 8 Event 10»

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 to 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:[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 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 (held on 21 June), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 21 June), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 19 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 27 June), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 8 March), and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 27 June).

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:

Draw

First round
(best of 11 legs)
28 June
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
29 June
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
30 June
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
30 June
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
30 June
Final
(best of 15 legs)
30 June
1 Michael van Gerwen 95.095
Ondřej Plšek 77.840 Keegan Brown 97.536
  Brown 95.206
Keegan Brown 92.026
Noppert 94.834
16 Darren Webster 90.734
Danny Noppert 99.536 Danny Noppert 92.306
Brown 103.766
Stefan Bellmont 77.702
8 Suljović 100.452
8 Mensur Suljović 92.026
William Borland 84.773 John Henderson 77.940
8 Suljović 97.206
John Henderson 97.836
Evetts 95.613
9 Ricky Evans 89.133
Krzysztof Ratajski 98.703 Ted Evetts 96.226
  Brown 82.254
Ted Evetts 97.106
Bunting 86.577
5 Peter Wright 97.704
Stephen Bunting 95.756 Stephen Bunting 93.436
  Bunting 87.626
Robert Thornton 85.893
Dobey 90.325
12 Joe Cullen 91.103
Chris Dobey 94.296 Chris Dobey 97.116
Bunting 90.696
Sebastian Steyer 89.762
4 Gurney 90.703
4 Daryl Gurney 91.486
Václav Schieferdecker 66.850 William O'Connor 86.964
4 Gurney 96.596
William O'Connor 86.716
Wattimena 86.861
13 Jonny Clayton 88.932
Jermaine Wattimena 98.026 Jermaine Wattimena 91.816
  Bunting 81.523
Kevin Garcia 77.900
Hughes 96.638
2 Ian White 99.726
Karel Sedláček 87.196 Karel Sedláček 95.184
2 White 87.206
Brendan Dolan 89.785
Gilding 72.521
15 Nathan Aspinall 87.534
Andrew Gilding 94.896 Andrew Gilding 92.116
2 White 98.775
Rowby-John Rodriguez 93.053
Hughes 99.846
7 Adrian Lewis 77.930
Jamie Hughes 91.596 Jamie Hughes 96.976
  Hughes 102.726
Devon Petersen 80.604
Meulenkamp 87.283
10 Steve Beaton 87.534
Ron Meulenkamp 85.436 Ron Meulenkamp 91.466
Hughes 95.287
Jan Hlaváček 75.622
14 Whitlock 87.633
6 James Wade 90.512
Mervyn King 91.076 Mervyn King 97.356
  King 88.516
Steve West 92.785
Cadby 81.684
11 Michael Smith 90.235
Wessel Nijman 77.780 Corey Cadby 98.106
King 91.504
Corey Cadby 92.976
14 Whitlock 88.666
3 Gerwyn Price 100.706
Glen Durrant 110.126 Glen Durrant 97.194
3 Price 93.103
Daniel Larsson 91.721
14 Whitlock 96.316
14 Simon Whitlock 94.436
Madars Razma 92.014 Justin Pipe 97.815
Justin Pipe 95.236

References

  1. ^ Allen, Dave (9 January 2019). "Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019". PDC. Retrieved 15 January 2019.