2020 International Darts Open

2020 International Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates23–25 October 2020
VenueSACHSENarena
LocationRiesa
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 Tytus Kanik
James Wade
Franz Rötzsch
Champion(s)
Joe Cullen
«Event 3

The 2020 International Darts Open was the fourth and final PDC European Tour event on the 2020 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the SACHSENarena, Riesa, Germany from 23–25 October 2020. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Gerwyn Price was the defending champion after defeating Rob Cross 8–6 in the final of the 2019 tournament. However, he was beaten 6–5 by Ross Smith in the second round.

Joe Cullen won his second European Tour title and fourth PDC title in all by defeating Michael van Gerwen 8–5 in the final, which also secured his place as the number 1 seed for the European Championship. It was the same scoreline against the same player as at his first ET title in Mannheim.

The tournament was postponed from its original date in early 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided, with the prize money being unchanged from the 2019 European Tour:[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 and Host Nation invitees who lose in the first 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 4 February automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.[2]

The remaining 32 places went to players from four qualifying events and to two invitees – 23 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 14 February), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 15 October), three from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 22 October), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 12 October 2019), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 8 February).

The two highest ranked German players on the ProTour Order of Merit as of the 14 February cut-off date also qualified.

Kyle Anderson, Peter Wright, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Ryan Murray withdrew, while Niels Zonneveld and Glen Durrant pulled out because of contracting COVID-19. All six players were replaced by Host Nation Qualifiers, while José de Sousa and Stephen Bunting were promoted to seeds.[3]

The following players took part in the tournament:[4]

Draw

First round
(best of 11 legs)
23 October
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
24 October
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
25 October
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
25 October
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
25 October
Final
(best of 15 legs)
25 October
1 Michael van Gerwen 89.986
Madars Razma 84.266 Madars Razma 86.404
1 van Gerwen 88.236
Kai Fan Leung 83.914
Hamilton 81.005
16 Stephen Bunting 87.795
Simeon Heinz 79.832 Andy Hamilton 88.346
1 van Gerwen 102.186
Andy Hamilton 83.826
8 Wade 99.793
8 James Wade 90.226
Benito van de Pas 80.333 Andreas Harrysson 77.523
8 Wade 97.026
Andreas Harrysson 79.656
9 Aspinall 91.142
9 Nathan Aspinall 92.346
Scott Marsh 94.225 Jason Lowe 95.475
1 van Gerwen 88.917
Jason Lowe 97.706
5 Suljović 92.016
4 Krzysztof Ratajski 99.166
Martijn Kleermaker 85.346 Martijn Kleermaker 93.394
4 Ratajski 102.456
Arsen Ballaj 83.355
Rötzsch 96.805
13 Rob Cross 94.543
Franz Rötzsch 93.406 Franz Rötzsch 103.026
4 Ratajski 102.295
Brendan Dolan 89.404
5 Suljović 99.636
5 Mensur Suljović 103.806
Gabriel Clemens 99.586 Gabriel Clemens 94.865
5 Suljović 97.576
Philipp Hagemann 83.201
12 Hughes 90.572
12 Jamie Hughes 84.516
Steve West 94.536 Steve West 87.574
1 van Gerwen 91.375
Toni Alcinas 93.783
10 Cullen 97.198
2 Gerwyn Price 92.965
Mario Vandenbogaerde 92.481 Ross Smith 96.756
R. Smith 94.186
Ross Smith 112.866
Hopp 95.794
15 José de Sousa 94.843
Max Hopp 93.926 Max Hopp 98.756
R. Smith 100.004
Jelle Klaasen 87.501
10 Cullen 99.026
7 Dave Chisnall 104.436
Michael Rosenauer 78.882 Ron Meulenkamp 93.733
7 Chisnall 82.421
Ron Meulenkamp 82.986
10 Cullen 89.246
10 Joe Cullen 101.276
Jamie Lewis 57.720 Robert Marijanović 87.151
10 Cullen 96.147
Robert Marijanović 99.106
14 M. Smith 89.963
3 Ian White 92.763
Maik Kuivenhoven 82.300 Jesús Noguera 93.006
Noguera 93.501
Jesús Noguera 90.186
14 M. Smith 94.456
14 Michael Smith 96.206
Tytus Kanik 86.051 Martin Schindler 90.132
14 M. Smith 98.556
Martin Schindler 90.786
Noppert 93.121
6 Daryl Gurney 91.753
Scott Baker 94.386 Scott Baker 89.986
Baker 78.272
Michael Unterbuchner 83.064
Noppert 92.606
11 Adrian Lewis 93.103
Danny Noppert 89.206 Danny Noppert 103.396
Sebastian Pohl 77.161

References

  1. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC.
  2. ^ "2020 European Tour Structure Confirmed". PDC. 19 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Durrant to miss International Darts Open". Dave Allen, PDC. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  4. ^ "European Tour double confirmed for October". Dave Allen, PDC. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.