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 finishWales Gerwyn Price
High checkout170 Netherlands Danny Noppert
170 England Mervyn King
Champion(s)
England 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

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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

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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

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

References

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