2019 Czech Darts Open

2019 Czech Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	28–30 June 2019
Venue	PVA Expo Praha
Location	Prague
Country	Czech Republic
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£140,000
Winner's share	£25,000
Nine-dart finish	Gerwyn Price
High checkout	170 Danny Noppert 170 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:

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:

Top 16

1. Michael van Gerwen (second round)
2. Ian White (quarter-finals)
3. Gerwyn Price (third round)
4. Daryl Gurney (quarter-finals)
5. Peter Wright (second round)
6. James Wade (second round)
7. Adrian Lewis (second round)
8. Mensur Suljović (quarter-finals)
9. Ricky Evans (second round)
10. Steve Beaton (second round)
11. Michael Smith (second round)
12. Joe Cullen (second round)
13. Jonny Clayton (second round)
14. Simon Whitlock (semi-finals)
15. Nathan Aspinall (second round)
16. Darren Webster (second round)

UK Qualifier

• Glen Durrant (second round)
• Mervyn King (quarter-finals)
• Stephen Bunting (runner-up)
• Chris Dobey (third round)
• John Henderson (second round)
• William O'Connor (second round)
• Andrew Gilding (third round)
• Keegan Brown (semi-finals)
• Steve West (first round)
• Ted Evetts (third round)
• Corey Cadby (third round)
• Devon Petersen (first round)
• Justin Pipe (second round)
• Kevin Garcia (first round)
• Jamie Hughes (champion)
• Robert Thornton (first round)
• William Borland (first round)
• Brendan Dolan (first round)

European Qualifier

• Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)
• Jermaine Wattimena (third round)
• Rowby-John Rodriguez (first round)
• Madars Razma (first round)
• Danny Noppert (third round)
• Ron Meulenkamp (third round)

West/South European Qualifier

• Stefan Bellmont (first round)
• Wessel Nijman (first round)

Host Nation Qualifier

• Jan Hlaváček (first round)
• Václav Schieferdecker (first round)
• Ondřej Plšek (first round)
• Karel Sedláček (second round)

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

• Daniel Larsson (first round)

East European Qualifier

• Sebastian Steyer (first round)

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 95.09	5
	Ondřej Plšek 77.84		0				Keegan Brown 97.53	6
												Brown 95.20	6
	Keegan Brown 92.02		6
												Noppert 94.83	4
						16	Darren Webster 90.73	4
	Danny Noppert 99.53		6				Danny Noppert 92.30	6
																	Brown 103.76	6
	Stefan Bellmont 77.70		2
																8	Suljović 100.45	2
						8	Mensur Suljović 92.02	6
	William Borland 84.77		3				John Henderson 77.94	0
											8	Suljović 97.20	6
	John Henderson 97.83		6
												Evetts 95.61	3
						9	Ricky Evans 89.13	3
	Krzysztof Ratajski 98.70		3				Ted Evetts 96.22	6
																						Brown 82.25	4
	Ted Evetts 97.10		6
																						Bunting 86.57	7
						5	Peter Wright 97.70	4
	Stephen Bunting 95.75		6				Stephen Bunting 93.43	6
												Bunting 87.62	6
	Robert Thornton 85.89		3
												Dobey 90.32	5
						12	Joe Cullen 91.10	3
	Chris Dobey 94.29		6				Chris Dobey 97.11	6
																	Bunting 90.69	6
	Sebastian Steyer 89.76		2
																4	Gurney 90.70	3
						4	Daryl Gurney 91.48	6
	Václav Schieferdecker 66.85		0				William O'Connor 86.96	4
											4	Gurney 96.59	6
	William O'Connor 86.71		6
												Wattimena 86.86	1
						13	Jonny Clayton 88.93	2
	Jermaine Wattimena 98.02		6				Jermaine Wattimena 91.81	6
																											Bunting 81.52	3
	Kevin Garcia 77.90		0
																											Hughes 96.63	8
						2	Ian White 99.72	6
	Karel Sedláček 87.19		6				Karel Sedláček 95.18	4
											2	White 87.20	6
	Brendan Dolan 89.78		5
												Gilding 72.52	1
						15	Nathan Aspinall 87.53	4
	Andrew Gilding 94.89		6				Andrew Gilding 92.11	6
																2	White 98.77	5
	Rowby-John Rodriguez 93.05		3
																	Hughes 99.84	6
						7	Adrian Lewis 77.93	0
	Jamie Hughes 91.59		6				Jamie Hughes 96.97	6
												Hughes 102.72	6
	Devon Petersen 80.60		4
												Meulenkamp 87.28	3
						10	Steve Beaton 87.53	4
	Ron Meulenkamp 85.43		6				Ron Meulenkamp 91.46	6
																						Hughes 95.28	7
	Jan Hlaváček 75.62		2
																					14	Whitlock 87.63	3
						6	James Wade 90.51	2
	Mervyn King 91.07		6				Mervyn King 97.35	6
												King 88.51	6
	Steve West 92.78		5
												Cadby 81.68	4
						11	Michael Smith 90.23	5
	Wessel Nijman 77.78		0				Corey Cadby 98.10	6
																	King 91.50	4
	Corey Cadby 92.97		6
																14	Whitlock 88.66	6
						3	Gerwyn Price 100.70	6
	Glen Durrant 110.12		6				Glen Durrant 97.19	4
											3	Price 93.10	3
	Daniel Larsson 91.72		1
											14	Whitlock 96.31	6
						14	Simon Whitlock 94.43	6
	Madars Razma 92.01		4				Justin Pipe 97.81	5
	Justin Pipe 95.23		6