The 2013 European Darts Open was the third of eight
PDC European Tour events on the
2013 PDC Pro Tour The 2013 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They were the Professional Dart Players Association Players Championships, the UK Open Qualifiers, and the European Tour eve ...
. The tournament took place at the Maritim Hotel in
Düsseldorf,
Germany, from 17–19 May 2013. It featured a field of 64 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner.
Michael van Gerwen won his first European Tour title with a 6–2 defeat of
Simon Whitlock in the final.
Prize money
Qualification
The top 32 players from th
PDC ProTour Order of Meriton the 17 April 2013 automatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in
Wigan on 26 April), eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue in
Düsseldorf on 16 May).
1–32
UK Qualifier
*
Dennis Smith ''(first round)''
*
Andy Parsons ''(second round)''
*
Stephen Hardy ''(first round)''
*
Darren Johnson
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''(first round)''
*
Mark Cox ''(second round)''
*
Steve Beaton ''(first round)''
*
Mark Jones ''(first round)''
*
Prakash Jiwa
Prakash Jiwa (born 21 May 1970 in Rugby, Warwickshire) is an English-Indian professional darts player He has won a tour card through Qualifying School to compete in Professional Darts Corporation events on three occasions.
PDC career
Jiwa qualif ...
''(first round)''
*
Terry Temple
Terence "Terry" Temple (born 16 August 1961 from Yorkshire) is an English professional darts player he currently playing in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He has come through Qualifying School to earn a place on the PDC three times and is ...
''(first round)''
*
Steve Maish ''(first round)''
*
Keith Stephen ''(first round)''
*
Alex Roy
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''(second round)''
*
Chris Aubrey ''(first round)''
*
Paul Amos
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''(first round)''
*
Kevin Dowling ''(first round)''
*
Kevin McDine ''(first round)''
*
David Pallett
David John Pallett (born 8 February 1990) is an English professional darts player playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
In January 2013, Pallett entered PDC Q School and stood just one match from joining the tour in t ...
''(first round)''
*
Matt Clark Matthew Clark is a United Kingdom-based drinks distributor.
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''(first round)''
*
Adam Hunt
Adam Hunt (born 21 August 1993) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.
Career
Hunt began competing in PDC events in 2011 and won his first tournament in his second month, beating Josh Jon ...
''(first round)''
*
Shaun Griffiths ''(first round)''
European Qualifier
*
Kurt van de Rijck
Kurt van de Rijck (born 28 November 1972 in Mechelen) is an former professional Belgian darts player who has played in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Van de Rijck reached the semi-finals of a PDC Pro Tour event in Nulan ...
''(first round)''
*
Mareno Michels
Mareno Michels (born 23 October 1984) is a Dutch darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
BDO
Michels made three quarter final appearances in the BDO Open events in 2005, doing so in the Welsh Open, Eng ...
''(first round)''
*
Bobby Biemans ''(first round)''
*
Maik Langendorf
Maik Langendorf (born 11 March 1972) is a former German-based Austrian professional darts player. He won a PDC tour card on the second day of the 2017 PDC Darts Qualifying School.
He has also represented Austria in the PDC World Cup of Darts in ...
''(first round)''
*
Mensur Suljović ''(first round)''
*
Ronny Huybrechts ''(first round)''
*
Jelle Klaasen ''(first round)''
*
Jerry Hendriks ''(first round)''
Host Nation Qualifier
*
Max Hopp ''(first round)''
*
Tomas Seyler
Tomas Seyler (born 16 July 1974), nicknamed "Shorty", is a German former professional darts player.
Career
Seyler reached the second round of the Winmau World Masters in 2003, beating Vincent van der Voort in the first round, but lost to Raymon ...
''(first round)''
*
Jyhan Artut
Jyhan Artut (born 9 October 1976) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Artut defeated Wayne Mardle 3–0 in the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship in the first round. He was ...
''(first round)''
*
Andree Welge
Andree Welge (born 6 May 1972) is a German professional darts player who competed in events of the World Darts Federation (WDF).
Career
Welge made his World Championship debut in the 2002 BDO World Darts Championship where he lost in the first ...
''(first round)''
Draw
References
{{2013 in PDC darts
2013 PDC European Tour
2013 in German sport