The 2019 Dutch Darts Masters was the seventh of thirteen
PDC European Tour
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events on the
2019 PDC Pro Tour
The 2019 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There were 43 PDC ProTour events ...
. The tournament took place at
IJsselhallen,
Zwolle
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,
Netherlands
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, from 24 to 26 May 2019. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player, who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number three; he was ranked world number one from 20 ...
was the defending champion after defeating
Steve Lennon
Steve Lennon (born 25 November 1993) is an Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "Scuba Steve", he reached his first major quarter-final at the 2018 Players Championship Finals. He ...
8–5 in the final of the
2018 tournament.
However,
Ian White ended Van Gerwen's five-year winning run in the tournament by beating him 8–7 in the final to win his third European Tour title.
The result also ended Van Gerwen's 28-game winning streak in European Tour last-leg deciders.
Prize money
This is how the prize money is divided:
* 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
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on 7 May 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 17 May), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 17 May), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 18 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 23 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 8 March) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 10 March).
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.
Rob Cross
Robert Cross (born 21 September 1990) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number eight; he reached a peak ranking of world number two in 2018 ...
, who was set to be the 7th seed, withdrew prior to the tournament. All seeds below him moved up a place, with
Michael Smith becoming sixteenth seed, and an extra place being made available in the Host Nation Qualifier.
James Wade
James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number nine; he reached a peak ranking of world number two in 2010. ...
, the 5th seed, withdrew from the tournament after the draw and was not replaced, with his second round opponent
Glen Durrant
Glen Durrant (born 24 November 1970), nicknamed "Duzza", is an English former professional darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Durrant is a three-time BDO World Champi ...
receiving a
bye.
The following players will take part in the tournament:
:Top 16
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Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player, who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number three; he was ranked world number one from 20 ...
''(runner-up)''
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Ian White (champion)
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Daryl Gurney
Daryl Gurney (born 22 March 1986) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty-five; he reached a peak ranking of world number thre ...
''(second round)''
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Gerwyn Price
Gerwyn Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. He competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world ...
''(semi-finals)''
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James Wade
James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number nine; he reached a peak ranking of world number two in 2010. ...
''(withdrew)''
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Peter Wright ''(quarter-finals)''
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Mensur Suljović
Mensur Suljović (Serbian Cyrillic: Менсур Суљовић; born 5 March 1972) is a Serbian-Austrian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he reached a peak ranking of world number five ...
''(second round)''
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Dave Chisnall
David Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twelve; he reached a peak ranking of world number five in ...
''(quarter-finals)''
#
Ricky Evans ''(third round)''
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Joe Cullen ''(second round)''
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Simon Whitlock
Simon Whitlock (born 3 March 1969) is an Australian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, having previously competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events.
Nicknamed "The Wizard", he won th ...
''(third round)''
#
Jonny Clayton
Jonny Clayton (born 4 October 1974) is a Welsh professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number five. Nicknamed "the Ferret", he has won four PDC major televised s ...
''(second round)''
#
Stephen Bunting
Stephen Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number four. Nicknamed "the Bullet", Bunting formerly competed in Brit ...
''(second round)''
#
Darren Webster
Darren Michael Webster (born 10 June 1968) is an English darts player who is nicknamed Demolition Man.
Career
Webster won the 2005 Open Oust Nederland, beating Co Stompé in the final.
Originally nicknamed The Sniper, Webster reached the quar ...
''(second round)''
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Jermaine Wattimena
Jermaine Wattimena (born 9 March 1988) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2015; he reached his first major final in 2024, finishing as runner-up at the E ...
''(third round)''
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Michael Smith ''(second round)''
:UK Qualifier
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Steve Beaton
Steve Beaton (born 5 April 1964) is an English former professional darts player who competes in World Seniors Darts (WSD) events. Nicknamed "the Bronzed Adonis", Beaton formerly formerly competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO), World Dart ...
''(second round)''
:*
Nathan Aspinall
Nathan Aspinall (born 15 July 1991) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number six; he reached a peak ranking of world number ...
''(first round)''
:*
Mervyn King ''(quarter-finals)''
:*
Ryan Harrington ''(first round)''
:*
Harry Ward ''(first round)''
:*
Mickey Mansell
Michael Mansell (born 31 August 1973) is a Northern Irish darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached his first major semi-final at the 2024 Grand Slam. Mansell won his maiden ranking title at 2018 PDC ...
''(second round)''
:*
Ritchie Edhouse
Ritchie Edhouse (born 19 April 1983) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty-seven. He won his first major title at the 2024 European Cha ...
''(second round)''
:*
Keegan Brown
Keegan Brown (born 5 November 1992) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He has won two ranking PDC Players Championship titles. Brown reached the quarter-finals at the 2014 Gran ...
''(first round)''
:*
Ross Smith ''(first round)''
:*
Glen Durrant
Glen Durrant (born 24 November 1970), nicknamed "Duzza", is an English former professional darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Durrant is a three-time BDO World Champi ...
''(quarter-finals)''
:*
Luke Woodhouse
Luke Woodhouse (born 13 October 1988), nicknamed "Woody", is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2018, Woodhouse reached his first major quarter-final at t ...
''(first round)''
:*
William O'Connor ''(second round)''
:*
Alan Norris ''(first round)''
:*
Kyle Anderson ''(first round)''
:*
Brendan Dolan
Brendan Gabriel Dolan (born 2 August 1973) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the first player to hit a nine-dart finish in a "double-to-start" event (where a pla ...
''(third round)''
:*
Andy Boulton
Andrew Boulton (born 25 February 1973) is a Scottish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "X-Factor", he has won four titles on the PDC Challenge Tour.
Career BDO, UK Open appearances
...
''(first round)''
:*
Ryan Joyce
Ryan Joyce (born 20 September 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty-six. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2018, he has won two ran ...
''(first round)''
:European Qualifier
:*
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Rowby-John Rodriguez (born 27 March 1994) is an Austrian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "Little John", he was runner-up at the PDC World Cup of Darts in both 2021 and 2024, partne ...
''(third round)''
:*
Krzysztof Ratajski
Krzysztof Ratajski (Polish pronunciation: ; born 1 January 1977) is a Polish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously participated in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments; his b ...
''(second round)''
:*
Danny Noppert
Danny Noppert (born 31 December 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number sixteen; he reached a peak ranking of world number seven in 2023 an ...
''(second round)''
:*
Max Hopp
Max Hopp (born 20 August 1996) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won 2 ranking PDC titles in 2018, becoming the first German to win a Pro Tour event and the first to win on the P ...
''(third round)''
:*
Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld (born 20 April 1967) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he was ranked world number one from January 2008 to June 2008. Nicknamed "Barney", he is a five-t ...
''(third round)''
:*
Vincent van der Voort
Vincent van der Voort (born 18 December 1975) is a Dutch former professional darts player who played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) then Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is nicknamed the "Dutch Destroyer", although he used ...
''(quarter-finals)''
:West/South European Qualifier
:*
Mike De Decker
Mike De Decker (born 15 December 1995) is a Belgian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty. Nicknamed "the Real Deal", he won his first major title ...
''(first round)''
:*
Florian Hempel
Florian Hempel (born 10 April 1990) is a German professional darts player and former handball player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Hempel began his sporting career in handball, playing as a goalkeeper for Dessau-Ro ...
''(second round)''
:Host Nation Qualifier
:* Erik Hol ''(first round)''
:*
Jimmy Hendriks
Jimmy Hendriks (born 19 March 1994) is a former Dutch darts player.
Career BDO
Hendriks won the WDF World Youth Cup and World Youth Masters in 2011 and the Lithuania Open in 2012; 2012 proved to be a successful year for 18-year-old Hendriks who ...
''(first round)''
:*
Danny van Trijp
Danny van Trijp (born 24 December 1996) is a Dutch darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won two titles on the 2022 PDC Challenge Tour.
Career
Van Trijp attended European Q-School in 2019, but never got fart ...
''(second round)''
:*
Wesley Plaisier
Wesley Plaisier (born 4 March 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously participated in World Darts Federation (WDF) tournaments, winning the World Masters twice. He fini ...
''(first round)''
:*
Alexander Merkx
Alexander Merkx (born 20 March 1994) is a Dutch darts player who competes in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won 2024 PDC Challenge Tour 21.
Career
He made his PDC European Tour debut in the 201 ...
''(first round)''
:Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
:*
Dennis Nilsson
Dennis Nilsson (born 21 March 1976) is a Swedish professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In the past, he competed as a strongman, hence his nickname "Strongm ...
''(third round)''
:East European Qualifier
:*
Pál Székely ''(first round)''
Draw
References
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2019 PDC Pro Tour
2019 PDC European Tour
2019 in Dutch sport
May 2019 sports events in the Netherlands