The 2019 German Darts Grand Prix was the third of thirteen
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. The tournament took place at
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Munich
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, from 20–22 April 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. He is currently PDC Order of Merit, ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Darts Championship, PDC ...
was the defending champion after defeating
Peter Wright 8–5 in the final of the
2018 tournament, and he defended his title by beating
Simon Whitlock
Simon Whitlock (born 3 March 1969) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments, having also played in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) between 2004 and 2009. He uses the nickname T ...
8–3 in the final, which was his 30th European Tour title since its inception in 2012.
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 5 March 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 15 March), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 15 March), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 19 April), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 19 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 6 October 2018) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 20 January).
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 only exceptions being that the Nordic & Baltic qualifiers for the first 3 European Tour events took place in late 2018, before the new ruling was announced.
Gerwyn Price
Gerwyn Stephen Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. Nicknamed "The Iceman", he competes in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), where he is cu ...
, who was set to be the 3rd seed, withdrew prior to the tournament draw. All seeds below him moved up a place, with
Danny Noppert becoming sixteenth seed, and an extra place being made available in the Host Nation Qualifier.
The following players will take part in the tournament:
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Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently PDC Order of Merit, ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Darts Championship, PDC ...
(Champion)
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Ian White ''(Second round)''
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Peter Wright ''(Second round)''
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Mensur Suljović
Mensur Suljović (Serbian Cyrillic: Менсур Суљовић; born 5 March 1972) is an Austrian professional darts player. He plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, having previously played in the British Darts Organisation (BD ...
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Rob Cross ''(Semi-finals)''
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Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis (born 21 January 1985) is an English professional darts player currently playing in the PDC. He is a two-time PDC World Darts Champion, winning in 2011 and 2012. He is nicknamed Jackpot, as he won a jackpot gambling in Las Vegas ...
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James Wade
James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player to win a major PDC title, when he won the 2007 World Matchplay at the ...
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Michael Smith ''(Second round)''
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Jonny Clayton
Jonny Clayton (born 4 October 1974) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed The Ferret, he was half of the Welsh team that won the 2020 PDC World Cup of Darts before winning his ...
''(Second round)''
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Max Hopp ''(Semi-finals)''
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Joe Cullen ''(Quarter-finals)''
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Daryl Gurney
Daryl Gurney (born 22 March 1986) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Gurney is a winner of two majors, having won the World Grand Prix in 2017 in his native Ireland, and the ...
''(Third round)''
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Dave Chisnall
Dave Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He began his career in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and was the runner-up in their World Champions ...
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Simon Whitlock
Simon Whitlock (born 3 March 1969) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments, having also played in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) between 2004 and 2009. He uses the nickname T ...
''(Runner-Up)''
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Darren Webster ''(Third round)''
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Danny Noppert ''(Second round)''
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Keegan Brown ''(Second round)''
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Ricky Evans ''(Third round)''
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Alan Norris ''(First round)''
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Glen Durrant
Glen Durrant (born 24 November 1970), nicknamed "Duzza", is an English former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously won the BDO World Darts Championship three times consecutively ...
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Stephen Bunting
Stephen Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Nicknamed The Bullet, Bunting won the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship and is a twice former Wo ...
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Steve Beaton
Steve Beaton (born 5 April 1964) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the BDO World Darts Championship in 1996 and is a former World No. 1.
Background
Beaton was born in Co ...
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Nathan Derry ''(Second round)''
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Chris Dobey ''(First round)''
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Ritchie Edhouse ''(Third round)''
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Kyle Anderson ''(Second round)''
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Josh Payne
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''(Second round)''
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Ted Evetts
Ted Evetts (born 3 August 1997) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the 2021 PDC World Youth Champion.
Career
Evetts plays for his local Super League team and also plays Men's County fo ...
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Mark Barilli ''(First round)''
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Ross Smith ''(Third round)''
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Arron Monk ''(Second round)''
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Mark Wilson ''(First round)''
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Brendan Dolan
Brendan Gabriel Dolan (born 2 August 1973) is a Northern Irish professional darts player from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is best known for becoming the first player to hit a ...
''(First round)''
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Jamie Hughes ''(First round)''
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Kim Huybrechts
Kim Huybrechts (born 16 November 1985) is a Belgian professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He made the final of a major TV event, the 2012 Players Championship Finals, losing to Phil Taylor 13 ...
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Krzysztof Ratajski
Krzysztof Ratajski (Polish pronunciation: ; born 1 January 1977) is a Polish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2017 World Masters. Ratajski also pl ...
''(Second round)''
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Gabriel Clemens ''(First round)''
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Cristo Reyes
Cristo Reyes Torres (born 30 July 1987) is a Spanish darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
In October 2014, Reyes bested a field of 154 players to win the Iberian Qualifier for the 2015 PDC World Champi ...
''(Second round)''
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Martin Schindler ''(First round)''
:West/South European Qualifier
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Michael Rasztovits
Michael Rasztovits (born 16 February 1984), nicknamed "Rasto", is an Austrian darts player.
Career
Since 2011, Rasztovits has taken part in PDC events. He has played in Qualifying School from 2013 onwards but has never won enough games to win ...
''(Second round)''
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Diogo Portela ''(First round)''
:Host Nation Qualifier
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Michael Hurtz
Michael Hurtz (born 24 April 1979) is a German darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.
Nicknamed "Hurtzi", Hurtz first qualified for a PDC European Tour in 2013, when he qualified for the 2013 German Darts Champio ...
''(First round)''
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Kevin Münch
Kevin Münch (born 27 July 1988) is a German darts player.
Career
Münch reached the last 40 of the 2011 Winmau World Masters before losing to Colin Fowler.
Münch qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship after winning the German Q ...
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Marko Puls
Marko Puls (born 11 December 1971) is a German professional darts player playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Nicknamed "The Pulse", Puls first qualified for a PDC European Tour in 2016, when he qualified for the 2016 ...
''(First round)''
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Dragutin Horvat ''(First round)''
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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)''
:Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
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Magnus Caris ''(First round)''
:East European Qualifier
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Karel Sedláček
Karel Sedláček (born 17 February 1979) is a Czech darts player.
Career
Sedláček qualified for the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship playing Paul Hogan in the preliminary round, losing 1–3. He qualified for the 2014 BDO World Trophy, won ...
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References
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