The 2019 Melbourne Darts Masters was the third staging of the tournament by the

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, and was the fourth entry in the 2019 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight PDC players facing eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the

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, Australia from 16–17 August 2019. Peter Wright was the defending champion after defeating Michael Smith 11–8 in the 2018 final, but lost 8–0 to

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in the semi-finals. Van Gerwen would go on to win his first Melbourne title by defeating

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8–3 in the final.

Prize money

The total prize fund was £60,000.

Qualifiers

The eight invited PDC representatives, (seeded according to the World Series Order of Merit) are: # Peter Wright ''(semi-finals)'' #

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 ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

''(runner-up)'' #

(champion) # Gary Anderson ''(quarter-finals)'' #

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''(first round)'' #

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''(quarter-finals)'' #

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''(quarter-finals)'' The regional qualifiers are:

Draw

References

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