| Tournament Name: | 2013 European Darts Open |
| Dates: | 17–19 May 2013 |
| Venue: | Maritim Hotel |
| Location: | Düsseldorf |
| Organisation: | PDC |
| Format: | Legs |
| Prize Fund: | £100,000 |
| Winners Share: | £20,000 |
| Winner: | Michael van Gerwen |
| Prev: | Event 2 |
| Next: | Event 4 |
The 2013 European Darts Open[1] was the third of eight PDC European Tour events on the 2013 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Maritim Hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 17 to 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.[2]
| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | align=center | (1) | align=center | £20,000 |
| Runner-up | align=center | (1) | align=center | £10,000 |
| Semi-finalists | align=center | (2) | align=center | £5,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | align=center | (4) | align=center | £3,000 |
| Third round losers | align=center | (8) | align=center | £2,000 |
| Second round losers | align=center | (16) | align=center | £1,000 |
| First round losers | align=center | (32) | align=center | £500 |
| Total | align=center colspan=2 | £100,000 | ||
The top 32 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on the 17 April 2013 automatically qualified for the event.[4] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 26 April),[5] eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue in Düsseldorf on 16 May).[6]
1–32UK Qualifier
Prakash Jiwa (first round)European Qualifier
Kurt van de Rijck (first round)
Maik Langendorf (first round) Mensur Suljović (first round) Ronny Huybrechts (first round)Host Nation Qualifier