Tournament Name: | 2023 German Darts Open |
Dates: | 8-10 September 2023 |
Venue: | Sparkassen-Arena |
Location: | Jena |
Organisation: | PDC |
Format: | Legs |
Prize Fund: | £175,000 |
Winners Share: | £30,000 |
High Checkout: | 164 |
Prev: | Event 10 |
Next: | Event 12 |
The 2023 German Darts Open was the eleventh of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Sparkassen-Arena, Jena, Germany from 8-10 September 2023. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.
The defending champion was, who defeated 8–6 in the 2022 final.[1] However, he was beaten by 4–6 in the second round.
won his second European Tour title, defeating 8–3 in the final.
The prize money was increased for the first time in 4 years for all European Tours:[2]
Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |||
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Winner | align=center | (1) | align=center | £30,000 |
Runner-up | align=center | (1) | align=center | £12,000 |
Semi-finalists | align=center | (2) | align=center | £8,000 |
Quarter-finalists | align=center | (4) | align=center | £6,000 |
Third round losers | align=center | (8) | align=center | £4,000 |
Second round losers | align=center | (16) | align=center | £2,500* |
First round losers | align=center | (16) | align=center | £1,250 |
Total | align=center colspan=2 | £175,000 |
The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 15 August 2023 automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.[4]
The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 28 August), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 20 May), the two highest ranked Germans automatically qualified, alongside two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 20 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 3 June), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 3 June).
The following players took part in the tournament:
Top 16
Tour Card Qualifier
Associate Member Qualifier
Highest Ranking Germans
Host Nation Qualifier
Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
East European Qualifier