| Tournament Name: | 2024 Baltic Sea Darts Open |
| Dates: | 10–12 May 2024 |
| Venue: | Wunderino Arena |
| Location: | Kiel |
| Organisation: | PDC |
| Format: | Legs |
| Prize Fund: | £175,000 |
| Winners Share: | £30,000 |
| Prev: | Event 5 |
| Next: | Event 7 |
The 2024 Baltic Sea Darts Open was the sixth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Wunderino Arena, Kiel, Germany from 10 to 12 May 2024. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.
Dave Chisnall was the defending champion after defeating Luke Humphries 8–5 in the 2023 final.[1] Chisnall lost 6–5 to Madars Razma in the second round.
Rob Cross won his second European Tour title, beating Luke Humphries 8–6 in the final.[2]
In the final, Humphries hit his second nine-darter on the European Tour. It came in the eighth leg.[3]
The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[4]
| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £30,000 | |
| Runner-up | (1) | £12,000 | |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £8,500 | |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £6,000 | |
| Third round losers | (8) | £4,000 | |
| Second round losers | (16) | £2,500* | |
| First round losers | (16) | £1,250* | |
| Total | £175,000 | ||
A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January.[7]
For the first time, both the PDC Order of Merit and the PDC ProTour Order of Merit rankings were used to determine 32 of the 48 entrants for the event.
The top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit qualified, along with the highest 16 ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit (after the PDC Order of Merit players were removed). From those 32 players, the 16 highest ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit were seeded for the event.
The seedings were confirmed on 4 April.[8]
The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 10 April), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 18 February), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Nation Qualifier (held on the 5 April) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on the 6 April).
Gerwyn Price and Gary Anderson withdrew and were replaced by Luke Woodhouse and Jermaine Wattimena. Krzysztof Ratajski and Joe Cullen moved up to become the 15th and 16th seeds respectively.[9]
The following players took part in the tournament:
Seeded Players
Order of Merit Qualifiers
Tour Card Qualifier
Host Nation Qualifier
Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
East European Qualifier
Reserve List