2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy

The 2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy is the thirteenth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament is taking place at the Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar, from 27–29 September 2019. It features a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy
Tournament information
Dates27–29 September 2019
VenueVictoria Stadium
LocationGibraltar
Country Gibraltar
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000
Winner's share£25,000
Nine-dart finish Dave Chisnall
High checkout164 Nathan Aspinall (Semi-finals)
Champion(s)
Krzysztof Ratajski
«Event 12

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Adrian Lewis 8–3 in the previous year's final, but he lost in the third round 6–3 to Nathan Aspinall.

Dave Chisnall hit his first European Tour nine-dart finish in his quarter-final against James Wade, which was the fifth European Tour nine-darter of 2019, equalling the record set in the inaugural year in 2012.

Krzysztof Ratajski won his sixth PDC title, and his first on the European Tour, with an 8–2 win against Chisnall in the final.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:[1]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £6,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £5,000
Third round losers (8) £3,000
Second round losers (16) £2,000*
First round losers (16) £1,000
Total £140,000
  • 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 PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 10 September 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 20 September), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 20 September), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 12 September), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 26 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 24 August), and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 25 August).

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 following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw
  First round
27 September
(best of 11 legs)		 Second round
28 September
(best of 11 legs)		 Third round
29 September
(best of 11 legs)		 Quarter-finals
29 September
(best of 11 legs)		 Semi-finals
29 September
(best of 13 legs)		 Final
29 September
(best of 15 legs)
                                                         
Darius Labanauskas 94.45 2     1 Michael van Gerwen 103.51 6  
José de Sousa 103.65 6     José de Sousa 94.39 3  
  1 van Gerwen 101.83 3  
  16 Aspinall 95.39 6  
Ryan Joyce 100.77 6 16 Nathan Aspinall 108.14 6
Matt Clark 95.51 3     Ryan Joyce 100.79 4  
  16 Aspinall 96.21 6  
  8 Wright 94.98 3  
Cor Dekker 91.28 5     8 Peter Wright 100.70 6  
Dyson Parody 88.66 6     Dyson Parody 82.22 1  
  8 Wright 97.69 6
  9 Suljović 96.02 3  
Wessel Nijman 88.89 6 9 Mensur Suljović 98.32 6
Darren Webster 87.61 5     Wessel Nijman 90.09 1  
  16 Aspinall 98.28 6  
  4 Chisnall 97.07 7  
Ryan Meikle 94.04 5     5 James Wade 95.70 6  
Paul Rowley 92.17 6     Paul Rowley 93.28 2  
  5 Wade 102.72 6
  Huybrechts 101.19 3  
Justin Pipe 93.99 3 12 Jonny Clayton 95.20 3
Kim Huybrechts 96.72 6     Kim Huybrechts 93.07 6  
  5 Wade 94.56 4
  4 Chisnall 106.10 6  
Jeffrey de Zwaan 96.35 6     4 Dave Chisnall 103.41 6  
Steve West 86.12 3     Jeffrey de Zwaan 94.80 5  
  4 Chisnall 101.44 6
  13 Wattimena 92.54 4  
Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.09 6 13 Jermaine Wattimena 94.72 6
Scott Taylor 93.26 3     Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.49 2  
4 Chisnall 99.96 2
7 Ratajski 102.85 8
Antony Lopez 71.82 4     2 Ian White 88.90 6  
Michael Rosenauer 76.84 6     Michael Rosenauer 82.94 1  
  2 White 101.35 6  
  15 Smith 93.82 4  
Keegan Brown 93.46 5 15 Michael Smith 85.81 6
Danny Noppert 93.19 6     Danny Noppert 83.00 1  
  2 White 92.51 3  
  7 Ratajski 91.43 6  
Steve Beaton 89.69 6     7 Krzysztof Ratajski 90.53 6  
Tony Newell 84.26 5     Steve Beaton 88.05 3  
  7 Ratajski 93.17 6
  10 Cullen 85.92 3  
Ritchie Edhouse 87.99 6 10 Joe Cullen 98.46 6
Jamie Hughes 84.30 3     Ritchie Edhouse 88.51 3  
  7 Ratajski 109.51 7
  6 Gurney 99.30 3  
Carl Wilkinson 76.38 6     6 Daryl Gurney 97.18 6  
Justin Hewitt 76.01 3     Carl Wilkinson 89.73 4  
  6 Gurney 100.78 6
  11 Durrant 99.64 1  
William O'Connor 85.80 4 11 Glen Durrant 104.09 6
Chris Dobey 85.19 6     Chris Dobey 94.17 4  
  6 Gurney 84.73 6
  3 Price 92.46 3  
Robert Thornton 72.32 4     3 Gerwyn Price 98.02 6  
David Francis 72.64 6     David Francis 76.63 0  
  3 Price 102.97 6
  14 Cross 97.62 5  
Krzysztof Kciuk 84.25 6 14 Rob Cross 87.14 6
Kirk Shepherd 75.68 3     Krzysztof Kciuk 78.14 3  

References
  1. Allen, Dave. "Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019". PDC. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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