2020 International Darts Open

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2020 International Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates23–25 October 2020
VenueSACHSENarena
LocationRiesa
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 Poland Tytus Kanik
170 England James Wade
170 Germany Franz Rötzsch
Champion(s)
England Joe Cullen
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The 2020 International Darts Open was the fourth and final PDC European Tour event on the 2020 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the SACHSENarena, Riesa, Germany from 23–25 October 2020. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Gerwyn Price was the defending champion after defeating Rob Cross 8–6 in the final of the 2019 tournament. However, he was beaten 6–5 by Ross Smith in the second round.

Joe Cullen won his second European Tour title and fourth PDC title in all by defeating Michael van Gerwen 8–5 in the final, which also secured his place as the number 1 seed for the European Championship. It was the same scoreline against the same player as at his first ET title in Mannheim.

The tournament was postponed from its original date in early 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

Prize money

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This is how the prize money is divided, with the prize money being unchanged from the 2019 European Tour:[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 and Host Nation invitees who lose in the first round do not receive this prize money on any Orders of Merit.

Qualification and format

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The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 4 February automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.[2]

The remaining 32 places went to players from four qualifying events and to two invitees – 23 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 14 February), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 15 October), three from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 22 October), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 12 October 2019), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 8 February).

The two highest ranked German players on the ProTour Order of Merit as of the 14 February cut-off date also qualified.

Kyle Anderson, Peter Wright, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Ryan Murray withdrew, while Niels Zonneveld and Glen Durrant pulled out because of contracting COVID-19. All six players were replaced by Host Nation Qualifiers, while José de Sousa and Stephen Bunting were promoted to seeds.[3]

The following players took part in the tournament:[4]

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
23 October
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
24 October
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
25 October
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
25 October
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
25 October
Final
(best of 15 legs)
25 October
1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 89.986
Latvia Madars Razma 84.266Latvia Madars Razma 86.404
1Netherlands van Gerwen 88.236
Hong Kong Kai Fan Leung 83.914
England Hamilton 81.005
16England Stephen Bunting 87.795
Germany Simeon Heinz 79.832England Andy Hamilton 88.346
1Netherlands van Gerwen 102.186
England Andy Hamilton 83.826
8England Wade 99.793
8England James Wade 90.226
Netherlands Benito van de Pas 80.333Sweden Andreas Harrysson 77.523
8England Wade 97.026
Sweden Andreas Harrysson 79.656
9England Aspinall 91.142
9England Nathan Aspinall 92.346
England Scott Marsh 94.225England Jason Lowe 95.475
1Netherlands van Gerwen 88.917
England Jason Lowe 97.706
5Austria Suljović 92.016
4Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 99.166
Netherlands Martijn Kleermaker 85.346Netherlands Martijn Kleermaker 93.394
4Poland Ratajski 102.456
Germany Arsen Ballaj 83.355
Germany Rötzsch 96.805
13England Rob Cross 94.543
Germany Franz Rötzsch 93.406Germany Franz Rötzsch 103.026
4Poland Ratajski 102.295
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 89.404
5Austria Suljović 99.636
5Austria Mensur Suljović 103.806
Germany Gabriel Clemens 99.586Germany Gabriel Clemens 94.865
5Austria Suljović 97.576
Germany Philipp Hagemann 83.201
12England Hughes 90.572
12England Jamie Hughes 84.516
England Steve West 94.536England Steve West 87.574
1Netherlands van Gerwen 91.375
Spain Toni Alcinas 93.783
10England Cullen 97.198
2Wales Gerwyn Price 92.965
Belgium Mario Vandenbogaerde 92.481England Ross Smith 96.756
England R. Smith 94.186
England Ross Smith 112.866
Germany Hopp 95.794
15Portugal José de Sousa 94.843
Germany Max Hopp 93.926Germany Max Hopp 98.756
England R. Smith 100.004
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 87.501
10England Cullen 99.026
7England Dave Chisnall 104.436
Germany Michael Rosenauer 78.882Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp 93.733
7England Chisnall 82.421
Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp 82.986
10England Cullen 89.246
10England Joe Cullen 101.276
Wales Jamie Lewis 57.720Germany Robert Marijanović 87.151
10England Cullen 96.147
Germany Robert Marijanović 99.106
14England M. Smith 89.963
3England Ian White 92.763
Netherlands Maik Kuivenhoven 82.300Spain Jesús Noguera 93.006
Spain Noguera 93.501
Spain Jesús Noguera 90.186
14England M. Smith 94.456
14England Michael Smith 96.206
Poland Tytus Kanik 86.051Germany Martin Schindler 90.132
14England M. Smith 98.556
Germany Martin Schindler 90.786
Netherlands Noppert 93.121
6Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 91.753
England Scott Baker 94.386England Scott Baker 89.986
England Baker 78.272
Germany Michael Unterbuchner 83.064
Netherlands Noppert 92.606
11England Adrian Lewis 93.103
Netherlands Danny Noppert 89.206Netherlands Danny Noppert 103.396
Germany Sebastian Pohl 77.161

References

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  1. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC.
  2. ^ "2020 European Tour Structure Confirmed". PDC. 19 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Durrant to miss International Darts Open". Dave Allen, PDC. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  4. ^ "European Tour double confirmed for October". Dave Allen, PDC. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.