2022 Interwetten German Darts Open | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 9–11 September 2022 | ||
Venue | Sparkassen-Arena | ||
Location | Jena | ||
Country | Germany | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | £140,000 | ||
Winner's share | £25,000 | ||
High checkout | 164 Jamie Hughes Daryl Gurney | ||
Champion(s) | |||
Peter Wright | |||
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The 2022 Interwetten German Darts Open was the eleventh of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Sparkassen-Arena, Jena, Germany, from 9–11 September 2022. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Ian White 8–3 in the 2019 final.[1] However, he withdrew from the tournament before it started.
Peter Wright won his seventh European Tour title, defeating Dimitri Van den Bergh 8–6 in the final.[2]
The prize money was unchanged from the European Tours of the last 3 years:[3]
Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |
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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 |
The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 28 June automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.
The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 7 July), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 23 April), the two highest ProTour ranking German players, two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 23 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 4 June), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 25 June).
Seeds Michael van Gerwen and Michael Smith, and qualifiers Adrian Lewis and Darren Webster withdrew, with Martin Schindler and Dave Chisnall moving into the seeded positions and four byes being given in the first round.
The following players took part in the tournament:
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