2023 International Darts Open

2023 Interwetten International Darts Open
2023 Interwetten International Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	31 March–2 April 2023
Venue	SACHSENarena
Location	Riesa
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£175,000
Winner's share	£30,000
High checkout	161 Jonny Clayton
Champion(s)
	Gerwyn Price
«Event 2	Event 4»

The 2023 Interwetten International Darts Open was the third of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour.^[1] The tournament took place at the SACHSENarena, Riesa, Germany from 31 March–2 April 2023.^[2] It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner. ^[3]^[4]^[5]

The defending champion was Gerwyn Price, who defeated Peter Wright 8–4 in the 2022 final.^[6]

Price successfully defended his title, winning his second consecutive and eighth overall European title, after defeating Michael van Gerwen 8–4 in the final.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11] He won the International Darts Open for the fourth time.^[12]

The event was the 100th PDC European Tour event.^[13]

Prize money

The prize money was increased for the first time in 4 years for all European Tours:^[14]

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

Seeded players who lost in the second round of the event were not credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualified as a qualifier, but later became a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players was credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progressed in the event.^[15]

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 15 February 2023 automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.^[16]

The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 20 February^[17]), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 11 February^[18]), the two highest ranked Germans automatically qualified, alongside two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 11 February), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 19 February), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 12 February).

On 30 March, it was announced that top seed Luke Humphries had withdrawn, owing to the illness that forced him to withdraw from the 2023 European Darts Open the week before, moving José de Sousa into a seeded position. Adrian Lewis and Sebastian Białecki also withdrew from the tournament.^[19]

The three were replaced via the Reserve List by Scott Williams, Raymond van Barneveld and Mike De Decker. Jim Williams, top of the Reserve List, declined his invitation.

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16

Michael van Gerwen (runner-up)
Damon Heta (quarter-finals)
Rob Cross (quarter-finals)
Dave Chisnall (third round)
Nathan Aspinall (third round)
Michael Smith (second round)
Dirk van Duijvenbode (semi-finals)
Peter Wright (quarter-finals)
Joe Cullen (second round)
Danny Noppert (third round)
Gerwyn Price (champion)
Martin Schindler (semi-finals)
Jonny Clayton (quarter-finals)
Josh Rock (third round)
Dimitri Van den Bergh (second round)
José de Sousa (third round)

Tour Card Qualifier

Andrew Gilding (second round)
Brendan Dolan (second round)
Daryl Gurney (first round)
Richie Burnett (first round)
Simon Whitlock (first round)
Kim Huybrechts (first round)
Brian Raman (second round)
Lee Evans (second round)
José Justicia (second round)
Madars Razma (first round)
Ross Smith (second round)
Mario Vandenbogaerde (second round)
Stephen Burton (first round)
James Wilson (first round)
Ryan Meikle (first round)
Ian White (first round)
Alan Soutar (third round)
Matt Campbell (second round)
Callan Rydz (first round)
Pascal Rupprecht (first round)
Steve Lennon (second round)
Keegan Brown (first round)

Associate Member Qualifier

Jeroen Mioch (first round)
Andy Boulton (first round)

Highest Ranking Germans

Gabriel Clemens (second round)
Florian Hempel (second round)

Host Nation Qualifier

Niko Springer (third round)
Liam Maendl-Lawrance (second round)

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

Paavo Myller (first round)

Reserve List Qualifiers

Scott Williams (first round)
Raymond van Barneveld (second round)
Mike De Decker (third round)

Draw

The draw was confirmed on 30 March.^[19]


First round (best of 11 legs) 31 March			Second round (best of 11 legs) 1 April			Third round (best of 11 legs) 2 April			Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 2 April			Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 2 April			Final (best of 15 legs) 2 April



	Keegan Brown 85.78	4	1	Michael van Gerwen 102.33	6

	Matt Campbell 90.64	6		Matt Campbell 97.17	5
						1	van Gerwen 95.97	6

						16	de Sousa 84.75	1
	Kim Huybrechts 94.71	5	16	José de Sousa 92.97	6

	Lee Evans 99.90			Lee Evans 78.03	0
									1	van Gerwen 98.02	6

									8	Wright 85.10	0
	Ian White 84.96	4	8	Peter Wright 97.34	6

	José Justicia 85.84	6		José Justicia 90.77	3
						8	Wright 84.42	6

							Soutar 81.35	4
	Jeroen Mioch 82.82	4	9	Joe Cullen 87.55	2

	Alan Soutar 86.12	6		Alan Soutar 86.53	6
												1	van Gerwen 99.94	7

												12	Schindler 93.28	4
	Andrew Gilding 100.59	6	4	Dave Chisnall 100.46	6

	Daryl Gurney 94.33	4		Andrew Gilding 94.73	2
						4	Chisnall 91.39	2

						13	Clayton 104.28	6
	Brian Raman 91.88	6	13	Jonny Clayton 94.18	6

	Ryan Meikle 86.57	2		Brian Raman 85.98	4
									13	Clayton 93.87	3

									12	Schindler 102.07	6
	Mario Vandenbogaerde 87.48	6	5	Nathan Aspinall 96.50	6

	Madars Razma 86.43	4		Mario Vandenbogaerde 89.47	2
						5	Aspinall 94.16	3

						12	Schindler 91.77	6
Alt	Raymond van Barneveld 94.39	6	12	Martin Schindler 92.06	6

	Stephen Burton 91.42	3	Alt	Raymond van Barneveld 89.77	4
															1	van Gerwen 100.46	4

															11	Price 105.64	8
	Brendan Dolan 97.21	6	2	Damon Heta 97.81	6

	Pascal Rupprecht 92.74	3		Brendan Dolan 91.43	3
						2	Heta 94.22	6

							Springer 90.68	3
	Niko Springer 99.65	6	15	Dimitri Van den Bergh 82.59	1

Alt	Scott Williams 97.81	4		Niko Springer 91.24	6
									2	Heta 89.70	4

									7	van Duijvenbode 96.30	6
	Gabriel Clemens 96.19	6	7	Dirk van Duijvenbode 97.01	6

	Simon Whitlock 90.47	5		Gabriel Clemens 96.92	3
						7	van Duijvenbode 99.21	6

						10	Noppert 88.73	5
	Richie Burnett 85.10	4	10	Danny Noppert 90.79	6

	Liam Maendl-Lawrance 81.43	6		Liam Maendl-Lawrance 91.88	5
												7	van Duijvenbode 90.79	2

												11	Price 106.66	7
	Steve Lennon 88.86	6	3	Rob Cross 90.47	6

	Andy Boulton 88.55	4		Steve Lennon 90.06	3
						3	Cross 100.14	6

						14	Rock 93.09	3
	Florian Hempel 84.92	6	14	Josh Rock 93.69	6

	James Wilson 82.75	4		Florian Hempel 79.80	4
									3	Cross 89.82	4

									11	Price 96.68	6
	Callan Rydz 89.14	3	6	Michael Smith 92.64	1

Alt	Mike De Decker 90.95	6	Alt	Mike De Decker 91.42	6
						Alt	De Decker 98.55	5

						11	Price 106.69	6
	Ross Smith 90.58	6	11	Gerwyn Price 104.24	6

	Paavo Myller 78.13	3		Ross Smith 97.33	3