2020 International Darts Open

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.

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 Tytus Kanik
170 James Wade
170 Franz Rötzsch
Champion(s)
Joe Cullen
«Event 3

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

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

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
  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
                                                         
Madars Razma 84.26 6     1 Michael van Gerwen 89.98 6  
Kai Fan Leung 83.91 4     Madars Razma 86.40 4  
  1 van Gerwen 88.23 6  
  Hamilton 81.00 5  
Simeon Heinz 79.83 2 16 Stephen Bunting 87.79 5
Andy Hamilton 83.82 6     Andy Hamilton 88.34 6  
  1 van Gerwen 102.18 6  
  8 Wade 99.79 3  
Benito van de Pas 80.33 3     8 James Wade 90.22 6  
Andreas Harrysson 79.65 6     Andreas Harrysson 77.52 3  
  8 Wade 97.02 6
  9 Aspinall 91.14 2  
Scott Marsh 94.22 5 9 Nathan Aspinall 92.34 6
Jason Lowe 97.70 6     Jason Lowe 95.47 5  
  1 van Gerwen 88.91 7  
  5 Suljović 92.01 6  
Martijn Kleermaker 85.34 6     4 Krzysztof Ratajski 99.16 6  
Arsen Ballaj 83.35 5     Martijn Kleermaker 93.39 4  
  4 Ratajski 102.45 6
  Rötzsch 96.80 5  
Franz Rötzsch 93.40 6 13 Rob Cross 94.54 3
Brendan Dolan 89.40 4     Franz Rötzsch 103.02 6  
  4 Ratajski 102.29 5
  5 Suljović 99.63 6  
Gabriel Clemens 99.58 6     5 Mensur Suljović 103.80 6  
Philipp Hagemann 83.20 1     Gabriel Clemens 94.86 5  
  5 Suljović 97.57 6
  12 Hughes 90.57 2  
Steve West 94.53 6 12 Jamie Hughes 84.51 6
Toni Alcinas 93.78 3     Steve West 87.57 4  
1 van Gerwen 91.37 5
10 Cullen 97.19 8
Mario Vandenbogaerde 92.48 1     2 Gerwyn Price 92.96 5  
Ross Smith 112.86 6     Ross Smith 96.75 6  
  R. Smith 94.18 6  
  Hopp 95.79 4  
Max Hopp 93.92 6 15 José de Sousa 94.84 3
Jelle Klaasen 87.50 1     Max Hopp 98.75 6  
  R. Smith 100.00 4  
  10 Cullen 99.02 6  
Michael Rosenauer 78.88 2     7 Dave Chisnall 104.43 6  
Ron Meulenkamp 82.98 6     Ron Meulenkamp 93.73 3  
  7 Chisnall 82.42 1
  10 Cullen 89.24 6  
Jamie Lewis 57.72 0 10 Joe Cullen 101.27 6
Robert Marijanović 99.10 6     Robert Marijanović 87.15 1  
  10 Cullen 96.14 7
  14 M. Smith 89.96 3  
Maik Kuivenhoven 82.30 0     3 Ian White 92.76 3  
Jesús Noguera 90.18 6     Jesús Noguera 93.00 6  
  Noguera 93.50 1
  14 M. Smith 94.45 6  
Tytus Kanik 86.05 1 14 Michael Smith 96.20 6
Martin Schindler 90.78 6     Martin Schindler 90.13 2  
  14 M. Smith 98.55 6
  Noppert 93.12 1  
Scott Baker 94.38 6     6 Daryl Gurney 91.75 3  
Michael Unterbuchner 83.06 4     Scott Baker 89.98 6  
  Baker 78.27 2
  Noppert 92.60 6  
Danny Noppert 89.20 6 11 Adrian Lewis 93.10 3
Sebastian Pohl 77.16 1     Danny Noppert 103.39 6  

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