Melbourne Darts Masters 2019

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Melbourne Darts Masters 2019

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Tournament status

Tournament type Invitation tournament
organizer PDC
venue Melbourne Arena ,
Melbourne , Australia
Tournament dates
Defending champion ScotlandScotland Peter Wright
Attendees 16
Opening game 16th August 2019
Endgame 17th August 2019
Prize money (total) £ 60,000
Prize money (winner) £ 20,000
winner NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
statistics

highest
finish
161 points from Rob Cross
EnglandEngland
2018
 
2020

The Melbourne Darts Masters 2019 was a tournament in darts and was held from August 16-17, 2019 by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was the fourth event of the 2019 World Series of Darts . The venue was for the first time the Melbourne Arena in Melbourne , Australia .

The Dutchman Michael van Gerwen won the tournament after an 8: 3- legs success in the final against the Northern Irishman Daryl Gurney .

format

A total of 16 players took part in the tournament. The field of participants consisted of eight wildcard players. In addition, eight local players took part. Two of them were invited by the PDC, the other six were able to qualify in advance at a qualification tournament. All local participants started the tournament as unset players.

The tournament was played in a knockout system . The first round took place on August 16, the game mode was a best of 11 legs . The quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final were played on August 17th in the best of 15 legs mode.

Prize money

The tournament totaled £ 60,000 in prize money. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players) Prize money
winner (1) £ 20,000
finalist (1) £ 10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £ 5,000
Quarter finalists (4) £ 2,500
Round of 16 players (8th) £ 1,250
£ 60,000

Since this is an invitation tournament, the prize money won will not be taken into account when calculating the PDC Order of Merit.

Attendees

The following 16 players are qualified for the Melbourne Darts Masters 2019:

  • The first 4 players of the PDC Order of Merit
  • The 4 wildcard participants
  • 8 local participants

PDC Order of Merit

  1. ScotlandScotland Peter Wright
  2. EnglandEngland Rob Cross
  3. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney
  4. NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen

Wildcard participant

Local players

Seeding list

The current placement in the World Series ranking was the basis for the seeding list.

No. player Round reached

01. ScotlandScotland Peter Wright Semifinals
02. EnglandEngland Rob Cross Semifinals
03. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney final
04th NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen victory

Results

  1st round August 16, 2019
best of 11 legs
  Quarter-finals August 17th, 2019
best of 15 legs
  Semi-finals August 17th, 2019
best of 15 legs
  Final August 17th, 2019
best of 15 legs
                                     
1 ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 82.24 6th                  
AustraliaAustralia Corey Cadby 83.8 4th  
1 ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 94.91 8th
  NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 94.40 6th  
NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 106.13 6th
 
New ZealandNew Zealand Hauptai Puha 93.13 1  
1 ScotlandScotland Peter Wright 82.61 0
  4th NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 96.97 8th  
4th NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 93.24 6th      
 
AustraliaAustralia Tim Pusey 83.49 2  
4th NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 100.63 8th
  ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 95.08 6th  
ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 96.97 6th
 
AustraliaAustralia James Bailey 79.34 0  
4th NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 99.00 8th
  3 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 100.60 3
2 EnglandEngland Rob Cross 86.28 6th            
 
AustraliaAustralia Robbie King 77.13 2  
2 EnglandEngland Rob Cross 102.86 8th
  AustraliaAustralia Damon Heta 87.20 3  
EnglandEngland James Wade 93.25 1
 
AustraliaAustralia Damon Heta 99.6 6th  
2 EnglandEngland Rob Cross 96.25 5
  3 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 98.15 8th  
3 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 97.57 6th      
 
AustraliaAustralia Kyle Anderson 93.35 3  
3 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Daryl Gurney 94.74 8th
  AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 92.44 4th  
AustraliaAustralia Simon Whitlock 97.62 6th
 
AustraliaAustralia Mick Lacey 78.93 3  

transmission

In German-speaking countries, the event was not broadcast on TV. However, the paid streaming platform DAZN broadcast the entire tournament.

Internationally, all games were broadcast on pdc.tv.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)