The Masters 2019

The Masters 2019
Tournament status
Tournament type	Invitation tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	ArenaMK , Milton Keynes
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Michael van Gerwen
Attendees	16
Opening game	1st February 2019
Endgame	3rd February 2019
Prize money (total)	£ 200,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 60,000
winner	Michael van Gerwen
statistics
highest finish	170 points from Michael van Gerwen (2 ×)
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The Unibet Masters 2019 was an invitation tournament in darts and will be held for the seventh time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from February 1st to 3rd, 2019 . The venue was the ArenaMK in Milton Keynes for the fifth time .

Michael van Gerwen won the tournament for the fifth time in a row, with an 11: 5 legs win in the final against James Wade .

mode

The tournament was played in the best of legs mode and the double-out variant . The player who throws exactly 501 points first wins a leg . The last throw of a leg must be on a double square.

The tournament was played in a knockout system . Game mode in the round of 16 and in the quarter-finals was a best of 19 legs . The two semi-finals and the final were held in the best of 21 legs mode.

Attendees

qualification

The first 16 players of the PDC Order of Merit - as of January 1, 2019 - took part in the tournament, all of whom are seeded.

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Michael van Gerwen victory 02. Rob Cross Round of 16 03. Peter Wright Semifinals 04th Gary Anderson 1 Stephen Bunting Quarter finals 05. Daryl Gurney Round of 16 06th Michael Smith Quarter finals 07th Gerwyn Price Round of 16 08th. Scale length Suljović Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 09. Simon Whitlock Round of 16 10. James Wade final 11. Ian White Round of 16 12. Dave Chisnall Semifinals 13. Darren Webster Round of 16 14th Adrian Lewis Round of 16 15th Joe Cullen Quarter finals 16. Jonny Clayton Round of 16

¹Gary Anderson canceled his participation due to back pain. The next best player in the PDC Order of Merit , Stephen Bunting, moved up for him.

Prize money

A total of 200,000 are pounds paid out in prize money. The prize money will be distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 60,000
finalist	(1)	£ 25,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 17,500
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 10,500
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 5,000
		£ 200,000

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

Results

	Round of 16 1st & 2nd Feb. 2019 best of 19 legs					Quarterfinals Feb. 3, 2019 best of 19 legs					Semi-finals Feb. 3, 2019 best of 21 legs					Final Feb. 3, 2019 best of 21 legs
	1	Michael van Gerwen 99.12	10
	16	Jonny Clayton 89.92	5
						1	Michael van Gerwen 102.92	10
						8th	Scale length Suljovic 96.76	5
	8th	Scale length Suljović 106.12	10
	9	Simon Whitlock 87.50	1
											1	Michael van Gerwen 100.05	11
											12	Dave Chisnall 93.31	7th
	5	Daryl Gurney 93.90	8th
	12	Dave Chisnall 97.56	10
						12	Dave Chisnall 99.74	10
						Old	Stephen Bunting 93.31	4th
	Old	Stephen Bunting 86.58	10
	13	Darren Webster 86.67	9
																1	Michael van Gerwen 99.82	11
																10	James Wade 87.44	5
	2	Rob Cross 97.70	6th
	15th	Joe Cullen 94.89	10
						15th	Joe Cullen 91.76	6th
						10	James Wade 93.37	10
	7th	Gerwyn Price 94.27	7th
	10	James Wade 86.80	10
											10	James Wade 94.45	11
											3	Peter Wright 98.17	9
	6th	Michael Smith 101.41	10
	11	Ian White 92.15	5
						6th	Michael Smith 94.96	6th
						3	Peter Wright 95.07	10
	3	Peter Wright 89.46	10
	14th	Adrian Lewis 92.20	9

transmission

The DAZN streaming service broadcast the event exclusively in German-speaking countries .

In the English-speaking world, the TV station ITV broadcast . In addition, the PDC offers a live stream for the tournament.

Web links

• Official website of The Unibet Masters
• Tournament preview on darts1.de
• Tournament preview on dartn.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Masters 2019 in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)