2022 German Darts Open

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.

2022 Interwetten German Darts Open
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 164  Daryl Gurney
Champion(s)
Peter Wright
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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]

Prize money

The prize money was unchanged from the European Tours of the last 3 years:^[3]

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 qualifiers (who qualify automatically as a result of their ranking) who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.^[4]

Qualification and format

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:

Top 16  Luke Humphries (quarter-finals)  Gerwyn Price (quarter-finals)  Rob Cross (third round)  Peter Wright (champion)  Damon Heta (third round)  Ryan Searle (second round)  Nathan Aspinall (second round)  Dirk van Duijvenbode (second round)  Joe Cullen (semi-finals)  José de Sousa (semi-finals)  Dimitri Van den Bergh (runner-up)  Danny Noppert (second round)  Jonny Clayton (third round)  Krzysztof Ratajski (quarter-finals)  Martin Schindler (third round)  Dave Chisnall (third round)

Tour Card Qualifier  Ian White (first round)  Lewy Williams (second round)  Daryl Gurney (third round)  Keane Barry (first round)  Jamie Hughes (first round)  Luke Woodhouse (third round)  Martin Lukeman (second round)  Raymond van Barneveld (second round)  Jeff Smith (first round)  Bradley Brooks (second round)  Geert Nentjes (second round)  Steve Beaton (third round)  Joe Murnan (second round)  Connor Scutt (first round)  David Evans (second round)  Jim Williams (second round)  Martijn Kleermaker (first round)  John Henderson (first round)  Josh Rock (first round)  Ross Smith (quarter-finals)  Alan Soutar (second round)

Associate Member Qualifier  Scott Williams (first round)  Danny van Trijp (second round) Highest Ranked Germans  Gabriel Clemens (first round) Host Nation Qualifier  Lukas Wenig (first round)  Dragutin Horvat (second round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier  Daniel Larsson (second round) East European Qualifier  Karel Sedláček (first round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 9 September					Second round (best of 11 legs) 10 September					Third round (best of 11 legs) 11 September					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 11 September					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 11 September					Final (best of 15 legs) 11 September
		Jamie Hughes 96.88	5			1	Luke Humphries 97.98	6
		Daniel Larsson 90.71	6				Daniel Larsson 89.28	3
											1	Humphries 105.29	6
											16	Chisnall 93.10	3
		Bradley Brooks 95.18	6			16	Dave Chisnall 95.13	6
		Scott Williams 85.45	3				Bradley Brooks 87.07	2
																1	Humphries 92.16	5
																9	Cullen 91.29	6
		Daryl Gurney 89.85	6			8	Dirk van Duijvenbode 89.01	3
		Connor Scutt 85.91	3				Daryl Gurney 90.51	6
												Gurney 92.41	5
											9	Cullen 97.95	6
		Joe Murnan				9	Joe Cullen 96.11	6
		bye					Joe Murnan 95.58	5
																					9	Cullen 85.11	4
																					4	Wright 101.71	7
		Ian White 79.64	0			4	Peter Wright 99.88	6
		Raymond van Barneveld 91.09	6				Raymond van Barneveld 91.02	3
											4	Wright 98.08	6
											13	Clayton 98.35	3
		Karel Sedláček 92.81	5			13	Jonny Clayton 93.61	6
		Jim Williams 89.88	6				Jim Williams 96.97	4
																4	Wright 100.85	6
																	R. Smith 87.68	2
		Alan Soutar 88.30	6			5	Damon Heta 101.32	6
		Lukas Wenig 85.03	3				Alan Soutar 86.26	2
											5	Heta 94.29	3
												R. Smith 106.66	6
		Ross Smith				12	Danny Noppert 96.47	5
		bye					Ross Smith 98.90	6
																										4	Wright 99.75	8
																										11	Van den Bergh 92.74	6
		Lewy Williams				2	Gerwyn Price 95.33	6
		bye					Lewy Williams 98.32	4
											2	Price 106.13	6
											15	Schindler 93.16	1
		Danny van Trijp 92.97	6			15	Martin Schindler 88.17	6
		John Henderson 85.26	0				Danny van Trijp 84.52	3
																2	Price 100.45	5
																10	de Sousa 95.71	6
		Steve Beaton				7	Nathan Aspinall 89.13	4
		bye					Steve Beaton 89.57	6
												Beaton 99.17	3
											10	de Sousa 100.87	6
		Dragutin Horvat 79.55	6			10	José de Sousa 90.93	6
		Jeff Smith 81.96	4				Dragutin Horvat 78.09	4
																					10	de Sousa 85.39	3
																					11	Van den Bergh 95.07	7
		Gabriel Clemens 107.35	1			3	Rob Cross 100.48	6
		Martin Lukeman 103.58	6				Martin Lukeman 93.60	1
											3	Cross 86.49	5
											14	Ratajski 90.32	6
		Josh Rock 89.34	0			14	Krzysztof Ratajski 89.03	6
		Geert Nentjes 98.02	6				Geert Nentjes 90.92	5
																14	Ratajski 89.89	3
																11	Van den Bergh 91.74	6
		Keane Barry 94.75	5			6	Ryan Searle 88.23	3
		Luke Woodhouse 97.79	6				Luke Woodhouse 89.62	6
												Woodhouse 92.54	5
											11	Van den Bergh 92.46	6
		Martijn Kleermaker 89.24	3			11	Dimitri Van den Bergh 91.94	6
		David Evans 84.18	6				David Evans 89.25	2

Notes