2023 Baltic Sea Darts Open

The 2023 Interwetten Baltic Sea Darts Open was the first of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Wunderino Arena, Kiel, Germany from 24 to 26 February 2023. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.^[1][2][3][4]

2023 Interwetten Baltic Sea Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	24–26 February 2023
Venue	Wunderino Arena
Location	Kiel, Germany
Organisation(s)	Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£175,000
Winner's share	£30,000
High checkout	170  Keegan Brown
Champion(s)
Dave Chisnall
Event 2»

Dave Chisnall won his fourth European Tour title by defeating Luke Humphries 8–5 in the final.^[5][6][7]

The event also saw 239 scores of 180 hit during the tournament, beating the previous European Tour record of 231.^[6][8][9]

Prize money

The prize money was increased for the first time in 4 years for all European Tours:^[10]

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.^[11]

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 31 January 2023 automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.^[12]

The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 13 February), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 10 February), the two highest ranked Germans automatically qualified, alongside two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 10 February), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 17 February), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 11 February).

The following players took part in the tournament:

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

Tour Card Qualifier  Ricky Evans (first round)  Graham Usher (second round)  Arron Monk (second round)  Ryan Joyce (first round)  Mario Vandenbogaerde (second round)  Raymond van Barneveld (first round)  Stephen Bunting (third round)  Keegan Brown (quarter-finals)  James Wade (second round)  Ritchie Edhouse (second round)  Richard Veenstra (second round)  Shaun Wilkinson (first round)  Niels Zonneveld (first round)  Steve Beaton (quarter-finals)  Lewy Williams (second round)  Bradley Brooks (second round)  Adrian Lewis (first round)  Ryan Meikle (first round)  Josh Payne (first round)  Jermaine Wattimena (first round)  Brendan Dolan (first round)  William O'Connor (first round)  Daryl Gurney (second round)  Ted Evetts (second round)

Associate Member Qualifier  Martijn Dragt (third round)  Jeroen Mioch (first round) Highest Ranking Germans  Gabriel Clemens (first round)  Florian Hempel (first round) Host Nation Qualifier  Niko Springer (second round)  Lukas Wenig (second round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier  Dennis Nilsson (first round) East European Qualifier  Filip Šebesta (first round)

Draw

The draw was confirmed on 23 February.^[13][14]

	First round (best of 11 legs) 24 February					Second round (best of 11 legs) 25 February					Third round (best of 11 legs) 26 February					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 26 February					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 26 February					Final (best of 15 legs) 26 February
		Gabriel Clemens 98.55	5			1	Luke Humphries 98.80	6
		Daryl Gurney 97.27	6				Daryl Gurney 92.82	1
											1	Humphries 94.23	6
											16	Van den Bergh 90.51	3
		Shaun Wilkinson 85.23	2			16	Dimitri Van den Bergh 97.77	6
		Ritchie Edhouse 92.80	6				Ritchie Edhouse 96.96	3
																1	Humphries 100.50	6
																9	van Duijvenbode 100.91	4
		Jermaine Wattimena 91.56	4			8	Michael Smith 93.62	6
		Niko Springer 97.59	6				Niko Springer 88.12	4
											8	Smith 99.27	3
											9	van Duijvenbode 100.27	6
		Florian Hempel 82.99	2			9	Dirk van Duijvenbode 88.36	6
		Richard Veenstra 90.35	6				Richard Veenstra 87.55	3
																					1	Humphries 97.04	7
																					13	Searle 101.02	6
		Ricky Evans 90.17	2			4	Rob Cross 93.82	5
		Martijn Dragt 90.35	6				Martijn Dragt 88.29	6
												Dragt 97.21	2
											13	Searle 100.12	6
		Niels Zonneveld 90.61	5			13	Ryan Searle 95.48	6
		Mario Vandenbogaerde 86.72	6				Mario Vandenbogaerde 90.19	1
																13	Searle 99.14	6
																	Brown 81.95	1
		James Wade 92.17	6			5	Peter Wright 96.60	6
		Raymond van Barneveld 89.53	3				James Wade 94.59	3
											5	Wright 88.74	4
												Brown 94.47	6
		Filip Šebesta 82.99	3			12	Danny Noppert 89.78	3
		Keegan Brown 89.08	6				Keegan Brown 90.38	6
																										1	Humphries 96.27	5
																										6	Chisnall 101.31	8
		William O'Connor 95.09	4			2	Michael van Gerwen 98.31	4
		Stephen Bunting 97.29	6				Stephen Bunting 96.92	6
												Bunting 94.17	2
											15	Clayton 95.85	6
		Jeroen Mioch 91.12	3			15	Jonny Clayton 97.10	6
		Ted Evetts 89.59	6				Ted Evetts 88.31	1
																15	Clayton 102.84	6
																	Beaton 85.61	2
		Steve Beaton 106.10	6			7	Nathan Aspinall 92.30	5
		Adrian Lewis 99.68	2				Steve Beaton 92.53	6
												Beaton 86.23	6
											10	Cullen 88.06	4
		Arron Monk 91.92	6			10	Joe Cullen 95.94	6
		Brendan Dolan 93.97	5				Arron Monk 98.43	4
																					15	Clayton 97.38	5
																					6	Chisnall 94.16	7
		Bradley Brooks 83.35	6			3	Damon Heta 101.53	6
		Josh Payne 83.02	2				Bradley Brooks 91.76	2
											3	Heta 91.00	2
											14	Schindler 96.55	6
		Ryan Meikle 80.69	1			14	Martin Schindler 98.14	6
		Lukas Wenig 90.84	6				Lukas Wenig 94.00	4
																14	Schindler 89.48	4
																6	Chisnall 88.14	6
		Lewy Williams 98.48	6			6	Dave Chisnall 100.75	6
		Dennis Nilsson 85.89	3				Lewy Williams 94.93	2
											6	Chisnall 107.04	6
											11	Price 108.29	4
		Ryan Joyce 81.47	3			11	Gerwyn Price 109.07	6
		Graham Usher 84.04	6				Graham Usher 88.98	2