2025 International Darts Open

The 2025 International Darts Open, known as the 2025 Elten Safety Shoes International Darts Open for sponsorship reasons,^[1] was a professional darts tournament that took place at the SACHSENarena in Riesa, Germany from 4–6 April 2025. It was the third of fourteen PDC European Tour events on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

2025 Elten Safety Shoes International Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	4–6 April 2025
Venue	SACHSENarena
Location	Riesa, Germany
Organisation(s)	Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£175,000
Winner's share	£30,000
High checkout	170 Stephen Bunting Josh Rock (x2)
Champion(s)
Stephen Bunting
«Event 2 Event 4»

Martin Schindler was the defending champion after defeating Gerwyn Price 8–5 in the 2024 final.^[2][3] However, he lost to Nathan Aspinall 7–4 in the semi-finals.

Stephen Bunting won his first European Tour title by defeating Aspinall 8–5 in the final.^[4][5]

Prize money

The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:^[6]

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

• Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit 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.^[7][8]

Qualification and format

In a change from the previous year, the top 16 on the two-year main PDC Order of Merit ranking will now be seeded and enter the tournament in the second round, while the 16 qualifiers from the one-year PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit ranking will enter in the first round.^[9][10] The seedings were confirmed on 12 February.^[11]

The remaining 16 places will go to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 19 February),^[12] four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 8 February),^[13] one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 15 February)^[14] and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 2 February).^[15]

Daryl Gurney withdrew and was replaced by Callan Rydz.^[16]

After the draw was made, Michael van Gerwen withdrew and was replaced by Richard Veenstra, who went straight in at the second round.^[17] Rob Cross also withdrew, but too late for a replacement to be put in, meaning the winner of the first round match between Martin Schindler and Thomas Lovely received a bye to the third round.

The following players took part in the tournament:

Seeded Players  Luke Humphries (semi-finals)  Michael van Gerwen (withdrew)  Rob Cross (withdrew)  Stephen Bunting (champion)  Jonny Clayton (second round)  Dave Chisnall (third round)  Gerwyn Price (third round)  Damon Heta (third round)  Chris Dobey (second round)  Nathan Aspinall (runner-up)  Peter Wright (quarter-finals)  Danny Noppert (second round)  James Wade (second round)  Dimitri Van den Bergh (third round)  Josh Rock (quarter-finals)  Ross Smith (third round)

Pro Tour Order of Merit Qualifiers  Martin Schindler (semi-finals)  Ryan Searle (first round)  Gian van Veen (second round)  Raymond van Barneveld (third round)  Mike De Decker (second round)  Wessel Nijman (quarter-finals)  Ritchie Edhouse (second round)  Cameron Menzies (third round)  Michael Smith (first round)  Jermaine Wattimena (first round)  Joe Cullen (second round)  Dirk van Duijvenbode (second round)  Luke Woodhouse (second round)  Andrew Gilding (third round)  Ricardo Pietreczko (second round)

Tour Card Qualifier  Mario Vandenbogaerde (second round)  Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)  Radek Szagański (first round)  Karel Sedláček (quarter-finals)  William O'Connor (first round)  Niko Springer (first round)  Thibault Tricole (second round)  Robert Owen (first round)  Matt Campbell (first round)  Thomas Lovely (first round) Host Nation Qualifier  Kevin Knopf (first round)  Daniel Klose (first round)  Paul Goyer (first round)  Patrick Klingelhöfer (first round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier  Darius Labanauskas (second round) East European Qualifier  Petr Křivka (first round) Reserve List  Callan Rydz (first round)  Richard Veenstra (second round)

Draw

Numbers to the left of players' names show the seedings for the top 16 in the tournament. The figures to the right of a player's name state their three-dart average in a match. Players in bold denote match winners.^[18]

	First round (best of 11 legs) 4 April					Second round (best of 11 legs) 5 April					Third round (best of 11 legs) 6 April					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 6 April					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 6 April					Final (best of 15 legs) 6 April
	Dirk van Duijvenbode 101.76		6			1	Luke Humphries 99.84	6
	Niko Springer 101.73		3				Dirk van Duijvenbode 84.84	1
											1	Humphries 104.36	6
											16	R Smith 94.55	2
	Ricardo Pietreczko 88.38		6			16	Ross Smith 100.96	6
	Krzysztof Ratajski 85.83		2				Ricardo Pietreczko 90.47	2
																1	Humphries 103.14	6
																	Nijman 98.24	3
	Callan Rydz 92.96		4			8	Damon Heta 88.90	6
	Mario Vandenbogaerde 98.60		6				Mario Vandenbogaerde 91.67	2
											8	Heta 92.53	2
												Nijman 88.63	6
	Wessel Nijman 90.89		6			9	Chris Dobey 91.89	3
	Radek Szagański 84.67		1				Wessel Nijman 93.65	6
																					1	Humphries 103.99	6
																					4	Bunting 101.95	7
	Ryan Searle 100.86		3			4	Stephen Bunting 104.91	6
	Darius Labanauskas 102.40		6				Darius Labanauskas 101.40	4
											4	Bunting 105.51	6
												Menzies 95.26	4
	Cameron Menzies 89.29		6			13	James Wade 100.31	5
	Kevin Knopf 76.56		0				Cameron Menzies 100.03	6
																4	Bunting 94.69	6
																	Sedláček 85.27	2
	Raymond van Barneveld 103.43		6			5	Jonny Clayton 81.40	2
	Patrick Klingelhöfer 90.79		1				Raymond van Barneveld 97.20	6
												van Barneveld 97.89	5
												Sedláček 104.52	6
	Jermaine Wattimena 94.33		4			12	Danny Noppert 91.88	4
	Karel Sedláček 89.49		6				Karel Sedláček 93.32	6
																										4	Bunting 100.19	8
																										10	Aspinall 91.36	5
	Andrew Gilding 98.61		6			Alt	Richard Veenstra 82.32	0
	William O'Connor 95.18		3				Andrew Gilding 92.97	6
												Gilding 95.42	4
											15	Rock 91.99	6
	Gian van Veen 93.83		6			15	Josh Rock 107.61	6
	Paul Goyer 75.17		1				Gian van Veen 98.16	4
																15	Rock 92.38	2
																10	Aspinall 97.14	6
	Mike De Decker 89.94		6			7	Gerwyn Price 98.59	6
	Daniel Klose 91.86		3				Mike De Decker 100.59	4
											7	Price 105.24	5
											10	Aspinall 103.02	6
	Joe Cullen 85.91		6			10	Nathan Aspinall 91.45	6
	Robert Owen 85.73		1				Joe Cullen 80.11	1
																					10	Aspinall 104.11	7
																						Schindler 93.83	4
	Martin Schindler 102.68		6			3	Rob Cross	w/d
	Thomas Lovely 92.47		2				Martin Schindler	w/o
												Schindler 100.20	6
											14	Van den Bergh 91.86	0
	Michael Smith 91.79		3			14	Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.68	6
	Thibault Tricole 95.86		6				Thibault Tricole 86.67	4
																	Schindler 97.79	6
																11	Wright 88.86	2
	Luke Woodhouse 94.77		6			6	Dave Chisnall 97.70	6
	Matt Campbell 91.28		3				Luke Woodhouse 99.69	2
											6	Chisnall 92.85	1
											11	Wright 98.01	6
	Ritchie Edhouse 88.50		6			11	Peter Wright 88.78	6
	Petr Křivka 87.33		4				Ritchie Edhouse 90.38	5

Top averages

The table lists all players who achieved an average of at least 100 in a match.^[18] In the case one player has multiple records, this is indicated by the number in brackets.

#	Player	Round	Average	Result
1	Josh Rock	2	107.61	Won
2	Stephen Bunting	3	105.51	Won
3	Gerwyn Price	3	105.24	Lost
4	Stephen Bunting (2)	2	104.91	Won
5	Karel Sedláček	3	104.52	Won
6	Luke Humphries	3	104.36	Won
7	Nathan Aspinall	SF	104.11	Won
8	Luke Humphries (2)	SF	103.99	Lost
9	Raymond van Barneveld	1	103.43	Won
10	Luke Humphries (2)	QF	103.14	Won
11	Nathan Aspinall (2)	3	103.02	Won
12	Martin Schindler	1	102.68	Won
13	Darius Labanauskas	1	102.40	Won
14	Stephen Bunting (3)	SF	101.95	Won
15	Dirk van Duijvenbode	1	101.76	Won
16	Niko Springer	1	101.73	Lost
17	Darius Labanauskas (2)	2	101.40	Lost
18	Ross Smith	2	100.96	Won
19	Ryan Searle	1	100.86	Lost
20	Mike De Decker	2	100.59	Lost
21	James Wade	2	100.31	Lost
22	Martin Schindler (2)	3	100.20	Won
23	Stephen Bunting (4)	Final	100.19	Won
24	Cameron Menzies	2	100.00	Won