2018 International Darts Open

The 2018 International Darts Open was the twelfth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the SACHSENarena, Riesa, Germany from 14–16 September 2018. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2018 International Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	14–16 September 2018
Venue	SACHSENarena
Location	Riesa
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Martin Schindler (third round)
Champion(s)
Gerwyn Price
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Peter Wright was the defending champion after defeating Kim Huybrechts 6–5 in last year's final, but he was defeated 6–4 by Ryan Searle in the second round.

Gerwyn Price won his first European Tour title by beating Simon Whitlock 8–3 in the final. This tournament was also the first in European Tour history in which none of the top 4 seeds reached the quarter-finals.

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:

Stage (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	£25,000
Runner-up	(1)	£10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£6,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£4,000
Third round losers	(8)	£3,000
Second round losers	(16)	£2,000
First round losers	(16)	£1,000
Total	£135,000

Prize money will count towards the PDC Order of Merit, the ProTour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit, with one exception: should a seeded player lose in the second round (last 32), their prize money will not count towards any Orders of Merit, although they still receive the full prize money payment.

Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 30 August will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places will go to players from five qualifying events – 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 3 September), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 13 September), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 13 September), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 10 August) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 26 August).

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Top 16

1. Peter Wright (second round)
2. Mensur Suljović (third round)
3. Ian White (third round)
4. Jonny Clayton (third round)
5. Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals)
6. Simon Whitlock (runner-up)
7. Joe Cullen (third round)
8. Daryl Gurney (third round)
9. Gerwyn Price (champion)
10. Darren Webster (quarter-finals)
11. Max Hopp (second round)
12. Stephen Bunting (third round)
13. Mervyn King (second round)
14. Dave Chisnall (second round)
15. Jermaine Wattimena (second round)
16. Kim Huybrechts (second round)

UK Qualifier

• Steve West (semi-finals)
• Steve Beaton (third round)
• James Wilson (second round)
• John Henderson (second round)
• Ross Smith (second round)
• Steve Lennon (second round)
• Barry Lynn (second round)
• Kyle Anderson (first round)
• Ryan Searle (quarter-finals)
• Dawson Murschell (first round)
• Matthew Dennant (first round)
• Terry Jenkins (second round)
• Terry Temple (first round)
• Mickey Mansell (second round)
• Ryan Joyce (second round)
• Robert Thornton (first round)
• James Richardson (quarter-finals)
• Adam Huckvale (first round)

West/South European Qualifier

• Dirk van Duijvenbode (first round)
• Ron Meulenkamp (first round)
• José Justicia (first round)
• Jan Dekker (first round)
• Michael Plooy (first round)
• Vincent van der Voort (first round)
• Jelle Klaasen (second round)
• Danny Noppert (semi-finals)

Host Nation Qualifier

• Gabriel Clemens (first round)
• Robert Marijanović (second round)
• Ricardo Pietreczko (first round)
• Martin Schindler (third round)

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

• Magnus Caris (first round)

East European Qualifier

• Patrik Kovács (first round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 14 September					Second round (best of 11 legs) 15 September					Third round (best of 11 legs) 16 September					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 16 September					Semi-finals (best of 13 legs) 16 September					Final (best of 15 legs) 16 September
						1	Peter Wright 96.78	4
	Ricardo Pietreczko 83.80		4				Ryan Searle 94.45	6
											Searle 95.88		6
	Ryan Searle 87.53		6
											Schindler 96.58		3
						16	Kim Huybrechts 84.09	1
	Ron Meulenkamp 96.50		3				Martin Schindler 96.43	6
																	Searle 90.11	2
	Martin Schindler 97.24		6
																9	Price 101.63	6
						8	Daryl Gurney 95.68	6
	Robert Marijanović 100.63		6				Robert Marijanović 90.74	2
											8	Gurney 93.30	5
	Jan Dekker 92.76		4
											9	Price 92.70	6
						9	Gerwyn Price 95.69	6
	Magnus Caris 84.24		2				John Henderson 84.84	3
																					9	Price 92.81	7
	John Henderson 91.80		6
																						West 95.56	6
						5	Adrian Lewis 94.93	6
	Terry Jenkins 82.18		6				Terry Jenkins 80.70	0
											5	Lewis 90.89	6
	Matthew Dennant 82.14		2
											12	Bunting 86.06	2
						12	Stephen Bunting 96.96	6
	Barry Lynn 91.74		6				Barry Lynn 83.10	3
																5	Lewis 98.13	4
	Dawson Murschell 89.11		3
																	West 97.18	6
						4	Jonny Clayton 95.54	6
	Steve Lennon 94.11		6				Steve Lennon 93.17	5
											4	Clayton 101.47	5
	Patrik Kovács 73.14		1
												West 95.37	6
						13	Mervyn King 97.99	1
	Michael Plooy 93.61		5				Steve West 111.29	6
																										9	Price 98.26	8
	Steve West 95.45		6
																										6	Whitlock 88.50	3
						2	Mensur Suljović 96.78	6
	Ryan Joyce 93.64		6				Ryan Joyce 97.60	5
											2	Suljović 86.72	4
	Gabriel Clemens 95.33		5
												Noppert 89.38	6
						15	Jermaine Wattimena 82.46	2
	Robert Thornton 77.85		0				Danny Noppert 93.07	6
																	Noppert 87.96	6
	Danny Noppert 88.41		6
																10	Webster 87.27	5
						7	Joe Cullen 95.86	6
	Ross Smith 90.89		6				Ross Smith 98.67	3
											7	Cullen 93.83	5
	Kyle Anderson 88.89		3
											10	Webster 99.14	6
						10	Darren Webster 88.21	6
	Dirk van Duijvenbode 78.73		0				Mickey Mansell 85.79	4
																						Noppert 87.88	2
	Mickey Mansell 96.97		6
																					6	Whitlock 94.72	7
						6	Simon Whitlock 91.56	6
	James Wilson 90.37		6				James Wilson 93.00	5
											6	Whitlock 102.41	6
	Adam Huckvale 86.31		4
												Beaton 99.93	3
						11	Max Hopp 90.41	5
	Steve Beaton 94.35		6				Steve Beaton 93.52	6
																6	Whitlock 88.11	6
	Vincent van der Voort 90.30		5
																	Richardson 89.47	5
						3	Ian White 108.17	6
	José Justicia 80.28		0				Jelle Klaasen 93.88	2
											3	White 100.06	4
	Jelle Klaasen 89.29		6
												Richardson 96.61	6
						14	Dave Chisnall 92.64	4
	Terry Temple 90.02		3				James Richardson 92.84	6
	James Richardson 89.81		6