The 2025 International Darts Open known as the 2025 Elten Safety Shoes International Darts Open for sponsorship reasons,[1] is an upcoming professional darts tournament taking place at the SACHSENarena in Riesa, Germany from 4–6 April 2025. It will be the third of fourteen PDC European Tour events on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour. It will feature a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.
Martin Schindler is the defending champion after defeating Gerwyn Price 8–5 in the 2024 final.[2][3]
Prize money
The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[4]
| 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.[5][6]
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.[7][8] The seedings were confirmed on 12 February.[9]
The remaining 16 places will go to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 19 February),[10] four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 8 February),[11] one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 15 February)[12] and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 2 February).[13]
The following players will take part in the tournament:
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Draw
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Luke Humphries | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Ross Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Damon Heta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Chris Dobey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Stephen Bunting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | James Wade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  Jonny Clayton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Danny Noppert | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michael van Gerwen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 |  Josh Rock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Gerwyn Price | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Nathan Aspinall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Rob Cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 |  Dimitri Van den Bergh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Dave Chisnall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 |  Peter Wright | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "PDC Europe Elten Safety Shoes International Darts Open 2025". PDC Europe. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ "International Darts Open: Martin Schindler denies Gerwyn Price fifth title, claiming his first senior PDC title". Sky Sports. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "International Darts Open: Martin Schindler upsets Gerwyn Price to win first PDC title". BBC Sport. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "International Darts Open 2025". Mastercaller. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
- ^ Allen, Dave (22 February 2024). "European Tour Prize Money Rule Statement". PDC.
- ^ Shaw, Jamie (13 January 2025). "PDC confirm further controversial changes to European Tour criteria in 2025". Live Darts. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ Gill, Samuel (13 January 2025). "PDC European Tour rules change again in controversial move seeming to protect big names". Darts News. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (14 February 2025). "2025 ET3-4 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ^ "PDC ET03 Tour Card Holder Qualifier". DartConnect. 19 February 2025.
- ^ "PDC ET03 Host Nation Qualifier". DartConnect. 8 February 2025.
- ^ "PDCNB 2025 Tour ET3 Qualifier Final". DartConnect.
- ^ "PDC ET03 E. Europe Qualifier". DartConnect. 2 February 2025.
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