The 2019 World Series of Darts was a series of televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. In 2019, there were 5 World Series events and one finals event, which has this year been moved from Vienna, Austria to Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Two new venues made their debuts with Hamilton and Cologne replacing Auckland and Gelsenkirchen respectively. [1]
Stage | Prize money |
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Winner | £20,000 |
Runner-up | £10,000 |
Semi-finals | £5,000 |
Quarter-finals | £2,500 |
First round | £1,250 |
Stage | Prize money |
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Winner | £70,000 |
Runner-up | £30,000 |
Semi-finals | £20,000 |
Quarter-finals | £15,000 |
Second round | £7,500 |
First round | £5,000 |
No. | Date | Event | Venue | Champion | Legs | Runner-up | Ref |
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1 | 4–5 July | US Masters | Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay | Nathan Aspinall | 8 – 4 | Michael Smith | [2] |
2 | 12–13 July | German Masters | Cologne, LANXESS arena | Peter Wright | 8 – 6 | Gabriel Clemens | [3] |
3 | 9–10 August | Brisbane Masters | Brisbane, BCEC | Damon Heta | 8 – 7 | Rob Cross | [4] |
4 | 16–17 August | Melbourne Masters | Melbourne, Melbourne Arena | Michael van Gerwen | 8 – 3 | Daryl Gurney | [5] |
5 | 23–24 August | New Zealand Masters | Hamilton, Claudelands Arena | Michael van Gerwen | 8 – 1 | Raymond van Barneveld | [6] |
6 | 1–3 November | World Series of Darts Finals | Amsterdam, AFAS Live | Michael van Gerwen | 11 – 2 | Danny Noppert | [7] |
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The top eight will qualify for the World Series of Darts Finals and determine their seeding. The table only involves players with at least one win during the 2019 World Series tour.
Rank | Player | US Masters | German Masters | Brisbane Masters | Melbourne Masters | New Zealand Masters | Tour points | Appearances |
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1 | Michael van Gerwen | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 5 |
2 | Peter Wright | 5 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 5 |
3 | Rob Cross | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 5 |
4 | Daryl Gurney | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 5 |
5 | Damon Heta | - | - | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 3 |
6 | Raymond van Barneveld | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
7 | Gary Anderson | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 5 |
8 | James Wade | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 4 |
9 | Nathan Aspinall | 12 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 1 |
10 | Simon Whitlock | - | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
11 | Michael Smith | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 |
12 | Gabriel Clemens | - | 8 | - | - | - | 8 | 1 |
13 | Gerwyn Price | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 |
14 | Mensur Suljović | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 |
15 | Kyle Anderson | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
16 | Ben Robb | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 2 |
17 | Martin Schindler | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 |
18 | Nico Kurz | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 |
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