Dutch Open | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 31 January – 2 February 2020 | ||
Venue | De Bonte Wever | ||
Location | Assen | ||
Country | Netherlands | ||
Organisation(s) | WDF | ||
Format | Legs Sets (only in men's semi-finals and final) | ||
Prize fund | €27,650 (total) | ||
Winner's share | €5,000 (men's) €2,500 (women's) | ||
Champion(s) | |||
Ross Montgomery (men's) Aileen de Graaf (women's) Mark Tabak (youth's) Lerena Rietbergen (girls) | |||
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The 2020 Dutch Open (officially referred to as the 2020 Bauhaus Dutch Open) was the 48th edition of the Dutch Open organised by the World Darts Federation and Nederlandse Darts Bond (Dutch Darts Association). The tournament was held at the De Bonte Wever in Assen, Netherlands. Tournament has been awarded Platinum ranking status, with a total prize fund €27,650. [1]
On 29 November 2019, Nederlandse Darts Bond received a letter from the British Darts Organisation with several new obligations to tournament regulations. The Nederlandse Darts Bond does not accept the new rules and is not going to pay for BDO points. Since 2020 tournament is no longer BDO ranked. [2]
Ross Montgomery and Aileen de Graaf won men's and women's tournaments respectively. This edition was biggest darts open tournament in 2020, where over 5 thousand players took part. Montgomery claimed the men's singles title with a 3–1 win over Brian Raman, lifting the trophy for the second time in his career. [3]
Seeding was take place in accordance of the WDF Rankings. The players was seeded in accordance with WDF regulations, but not always as the first match in the section. The first byes go to the seeded players, but after that the byes are equally divided across the sheets in a random place on the sheet.
Quarter-finals (best of 5 legs) 2 February | Semi-finals (best of 5 legs) 2 February | Final (best of 7 legs) 2 February | ||||||||||||
1 | Daan Bastiaansen | 3 | ||||||||||||
Pim van Bijnen | 1 | |||||||||||||
1 | Daan Bastiaansen | 0 | ||||||||||||
Marcel Bus | 3 | |||||||||||||
Marcel Bus | 3 | |||||||||||||
Keanu van Velzen | 0 | |||||||||||||
Marcel Bus 56.07 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Mark Tabak 63.06 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Mark Tabak | 3 | |||||||||||||
Charlie Stocks | 1 | |||||||||||||
Mark Tabak | 3 | |||||||||||||
Luke van der Kwast | 2 | |||||||||||||
Luke van der Kwast | 3 | |||||||||||||
Owen Roelofs | 0 |
Seeding was take place in accordance of the WDF Rankings. The players was seeded in accordance with WDF regulations, but not always as the first match in the section. The first byes go to the seeded players, but after that the byes are equally divided across the sheets in a random place on the sheet.
Quarter-finals (best of 5 legs) 2 February | Semi-finals (best of 5 legs) 2 February | Final (best of 5 legs) 2 February | ||||||||||||
1 | Lerena Rietbergen | 3 | ||||||||||||
Jaynie Wink | 2 | |||||||||||||
1 | Lerena Rietbergen | 3 | ||||||||||||
Aranka van der Waals | 2 | |||||||||||||
Aranka van der Waals | 3 | |||||||||||||
Joella Verhagen | 1 | |||||||||||||
1 | Lerena Rietbergen 46.78 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Layla Brussel 47.06 | 1 | |||||||||||||
2 | Chloe O'Brien | 3 | ||||||||||||
Cheyenne Doddema | 2 | |||||||||||||
2 | Chloe O'Brien | 2 | ||||||||||||
Layla Brussel | 3 | |||||||||||||
Layla Brussel | 3 | |||||||||||||
Kyenta Ysewijn | 0 |
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