The 2025 Baltic Sea Darts Open (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 Elten Safety Shoes Baltic Sea Darts Open) was a professional darts tournament that took place at the Wunderino Arena in Kiel, Germany, from 11 to 13 July 2025. It was the ninth of fourteen PDC European Tour events on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour.[1] It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.
The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[5]
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.[6]
Qualification and format
In a change from the previous year, the top 16 on the two-year main PDC Order of Merit ranking are now seeded and enter the tournament in the second round, while the 16 qualifiers from the one-year PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit ranking enter in the first round.[7][8][9] In another change, the 16 Pro Tour Order of Merit qualifiers are drawn against one of the 16 other qualifiers in the first round.
The seedings were confirmed on 14 June.[10] The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 20 June),[11] four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 17 May),[12] one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 10 May),[13] and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 16 February).[14]
The second round was played on Saturday 12 July.[18] Tour Card qualifier Andy Baetens continued his run by beating defending champion Rob Cross 6–2. Cross hit a 170 checkout in the fifth leg, but Baetens won three consecutive legs to win the match and progress to the third round of a European Tour event for the second time.[18]Niko Springer defeated Stephen Bunting by the same scoreline, revealing post-match that he had to postpone his holiday to Crete to compete on the last day of the event.[19] He advanced to a match-up against compatriot Martin Schindler in the third round, who defeated Jermaine Wattimena 6–3. Seeded players Damon Heta and Dave Chisnall were eliminated by Wessel Nijman and Daryl Gurney respectively; Chisnall's loss to Gurney guaranteed a first-time winner of the event. World number one Luke Humphries narrowly avoided defeat to Mickey Mansell, who missed a match dart to allow Humphries to take the 6–5 victory. Ross Smith whitewashed Kim Huybrechts 6–0, while Wales's Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price started their campaigns with wins over Gian van Veen and William O'Connor. Gary Anderson was also victorious, defeating Krzysztof Ratajski 6–2. First round winners Cameron Menzies, Ricardo Pietreczko, Mike De Decker, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Luke Woodhouse and Justin Hood were eliminated in the second round.[18]
The third round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final were played on Sunday 13 July.[20] The final day saw Gerwyn Price and Gary Anderson reach the final. After surviving two match darts and hitting a 119 checkout to beat Wessel Nijman 6–5 in the third round, Price advanced to the final by defeating fellow Premier League players Luke Humphries and Chris Dobey by scorelines of 6–3 and 7–3. Anderson ended Andy Baetens's campaign with a 6–3 win, followed by wide victories in the quarter-finals and semi-finals. He averaged 108 in defeating Jonny Clayton 6–1, then secured his place in the final with a 7–1 triumph against James Wade. Anderson looked to add a second 2025 European Tour title to his European Darts Grand Prix win in May, while Price was challenging for his first title on the tour since the 2023 International Darts Open.[20]
In the final, Anderson took an early 2–1 lead by hitting the bullseye for a 90 finish to break. However, Price took control of the match and won the next five legs to go 6–2 up. After Price missed opportunities to make it 7–2, Anderson was unable to take advantage, allowing Price to hit double 1 to go one leg away from victory. Despite a 125 checkout with two bullseyes from Anderson to halt his losing streak, Price hit double 12 to win the final 8–3.[20][21][22] This marked his ninth European Tour title, his first since 2023, as well as his fourth ranking title of 2025.[20] Price's nine titles put him into joint-second in the all-time European Tour winners list, alongside Peter Wright and behind Michael van Gerwen.[23][24]
Speaking following his win, Price believed that Anderson "wasn't at his best in the final" and also thought that he could have performed better himself. Previewing the World Matchplay, he said that adding a European Tour title to his Poland Darts Masters win and deep runs in recent Players Championship events put him in "good stead" heading into the major tournament.[25] Runner-up Anderson claimed that "to get to the final of any tournament is great" and stated that he was also looking forward to the World Matchplay.[20]
Draw
The draw was announced on 10 July.[15] Numbers to the left of players' names show the seedings for the top four 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.[26]
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