The 2019 BDO World Professional Darts Championship was the 42nd

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organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 34th and final staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green.

Glen Durrant Glen Durrant (born 24 November 1970), nicknamed "Duzza", is an English former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously won the BDO World Darts Championship three times consecutively fr ...

was the two-time defending men's champion after beating

Mark McGeeney Mark McGeeney (born 28 June 1972) is an English professional darts player from Coventry, Warwickshire. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career BDO In August 2010, McGeeney won the Weoley Castle Open, beati ...

, 7–6 in the previous year's final. Durrant successfully defended his title to become the first three times consecutive BDO Men's World Champion since

Eric Bristow Eric John Bristow, (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018), nicknamed "The Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player. He was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Federation a record five times, in 1980, 1981 and 1983–1985. He was ...

in 1986, and the first male player in history to win his first three world championship finals.

Lisa Ashton Lisa Ashton (born 27 August 1970) is an English professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. She is a four-time BDO World Darts Women's Champion and has won over ...

was the two-time defending women's champion, after winning her fourth world title, with a 3–1 win over

Anastasia Dobromyslova Anastasia Petrovna Dobromyslova-Martin (russian: Анастаси́я Петро́вна Добромы́слова; born 26 September 1984) is a professional darts player. She is a three-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the Br ...

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, but was defeated in the first round by

Mikuru Suzuki is a Japanese darts player. She was a two-time back-to-back British Darts Organisation (BDO) women's world champion. She plays in events of the World Darts Federation (WDF). Career Suzuki is an experienced soft-tip darts player, having competed ...

. Suzuki went on to become the fifth BDO Women's World Champion, after defeating

Lorraine Winstanley Lorraine Winstanley ( née Farlam, born 28 October 1975) is an English darts player who plays in both World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Winstanley won the 2011 Romanian International Darts ...

3–0 in the final. In doing so, she hit the highest ever average in a Women’s World Championship Final. Three-time champion

Martin Adams Martin Adams (born 4 June 1956) is an English professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Nicknamed "Wolfie", he is a three-time BDO World Champion and three-time World Masters champion. He represents Cambridgesh ...

missed out on the event for the first time since his debut appearance in

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Prize money

Men's Women's

Men's

Format and qualifiers

1–16 in BDO Rankings
''Seeded in First Round'' #

''(Second round)'' #

(Champion) # Jim Williams ''(Semi-finals)'' #

Wesley Harms Wesley Harms (born 11 June 1984) is a Dutch former professional darts player. Career Harms won the BDO International Open in 2011, defeating Stephen Bunting in the final. Harms qualified for the 2012 BDO World Darts Championship as the 13th s ...

''(Second round)'' #

Michael Unterbuchner Michael Unterbuchner (born 23 May 1988) is a German darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the semi-finals of the BDO World Championship on two of his three appearances. Career In 2017, Unterbuchner ...

''(Semi-finals)'' # Scott Mitchell ''(Quarter-finals)'' # Gary Robson ''(First round)'' #

Richard Veenstra Richard Veenstra (born 10 July 1981) is a Dutch professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is a Dutch Open champion, BDO World Trophy and Finder Darts Masters finalist. Multiple medalist of WDF World ...

''(Second round)'' #

Scott Waites Scott Waites (born 17 February 1977) is an English professional darts player who plays in tournaments of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He is a two-time BDO World Darts Champion having won the 2013 tournament and 2016 tournament. ...

''(Runner-up)'' #

Chris Landman Chris Landman (born 17 January 1981) is a Dutch professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career In 2017, Landman won the Catalonian Open, reached the quarter-final of the WDF Worl ...

''(First round)'' #

Dave Parletti Dave Parletti (born 22 April 1983) is an English professional darts player who plays in events of the World Darts Federation. Career In 2017, Parletti won the Jersey Classic. In 2018, he won the Welsh Masters and the Winmau Wolverhampton Open, ...

''(First round)'' #

Wayne Warren Wayne Warren (born 12 June 1962) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in events of the World Darts Federation (WDF). He was the last ever BDO World Darts Champion. He is the oldest player to become world champion. Darts career BDO Wa ...

''(Second round)'' #

Willem Mandigers Willem Mandigers (born 4 June 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in World Darts Federation events. Career Mandigers won the Turkish Open in 2014. At the 2014 World Masters he lost to Robbie Green in the first round 3–1. H ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' # Daniel Day ''(First round)'' #

Ross Montgomery Ross Montgomery (born 16 October 1962), nicknamed The Boss, is a Scottish professional darts player who played in World Darts Federation (WDF) tournaments and as of January 14th 2022 now plays on the Professional Darts Corporat ...

''(First round)'' # Martin Phillips ''(First round)'' 17–24 in BDO Rankings
''First Round'' 25–27 in BDO Rankings
''Preliminary Round'' Winmau World Master
''Preliminary Round'' Regional Table Qualifiers
''Preliminary Round'' * Brian Løkken ''(Preliminary round)'' *

Paul Hogan Paul Hogan (born 8 October 1939) is an Australian actor and comedian. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance as ...

''(First round)'' *

David Cameron David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. He previously served as Leader o ...

''(Second round)'' *

Oliver Ferenc Oliver Ferenc (born 5 November 1969) is a Serbian darts player currently playing in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Career He qualified for the PDC World Championship for the first time in 2012 by winning the South-East Europe Qualifier ...

''(First round)'' *

Mark McGrath Mark Sayers McGrath (born March 15, 1968) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist of the rock band Sugar Ray. McGrath is also known for his work as a co-host of ''Extra'', and he was the host of ''Don't Forget the Lyrics!'' in 2010. McG ...

''(First round)'' *

Jim Widmayer Jim Widmayer (born August 23, 1969) is an American professional darts player who plays in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. Career Widmayer played in the inaugural World Matchplay in 1994, losing 6–8 in the first round to Keith Dell ...

''(Preliminary round)'' *

Roger Janssen Roger Janssen (born 21 April 1977) is a Belgian former professional darts player who played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. Career Janssen's career began with the 2012 Belgium Open darts, 2012 Belgium Open, in which he finish ...

''(First round)'' *

Mal Cuming Malcolm Cuming (born 23 January 1976) is an Australian professional darts Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed missiles known as darts at a round target known as ...

''(Preliminary round)'' Playoff Qualifiers
''Preliminary Round'' *

Krzysztof Kciuk Krzysztof Kciuk (born 11 June 1980) is a Polish technology specialist and professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a Polish Champion and first player from Poland who played at PDC World ...

''(Second round)'' *

Nigel Heydon Nigel Heydon (born 22 July 1970) is an English professional darts player who plays in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. Career Heydon qualified for the 2007 UK Open as an amateur qualifier, losing in the first round to John Burton. He ...

''(First round)'' *

Ryan Hogarth Ryan Hogarth (born 25 January 1992) is a Scottish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career In 2018, Hogarth qualified for the 2019 BDO World Darts Championship as a qualifier, but he lost 3–1 ...

''(Preliminary round)'' *

Andy Hamilton Andrew Neil Hamilton (born 28 May 1954) is a British comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter, radio dramatist, novelist and actor. Early life and education Hamilton was born in Fulham, southwest London. He ...

''(Preliminary round)''

Draw bracket

The draw was conducted on 22 November 2018.

Preliminary round

All matches are the first to 3 sets.

Last 32

Women's

Format and qualifiers

1–8 in BDO Rankings
''Seeded'' #

''(Runner-up)'' #

''(First round)'' #

Deta Hedman Deta Hedman (born 14 November 1959) is an English darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Biography Hedman was born in Jamaica in 1959. Her parents emigrated to the United Kingdom in the early 1960s, leaving Hedman and he ...

''(First round)'' #

''(Semi-finals)'' #

Aileen de Graaf Aileen de Graaf (born 25 April 1990) is a Dutch darts player playing in events of the World Darts Federation (WDF). She is member of the Dutch national team. She also plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career De Graaf ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' #

Fallon Sherrock Fallon Sherrock (born 2 July 1994) is an English professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Born in Milton Keynes, Sherrock reached the final of the 2015 BDO Women's Worl ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' #

Sharon Prins Sharon Prins (also known by her married name Sharon Boxem-Prins; born 24 August 1988) is a former Dutch darts player who played in events of the British Darts Organisation (BDO). Career Prins was born in 1988 in Zoetermeer and became a darts pl ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' #

Trina Gulliver Catrina Elizabeth Gulliver (born 30 November 1969) is an English professional darts player. She is the 10-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation (BDO). Her nickname is Golden Girl and in 2003, she was n ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' 9–14 in BDO Rankings
''First Round'' Playoff Qualifiers
''First Round'' * Karolina Podgórska ''(First round)'' *

(Winner)

Draw

The draw was conducted on 22 November 2018.

Youth

TV coverage

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and

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began a three-year deal to cover the event.

References

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