German Open (darts)

{{Infobox darts tournament | tournament_name = German Open | image = | venue = [[Wunderland Kalkar]] | location = [[Kalkar]] | country = {{flagcountry|GER}} | establishment = 1986 | organisation = DSC Bochum | format = | prizefund = €10,800 | month_played = April | final year = | Current Champion = {{flagicon|NED}} [[Michael Busscher]] (men's) {{flagicon|NED}} [[Sharona Veld]] (women's) }} The '''German Open''' (known for sponsorship reasons as the '''Bull's German Open''')<ref>{{cite web|title=Bulls the Dart Side of Life|url=http://www.bulls-germanopen.de/|website=bulls-germanopen.de|publisher=German Open|access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> is a [[darts]] tournament that began in 1986. It was abandoned for three years before being recurred in 1990 where it has been held annually. All tournaments was held in [[Germany]] at various venues. The first winners of the tournament was [[Bernd Hebecker]] from [[Germany]] and [[Mia Mevissen]] from [[Netherlands]].

Tournament was not organized in 2020–2022 due to [[coronavirus pandemic]]. It was announced that the tournament in 2023 will not be organized as part of the World Darts Federation and its results will not be included in the international and regional ranking of this organization. The event is organized by Dart Sport Club [[Bochum]].

==List of tournaments== ===Men's=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !rowspan=2 | Year !rowspan=2 | Champion !rowspan=2 | {{Tooltip|Av.|Average in final}} !rowspan=2 | Score !rowspan=2 | Runner-Up !rowspan=2 | {{Tooltip|Av.|Average in final}} !colspan=3 | Prize Money !rowspan=2 | Venue |- ! Total ! {{Tooltip|Ch.|Champion}} ! {{Tooltip|R.-Up|Runner-Up}} |- | 1986 | {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Bernd Hebecker]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{flagicon|BEL}} Franky Velle | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — | [[Düsseldorf]] |- | 1990 | {{flagicon|GER}} Kai Pfeiffer | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Robinson | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — | rowspan=2 | [[Bochum]] |- | 1991 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Bruno Raes | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 2 | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Brown (darts player, born 1962)|Steve Brown]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 1992 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Evison]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 0 | {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Leo Laurens]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — | rowspan=14 | [[Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia|Herne]] |- | 1993 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Evison]] (2) | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Rod Harrington]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 1994 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Per Skau | align=center |94.68 | align=center | 2 – 0 | {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Sean Palfrey]] | align=center |93.90 | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 1995 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ronnie Baxter]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 2 | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Les Wallace]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 1996 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Colin Monk]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Fordham]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 1997 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Pascal Lefèvre | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 2 | {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Erik Clarys]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 1998 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Warriner]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Robbie Widdows | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 1999 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Steve Coote]] | align=center |93.27 | align=center | 3 – 1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Spedding | align=center |82.29 | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 2000 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Shayne Burgess]] | align=center |97.38 | align=center | 3 – 2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Askew]] | align=center |86.61 | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 2001 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Adams]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Manley]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 2002 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ted Hankey]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tony Eccles]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 2003 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ted Hankey]] (2) | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 2 | {{flagicon|NED}} [[André Brantjes]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 2004 | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Gary Anderson (darts player)|Gary Anderson]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 0 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tony O'Shea]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | €6,200 | align=center | €2,000 | align=center | €1,000 |- | 2005 | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Paul Hanvidge]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 2 | {{flagicon|NED}} Arjan Moen | align=center |n/a | align=center | €5,400 | align=center | €2,000 | align=center | €1,000 |- | 2006 | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Gary Anderson (darts player)|Gary Anderson]] (2) | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Adams]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | €7,160 | align=center | €2,000 | align=center | €1,000 | rowspan=11 | Städtische Sporthalle, [[Bochum]] |- | 2007 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Adams]] (2) | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Walton (darts player)|John Walton]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | €6,200 | align=center | €2,000 | align=center | €1,000 |- | 2008 | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Gary Anderson (darts player)|Gary Anderson]] (3) | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 0 | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Robert Thornton (darts player)|Robert Thornton]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | €8,400 | align=center | €2,400 | align=center | €1,200 |- | 2009 | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[John Henderson (darts player)|John Henderson]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stephen Bunting]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | €8,400 | align=center | €2,400 | align=center | €1,200 |- | 2010 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dean Winstanley]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 2 | {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Ronny Huybrechts]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | €8,400 | align=center | €2,400 | align=center | €1,200 |- | 2011 | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Benito van de Pas]] | align=center |95.22 | align=center | 3 – 2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tony O'Shea]] | align=center |95.91 | align=center | €8,000 | align=center | €2,000 | align=center | €1,200 |- | 2012 | {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Geert De Vos]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Norris (darts player)|Alan Norris]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | €6,000 | align=center | €2,000 | align=center | €1,000 |- | 2013 | {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Geert De Vos]] (2) | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stephen Bunting]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | €6,000 | align=center | €2,000 | align=center | €1,000 |- | 2014 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Darryl Fitton]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | 3 – 1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[James Wilson (darts player)|James Wilson]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | €6,000 | align=center | €2,000 | align=center | €1,000 |- | 2015 | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Jeffrey de Graaf]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | 8 – 7 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Adams]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | €6,300 | align=center | €3,000 | align=center | €1,500 |- | 2016 | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Danny Noppert]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | 6 – 4 | {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Darius Labanauskas]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | €6,200 | align=center | €2,000 | align=center | €1,000 |- | 2017 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark McGeeney]] | align=center |89.47 | align=center | 6 – 2 | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Toon Greebe]] | align=center |82.38 | align=center | €8,400 | align=center | €2,400 | align=center | €1,200 | Festplatz Castroper Straße, [[Bochum]] |- | 2018 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Scott Mitchell (darts player)|Scott Mitchell]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | 6 – 3 | {{flagicon|NED}} Derk Telnekes | align=center |n/a | align=center | €8,400 | align=center | €2,400 | align=center | €1,200 | rowspan=3 | [[Wunderland Kalkar]], [[Kalkar]] |- | 2019 | {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Mario Vandenbogaerde]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | 6 – 5 | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Martijn Kleermaker]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | €8,400 | align=center | €2,400 | align=center | €1,200 |- | 2023 | {{WDFFlag|Michael Busscher|flag=NED}} | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{WDFFlag|Dennie Olde Kalter}} | align=center |n/a | align=center | €7,700 | align=center | €2,500 | align=center | €1,000 |}

===Women's=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Champion (average in final) ! Score ! Runner-up (average in final) ! Total Prize Money ! Champion ! Runner-up |- | [[1986 German Open darts|1986]] | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Mia Mevissen]] | bt. | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Anita Vink]] | | | |- | [[1990 German Open darts|1990]] | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Valerie Maytum]] | bt. | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Marion Diehn]] | | | |- | [[1991 German Open darts|1991]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Vicky Pruim]] | bt. | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Claudia Seifert]] | | | |- | [[1992 German Open darts|1992]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sharon Colclough]] | bt. | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Heike Jenkins]] | | | |- | [[1993 German Open darts|1993]] | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Päivi Jussila]] | bt. | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Heike Jenkins]] | | | |- | [[1994 German Open darts|1994]] | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Valerie Maytum]] (2) | bt. | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Deta Hedman]] | | | |- | [[1995 German Open darts|1995]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sharon Colclough]] (2) | bt. | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Gerda Weltz]] | | | |- | [[1996 German Open darts|1996]] | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Francis Hoenselaar]] | bt. | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Deta Hedman]] | | | |- | [[1997 German Open darts|1997]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trina Gulliver]] | bt. | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sharon Colclough]] | | | |- | [[1998 German Open darts|1998]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sharon Colclough]] (3) | bt. | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trina Gulliver]] | | | |- | [[1999 German Open darts|1999]] | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Francis Hoenselaar]] (2) | bt. | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trina Gulliver]] | | | |- | [[2001 German Open darts|2001]] | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Francis Hoenselaar]] (3) | bt. | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tricia Wright]] | | | |- | [[2002 German Open darts|2002]] | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Francis Hoenselaar]] (4) | 2–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trina Gulliver]] | | | |- | [[2003 German Open darts|2003]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trina Gulliver]] (2) | bt. | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Carina Ekberg]] | | | |- | [[2004 German Open darts|2004]] | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Francis Hoenselaar]] (5) | 2–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trina Gulliver]] | | | |- | [[2005 German Open darts|2005]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trina Gulliver]] (3) | 2–0 | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Marika Juhola]] | | | |- | [[2006 German Open darts|2006]] | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Carla Molema]] | 2–0 | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Francis Hoenselaar]] | | | |- | [[2007 German Open darts|2007]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Carina Ekberg]] | 2–1 | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Carla Molema]] | | | |- | [[2008 German Open darts|2008]] | {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Julie Gore]] | 2–0 | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Rilana Erades]] | | | |- | [[2009 German Open darts|2009]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trina Gulliver]] (4) | 2–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tricia Wright]] | | | |- | [[2010 German Open darts|2010]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tricia Wright]] (2) | 2–0 | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Irina Armstrong]] | | | |- | [[2011 German Open darts|2011]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Deta Hedman]] | 2–0 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lorraine Winstanley]] | align=center | €2,600 | align=center | €1,000 | align=center | €400 |- | [[2012 German Open darts|2012]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Deta Hedman]] (2) | 2–0 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lorraine Winstanley]] | align=center | €2,600 | align=center | €1,000 | align=center | €400 |- | [[2013 German Open darts|2013]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Deta Hedman]] (3) | 2–1 | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Sharon Prins]] | align=center | €2,600 | align=center | €1,000 | align=center | €400 |- | [[2014 German Open darts|2014]] | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Dobromyslova]] | 2–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lorraine Winstanley]] | align=center | €2,600 | align=center | €1,000 | align=center | €400 |- | [[2015 German Open darts|2015]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lorraine Winstanley]] | 7–5 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Zoe Jones (darts player)|Zoe Jones]] | align=center | €2,600 | align=center | €1,000 | align=center | €400 |- | [[2016 German Open darts|2016]] | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Aileen de Graaf]] | 5–3 | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Dobromyslova]] | align=center | €2,600 | align=center | €1,000 | align=center | €400 |- | [[2017 German Open darts|2017]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Deta Hedman]] (4) | 5–4 | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Aileen de Graaf]] | align=center | €2,400 | align=center | €800 | align=center | €400 |- | [[2018 German Open darts|2018]] | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Aileen de Graaf]] (2) | 5–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Deta Hedman]] | align=center | €2,400 | align=center | €800 | align=center | €400 |- | 2019 | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Aileen de Graaf]] (3) | 5–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Fallon Sherrock]] | align=center | €2,400 | align=center | €800 | align=center | €400 |- | 2023 | {{WDFWFlag|Sharona Veld|flag=NED}} | beat | {{WDFWFlag|Petra Zimmer|flag=GER}} | align=center | €1,300 | align=center | €500 | align=center | €250 |}

===Boys=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !rowspan=2 | Year !rowspan=2 | Champion !rowspan=2 | {{Tooltip|Av.|Average in final}} !rowspan=2 | Score !rowspan=2 | Runner-Up !rowspan=2 | {{Tooltip|Av.|Average in final}} !colspan=3 | Prize Money !rowspan=2 | Venue |- ! Total ! {{Tooltip|Ch.|Champion}} ! {{Tooltip|R.-Up|Runner-Up}} |- | 2012 | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Jeffrey de Zwaan]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{flagicon|NED}} Mike Zuydwijk | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — | rowspan=5 | Städtische Sporthalle, [[Bochum]] |- | 2013 | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Jeffrey de Zwaan]] (2) | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{flagicon|NED}} Colin Roelofs | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 2014 | {{flagicon|NED}} Colin Roelofs | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Justin van Tergouw]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 2015 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Callan Rydz]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{flagicon|NED}} Wesley Hurrebrink | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 2016 | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Justin van Tergouw]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Rusty-Jake Rodriguez]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 2017 | {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Rusty-Jake Rodriguez]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{flagicon|GER}} Nico Blum | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — | Festplatz Castroper Straße, [[Bochum]] |- | 2018 | {{flagicon|NED}} Jurjen van der Velde | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{flagicon|NED}} Danny de Graaf | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — | rowspan=3 | [[Wunderland Kalkar]], [[Kalkar]] |- | 2019 | {{flagicon|NED}} Owen Roelofs | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{flagicon|GER}} Oliver Pieper | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |}

===Girls=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !rowspan=2 | Year !rowspan=2 | Champion !rowspan=2 | {{Tooltip|Av.|Average in final}} !rowspan=2 | Score !rowspan=2 | Runner-Up !rowspan=2 | {{Tooltip|Av.|Average in final}} !colspan=3 | Prize Money !rowspan=2 | Venue |- ! Total ! {{Tooltip|Ch.|Champion}} ! {{Tooltip|R.-Up|Runner-Up}} |- | 2012 | {{flagicon|GER}} Ann-Kathrin Wigmann | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{flagicon|GER}} Anna Schultze | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — | rowspan=5 | Städtische Sporthalle, [[Bochum]] |- | 2013 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Casey Gallagher]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{flagicon|SWE}} Sarah Rosen | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 2014 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Shauni Wastyn | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{flagicon|NED}} Kyana Frauenfelder | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 2015 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Sofie-Jahn Bendorff | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{flagicon|NED}} Kyana Frauenfelder | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 2016 | {{flagicon|GER}} Christina Schuler | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{flagicon|NED}} Kyana Frauenfelder | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |- | 2017 | {{flagicon|GER}} Christina Schuler (2) | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{flagicon|GER}} Denise Schuler | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — | Festplatz Castroper Straße, [[Bochum]] |- | 2018 | {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Katie Sheldon]] | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{flagicon|GER}} Christina Schuler | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — | rowspan=3 | [[Wunderland Kalkar]], [[Kalkar]] |- | 2019 | {{flagicon|NED}} Lerena Rietbergen | align=center |n/a | align=center | beat | {{flagicon|NED}} Rosanne van der Velde | align=center |n/a | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |}

==Tournament records== * Most wins '''3''': {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Gary Anderson (darts player)|Gary Anderson]] * Most Finals '''4''': {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Adams]]. * Most Semi Finals '''6''': {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Adams]]. * Most Quarter Finals '''8''': {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Adams]]. * Most Appearances '''13''': {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Adams]]. * Most Prize Money won ''' €6289.85''': {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Gary Anderson (darts player)|Gary Anderson]]. * Best winning average '''(96.60)''' : {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Gary Anderson (darts player)|Gary Anderson]] v {{flagicon|NED}} [[Michael van Gerwen]], SF, 2016. * Youngest Winner '''age 18''': {{flagicon|NED}} [[Benito van de Pas]]. * Oldest Winner '''age 51''': {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Darryl Fitton]].

==References== {{Reflist}}{{BDO & WDF Tournaments}}

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