Draw confirmed for German Darts Open: Defending champion Wright to face Labanauskas or Menzies in second round

The draw has been confirmed for the 2023 German Darts Open which takes place between September 8-10 and sees Peter Wright as the defending champion. He faces either Darius Labanauskas or Cameron Menzies.

After two months off, the European Tour returns in Jena. Wright will be joined by Dave Chisnall and Luke Humphries as the top names, with the likes of Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price and Michael Smith skipping this time out. But they will return in Amsterdam next week then Budapest.

Friday sees Florian Hempel face James Wade, Ricardo Pietreczko will take on recent ProTour finalist, Daniel Klose. Simon Whitlock and Gian van Veen also tussle in the tie of the round.

Chisnall faces Gabriel Clemens or Luke Woodhouse, while Humphries faces the winner of the Klose-Pietreczko match. Nathan Aspinall returns and will face either Whitlock or Van Veen, as Josh Rock will take on either Connor Scutt or a resurgent in-form Jules van Dongen.

Rob Cross who finally broke his European Tour duck earlier this year, will face either Brian Raman or Nico Kurz also.

Kevin Doets v Callum Goffin

Madars Razma v Stephen Burton

Wesley Plaisier v George Killington

Roy van de Griendt v Danny Tessmann

Connor Scutt v Jules van Dongen

Dylan Slevin v Jeffrey De Graaf

Patrik Kovacs v Mike De Decker

Darius Labanauskas v Cameron Menzies

Stephen Bunting v Mickey Mansell

Alan Soutar v Ricky Evans

Brian Raman v Nico Kurz

Daryl Gurney v Steve Lennon

Florian Hempel v James Wade

Daniel Klose v Ricardo Pietreczko

Luke Woodhouse v Gabriel Clemens

Simon Whitlock v Gian van Veen

Andrew Gilding v Razma/Burton

Jose De Sousa v Kovacs/De Decker

Krzysztof Ratajski v Soutar/Evans

Josh Rock v Scutt/Van Dongen

Ryan Searle v Doets/Goffin

Danny Noppert v Slevin/De Graaf

Rob Cross v Raman/Kurz

Joe Cullen v Bunting/Mansell

Dirk van Duijvenbode v Van de Griendt/Tessmann

Peter Wright v Labanauskas/Menzies

Damon Heta v Hempel/Wade

Luke Humphries v Klose/Pietreczko

Dave Chisnall v Woodhouse/Clemens

Nathan Aspinall v Whitlock/Van Veen

Martin Schindler v Gurney/Lennon

Ross Smith v Plaisier/Killington

Third Round

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final