2019 BDO World Darts Championship
The 2019 BDO World Professional Darts Championship was the 42nd World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 34th and final staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green.
| BDO World Darts Championship | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 5–13 January 2019 | ||
| Venue | Lakeside Country Club | ||
| Location | Frimley Green, Surrey | ||
| Country | England, United Kingdom | ||
| Organisation(s) | BDO | ||
| Format | Sets | ||
| Prize fund | £329,000 | ||
| High checkout | 160 Scott Waites (x2) Willem Mandigers Krzysztof Kciuk (men) 156 Sharon Prins (women) | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Glen Durrant (Men) Mikuru Suzuki (Women) Leighton Bennett (Youth) | |||
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Glen Durrant was the two-time defending men's champion after beating Mark McGeeney, 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 in 1986, and the first male player in history to win his first three world championship finals.
Lisa Ashton was the two-time defending women's champion, after winning her fourth world title, with a 3–1 win over Anastasia Dobromyslova in 2018, but was defeated in the first round by Mikuru Suzuki.
Suzuki went on to become the fifth BDO Women's World Champion, after defeating Lorraine Winstanley 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 missed out on the event for the first time since his debut appearance in 1994.