 Van Gerwen then continued his very poor run of form at the World Matchplay, losing 13–11 to Glen Durrant in the last 16.Van Gerwen once again failed to get out of the quarterfinals in the 2019 Brisbane Darts Masters, losing 8–5 to Gurney.He finally got back to winning ways in Melbourne and New Zealand, winning those finals by scores of 8–3 and 8–1 over Gurney and Van Barneveld respectively.