Rosenauer claimed one of the places for the event at the Lakeside, but at the same time, he topped the German Darts Corporation Order of Merit, which grants a place in the PDC World Championship and in the end, he withdrew from the BDO World Championship to play in the PDC version instead.
[6] In an attempt to reach the 2013 World Championship, Rosenauer was defeated 5–6 by Dragutin Horvat in the quarter-finals of the Central European Qualifier.
[7] Rosenauer was ranked world number 78 after the event, outside of the top 64 who retain their tour cards for 2013.
[8] In the next two years Rosenauer curtailed his darts schedule and only competed in European Tour events.
[10] Rosenauer qualified for the European Darts Open, but lost 6–5 to Jamie Lewis in the first round.