2019 Austrian Darts Open

The 2019 Austrian Darts Open was the fifth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Steiermarkhalle, Premstätten, Austria, from 3–5 May 2019. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2019 Austrian Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates3–5 May 2019
VenueSteiermarkhalle
LocationPremstätten
Country Austria
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£140,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«Event 4 Event 6»

Jonny Clayton was the defending champion after defeating Gerwyn Price 8–5 in the final of the 2018 tournament, but he was defeated 6–2 in the second round by Tytus Kanik.

Michael van Gerwen won his third Austrian Darts Open title (and his 32nd in total on the European Tour) with an 8–7 win over Ian White in the final.

Prize money

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This is how the prize money is divided:[1]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £6,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £5,000
Third round losers (8) £3,000
Second round losers (16) £2,000*
First round losers (16) £1,000
Total £140,000
  • Seeded players who lose in the second round do not receive this prize money on any Orders of Merit.

Qualification and format

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The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 4 April will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places will go to players from six qualifying events – 18 from the UK Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 12 April), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 12 April), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 2 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 2 May), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 1 February) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 9 March).

From 2019, the Host Nation, Nordic & Baltic and East European Qualifiers will only be available to non-tour card holders. Any tour card holders from the applicable regions will have to play the main European Qualifier.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
3 May
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
4 May
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
5 May
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
5 May
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
5 May
Final
(best of 15 legs)
5 May
1  Michael van Gerwen 106.096
  Jamie Bain 79.171  Steve Lennon 81.410
1  van Gerwen 100.596
  Steve Lennon 88.536
  Bunting 79.531
16  Darren Webster 82.680
  Stephen Bunting 87.206  Stephen Bunting 92.026
1  van Gerwen 89.286
  Patrick van den Boogaard 85.054
8  Wright 92.295
8  Peter Wright 89.176
  Andrew Gilding 96.565  Chris Dobey 87.885
8  Wright 97.836
  Chris Dobey 95.766
  Kanik 89.025
9  Jonny Clayton 83.662
  Dietmar Burger 83.192  Tytus Kanik 88.876
1  van Gerwen 102.607
  Tytus Kanik 90.416
4  Gurney 95.333
5  Adrian Lewis 92.686
  Diogo Portela 78.111  Ryan Searle 86.875
5  Lewis 90.086
  Ryan Searle 88.146
  Aspinall 87.391
12  Dave Chisnall 100.784
  Kim Huybrechts 87.272  Nathan Aspinall 100.406
5  Lewis 85.715
  Nathan Aspinall 87.696
4  Gurney 84.756
4  Daryl Gurney 92.186
  Boris Koltsov 91.376  Boris Koltsov 93.512
4  Gurney 93.546
  Johan Engström 80.685
  M. Webster 87.902
13  Joe Cullen 92.065
  Mark Webster 87.616  Mark Webster 85.206
1  van Gerwen 101.228
  Dirk van Duijvenbode 80.401
3  White 99.887
2  Gerwyn Price 91.676
  Ross Smith 73.534  John Henderson 91.673
2  Price 94.846
  John Henderson 81.006
  Labanauskas 91.924
15  Ricky Evans 99.473
  Darius Labanauskas 103.986  Darius Labanauskas 102.856
2  Price 96.064
  Michael Rasztovits 86.001
10  Wade 93.366
7  Mensur Suljović 93.626
  Raymond van Barneveld 87.626  Raymond van Barneveld 97.194
7  Suljović 96.263
  Mark Wilson 80.771
10  Wade 102.886
10  James Wade 94.886
  Mervyn King 89.316  Mervyn King 88.722
10  Wade 97.134
  Devon Petersen 84.214
3  White 101.157
6  Rob Cross 93.326
  Jeffrey de Zwaan 87.336  Jeffrey de Zwaan 93.885
6  Cross 98.162
  Benjamin Fasching 75.361
  Beaton 100.476
11  Michael Smith 96.094
  Mark Barilli 82.653  Steve Beaton 102.416
  Beaton 87.382
  Steve Beaton 88.476
3  White 101.536
3  Ian White 94.756
  Jamie Hughes 79.656  Jamie Hughes 96.005
3  White 86.456
  Patrick Tringler 78.693
  Brown 82.321
14  Max Hopp 88.904
  Conan Whitehead 89.864  Keegan Brown 88.146
  Keegan Brown 96.596

References

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  1. ^ Allen, Dave. "Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019". PDC. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. ^ Magnussen, Mads Plagborg. "Baltic dominance on the Pro Tour". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.