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
Dates	3–5 May 2019
Venue	Steiermarkhalle
Location	Premstätten
Country	Austria
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£140,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
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

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

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:

Top 16 Michael van Gerwen (champion) Gerwyn Price (quarter-finals) Ian White (runner-up) Daryl Gurney (semi-finals) Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals) Rob Cross (third round) Mensur Suljović (third round) Peter Wright (quarter-finals) Jonny Clayton (second round) James Wade (semi-finals) Michael Smith (second round) Dave Chisnall (second round) Joe Cullen (second round) Max Hopp (second round) Ricky Evans (second round) Darren Webster (second round)

UK Qualifier Mervyn King (second round) Andrew Gilding (first round) Steve Beaton (quarter-finals) Devon Petersen (first round) Stephen Bunting (third round) Conan Whitehead (first round) Steve Lennon (second round) Jamie Bain (first round) John Henderson (second round) Mark Webster (third round) Keegan Brown (third round) Nathan Aspinall (third round) Chris Dobey (second round) Ross Smith (first round) Mark Barilli (first round) Jamie Hughes (second round) Ryan Searle (second round) Mark Wilson (first round)

European Qualifier Darius Labanauskas (third round) Raymond van Barneveld (second round) Dirk van Duijvenbode (first round) Tytus Kanik (third round) Jeffrey de Zwaan (second round) Kim Huybrechts (first round) West/South European Qualifier Patrick van den Boogaard (first round) Diogo Portela (first round) Host Nation Qualifier Dietmar Burger (first round) Michael Rasztovits (first round) Benjamin Fasching (first round) Patrick Tringler (first round) Nordic & Baltic Qualifier Johan Engström (first round)[2] East European Qualifier Boris Koltsov (second round)

Draw

	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 106.09	6
	Jamie Bain 79.17		1				Steve Lennon 81.41	0
											1	van Gerwen 100.59	6
	Steve Lennon 88.53		6
												Bunting 79.53	1
						16	Darren Webster 82.68	0
	Stephen Bunting 87.20		6				Stephen Bunting 92.02	6
																1	van Gerwen 89.28	6
	Patrick van den Boogaard 85.05		4
																8	Wright 92.29	5
						8	Peter Wright 89.17	6
	Andrew Gilding 96.56		5				Chris Dobey 87.88	5
											8	Wright 97.83	6
	Chris Dobey 95.76		6
												Kanik 89.02	5
						9	Jonny Clayton 83.66	2
	Dietmar Burger 83.19		2				Tytus Kanik 88.87	6
																					1	van Gerwen 102.60	7
	Tytus Kanik 90.41		6
																					4	Gurney 95.33	3
						5	Adrian Lewis 92.68	6
	Diogo Portela 78.11		1				Ryan Searle 86.87	5
											5	Lewis 90.08	6
	Ryan Searle 88.14		6
												Aspinall 87.39	1
						12	Dave Chisnall 100.78	4
	Kim Huybrechts 87.27		2				Nathan Aspinall 100.40	6
																5	Lewis 85.71	5
	Nathan Aspinall 87.69		6
																4	Gurney 84.75	6
						4	Daryl Gurney 92.18	6
	Boris Koltsov 91.37		6				Boris Koltsov 93.51	2
											4	Gurney 93.54	6
	Johan Engström 80.68		5
												M. Webster 87.90	2
						13	Joe Cullen 92.06	5
	Mark Webster 87.61		6				Mark Webster 85.20	6
																										1	van Gerwen 101.22	8
	Dirk van Duijvenbode 80.40		1
																										3	White 99.88	7
						2	Gerwyn Price 91.67	6
	Ross Smith 73.53		4				John Henderson 91.67	3
											2	Price 94.84	6
	John Henderson 81.00		6
												Labanauskas 91.92	4
						15	Ricky Evans 99.47	3
	Darius Labanauskas 103.98		6				Darius Labanauskas 102.85	6
																2	Price 96.06	4
	Michael Rasztovits 86.00		1
																10	Wade 93.36	6
						7	Mensur Suljović 93.62	6
	Raymond van Barneveld 87.62		6				Raymond van Barneveld 97.19	4
											7	Suljović 96.26	3
	Mark Wilson 80.77		1
											10	Wade 102.88	6
						10	James Wade 94.88	6
	Mervyn King 89.31		6				Mervyn King 88.72	2
																					10	Wade 97.13	4
	Devon Petersen 84.21		4
																					3	White 101.15	7
						6	Rob Cross 93.32	6
	Jeffrey de Zwaan 87.33		6				Jeffrey de Zwaan 93.88	5
											6	Cross 98.16	2
	Benjamin Fasching 75.36		1
												Beaton 100.47	6
						11	Michael Smith 96.09	4
	Mark Barilli 82.65		3				Steve Beaton 102.41	6
																	Beaton 87.38	2
	Steve Beaton 88.47		6
																3	White 101.53	6
						3	Ian White 94.75	6
	Jamie Hughes 79.65		6				Jamie Hughes 96.00	5
											3	White 86.45	6
	Patrick Tringler 78.69		3
												Brown 82.32	1
						14	Max Hopp 88.90	4
	Conan Whitehead 89.86		4				Keegan Brown 88.14	6
	Keegan Brown 96.59		6

References

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.