The 2013 Austrian Darts Open was the fourth of eight

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events on the

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. The tournament took place at the Arena Nova in

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, from 31 May–2 June 2013. It featured a field of 64 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner.

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won his second European Tour title by beating Mervyn King 6–3 in the final.

Prize money

Qualification

The top 32 players from th
PDC ProTour Order of Merit
on the 29 April 2013 automatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in

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on 3 May), eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue in

on 30 May).

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and Phil Taylor all withdrew before the event started. Two additional places were therefore available in the European Qualifier and one extra place was available in the Home Nation Qualifier. 1–32 UK Qualifier * Terry Temple ''(first round)'' * Jamie Lewis ''(first round)'' * Kevin McDine ''(third round)'' * Paul Barham ''(first round)'' *

Steve Beaton Steve Beaton (born 5 April 1964) is an English former professional darts player who competes in World Seniors Darts (WSD) events. Nicknamed "the Bronzed Adonis", Beaton formerly formerly competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO), World Dart ...

''(semi-finals)'' * Ross Smith ''(third round)'' * Nigel Heydon ''(second round)'' *

Alan Tabern Alan Tabern (born 29 September 1966) is an English darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He is nicknamed "The Saint". Darts career A left-hander, Tabern made his PDC World Championship debut in 2006 with ...

''(first round)'' * Steve West ''(second round)'' * Steve Hine ''(first round)'' * John Bowles ''(first round)'' *

Darren Webster Darren Michael Webster (born 10 June 1968) is an English darts player who is nicknamed Demolition Man. Career Webster won the 2005 Open Oust Nederland, beating Co Stompé in the final. Originally nicknamed The Sniper, Webster reached the quar ...

''(first round)'' *

Joe Murnan Joe Murnan (born 28 September 1983) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Murnan reached the last 40 of the 2010 Winmau World Masters, losing 3–0 to Filipino Ronald L. Briones. Murn ...

''(first round)'' * John Henderson ''(second round)'' * Jim Walker ''(second round)'' * Dennis Smith ''(quarter-finals)'' *

Peter Hudson Peter John Hudson Order of Australia, AM (born 19 February 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (1897–1989), Victorian Football League (VFL) and for the New ...

''(first round)'' * Kevin Dowling ''(second round)'' *

Campbell Jackson Campbell Jackson (born 20 June 1981) is a Northern Irish former darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments. Career In 2010, Jackson won an Irish Players Championship by beating Shane O'Connor (darts player), Sh ...

''(first round)'' * Joe Cullen ''(quarter-finals)'' European Qualifier * ~~Peter Martin ''(withdrew)''~~ * Max Hopp ''(first round)'' *

Roland Scholten Roland Scholten (born 11 January 1965) is a Dutch former professional darts player who played in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and British Darts Organisation (BDO). Nicknamed The Tripod and The Flying Dutchman, Scholten turn ...

''(first round)'' * Bernd Roith ''(first round)'' *

Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort (born 18 December 1975) is a Dutch former professional darts player who played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) then Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is nicknamed the "Dutch Destroyer", although he used ...

''(first round)'' * Tomas Seyler ''(second round)'' *

Ronny Huybrechts Ronny Huybrechts (born 20 July 1965) is a Belgian professional darts player. Career Ronny and his brother Kim Huybrechts became the first brothers to play in the World Cup of Darts in February 2013 and advanced from Group H courtesy of a 5– ...

''(first round)'' * Antonio Alcinas ''(first round)'' * Leon de Geus ''(first round)'' *

Jelle Klaasen Jelle Klaasen (born 17 October 1984), nicknamed the Cobra, is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously participated in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments, where in 2006 ...

''(quarter-finals)'' Host Nation Qualifier * Andreas Pur ''(first round)'' * Günther Rimser ''(first round)'' *

Mensur Suljović Mensur Suljović (Serbian Cyrillic: Менсур Суљовић; born 5 March 1972) is a Serbian-Austrian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he reached a peak ranking of world number five ...

''(first round)'' * Christian Kallinger ''(first round)'' * Erwin Freidl ''(first round)''

Draw

References

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