The 2019 Austrian Darts Open was the fifth of thirteen
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events on the
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. The tournament took place at Steiermarkhalle,
Premstätten
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Austria
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, 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.
Jonny Clayton
Jonny Clayton (born 4 October 1974) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed The Ferret, he was half of the Welsh team that won the 2020 PDC World Cup of Darts before winning his ...
was the defending champion after defeating
Gerwyn Price
Gerwyn Stephen Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. Nicknamed "The Iceman", he competes in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), where he is cu ...
8–5 in the final of the
2018 tournament, but he was defeated 6–2 in the second round by
Tytus Kanik
Tytus Kanik (born 17 May 1984) is a Polish professional darts player and former pool player. Currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is a two-time Polish Champion and first player from Poland to gain a PDC Tour Card and make pr ...
.
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently PDC Order of Merit, ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Darts Championship, PDC ...
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:
* 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
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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:
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Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently PDC Order of Merit, ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Darts Championship, PDC ...
(champion)
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Gerwyn Price
Gerwyn Stephen Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. Nicknamed "The Iceman", he competes in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), where he is cu ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Ian White ''(runner-up)''
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Daryl Gurney
Daryl Gurney (born 22 March 1986) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Gurney is a winner of two majors, having won the World Grand Prix in 2017 in his native Ireland, and the ...
''(semi-finals)''
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Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis (born 21 January 1985) is an English professional darts player currently playing in the PDC. He is a two-time PDC World Darts Champion, winning in 2011 and 2012. He is nicknamed Jackpot, as he won a jackpot gambling in Las Vegas ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Rob Cross ''(third round)''
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Mensur Suljović
Mensur Suljović (Serbian Cyrillic: Менсур Суљовић; born 5 March 1972) is an Austrian professional darts player. He plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, having previously played in the British Darts Organisation (BD ...
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Peter Wright ''(quarter-finals)''
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Jonny Clayton
Jonny Clayton (born 4 October 1974) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed The Ferret, he was half of the Welsh team that won the 2020 PDC World Cup of Darts before winning his ...
''(second round)''
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James Wade
James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player to win a major PDC title, when he won the 2007 World Matchplay at the ...
''(semi-finals)''
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Michael Smith ''(second round)''
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Dave Chisnall
Dave Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He began his career in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and was the runner-up in their World Champions ...
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Joe Cullen ''(second round)''
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Max Hopp
Max Hopp (born 20 August 1996) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Hopp reached the final of the 2011 WDF World Cup boys' singles, and won the boys' singles event at the 2012 ...
''(second round)''
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Ricky Evans ''(second round)''
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Darren Webster
Darren Michael Webster (born 10 June 1968) is an English darts player nicknamed Demolition Man.
Career
Webster won the 2005 Open Oust Nederland, beating Co Stompé in the final.
Originally nicknamed The Sniper, Webster reached the quarter-fina ...
''(second round)''
:UK Qualifier
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Mervyn King ''(second round)''
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Andrew Gilding
Andrew Gilding (born 7 December 1970) is an English professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He made his television debut in 2011. Gilding's best result at a PDC major event was reaching the sem ...
''(first round)''
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Steve Beaton
Steve Beaton (born 5 April 1964) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the BDO World Darts Championship in 1996 and is a former World No. 1.
Background
Beaton was born in Co ...
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Devon Petersen
Devon Petersen (born 4 June 1986) is a South African professional darts player and a pundit for Sky Sports. He has qualified for the PDC World Championship on seven occasions with his best result coming in 2014, 2019 and 2021 when he reached ...
''(first round)''
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Stephen Bunting
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Conan Whitehead
Conan Whitehead (born 18 February 1986) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former quarter-finalist of the BDO World Darts Championship.
Career
Whitehead has competed in ...
''(first round)''
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Steve Lennon
Stephen Brendan Lennon (born 25 November 1993) is an Irish professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
Career
Lennon played county darts for Kilkenny and Kildare. Lennon has played professional dart ...
''(second round)''
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Jamie Bain ''(first round)''
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John Henderson ''(second round)''
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Mark Webster ''(third round)''
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Keegan Brown
Keegan Brown (born 5 November 1992) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2014 PDC World Youth Championship.
Career Early career
Brown began playing darts at the age of ni ...
''(third round)''
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Nathan Aspinall
Nathan Aspinall (born 15 July 1991) is an English professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2019 UK Open with a 170 checkout in the final leg against former World Champion Rob Cross.
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''(third round)''
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Chris Dobey
Chris Dobey (born 31 May 1990) is an English professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
His first major TV appearance came in the 2015 UK Open where he lost 5–1 in the first round to Na ...
''(second round)''
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Ross Smith ''(first round)''
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Mark Barilli
Mark Barilli (born 14 November 1973) is a Scottish darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is well known for his throwing style where he changes the speed of his throw from fast to slow alternatively, and also ...
''(first round)''
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Jamie Hughes ''(second round)''
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Ryan Searle ''(second round)''
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Mark Wilson ''(first round)''
:European Qualifier
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Darius Labanauskas
Darius Labanauskas (born 26 July 1976) is a Lithuanian professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2015, he was the WDF world number 1.
Career
BDO
Labanauskas is a three-time Lithuania National Ch ...
''(third round)''
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Dirk van Duijvenbode
Dirk van Duijvenbode (born 30 June 1992) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is known for his energetic walk-on, combined with hardstyle music. More recently, he has become known for ...
''(first round)''
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Tytus Kanik
Tytus Kanik (born 17 May 1984) is a Polish professional darts player and former pool player. Currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is a two-time Polish Champion and first player from Poland to gain a PDC Tour Card and make pr ...
''(third round)''
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Jeffrey de Zwaan
Jeffrey de Zwaan (born 26 March 1996) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
Career
De Zwaan progressed through to the last 16 of the 2014 World Masters, where he lost 3–0 to Glen ...
''(second round)''
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Kim Huybrechts
Kim Huybrechts (born 16 November 1985) is a Belgian professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He made the final of a major TV event, the 2012 Players Championship Finals, losing to Phil Taylor 13 ...
''(first round)''
:West/South European Qualifier
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Diogo Portela
Diogo Portela (born 12 June 1988) is a Brazilian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events.
Career
Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Portela first came into prominence in 2 ...
''(first round)''
:Host Nation Qualifier
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Dietmar Burger
Dietmar Burger (born 19 July 1968) is an Austrian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Burger won the Czech Open back-to-back in 2005 and 2006 and then won the Finnish Open in 2007, an eve ...
''(first round)''
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Michael Rasztovits
Michael Rasztovits (born 16 February 1984), nicknamed "Rasto", is an Austrian darts player.
Career
Since 2011, Rasztovits has taken part in PDC events. He has played in Qualifying School from 2013 onwards but has never won enough games to win ...
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Benjamin Fasching ''(first round)''
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Patrick Tringler ''(first round)''
:Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
:* Johan Engström ''(first round)''
:East European Qualifier
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Boris Koltsov
Boris Koltsov (russian: Борис Сергеевич Кольцов; born 10 September 1988) is a Russian darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
Career BDO
In September 2014, Koltsov reached the semi-fina ...
''(second round)''
Draw
References
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