The 2022 Austrian Darts Open will be the fourth of thirteen
PDC European Tour events on the
2022 PDC Pro Tour The 2022 PDC Pro Tour is the next series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There will be thirty Players ...
. The tournament will take place at the Steiermarkhalle,
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from 29 April–1 May 2022. It will feature a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
Michael van Gerwen
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is the defending champion after defeating
Ian White 8–7 in the
2019 final.
Prize money
The prize money is unchanged from the European Tours of the last 3 years:
* 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 16 March automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.
The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 18 March), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held TBC), the two highest ProTour ranking Austrian players, two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held TBC), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 18 February), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 6 March).
The following players will take part in the tournament:
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Draw
Notes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Austrian Darts Open
2022 PDC Pro Tour
2022 PDC European Tour
2022 in Austrian sport
April 2022 sports events in Austria
May 2022 sports events in Austria