The 2025 Austrian Darts Open, known as the 2025 Elten Safety Shoes Austrian Darts Open for sponsorship reasons, was a professional
darts
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tournament that took place at the Steiermarkhalle in
Premstätten
Premstätten is since January 2016 a new market town with 5,784 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in Graz-Umgebung District of Styria, Austria. However, it was previously founded in January 2015 as the town name "''Unterpremstätten-Zettling''".
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, Austria from 25–27 April 2025. It was the fifth of fourteen
PDC European Tour
The PDC European Tour is a series of darts tournaments held across Europe organized by the Professional Darts Corporation. Starting in 2012 with five events, the number of events has steadily risen with eight held in 2013 and 2014, nine in 2015, 10 ...
events on the
2025 PDC Pro Tour. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.
Luke Littler
Luke Littler (born 21 January 2007) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number two. Nicknamed "the Nuke", Littler is the rei ...
won the
2024 edition after beating
Joe Cullen 8–4 in the final. However, Littler chose not to play in the event, and thus did not defend his title.
Martin Schindler
Martin Schindler (born 16 August 1996) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number eighteen. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2017, he has won four ra ...
won the title, his third on the European Tour, defeating
Ross Smith 8–4 in the final.
Prize money
The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:
* Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.
Qualification and format
In a change from the previous year, the top 16 on the two-year main
PDC Order of Merit
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ranking were now
seeded and entered the tournament in the second round, while the 16 qualifiers from the one-year
PDC Pro Tour
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Order of Merit ranking entered in the first round. The seedings were confirmed on 27 March.
The remaining 16 places will go to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 2 April), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 24 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 28 March) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 15 February).
, , and withdrew and were replaced by , , and . , and moved up to become the 14th, 15th and 16th seeds respectively.
The following players took part in the tournament:
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Draw
References
{{2025 in PDC darts
International Darts Open
2025 PDC Pro Tour
2025 in Austrian sport