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2024 Austrian Darts Open

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2024 Austrian Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates26–28 April 2024
VenueSteiermarkhalle
LocationPremstätten
Country Austria
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout
Champion(s)
 Luke Littler
«Event 4 Event 6»

The 2024 NEO.bet Austrian Darts Open was the fifth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Steiermarkhalle, Premstätten, Austria from 26 to 28 April 2024. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Jonny Clayton was the defending champion after defeating Josh Rock 8–6 in the 2023 final.[1][2] Clayton was beaten 6–3 by Martin Schindler in the third round.

Luke Littler won his second European Tour title of 2024 after beating Joe Cullen 8–4 in the final.[3][4]

Prize money

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The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[5]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £30,000
Runner-up (1) £12,000
Semi-finalists (2) £8,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £6,000
Third round losers (8) £4,000
Second round losers (16) £2,500*
First round losers (16) £1,250*
Total £175,000
  • 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.[6][7]

Qualification and format

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A massive overhaul in the qualification for the 2024 European Tour events was announced on 7 January.[8]

For the first time, both the PDC Order of Merit and the PDC ProTour Order of Merit rankings were used to determine 32 of the 48 entrants for the event.

The top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit qualified, along with the highest 16 ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit (after the PDC Order of Merit players were removed). From those 32 players, the 16 highest ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit were seeded for the event.

The seedings were confirmed on 4 April.[9]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 10 April), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (to be held on 25 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Nation Qualifier (held on 5 April) and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 6 April).

Luke Humphries and Gary Anderson withdrew and were replaced by Richard Veenstra and Ricky Evans. Krzysztof Ratajski and Joe Cullen moved up to become the 15th and 16th seeds respectively.[10]

After the draw was made, Gerwyn Price withdrew and was replaced by Daniel Klose, who went straight in at the second round.

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
26 April
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
27 April
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
28 April
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
28 April
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
28 April
Final
(best of 15 legs)
28 April
  Brendan Dolan 98.3261 Dave Chisnall 93.606
 Hannes Schnier 93.433 Brendan Dolan 98.244
1 Chisnall 98.653
16 Cullen 102.176
  Darius Labanauskas 87.14616 Joe Cullen 102.026
 Madars Razma 81.604 Darius Labanauskas 99.713
16 Cullen 104.496
 van Veen 103.373
  Arron Monk 87.9948 Dirk van Duijvenbode 98.802
 Ritchie Edhouse 93.456 Ritchie Edhouse 103.606
  Edhouse 98.934
 van Veen 105.206
  José de Sousa 74.9519 Ryan Searle 99.805
 Gian van Veen 90.446 Gian van Veen 98.056
16 Cullen 98.537
13 Bunting 96.265
  Martin Lukeman 88.2934 Rob Cross 97.534
 Daryl Gurney 92.316 Daryl Gurney 100.536
 Gurney 100.403
13 Bunting 104.646
Alt Richard Veenstra 97.24613 Stephen Bunting 97.946
Alt Ricky Evans 94.715Alt Richard Veenstra 91.915
13 Bunting 93.826
 Schindler 91.995
  Graham Hall 92.8325 Jonny Clayton 97.196
 Chris Dobey 106.536 Chris Dobey 87.761
5 Clayton 87.573
 Schindler 91.736
  Martin Schindler 111.37612 Ricardo Pietreczko 87.640
 James Wade 99.764 Martin Schindler 101.336
16 Cullen 85.544
 Littler 102.718
  Luke Littler 91.6162 Damon Heta 88.132
 Zoran Lerchbacher 83.102 Luke Littler 106.026
 Littler 95.076
15 Ratajski 91.513
  Dom Taylor 100.20615 Krzysztof Ratajski 96.816
 Christian Gödl 86.930 Dom Taylor 91.022
 Littler 98.276
10 Noppert 90.155
  Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.5067 Josh Rock 102.736
 Gabriel Clemens 97.285 Dimitri Van den Bergh 96.555
7 Rock 106.503
10 Noppert 102.126
  Wessel Nijman 95.21610 Danny Noppert 104.036
 Romeo Grbavac 86.065 Wessel Nijman 99.763
 Littler 105.657
14 R.Smith 95.782
  Andrew Gilding 81.026Alt Daniel Klose 88.286
 Dominik Haberl 74.562 Andrew Gilding 87.262
Alt Klose 93.282
14 R.Smith 98.306
  Raymond van Barneveld 89.46614 Ross Smith 105.966
 Mike De Decker 92.785 Raymond van Barneveld 103.995
14 R.Smith 97.146
6 van Gerwen 90.611
  Jeffrey de Zwaan 99.1866 Michael van Gerwen 102.626
 Karel Sedláček 93.533 Jeffrey de Zwaan 94.381
6 van Gerwen 93.926
11 Wright 95.504
  Danny Lauby 93.53611 Peter Wright 92.076
 Ryan Joyce 85.594 Danny Lauby 86.425

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Josh Rock whitewashes Michael Van Gerwen in Austrian Darts Open before Jonny Clayton wins final". Sky Sports. 23 April 2023.
  2. ^ Gorton, Josh (23 April 2023). "Clinical Clayton celebrates Graz glory at Austrian Darts Open". PDC.
  3. ^ "Austrian Darts Open: 'Generational talent' Luke Littler claims second European Tour title after beating Joe Cullen". Sky Sports. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  4. ^ Allen, Dave (28 April 2024). "Sensational Littler sees off Cullen for NEO.bet Austrian Darts Open glory". PDC. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  5. ^ Phillips, Josh (15 February 2023). "Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced". PDC.
  6. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC".
  7. ^ Allen, Dave (22 February 2024). "European Tour Prize Money Rule Statement". PDC.
  8. ^ Allen, Dave (7 January 2024). "New qualifying format for European Tour confirmed for 2024". PDC.
  9. ^ Gorton, Josh (4 April 2024). "ET5-6 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". PDC.
  10. ^ Gorton, Josh (25 April 2024). "2024 NEO.bet Austrian Darts Open draw & schedule". PDC. Retrieved 25 April 2024.