European Tour

Austrian Darts Open 2025

Graz/Premstätten,
25 April 2025
Entry Deadline Wednesday 26 March - 2:00pm GMT
Entries:

All Tour Card Holders (Seeds/Qualifiers) must enter this event prior to the entry deadline. The draw for this event will be made on Thursday 24th April, 24hrs prior to the start of the event and will appear here when done. Games from the Last 16 onwards will be played in the Draw Bracket order.

Players will be required to register at the PDC Control Desk at the Players Entrance no later than one hour before the scheduled time of their match. Any player who fails to register as above will face referral to the DRA. Should a player not register within 30 minutes of their scheduled match then they will be disqualified from the event without exception and not be entitled to receive any prize money from the event.

Any player who wishes to familiarise themselves with their stage before their first match may do so 90 minutes before the start of play, all players must have cleared the stage by the time that doors open to the public.

Withdrawals
Any player who needs to withdraw from this event must do so prior to the Tour Card Qualifier, or at the very latest prior to the draw which is 24 hours prior to the start to avoid a DRA sanction.

Contact Prior to event:
PDC Graham Fairhurst [email protected] 07930 975240
Contacts at event:
PDC Keith Bisby [email protected] 07860 155885
PDPA Andy Scott [email protected] 07946 180180

Guests:

Players are permitted one, non-transferable guest per day in which they compete (excluding DRA Registered Managers). Guests must be aged 16 or above and be genuinely linked to the player who they are a guest of. ID may be required and under-18s must be accompanied by a guardian.

The guest is the sole responsibility of the player they are signed in under. If that player does not attend the Tournament, then the guest cannot gain access to the venue. Players are required to register their guest’s name with PDC Europe via [email protected] before 22.00 local time on Thursday April 24th.

Failure to submit guest names may result in the guest not being allowed into the venue. When the player has lost their match and leaves the venue then the guest must also leave thevenue at the same time (as the guest is the sole responsibility of the player).

All guests are required to be dressed to an appropriate standard in respect of the event they are attending, which includes the following:

*Shorts can be worn but must be dress shorts or similar.
*Tops must cover down to the waist.
*No flip-flops/sliders to be worn.
*Football shirts and shorts and any other clothing representing sports teams are not permitted.
*PDC Security will monitor compliance upon entry and reserve the right to refuse entry at their absolute discretion.

More Information:

2025 Elten Safety Shoes Austrian Darts Open

April 25-27, Premstättner Halle, Graz
Tournament Draw Bracket - Second Round Onwards
Players seeded based on PDC Order of Merit position

(1) Jonny Clayton v Jermaine Wattimena/Host Nation Qualifier 1
(16) Daryl Gurney v Ritchie Edhouse/Host Nation Qualifier 2
(8) Danny Noppert v Lukas Wenig/Niko Springer
(9) Josh Rock v Krzysztof Ratajski/Mickey Mansell
(4) Nathan Aspinall v Kevin Doets/Berry van Peer
(13) Martin Schindler v Matthew Dennant/Host Nation Qualifier 3
(5) Chris Dobey v Ricardo Pietreczko/Tom Bissell
(12) Mike De Decker v Wessel Nijman/William O'Connor
(2) Stephen Bunting v Patrick Geeraets/Matt Campbell
(15) Gian van Veen v Dirk van Duijvenbode/Gyorgy Jehirszki
(7) Peter Wright v Luke Woodhouse/Nathan Rafferty
(10) Ross Smith v Andrew Gilding/Chris Landman
(3) Damon Heta v Raymond van Barneveld/Karel Sedlacek
(14) Joe Cullen v Thibault Tricole/Host Nation Qualifier 4
(6) Dave Chisnall v Madars Razma/Ian White
(11) Ryan Searle v Ryan Joyce/Teemu Harju

Schedule of Play
Friday April 25
First Round
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)

Patrick Geeraets v Matt Campbell
Krzysztof Ratajski v Mickey Mansell
Madars Razma v Ian White
Andrew Gilding v Chris Landman
Thibault Tricole v Host Nation Qualifier 4
Ryan Joyce v Teemu Harju
Ricardo Pietreczko v Tom Bissell
Matthew Dennant v Host Nation Qualifier 3

Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Lukas Wenig v Niko Springer
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Gyorgy Jehirszki
Wessel Nijman v William O'Connor
Raymond van Barneveld v Karel Sedlacek
Ritchie Edhouse v Host Nation Qualifier 2
Kevin Doets v Berry van Peer
Jermaine Wattimena v Host Nation Qualifier 1
Luke Woodhouse v Nathan Rafferty

Saturday April 26
Second Round
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)

Ross Smith v Gilding/Landman
Ryan Searle v Joyce/Harju
Danny Noppert v Wenig/Springer
Gian van Veen v Van Duijvenbode/Jehirszki
Joe Cullen v Tricole/HNQ4
Josh Rock v Ratajski/Mansell
Daryl Gurney v Edhouse/HNQ2
Mike De Decker v Nijman/O’Connor

Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Damon Heta v Van Barneveld/Sedlacek
Peter Wright v Woodhouse/Rafferty
Jonny Clayton v Wattimena/HNQ1
Nathan Aspinall v Doets/Van Peer
Chris Dobey v Pietreczko/Bissell
Stephen Bunting v Geeraets/Campbell
Martin Schindler v Dennant/HNQ3
Dave Chisnall v Razma/White

Sunday April 27
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)

Third Round

Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final

NB: From the original list of entries, Gerwyn Price, James Wade, Dimitri Van den Bergh and Cameron Menzies have withdrawn from the event, and have been replaced by Thibault Tricole, Patrick Geeraets, Matthew Dennant and Lukas Wenig from the Reserve List.

Joe Cullen, Gian van Veen and Daryl Gurney have moved into the seeded positions, while Luke Humphries, Luke Littler, Michael van Gerwen, Rob Cross, Gary Anderson and Michael Smith did not enter the Austrian Darts Open.


PRIZE FUND:

Champion £30,000
Runner-Up £12,000
Semi Finals £8,500
Quarter Finals £6,000
Third Round £4,000
Second Round £2,500
First Round £1,250
TOTAL £175,000