Austrian Darts Open 2016

Austrian Darts Open 2016
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Multiversum , Schwechat
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Vincent van der Voort
Attendees	48
Opening game	June 10, 2016
Endgame	June 12, 2016
Prize money (total)	£ 115,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 25,000
winner	Phil Taylor
statistics
highest finish	164 points from Nigel Heydon
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The Austrian Darts Open was a ranking tournament in darts and was again organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from June 10th to 12th, 2016 after a one-year break . It was the fifth event of the European Darts Tour , which is part of the Pro Tour 2016 . The venue was the Multiversum in Schwechat in Austria.

The reigning defending champion Vincent van der Voort was replaced by Phil Taylor , who won the tournament with a 6: 4 legs final victory over Michael Smith .

format

The tournament was played in a knockout system . Game mode in all rounds was a best of 11 legs . Each leg was played in double-out mode.

Prize money

The tournament totaled £ 115,000 in prize money. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 25,000
finalist	(1)	£ 10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 5,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 3,500
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 2,000
2nd round loser	(16)	£ 1,500
Loser of the preliminary round	(16)	£ 1,000
		£ 115,000

Attendees

The following 48 players were qualified for the Austrian Darts Open 2016:

• The first 16 players of the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit , as of May 13, 2016, all of whom were seeded
• The 20 winners of the UK Qualifier in Coventry on May 20th, 2016
• the eight winners of the European Qualifier on June 1st, 2016
• four qualifiers from the local qualifier on June 9, 2016

PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit

1. Michael van Gerwen
2. Peter Wright
3. Michael Smith
4. Dave Chisnall
5. Kim Huybrechts
6. Ian White
7. Benito van de Pas
8. Jelle Klaasen
9. Scale length Suljović
10. Terry Jenkins
11. Robert Thornton
12. Phil Taylor
13. Stephen Bunting
14. Simon Whitlock
15. Alan Norris
16. Gerwyn Price

UK qualifier

1. Steve West
2. Mervyn King
3. Justin Pipe
4. Brendan Dolan
5. Chris Dobey
6. Wayne Jones
7. Josh Payne
8. Steve Beaton
9. James Richardson
10. Jonny Clayton
11. Kyle Anderson
12. Jamie Caven
13. Nigel Heydon
14. Steve McNally
15. Darron Brown
16. Mark Frost
17. Wes Newton
18. Simon Stevenson
19. James Wilson
20. Ross Smith

European qualifier

1. Ron Meulenkamp
2. Jermaine Wattimena
3. Jeffrey de Graaf
4. Vincent van der Voort
5. Mike Zuydwijk
6. Dimitri Van den Bergh
7. Christian Kist
8. Jeffrey de Zwaan

Local qualifiers

1. Nico Mandl
2. Zoran Lerchbacher
3. Rowby-John Rodriguez
4. Roxy-James Rodriguez

Results

Preliminary round

All unset players started in the 1st round (preliminary round). It was held on June 10, 2016.

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 Jermaine Wattimena 96.31 6  : 3 Brendan Dolan 83.70 2 Wayne Jones 81.64 1: 6 Dimitri Van den Bergh 85.15 3 James Wilson 84.30 5: 6 Simon Stevenson 83.70 4th Chris Dobey 83.11 6  : 3 Darron Brown 82.18 5 Nigel Heydon 89.96 6  : 4 Roxy-James Rodriguez 86.89 6th Christian Kist 78.73 2: 6 James Richardson 90.91 7th Steve McNally 77.71 1: 6 Rowby-John Rodriguez 87.40 8th Mike Zuydwijk 82.39 2: 6 Mark Frost 85.74

game Player 1 Result Player 2 9 Jamie Caven 97.41 6  : 1 Justin Pipe 3/87 10 Ron Meulenkamp 91.52 6  : 3 Jeffrey de Graaf 85.15 11 Josh Payne 84.21 6  : 3 Wes Newton 88.33 12 Jonny Clayton 93.38 6  : 1 Nico Mandl 71.16 13 Steve Beaton 95.18 6  : 1 Vincent van der Voort 90.47 14th Mervyn King 88.98 3: 6 Steve West 101.75 15th Jeffrey de Zwaan 85.53 4: 6 Zoran Lerchbacher 87.31 16 Ross Smith 96.51 4: 6 Kyle Anderson 0597

Final round

In round 2, the seeded players entered the action. They met the winners of the 1st round. The 2nd round was held on June 11, 2016, the remaining final round on June 12, 2016.

Round 2 06/11/2016 best of 11 legs

Round of 16 June 12, 2016 best of 11 legs

Quarter-finals 06/12/2016 best of 11 legs

Semi-finals 06/12/2016 best of 11 legs

Final 06/12/2016 best of 11 legs

1

Michael van Gerwen 109.98

6th

Jonny Clayton 90.93

0

1

Michael van Gerwen 101.36

6th

Steve Beaton 91.28

1

16

Gerwyn Price 79.10

3

Steve Beaton 82.37

6th

1

Michael van Gerwen 95.84

4th

Kyle Anderson 95.31

6th

8th

Jelle Klaasen 92.02

6th

Zoran Lerchbacher 75.31

0

8th

Jelle Klaasen 104.77

5

Kyle Anderson 103.61

6th

9

Scale length Suljović 94.60

5

Kyle Anderson 92.93

6th

Kyle Anderson 105.14

5

12

Phil Taylor 104.20

6th

5

Kim Huybrechts 95.52

6th

Chris Dobey 86.63

1

5

Kim Huybrechts 102.47

3

12

Phil Taylor 101.73

6th

12

Phil Taylor 03/96

6th

Steve West 90.89

1

12

Phil Taylor 100.80

6th

13

Stephen Bunting 88.62

2

4th

Dave Chisnall 98.74

6th

Jamie Caven 92.32

2

4th

Dave Chisnall 94.42

2

13

Stephen Bunting 96.70

6th

13

Stephen Bunting 89.61

6th

James Richardson 85.35

3

12

Phil Taylor 97.34

6th

3

Michael Smith 92.82

4th

2

Peter Wright 98.16

6th

Jermaine Wattimena 80.73

1

2

Peter Wright 95.46

6th

15th

Alan Norris 102.82

5

15th

Alan Norris 96.31

6th

Rowby-John Rodriguez 11 80

1

2

Peter Wright 85.72

4th

10

Terry Jenkins 91.44

6th

7th

Benito van de Pas 98.60

6th

Josh Payne 3/90

1

7th

Benito van de Pas 96.95

3

10

Terry Jenkins 7/93

6th

10

Terry Jenkins 87.68

6th

Dimitri Van den Bergh 86.50

4th

10

Terry Jenkins 86.09

4th

3

Michael Smith 89.33

6th

6th

Ian White 92.90

6th

Simon Stevenson 89.11

4th

6th

Ian White 88.88

0

Nigel Heydon 92.97

6th

11

Robert Thornton 76.57

5

Nigel Heydon 84.49

6th

Nigel Heydon 91.64

5

3

Michael Smith 94.42

6th

3

Michael Smith 89.58

6th

Mark Frost 84.02

5

3

Michael Smith 87.65

6th

Ron Meulenkamp 86.55

4th

14th

Simon Whitlock 93.67

3

Ron Meulenkamp 94.80

6th

transmission

The event was not shown on TV in German-speaking countries.

Internationally, all games were broadcast directly by the PDC on livepdc.tv.

Web links

• Report on darts1.de
• Tournament progress on dartn.de
• Austrian Darts Open 2016 in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)