# 2022 Australian Darts Open

The 2022 Australian Darts Open was the second edition of the Australian Darts Open organised by Darts Australia. The tournament was held at the Moama Bowling Club in Moama, Australia. Australian Darts Open has been added to the WDF calendar and has been awarded Platinum ranking status, with a total prize fund of A$80,000.
Damon Heta who won the previous men's tournament was absent from the event, having switched to the Professional Darts Corporation in January 2020. Lisa Ashton was defending the women's title as one of the seeded players, but lost in the group-stage match to Nicole Regnaud from New Zealand.
Raymond Smith became the new men's champion and Beau Greaves became the new women's champion.

## Prize money

| Stage (num. of players) | Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | Prize money |
| Stage (num. of players) | Stage (num. of players) | Men | Women |
| Winner | (1) | A$16,000 | A$8,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | A$8,000 | A$4,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | A$4,000 | A$2,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | A$2,000 | A$1,250 |
| Last 12 | (4) | — | A$750 |
| Last 16 | (8) | A$1,250 | — |
| Last 24 | (8) | A$750 | — |
| Total | Total | A$80,000 | A$80,000 |

## Men's
### Format and qualifiers

Qualifying criteria is as follows:
* 2022 Lakeside Men's World Champion (seeded)
* Two best players from World men's ranking (seeded)
* Three best players from Australia men's ranking (seeded)
* Two best players from New Zealand men's ranking (seeded)
* Eight qualifiers from the state qualifiers (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
* Eight qualifiers from open qualification tournaments in Moama, Australia on 3–4 August 2022
The final 24 men will be drawn into groups of 3 and will compete upon the stage.
* ↑ James Hurrell (#1 in WDF World Men's Ranking) withdrew due to cost issues. He was replaced by Jelle Klaasen (#8 in WDF World Men's Ranking).
* ↑ Luke Littler (#2 in WDF World Men's Ranking) withdrew due to cost issues. He was replaced by Mal Cuming (#4 in WDF Australia Men's Ranking).
* ↑ Ben Robb (#2 in WDF New Zealand Men's Ranking) withdrew. He was replaced by Sam Ballinger (#5 in WDF Australia Men's Ranking).

### Group stage

All group matches are best of nine legs Only winners in each group qualify for the knock-out stage
NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage
Source:

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 6 August | Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 6 August | Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 6 August | Semi-finals (best of 15 legs) 6 August | Semi-finals (best of 15 legs) 6 August | Semi-finals (best of 15 legs) 6 August | Final (best of 19 legs) 6 August | Final (best of 19 legs) 6 August | Final (best of 19 legs) 6 August |
| A1 | Neil Duff 81.99 | 6 | | | | | | |
| B1 | Sam Ballinger 82.59 | 3 | | | | | | |
| B1 | Sam Ballinger 82.59 | 3 | A1 | Neil Duff 84.85 | 6 | | | |
| | | | D1 | Raymond Smith 83.55 | 8 | | | |
| C1 | Peter Machin 84.00 | 2 | D1 | Raymond Smith 83.55 | 8 | | | |
| D1 | Raymond Smith 83.91 | 6 | | | | | | |
| D1 | Raymond Smith 83.91 | 6 | | | | D1 | Raymond Smith 93.33 | 10 |
| | | | | | | E1 | Haupai Puha 90.22 | 9 |
| E1 | Haupai Puha 88.77 | 6 | | | | | | | E1 | Haupai Puha 90.22 | 9 |
| F1 | Mitchell Clegg 88.97 | 4 | | | | | | |
| F1 | Mitchell Clegg 88.97 | 4 | E1 | Haupai Puha 90.62 | 8 | | | |
| | | | G1 | Scott Hallett 84.20 | 6 | | | |
| G1 | Scott Hallett 83.85 | 6 | G1 | Scott Hallett 84.20 | 6 | | | |
| H1 | Jelle Klaasen 88.18 | 5 | | | | | | |

## Women's
### Format and qualifiers

Qualifying criteria is as follows:
* 2022 Lakeside Women's World Champion (seeded)
* Best player from World Women's Ranking (seeded)
* 2019 Australian Darts Open finalists (seeded)
* Two best players from Australia Women's Ranking
* Two best players from New Zealand Women's Ranking
* Four qualifiers from open qualification tournaments in Moama, Australia on 3–4 August 2022
The final 12 women will be drawn into groups of 3 and will compete upon the stage.
* ↑ Deta Hedman (#2 in WDF World Women's Ranking) withdrew due to cost issues. She was replaced by Kirsty Hutchinson (#3 in WDF World Women's Ranking).

### Group stage

Source:
All group matches are best of seven legs Only winners in each group qualify for the knock-out stage
NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 6 August | Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 6 August | Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 6 August | Final (best of 15 legs) 6 August | Final (best of 15 legs) 6 August | Final (best of 15 legs) 6 August |
| A1 | Beau Greaves 84.74 | 6 | | | |
| D1 | Nicole Regnaud 73.73 | 3 | | | |
| D1 | Nicole Regnaud 73.73 | 3 | A1 | Beau Greaves 91.27 | 8 |
| | | | C1 | Mikuru Suzuki 89.46 | 5 |
| B1 | Wendy Harper 65.10 | 2 | C1 | Mikuru Suzuki 89.46 | 5 |
| C1 | Mikuru Suzuki 75.42 | 6 | | | |