2017 Austrian Darts Open

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The **2017 Austrian Darts Open** was the seventh of twelve PDC European Tour events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Multiversum Schwechat, Vienna, Austria between 23–25 June 2017. It featured a field of 48 players and £135,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion after defeating Michael Smith 6–4 in the final of the 2016 tournament, but he decided not to participate in the tournament in 2017.

Michael van Gerwen won the title, defeating Smith 6–5 in the final.

## Prize money

The prize fund in the 2017 PDC European Tour events increased by £20,000 to £135,000 per event, although the winner still received £25,000.

In a change of rules for 2017, prize money will count towards the PDC Order of Merit, the PDC ProTour Order of Merit and the European Tour Order of Merit, with one exception: should a seeded player lose in the second round (last 32), their prize money will not count towards any Orders of Merit, although they still receive the full prize money payment.

This is how the prize money was divided:

## Qualification and format

The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 11 May automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from five qualifying events – 18 from the UK Qualifier (held in Milton Keynes on 19 May), eight from the West/South European Qualifier (held on 31 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 22 June), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 19 May) and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 22 June).

Adrian Lewis withdrew for health reasons the day before the event, meaning a fifth Host Nation Qualifier will take his place.

The following players took part in the tournament:

1. **Michael van Gerwen**  **(Champion)**
2. Peter Wright  *(Second round)*
3. Mensur Suljović  *(Third round)*
4. Simon Whitlock  *(Third round)*
5. Benito van de Pas  *(Third round)*
6. Jelle Klaasen  *(Third round)*
7. Kim Huybrechts  *(Third round)*
8. Alan Norris  *(Second round)*
9. Ian White  *(Second round)*
10. Joe Cullen  *(Semi-finals)*
11. Michael Smith  *(Runner-Up)*
12. Daryl Gurney  *(Quarter-finals)*
13. Cristo Reyes  *(Semi-finals)*
14. Mervyn King  *(Quarter-finals)*
15. Stephen Bunting  *(Second round)*
16. Steve West  *(Second round)*
* ~~Adrian Lewis~~  *(Withdrew)*
* Jamie Lewis  *(Second round)*
* Wayne Jones  *(First round)*
* David Pallett  *(First round)*
* James Wilson  *(First round)*
* Rob Cross  *(Second round)*
* Chris Dobey  *(Third round)*
* Lee Bryant  *(First round)*
* Andy Jenkins  *(First round)*
* Justin Pipe  *(First round)*
* Adrian Gray  *(First round)*
* Jonny Clayton  *(Second round)*
* John Henderson  *(Second round)*
* Tony Newell  *(First round)*
* Chris Quantock  *(Second round)*
* Paul Rowley  *(First round)*
* Ritchie Edhouse  *(First round)*
* Jamie Bain  *(Third round)*
* Vincent van der Voort  *(Second round)*
* Christian Kist  *(First round)*
* Vincent van der Meer  *(Third round)*
* Martin Schindler  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(First round)*
* Ronny Huybrechts  *(Second round)*
* René Eidams  *(Second round)*
* Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(First round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Roxy-James Rodriguez  *(First round)*
* Rowby-John Rodriguez  *(First round)*
* Christian Kallinger  *(Second round)*
* Zoran Lerchbacher  *(Second round)*
* Rusty-Jake Rodriguez  *(Second round)*

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Kim Viljanen  *(Quarter-finals)*

**East European Qualifier**
* Krzysztof Ratajski  *(First round)*

## References

1. ↑ Taylor Wins 2016 Austrian Darts Open. PDC. Retrieved on August 12, 2023.
2. ↑ Van Gerwen Takes Austrian Glory. PDC. Retrieved on August 20, 2023.
3. ↑ Record Prize Money On Offer In 2017. PDC. Retrieved on August 17, 2023.
4. ↑ European Tour Rule Changes Announced. PDC. Retrieved on August 17, 2023.
5. ↑ European Tour 6-7 Entries. PDC. Retrieved on August 20, 2023.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Austrian Darts Open Draw & Schedule. PDC. Retrieved on June 22, 2017.