2022 Austrian Darts Open

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The **2022 Interwetten Austrian Darts Open** was the fourth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament was held at the Steiermarkhalle, Graz from 29 April–1 May 2022. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen entered the event as the defending champion, having defeated Ian White 8–7 in the 2019 final, and he successfully defended his title with an 8–5 win over Danny Noppert in the final.

## Prize money

The prize money is unchanged from the European Tours of the last 3 years:

* Seeded players who lose in the second round and host nation qualifiers (who qualify automatically as a result of their ranking) 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.

## Qualification and format

The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 10 February automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

The remaining 32 places went to players from six qualifying events – 24 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 18 March), two from the Associate Member Qualifier (held on 24 April), the two highest ProTour ranking Austrian players, two from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 28 April), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 18 February), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 6 March).

Top seed Gerwyn Price and qualifier Adrian Lewis withdrew before the start of the tournament, so Ross Smith was promoted into the seeded positions and two extra places were made available in the Host Nation Qualifier.

The following players took part in the tournament:

2. José de Sousa  *(Second round)*
3. Joe Cullen  *(Quarter-finals)*
4. **Michael van Gerwen**  **(Champion)**
5. Ryan Searle  *(Second round)*
6. Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Second round)*
7. Luke Humphries  *(Second round)*
8. Brendan Dolan  *(Second round)*
9. Rob Cross  *(Quarter-finals)*
10. Damon Heta  *(Second round)*
11. Jonny Clayton  *(Third round)*
12. Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(Quarter-finals)*
13. James Wade  *(Third round)*
14. Krzysztof Ratajski  *(Third round)*
15. Nathan Aspinall  *(Semi-finals)*
16. Ross Smith  *(Second round)*
* Jermaine Wattimena  *(First round)*
* Berry van Peer  *(First round)*
* Matt Campbell  *(First round)*
* Jeffrey de Zwaan  *(Second round)*
* Madars Razma  *(Third round)*
* Stephen Bunting  *(Semi-finals)*
* Steve Beaton  *(First round)*
* Josh Rock  *(Second round)*
* Danny Jansen  *(Third round)*
* Devon Petersen  *(First round)*
* Rowby-John Rodriguez  *(Second round)*
* Gabriel Clemens  *(Third round)*
* Brett Claydon  *(Second round)*
* Tony Martinez  *(First round)*
* Radek Szagański  *(First round)*
* Danny Noppert  *(Runner-up)*
* Cameron Menzies  *(Second round)*
* Callan Rydz  *(Third round)*
* Darius Labanauskas  *(First round)*
* Jim Williams  *(Second round)*
* Ian White  *(First round)*
* Ricky Evans  *(Quarter-finals)*
* Wesley Plaisier  *(Second round)*
* Thibault Tricole  *(First round)*

**Highest Ranked Austrians**
* Mensur Suljović  *(First round)*
* Zoran Lerchbacher  *(Third round)*

**Host Nation Qualifier**
* Patrik Gosnak  *(Second round)*
* Michael Rasztovits  *(First round)*
* Rainer Sturm  *(First round)*
* Dietmar Burger  *(First round)*

**Nordic & Baltic Qualifier**
* Johan Engström  *(First round)*

**East European Qualifier**
* Karel Sedláček  *(First round)*

## References

1. ↑ Graz Glory For Van Gerwen.
2. ↑ Van Gerwen doubles 2022 Euro Tour title tally at Austrian Darts Open.
3. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules.
4. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules | PDC.
5. ↑ Players Championships 5-6 entries & European Tour 4-5 seeds confirmed.
6. ↑ 2022 Interwetten Austrian Darts Open draw & schedule. PDC.