2012 Austrian Darts Open

The 2012 Austrian Darts Open^[1] was the first of five PDC European Tour events on the 2012 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Arena Nova in Wiener Neustadt near Vienna, Austria, from 27–29 April 2012. It featured a field of 64 players and £82,100 in prize money, with £15,000 going to the winner.

2012 Austrian Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	27–29 April 2012
Venue	Arena Nova
Location	Wiener Neustadt
Country	Austria
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£82,100
Winner's share	£15,000
Nine-dart finish	Michael Smith Simon Whitlock
Champion(s)
Justin Pipe
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Justin Pipe won the title, by defeating James Wade 6–3 in the final. Michael Smith and Simon Whitlock both threw nine-dart finishes during the tournament.^[1]

Prize money

Stage (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	£15,000
Runner-up	(1)	£7,500
Semi-finalists	(2)	£5,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£3,000
Third round losers	(8)	£1,500
Second round losers	(16)	£1,000
First round losers	(32)	£200
Final qualifying round losers	(32)	£100
Total	£82,100

Qualification

The top 32 players from the PDC Order of Merit automatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 13 April), eight from the European Qualifier (held in Cologne on 7 April) and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held in Eisenstadt on 31 March).^[2]

1–32 Phil Taylor (withdrew) Adrian Lewis (withdrew) James Wade (runner-up) Gary Anderson (third round) Simon Whitlock (second round) Wes Newton (quarter-finals) Andy Hamilton (second round) Mark Webster (third round) Raymond van Barneveld (semi-finals) Kevin Painter (third round) Terry Jenkins (second round) Mark Walsh (third round) Wayne Jones (first round) Vincent van der Voort (second round) Colin Lloyd (second round) Paul Nicholson (first round) Ronnie Baxter (first round) Mervyn King (first round) Andy Smith (first round) Justin Pipe (winner) Jamie Caven (first round) Denis Ovens (third round) John Part (first round) Colin Osborne (second round) Alan Tabern (second round) Dave Chisnall (semi-finals) Steve Brown (first round) Brendan Dolan (first round) Co Stompé (second round) Steve Beaton (second round) Peter Wright (second round) Richie Burnett (quarter-finals)

UK Qualifier[3] Mick Todd (first round) Mark Dudbridge (second round) Scott Rand (first round) Johnny Haines (first round) Gaz Cousins (second round) Prakash Jiwa (first round) Steve Evans (second round) Jim Walker (second round) Ian White (first round) William O'Connor (first round) Joe Cullen (quarter-finals) John Scott (first round) James Richardson (quarter-finals) Dean Winstanley (third round) Michael Smith (second round) Brian Woods (first round) Ross Smith (first round) Richie Howson (first round) Arron Monk (first round) Darren Webster (first round)

European Qualifier[4] Gino Vos (second round) Mareno Michels (first round) Roland Scholten (first round) Kim Huybrechts (third round) Michael van Gerwen (third round) Michael Rosenauer (first round) Boris Krčmar (first round) Jelle Klaasen (first round) Host Nation Qualifier[5] Mensur Suljović (first round) Zoran Lerchbacher (first round) Dietmar Burger (first round) Martin Kurecka (first round)

Draw

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	First round (best of 11 legs) 27 April					Second round (best of 11 legs) 28 April					Third round (best of 11 legs) 29 April					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 29 April					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 29 April					Final (best of 11 legs) 29 April
	1	Phil Taylor	w/d
		Gaz Cousins	w/o
							Cousins 78.06	3
						32	Burnett 87.76	6
	32	Richie Burnett	6
		Michael Rosenauer	4
											32	Burnett 97.34	6
												Winstanley 88.61	3
	16	Paul Nicholson	3
		Dean Winstanley	6
							Winstanley 96.92	6
							Walker 97.59	5
	17	Ronnie Baxter	5
		Jim Walker	6
																32	Burnett 87.18	3
																9	van Barneveld 94.26	6
	8	Mark Webster	6
		Jelle Klaasen	3
						8	M. Webster 100.20	6
						25	Tabern 89.25	0
	25	Alan Tabern	6
		Zoran Lerchbacher	2
											8	M. Webster 86.97	2
											9	van Barneveld 102.57	6
	9	Raymond van Barneveld	6
		Arron Monk	4
						9	van Barneveld 93.56	6
						24	Osborne 90.35	4
	24	Colin Osborne	6
		Richie Howson	4
																					9	van Barneveld 93.27	3
																					20	Pipe 107.42	6
	5	Simon Whitlock	6
		Mareno Michels	4
						5	Whitlock 93.69	4
							Cullen 93.63	6
	28	Brendan Dolan	4
		Joe Cullen	6
												Cullen 97.99	6
											12	Walsh 86.09	4
	12	Mark Walsh	6
		Brian Woods	1
						12	Walsh 86.81	6
							M. Smith 90.00	5
	21	Jamie Caven	4
		Michael Smith	6
																	Cullen 93.71	4
																20	Pipe 97.25	6
	4	Gary Anderson	6
		Scott Rand	4
						4	Anderson 96.42	6
						29	Stompé 89.75	2
	29	Co Stompé	6
		Ross Smith	3
											4	Anderson 91.42	2
											20	Pipe 100.17	6
	13	Wayne Jones	3
		Gino Vos	6
							Vos 83.36	4
						20	Pipe 91.17	6
	20	Justin Pipe	6
		Mensur Suljović	2
																										20	Pipe 99.64	6
																										3	Wade 105.56	3
	2	Adrian Lewis	w/d
		James Richardson	w/o
							Richardson 87.18	6
						31	Wright 83.42	3
	31	Peter Wright	6
		William O'Connor	1
												Richardson 90.60	6
												van Gerwen 89.29	5
	15	Colin Lloyd	6
		Ian White	3
						15	Lloyd 91.79	1
							van Gerwen 104.70	6
	18	Mervyn King	4
		Michael van Gerwen	6
																	Richardson 84.09	3
																26	Chisnall 91.12	6
	7	Andy Hamilton	6
		Roland Scholten	3
						7	Hamilton 94.86	4
						26	Chisnall 96.28	6
	26	Dave Chisnall	6
		Martin Kurecka	1
											26	Chisnall 113.09	6
											10	Painter 92.52	3
	10	Kevin Painter	6
		Johnny Haines	4
						10	Painter 80.92	6
							Dudbridge 78.27	2
	23	John Part	5
		Mark Dudbridge	6
																					26	Chisnall 87.22	2
																					3	Wade 88.37	6
	6	Wes Newton	6
		Boris Krčmar	4
						6	Newton 97.00	6
							Evans 85.91	2
	27	Steve Brown	2
		Steve Evans	6
											6	Newton 89.31	6
											22	Ovens 86.34	3
	11	Terry Jenkins	6
		Dietmar Burger	3
						11	Jenkins 83.01	3
						22	Ovens 84.94	6
	22	Denis Ovens	6
		John Scott	5
																6	Newton 91.56	5
																3	Wade 97.06	6
	3	James Wade	6
		Prakash Jiwa	3
						3	Wade 91.24	6
						30	Beaton 91.11	4
	30	Steve Beaton	6
		Mick Todd	3
											3	Wade 85.99	6
												Huybrechts 74.97	1
	14	Vincent van der Voort	6
		Darren Webster	3
						14	van der Voort 79.48	0
							Huybrechts 90.18	6
	19	Andy Smith	3
		Kim Huybrechts	6