2016 Austrian Darts Open

The 2016 Austrian Darts Open was the fifth of ten PDC European Tour events on the 2016 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Multiversum Schwechat in Vienna, Austria, between 10–12 June 2016. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2016 Austrian Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	10–12 June 2016
Venue	Multiversum Schwechat
Location	Vienna
Country	Austria
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£115,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	164 Nigel Heydon (second round)
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«Event 4 Event 6»

Vincent van der Voort was the defending champion from the 2014 tournament, but lost in the first round to Steve Beaton.

Phil Taylor won the event after beating Michael Smith 6–4 in the final, in what was his first (and what would turn out to be his last) PDC European Tour event since the 2014 Gibraltar Darts Trophy.^[1]

Prize money

The prize money of the European Tour events stays the same as last year.^[2]

Stage (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	£25,000
Runner-up	(1)	£10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£5,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£3,500
Third round losers	(8)	£2,000
Second round losers	(16)	£1,500
First round losers	(16)	£1,000
Total	£115,000

Qualification and format

The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2013-11-27 at archive.today on 13 May automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.^[3] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Coventry on 20 May),^[4] eight from the European Qualifier on 1 June^[5] and four from the Host Nation Qualifier on 9 June.

The following players will take part in the tournament:

Top 16 Michael van Gerwen (quarter-finals) Peter Wright (quarter-finals) Michael Smith (runner-up) Dave Chisnall (third round) Kim Huybrechts (third round) Ian White (third round) Benito van de Pas (third round) Jelle Klaasen (third round) Mensur Suljović (second round) Terry Jenkins (semi-finals) Robert Thornton (second round) Phil Taylor (winner) Stephen Bunting (quarter-finals) Simon Whitlock (second round) Alan Norris (third round) Gerwyn Price (second round)

UK Qualifier Steve West (second round) Mervyn King (first round) Justin Pipe (first round) Brendan Dolan (first round) Chris Dobey (second round) Wayne Jones (first round) Josh Payne (second round) Steve Beaton (third round) James Richardson (second round) Jonny Clayton (second round) Kyle Anderson (semi-finals) Jamie Caven (second round) Nigel Heydon (quarter-finals) Steve McNally (first round) Darron Brown (first round) Mark Frost (second round) Wes Newton (first round) Simon Stevenson (second round) James Wilson (first round) Ross Smith (first round)

European Qualifier Ron Meulenkamp (third round) Jermaine Wattimena (second round) Jeffrey de Graaf (first round) Vincent van der Voort (first round) Mike Zuydwijk (first round) Dimitri Van den Bergh (second round) Christian Kist (first round) Jeffrey de Zwaan (first round) Host Nation Qualifier Nico Mandl (first round) Zoran Lerchbacher (second round) Rowby-John Rodriguez (second round) Roxy-James Rodriguez (first round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 10 June [6]					Second round (best of 11 legs) 11 June [7]					Third round (best of 11 legs) 12 June [8]					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 12 June [9]					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 12 June [9]					Final (best of 11 legs) 12 June [9]
		Jonny Clayton 93.38	6			1	Michael van Gerwen 109.98	6
		Nico Mandl 71.16	1				Jonny Clayton 90.93	0
											1	van Gerwen 101.36	6
												Beaton 91.28	1
		Vincent van der Voort 90.47	1			16	Gerwyn Price 79.10	3
		Steve Beaton 95.18	6				Steve Beaton 82.37	6
																1	van Gerwen 95.84	4
																	Anderson 95.31	6
		Jeffrey de Zwaan 85.53	4			8	Jelle Klaasen 92.02	6
		Zoran Lerchbacher 87.31	6				Zoran Lerchbacher 75.31	0
											8	Klaasen 104.77	5
												Anderson 103.61	6
		Kyle Anderson 97.05	6			9	Mensur Suljović 94.60	5
		Ross Smith 96.51	4				Kyle Anderson 92.93	6
																						Anderson 105.14	5
																					12	Taylor 104.20	6
		Chris Dobey 83.11	6			5	Kim Huybrechts 95.52	6
		Darron Brown 82.18	3				Chris Dobey 86.63	1
											5	Huybrechts 102.47	3
											12	Taylor 101.73	6
		Mervyn King 88.98	3			12	Phil Taylor 96.03	6
		Steve West 101.75	6				Steve West 90.89	1
																12	Taylor 100.80	6
																13	Bunting 88.62	2
		Jamie Caven 97.41	6			4	Dave Chisnall 98.74	6
		Justin Pipe 87.03	1				Jamie Caven 92.32	2
											4	Chisnall 94.42	2
											13	Bunting 96.70	6
		Christian Kist 78.73	2			13	Stephen Bunting 89.61	6
		James Richardson 90.91	6				James Richardson 85.35	3
																										12	Taylor 97.34	6
																										3	M. Smith 92.82	4
		Brendan Dolan 83.70	3			2	Peter Wright 98.16	6
		Jermaine Wattimena 96.31	6				Jermaine Wattimena 80.73	1
											2	Wright 95.46	6
											15	Norris 102.82	5
		Rowby-John Rodriguez 87.40	6			15	Alan Norris 96.31	6
		Steve McNally 77.71	1				Rowby-John Rodriguez 80.11	1
																2	Wright 85.72	4
																10	Jenkins 91.44	6
		Wes Newton 88.33	3			7	Benito van de Pas 98.60	6
		Josh Payne 84.21	6				Josh Payne 90.03	1
											7	van de Pas 96.95	3
											10	Jenkins 93.07	6
		Wayne Jones 81.64	1			10	Terry Jenkins 87.68	6
		Dimitri Van den Bergh 85.15	6				Dimitri Van den Bergh 86.5	4
																					10	Jenkins 86.09	4
																					3	M. Smith 89.33	6
		James Wilson 84.30	5			6	Ian White 92.90	6
		Simon Stevenson 83.70	6				Simon Stevenson 89.11	4
											6	White 88.88	0
												Heydon 92.97	6
		Nigel Heydon 89.96	6			11	Robert Thornton 76.57	5
		Roxy-James Rodriguez 86.89	4				Nigel Heydon 84.49	6
																	Heydon 91.64	5
																3	M. Smith 94.42	6
		Mark Frost 85.74	6			3	Michael Smith 89.58	6
		Mike Zuydwijk 82.39	2				Mark Frost 84.02	5
											3	M. Smith 87.65	6
												Meulenkamp 86.55	4
		Ron Meulenkamp 91.52	6			14	Simon Whitlock 93.67	3
		Jeffrey de Graaf 85.15	3				Ron Meulenkamp 94.80	6