2017 Austrian Darts Open

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.

2017 Austrian Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates	23–25 June 2017
Venue	Multiversum Schwechat
Location	Vienna
Country	Austria
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£135,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Michael Smith (final)[1]
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«Event 6 Event 8»

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.^[2][3]

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

Prize money

This is how the prize money is divided:^[4]

Stage (num. of players)		Prize money
Winner	(1)	£25,000
Runner-up	(1)	£10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£6,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£4,000
Third round losers	(8)	£3,000
Second round losers	(16)	£2,000
First round losers	(16)	£1,000
Total	£135,000

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.^[5]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16[6][7] Michael van Gerwen (champion) Peter Wright (second round) Mensur Suljović (third round) Simon Whitlock (third round) Benito van de Pas (third round) Jelle Klaasen (third round) Kim Huybrechts (third round) Alan Norris (second round) Ian White (second round) Joe Cullen (semi-finals) Michael Smith (runner-up) Daryl Gurney (quarter-finals) Cristo Reyes (semi-finals) Mervyn King (quarter-finals) Stephen Bunting (second round) Steve West (second round)

UK Qualifier [8] 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)

West/South European Qualifier[9] 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[10] 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[11] Kim Viljanen (quarter-finals) East European Qualifier[12] Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)

Draw

^[13]

	First round (best of 11 legs) 23 June[14]					Second round (best of 11 legs) 24 June[15]					Third round (best of 11 legs) 25 June[16]					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 25 June[17]					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 25 June[18]					Final (best of 11 legs) 25 June[19]
						1	Michael van Gerwen 94.96	6
	Wayne Jones 79.80		3				Christian Kallinger 77.89	1
											1	van Gerwen 96.31	6
	Christian Kallinger 83.21		6
												van der Meer 86.73	3
						16	Steve West 85.78	4
	Adrian Gray 92.31		3				Vincent van der Meer 89.24	6
																1	van Gerwen 101.13	6
	Vincent van der Meer 86.69		6
																	Schindler 95.66	1
						8	Alan Norris 90.10	4
	Christian Kist 92.06		1				Jamie Bain 93.04	6
											Bain 92.18		4
	Jamie Bain 99.91		6
											Schindler 90.40		6
						9	Ian White 93.44	2
	Rowby-John Rodriguez 82.53		4				Martin Schindler 98.92	6
																					1	van Gerwen 115.57	6
	Martin Schindler 83.53		6
																					13	Reyes 95.93	1
						5	Benito van de Pas 88.67	6
	John Henderson 92.83		6				John Henderson 93.72	3
											5	van de Pas 90.64	3
	Dirk van Duijvenbode 88.86		2
											12	Gurney 98.51	6
						12	Daryl Gurney 92.61	6
	Jonny Clayton 90.65		6				Jonny Clayton 87.98	2
																12	Gurney 87.74	3
	Roxy-James Rodriguez 80.55		1
																13	Reyes 100.49	6
						4	Simon Whitlock 87.97	6
	Vincent van der Voort 101.86		6				Vincent van der Voort 81.03	1
											4	Whitlock 99.79	5
	Tony Newell 91.56		3
											13	Reyes 96.08	6
						13	Cristo Reyes 97.29	6
	Justin Pipe 89.40		5				René Eidams 91.94	5
																										1	van Gerwen 105.16	6
	René Eidams 83.03		6
																										11	Smith 101.01	5
						2	Peter Wright 97.66	5
	Kim Viljanen 96.04		6				Kim Viljanen 85.14	6
											Viljanen 91.99		6
	Krzysztof Ratajski 91.20		5
											Dobey 92.18		2
						15	Stephen Bunting 78.09	0
	Chris Dobey 87.36		6				Chris Dobey 88.41	6
																	Viljanen 97.90	4
	David Pallett 82.05		1
																10	Cullen 99.94	6
						7	Kim Huybrechts 90.88	6
	Ritchie Edhouse 82.46		2				Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 85.95	3
											7	K. Huybrechts 96.03	3
	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 94.07		6
											10	Cullen 107.45	6
						10	Joe Cullen 98.42	6
	Jamie Lewis 93.17		6				Jamie Lewis 87.50	3
																					10	Cullen 79.67	4
	Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.64		5
																					11	Smith 97.88	6
						6	Jelle Klaasen 94.93	6
	Rob Cross 89.69		6				Rob Cross 83.26	0
											6	Klaasen 88.59	4
	Andy Jenkins 85.58		4
											11	Smith 89.04	6
						11	Michael Smith 94.95	6
	Chris Quantock 89.59		6				Chris Quantock 76.79	2
																11	Smith 103.67	6
	Paul Rowley 86.15		4
																14	King 89.76	3
						3	Mensur Suljović 100.70	6
	James Wilson 84.24		5				Ronny Huybrechts 82.03	1
											3	Suljović 98.89	4
	Ronny Huybrechts 88.23		6
											14	King 93.48	6
						14	Mervyn King 99.54	6
	Zoran Lerchbacher 83.30		6				Zoran Lerchbacher 91.31	2
	Lee Bryant 77.10		4