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2025 Austrian Darts Open

{{infobox individual darts tournament

|tournament_name = 2025 Elten Safety Shoes Austrian Darts Open

|dates = 25–27 April 2025

|venue = Steiermarkhalle

|location = Premstätten, Austria

|organisation = Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)

|format = Legs
Final – first to 8 legs

|prize_fund = £175,000

|winners_share = £30,000

|prev= Event 4

|next= Event 6

}}

The 2025 Austrian Darts Open, known as the 2025 Elten Safety Shoes Austrian Darts Open for sponsorship reasons, is an upcoming professional darts tournament taking place at the Steiermarkhalle in Premstätten, Austria from 25–27 April 2025. It will be the fifth of fourteen PDC European Tour events on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour. It will feature a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Luke Littler won the 2024 edition after beating Joe Cullen 8–4 in the final.{{cite web |date=29 April 2024 |title=Austrian Darts Open: 'Generational talent' Luke Littler claims second European Tour title after beating Joe Cullen |url=https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/13125483/austrian-darts-open-generational-talent-luke-littler-claims-second-european-tour-title-after-beating-joe-cullen |access-date=29 April 2024 |website=Sky Sports}}{{cite web |date=28 April 2024 |title='Generational talent' Littler wins Austrian Open |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/darts/articles/c8vzr0p7z4go |website=BBC Sport |access-date=12 February 2025}} However, Littler chose not to play in the event, and thus did not defend his title.

Prize money

The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Stage (num. of players)

!Prize money

Winner

| align="center" |(1)

| align="center" |£30,000

Runner-up

| align="center" |(1)

| align="center" |£12,000

Semi-finalists

| align="center" |(2)

| align="center" |£8,500

Quarter-finalists

| align="center" |(4)

| align="center" |£6,000

Third round losers

| align="center" |(8)

| align="center" |£4,000

Second round losers

| align="center" |(16)

| align="center" |£2,500*

First round losers

| align="center" |(16)

| align="center" |£1,250*

colspan="3" |
Total

| colspan="2" align="center" |£175,000

  • Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit 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.{{cite web |title=PDC Order of Merit Rules {{!}} 2025 PDC Order of Merit Rules, as at January 13 2025. |url=https://www.pdc.tv/pdc-order-merit-rules-1 |publisher=PDC}}

Qualification and format

In a change from the previous year, the top 16 on the two-year main PDC Order of Merit ranking were now seeded and entered the tournament in the second round, while the 16 qualifiers from the one-year PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit ranking entered in the first round.{{cite web |last=Shaw |first=Jamie |date=13 January 2025 |title=PDC confirm further controversial changes to European Tour criteria in 2025 |url=https://www.live-darts.com/pdc-darts-news/european-tour/pdc-confirm-further-changes-to-euro-tour-criteria/ |website=Live Darts |access-date=5 February 2025}}{{cite web |last=Gill |first=Samuel |date=13 January 2025 |title=PDC European Tour rules change again in controversial move seeming to protect big names |url=https://dartsnews.com/pdc/pdc-european-tour-rules-change-again-in-controversial-move-seeming-to-protect-big-names |website=Darts News |access-date=5 February 2025}} The seedings were confirmed on 27 March.{{cite web |last1=Gorton |first1=Josh |title=2025 ET5-6 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2025/03/27/2025-et5-6-seeds-tour-card-holder-qualifier-entries-confirmed |publisher=Professional Darts Corporation |access-date=7 April 2025 |language=en |date=27 March 2025}}

The remaining 16 places will go to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 2 April),{{cite web |date=2 April 2025 |title=PDC ET05 Tour Card Holder Qualifier |url=https://tv.dartconnect.com/event/pdceutcq25et05/matches |website=DartConnect}} four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 24 April),{{cite web |date=24 April 2025 |title=PDC ET05 Host Nation Qualifier |url=https://tv.dartconnect.com/event/pdc25et05hnq/matches |website=DartConnect}} one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 28 March){{cite web |date=28 March 2025 |title=PDCNB 2025 Tour ET5 Qualifier Final |url=https://recap.dartconnect.com/matches/67e71671a1999955d55cb5fb |website=Dart Connect}} and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 15 February).{{cite web |date=15 February 2025 |title=PDC ET05 E. Europe Qualifier |url=https://tv.dartconnect.com/event/pdceeu25et05q |website=DartConnect}}

The following players will take part in the tournament:

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:Seeded Players

  1. {{PDCFlag|Jonny Clayton}}
  2. {{PDCFlag|Stephen Bunting}}
  3. {{PDCFlag|Damon Heta}}
  4. {{PDCFlag|Nathan Aspinall}}
  5. {{PDCFlag|Chris Dobey}}
  6. {{PDCFlag|Dave Chisnall}}
  7. {{PDCFlag|James Wade}}
  8. {{PDCFlag|Gerwyn Price}}
  9. {{PDCFlag|Peter Wright}}
  10. {{PDCFlag|Danny Noppert}}
  11. {{PDCFlag|Josh Rock}}
  12. {{PDCFlag|Ross Smith}}
  13. {{PDCFlag|Ryan Searle}}
  14. {{PDCFlag|Dimitri Van den Bergh}}
  15. {{PDCFlag|Mike De Decker}}
  16. {{PDCFlag|Martin Schindler}}

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:Pro Tour Order of Merit Qualifiers

:* {{PDCFlag|Gian van Veen}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Daryl Gurney}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Cameron Menzies}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Wessel Nijman}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Ritchie Edhouse}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Joe Cullen}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Luke Woodhouse}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Raymond van Barneveld}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Jermaine Wattimena}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Andrew Gilding}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Ryan Joyce}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Dirk van Duijvenbode}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Kevin Doets}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Madars Razma}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Krzysztof Ratajski}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Ricardo Pietreczko}}

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:Tour Card Qualifier

:* {{PDCFlag|Berry van Peer}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Karel

Sedlacek}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Nathan Rafferty}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Tom Bissell}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Ian White}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Niko Springer}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Mickey Mansell}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Chris Landman}}

:* {{PDCFlag|Matt Campbell}}

:* {{PDCFlag|William O'Connor}}

:Host Nation Qualifier

:* {{PDCFlag|flag=AUT}}

:* {{PDCFlag|flag=AUT}}

:* {{PDCFlag|flag=AUT}}

:* {{PDCFlag|flag=AUT}}

:Nordic & Baltic Qualifier

:* {{PDCFlag|Teemu Harju}}

:East European Qualifier

:* {{PDCFlag|Gyorgy Jehirszki}}

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Draw

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25 April

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| RD3=Third round
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27 April

| RD4=Quarter-finals
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27 April

| RD5=Semi-finals
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27 April

| RD6=Final
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27 April

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References

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