2014 Austrian Darts Open

The 2014 Austrian Darts Open was the fourth of eight PDC European Tour events on the 2014 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Salzburgarena in Salzburg, Austria, between 20–22 June 2014. It featured a field of 48 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner.

2014 Austrian Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates20–22 June 2014
VenueSalzburgarena
LocationSalzburg
Country Austria
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£100,000
Winner's share£20,000
High checkout170 Jamie Caven
Champion(s)
Vincent van der Voort
«Event 3 Event 5»

Vincent van der Voort won his first European Tour title by defeating Jamie Caven 6–5 in the final.[1]

Prize money

[2]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £20,000
Runner-up (1) £8,000
Semi-finalists (2) £4,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £3,000
Third round losers (8) £2,000
Second round losers (16) £1,250
First round losers (16) £1,000
Total £100,000

Qualification and format

The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 29 April 2014 automatically qualified for the event.[3] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 2 May),[4] eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held at the venue the day before the event started).[5] Michael van Gerwen withdrew on the morning before his second round match against Dean Winstanley due to an ankle injury. Winstanley received a bye through to the third round.[6]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw
First round
(best of 11 legs)
20 June
[7]		Second round
(best of 11 legs)
21 June
[8]		Third round
(best of 11 legs)
22 June
[9]		Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
22 June
[10]		Semi-finals
(best of 11 legs)
22 June
[10]		Final
(best of 11 legs)
22 June
[10]
  Dean Winstanley 84.7361 Michael van Gerwenw/d
Uwe Bacher 67.394 Dean Winstanleyw/o
Winstanley 94.223
16 Newton 96.526
  Bernd Roith 86.62616 Wes Newton 94.546
Salmon Renyaan 75.851 Bernd Roith 90.452
16 Newton 97.175
8 Wright 97.456
  Michael Smith 114.1568 Peter Wright 102.956
David Pallett 90.810 Michael Smith 96.373
8 Wright 99.706
9 Beaton 94.603
  Mark Walsh 94.0749 Steve Beaton 87.036
Andrew Gilding 92.316 Andrew Gilding 90.845
8 Wright 100.535
12 Caven 94.536
  Arron Monk 86.1115 Dave Chisnall 95.011
Stephen Bunting 92.846 Stephen Bunting 108.346
Bunting 100.505
12 Caven 100.036
  Terry Jenkins 108.50612 Jamie Caven 98.946
Max Hopp 100.622 Terry Jenkins 97.055
12 Caven 93.986
4 Taylor 94.945
  Jamie Lewis 81.3434 Phil Taylor 98.536
Alex Roy 88.166 Alex Roy 80.353
4 Taylor 102.356
13 Whitlock 95.902
  John Henderson 98.56613 Simon Whitlock 83.966
Michael Rasztovits 92.894 John Henderson 88.084
12 Caven 90.155
van der Voort 94.846
  Kevin Dowling 83.6532 Gary Anderson 102.052
Andy Smith 86.786 Andy Smith 96.646
  A. Smith 92.266
Baxter 86.312
  Mark Webster 82.35415 Andy Hamilton 93.685
Ronnie Baxter 83.976 Ronnie Baxter 90.626
  A. Smith 87.802
Suljović 97.376
  Dirk van Duijvenbode 77.5837 Robert Thornton 97.976
Rowby-John Rodriguez 82.806 Rowby-John Rodriguez 90.875
7 Thornton 94.274
Suljović 94.336
  Dennis Smith 94.91510 Ian White 90.463
Mensur Suljović 96.266 Mensur Suljović 95.656
  Suljović 87.433
van der Voort 97.616
  William O'Connor 86.8156 Kim Huybrechts 98.413
Benito van de Pas 90.036 Benito van de Pas 94.106
  van de Pas 93.004
Part 92.376
  John Part 88.16611 Mervyn King 82.703
Marko Kantele 89.025 John Part 88.016
  Part 86.162
van der Voort 89.056
  Ben Ward 84.8663 Brendan Dolan 90.416
Barrie Bates 83.964 Ben Ward 84.685
3 Dolan 85.861
van der Voort 95.436
  Vincent van der Voort 99.76614 Justin Pipe 91.032
Christian Kist 93.942 Vincent van der Voort 96.646

References
  1. "Darts ace Jamie Caven fired up by performance at Austrian Open". Derby Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  2. "PDC Prize Fund Increases Confirmed". PDC. Archived from the original on 2014-07-03. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. "Austrian Darts Open Entries". PDC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  4. "Austrian Darts Open UK Qualifier". PDC. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  5. "Austrian Darts Open - Final Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  6. "Ankle Injury Sidelines MvG". PDC. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  7. "Rodriguez & Suljovic Shine On Home Soil". PDC. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  8. "Suljovic Delights His Home Crowd". PDC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  9. "Suljovic Maintains Austrian Dream". PDC. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  10. "Gutsy van der Voort's Austrian Joy". PDC. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
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