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 England Jamie Caven
Champion(s)
Netherlands 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 Archived 2013-11-27 at archive.today 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]
 England Dean Winstanley 84.7361Netherlands Michael van Gerwenw/d
Austria Uwe Bacher 67.394England Dean Winstanleyw/o
England Winstanley 94.223
16England Newton 96.526
 Germany Bernd Roith 86.62616England Wes Newton 94.546
Netherlands Salmon Renyaan 75.851Germany Bernd Roith 90.452
16England Newton 97.175
8Scotland Wright 97.456
 England Michael Smith 114.1568Scotland Peter Wright 102.956
England David Pallett 90.810England Michael Smith 96.373
8Scotland Wright 99.706
9England Beaton 94.603
 England Mark Walsh 94.0749England Steve Beaton 87.036
England Andrew Gilding 92.316England Andrew Gilding 90.845
8Scotland Wright 100.535
12England Caven 94.536
 England Arron Monk 86.1115England Dave Chisnall 95.011
England Stephen Bunting 92.846England Stephen Bunting 108.346
England Bunting 100.505
12England Caven 100.036
 England Terry Jenkins 108.50612England Jamie Caven 98.946
Germany Max Hopp 100.622England Terry Jenkins 97.055
12England Caven 93.986
4England Taylor 94.945
 Wales Jamie Lewis 81.3434England Phil Taylor 98.536
England Alex Roy 88.166England Alex Roy 80.353
4England Taylor 102.356
13Australia Whitlock 95.902
 Scotland John Henderson 98.56613Australia Simon Whitlock 83.966
Austria Michael Rasztovits 92.894Scotland John Henderson 88.084
12England Caven 90.155
Netherlands van der Voort 94.846
 England Kevin Dowling 83.6532Scotland Gary Anderson 102.052
England Andy Smith 86.786England Andy Smith 96.646
 England A. Smith 92.266
England Baxter 86.312
 Wales Mark Webster 82.35415England Andy Hamilton 93.685
England Ronnie Baxter 83.976England Ronnie Baxter 90.626
 England A. Smith 87.802
Austria Suljović 97.376
 Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 77.5837Scotland Robert Thornton 97.976
Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 82.806Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 90.875
7Scotland Thornton 94.274
Austria Suljović 94.336
 England Dennis Smith 94.91510England Ian White 90.463
Austria Mensur Suljović 96.266Austria Mensur Suljović 95.656
 Austria Suljović 87.433
Netherlands van der Voort 97.616
 Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 86.8156Belgium Kim Huybrechts 98.413
Netherlands Benito van de Pas 90.036Netherlands Benito van de Pas 94.106
 Netherlands van de Pas 93.004
Canada Part 92.376
 Canada John Part 88.16611England Mervyn King 82.703
Finland Marko Kantele 89.025Canada John Part 88.016
 Canada Part 86.162
Netherlands van der Voort 89.056
 England Ben Ward 84.8663Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 90.416
Wales Barrie Bates 83.964England Ben Ward 84.685
3Northern Ireland Dolan 85.861
Netherlands van der Voort 95.436
 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 99.76614England Justin Pipe 91.032
Netherlands Christian Kist 93.942Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 96.646

References
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  8. "Suljovic Delights His Home Crowd". PDC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
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