2012 Austrian Darts Open
The 2012 Austrian Darts Open was the first of five PDC [European Tour] events on the 2012 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Arena Nova in Wiener Neustadt near Vienna, Austria, from 27–29 April 2012. It featured a field of 64 players and £82,100 in prize money, with £15,000 going to the winner.
Justin Pipe won the title, by defeating James Wade 6–3 in the final. Michael Smith and Simon Whitlock both threw nine-dart finishes during the tournament.
Qualification
The top 32 players from the automatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier, eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier &.Phil Taylor & Adrian Lewis withdrew from the event, with their opponents receiving byes to the second round.
1–32
UK Qualifier
- Mick Todd '
- Mark Dudbridge '
- Scott Rand '
- Johnny Haines '
- Gaz Cousins '
- Prakash Jiwa '
- Steve Evans '
- Jim Walker '
- Ian White '
- William O'Connor '
- Joe Cullen '
- John Scott '
- James Richardson '
- Dean Winstanley '
- Michael Smith '
- Brian Woods '
- Ross Smith '
- Richie Howson '
- Arron Monk '
- Darren Webster '
- Gino Vos '
- Mareno Michels '
- Roland Scholten '
- Kim Huybrechts '
- Michael van Gerwen '
- Michael Rosenauer '
- Boris Krčmar '
- Jelle Klaasen '