The 2013 Austrian Darts Open was the fourth of eight

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events on the

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. The tournament took place at the

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in Wiener Neustadt,

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, from 31 May–2 June 2013. It featured a field of 64 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner. Michael van Gerwen won his second European Tour title by beating Mervyn King 6–3 in the final.

Prize money

Qualification

The top 32 players from th
PDC ProTour Order of Merit
on the 29 April 2013 automatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in

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on 3 May), eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue in Wiener Neustadt on 30 May). Simon Whitlock, Adrian Lewis and Phil Taylor all withdrew before the event started. Two additional places were therefore available in the European Qualifier and one extra place was available in the Home Nation Qualifier. 1–32 UK Qualifier *

Terry Temple Terence "Terry" Temple (born 16 August 1961 from Yorkshire) is an English professional darts player he currently playing in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He has come through Qualifying School to earn a place on the PDC three times and is ...

''(First round)'' * Jamie Lewis ''(First round)'' * Kevin McDine ''(Third round)'' *

Paul Barham Paul Barham (born 29 April 1989 from Basildon, Essex) is a former English professional darts player who played in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Barham won three PDC Youth Tour events in 2011, and finished second in th ...

''(First round)'' * Steve Beaton ''(Semi-finals)'' * Ross Smith ''(Third round)'' *

Nigel Heydon Nigel Heydon (born 22 July 1970) is an English professional darts player who plays in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. Career Heydon qualified for the 2007 UK Open as an amateur qualifier, losing in the first round to John Burton. He ...

''(Second round)'' * Alan Tabern ''(First round)'' * Steve West ''(Second round)'' *

Steve Hine Stephen "Steve" Hine (born 20 April 1969 from Coventry) is an English professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation events. He works as a baker and consequently he is nicknamed The Muffin Man. He is well known for bringing muff ...

''(First round)'' * John Bowles ''(First round)'' * Darren Webster ''(First round)'' *

Joe Murnan Joe Murnan (born 28 September 1983) is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. Career Murnan reached the last 40 of the 2010 Winmau World Masters, losing 3–0 to Filipino Ronald L. Briones. Murnan quali ...

''(First round)'' * John Henderson ''(Second round)'' * Jim Walker ''(Second round)'' * Dennis Smith ''(Quarter-finals)'' *

Peter Hudson Peter John Hudson AM (born 19 February 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for the New Norfolk Football Club and Glenorchy Football Club in the Ta ...

''(First round)'' * Kevin Dowling ''(Second round)'' * Campbell Jackson ''(First round)'' * Joe Cullen ''(Quarter-finals)'' European Qualifier * ~~Peter Martin ''(Withdrew)''~~ * Max Hopp ''(First round)'' *

Roland Scholten Roland Scholten (born 11 January 1965) is a Dutch former professional darts player who played in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and British Darts Organisation (BDO). Nicknamed The Tripod and The Flying Dutchman, Scholten turne ...

''(First round)'' *

Bernd Roith Bernd Roith (born 30 December 1959) is a German darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Roith is a chef by profession. He qualified for the 2010 European Championship via the PDC European Order of Merit. ...

''(First round)'' * Vincent van der Voort ''(First round)'' *

Tomas Seyler Tomas Seyler (born 16 July 1974), nicknamed "Shorty", is a German former professional darts player. Career Seyler reached the second round of the Winmau World Masters in 2003, beating Vincent van der Voort in the first round, but lost to Raymon ...

''(Second round)'' * Ronny Huybrechts ''(First round)'' * Antonio Alcinas ''(First round)'' * Leon de Geus ''(First round)'' *

Jelle Klaasen Jelle Klaasen (born 17 October 1984), nicknamed The Cobra, is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. In 2006, he became the youngest darts player to win the ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' Host Nation Qualifier * Andreas Pur ''(First round)'' * Günther Rimser ''(First round)'' * Mensur Suljović ''(First round)'' *

Christian Kallinger Christian Kallinger (born 13 June 1982) is a professional Austrian darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is a professional darts organisation in the United Kingdom, established in 19 ...

''(First round)'' * Erwin Freidl ''(First round)''

Draw

References

{{2013 in PDC darts 2013 PDC European Tour 2013 in Austrian sport