Jonny Clayton will kick off his bid for a 3rd Elten Security Footwear Austrian Darts Open title in opposition to Jermaine Wattimena on Saturday, with the draw and schedule confirmed for the European Tour occasion in Graz.
The fifth European Tour occasion of 2025 sees a 48-player subject competing for silverware on the Premstättner Halle, with prime seed Clayton headlining the motion and a two-time winner in Austria.
Friday’s first spherical featured 16 matches throughout two periods, with Raymond van Barneveld thrashed 6-2 by Czech No 1 Karel Sedlacek whereas Wessel Nijman impressed to beat former World Cup runner-up William O’Connor to arrange a conflict with Mike de Decker.
With the house crowd giving him big vocal assist in his Friday night time win over Ritchie Edhouse, Mensur Suljovic can be via to spherical two the place he’ll play Daryl Gurney.
Clayton enters on Saturday on the last-32 stage together with the opposite top-16 seeds, with Stephen Bunting – winner of the European Trophy in Riesa – opening in opposition to Matt Campbell, who edged his first spherical match 6-5 in opposition to Patrick Geeraets.
Regardless of being victorious within the final European Trophy in Munich, world No 3 Michael van Gerwen won’t be participating within the competitors. Reigning world champion Luke Littler and world No 1 Luke Humphries are among the many others to sit down out of the occasion.
Draw Bracket – Saturday’s second spherical onwards
(1) Jonny Clayton vs Jermaine Wattimena
(16) Daryl Gurney vs Mensur Suljovic
(8) Danny Noppert vs Niko Springer
(9) Josh Rock vs Krzysztof Ratajski
(4) Nathan Aspinall vs Kevin Doets
(13) Martin Schindler vs Matthew Dennant
(5) Chris Dobey vs Ricardo Pietreczko
(12) Mike De Decker vs Wessel Nijman
(2) Stephen Bunting vs Matt Campbell
(15) Gian van Veen vs Dirk van Duijvenbode
(7) Peter Wright vs Luke Woodhouse
(10) Ross Smith vs Chris Landman
(3) Damon Heta vs Karel Sedlacek
(14) Joe Cullen vs Thibault Tricole
(6) Dave Chisnall vs Ian White
(11) Ryan Searle vs Ryan Joyce
Schedule of Play and outcomes
Friday April 25 – First Spherical (Better of 11 legs)
Afternoon Session
Matt Campbell 6-5 Patrick Geeraets
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-3 Mickey Mansell
Ian White 6-5 Madars Razma
Chris Landman 6-5 Andrew Gilding
Thibault Tricole 6-3 Christian Goedl
Ryan Joyce 6-4 Teemu Harju
Ricardo Pietreczko 6-3 Tom Bissell
Matthew Dennant 6-2 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Night Session
Niko Springer 6-1 Lukas Wenig
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-1 Gyorgy Jehirszki
Wessel Nijman 6-4 William O’Connor
Karel Sedlacek 6-2 Raymond van Barneveld
Mensur Suljovic 6-3 Ritchie Edhouse
Kevin Doets 6-3 Berry van Peer
Jermaine Wattimena 6-0 Zoran Lerchbacher
Luke Woodhouse 6-5 Nathan Rafferty
Saturday April 26 – Second Spherical (Better of 11 legs)
Afternoon Session (1200 UK time)
Ross Smith vs Chris Landman
Ryan Searle vs Ryan Joyce
Danny Noppert vs Niko Springer
Gian van Veen vs Dirk van Duijvenbode
Joe Cullen vs Thibault Tricole
Josh Rock vs Krzysztof Ratajski
Daryl Gurney vs Mensur Suljovic
Mike De Decker vs Wessel Nijman
Night Session (1800 UK time)
Damon Heta vs Karel Sedlacek
Peter Wright vs Luke Woodhouse
Jonny Clayton vs Jermaine Wattimena
Nathan Aspinall vs Kevin Doets
Chris Dobey vs Ricardo Pietreczko
Stephen Bunting vs Matt Campbell
Martin Schindler vs Matthew Dennant
Dave Chisnall vs Ian White
Sunday April 27
Afternoon Session (1200 UK time)
Third Spherical (Better of 11 legs)
Night Session (1800 UK time)
Quarter-Finals (Better of 11 legs)
Semi-Finals (Better of 13 legs)
Remaining (Better of 15 legs)
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