2022 Australian Darts Open

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Australian Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates3–6 August 2022
VenueMoama Bowling Club
Location Moama
Country Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Organisation(s) WDF
Format Legs
Prize fundA$80,000 (total)
Winner's shareA$16,000 (men's)
A$8,000 (women's)
Champion(s)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Raymond Smith (men's)
Flag of England.svg   Beau Greaves (women's)
«2019 2023»

The 2022 Australian Darts Open was the second edition of the Australian Darts Open organised by Darts Australia. The tournament was held at the Moama Bowling Club in Moama, Australia. Australian Darts Open has been added to the WDF calendar and has been awarded Platinum ranking status, with a total prize fund of A$80,000. [1]

Contents

Damon Heta who won the previous men's tournament was absent from the event, having switched to the Professional Darts Corporation in January 2020. Lisa Ashton was defending the women's title as one of the seeded players, but lost in the group-stage match to Nicole Regnaud from New Zealand.

Raymond Smith became the new men's champion and Beau Greaves became the new women's champion.

Prize money

Stage (num. of players)Prize money [1]
MenWomen
Winner(1)A$16,000A$8,000
Runner-up(1)A$8,000A$4,000
Semi-finalists(2)A$4,000A$2,000
Quarter-finalists(4)A$2,000A$1,250
Last 12(4)A$750
Last 16(8)A$1,250
Last 24(8)A$750
TotalA$80,000

Men's

Format and qualifiers

Qualifying criteria is as follows: [1]

  1. 2022 Lakeside Men's World Champion (seeded)
  2. Two best players from World men's ranking (seeded)
  3. Three best players from Australia men's ranking (seeded)
  4. Two best players from New Zealand men's ranking (seeded)
  5. Eight qualifiers from the state qualifiers (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
  6. Eight qualifiers from open qualification tournaments in Moama, Australia on 3–4 August 2022

The final 24 men will be drawn into groups of 3 and will compete upon the stage. [1]

  1. James Hurrell (#1 in WDF World Men's Ranking) withdrew due to cost issues. He was replaced by Jelle Klaasen (#8 in WDF World Men's Ranking).
  2. Luke Littler (#2 in WDF World Men's Ranking) withdrew due to cost issues. He was replaced by Mal Cuming (#4 in WDF Australia Men's Ranking).
  3. Ben Robb (#2 in WDF New Zealand Men's Ranking) withdrew. He was replaced by Sam Ballinger (#5 in WDF Australia Men's Ranking).

Group stage

All group matches are best of nine legs
Only winners in each group qualify for the knock-out stage

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage

Source: [11]

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals(best of 11 legs)
6 August
Semi-finals(best of 15 legs)
6 August
Final(best of 19 legs)
6 August
         
A1 Ulster Banner.svg   Neil Duff 81.996
B1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Sam Ballinger 82.593
A1 Ulster Banner.svg   Neil Duff 84.856
D1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Raymond Smith 83.558
C1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Peter Machin 84.002
D1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Raymond Smith 83.916
D1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Raymond Smith 93.3310
E1 Flag of New Zealand.svg   Haupai Puha 90.229
E1 Flag of New Zealand.svg   Haupai Puha 88.776
F1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Mitchell Clegg 88.974
E1 Flag of New Zealand.svg   Haupai Puha 90.628
G1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Scott Hallett 84.206
G1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Scott Hallett 83.856
H1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jelle Klaasen 88.185

Women's

Format and qualifiers

Qualifying criteria is as follows: [1]

  1. 2022 Lakeside Women's World Champion (seeded)
  2. Best player from World Women's Ranking (seeded)
  3. 2019 Australian Darts Open finalists (seeded)
  4. Two best players from Australia Women's Ranking
  5. Two best players from New Zealand Women's Ranking
  6. Four qualifiers from open qualification tournaments in Moama, Australia on 3–4 August 2022

The final 12 women will be drawn into groups of 3 and will compete upon the stage. [1]

  1. Deta Hedman (#2 in WDF World Women's Ranking) withdrew due to cost issues. She was replaced by Kirsty Hutchinson (#3 in WDF World Women's Ranking).

Group stage

Source: [16]

All group matches are best of seven legs
Only winners in each group qualify for the knock-out stage

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage

Knockout stage

Semi-finals(best of 11 legs)
6 August
Final(best of 15 legs)
6 August
      
A1 Flag of England.svg   Beau Greaves 84.746
D1 Flag of New Zealand.svg  Nicole Regnaud 73.733
A1 Flag of England.svg   Beau Greaves 91.278
C1 Flag of Japan.svg   Mikuru Suzuki 89.465
B1 Flag of New Zealand.svg  Wendy Harper 65.102
C1 Flag of Japan.svg   Mikuru Suzuki 75.426

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