Jonny Clayton will kick off his bid for a third Elten Safety Shoes Austrian Darts Open title against Jermaine Wattimena on Saturday, with the draw and schedule confirmed for the European Tour event in Graz.
The fifth European Tour event of 2025 sees a 48-player field competing for silverware at the Premstättner Halle, with top seed Clayton headlining the action and a two-time winner in Austria.
Friday’s first round featured 16 matches across two sessions, with Raymond van Barneveld thrashed 6-2 by Czech No 1 Karel Sedlacek while Wessel Nijman impressed to beat former World Cup runner-up William O’Connor to set up a clash with Mike de Decker.
With the home crowd giving him huge vocal support in his Friday night win over Ritchie Edhouse, Mensur Suljovic is also through to round two where he will play Daryl Gurney.
Clayton enters on Saturday at the last-32 stage along with the other top-16 seeds, with Stephen Bunting – winner of the European Trophy in Riesa – opening against Matt Campbell, who edged his first round match 6-5 against Patrick Geeraets.
Despite being victorious in the last European Trophy in Munich, world No 3 Michael van Gerwen will not be taking part in the competition. Reigning world champion Luke Littler and world No 1 Luke Humphries are among the others to sit out of the event.
Draw Bracket – Saturday’s second round 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 results
Friday April 25 – First Round (Best 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
Evening 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
Raymond van Barneveld was dumped out 6-2 in the first round by Karel Sedlacek
Saturday April 26 – Second Round (Best 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
Evening 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 Round (Best of 11 legs)
Evening Session (1800 UK time)
Quarter-Finals (Best of 11 legs)
Semi-Finals (Best of 13 legs)
Final (Best of 15 legs)
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