Australian Darts Open Explained

Tournament Name:Australian Darts Open
Venue:Moama Bowling Club
Location:Moama
Country: New South Wales
Australia
Establishment:2019
Organisation:WDF
Format:Legs
Prizefund:A$80,000
Month Played:August
Current Champion: (men's)
(women's)

The Australian Darts Open is a darts tournament held at Moama Bowling Club in Moama, Australia. First edition of the tournament took place in 2019. The next edition of this tournament took place in 2022 after an interruption caused by COVID-19 pandemic. World Darts Federation announced that the Australian Darts Open has been awarded Platinum ranking status, with a total prize fund of A$80,000, set to be one of the biggest WDF events in 2022.[1]

Tournament has been open to players worldwide, with open qualifiers for this staged event across Australia. The stage format adopted for this tournament had been used before at the Finder Darts Masters. First winners of the tournament were Damon Heta and Lisa Ashton.

Results

Men's

YearChampionScoreRunner-Up Prize MoneyVenue
Total
2019align=center 92.21align=center 10 – 9align=center 94.12align=center A$50,000align=center A$15,000align=center A$5,000Moama Bowling Club, Moama
2022align=center 93.32align=center 10 – 9align=center 90.21align=center A$56,000align=center A$16,000align=center A$8,000
2023align=center 92.62align=center 10 – 2align=center 89.81align=center A$39,000align=center A$10,000align=center A$5,000

Women's

YearChampionScoreRunner-Up Prize MoneyVenue
Total
2019align=center 87.97align=center 8 – 6align=center 85.41align=center A$21,000align=center A$10,000align=center A$5,000Moama Bowling Club, Moama
2022align=center 91.27align=center 8 – 5align=center 89.46align=center A$24,000align=center A$8,000align=center A$4,000
2023 (2)align=center 88.04align=center 8 – 4align=center 80.80align=center A$17,000align=center A$5,000align=center A$2,500

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Australian Open Press Release . World Darts Federation . 14 April 2021.