Australian Darts Open

Australian Darts Open
Tournament information
Venue	Moama Bowling Club
Location	Moama
Country	New South Wales Australia
Established	2019
Organisation(s)	WDF
Format	Legs
Prize fund	A$80,000
Month(s) Played	August
Current champion(s)
Andy Baetens (men's)  Lisa Ashton (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.^[1]

Results

Men's

Year	Champion	Av.	Score	Runner-Up	Av.	Prize Money			Venue
						Total	Ch.	R.-Up
2019	Damon Heta	92.21	10 – 9	Scott Mitchell	94.12	A$50,000	A$15,000	A$5,000	Moama Bowling Club, Moama
2022	Raymond Smith	93.32	10 – 9	Haupai Puha	90.21	A$56,000	A$16,000	A$8,000
2023	Andy Baetens	92.62	10 – 2	Neil Duff	89.81	A$39,000	A$10,000	A$5,000

Women's

Year	Champion	Av.	Score	Runner-Up	Av.	Prize Money			Venue
						Total	Ch.	R.-Up
2019	Lisa Ashton	87.97	8 – 6	Mikuru Suzuki	85.41	A$21,000	A$10,000	A$5,000	Moama Bowling Club, Moama
2022	Beau Greaves	91.27	8 – 5	Mikuru Suzuki	89.46	A$24,000	A$8,000	A$4,000
2023	Lisa Ashton (2)	88.04	8 – 4	Aileen de Graaf	80.80	A$17,000	A$5,000	A$2,500

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