The provisional field has been revealed for the Austrian Darts Open which is the next European Tour event on the calendar taking place at the Steiermarkhalle in Premstatten, Austria from 3-5 May.
Jonny Clayton is the defending champion after claiming his maiden
European Tour crown one year ago defeating Gerwyn Price
8-5 in the final.
The Welshman will once again be involved, being the ninth seed. Michael van Gerwen heads up the seeds and will look to win his fourth European Tour event this year in Austria.
Among those who have qualified for the event include Devon Petersen who will return to the European Tour,
nine-dart hero Steve Beaton and Nathan Aspinall. Raymond van Barneveld is part of the European Qualifier line-up alongside the in-form Jeffrey de Zwaan and Kim Huybrechts.
Johan Engstrom has come through the Nordic and Baltic Qualifier while Boris Koltsov has once again come through the Eastern Europe qualifier.
Click here to check out the PDC European Tour 2019 tournament centre.2019 Austrian Darts Open (ET5)
May 3-5, Premstätten, Graz, Austria
Top 16 Seeded Players (Enter at Second Round stage)
1. Michael van Gerwen
2. Gerwyn Price
3. Ian White
4. Daryl Gurney
5. Adrian Lewis
6. Rob Cross
7. Mensur Suljovic
8. Peter Wright
9. Jonny Clayton
10. James Wade
11. Michael Smith
12. Dave Chisnall
13. Joe Cullen
14. Max Hopp
15. Ricky Evans
16. Darren Webster
UK Qualifiers
Mervyn King
Andrew Gilding
Steve Beaton
Devon Petersen
Stephen Bunting
Conan Whitehead
Steve Lennon
Jamie Bain
John Henderson
Mark Webster
Keegan Brown
Nathan Aspinall
Chris Dobey
Ross Smith
Mark Barilli
Jamie Hughes
Ryan Searle
Mark Wilson
European Qualifiers
Darius Labanauskas
Raymond van Barneveld
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Tytus Kanik
Jeffrey de Zwaan
Kim Huybrechts
West/South European Qualifier
Qualifier on May 2 (two spots available)
Host Nation Qualifier
Qualifier on May 2 (four spots available)
Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
Johan Engström
East European Qualifier
Boris Koltsov