Austrian Darts Open 2016: Taylor tames Smith in final

Taylor fired in seven 180s and broke Smith's throw three times in Vienna as he took full advantage of a shock defeat for Michael van Gerwen in the quarter-finals.

Taylor forged ahead by nailing double 10 for his first break but four in a row saw the score move on to 3-3.

Smith went out on 130 to move 4-3 ahead but 11- and 12-dart legs from Taylor saw him move within one of the title.

He clinched victory with a 32 checkout to win what was his first European Tour event in two years.

World number one Van Gerwen had earlier been sent crashing out by Kyle Anderson in the last eight. Anderson clinched a 6-4 win only to lose a final-leg thriller to Taylor in the semis.

On the other side of the draw, Smith had beaten Terry Jenkins 6-4 in the last four. 

Austrian Darts Open 2016 Daily Results

Friday June 10
First Round
Afternoon Session (12pm-4pm BST)
Jermaine Wattimena 6-3 Brendan Dolan
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-1 Wayne Jones
Simon Stevenson 6-5 James Wilson
Chris Dobey 6-3 Darron Brown
Nigel Heydon 6-4 Roxy-James Rodriguez
James Richardson 6-2 Christian Kist
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-1 Steve McNally 
Mark Frost 6-2 Mike Zuydwijk 

Evening Session (6pm-10pm BST)
Jamie Caven 6-1 Justin Pipe
Ron Meulenkamp 6-3 Jeffrey de Graaf
Josh Payne 6-3 Wes Newton
Jonny Clayton 6-1 Nico Mandl
Steve Beaton 6-1 Vincent van der Voort
Steve West 6-3 Mervyn King 
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-4 Jeffrey de Zwaan 
Kyle Anderson 6-4 Ross Smith

Saturday June 11
Second Round
Afternoon Session (12pm-4pm BST)
Alan Norris 6-1 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Stephen Bunting 6-3 James Richardson
Terry Jenkins 6-4 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Nigel Heydon 6-5 Robert Thornton
Ian White 6-4 Simon Stevenson
Ron Meulenkamp 6-3 Simon Whitlock 
Steve Beaton 6-3 Gerwyn Price
Kim Huybrechts 6-1 Chris Dobey

Evening Session (6pm-10pm BST)
Dave Chisnall 6-2 Jamie Caven
Jelle Klaasen 6-0 Zoran Lerchbacher
Peter Wright 6-1 Jermaine Wattimena
Michael van Gerwen 6-0 Jonny Clayton
Phil Taylor 6-1 Steve West
Mensur Suljovic 5-6 Kyle Anderson
Benito van de Pas 6-1 Josh Payne
Michael Smith 6-5 Mark Frost

Sunday June 12
Afternoon Session (12pm-4pm BST)
Third Round (Order Of Play)
Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Steve Beaton
Jelle Klaasen 5-6 Kyle Anderson
Kim Huybrechts 3-6 Phil Taylor
Dave Chisnall 2-6 Stephen Bunting
Peter Wright 6-5 Alan Norris
Benito van de Pas 3-6 Terry Jenkins
Ian White 0-6 Nigel Heydon
Michael Smith 6-4 Ron Meulenkamp

Evening Session (6pm-10pm BST)
Quarter-Finals (Order Of Play)
Michael van Gerwen 4-6 Kyle Anderson (QF1)
Phil Taylor 6-2 Stephen Bunting (QF2)
Peter Wright 4-6 Terry Jenkins (QF3)
Nigel Heydon 5-6 Michael Smith (QF4)

Semi-Finals
Kyle Anderson 5-6 Phil Taylor (SF1)
Terry Jenkins 4-6 Michael Smith (SF2)

Final
Phil Taylor 6-4 Michael Smith

Austrian Darts Open Prize Fund

Winner: £25,000
Runner-Up: £10,000
Semi-Final: £5,000
Quarter-Final: £3,500
Third Round: £2,000
Second Round: £1,500
First Round: £1,000Total: £115,000

Austrian Darts Open Past Winners

2015: Not held
2014: Vincent van der Voort 6-5 Jamie Caven
2013: Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Mervyn King
2012: Justin Pipe 6-3 James Wade