UK Open

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History

From 2003 to 2013, the UK Open took place in June each year at the Reebok Stadium, in Bolton. In 2014, it moved to Butlin's Minehead taking place in early March. Phil Taylor beat Shayne Burgess in the inaugural final. Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld won the tournament in 2006, in his first appearance in a PDC ranking event. He knocked out 13-times World Champion Phil Taylor 11–10 en route to the final where he beat Barrie Bates 13–7. He also successfully defended the title in 2007, again beating Taylor en route.

As the event has amateur and semi-professional qualifiers, it has produced some upset results over the years.[4] In 2014, Aden Kirk, playing in his first televised match, beat defending and five-time champion Phil Taylor 9–7 in the third round.[5] Kirk then beat Peter Wright 9–5 in the next round.[6] In 2016, Rileys amateur qualifier Barry Lynn recorded a 9–3 win over reigning world champion Gary Anderson and reached the quarter-finals.[7] A year later, Anderson lost to another Rileys qualifier, Paul Hogan, who followed up by beating Adrian Lewis in the next round.[8]

Taylor achieved the perfect nine-dart finish four times (2004, 2005, 2007 & 2008). Mervyn King (2010), Gary Anderson (2012), Wes Newton (2013), Michael van Gerwen (2016 & 2020), Jonny Clayton (2020), Sebastian Białecki (2021), Jitse van der Wal (2021), José Justicia (2022), James Wade (2022) and Michael Smith (2022) have also achieved a nine-dart leg (although Newton's, Białecki’s, van der Wal’s and Justicia's were not televised live, while Clayton's and Smith's were only live on the PDC website). The tournament had a different runner-up for the first 13 years.

Because of extreme weather conditions and fears for the safety of visiting fans the unprecedented decision was taken by the host venue Butlins to play the entire 2018 UK Open behind closed doors leaving the public only being able to watch the event though ITV4’s live coverage and the PDC live web feed.[9]

The Tournament was moved to the Marshall Arena in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and played behind closed doors.[10]

Format

Qualifying events for amateur players are organised by Rileys and held in various locations across the UK. 16 players qualify through these events.

The format is as follows (as of 2020):

  • First round: The 16 Rileys qualifiers, 8 Challenge Tour qualifiers, 8 Development Tour qualifiers and Tour Card holders ranked 97–128 in the PDC Order of Merit.
  • Second round: Players ranked 65–96 in the PDC Order of Merit join the 32 winners of the first round.
  • Third round: Players ranked 33–64 join the 32 winners of the second round.
  • Fourth round to final: Players ranked 1–32 in the PDC Order of Merit join the 32 winners of the third round.

The draws for the first three rounds are made in full after all qualifying players are known, while the draws for the fourth round onward are made separately on stage as soon as each preceding round has concluded.

Finals

Year Champion (average in final)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Score Runner-up (average in final)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Prize money Sponsor Venue
Total Champion Runner-up
2003 Template:PDCFlag 18–8 Template:PDCFlag £124,000 £30,000 £15,000 Sky Bet Premier Suite at Whites Hotel, Bolton
2004 Template:PDCFlag 11–6 Template:PDCFlag Budweiser
2005 Template:PDCFlag 13–7 Template:PDCFlag
2006 Template:PDCFlag 13–7 Template:PDCFlag
2007 Template:PDCFlag 16–8 Template:PDCFlag £150,000 Blue Square
2008 Template:PDCFlag 11–7 Template:PDCFlag £178,000 £35,000
2009 Template:PDCFlag 11–6 Template:PDCFlag £200,000 £40,000 £20,000
2010 Template:PDCFlag 11–5 Template:PDCFlag Rileys Darts Zones
2011 Template:PDCFlag 11–8 Template:PDCFlag Speedy Hire
2012 Template:PDCFlag 11–5 Template:PDCFlag
2013 Template:PDCFlag 11–4 Template:PDCFlag
2014 Template:PDCFlag 11–1 Template:PDCFlag £250,000 £50,000 £25,000 Coral Butlin's Minehead, Minehead
2015 Template:PDCFlag 11–5 Template:PDCFlag £300,000 £60,000 £30,000
2016 Template:PDCFlag 11–4 Template:PDCFlag
2017 Template:PDCFlag 11–6 Template:PDCFlag £350,000 £70,000 £35,000
2018 Template:PDCFlag 11–7 Template:PDCFlag
2019 Template:PDCFlag 11–5 Template:PDCFlag £450,000 £100,000 £40,000 Ladbrokes
2020 Template:PDCFlag 11–9 Template:PDCFlag
2021 Template:PDCFlag 11–5 Template:PDCFlag Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
2022 Template:PDCFlag 11–10 Template:PDCFlag Cazoo Butlin's Minehead, Minehead
2023 Template:PDCFlag 11–10 Template:PDCFlag £600,000 £110,000 £50,000
2024 Template:PDCFlag 11–10 Template:PDCFlag Ladbrokes
2025 Template:PDCFlag 11–2 Template:PDCFlag

Records and statistics

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Total finalist appearances

Rank Player Won Runner-up Finals Appearances
1 Template:PDCFlag 5 1 6 14
2 Template:PDCFlag 3 1 4 18
Template:PDCFlag 3 1 4 23
4 Template:PDCFlag 2 0 2 18
5 Template:PDCFlag 1 2 3 18
6 Template:PDCFlag 1 1 2 17
7 Template:PDCFlag 1 0 1 3
Template:PDCFlag 1 0 1 10
Template:PDCFlag 1 0 2 8
Template:PDCFlag 1 0 1 12
Template:PDCFlag 1 0 1 20
Template:PDCFlag 1 0 1 8
Template:PDCFlag 1 0 1 11
Template:PDCFlag 1 0 1 13
15 Template:PDCFlag 0 2 2 8
Template:PDCFlag 0 2 2 12
17 Template:PDCFlag 0 1 1 12
Template:PDCFlag 0 1 1 4
Template:PDCFlag 0 1 1 1
Template:PDCFlag 0 1 1 10
Template:PDCFlag 0 1 1 16
Template:PDCFlag 0 1 1 16
Template:PDCFlag 0 1 1 3
Template:PDCFlag 0 1 1 14
Template:PDCFlag 0 1 1 9
Template:PDCFlag 0 1 1 14
Template:PDCFlag 0 1 1 17
Template:PDCFlag 0 1 1 17
Template:PDCFlag 0 1 1 13
  • Active players are shown in bold
  • Only players who reached the final are included
  • In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by family name

Champions by country

Country Players Total First title Last title
Template:Country data England 6 12 2003 2025
Template:Country data Netherlands 4 7 2004 2022
Template:Country data Scotland 3 3 2012 2018
Template:Country data Belgium 1 1 2024 2024

Nine-dart finishes

Fifteen nine-darters have been thrown at the UK Open. The first one was in 2004, and eleven of them have been televised. Wes Newton in 2013, Sebastian Białecki and Jitse van der Wal in 2021 and José Justicia in 2022 hit nine-darters that were not broadcast.

Player Year (+ Round) Method Opponent Result Ref.
Template:PDCFlag 2004, 4th Round 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Template:FlaggTemplate:Sortname 8–2 [11]
Template:PDCFlag 2005, Semi-Final 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Template:PDCFlag 11–6 [11]
Template:PDCFlag 2007, 5th Round 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Template:PDCFlag 11–5 [11]
Template:PDCFlag 2008, 4th Round 3 x T20; 2 x T20, T19; 2 x T20, D12 Template:FlaggTemplate:Sortname 9–1 [11]
Template:PDCFlag 2010, 5th Round 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Template:PDCFlag 8–9 [11]
Template:PDCFlag 2012, 3rd Round 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Template:FlaggTemplate:Sortname 9–3 [11]
Template:PDCFlag 2013, 6th Round 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12Template:Dagger Template:PDCFlag 8–9 [12]
Template:PDCFlag 2016, 4th Round 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Template:PDCFlag 9–5 [11]
Template:PDCFlag 2020, 6th Round 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Template:PDCFlag 10–8 [11]
Template:PDCFlag 2020, Semi-Final 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Template:PDCFlag 11–3 [11]
Template:PDCFlag 2021, 1st Round 3 x T20; 3 x T20; 141 CO Template:Dagger Template:PDCFlag 6–2 [13][14]
Template:PDCFlag 2021, 2nd Round 3 x T20; 3 x T20; 141 CO Template:Dagger Template:PDCFlag 3–6 [15][16]
Template:PDCFlag 2022, 3rd Round 3 x T20; 3 x T20; 141 CO Template:Dagger Template:PDCFlag 5–6 [17]
Template:PDCFlag 2022, 6th Round 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Template:PDCFlag 10–8
Template:PDCFlag 2022, 6th Round 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Template:PDCFlag 10–9

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High averages

Ten highest UK Open one-match averages
Average Player Year (+ Round) Opponent Result
118.66 Template:PDCFlag 2010, Last 32 Template:PDCFlag 9–0
115.92 Template:PDCFlagNiko Springer 2025, 1st Round Template:PDCFlagCor Dekker 6–2
115.62 Template:PDCFlag 2009, Quarter-Final Template:FlaggTemplate:Sortname 10–0
115.51 Template:PDCFlag 2009, Last 32 Template:FlaggTemplate:Sortname 9–3
114.91 Template:PDCFlag 2015, Last 16 Template:PDCFlag 9–2
114.54 Template:PDCFlag 2008, Last 16 Template:PDCFlag 9–3
113.05 Template:PDCFlag 2010, Semi-Final Template:PDCFlag 10–5
111.67 Template:PDCFlag 2015, Last 16 Template:PDCFlag 9–3
110.88 Template:PDCFlag 2017, Quarter-Final Template:PDCFlag 10–8
110.81 Template:PDCFlag 2020, Quarter-Final Template:PDCFlag 10–4
110.72 Template:PDCFlag 2012, Last 16 Template:PDCFlag 9–4
Five highest tournament averages
Average Player Year
107.82 Template:PDCFlag 2015
107.38[18] Template:PDCFlag 2009
106.81 Template:PDCFlag 2013
106.43 Template:PDCFlag 2010
105.57 Template:PDCFlag 2015

Media coverage

From 2003 until 2013, coverage for the UK Open was shown on Sky Sports in June. In 2014 the tournament was moved to March and coverage of the event moved to ITV4.

References

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Notes

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External links

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