2010 UK Open

Rileys Darts Zones UK Open
Tournament information
Dates 3–6 June 2010
Venue Reebok Stadium
Location Bolton
Country England
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Final – best of 21
Prize fund £200,000
Winners share £40,000
Nine dart finish England Mervyn King
Round 5
vs Scotland Gary Anderson
High checkout 167 England Phil Taylor
Final
vs Scotland Gary Anderson
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2009 2011»

The 2010 Rileys Darts Zones UK Open was the eighth year of the PDC darts tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competed in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton over June 3–6, 2010, and had the nickname, the "FA Cup of darts" as a random draw was staged after each round until the final. It was eventually won by Phil Taylor who defeated Scotland's Gary Anderson 11–5 to make it his fourth UK Open and second consecutive championship.

In the fourth round of this tournament, Phil Taylor beat Kevin Painter 9–0 with a 3–dart average of 118.66, which at the time was the all-time highest 3–dart average for a televised darts match. It was eventually beaten on 25 February 2016 in the 2016 Premier League Darts meeting in Aberdeen, when Michael van Gerwen averaged 123.40 in beating Michael Smith 7–1.

2010 UK Open Qualifiers

There were eight qualifying events staged between February and May 2010 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:

No. Winner Score Runner-Up Total
Prize Money
Winner Runner-Up
1 England Mervyn King 6 - 1 Australia Simon Whitlock £31,200 £6,000 £3,000
2 England Mark Walsh 6 - 2 England Phil Taylor £31,200 £6,000 £3,000
3 England Phil Taylor 6 - 0 England Jamie Caven £31,200 £6,000 £3,000
4 Scotland Gary Anderson 6 - 5 England Wes Newton £31,200 £6,000 £3,000
5 England Mark Walsh 6 - 3 Canada John Part £31,200 £6,000 £3,000
6 England Phil Taylor 6 - 2 Scotland Peter Wright £31,200 £6,000 £3,000
7 England Colin Lloyd 6 - 3 England Colin Osborne £31,200 £6,000 £3,000
8 England James Wade 6 - 2 Scotland Gary Anderson £31,200 £6,000 £3,000

Format and qualifiers

The tournament featured 138 players. As in previous years, eight regional UK Open events were staged across the UK where players winning were collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 96 players and ties in the list, who played a minimum of three events received a place at the final stages.[1]

Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into Third Round)

The Rileys qualifiers and the players outside the top 32 of the UK Open Order of Merit began the tournament on the Thursday night. They played down to 32 players, and they were joined by the top 32 of the UK Open Order of Merit the following night, to provide the competition's last 64. A random draw was made after each subsequent round.

Number 33-64 of the Order of Merit (receiving byes into Second Round)

Remaining Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in First and Preliminary Round)

  1. England Steve Farmer
  2. United States Gary Mawson
  3. England Kevin Dowling
  4. England Steve Hine
  5. England Peter Hudson
  6. England Dave Smith
  7. England Simon Cunningham
  8. England John Quantock
  9. Germany Jyhan Artut
  10. England Joe Cullen
  11. England Mark Stephenson
  12. England Matt Padgett
  13. England Dave Honey
  14. England Gary Eastwood
  15. England Darren Webster
  16. England Louis Blundell
  17. Gibraltar Dylan Duo
  18. Scotland Jason Clark
  19. Republic of Ireland William O'Connor
  20. England Scott Rand
  21. Sweden Par Riihonen
  22. England Sam Allen
  23. England Anton Liscsey
  24. England Danny Pinhorne
  25. England Paul Rowley
  26. England Martyn Turner
  27. England Darren Latham
  28. England Robbie Newland
  29. Wales Richie Burnett
  30. England Matt Draper
  31. Scotland Chris Loudon
  32. England Andy Hutchings

32 players qualified from Rileys qualifiers held in Rileys Dart Zones across Britain.[2]

  • Scotland Melvyn Johnston
  • England Paul Gibbs
  • England Tony Broughton
  • England Dean Edlin
  • England Michael Hammond
  • England Darren Sullivan
  • England Ricky Evans
  • England Alex Harrison
  • Wales David Martin
  • England John Bowles
  • England Noel Grant
  • England Henry Murphy
  • England Paul Neate
  • Scotland John Robertson
  • Scotland Ryan Murray
  • England John Lakeman
  • England Barrie Knight
  • England Mark Wilson
  • England Reece Robinson
  • England Bradley Williams
  • England Jamie Green
  • England Ashley Whisker
  • England Paul Warwick
  • England Paul Whitworth
  • England Stuart Monaghan
  • England Barrie Webb
  • England Joe Palmer
  • England Pete Fisher
  • Isle of Man Simon Jones
  • England Dean Stewart
  • England Nicky Bache
  • England Dean Harris

10 players qualified as BDO representatives from Avon, Bedfordshire, East Stirlingshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Lothian, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Surrey, Warwickshire.[2] These counties were rewarded one spot each in the UK Open for voting in favour of listening to Barry Hearn's proposed takeover of the BDO.[3]

  • England Mike Nott
  • England Kevin Lowe
  • Scotland Andy Murray
  • England Henry O'Neill
  • England Tony Hutchinson
  • Scotland Hugh Ringland
  • England Ian Gleeson
  • England Jay Foreman
  • Scotland Mark Harris
  • England Prakash Jiwa

Prize money

For the second consecutive UK Open, the prize fund was £200,000.

Champion £40,000
Runner-up £20,000
Semi-finalists £10,000
Quarter-finalists £6,000
Last 16 £4,000
Last 32 £2,000
Last 64 £1,000

Draw

The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was made on May 13.[4]

Thursday June 3; Best of 11 legs

Preliminary round

Player #1 Score Player #2
England Andy Hutchings 3–6 England Darren Webster
England Kevin Lowe 2–6 Scotland Jason Clark
England Kevin Dowling 1–6 Germany Jyhan Artut
England Dean Stewart 2–6 Gibraltar Dylan Duo
England Prakash Jiwa 6–4 England John Lakeman

Player #1 Score Player #2
Scotland Andy Murray 1–6 England Scott Rand
Sweden Par Riihonen 5–6 England Steve Farmer
England Reece Robinson 6–0 Scotland Hugh Ringland
England Ashley Whisker 2–6 United States Gary Mawson
England Peter Hudson 6–1 England Paul Neate

Round 1

Player #1 Score Player #2
England Darren Sullivan 0 – 6* England Tony Hutchinson
Scotland Ryan Murray 4–6 Scotland Jason Clark
England Alex Harrison 1–6 England Jamie Green
England Simon Cunningham 6–4 England Prakash Jiwa
England Matt Draper 2–6 Scotland Mark Harris
England Tony Broughton 6–3 England Mark Stephenson
Germany Jyhan Artut 3–6 England Scott Rand
England Robbie Newland 6–5 Scotland John Robertson
England Sam Allen 3–6 Scotland Melvyn Johnston
England Stuart Monaghan 0–6 Republic of Ireland William O'Connor
England Mark Wilson 3–6 England Paul Gibbs
England Gary Eastwood 6–5 Wales David Martin
England Noel Grant 4–6 England Ricky Evans
England John Quantock 3–6 England Matt Padgett
England Louis Blundell 6–5 Wales Richie Burnett
England Michael Hammond 2–6 England Henry O'Neill

Player #1 Score Player #2
England Steve Farmer 6 – 0* England Dean Edlin
England Paul Rowley 3–6 England Anton Liscsey
England Pete Fisher 6–2 England Barrie Webb
Isle of Man Simon Jones 4–6 England John Bowles
England Nicky Bache 4–6 England Martyn Turner
United States Gary Mawson 4–6 Gibraltar Dylan Duo
England Bradley Williams 1–6 England Joe Palmer
England Danny Pinhorne 4–6 England Reece Robinson
England Dave Honey 2–6 England Mike Nott
England Henry Murphy 3–6 England Paul Warwick
England Darren Latham 1–6 England Joe Cullen
England Dean Harris 1–6 England Darren Webster
England Peter Hudson 3–6 England Dave Smith
Scotland Chris Loudon 5–6 England Paul Whitworth
England Steve Hine 6–5 England Ian Gleeson
England Jay Foreman 6–1 England Barrie Knight

Round 2

Player #1 Score Player #2
Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 6–3 England Mark Frost
England Justin Pipe 4–6 England Chris Thompson
England Colin Monk 6–4 England Darren Johnson
Wales Wayne Atwood 6–4 England Steve Brown
England Stuart Dutton 5–6 England Simon Cunningham
England Tony Hutchinson 1–6 Wales Steve Evans
England Anton Liscsey 5–6 Wales Barrie Bates
England Tony Broughton 6–4 England Scott Rand
England Mike Nott 3–6 England Joe Cullen
England Paul Warwick 6–3 England Steve Farmer
Scotland Jason Clark 5–6 England Matt Padgett
Scotland Mark Harris 6–4 England Martyn Turner
England Kirk Shepherd 6–4 England Adrian Gray
England Darren Webster 5–6 England Andy Smith
England Ricky Evans 2–6 England Steve Beaton
Scotland Robert Thornton 6–2 England Paul Gibbs

Player #1 Score Player #2
England John Bowles 3–6 England Michael Barnard
England Mark Cox 6–5 England Henry O'Neill
England Dave Smith 4–6 Australia Paul Nicholson
England Joe Palmer 3–6 Netherlands Roland Scholten
England Gary Eastwood 4–6 Gibraltar Dylan Duo
England Stephen Hardy 6–4 England Jay Foreman
England Alex Roy 6–3 England Mark Lawrence
England Wayne Mardle 6–3 Republic of Ireland Mick McGowan
England Kevin McDine 6–2 England Jamie Green
England Michael Smith 6–3 England Peter Manley
England Nick Fullwell 3–6 England Arron Monk
England Tony Ayres 6–4 England Paul Whitworth
England Steve Hine 6–1 Scotland Melvyn Johnston
England Louis Blundell 1–6 England Reece Robinson
England Pete Fisher *6 – 0 England Chris Mason
England Robbie Newland 1–6 England Dennis Smith

Friday June 4; Best of 17 legs

Round 3

[5]

Player #1 Score Player #2
England Steve Maish 9–8 England Dennis Priestley
Gibraltar Dylan Duo 3–9 England Colin Osborne
Wales Mark Webster 6–9 England Tony Eccles
England Stephen Hardy 8–9 England Alan Tabern
Canada John Part 6–9 England Mark Walsh
England Mark Dudbridge 7–9 England Nigel Heydon
England Denis Ovens 9–5 England Arron Monk
England Reece Robinson 5–9 Australia Simon Whitlock
Scotland Robert Thornton 9–8 England Mark Cox
England Mervyn King 9–5 England Joe Cullen
Scotland Peter Wright 7–9 Republic of Ireland William O'Connor
England Paul Warwick 9–3 Netherlands Co Stompé
England Tony Ayres 9–3 England Pete Fisher
England Dennis Smith 9–5 England Colin Monk
England Andy Smith 9–5 England Colin Lloyd
Wales Barrie Bates 8–9 England Alex Roy

Player #1 Score Player #2
England Kevin Painter 9–5 Scotland Mark Harris
Netherlands Roland Scholten 9–3 England Simon Cunningham
England Steve Hine 7–9 England James Wade
England Andy Hamilton 9–1 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
England Matt Clark 3–9 England Michael Smith
England Tony Broughton 0–9 England Kevin McDine
England Steve Beaton 3–9 England Jamie Caven
England Wayne Mardle 2–9 England Phil Taylor
England Adrian Lewis 9–3 England Michael Barnard
England Wes Newton 9–1 England Terry Jenkins
England Kirk Shepherd 6–9 Australia Paul Nicholson
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 4–9 Scotland Gary Anderson
Wales Steve Evans 6–9 Netherlands Jelle Klaasen
England Ronnie Baxter 9–4 England Chris Thompson
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 7–9 Wales Wayne Atwood
England Wayne Jones 9–2 England Matt Padgett

Saturday June 5; Best of 17 legs

Round 4

[6]

Player #1 Score Player #2
England Denis Ovens 9–7 England Dennis Smith
Netherlands Roland Scholten 5–9 England Alan Tabern
England Alex Roy 6–9 England Andy Hamilton
England Wayne Jones 9–6 Netherlands Jelle Klaasen
England Andy Smith 9–5 England Jamie Caven
Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 3–9 England James Wade
England Mark Walsh 7–9 England Tony Ayres
England Adrian Lewis 9–5 England Colin Osborne

Player #1 Score Player #2
England Kevin Painter 0–9 England Phil Taylor
England Ronnie Baxter 9–4 England Tony Eccles
Australia Simon Whitlock 9–4 Scotland Robert Thornton
England Michael Smith 6–9 England Mervyn King
Scotland Gary Anderson 9–7 Australia Paul Nicholson
England Steve Maish 1–9 England Wes Newton
England Kevin McDine 9–8 England Paul Warwick
Wales Wayne Atwood 6–9 England Nigel Heydon

Round 5

[7]

Player #1 Score Player #2
England Phil Taylor 9–6 Australia Simon Whitlock
England Ronnie Baxter 7–9 England Andy Hamilton
England Kevin McDine 2–9 England James Wade
Scotland Gary Anderson 9–8 England Mervyn King
England Andy Smith 1–9 England Denis Ovens
England Alan Tabern 5–9 England Tony Ayres
England Nigel Heydon 5–9 England Wes Newton
England Adrian Lewis 9–4 England Wayne Jones

Sunday June 6

Last 8 to final

Quarter-finals
Best of 19 legs[8]
Semi-finals
Best of 19 legs[9]
Final
Best of 21 legs[10]
       
 England James Wade  9
 England Tony Ayres  10  
 England Tony Ayres  3
     Scotland Gary Anderson  10  
 Scotland Gary Anderson  10
 England Andy Hamilton  6  
 Scotland Gary Anderson  5
   
   England Phil Taylor  11
 England Wes Newton  3
 England Denis Ovens  10  
 England Denis Ovens  5
     England Phil Taylor  10  
 England Phil Taylor  10
 England Adrian Lewis  2  
 

Nine Dart Finish

Mervyn King hit a nine dart finish in his fourth round match against Gary Anderson, however he lost the match 9-8.

World Record

Phil Taylor hit the highest televised average in history in his 9-0 victory over Kevin Painter, finishing the match with a three-dart average of 118.66.

See also

References

  1. "UK Open Order of Merit". pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 5 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  2. 1 2 "Final UK Open Standings". pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  3. "PDC Launch Three New Events". pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
  4. "UK Open Draw". pdc.tv (Professional Darts Corporation). 2010-05-13. Archived from the original on 16 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  5. "UK Open - Day Two". Planet Darts. June 4, 2010.
  6. "UK Open - Fourth Round". Planet Darts. June 5, 2010.
  7. "UK Open - Fifth Round". Planet Darts. June 5, 2010.
  8. "UK Open Quarter-Finals". Planet Darts. June 6, 2010. Archived from the original on July 15, 2010.
  9. "UK Open - Semi-Finals". Planet Darts. June 6, 2010. Archived from the original on July 12, 2010.
  10. "Taylor Sweeps To UK Open Title". Planet darts. June 6, 2010. Archived from the original on July 15, 2010.

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