BDO British Open

British Open
Tournament information
Country	Great Britain
Established	1975
Organisation(s)	BDO, category A /WDF category 1
Prize fund	£12,400
Current champion(s)
Mark McGeeney (89.64)

The British Open ^[1] is one of the longest-running darts events, having started just a few months after the first ever Winmau World Masters. The tournament used to be televised by the BBC from its inception, but it ceased to cover the event after 1983. It was often held between Christmas and New Year - the 1975 Championship was actually played in late 1974. The tradition was maintained until near the millennium, when the organisers moved the tournament back to September/October. In recent years the tournament has been televised on Eurosport along with several other BDO tournaments that were previously untelevised.

List of tournaments

Year	Champion (average in final)	Score	Runner-Up (average in final)	Total Prize Money	Champion	Runner-Up
1975	Alan Evans	?-?	Alan Glazier	£1,440	£750	£300
1976	Jack North	?-?	Brian Vaux	£2,080	£1,000	£400
1977	John Lowe	?-?	Cliff Lazarenko	£2,940	£,1000	£500
1978	Eric Bristow	3-2	John Lowe	£2,810	£1,000	£500
1979	Tony Brown	?-?	Brian Langworth	£3,810	£2,000	£500
1980	Cliff Lazarenko	?-?	Ray Cornibert	£3,810	£2,000	£500
1981	Eric Bristow	?-?	Leighton Rees	£5,310	£3,000	£750
1982	Jocky Wilson	2-1	Eric Bristow	£6,140	£3,000	£1,000
1983	Eric Bristow	2-0	Mike Gregory	£6,140	£3,000	£1,000
1984	Cliff Lazarenko	2-1	Barry Noble	£6,140	£3,000	£1,000
1985	John Cosnett	?-?	Peter Locke	£8,420	£4,000	£1,500
1986	Eric Bristow	2-1	John Lowe	£10,580	£5,000	£2,500
1987	Bob Anderson	2-0	Steve Cusick	£11,160	£5,000	£2,000
1988	John Lowe	?-?	Bob Anderson	£11,160	£5,000	£2,000
1989	Brian Cairns	2-0	Martin Hurley	£11,800	£5,000	£2,000
1990	Alan Warriner-Little	2-1	Wayne Jones	£9,520	£4,000	£2,000
1991	Mike Gregory	2-1	John Lowe	£9,520	£4,000	£2,000
1992	Phil Gilman	3-1	Dennis Priestley	£7,820	£3,000	£1,500
1993	Dennis Priestley	?-?	Dave Askew	£7,820	£3,000	£1,500
1994	Martin Adams	?-?	Stefan Nagy	£6,720	£3,000	£1,000
1995	Al Hedman	?-?	Andy Fordham	£6,720	£3,000	£1,000
1996	Roland Scholten	?-?	Bob Taylor	£6,560	£3,000	£1,000
1997	Kevin Painter	?-?	Andy Smith	?	?	?
1998	Colin Monk	?-?	Ritchie Davies	?	?	?
1999	Raymond van Barneveld	?-?	Peter Manley	?	?	?
2000	Mervyn King	?-?	Wayne Mardle	?	?	?
2001	John Walton	?-?	Steve Beaton	?	?	?
2002	Tony Eccles	?-?	Tony David	£4,980	£2,500	£1,000
2003	Darryl Fitton	?-?	Mervyn King	?	?	?
2004	Martin Adams (102.81)	2-1	Mervyn King (101.07)	£6,040	£3,000	£1,000
2005	Brian Sorensen (94.41)	2-0	Michael van Gerwen (82.77)	?	?	?
2006	Mick Reed	2-0	Mark Barilli	?	?	?
2007	Gary Anderson	2-0	John Henderson	£6,040	£3,000	£1,000
2008	John Henderson (95.49)	4-2	Gary Anderson (96.48)	£6,040	£3,000	£1,000
2009	Dave Chisnall	2-0	Martin Atkins	£6,040	£3,000	£1,000
2010	Ted Hankey	3-0	Andrew Gilding	£6,040	£3,000	£1,000
2011	Scott Waites (97.49)	3-1	Willy van de Wiel (93.12)	£6,040	£3,000	£1,000
2012	Martin Atkins	6-5	Robbie Green	£6,040	£3,000	£1,000
2013	Garry Thompson (90.66)	6-5	James Wilson (89.7)	£8,000	£3,000	£1,200
2014	Scott Mitchell (95.64)	6-1	Martin Phillips(81.29)
2015	Mark McGeeney (89.64)	6-3	Scott Waites(88.29)	£8,000	£3,000	£1,500

Tournament records

• Most wins 4: Eric Bristow.
• Most Finals 5: Eric Bristow, John Lowe.
• Most Semi Finals 6: Eric Bristow, John Lowe.
• Most Quarter Finals 11: Martin Adams.
• Most Appearances 13: Martin Adams.
• Most Prize Money won £13,500: Eric Bristow.
• Best winning average (102.81) : Martin Adams v's Mervyn King, 2004, Final .
• Youngest Winner age 20: Eric Bristow.
• Oldest Winner age 48: Garry Thompson.

See also

• List of BDO ranked tournaments
• List of WDF tournaments

References

1. "Events Dairy-2016". http://www.bdodarts.com/. British Darts Organisation. Retrieved 12 January 2016. External link in |website= (help)

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