UK Open 2017

UK Open 2017
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Butlin's Resort, Minehead
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Michael van Gerwen
Attendees	128
Opening game	March 3, 2017
Endgame	5th March 2017
Prize money (total)	£ 350,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 70,000
winner	Peter Wright
statistics
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The UK Open is a ranking tournament in darts and will be held for the 15th time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from March 3rd to 5th, 2017 . For the fourth time, the venue is Butlin's Resort in Minehead .

The defending champion is Michael van Gerwen from the Netherlands , who had to cancel the tournament this year due to back problems.

format

A total of 128 players take part in the tournament. The field consists of the 96 best placed players in the UK Open Order of Merit and the 32 winners of the UK Open Pub Qualifiers . The tournament will be played without a seeding list.

The first round will be played by the players in positions 65 to 96 of the UK Open Order of Merit and the 32 players who qualified via the UK Open Pub Qualifiers . In the second round, in addition to the 32 winners from the first round, places 33 to 64 of the UK Open Order of Merit are added. The top 32 players start in the third round.

The tournament will be played in a knockout system . Game mode in the first two rounds is a best of 11 legs. In the 3rd round, the 32 winners of the 2nd round compete against the top 32 participants in the UK Open Order of Merit. From this round up to and including the quarter-finals, a best of 19 legs mode is played. The semi-finals and the final will be played in a best of 21 legs mode.

Prize money

The tournament will pay out a total of £ 350,000 in prize money. The prize money is distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 70,000
finalist	(1)	£ 35,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 17,500
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 11,500
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 6,500
4th round loser	(16)	£ 3,500
3rd round loser	(32)	£ 1,750
Nine dart finish	(1)	£ 5,000

Attendees

The following 128 players qualified for the UK Open 2017:

• The top 96 players in the UK Open Order of Merit, which was created from the six qualifying tournaments, the UK Open Qualifiers 2017 .

• The 32 UK Open Pub Qualifiers winners

PDC UK Open Order of Merit
places 1–32

1. Peter Wright
2. Simon Whitlock
3. Michael van Gerwen *
4. Gary Anderson
5. Michael Smith
6. James Wade
7. Ian White
8. Adrian Lewis
9. Raymond van Barneveld
10. Mervyn King
11. Steve Beaton
12. Dave Chisnall
13. Jelle Klaasen
14. Benito van de Pas
15. Rob Cross
16. Gerwyn Price
17. Darren Webster
18. Kim Huybrechts
19. Ronny Huybrechts
20. Alan Norris
21. Brendan Dolan
22. John Henderson
23. Kyle Anderson
24. Kevin Painter
25. Cristo Reyes
26. Christian Kist
27. Chris Quantock
28. Chris Dobey
29. Ricky Evans
30. Joe Cullen
31. Mick Todd
32. Ryan Searle

* Due to back problems, van Gerwen canceled his participation. His place was considered a bye.

The top 32 entered in the 3rd round.

PDC UK Open Order of Merit
places 33–64

1. Stephen Bunting
2. Richard North
3. Mark Webster
4. William O'Connor
5. Robert Thornton
6. Daryl Gurney
7. Ryan Palmer
8. Peter Hudson
9. Vincent van der Voort
10. Stuart Kellett
11. Mick McGowan
12. Scott Taylor
13. Andy Jenkins
14. Andrew Gilding
15. David Pallett
16. Zoran Lerchbacher
17. Dirk van Duijvenbode
18. Jamie Lewis
19. Barrie Bates
20. Jeffrey de Graaf
21. Steve Lennon
22. Jan Dekker
23. John Michael
24. Mark Barilli
25. Ted Evetts
26. Terry Jenkins
27. Matthew Dennant
28. Devon Petersen
29. Kirk Shepherd
30. Justin Pipe
31. Ross Twell
32. Martin Lukeman

The players in places 33-64 started in the 2nd round.

PDC UK Open Order of Merit
places 65–96

1. Kai Fan Leung
2. Jermaine Wattimena
3. Rob Hewson
4. Darren Johnson
5. Vincent Kamphuis
6. Yordi Meeuwisse
7. Tony Newell
8. Royden Lam
9. Matt Padgett
10. Keegan Brown
11. Jeffrey de Zwaan
12. Ron Meulenkamp
13. Ryan Murray
14. Ritchie Edhouse
15. Paul Rowley
16. Alan Tabern
17. Antonio Alcinas
18. Ronnie Baxter
19. Jamie Caven
20. Jonny Clayton
21. Joe Davis
22. Paul Harvey
23. Ryan Meikle
24. James Richardson
25. James Wilson
26. Brian Woods
27. Wayne Jones
28. Jamie Bain
29. Lee Bryant
30. Mark Frost
31. Jonathan Worsley
32. Paul Milford

The players started in the 1st round.

UK Open Pub Qualifiers

• Lee Evans
• Dan Read
• Steve Maish
• Dave Prins
• Gary Eastwood
• Gareth Pass
• Neil Smith
• Ben Green
• Wayne Morris
• Alex Roy
• James Carroll
• Kevin Edwards
• Nicky Bell
• Brandon Walsh
• Paul Hogan
• Scott Robertson
• Jimmy McKirdy
• Paul Cartwright
• Paul Barham
• Brian Dawson
• Johnny Haines
• Andy Roberts
• Martin Biggs
• Dave Parletti
• Darryl Pilgrim
• John Ferrell
• Mark Layton
• Brett Claydon
• Andrew Davidson
• Damian Smith
• Kevin Bambrick
• Dean Reynolds

The players started in the 1st round.

Results

1 round

Friday March 3rd
Qualifiers for the Riley Pub Qualifiers will be marked with a (Q).

No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2		No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Ryan Murray	6  : 5	John Ferrell (Q)		2	Johnny Haines (Q)	6  : 0	Wayne Morris (Q)
3	Ritchie Edhouse	4: 6	Rob Hewson		4th	Keegan Brown	3: 6	Paul Hogan (Q)
5	Mark Frost	6  : 4	Jamie Bain		6th	James Carroll (Q)	6  : 3	Brandon Walsh (Q)
7th	Antonio Alcinas	4: 6	James Richardson		8th	Darren Johnson	6  : 5	Jeffrey de Zwaan
9	Yordi Meeuwisse	6  : 4	Martin Biggs (Q)		10	Tony Newell	6  : 4	Mark Layton (Q)
11	Paul Rowley	5: 6	Ronnie Baxter		12	Jermaine Wattimena	6  : 1	Kai Fan Leung
13	Darryl Pilgrim (Q)	4: 6	Ben Green (Q)		14th	Dean Reynolds (Q)	6  : 2	Andy Roberts (Q)
15th	Brian Woods	6  : 3	Damian Smith (Q)		16	Vincent Kamphuis	3: 6	Ryan Meikle
17th	Alan Tabern	6  : 4	Scott Robertson (Q)		18th	Jamie Caven	6  : 3	Dan Read (Q)
19th	Joe Davis	6  : 2	Paul Harvey		20th	Wayne Jones	6  : 5	Lee Bryant
21st	Brett Claydon (Q)	4: 6	Paul Barham (Q)		22nd	Alex Roy (Q)	6  : 1	Kevin Edwards (Q)
23	James Wilson	6  : 4	Gary Eastwood (Q)		24	Ron Meulenkamp	6  : 1	Royden Lam
25th	Paul Milford	6  : 3	Brian Dawson (Q)		26th	Matt Padgett	6  : 2	Paul Cartwright (Q)
27	Jonny Clayton	6  : 1	Jimmy McKirdy (Q)		28	Kevin Bambrick (Q)	6  : 5	Nicky Bell (Q)
29	Lee Evans (Q)	6  : 5	Andrew Davidson (Q)		30th	Jonathan Worsley	6  : 4	Dave Prins (Q)
31	Steve Maish (Q)	4: 6	Neil Smith (Q)		32	Dave Parletti (Q)	6  : 2	Gareth Pass (Q)

2nd round

No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2		No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Jamie Lewis	4: 6	Paul Hogan (Q)		2	Daryl Gurney	6  : 3	Ryan Palmer
3	Devon Petersen	2: 6	Jermaine Wattimena		4th	Ted Evetts	6  : 3	Paul Milford
5	Tony Newell	4: 6	Brian Woods		6th	Jamie Caven	6  : 0	Ben Green (Q)
7th	Vincent van der Voort	6  : 5	James Wilson		8th	Andy Jenkins	4: 6	David Pallett
9	Ross Twell	6  : 4	Joe Davis		10	Mark Barilli	3: 6	Kirk Shepherd
11	Terry Jenkins	2: 6	Wayne Jones		12	Stephen Bunting	2: 6	Mark Webster
13	Alex Roy (Q)	6  : 4	Dave Parletti (Q)		14th	Jonny Clayton	6  : 3	Mark Frost
15th	Mick McGowan	6  : 4	Dean Reynolds (Q)		16	Stuart Kellett	4: 6	Dirk van Duijvenbode
17th	Scott Taylor	5: 6	Paul Barham (Q)		18th	Ron Meulenkamp	6  : 4	Lee Evans (Q)
19th	Jan Dekker	5: 6	Rob Hewson		20th	Zoran Lerchbacher	4: 6	Matthew Dennant
21st	Alan Tabern	6  : 3	James Carroll (Q)		22nd	Yordi Meeuwisse	6  : 4	Jonathan Worsley
23	Justin Pipe	6  : 0	Ryan Meikle		24	William O'Connor	6  : 2	Steve Lennon
25th	Martin Lukeman	6  : 5	Matt Padgett		26th	Peter Hudson	5: 6	John Michael
27	James Richardson	6  : 1	Neil Smith (Q)		28	Andrew Gilding	6  : 4	Ryan Murray
29	Richard North	3: 6	Ronnie Baxter		30th	Robert Thornton	6  : 0	Kevin Bambrick (Q)
31	Jeffrey de Graaf	3: 6	Barrie Bates		32	Darren Johnson	3: 6	Johnny Haines (Q)

3rd round

No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2		No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Mick Todd	3: 10	William O'Connor		2	Alan Norris	10  : 2	Yordi Meeuwisse
3	Kim Huybrechts	10  : 8	Brian Woods		4th	Mark Webster	10  : 9	Ross Twell
5	Kyle Anderson	7: 10	Jermaine Wattimena		6th	Kevin Painter	8: 10	Chris Dobey
7th	Daryl Gurney	10  : 2	Ross Twell (Q)		8th	Martin Lukeman	10  : 9	Rob Hewson
9	Gary Anderson	9: 10	Paul Hogan		10	Gerwyn Price	10  : 5	Justin Pipe
11	Ronny Huybrechts	4: 10	Vincent van der Voort		12	Kirk Shepherd	10  : 8	Wayne Jones
13	Ricky Evans	7: 10	Ron Meulenkamp		14th	Christian Kist	5: 10	Dirk van Duijvenbode
15th	Michael Smith	10  : 4	John Henderson		16	Raymond van Barneveld	10  : 6	Barrie Bates
17th	Darren Webster	8: 10	Ronnie Baxter		18th	Peter Wright	10  : 3	James Richardson
19th	Mervyn King	7: 10	Alan Tabern		20th	Joe Cullen	10  : 2	Robert Thornton
21st	Dave Chisnall	10  : 4	Jamie Caven		22nd	Simon Whitlock	10  : 2	Chris Quantock
23	Jelle Klaasen	10  : 7	Jonny Clayton		24	Brendan Dolan	9: 10	John Michael
25th	Benito van de Pas	10  : 6	Matthew Dennant		26th	Ryan Searle	10  : 7	Mick McGowan
27	Steve Beaton	6: 10	David Pallett		28	Andrew Gilding	5: 10	Ted Evetts
29	James Wade	8: 10	Adrian Lewis		30th	Ian White	10  : 2	Paul Barham (Q)
31	Rob Cross	10  : 5	Johnny Haines (Q)		32	bye	-	Cristo Reyes

4th round

Saturday 4th March

No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2		No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Benito van de Pas	5: 10	Alan Norris		9	Simon Whitlock	10  : 6	Dirk van Duijvenbode
2	Jelle Klaasen	9: 10	Vincent van der Voort		10	Rob Cross	10  : 5	Ryan Searle
3	Peter Wright	10  : 5	Dave Chisnall		11	Adrian Lewis	6: 10	Paul Hogan (Q)
4th	Chris Dobey	5: 10	Martin Lukeman		12	Michael Smith	10  : 8	Jermaine Wattimena
5	Gerwyn Price	10  : 4	David Pallett		13	Cristo Reyes	5: 10	Joe Cullen
6th	Kim Huybrechts	10  : 1	Ted Evetts		14th	William O'Connor	10  : 6	Ronnie Baxter
7th	Raymond van Barneveld	10  : 3	Ron Meulenkamp		15th	Daryl Gurney	10  : 3	Mark Webster
8th	John Michael	6: 10	Alan Tabern		16	Ian White	10  : 7	Kirk Shepherd

Round of 16

No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2		No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Gerwyn Price	10  : 6	Paul Hogan		5	Kim Huybrechts	10  : 9	Joe Cullen
2	Raymond van Barneveld	10  : 7	Alan Tabern		6th	Simon Whitlock	10  : 7	William O'Connor
3	Ian White	10  : 3	Martin Lukeman		7th	Daryl Gurney	10  : 5	Vincent van der Voort
4th	Michael Smith	6: 10	Alan Norris		8th	Peter Wright	10  : 6	Rob Cross

Quarter Finals, Semi Finals & Finals

Sunday March 5th

Quarter-finals March 5, 2017 Best of 19 legs

Semi-finals March 5, 2017 Best of 21 legs

Final March 5, 2017 Best of 21 legs

Kim Huybrechts 98.94

9

Alan Norris 97.78

10

Alan Norris 93.25

9

Gerwyn Price 95.97

11

Ian White 103.09

9

Gerwyn Price 97.18

10

Gerwyn Price 97.78

6th

Peter Wright 100.55

11

Peter Wright 110.88

10

Raymond van Barneveld 108.10

8th

Peter Wright 100.77

11

Daryl Gurney 98.89

5

Simon Whitlock 96.73

9

Daryl Gurney 102.03

10

transmission

The DAZN streaming service broadcast the event exclusively in German-speaking countries .

In addition, the PDC offered a live stream for the tournament.

Web links

• Report on darts1.de
• Tournament progress on dartn.de
• UK Open 2017 in the DartsDatabase.co.uk database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)