UK Open 2018

UK Open 2018
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Butlin's Resort, Minehead
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Peter Wright
Attendees	128
Opening game	2nd March 2018
Endgame	4th March 2018
Prize money (total)	£ 350,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 70,000
winner	Gary Anderson
statistics
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The UK Open is a ranking tournament in darts and will be organized for the 16th time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from March 2nd to 4th, 2018 . The venue for the fifth time is Butlin's Resort in Minehead .

format

A total of 128 players take part in the tournament. The field consists of the 96 best placed players of the UK Open Order of Merit and the 32 winners of the UK Open Riley's 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 Riley's 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 were qualified for the UK Open 2018:

• The top 96 players in the UK Open Order of Merit, which was created from the six qualifying tournaments, the UK Open Qualifiers 2018 .

• The 32 UK Open Riley's Qualifiers winners

PDC UK Open Order of Merit
places 1–32

1. Michael van Gerwen
2. Michael Smith
3. Krzysztof Ratajski
4. Corey Cadby
5. Gary Anderson
6. Rob Cross
7. Peter Wright
8. Daryl Gurney
9. Kim Huybrechts
10. Jeffrey de Zwaan
11. Darren Webster
12. Mervyn King
13. Zoran Lerchbacher *
14. John Henderson
15. Steve Beaton
16. Adrian Lewis
17. Steve West
18. Jamie Lewis
19. David Pallett
20. James Wade
21. Justin Pipe
22. Jelle Klaasen
23. Matthew Edgar
24. Jonny Clayton
25. Jamie Hughes
26. Simon Stevenson
27. Simon Whitlock
28. Dave Prins
29. Robert Thornton
30. Ian White
31. Martin Schindler
32. Kyle Anderson

The top 32 entered in the 3rd round.

PDC UK Open Order of Merit
places 33–64

1. Gerwyn Price
2. James Wilson
3. Robert Owen
4. Jason Lowe
5. Joe Cullen
6. Nathan Aspinall
7. Keegan Brown
8. Alan Norris
9. Nathan Rafferty
10. Danny Noppert
11. Vincent van der Voort
12. John Goldie *
13. David Evans
14. Richard North
15. Vincent Kamphuis
16. Jermaine Wattimena
17. Stephen Bunting
18. Stuart Kellett
19. José Justicia
20. Wayne Jones
21. Mike Norton
22. Gabriel Clemens
23. Carl Wilkinson
24. Andrew Gilding
25. Geert Nentjes
26. Antonio Alcinas
27. Dave Chisnall
28. Raymond van Barneveld
29. Chris Dobey
30. James Richardson
31. Maik Langendorf *
32. Ted Evetts

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

PDC UK Open Order of Merit
places 65–96

1. Michael Rasztovits
2. Ron Meulenkamp
3. Kirk Shepherd
4. Richie Burnett
5. Ricky Evans
6. Mark Walsh
7. Cody Harris
8. William O'Connor *
9. Terry Jenkins
10. Chris Quantock
11. Michael Barnard
12. Bradley Brooks
13. Dirk van Duijvenbode
14. Ryan Meikle
15. Dimitri Van den Bergh
16. Paul Nicholson
17. Luke Humphries
18. Cristo Reyes
19. Rene Berndt **
20. René Eidams
21. Lee Evans
22. Ryan Harrington
23. Robert Rickwood
24. Mickey Mansell
25. Andy Jenkins
26. Benito van de Pas
27. Mick McGowan *
28. Darren Johnson
29. John Part
30. Prakash Jiwa
31. Adam Hunt
32. George Killington

** Rene Berndt canceled participation for health reasons

The players started in the 1st round.

UK Open Riley's Qualifiers

• Andrew Davidson *
• Michael Burgoine
• Joe Davis
• Andrew Johnson
• Jason Mold
• Tony Mitchell
• Ian Jopling
• Mark Craddock
• Liam Kelly
• Benjamin McClelland
• Mark Rice *
• Paul Hogan
• Daniel Airey
• Alex Roy
• Chris Lacey *
• Andy Hamilton
• Craig Winstanley *
• Harry Ward
• Simon Tate
• Daniel Lee
• Martin Atkins
• Dan Read
• Scott Robertson *
• Martin Biggs
• Paul Whitworth
• Darren Brown
• Andy Hibbert
• Darryl Pilgrim
• John Scott
• Andreas Hajimena
• John Morris
• Andrew Pullen

The players started in the 1st round.

* Due to the weather conditions, several players had to cancel their participation in the tournament

Results

1 round

Friday March 2nd
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	Andrew Davidson (Q)	-	Michael Burgoine (Q)		2	René Eidams	6  : 4	Andrew Johnson (Q)
3	Michael Barnard	-	Scott Robertson (Q)		4th	Lee Evans	6  : 3	Dimitri Van den Bergh
5	Dan Read (Q)	5: 6	Joe Davis (Q)		6th	Bradley Brooks	6  : 4	Chris Quantock
7th	Paul Nicholson	6  : 5	Terry Jenkins		8th	Kirk Shepherd	6  : 4	Adam Hunt
9	Andrew Pullen (Q)	-	Mark Rice (Q)		10	Simon Tate (Q)	3 - 6	Michael Rasztovits
11	Liam Kelly	0: 6	Luke Humphries		12	Mark Walsh	2: 6	Alex Roy (Q)
13	Robert Rickwood	-	Rene Berndt		14th	Daniel Lee (Q)	0: 6	Harry Ward (Q)
15th	John Morris (Q)	2: 6	John Part		16	Mickey Mansell	5: 6	Ryan Meikle
17th	Darryl Pilgrim (Q)	6  : 2	Ian Jopling (Q)		18th	Benjamin McClelland (Q)	4: 6	David Airey (Q)
19th	Chris Lacey (Q)	-	Martin Biggs (Q)		20th	Ryan Harrington	6  : 5	Richie Burnett
21st	Ricky Evans	6  : 1	Andreas Hajiminia (Q)		22nd	Mick McGowan	-	Dirk van Duijvenbode
23	Cody Harris	6  : 1	Tony Mitchell (Q)		24	Craig Winstanley (Q)	-	Mark Craddock (Q)
25th	Andy Hamilton (Q)	-	William O'Connor		26th	Martin Atkins (Q)	3: 6	Paul Whitworth (Q)
27	Darren Brown (Q)	5: 6	Paul Hogan (Q)		28	Cristo Reyes	5: 6	Benito van de Pas
29	Ron Meulenkamp	6  : 5	Andy Hibbert (Q)		30th	George Killington	6  : 4	Andy Jenkins
31	Jason Mold (Q)	6  : 5	Prakash Jiwa		32	Darren Johnson	4: 6	John Scott (Q)

2nd round

No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2		No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Antonio Alcinas	4: 6	Alex Roy (Q)		2	James Wilson	2: 6	Gerwyn Price
3	Alan Norris	4: 6	Dirk van Duijvenbode		4th	Mike Norton	5: 6	Raymond van Barneveld
5	Vincent van der Voort	6  : 3	Martin Biggs (Q)		6th	Benito van de Pas	4: 6	David Evans
7th	Lee Evans	5: 6	Chris Dobey		8th	Paul Hogan (Q)	-	John Goldie
9	Danny Noppert	3: 6	Ryan Harrington		10	Stuart Kellett	1: 6	David Airey (Q)
11	Dave Chisnall	6  : 2	René Eidams		12	Vincent Kamphuis	3: 6	Kirk Shepherd
13	Jason Mold (Q)	3: 6	Nathan Rafferty		14th	Darryl Pilgrim (Q)	6  : 4	Geert Nentjes
15th	Robert Owen	6  : 4	Michael Burgoine (Q)		16	Andy Hamilton (Q)	0: 6	Jermaine Wattimena
17th	Luke Humphries	6  : 3	Wayne Jones		18th	Stephen Bunting	6  : 2	Bradley Brooks
19th	Paul Whitworth (Q)	0: 6	John Part		20th	José Justicia	2: 6	Joe Cullen
21st	Keegan Brown	6  : 3	George Killington		22nd	Andrew Gilding	0: 6	Gabriel Clemens
23	Jason Lowe	6  : 4	John Scott (Q)		24	Nathan Aspinall	6  : 3	Andrew Pullen (Q)
25th	Carl Wilkinson	2: 6	Ricky Evans		26th	Cody Harris	2: 6	Michael Barnard
27	Ron Meulenkamp	6  : 1	Joe Davis (Q)		28	Harry Ward (Q)	6  : 1	Ted Evetts
29	Michael Rasztovits	-	Maik Langendorf		30th	Ryan Meikle	6  : 4	Mark Craddock (Q)
31	James Richardson	0: 6	Robert Rickwood		32	Richard North	5: 6	Paul Nicholson

3rd round

No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2		No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	David Airey (Q)	3: 10	Jason Lowe		2	John Part	10  : 2	David Evans
3	David Pallett	10  : 8	Robert Thornton		4th	Ricky Evans	10  : 6	Luke Humphries
5	Steve Beaton	8: 10	Jermaine Wattimena		6th	Robert Owen	10  : 2	Jamie Lewis
7th	Kim Huybrechts	10  : 8	Gabriel Clemens		8th	Steve West	10  : 9	Darryl Pilgrim (Q)
9	Krzysztof Ratajski	10  : 7	Darren Webster		10	Simon Stevenson	6: 10	James Wade
11	Peter Wright	9: 10	Nathan Rafferty		12	Chris Dobey	10  : 2	Harry Ward (Q)
13	John Henderson	4: 10	Matthew Edgar		14th	Paul Hogan (Q)	10  : 6	Paul Nicholson
15th	Jeffrey de Zwaan	10  : 8	Michael van Gerwen		16	Robert Rickwood	3: 10	Gary Anderson
17th	Kirk Shepherd	5: 10	Michael Smith		18th	Ian White	10  : 7	Simon Whitlock
19th	Mervyn King	10  : 4	Raymond van Barneveld		20th	Nathan Aspinall	8: 10	Rob Cross
21st	Daryl Gurney	10  : 9	Jelle Klaasen		22nd	Martin Schindler	10  : 7	Ryan Harrington
23	Adrian Lewis	5: 10	Dirk van Duijvenbode		24	Alex Roy (Q)	6: 10	Gerwyn Price
25th	Justin Pipe	3: 10	Stephen Bunting		26th	Dave Chisnall	6: 10	Ryan Meikle
27	Jonny Clayton	10  : 6	Michael Barnard		28	Dave Prins	4: 10	Ron Meulenkamp
29	Kyle Anderson	10  : 7	Vincent van der Voort		30th	Joe Cullen	8: 10	Keegan Brown
31	Michael Rasztovits	5: 10	Corey Cadby		32	bye	-	Jamie Hughes

4th round

Saturday 3rd March

No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2		No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Daryl Gurney	5: 10	Kim Huybrechts		9	Robert Owen	10  : 9	Nathan Rafferty
2	Gary Anderson	10  : 3	Ricky Evans		10	David Pallett	10  : 6	James Wade
3	Rob Cross	10  : 7	Kyle Anderson		11	Steve West	10  : 7	Matthew Edgar
4th	Corey Cadby	10  : 7	Martin Schindler		12	Keegan Brown	5: 10	Krzysztof Ratajski
5	Chris Dobey	10  : 5	Jason Lowe		13	Dirk van Duijvenbode	6: 10	Gerwyn Price
6th	Mervyn King	10  : 8	Jonny Clayton		14th	Jamie Hughes	8: 10	Ian White
7th	Ryan Meikle	4: 10	Michael Smith		15th	Stephen Bunting	8: 10	Jermaine Wattimena
8th	John Part	10  : 9	Ron Meulenkamp		16	Paul Hogan (Q)	10  : 8	Jeffrey de Zwaan

Round of 16

No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2		No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Mervyn King	8: 10	John Part		5	Ian White	7: 10	Robert Owen
2	Paul Hogan (Q)	9: 10	Gerwyn Price		6th	Steve West	10  : 9	Michael Smith
3	Jermaine Wattimena	6: 10	Gary Anderson		7th	David Pallett	10  : 7	Kim Huybrechts
4th	Rob Cross	10  : 3	Krzysztof Ratajski		8th	Corey Cadby	10  : 7	Chris Dobey

Quarter Finals, Semi Finals & Finals

Sunday March 4th

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

Gary Anderson 98.31

10

Rob Cross 95.53

5

Gary Anderson 95.31

11

David Pallett 87.40

7th

David Pallett 95.30

10

Steve West 91.56

5

Gary Anderson 95.71

11

Corey Cadby 99.78

7th

Corey Cadby 99.32

10

Gerwyn Price 94.25

6th

Corey Cadby 99.90

11

Robert Owen 90.15

3

John Part 80.72

3

Robert Owen 98.94

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
• official website of the PDC

Individual evidence

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