UK Open 2019

UK Open 2019

Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Butlin's Resort, Minehead
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Scotland Gary Anderson
Attendees	160
Opening game	1st March 2019
Endgame	3rd March 2019
Prize money (total)	£ 450,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 100,000
winner	England Nathan Aspinall
statistics
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The UK Open is a ranking tournament in darts and was organized for the 17th time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from March 1st to 3rd, 2019 . The venue was again Butlin's Resort in Minehead .

format

The format has changed significantly compared to last year. The field of participants would be increased from 128 to 160. On the one hand, these are the top 128 in the PDC Order of Merit . The remaining 32 consist on the one hand of the Top 16 of the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, who could not earn a Tour Card, on the other hand of 16 qualifiers of the Rileys Amateur Qualifiers.

The tournament will be played in a knockout system . In the first round, the 64 lowest-ranked players compete against each other in 32 games. In the second round, the winners meet players 65–96 of the PDC Order of Merit. In the third round the players 33–64 of the PDC Order of Merit join and in the fourth round the remaining players (1–32 of the PDC Order Of Merit). The first three rounds are played in the best of 11 legs mode . From the fourth round up to and including the quarter-finals, the game will be played in the best of 19 legs mode . The semi-finals and the final will be played in the best of 21 legs mode.

Prize money

A total of £ 400,000 in prize money will be awarded to the tournament. The prize money is distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 100,000
finalist	(1)	£ 40,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 20,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 12,500
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 7,500
5th round loser	(16)	£ 4,000
4th round loser	(32)	£ 2,000
3rd round loser	(32)	£ 1,000

Attendees

The following 160 players were qualified for the UK Open 2019:

The 128 first placed players of the PDC Order of Merit.

The first 16 players in the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit who do not have a Tour Card.

The 16 winners of the Rileys Amateur Qualifiers

PDC Order of Merit
places 1–32

Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
England Rob Cross
Scotland Peter Wright
Scotland Gary Anderson
Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney
England Michael Smith
Wales Gerwyn Price
Austria Scale length Suljović
England James Wade
Australia Simon Whitlock
England Dave Chisnall
England Ian White
England Darren Webster
England Joe Cullen
Wales Jonny Clayton
England Adrian Lewis
England Stephen Bunting
England Mervyn King
Scotland John Henderson
England Steve West
Australia Kyle Anderson
England Steve Beaton
Belgium Kim Huybrechts
Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena
England James Wilson
Wales Jamie Lewis
England Alan Norris
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Germany Max Hopp
Netherlands Benito van de Pas
Spain Christo Reyes

The top 32 entered in the 4th round.

PDC Order of Merit
places 33-65

Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh
England Nathan Aspinall
England Chris Dobey
Ireland Steve Lennon
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
England Keegan Brown
England Richard North
Scotland Robert Thornton
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
England Justin Pipe
Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan
Netherlands Danny Noppert
Netherlands Jan Dekker
Ireland William O'Connor
England Ricky Evans
Germany Martin Schindler
Spain Toni Alcinas
England Ryan Searle
England Ryan Joyce
Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp
Poland Krzysztof Ratajski
England Josh Payne
England James Richardson
England Luke Humphries
Wales Mark Webster
Netherlands Christian Kist
Germany Gabriel Clemens
South Africa Devon Petersen
Austria Zoran Lerchbacher
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts
Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell
Australia ~~Corey Cadby~~ *
England Alan Tabern

The players started in the 3rd round.

* Corey Cadby withdrew from the tournament. All subsequent participants moved up one place and a bye was awarded in the first round.

PDC Order of Merit
places 66–97

England Ross Smith
England Matthew Edgar
England Simon Stevenson
Wales Robert Owen
England Wayne Jones
Germany Robert Marijanović
England Adam Hunt
Northern Ireland Kevin Burness
England Glen Durrant
England Luke Woodhouse
England Ryan Meikle
Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode
Poland Tytus Kanik
England Arron Monk
England Bradley Brooks
England Peter Hudson
Belgium Davy van Baelen
Canada Dawson Murschell
Netherlands Vincent Kamphuis
Netherlands Mario Robbe
Spain José Justicia
England Mark Wilson
England Ryan Harrington
England Mark Dudbridge
England George Killington
England Scott Baker
England Gary Eastwood
Scotland John Goldie
England Tony Newell
Northern Ireland Gavin Carlin
England Harry Ward
England Andy Boulton

The players started in the 2nd round.

PDC Order of Merit
places 98–128

England Ediie Dootson
England Terry Temple
Lithuania Darius Labanauskas
England Ted Evetts
England Carl Wilkinson
England Jamie Hughes
Wales Jonathan Worsley
Portugal José de Sousa
England Mark McGeeney
Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez
Wales Barrie Bates
England David Pallett
Greece John Michael
England Kirk Shepherd
Netherlands Maik Kuivenhoven
England Nathan Derry
England Adrian Gray
England Conan Whitehead
Netherlands Geert Nentjes
Latvia Madars Razma
England Matt Clark
Netherlands Yordi Meeuwisse
England Joe Murnan
England Reece Robinson
Netherlands Vincent van der Meer
Germany Christian Bunse
Scotland Jamie Bain
Finland Marko Kantele
Netherlands Niels Zonneveld
England Michael Barnard
Netherlands Mike van Duivenbode

The players started in the 1st round.

PDC Challenge Tour Qualifiers

New Zealand Cody Harris
Scotland Cameron Menzies
England Martin Atkins
Sweden Dennis Nilsson
England David Evans
England Simon Preston
England Adam Huckvale
Austria Michael Rasztovits
Ireland Jason Cullen
Brazil Diogo Portela
England Jarred Cole
England Mark Frost
England Matthew Dennant
Scotland Darren Beveridge
Wales John Davey
England Lee Budgen

Riley's Amateur Qualifiers

England Michael Burgoine
England Shaun Fox
England Lee Harris
England Scott Taylor
England Wes Newton
Scotland Mark Barilli
England Kevin Thoburn
Wales Lloyd Browning
England Ian McFarlane
England Andy Jenkins
England Chris Lacey
England Rob Collins
England Barry Lynn
England Daniel Day
England Callan Rydz
Belgium Brian Raman

The players started in the 1st round.

Results

1 round

March 1st
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	England Mark McGeeney	6 : 3	England David Pallett	2	England Barry Lynn (Q)	4: 6	Austria Michael Rasztovits
3	Sweden Dennis Nilsson	2: 6	Latvia Madars Razma	4th	England Scott Taylor (Q)	6 : 4	Lithuania Darius Labanauskas
5	England Shaun Fox (Q)	1: 6	England Andy Jenkins (Q)	6th	Brazil Diogo Portela	6 : 4	Wales Barrie Bates
7th	Netherlands Geert Nentjes	6 : 5	England David Evans	8th	England Kirk Shepherd	6 : 2	Wales Jonathan Worsley
9	England Nathan Derry	6 : 4	England Lee Budgen	10	England Matt Clark	6 : 3	Netherlands Niels Zonneveld
11	Ireland Jason Cullen	3: 6	England Reece Robinson	12	England Martin Atkins	3: 6	Scotland Jamie Bain
13	Wales Lloyd Browning (Q)	6 : 5	England Lee Harris (Q)	14th	England Adrian Gray	6 : 1	England Ian McFarlane (Q)
15th	England Carl Wilkinson	4: 6	Netherlands Yordi Meeuwisse	16	England Rob Collins (Q)	6 : 1	Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez
17th	England Wes Newton (Q)	4: 6	Scotland Cameron Menzies	18th	England Jamie Hughes	6 : 3	England Callan Rydz (Q)
19th	Netherlands Mike van Duivenbode	2: 6	England Ted Evetts	20th	England Conan Whitehead	6 : 3	England Michael Burgoine (Q)
21st	England Joe Murnan	6 : 3	England Mark Frost	22nd	England Adam Huckvale	6 : 3	Scotland Mark Barilli (Q)
23	New Zealand Cody Harris	6 : 5	Wales John Davey	24	Portugal José de Sousa	6 : 4	Belgium Brian Raman (Q)
25th	Netherlands Vincent van der Meer	6 : 1	England Eddie Dootson	26th	England Jarred Cole	6 : 4	England Michael Barnard
27	Germany Christian Bunse	4: 6	Greece John Michael	28	Finland Marko Kantele	6 : 2	England Chris Lacey (Q)
29	England Kevin Thoburn (Q)	6 : 5	England Matthew Dennant	30th	England Daniel Day (Q)	1: 6	Netherlands Mark Kuivenhoven
31	England Terry Temple	5: 6	England Simon Preston	32	Scotland Darren Beveridge	free	-

2nd round

No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2	No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Canada Dawson Murschell	3: 6	England Ross Smith	2	Brazil Diogo Portela	1: 6	England Jamie Hughes
3	England Wayne Jones	2: 6	Netherlands Vincent Kamphuis	4th	England Simon Preston	3: 6	England Arron Monk
5	England Mark Wilson	4: 6	England Mark Dudbridge	6th	England Ted Evetts	3: 6	England George Killington
7th	England Matthew Edgar	6 : 4	England Gary Eastwood	8th	Scotland Cameron Menzies	-	Scotland Jamie Bain
9	Germany Robert Marijanović	3: 6	Belgium Davy Van Baelen	10	England Simon Stevenson	6 : 2	England Adrian Gray
11	England Scott Baker	6 : 2	England Ryan Harrington	12	Poland Tytus Kanik	0: 6	Netherlands Yordi Meeuwisse
13	England Peter Hudson	6 : 3	Scotland John Goldie	14th	Wales Robert Owen	6 : 4	Finland Marko Kantele
15th	Scotland Darren Beveridge	2: 6	England Luke Woodhouse	16	Spain José Justicia	6 : 2	England Kevin Thoburn (Q)
17th	England Glen Durrant	6 : 1	Netherlands Mark Kuivenhoven	18th	England Scott Taylor (Q)	6 : 3	Northern Ireland Kevin Burness
19th	New Zealand Cody Harris	0: 6	England Adam Hunt	20th	England Kirk Shepherd	6 : 4	England Bradley Brooks
21st	Latvia Madars Razma	6 : 3	England Mark McGeeney	22nd	England Rob Collins (Q)	3: 6	England Andy Boulton
23	England Harry Ward	6 : 3	Wales Lloyd Browning (Q)	24	England Nathan Derry	6 : 4	Netherlands Vincent van der Meer
25th	England Andy Jenkins (Q)	5: 6	Netherlands Mario Robbe	26th	Northern Ireland Gavin Carlin	6 : 2	Greece John Michael
27	England Tony Newell	4: 6	England Adam Huckvale	28	Austria Michael Rasztovits	6 : 1	England Conan Whitehead
29	Netherlands Geert Nentjes	6 : 3	England Jarred Cole	30th	England Joe Murnan	6 : 4	England Ryan Meikle
31	England Reece Robinson	6 : 1	Portugal José de Sousa	32	Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode	6 : 3	England Matt Clark

3rd round

No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2	No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	England Luke Humphries	6 : 1	Netherlands Vincent van der Voort	2	Brazil Diogo Portela	6 : 4	Spain José Justicia
3	Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell	6 : 1	Netherlands Danny Noppert	4th	England Scott Baker	4: 6	Poland Krzysztof Ratajski
5	Germany Gabriel Clemens	6 : 2	Austria Zoran Lerchbacher	6th	England Simon Stevenson	6 : 3	Wales Mark Webster
7th	England Richard North	6 : 5	Belgium Ronny Huybrechts	8th	Scotland Jamie Bain	3: 6	England Josh Payne
9	England Mark Dudbridge	5: 6	Ireland William O'Connor	10	England Andy Boulton	4: 6	Netherlands Christian Kist
11	England Matthew Edgar	3: 6	England Ryan Searle	12	England Arron Monk	6 : 5	Scotland Robert Thornton
13	Belgium Davy van Baelen	4: 6	Germany Martin Schindler	14th	Wales Nathan Derry	5: 6	England Keegan Brown
15th	Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp	5: 6	England Adam Hunt	16	England Joe Murnan	6 : 4	England Alan Tabern
17th	Spain Toni Alcinas	3: 6	England Nathan Aspinall	18th	Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh	6 : 0	England Kirk Shepherd
19th	England James Richardson	0: 6	Ireland Steve Lennon	20th	South Africa Devon Petersen	2: 6	England Jamie Hughes
21st	England Luke Woodhouse	6 : 4	England Chris Dobey	22nd	Northern Ireland Gavin Carlin	6 : 2	England Glen Durrant
23	England Ryan Joyce	6 : 3	Wales Robert Owen	24	England Reece Robinson	6 : 4	Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode
25th	Netherlands Mario Robbe	2: 6	Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan	26th	Netherlands Vincent Kamphuis	3: 6	England Scott Taylor (Q)
27	England Harry Ward	4: 6	Netherlands Jan Dekker	28	England George Killington	4: 6	Latvia Madars Razma
29	England Adam Huckvale	2: 6	Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan	30th	Netherlands Yordi Meeuwisse	3: 6	England Ross Smith
31	Netherlands Geert Nentjes	6 : 0	England Justin Pipe	32	Austria Michael Rasztovits	2: 6	England Peter Hudson