UK Open 2020

UK Open 2020
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Butlin's Resort, Minehead
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Nathan Aspinall
Attendees	160
Opening game	March 6, 2020
Endgame	March 8, 2020
Prize money (total)	£ 450,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 100,000
winner	Michael van Gerwen
statistics
highest finish	170 points from Dimitri Van den Bergh Michael van Gerwen
Nine dart finish	Jonny Clayton Michael van Gerwen
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The UK Open are ranked tournaments in darts. The UK Open 2020 will be organized for the 18th time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from March 6th to 8th, 2020 . The venue is again the Butlin's Resort in Minehead .

format

The top 128 of the PDC Order of Merit , the Top 8 of the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, the Top 8 of the Development Tour Order of Merit and 16 Riley's Amateur Qualifiers, which are held in 16 pubs across Great Britain , qualify for the tournament .

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 are qualified for the UK Open 2019:

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

• The 8 first placed players of the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit who do not have a Tour Card.

• The 8 first-placed players of the PDC Development 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

1. Michael van Gerwen
2. Peter Wright
3. Gerwyn Price
4. Rob Cross
5. Michael Smith
6. Gary Anderson
7. Daryl Gurney
8. Nathan Aspinall
9. James Wade
10. Dave Chisnall
11. Ian White
12. Scale length Suljović
13. Adrian Lewis
14. Simon Whitlock
15. Joe Cullen
16. Stephen Bunting
17. Jonny Clayton
18. Krzysztof Ratajski
19. Chris Dobey
20. Glen Durrant
21. Jeffrey de Zwaan
22. Mervyn King
23. Jermaine Wattimena
24. Max Hopp ^1st
25. Steve Beaton
26. Darren Webster
27. Danny Noppert
28. Ricky Evans
29. Dimitri Van den Bergh
30. Keegan Brown
31. John Henderson
32. Brendan Dolan

The top 32 entered in the 4th round.

PDC Order of Merit
places 33-64

33. Steve West
34. Vincent van der Voort
35. Luke Humphries
36. Kim Huybrechts
37. William O'Connor
38. Gabriel Clemens
39. James Wilson
40. Steve Lennon
41. Ryan Searle
42. Kyle Anderson
43. Ryan Joyce
44. Josh Payne
45. Jamie Hughes
46. Cristo Reyes
47. Ross Smith
48. Ron Meulenkamp
49. Jelle Klaasen
50. Darius Labanauskas
51. Martin Schindler
52. Benito van de Pas
53. Richard North
54. Mickey Mansell
55. Justin Pipe
56. Jan Dekker
57. Devon Petersen
58. Jamie Lewis
59. Luke Woodhouse
60. José de Sousa
61. Robert Thornton
62. Toni Alcinas
63. Matthew Edgar
64. Simon Stevenson

The players started in the 3rd round.

PDC Order of Merit
places 65–96

65. Harry Ward
66. Ted Evetts
67. Mark McGeeney
68. Andy Boulton
69. Madars Razma
70. Rowby-John Rodriguez
71. Geert Nentjes
72. Scott Baker
73. Joe Murnan
74. Marko Kantele
75. Gavin Carlin
76. Conan Whitehead
77. Kirk Shepherd
78. Maik Kuivenhoven
79. Christian Bunse
80. Matt Clark
81. Adrian Gray
82. Reece Robinson
83. David Pallett
84. Niels Zonneveld
85. Vincent van der Meer
86. Carl Wilkinson
87. Yordi Meeuwisse
88. John Michael
89. Jeff Smith
90. Barrie Bates
91. Jonathan Worsley
92. Nathan Derry
93. Mike van Duivenbode
94. Dirk van Duijvenbode
95. Jason Lowe
96. Nick Kenny

The players started in the 2nd round.

PDC Order of Merit
places 97–128

97. Scott Waites
98. Alan Tabern
99. Wesley Harms
100. Karel Sedláček
101. Adam Hunt
102. Wayne Jones
103. Steve Brown
104. Kai Fan Leung
105. Mike De Decker
106. Peter Jacques
107. Daniel Larsson
108. Gary Blades
109. Martijn Kleermaker
110. Boris Krčmar ²
111. Harald Leitinger
112. Jesús Noguera
113. Andy Hamilton
114. Lisa Ashton
115. Ryan Murray
116. Damon Heta
117. Darren Penhall
118. William Borland
119. Ryan Meikle
120. Michael Barnard
121. Derk Telnekes
122. Ciaran Teehan
123. Martin Atkins
124. Aaron Beeney
125. Bradley Brooks
126. Callan Rydz
127. Krzysztof Kciuk
128. Steffen Siepmann

The players started in the 1st round.

PDC Challenge Tour Qualifiers

1. Cameron Menzies
2. Stephen Burton
3. Boris Kolzow
4. Andy Jenkins
5. Cody Harris
6. Berry van Peer
7. Kyle McKinstry
8. Patrick Lynskey

PDC Development Tour Qualifiers

1. Shane McGuirk
2. Nathan Rafferty
3. Keane Barry
4. Greg Ritchie
5. Andrew Davidson
6. Kevin Doets
7. Owen Roelofs
8. Danny van Trijp
9. Ben Cheeseman

Riley's Amateur Qualifiers

1. Jason Heaver
2. Jamie Clark
3. Adam Huckvale
4. Kevin Self
5. Fallon Sherrock
6. Scott Taylor
7. Adam Smith-Neale
8. Kevin Burness
9. Lewy Williams
10. Rhys Hayden
11. Robert Owen
12. Darren Beveridge
13. James Richardson
14. Justin Smith
15. Alfie Thompson
16. Jason Askew

The players started in the 1st round.

¹ Max Hopp had to cancel his participation due to illness.

²Boris Krčmar withdrew his participation. He was replaced by the next placed unqualified player of the PDC Development Tour Order Of Merit, Ben Cheeseman.

Results

Riley's Pub Qualifiers qualifiers are marked with a Q. At the UK Open, the pairings are drawn after each round. The tournament tree is therefore created retrospectively.

1 round

6th March

No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2		No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Mike De Decker	6 : 2	Lisa Ashton		2	Kyle McKinstry	6 : 1	Fallon Sherrock (Q)
3	Kai Fan Leung	6 : 3	Kevin Self (Q)		4th	Keane Barry	2: 6	Alan Tabern
5	Steffen Siepmann	6 : 4	Krzysztof Kciuk		6th	Michael Barnard	5: 6	Steve Brown
7th	Jason Askew (Q)	6 : 4	Greg Ritchie		8th	Adam Smith-Neale (Q)	6 : 4	Ben Cheeseman
9	Adam Huckvale (Q)	1: 6	Stephen Burton		10	Cameron Menzies	5: 6	Bradley Brooks
11	Aaron Beeney	3: 6	Wesley Harms		12	Andrew Davidson	2: 6	William Borland
13	Martin Atkins	6 : 5	Ryan Murray		14th	Wayne Jones	6 : 1	Gary Blades
15th	Justin Smith (Q)	6 : 3	Andy Jenkins		16	James Richardson	6 : 4	Darren Penhall
17th	Damon Heta	4: 6	Scott Waites		18th	Cody Harris	6 : 5	Scott Taylor (Q)
19th	Adam Hunt	0: 6	Karel Sedláček		20th	Andy Hamilton	6 : 3	Patrick Lynskey
21st	Peter Jacques	6 : 4	Ciaran Teehan		22nd	Daniel Larsson	6 : 5	Ryan Meikle
23	Jason Heaver (Q)	6 : 0	Jesús Noguera		24	Darren Beveridge (Q)	3: 6	Nathan Rafferty
25th	Rhys Hayden (Q)	6 : 5	Jamie Clark (Q)		26th	Kevin Burness (Q)	1: 6	Harald Leitinger
27	Boris Kolzow	4: 6	Danny van Trijp		28	Lewy Williams (Q)	6 : 5	Robert Owen (Q)
29	Shane McGuirk	5: 6	Callan Rydz		30th	Berry van Peer	6 : 3	Owen Roelofs
31	Derk Telnekes	6 : 3	Martijn Kleermaker		32	Kevin Doets	6 : 1	Alfie Thompson (Q)

2nd round

No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2		No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Scott Baker	5: 6	Mark McGeeney		2	David Pallett	3: 6	Kevin Doets
3	Marko Kantele	0: 6	Dirk van Duijvenbode		4th	Daniel Larsson	5: 6	Mike De Decker
5	Harry Ward	6 : 5	Gavin Carlin		6th	Karel Sedláček	6 : 2	Barrie Bates
7th	Andy Boulton	6 : 2	Reece Robinson		8th	Justin Smith (Q)	5: 6	Wesley Harms
9	Jonathan Worsley	6 : 4	Matt Clark		10	Ted Evetts	6 : 1	Berry van Peer
11	Cody Harris	1: 6	Jason Lowe		12	Mike van Duivenbode	1: 6	Nathan Rafferty
13	Rowby-John Rodriguez	5: 6	Jason Askew (Q)		14th	Lewy Williams (Q)	6 : 3	Adrian Gray
15th	Stephen Burton	6 : 4	Vincent van der Meer		16	Danny van Trijp	0: 6	William Borland
17th	Jeff Smith	5: 6	John Michael		18th	Jason Heaver (Q)	4: 6	Kyle McKinstry
19th	Scott Waites	6 : 1	Geert Nentjes		20th	Bradley Brooks	6 : 2	Nick Kenny
21st	Kirk Shepherd	2: 6	Kai Fan Leung		22nd	Rhys Hayden (Q)	6 : 4	James Richardson
23	Nathan Derry	3: 6	Maik Kuivenhoven		24	Derk Telnekes	4: 6	Madars Razma
25th	Carl Wilkinson	2: 6	Steffen Siepmann		26th	Steve Brown	3: 6	Alan Tabern
27	Martin Atkins	6 : 2	Christian Bunse		28	Niels Zonneveld	6 : 4	Andy Hamilton
29	Peter Jacques	3: 6	Yordi Meeuwisse		30th	Harald Leitinger	3: 6	Joe Murnan
31	Wayne Jones	3: 6	Conan Whitehead		32	Adam Smith-Neale (Q)	3: 6	Callan Rydz

3rd round

No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2		No.	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Luke Humphries	6 : 5	Kyle Anderson		2	Josh Payne	6 : 4	Luke Woodhouse
3	William O'Connor	6 : 2	Jan Dekker		4th	William Borland	6 : 5	Mike De Decker
5	Conan Whitehead	2: 6	Steve West		6th	Wesley Harms	5: 6	Martin Atkins
7th	Jamie Lewis	6 : 5	Ross Smith		8th	Steve Lennon	4: 6	Alan Tabern
9	Justin Pipe	6 : 3	Kai Fan Leung		10	José de Sousa	4: 6	Lewy Williams (Q)
11	Maik Kuivenhoven	3: 6	Gabriel Clemens		12	Rhys Hayden (Q)	6 : 2	Toni Alcinas
13	Martin Schindler	6 : 4	Benito van de Pas		14th	Jonathan Worsley	3: 6	Jason Lowe
15th	Jelle Klaasen	6 : 4	Jason Askew (Q)		16	Kevin Doets	5: 6	Simon Stevenson
17th	Kim Huybrechts	6 : 1	Robert Thornton		18th	Ryan Searle	6 : 5	Cristo Reyes
19th	Vincent van der Voort	6 : 4	John Michael		20th	Ron Meulenkamp	4: 6	Richard North
21st	Devon Petersen	4: 6	Bradley Brooks		22nd	Stephen Burton	2: 6	Kyle McKinstry
23	Ted Evetts	4: 6	James Wilson		24	Mickey Mansell	2: 6	Niels Zonneveld
25th	Ryan Joyce	6 : 2	Yordi Meeuwisse		26th	Nathan Rafferty	2: 6	Jamie Hughes
27	Darius Labanauskas	3: 6	Dirk van Duijvenbode		28	Matthew Edgar	6 : 3	Callan Rydz
29	Mark McGeeney	4: 6	Andy Boulton		30th	Madars Razma	2: 6	Scott Waites
31	Harry Ward	6 : 3	Steffen Siepmann		32	Karel Sedláček	3: 6	Joe Murnan

4th round to final

At the UK Open, the pairings are drawn after each round. The tournament tree is therefore created retrospectively.

Round 4 March 6, 2020 best of 19 legs

Round 5 March 7, 2020 best of 19 legs

Round 6 March 7th, 2020 best of 19 legs

Quarterfinals March 8th, 2020 best of 19 legs

Semi-finals March 8, 2020 best of 21 legs

Final March 8, 2020 best of 21 legs

Matthew Edgar 85.27

10

Josh Payne 85.65

5

Matthew Edgar 81.49

4th

Dimitri Van den Bergh 92.01

10

Rhys Hayden (Q) 84.80

5

Dimitri Van den Bergh 91.75

10

Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.11

10

Kyle McKinstry 90.73

10

Kyle McKinstry 91.97

10

Bradley Brooks 88.82

8th

Kyle McKinstry 97.98

10

Martin Schindler

5

Justin Pipe 83.27

2

Martin Schindler 103.21

10

Dimitri Van den Bergh 102.38

9

Gerwyn Price 102.29

10

Gerwyn Price 104.23

10

Danny Noppert 92.34

3

Gerwyn Price 98.60

10

Ricky Evans 89.92

3

Joe Murnan 88.05

4th

Ricky Evans 92.66

10

Gerwyn Price 102.87

10

Gabriel Clemens 97.33

9

Luke Humphries 91.04

8th

Andy Boulton 89.16

10

Andy Boulton 90.76

6th

Gabriel Clemens 99.47

10

Ryan Joyce 95.29

9

Gabriel Clemens 99.48

10

Gerwyn Price 102.39

11

Jonny Clayton 90.64

4th

Brendan Dolan 95.26

9

Jamie Hughes 100.50

10

Jamie Hughes 91.48

10

Martin Atkins 88.99

7th

Martin Atkins

bye

Jamie Hughes 90.70

10

Scale length Suljović 91.43

5

Dirk van Duijvenbode 95.30

10

Jermaine Wattimena 91.53

9

Dirk van Duijvenbode 95.58

7th

Scale length Suljović 91.67

10

Scale length Suljović 92.61

10

Jamie Lewis 88.03

4th

Jamie Hughes 90.57

9

Jonny Clayton 91.38

10

Jeffrey de Zwaan 96.47

7th

Simon Whitlock 97.11

10

Simon Whitlock 92.57

5

Chris Dobey 98.45

10

Krzysztof Ratajski 105.29

9

Chris Dobey 105.06

10

Chris Dobey 95.55

8th

Jonny Clayton 99.23

10

Joe Cullen 93.15

10

Mervyn King 84.38

7th

Joe Cullen 93.12

4th

Jonny Clayton 101.60

10

Jonny Clayton 103.58

10

Scott Waites 94.04

7th

Gerwyn Price 99.16

9

Michael van Gerwen 101.42

11

James Wade 90.92

10

John Henderson 90.93

5

James Wade 95.88

10

Kim Huybrechts 88.55

1

Kim Huybrechts 96.16

10

Ryan Searle 95.92

8th

James Wade 92.49

4th

Michael van Gerwen 109.85

6th

Adrian Lewis 94.91

4th

Jason Lowe 99.82

10

Jason Lowe 95.15

9

Michael van Gerwen 95.63

10

Michael van Gerwen 105.48

10

Nathan Aspinall 97.69

8th

Michael van Gerwen 110.81

10

Rob Cross 95.12

4th

Rob Cross

10

Niels Zonneveld 85.60

7th

Rob Cross 93.73

10

Michael Smith

9

Michael Smith 96.80

10

James Wilson 87.10

4th

Rob Cross 94.45

10

Stephen Bunting 91.20

8th

Vincent van der Voort 89.30

9

Stephen Bunting 90.59

10

Stephen Bunting 102.31

10

Alan Tabern 94.22

2

Richard North 90.89

6th

Alan Tabern 92.45

10

Michael van Gerwen 110.32

11

Daryl Gurney 96.76

3

Glen Durrant 96.14

8th

Peter Wright 102.30

10

Peter Wright 101.49

10

Ian White 98.52

6th

Harry Ward 90.42

6th

Ian White 99.29

10

Peter Wright 101.78

6th

Daryl Gurney 99.33

10

Keegan Brown 98.19

9

Daryl Gurney 98.60

10

Daryl Gurney 94.86

10

William O'Connor 91.22

9

Dave Chisnall 92.99

8th

William O'Connor 96.05

10

Daryl Gurney 95.26

10

Jelle Klaasen 94.62

9

William Borland 83.46

7th

Jelle Klaasen 92.81

10

Jelle Klaasen 97.41

10

Steve West 88.43

1

Lewy Williams (Q) 84.25

9

Steve West 84.53

10

Jelle Klaasen 93.01

10

Gary Anderson 94.06

9

Gary Anderson 99.38

10

Steve Beaton 91.06

7th

Gary Anderson 91.29

9

Simon Stevenson 88.38

5

Simon Stevenson 85.43

10

Darren Webster 90.52

9

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)