2009 UK Open

Blue Square UK Open
Tournament information
Dates	4–7 June 2009
Venue	Reebok Stadium
Location	Bolton
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs Final – best of 21
Prize fund	£200,000
Winners share	£40,000
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor

The 2009 Blue Square UK Open was the seventh year of the PDC darts tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competed in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton over June 4–7, 2009, and has the nickname, the "FA Cup of darts" as a random draw is staged after each round until the final.

2009 UK Open Regional Finals

There were eight regional final events staged between January and May 2009 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:

January 11 (North-East; Doncaster): Colin Lloyd 6-1 Colin Osborne

March 8 (Scotland; Irvine): Robert Thornton 6-2 Dennis Priestley

March 15 (North-West; Wigan): James Wade 6-3 Kevin McDine

March 22 (South-East; Brentwood): Phil Taylor 6-4 Terry Jenkins

March 29 (West Midlands; Coventry): Phil Taylor 6-5 Wayne Jones

April 12 (South-West; Taunton): Phil Taylor 6-0 Andy Hamilton

April 19 (East Midlands; Derby): Mark Walsh 6-5 Raymond van Barneveld

May 10 (Wales; Newport): Jamie Caven 6-5 Alan Tabern

Format and qualifiers

The tournament features 129 players. As in previous years, eight regional UK Open events were staged across the UK where players winning are collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 96 players and ties in the list, who played a minimum of three events received a place at the final stages.

1-8 Phil Taylor Mark Walsh Colin Lloyd Jamie Caven Robert Thornton James Wade Dennis Priestley Colin Osborne

9-16 Wayne Jones Terry Jenkins Andy Hamilton Mark Dudbridge Alan Tabern Co Stompé Kevin McDine Raymond van Barneveld

17-24 Vincent van der Voort Jelle Klaasen Kevin Painter Andy Jenkins Peter Manley Michael van Gerwen Adrian Lewis Steve Hine

25-32 Mervyn King Lionel Sams Ronnie Baxter Mark Frost Brendan Dolan Barrie Bates Mark Webster Darren Johnson

The Holsten qualifiers and the players outside the top 32 of the UK Open Order of Merit began the tournament on the Thursday night. They played down to 32 players, and they were joined by the top 32 of the UK Open Order of Merit the following night, to provide the competition's last 64. A random draw was made after each subsequent round.

33-48 Steve Maish Wayne Atwood Michael Barnard Wayne Mardle Matt Clark Tony Eccles Colin Monk Steve Beaton Ken Dobson Denis Ovens Andy Smith Chris Thompson Steve Brown Dennis Smith Gary Anderson John Part

49-64 Jan van der Rassel Larry Butler Kevin Dowling Wes Newton Tony Ayres Adrian Gray Paul Knighton Mark Lawrence Mick McGowan Nick Fullwell Paul Nicholson Martyn Turner Kirk Shepherd Jason Clark Dave Honey Dave Askew

65-81 Steve Evans Toon Greebe John MaGowan Robbie Parker Alex Roy Gary Welding Joe Cullen Ian Jopling Chris Mason James Barton John Kuczynski Roland Scholten Dave Smith Peter Wright Louis Blundell David Fatum Steve Grubb

82-98 Stephen Hardy Gary Mawson Par Riihonen Lee Williams Stuart Bousfield Richie Burnett Anastasia Dobromyslova Mark Jodrill Chris Cooper Ian Critchett Dave Ladley Darren Latham Chris Loudon Dyson Parody Justin Pipe Alan Caves Michael Smith

32 players were due to have qualified from four Holsten Pils qualifiers held in Aylesbury, Batley, Birmingham and Salford. However, Peter Green had to withdraw for unknown reasons, thus meaning there were only 31 qualifiers present in Bolton.

Aylesbury Phil Currie Steve Dolan Adrian Genery Peter Green John McGuirk Steve Penney Stuart Pickles Coen Wiekamp

Batley Alan Davie Glen Durrant Chris Hornby Stuart Monaghan David Smurthwaite Gary Stephens Graham Usher Darren Weaver

Birmingham Paul Cook Mark Cox Johnny Haines Mike Langley Mark Layton Andy Pearce Andy Roberts Paul Rowley

Salford Kevin Beare Andy Boulton Matthew Campbell Les Fitton Duane Garfield Ken Mather Harry Robinson Derek Williams

Prize money

The 2009 UK Open features a prize fund of £200,000.

Champion £40,000

Runner-up £20,000

Semi-finalists £10,000

Quarter-finalists £6,000

Last 16 £4,000

Last 32 £2,000

Last 64 £1,000

In addition, Holsten offered a £3,000 bonus to the Pub Qualifier to get the furthest into the tournament (shared by Ken Mather and Andy Roberts)

Draw

The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was made on May 25, ahead of the 2009 Premier League Darts Play-Offs by Sid Waddell and Keith Deller.

Preliminary round

This match will be the best of eleven legs, and will be played on June 4.

Player #1	Score	Player #2
Gary Stephens	3 - 6	Ken Mather

First round

• All matches are the best of eleven legs, and are played on June 4.

Player #1	Score	Player #2		Player #1	Score	Player #2
James Barton	3 - 6	Toon Greebe		Alex Roy	6 - 1	Richie Burnett
Harry Robinson	0 - 6	Chris Cooper		Gary Mawson	6 - 1	Darren Weaver
Matthew Campbell	1 - 6	Stuart Bousfield		Steve Evans	6 - 3	Mark Layton
Adrian Genery	5 - 6	Chris Loudon		Gary Welding	6 - 2	John Kuczynski
Duane Garfield	3 - 6	Dave Smith		Stephen Hardy	6 - 2	Coen Wiekamp
Chris Mason	3 - 6	Steve Penney		David Smurthwaite	2 - 6	Mark Jodrill
Stuart Monaghan	3 - 6	Alan Davie		Graham Usher	3 - 6	Glen Durrant
Roland Scholten	6 - 1	Derek Williams		Phil Currie	2 - 6	Steve Dolan
Anastasia Dobromyslova	2 - 6	Andy Roberts		Michael Smith	5 - 6	Dave Ladley
Peter Wright	6 - 4	Chris Hornby		Andy Pearce	5 - 6	Johnny Haines
Ian Critchett	6 - 5	Kevin Beare		Ken Mather	6 - 4	Robbie Parker
Paul Cook	6 - 2	Mike Langley		Par Riihonen	5 - 6	Steve Grubb
John McGuirk	6 - 2	Stuart Pickles		David Fatum	5 - 6	Paul Rowley
Lee Williams	6 - 1	Alan Caves		Darren Latham	5 - 6	Andy Boulton
Dyson Parody	1 - 6	John MaGowan		Joe Cullen	1 - 6	Justin Pipe
Les Fitton	6 - 5	Mark Cox		Louis Blundell	6 - 4	Ian Jopling

Second round

• All matches are the best of eleven legs, and are played on June 4.

Player #1	Score	Player #2		Player #1	Score	Player #2
Glen Durrant	6 - 2	John McGuirk		Mark Jodrill	2 - 6	Chris Thompson
Martyn Turner	4 - 6	Dave Honey		Paul Nicholson	6 - 4	Gary Anderson
Gary Welding	6 - 0	John MaGowan		Louis Blundell	6 - 0	Kevin Dowling
Adrian Gray	5 - 6	Dave Askew		Tony Ayres	3 - 6	Justin Pipe
Steve Evans	5 - 6	Steve Dolan		Ken Dobson	6 - 5	Paul Knighton
Dennis Smith	1 - 6	Ken Mather		Lee Williams	6 - 4	Wayne Atwood
Roland Scholten	6 - 1	Ian Critchett		Jason Clark	6 - 4	Stuart Bousfield
Kirk Shepherd	3 - 6	Steve Brown		Chris Loudon	5 - 6	Chris Cooper
Steve Penney	5 - 6	Steve Grubb		Gary Mawson	4 - 6	Johnny Haines
Paul Cook	0 - 6*	Mark Lawrence		Nick Fullwell	1 - 6	Andy Smith
Colin Monk	6 - 5	Larry Butler		Mick McGowan	3 - 6	John Part
Dave Smith	2 - 6	Denis Ovens		Paul Rowley	6 - 3	Dave Ladley
Wes Newton	6 - 4	Andy Boulton		Alan Davie	2 - 6	Peter Wright
Stephen Hardy	3 - 6	Jan van der Rassel		Michael Barnard	6 - 0	Steve Maish
Wayne Mardle	6 - 4	Les Fitton		Matt Clark	3 - 6	Alex Roy
Tony Eccles	6 - 3	Toon Greebe		Andy Roberts	6 - 2	Steve Beaton

• * Mark Lawrence was given a bye into round three, as Paul Cook was disqualified.

Third round

• All matches are the best of seventeen legs, and are played on June 5.

Player #1	Score	Player #2		Player #1	Score	Player #2
Ronnie Baxter	9 - 7	Tony Eccles		Lee Williams	1 - 9	Phil Taylor
Gary Welding	9 - 5	Steve Hine		Mark Dudbridge	9 - 7	Johnny Haines
Colin Osborne	9 - 2	Jason Clark		Steve Dolan	1 - 9	Jamie Caven
Vincent van der Voort	6 - 9	Wayne Jones		Barrie Bates	3 - 9	Steve Grubb
Ken Mather	9 - 7	Paul Nicholson		Co Stompé	6 - 9	Mark Frost
Mark Walsh	9 - 2	Wayne Mardle		Alex Roy	9 - 5	Lionel Sams
Andy Jenkins	9 - 5	Justin Pipe		Steve Brown	8 - 9	Mark Lawrence
Raymond van Barneveld	9 - 4	Ken Dobson		Roland Scholten	9 - 6	Darren Johnson
Kevin Painter	9 - 4	Dave Askew		Michael van Gerwen	4 - 9	Andy Hamilton
Denis Ovens	3 - 9	Alan Tabern		Colin Lloyd	9 - 8	John Part
Dave Honey	5 - 9	Wes Newton		Jan van der Rassel	7 - 9	Jelle Klaasen
Brendan Dolan	7 - 9	Kevin McDine		Paul Rowley	1 - 9	Chris Thompson
Andy Roberts	9 - 7	Louis Blundell		Dennis Priestley	9 - 4	Colin Monk
Mark Webster	9 - 6	Peter Wright		Andy Smith	9 - 3	Chris Cooper
Peter Manley	9 - 8	James Wade		Adrian Lewis	9 - 2	Robert Thornton
Mervyn King	8 - 9	Michael Barnard		Glen Durrant	1 - 9	Terry Jenkins

Fourth round

• All matches are the best of seventeen legs, and are played on June 6.

Player #1	Score	Player #2		Player #1	Score	Player #2
Michael Barnard	6 - 9	Andy Smith		Gary Welding	1 - 9	Ronnie Baxter
Dennis Priestley	9 - 8	Mark Frost		Alex Roy	9 - 8	Andy Roberts
Peter Manley	4 - 9	Mark Webster		Steve Grubb	4 - 9	Kevin Painter
Colin Lloyd	9 - 2	Chris Thompson		Andy Hamilton	7 - 9	Raymond van Barneveld
Phil Taylor	9 - 3	Ken Mather		Jamie Caven	9 - 6	Jelle Klaasen
Kevin McDine	7 - 9	Alan Tabern		Andy Jenkins	7 - 9	Terry Jenkins
Colin Osborne	9 - 7	Wayne Jones		Mark Walsh	9 - 3	Adrian Lewis
Wes Newton	9 - 6	Roland Scholten		Mark Lawrence	9 - 4	Mark Dudbridge

Last 16 to Final

	Fifth round (best of 17) June 6				Quarter-finals (best of 19) June 7				Semi-finals (best of 19) June 7				Final (best of 21) June 7
	Colin Osborne	9
	Raymond van Barneveld	4
					Colin Osborne	10
					Jamie Caven	3
	Alex Roy	3
	Jamie Caven	9
									Colin Osborne	10
									Kevin Painter	7
	Kevin Painter	9
	Dennis Priestley	3
					Kevin Painter	10
					Alan Tabern	8
	Wes Newton	8
	Alan Tabern	9
													Colin Osborne	6
													Phil Taylor	11
	Ronnie Baxter	9
	Mark Walsh	4
					Ronnie Baxter	10
					Terry Jenkins	7
	Mark Webster	7
	Terry Jenkins	9
									Ronnie Baxter	6
									Phil Taylor	10
	Mark Lawrence	9
	Colin Lloyd	3
					Mark Lawrence	0
					Phil Taylor	10
	Phil Taylor	9
	Andy Smith	2

There was a draw after each round; this bracket has been compiled retrospectively.

See also

• UK Open history of event and previous winners
• 2009 in darts includes extended results of Pro Tour events
• PDC Pro Tour history of PDC "floor events"

External links

• The official PDC page for the Blue Square UK Open