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2009 UK Open


FieldValue
tournament_name2009 Blue Square UK Open
dates4–7 June 2009
venueReebok Stadium
locationBolton
country
organisationPDC
formatLegs
Final – best of 21
prize_fund£200,000
winners_share£40,000
winnerENG Phil Taylor
prev2008
next2010

Final – best of 21

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, England, between 4–7 June 2009 and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw is staged after each round until the final.

Phil Taylor won the title for the third time by defeating Colin Osborne 11–6 in 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: :11 January (North-East; Doncaster): Colin Lloyd 6–1 Colin Osborne :8 March (Scotland; Irvine): Robert Thornton 6–2 Dennis Priestley :15 March (North-West; Wigan): James Wade 6–3 Kevin McDine :22 March (South-East; Brentwood): Phil Taylor 6–4 Terry Jenkins :29 March (West Midlands; Coventry): Phil Taylor 6–5 Wayne Jones :12 April (South-West; Taunton): Phil Taylor 6–0 Andy Hamilton :19 April (East Midlands; Derby): Mark Walsh 6–5 Raymond van Barneveld :10 May (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.{{cite web |url-status=dead

| ENG Phil Taylor | ENG Mark Walsh | ENG Colin Lloyd | ENG Jamie Caven | SCO Robert Thornton | ENG James Wade | ENG Dennis Priestley | ENG Colin Osborne | ENG Wayne Jones | ENG Terry Jenkins | ENG Andy Hamilton | ENG Mark Dudbridge | ENG Alan Tabern | NED Co Stompé | ENG Kevin McDine | NED Raymond van Barneveld | NED Vincent van der Voort | NED Jelle Klaasen | ENG Kevin Painter | ENG Andy Jenkins | ENG Peter Manley | NED Michael van Gerwen | ENG Adrian Lewis | ENG Steve Hine | ENG Mervyn King | ENG Lionel Sams | ENG Ronnie Baxter | ENG Mark Frost | NIR Brendan Dolan | WAL Barrie Bates | WAL Mark Webster | ENG 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. | ENG Steve Maish | WAL Wayne Atwood | ENG Michael Barnard | ENG Wayne Mardle | ENG Matt Clark | ENG Tony Eccles | ENG Colin Monk | ENG Steve Beaton | ENG Ken Dobson | ENG Denis Ovens | ENG Andy Smith | ENG Chris Thompson | ENG Steve Brown | ENG Dennis Smith | SCO Gary Anderson | CAN John Part | NED Jan van der Rassel | USA Larry Butler | ENG Kevin Dowling | ENG Wes Newton | ENG Tony Ayres | ENG Adrian Gray | ENG Paul Knighton | ENG Mark Lawrence | IRL Mick McGowan | ENG Nick Fullwell | AUS Paul Nicholson | ENG Martyn Turner | ENG Kirk Shepherd | SCO Jason Clark | ENG Dave Honey | ENG Dave Askew | WAL Steve Evans | NED Toon Greebe | NIR John MaGowan | ENG Robbie Parker | ENG Alex Roy | ENG Gary Welding | ENG Joe Cullen | ENG Ian Jopling | ENG Chris Mason | ENG James Barton | USA John Kuczynski | NED Roland Scholten | ENG Dave Smith | SCO Peter Wright | ENG Louis Blundell | USA David Fatum | ENG Steve Grubb | ENG Stephen Hardy | USA Gary Mawson | SWE Par Riihonen | ENG Lee Williams | ENG Stuart Bousfield | WAL Richie Burnett | RUS Anastasia Dobromyslova | ENG Mark Jodrill | ENG Chris Cooper | ENG Ian Critchett | ENG Dave Ladley | ENG Darren Latham | SCO Chris Loudon | GIB Dyson Parody | ENG Justin Pipe | ENG Alan Caves | ENG 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{{cite news |url-status=dead

  • ENG Phil Currie
  • ENG Steve Dolan
  • ENG Adrian Genery
  • WAL Peter Green
  • ENG John McGuirk
  • ENG Steve Penney
  • SCO Stuart Pickles
  • NED Coen Wiekamp
  • ENG Eddie Lovely Batley
  • ENG Alan Davie
  • ENG Glen Durrant
  • ENG Chris Hornby
  • ENG Stuart Monaghan
  • ENG David Smurthwaite
  • ENG Gary Stevens
  • ENG Graham Usher
  • ENG Darren Weaver Birmingham{{cite news |url-status=dead
  • ENG Paul Cook
  • ENG Mark Cox
  • ENG Johnny Haines
  • ENG Mike Langley
  • WAL Mark Layton
  • ENG Andy Pearce
  • ENG Andy Roberts
  • ENG Paul Rowley Salford
  • ENG Kevin Beare
  • ENG Andy Boulton
  • ENG Matthew Campbell
  • ENG Les Fitton
  • ENG Duane Garfield
  • ENG Ken Mather
  • ENG Harry Robinson
  • WAL Derek Williams

Prize money

Stage (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £200,000)
Winner(1)
Runner-Up(1)
Semi-finalists(2)
Quarter-finalists(4)
Last 16 (fifth round)(8)
Last 32 (fourth round)(16)
Last 64 (third round)(32)
Last 96 (second round)(32)
Last 128 (first round)(32)
Last 129 (preliminary round)(1)

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 25 May, ahead of the 2009 Premier League Darts play-offs by Sid Waddell and Keith Deller.{{cite news |url-status=dead

Preliminary round

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

Player #1ScorePlayer #2
ENG Gary Stephens3–6ENG Ken Mather
ENG Andy Roberts 80.006–5ENG Eddie Lovely

First round

  • All matches were the best of eleven legs, and were played on 4 June.
Player #1ScorePlayer #2Player #1ScorePlayer #2
ENG James Barton 90.303–6NED Toon Greebe 84.58ENG Alex Roy 97.016–1
ENG Harry Robinson0–6ENG Chris CooperUSA Gary Mawson 83.266–1
ENG Matthew Campbell1–6ENG Stuart BousfieldWAL Steve Evans6–3
ENG Adrian Genery5–6SCO Chris LoudonENG Gary Welding6–2
ENG Duane Garfield3–6ENG Dave SmithENG Stephen Hardy6–2
ENG Chris Mason3–6ENG Steve PenneyENG David Smurthwaite2–6
ENG Stuart Monaghan3–6ENG Alan DavieENG Graham Usher3–6
NED Roland Scholten6–1WAL Derek WilliamsENG Phil Currie2–6
RUS Anastasia Dobromyslova2–6ENG Andy RobertsENG Michael Smith5–6
ENG Peter Wright6–4ENG Chris HornbyENG Andy Pearce5–6
ENG Ian Critchett6–5ENG Kevin BeareENG Ken Mather6–4
ENG Paul Cook6–2ENG Mike LangleySWE Par Riihonen5–6
ENG John McGuirk6–2SCO Stuart PicklesUSA David Fatum5–6
ENG Lee Williams6–1ENG Alan CavesENG Darren Latham5–6
GIB Dyson Parody1–6NIR John MaGowanENG Joe Cullen1–6
ENG Les Fitton6–5ENG Mark CoxENG Louis Blundell6–4

Second round

  • All matches were the best of eleven legs, and were played on 4 June.
Player #1ScorePlayer #2Player #1ScorePlayer #2
ENG Glen Durrant6–2ENG John McGuirkENG Mark Jodrill2–6
ENG Martyn Turner4–6ENG Dave HoneyAUS Paul Nicholson 95.456–4
ENG Gary Welding6–0NIR John MaGowanENG Louis Blundell6–0
ENG Adrian Gray5–6ENG Dave AskewENG Tony Ayres3–6
WAL Steve Evans5–6ENG Steve DolanENG Ken Dobson6–5
ENG Dennis Smith1–6ENG Ken MatherENG Lee Williams6–4
NED Roland Scholten6–1ENG Ian CritchettSCO Jason Clark6–4
ENG Kirk Shepherd3–6ENG Steve BrownSCO Chris Loudon5–6
ENG Steve Penney5–6ENG Steve GrubbUSA Gary Mawson4–6
ENG Paul CookENG Mark LawrenceENG Nick Fullwell1–6
ENG Colin Monk6–5USA Larry ButlerIRL Mick McGowan 84.383–6
ENG Dave Smith2–6ENG Denis OvensENG Paul Rowley6–3
ENG Wes Newton6–4ENG Andy BoultonENG Alan Davie2–6
ENG Stephen Hardy3–6NED Jan van der RasselENG Michael Barnard6–0
ENG Wayne Mardle 84.846–4ENG Les Fitton 85.21ENG Matt Clark3–6
ENG Tony Eccles6–3NED Toon GreebeENG Andy Roberts6–2

† Mark Lawrence was given a bye into round three, as Paul Cook was disqualified.{{cite news |url-status = dead

Third round

  • All matches were the best of seventeen legs, and were played on 5 June.
Player #1ScorePlayer #2Player #1ScorePlayer #2
ENG Ronnie Baxter9–7ENG Tony EcclesENG Lee Williams 84.021–9
ENG Gary Welding9–5ENG Steve HineENG Mark Dudbridge9–7
ENG Colin Osborne9–2SCO Jason ClarkENG Steve Dolan1–9
NED Vincent van der Voort6–9ENG Wayne JonesWAL Barrie Bates3–9
ENG Ken Mather9–7AUS Paul NicholsonNED Co Stompé6–9
ENG Mark Walsh9–2ENG Wayne MardleENG Alex Roy9–5
ENG Andy Jenkins9–5ENG Justin PipeENG Steve Brown8–9
NED Raymond van Barneveld9–4ENG Ken DobsonNED Roland Scholten9–6
ENG Kevin Painter9–4ENG Dave AskewNED Michael van Gerwen 91.454–9
ENG Denis Ovens3–9ENG Alan TabernENG Colin Lloyd9–8
ENG Dave Honey5–9ENG Wes NewtonNED Jan van der Rassel7–9
NIR Brendan Dolan7–9ENG Kevin McDineENG Paul Rowley1–9
ENG Andy Roberts9–7ENG Louis BlundellENG Dennis Priestley9–4
WAL Mark Webster9–6SCO Peter WrightENG Andy Smith9–3
ENG Peter Manley 91.679–8ENG James Wade 90.48ENG Adrian Lewis 94.619–2
ENG Mervyn King8–9ENG Michael BarnardENG Glen Durrant 83.521–9

Fourth round

  • All matches were the best of seventeen legs, and were played on 6 June.
Player #1ScorePlayer #2Player #1ScorePlayer #2
ENG Michael Barnard6–9ENG Andy SmithENG Gary Welding1–9
ENG Dennis Priestley9–8ENG Mark FrostENG Alex Roy9–8
ENG Peter Manley 91.314–9WAL Mark Webster 91.01ENG Steve Grubb4–9
ENG Colin Lloyd9–2ENG Chris ThompsonENG Andy Hamilton 94.167–9
ENG Phil Taylor 115.519–3ENG Ken Mather 93.49ENG Jamie Caven9–6
ENG Kevin McDine7–9ENG Alan TabernENG Andy Jenkins7–9
ENG Colin Osborne9–7ENG Wayne JonesENG Mark Walsh 95.069–3
ENG Wes Newton9–6NED Roland ScholtenENG Mark Lawrence9–4

Final stages

| RD1-team01=ENGColin Osborne 93.38

| RD1-score01=9 | RD1-team02=NEDRaymond van Barneveld 91.45 | RD1-score02=4 | RD1-team03=ENG Alex Roy | RD1-score03=3 | RD1-team04=ENG Jamie Caven | RD1-score04=9 | RD1-team05=ENG Kevin Painter 93.10 | RD1-score05=9 | RD1-team06=ENG Dennis Priestley 85.52 | RD1-score06=3 | RD1-team07=ENG Wes Newton | RD1-score07=8 | RD1-team08=ENG Alan Tabern | RD1-score08=9 | RD1-team09=ENG Ronnie Baxter | RD1-score09=9 | RD1-team10=ENG Mark Walsh | RD1-score10=4 | RD1-team11=WAL Mark Webster | RD1-score11=7 | RD1-team12=ENG Terry Jenkins | RD1-score12=9 | RD1-team13=ENG Mark Lawrence | RD1-score13=9 | RD1-team14=ENG Colin Lloyd | RD1-score14=3 | RD1-team15=ENG Phil Taylor 103.71 | RD1-score15=9 | RD1-team16=ENG Andy Smith | RD1-score16=2 | RD2-team01=ENG Colin Osborne 94.86 | RD2-score01=10 | RD2-team02=ENG Jamie Caven 95.85 | RD2-score02=3 | RD2-team03=ENG Kevin Painter 92.88 | RD2-score03=10 | RD2-team04=ENG Alan Tabern 90.75 | RD2-score04=8 | RD2-team05=ENG Ronnie Baxter 92.76 | RD2-score05=10 | RD2-team06=ENG Terry Jenkins 93.60 | RD2-score06=7 | RD2-team07=ENG Mark Lawrence 93.90 | RD2-score07=0 | RD2-team08=ENG Phil Taylor 115.62 | RD2-score08=10 | RD3-team01=ENG Colin Osborne 96.51 | RD3-score01=10 | RD3-team02=ENG Kevin Painter 94.77 | RD3-score02=7 | RD3-team03=ENG Ronnie Baxter 98.10 | RD3-score03=6 | RD3-team04=ENG Phil Taylor 105.69 | RD3-score04=10 | RD4-team01=ENG Colin Osborne 96.51 | RD4-score01=6 | RD4-team02=ENG Phil Taylor 100.80 | RD4-score02=11

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

References

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