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2010 UK Open

FieldValue
tournament_name2010 Rileys Darts Zones UK Open
dates3–6 June 2010
venueReebok Stadium
locationBolton
country
organisationPDC
formatLegs
Final – best of 21
prize_fund£200,000
winners_share£40,000
nine_dartENG Mervyn King
high_checkout167 ENG Phil Taylor
(final)
winnerENG Phil Taylor
prev2009
next2011

Final – best of 21 (final)

The 2010 Rileys Darts Zones UK Open was the eighth 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, from 3–6 June 2010, and had the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw was staged after each round until the final.

It was eventually won by Phil Taylor who defeated Scotland's Gary Anderson 11–5 to make it his fourth UK Open and second consecutive championship. Earlier in the tournament, Anderson was the on the wrong side of a nine-dart finish from Mervyn King.

In the fourth round of this tournament, Phil Taylor beat Kevin Painter 9–0 with a 3–dart average of 118.66, which at the time was the all-time highest 3–dart average for a televised darts match. It was eventually beaten on 25 February 2016 in the 2016 Premier League Darts meeting in Aberdeen, when Michael van Gerwen averaged 123.40 in beating Michael Smith 7–1.

2010 UK Open qualifiers

There were eight qualifying events staged between February and May 2010 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:

No.WinnerScoreRunner-upTotal
Prize MoneyWinnerRunner-up
1ENG Mervyn King6–1AUS Simon Whitlock£31,200£6,000£3,000
2ENG Mark Walsh6–2ENG Phil Taylor£31,200£6,000£3,000
3ENG Phil Taylor6–0ENG Jamie Caven£31,200£6,000£3,000
4SCO Gary Anderson6–5ENG Wes Newton£31,200£6,000£3,000
5ENG Mark Walsh6–3CAN John Part£31,200£6,000£3,000
6ENG Phil Taylor6–2SCO Peter Wright£31,200£6,000£3,000
7ENG Colin Lloyd6–3ENG Colin Osborne£31,200£6,000£3,000
8ENG James Wade6–2SCO Gary Anderson£31,200£6,000£3,000

Format and qualifiers

The tournament featured 138 players. As in previous years, eight regional UK Open events were staged across the UK where players winning were 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

Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)

| ENG Mark Walsh | ENG Phil Taylor | SCO Gary Anderson | ENG James Wade | ENG Colin Lloyd | ENG Mervyn King | ENG Jamie Caven | ENG Wes Newton | CAN John Part | ENG Colin Osborne | ENG Andy Hamilton | AUS Simon Whitlock | NED Vincent van der Voort | ENG Wayne Jones | WAL Mark Webster | SCO Peter Wright | NED Jelle Klaasen | ENG Kevin Painter | NED Co Stompé | ENG Adrian Lewis | NED Michael van Gerwen | ENG Mark Dudbridge | ENG Alan Tabern | ENG Steve Maish | NIR Brendan Dolan | ENG Terry Jenkins | ENG Dennis Priestley | ENG Matt Clark | ENG Ronnie Baxter | ENG Denis Ovens | ENG Tony Eccles | ENG Nigel Heydon

The Rileys 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.

Number 33-64 of the Order of Merit (receiving byes into second round)

| ENG Andy Smith | AUS Paul Nicholson | ENG Chris Thompson | ENG Mark Frost | ENG Justin Pipe | ENG Mark Lawrence | ENG Nick Fullwell | ENG Colin Monk | ENG Steve Beaton | WAL Barrie Bates | ENG Darren Johnson | ENG Dennis Smith | ENG Adrian Gray | SCO Robert Thornton | ENG Chris Mason | NED Roland Scholten | WAL Steve Evans | ENG Steve Brown | ENG Mark Cox | ENG Michael Barnard | ENG Wayne Mardle | IRL Mick McGowan | ENG Kirk Shepherd | ENG Arron Monk | ENG Michael Smith | ENG Kevin McDine | ENG Stephen Hardy | ENG Peter Manley | WAL Wayne Atwood | ENG Tony Ayres | ENG Alex Roy | ENG Stuart Dutton

Remaining Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in first and preliminary round)

| ENG Steve Farmer | USA Gary Mawson | ENG Kevin Dowling | ENG Steve Hine | ENG Peter Hudson | ENG Dave Smith | ENG Simon Cunningham | ENG John Quantock | GER Jyhan Artut | ENG Joe Cullen | ENG Mark Stephenson | ENG Matt Padgett | ENG Dave Honey | ENG Gary Eastwood | ENG Darren Webster | ENG Louis Blundell | GIB Dylan Duo | SCO Jason Clark | IRL William O'Connor | ENG Scott Rand | SWE Par Riihonen | ENG Sam Allen | ENG Anton Liscsey | ENG Danny Pinhorne | ENG Paul Rowley | ENG Martyn Turner | ENG Darren Latham | ENG Robbie Newland | WAL Richie Burnett | ENG Matt Draper | SCO Chris Loudon | ENG Andy Hutchings

32 players qualified from Rileys qualifiers held in Rileys Dart Zones across Britain.{{cite web |url-status=dead

  • SCO Melvyn Johnston
  • ENG Paul Gibbs
  • ENG Tony Broughton
  • ENG Dean Edlin
  • ENG Michael Hammond
  • ENG Darren Sullivan
  • ENG Ricky Evans
  • ENG Alex Harrison
  • WAL James Erricker
  • ENG John Bowles
  • ENG Noel Grant
  • ENG Henry Murphy
  • ENG Paul Neate
  • SCO John Robertson
  • SCO Ryan Murray
  • ENG John Lakeman
  • ENG Barrie Knight
  • ENG Mark Wilson
  • ENG Reece Robinson
  • ENG Bradley Williams
  • ENG Jamie Green
  • ENG Ashley Whisker
  • ENG Paul Warwick
  • ENG Paul Whitworth
  • ENG Stuart Monaghan
  • ENG Barrie Webb
  • ENG Joe Palmer
  • ENG Pete Fisher
  • IOM Simon Jones
  • ENG Dean Stewart
  • ENG Nicky Bache
  • ENG Dean Harris

10 players qualified as BDO representatives from Avon, Bedfordshire, East Stirlingshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Lothian, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Surrey, Warwickshire. These counties were rewarded one spot each in the UK Open for voting in favour of listening to Barry Hearn's proposed takeover of the BDO.{{cite web |url-status = dead

  • ENG Mike Nott
  • ENG Kevin Lowe
  • SCO Andy Murray
  • NIR Henry O'Neill
  • ENG Tony Hutchinson
  • SCO Hugh Ringland
  • ENG Ian Gleeson
  • ENG Jay Foreman
  • SCO Mark Harris
  • IND Prakash Jiwa

Prize money

For the second consecutive UK Open, the prize fund was £200,000.

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 138 (preliminary round)(10)

Draw

The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was made on 13 May.{{cite news |url-status=dead

Thursday 3 June; Best of 11 legs

Preliminary round

Player #1ScorePlayer #2
ENG Andy Hutchings3–6ENG Darren Webster
ENG Kevin Lowe2–6SCO Jason Clark
ENG Kevin Dowling1–6GER Jyhan Artut
ENG Dean Stewart2–6GIB Dylan Duo
IND Prakash Jiwa6–4ENG John Lakeman
Player #1ScorePlayer #2
SCO Andy Murray1–6ENG Scott Rand
SWE Par Riihonen5–6ENG Steve Farmer
ENG Reece Robinson6–0SCO Hugh Ringland
ENG Ashley Whisker2–6USA Gary Mawson
ENG Peter Hudson6–1ENG Paul Neate

Round 1

Player #1ScorePlayer #2
ENG Darren Sullivan†ENG Tony Hutchinson
SCO Ryan Murray4–6SCO Jason Clark
ENG Alex Harrison1–6ENG Jamie Green
ENG Simon Cunningham6–4IND Prakash Jiwa
ENG Matt Draper2–6SCO Mark Harris
ENG Tony Broughton6–3ENG Mark Stephenson
GER Jyhan Artut3–6ENG Scott Rand
ENG Robbie Newland6–5SCO John Robertson
ENG Sam Allen3–6SCO Melvyn Johnston
ENG Stuart Monaghan0–6IRL William O'Connor
ENG Mark Wilson3–6ENG Paul Gibbs
ENG Gary Eastwood6–5WAL James Erricker
ENG Noel Grant4–6ENG Ricky Evans
ENG John Quantock3–6ENG Matt Padgett
ENG Louis Blundell6–5WAL Richie Burnett
ENG Michael Hammond2–6NIR Henry O'Neill
Player #1ScorePlayer #2
ENG Steve Farmer‡ENG Dean Edlin
ENG Paul Rowley3–6ENG Anton Liscsey
ENG Pete Fisher6–2ENG Barrie Webb
IOM Simon Jones4–6ENG John Bowles
ENG Nicky Bache4–6ENG Martyn Turner
USA Gary Mawson4–6GIB Dylan Duo
ENG Bradley Williams1–6ENG Joe Palmer
ENG Danny Pinhorne4–6ENG Reece Robinson
ENG Dave Honey2–6ENG Mike Nott
ENG Henry Murphy3–6ENG Paul Warwick
ENG Darren Latham1–6ENG Joe Cullen
ENG Dean Harris1–6ENG Darren Webster
ENG Peter Hudson3–6ENG Dave Smith
SCO Chris Loudon5–6ENG Paul Whitworth
ENG Steve Hine6–5ENG Ian Gleeson
ENG Jay Foreman6–1ENG Barrie Knight
  • ‡ Steve Farmer received a bye as Dean Edlin was disqualified because he did not register
  • † Tony Hutchinson received a bye as Darren Sullivan was disqualified because he did not register

Round 2

Player #1ScorePlayer #2
IRL William O'Connor6–3ENG Mark Frost
ENG Justin Pipe4–6ENG Chris Thompson
ENG Colin Monk6–4ENG Darren Johnson
WAL Wayne Atwood6–4ENG Steve Brown
ENG Stuart Dutton5–6ENG Simon Cunningham
ENG Tony Hutchinson1–6WAL Steve Evans
ENG Anton Liscsey5–6WAL Barrie Bates
ENG Tony Broughton6–4ENG Scott Rand
ENG Mike Nott3–6ENG Joe Cullen
ENG Paul Warwick6–3ENG Steve Farmer
SCO Jason Clark5–6ENG Matt Padgett
SCO Mark Harris6–4ENG Martyn Turner
ENG Kirk Shepherd6–4ENG Adrian Gray
ENG Darren Webster5–6ENG Andy Smith
ENG Ricky Evans2–6ENG Steve Beaton
SCO Robert Thornton6–2ENG Paul Gibbs
Player #1ScorePlayer #2
ENG John Bowles3–6ENG Michael Barnard
ENG Mark Cox6–5NIR Henry O'Neill
ENG Dave Smith4–6AUS Paul Nicholson
ENG Joe Palmer3–6NED Roland Scholten
ENG Gary Eastwood4–6GIB Dylan Duo
ENG Stephen Hardy6–4ENG Jay Foreman
ENG Alex Roy6–3ENG Mark Lawrence
ENG Wayne Mardle6–3IRL Mick McGowan
ENG Kevin McDine6–2ENG Jamie Green
ENG Michael Smith6–3ENG Peter Manley
ENG Nick Fullwell3–6ENG Arron Monk
ENG Tony Ayres6–4ENG Paul Whitworth
ENG Steve Hine6–1SCO Melvyn Johnston
ENG Louis Blundell1–6ENG Reece Robinson
ENG Pete Fisher*6 – 0ENG Chris Mason
ENG Robbie Newland1–6ENG Dennis Smith
    • Chris Mason withdrew for personal reasons.

Friday 4 June; best of 17 legs

Round 3

Player #1ScorePlayer #2
ENG Steve Maish9–8ENG Dennis Priestley
GIB Dylan Duo3–9ENG Colin Osborne
WAL Mark Webster6–9ENG Tony Eccles
ENG Stephen Hardy8–9ENG Alan Tabern
CAN John Part6–9ENG Mark Walsh
ENG Mark Dudbridge7–9ENG Nigel Heydon
ENG Denis Ovens9–5ENG Arron Monk
ENG Reece Robinson5–9AUS Simon Whitlock
SCO Robert Thornton9–8ENG Mark Cox
ENG Mervyn King9–5ENG Joe Cullen
SCO Peter Wright7–9IRL William O'Connor
ENG Paul Warwick9–3NED Co Stompé
ENG Tony Ayres9–3ENG Pete Fisher
ENG Dennis Smith9–5ENG Colin Monk
ENG Andy Smith9–5ENG Colin Lloyd
WAL Barrie Bates8–9ENG Alex Roy
Player #1ScorePlayer #2
ENG Kevin Painter9–5SCO Mark Harris
NED Roland Scholten9–3ENG Simon Cunningham
ENG Steve Hine7–9ENG James Wade
ENG Andy Hamilton9–1NIR Brendan Dolan
ENG Matt Clark3–9ENG Michael Smith
ENG Tony Broughton0–9ENG Kevin McDine
ENG Steve Beaton3–9ENG Jamie Caven
ENG Wayne Mardle2–9ENG Phil Taylor
ENG Adrian Lewis9–3ENG Michael Barnard
ENG Wes Newton9–1ENG Terry Jenkins
ENG Kirk Shepherd6–9AUS Paul Nicholson
NED Michael van Gerwen4–9SCO Gary Anderson
WAL Steve Evans6–9NED Jelle Klaasen
ENG Ronnie Baxter9–4ENG Chris Thompson
NED Vincent van der Voort7–9WAL Wayne Atwood
ENG Wayne Jones9–2ENG Matt Padgett

Saturday 5 June; best of 17 legs

Round 4

Player #1ScorePlayer #2
ENG Denis Ovens9–7ENG Dennis Smith
NED Roland Scholten5–9ENG Alan Tabern
ENG Alex Roy6–9ENG Andy Hamilton
ENG Wayne Jones9–6NED Jelle Klaasen
ENG Andy Smith9–5ENG Jamie Caven
IRL William O'Connor3–9ENG James Wade
ENG Mark Walsh7–9ENG Tony Ayres
ENG Adrian Lewis9–5ENG Colin Osborne
Player #1ScorePlayer #2
ENG Kevin Painter0–9ENG Phil Taylor 118.66
ENG Ronnie Baxter9–4ENG Tony Eccles
AUS Simon Whitlock9–4SCO Robert Thornton
ENG Michael Smith6–9ENG Mervyn King
SCO Gary Anderson9–7AUS Paul Nicholson
ENG Steve Maish1–9ENG Wes Newton
ENG Kevin McDine9–8ENG Paul Warwick
WAL Wayne Atwood6–9ENG Nigel Heydon

Round 5

Player #1ScorePlayer #2
ENG Phil Taylor9–6AUS Simon Whitlock
ENG Ronnie Baxter7–9ENG Andy Hamilton
ENG Kevin McDine2–9ENG James Wade
SCO Gary Anderson9–8ENG Mervyn King
ENG Andy Smith1–9ENG Denis Ovens
ENG Alan Tabern5–9ENG Tony Ayres
ENG Nigel Heydon5–9ENG Wes Newton
ENG Adrian Lewis9–4ENG Wayne Jones

Sunday 6 June

Last 8 to final

||ENG James Wade|9|ENG Tony Ayres|10 ||SCO Gary Anderson|10|ENG Andy Hamilton|6 ||ENG Wes Newton|3|ENG Denis Ovens|10 ||ENG Phil Taylor|10|ENG Adrian Lewis|2 ||ENG Tony Ayres|3|SCO Gary Anderson |10 ||ENG Denis Ovens|5|ENG Phil Taylor|10| |SCO Gary Anderson|5|ENG Phil Taylor|11| Best of 19 legs Best of 19 legs Best of 21 legs

Nine dart finish

Mervyn King hit a nine dart finish in his fourth round match against Gary Anderson, however he lost the match 9-8.

World record

Phil Taylor hit the highest televised average in history in his 9-0 victory over Kevin Painter, finishing the match with a three-dart average of 118.66.

References

References

  1. (June 4, 2010). "UK Open - Day Two". Planet Darts.
  2. (June 5, 2010). "UK Open - Fourth Round". Planet Darts.
  3. (June 5, 2010). "UK Open - Fifth Round". Planet Darts.
  4. (June 6, 2010). "UK Open Quarter-finals". Planet Darts.
  5. (June 6, 2010). "UK Open - Semi-finals". Planet Darts.
  6. (June 6, 2010). "Taylor Sweeps To UK Open Title". Planet darts.
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