2015 UK Open
Coral UK Open | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 6–8 March 2015 | ||
Venue | Butlins Resort | ||
Location | Minehead | ||
Country | United Kingdom | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs Final – best of 21 |
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Prize fund | £300,000 | ||
Winners share | £60,000 | ||
High checkout | 170 Kim Huybrechts (Round 3) Michael van Gerwen (Round 5) |
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Champion(s) | |||
Michael van Gerwen | |||
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The 2015 Coral UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the thirteenth year of the tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competing in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held for the second time at the Butlins Resort in Minehead over 6–8 March 2015, and had the nickname, the "FA Cup of darts" as a random draw was staged after each round until the final.
Adrian Lewis was the defending champion, having won the fourth major title of his career after beating Terry Jenkins 11–1 in the 2014 final.[1] This year however, he was defeated in the third round after losing 9–3 to Raymond van Barneveld. Michael van Gerwen won his first UK Open title by defeating Peter Wright 11–5 in the final.[2]
Contents
- 1 Format and qualifiers
- 1.1 UK Open Qualifiers
- 1.2 Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into Third Round)
- 1.3 Number 33-64 of the Order of Merit (receiving byes into Second Round)
- 1.4 Remaining Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in First and Preliminary Round)
- 1.5 Riley qualifiers (starting in First and Preliminary Round)
- 2 Prize money
- 3 Draw
- 4 Media coverage
- 5 External links
- 6 References
Format and qualifiers
UK Open Qualifiers
There were six qualifying events staged in February 2015 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Friday 6 February | Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan | Adrian Lewis | 6–1 | Michael van Gerwen | [3] |
2 | Saturday 7 February | Michael van Gerwen | 6–1 | Vincent van der Voort | [4] | |
3 | Sunday 8 February | Michael van Gerwen | 6–1 | James Wade | [5] | |
4 | Friday 20 February | Michael van Gerwen | 6–5 | Jelle Klaasen | [6] | |
5 | Saturday 21 February | Michael Smith | 6–5 | Adrian Lewis | [7] | |
6 | Sunday 22 February | Phil Taylor | 6–2 | Ian White | [8] |
The tournament will feature 147 players. The results of the six qualifiers shown above were collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 32 players in the Order of Merit received a place at the final tournament. In addition, the next 64 players plus ties in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but will start in the earlier rounds playing on the Friday. A further 32 players qualified via regional qualifying tournaments.[9]
Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into Third Round)
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Number 33-64 of the Order of Merit (receiving byes into Second Round)
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Remaining Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in First and Preliminary Round)
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Riley qualifiers (starting in First and Preliminary Round)
32 amateur players qualified from Riley qualifiers held across the UK.
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Prize money
The prize fund was increased from £250,000 to £300,000 for this year's event.[10]
Stage (no. of players) | Prize money | |
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Winner | (1) | £60,000 |
Runner-up | (1) | £30,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | £17,000 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | £10,000 |
Last 16 (Round 5) | (8) | £5,000 |
Last 32 (Round 4) | (16) | £3,000 |
Last 64 (Round 3) | (32) | £1,500 |
Draw
Friday 6 March
Preliminary round (best of nine legs)
Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
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Jamie Robinson | 5–1 | Chris Packer (Q) | Connie Finnan | 5–4 | James McEwan (Q) | |
Mark Layton (Q) | 5–2 | Tommy Sanwell (Q) | Stuart White (Q) | 5–4 | Matthew Tedstone (Q) | |
Dave Ladley | 5–1 | Kevin Edwards (Q) | Rory Duffy (Q) | 2–5 | Adam Huckvale (Q) | |
Stephen Hardy (Q) | 5–3 | Dean Sanders (Q) | Robbie Green | 5–1 | Graham Hall (Q) | |
Ian Moss | 5–1 | Adi Acott (Q) | Matt Padgett | 5–2 | Gerwyn Price | |
Dave Parletti (Q) | 5–2 | Bradley Williams (Q) | Scott Dale | 4–5 | Nigel Daniels (Q) | |
Paul Hogan (Q) | 5–1 | Lee Russell (Q) | Ben Ward | 5–2 | Jason Lovett | |
Mick Todd | 5–1 | Kevin Smith (Q) | Mark Dudbridge | 5–1 | Lloyd Pennel (Q) | |
John Ferrell (Q) | 5–3 | Paul Dawkins (Q) | Steve Douglas | 5–3 | Mark Robinson | |
Dave Prins (Q) | 5–2 | Simon Stevenson (Q) |
First round (best of nine legs)
Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
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Connie Finnan | 3–5 | Ian Moss | Luke Woodhouse | 3–5 | Dave Prins (Q) | |
Dave Parletti (Q) | 1–5 | Arron Fairweather (Q) | John Bowles | 2–5 | Steve Douglas | |
Mike de Decker | 5–1 | Stephen Hardy (Q) | Darren Johnson | 5–0 | Ricky Sudale | |
Keegan Brown | 5–3 | Mick Brookes (Q) | Brett Claydon | 1–5 | Joey ten Berge | |
Matt Padgett | 5–3 | Stuart White (Q) | Mick Todd | 0–5 | Nigel Daniels (Q) | |
Jamie Robinson | 4–5 | Jason Mold (Q) | Wes Newton | 5–2 | Martyn Turner | |
Gary O'Donnell (Q) | 2–5 | Adam Huckvale (Q) | Steve Hine | 2–5 | Mark Barilli | |
Devon Petersen | 5–1 | Matt Clark | Alan Tabern | 5–4 | Adam Hunt | |
Stuart Kellett | 5–0 | Robbie Green | David Pallett | 5–2 | Mark Dudbridge | |
Mark Cox | 5–1 | Ben Ward | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 3–5 | Mark Layton (Q) | |
Mike Zuydwijk | 5–2 | John Part | Mark Jones | 3–5 | Jason Wilson | |
Lee Evans | 5–2 | Nick Fullwell | Colin Fowler | 5–0 | Steve West | |
Shaun Griffiths | 2–5 | Jon Jukes | Jay Foreman | 5–1 | Dave Ladley | |
Johnny Haines | 4–5 | James Richardson | Alex Roy | 1–5 | John Ferrell (Q) | |
Josh Payne | 5–3 | Lionel Sams (Q) | Paul Hogan (Q) | 5–3 | Derek Brand (Q) | |
Johnny Clayton | 1–5 | Jermaine Wattimena | Peter Hudson (Q) | 4–5 | Rob Smith (Q) |
Second round (best of nine legs)
Third round (best of seventeen legs)
Saturday 7 March
Fourth round (best of seventeen legs)
Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
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Jamie Caven 84.74 | 6–9 | Devon Petersen 88.67 | Robert Thornton 88.97 | 8–9 | Eddie Dootson 87.05 | |
Raymond van Barneveld 85.43 | 1–9 | Peter Wright 100.55 | James Wilson 91.63 | 7–9 | Kyle Anderson 87.73 | |
Mensur Suljović 92.93 | 9–4 | Josh Payne 90.02 | Jan Dekker 90.79 | 9–4 | Ronnie Baxter 86.48 | |
Ian White 93.35 | 6–9 | William O'Connor 95.12 | Vincent van der Voort 94.49 | 9–4 | Wes Newton 86.55 | |
Phil Taylor 107.27 | 9–3 | David Pallett 95.65 | James Wade 94.78 | 9–4 | Nathan Aspinall 85.23 | |
Dave Chisnall 100.40 | 6–9 | Stephen Bunting 99.37 | Mervyn King 92.86 | 9–8 | Nathan Derry 91.74 | |
Michael van Gerwen 102.29 | 9–4 | Paul Hogan (Q) 101.20 | Jelle Klaasen 92.53 | 5–9 | Andrew Gilding 100.86 | |
Kim Huybrechts 90.44 | 9–8 | Andy Hamilton 86.94 | Daryl Gurney 99.27 | 8–9 | John Henderson 95.74 |
Fifth round (best of seventeen legs)
Player | Score | Player |
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Mervyn King 94.47 | 9–8 | Kyle Anderson 95.69 |
Michael van Gerwen 114.91 | 9–2 | Kim Huybrechts 101.59 |
Eddie Dootson 78.30 | 3–9 | Devon Petersen 91.04 |
Phil Taylor 111.67 | 9–3 | Vincent van der Voort 101.03 |
Mensur Suljović 90.13 | 9–7 | Jan Dekker 88.85 |
Stephen Bunting 96.08 | 9–6 | William O'Connor 93.43 |
Peter Wright 99.71 | 9–2 | John Henderson 91.38 |
James Wade 92.38 | 6–9 | Andrew Gilding 94.55 |
Sunday 8 March
Quarter-finals (best of nineteen legs)
Player | Score | Player |
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Mervyn King 94.53 | 6–10 | Stephen Bunting 93.22 |
Michael van Gerwen 106.65 | 10–5 | Devon Petersen 98.14 |
Andrew Gilding 99.44 | 10–8 | Mensur Suljović 94.87 |
Phil Taylor 108.57 | 6–10 | Peter Wright 102.99 |
Semi-finals and Final
Semi-finals (best of 19 legs) [17] |
Final (best of 21 legs) [17] |
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Michael van Gerwen 105.56 | 10 | ||||||||
Andrew Gilding 108.37 | 8 | ||||||||
Michael van Gerwen 98.43 | 11 | ||||||||
Peter Wright 99.33 | 5 | ||||||||
Peter Wright 105.10 | 10 | ||||||||
Stephen Bunting 82.39 | 0 | ||||||||
Media coverage
Like the 2014 tournament, the 2015 tournament was broadcast live in the UK on ITV4 and ITV4 HD.[18]
External links
- PDC netzone - results, draws, schedule
References
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