| Auckland Open | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 19 September 2009 | ||
| Location | Auckland | ||
| Country | New Zealand | ||
| Organisation(s) | BDO, WDF, NZDC | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Richard Te Whero Denisa Walker | |||
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2009 Auckland Open was a darts tournament that took place in Auckland, New Zealand on 19 September 2009. [1]
| Final 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| | Lou Tai | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Mike Day | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Mike Day | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Wilson Henry | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Wilson Henry | ||||||||||||||||||
| | John Dodunski | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Mike Day | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Lucas Edwards | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Lucas Edwards | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Bailey Matthews | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Lucas Edwards | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Rob Szabo | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Graham McElroy | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Rob Szabo | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Mike Day | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Richard Te Whero | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Steve Gooch | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Gareth Aitken | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Steve Gooch | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Richard Te Whero | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Whitu Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Richard Te Whero | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Richard Te Whero | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | John Sinclair | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Adam Whitmore | ||||||||||||||||||
| | John Sinclair | ||||||||||||||||||
| | John Sinclair | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Chas Forster | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Cyndric Joyce | ||||||||||||||||||
| | Chas Forster | ||||||||||||||||||
| Final 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| | Mihi Pike | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Jo Kinita | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Jo Kinata | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Gail Taylor | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Gerry MacDonald | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Gail Taylor | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Gail Taylor | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Mana Kokiri | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Mana Kokiri | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Lorene Earnshaw | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Mana Kokiri | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Rogere Te Whero | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Rogere Te Whero | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Polly Luke | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Gail Taylor | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Denisa Walker | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Bubs Sylva | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Maria Siavale | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Bubs Sylva | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Girl Kahaki | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Jo Steed | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Girl Kahaki | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Bubs Sylva | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Denisa Walker | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Denisa Walker | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Sandra Matthews | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Denisa Walker | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Peggy Wikaira | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Nga Smyth | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Peggy Wikaira | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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