2009 UK Open

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2009 Blue Square UK Open
Tournament information
Dates4–7 June 2009
Venue Reebok Stadium
Location Bolton
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
Final – best of 21
Prize fund£200,000
Winner's share£40,000
Champion(s)
Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor
«2008 2010»

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.

Contents

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. [1]

  1. Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor
  2. Flag of England.svg Mark Walsh
  3. Flag of England.svg Colin Lloyd
  4. Flag of England.svg Jamie Caven
  5. Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Thornton
  6. Flag of England.svg James Wade
  7. Flag of England.svg Dennis Priestley
  8. Flag of England.svg Colin Osborne
  9. Flag of England.svg Wayne Jones
  10. Flag of England.svg Terry Jenkins
  11. Flag of England.svg Andy Hamilton
  12. Flag of England.svg Mark Dudbridge
  13. Flag of England.svg Alan Tabern
  14. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Co Stompé
  15. Flag of England.svg Kevin McDine
  16. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld
  17. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vincent van der Voort
  18. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jelle Klaasen
  19. Flag of England.svg Kevin Painter
  20. Flag of England.svg Andy Jenkins
  21. Flag of England.svg Peter Manley
  22. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
  23. Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis
  24. Flag of England.svg Steve Hine
  25. Flag of England.svg Mervyn King
  26. Flag of England.svg Lionel Sams
  27. Flag of England.svg Ronnie Baxter
  28. Flag of England.svg Mark Frost
  29. Ulster Banner.svg Brendan Dolan
  30. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Barrie Bates
  31. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Webster
  32. Flag of England.svg 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.

  1. Flag of England.svg Steve Maish
  2. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wayne Atwood
  3. Flag of England.svg Michael Barnard
  4. Flag of England.svg Wayne Mardle
  5. Flag of England.svg Matt Clark
  6. Flag of England.svg Tony Eccles
  7. Flag of England.svg Colin Monk
  8. Flag of England.svg Steve Beaton
  9. Flag of England.svg Ken Dobson
  10. Flag of England.svg Denis Ovens
  11. Flag of England.svg Andy Smith
  12. Flag of England.svg Chris Thompson
  13. Flag of England.svg Steve Brown
  14. Flag of England.svg Dennis Smith
  15. Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson
  16. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Part
  17. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan van der Rassel
  18. Flag of the United States.svg Larry Butler
  19. Flag of England.svg Kevin Dowling
  20. Flag of England.svg Wes Newton
  21. Flag of England.svg Tony Ayres
  22. Flag of England.svg Adrian Gray
  23. Flag of England.svg Paul Knighton
  24. Flag of England.svg Mark Lawrence
  25. Flag of Ireland.svg Mick McGowan
  26. Flag of England.svg Nick Fullwell
  27. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Nicholson
  28. Flag of England.svg Martyn Turner
  29. Flag of England.svg Kirk Shepherd
  30. Flag of Scotland.svg Jason Clark
  31. Flag of England.svg Dave Honey
  32. Flag of England.svg Dave Askew
  33. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Steve Evans
  34. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Toon Greebe
  35. Ulster Banner.svg John MaGowan
  36. Flag of England.svg Robbie Parker
  37. Flag of England.svg Alex Roy
  38. Flag of England.svg Gary Welding
  39. Flag of England.svg Joe Cullen
  40. Flag of England.svg Ian Jopling
  41. Flag of England.svg Chris Mason
  42. Flag of England.svg James Barton
  43. Flag of the United States.svg John Kuczynski
  44. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roland Scholten
  45. Flag of England.svg Dave Smith
  46. Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright
  47. Flag of England.svg Louis Blundell
  48. Flag of the United States.svg David Fatum
  49. Flag of England.svg Steve Grubb
  50. Flag of England.svg Stephen Hardy
  51. Flag of the United States.svg Gary Mawson
  52. Flag of Sweden.svg Par Riihonen
  53. Flag of England.svg Lee Williams
  54. Flag of England.svg Stuart Bousfield
  55. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Richie Burnett
  56. Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Dobromyslova
  57. Flag of England.svg Mark Jodrill
  58. Flag of England.svg Chris Cooper
  59. Flag of England.svg Ian Critchett
  60. Flag of England.svg Dave Ladley
  61. Flag of England.svg Darren Latham
  62. Flag of Scotland.svg Chris Loudon
  63. Flag of Gibraltar.svg Dyson Parody
  64. Flag of England.svg Justin Pipe
  65. Flag of England.svg Alan Caves
  66. Flag of England.svg 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. [2]

Prize money

Stage (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £200,000)
Winner(1)£40,000
Runner-Up(1)£20,000
Semi-finalists(2)£10,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£6,000
Last 16 (fifth round)(8)£4,000
Last 32 (fourth round)(16)£2,000
Last 64 (third round)(32)£1,000
Last 96 (second round)(32)n/a
Last 128 (first round)(32)n/a
Last 129 (preliminary round)(1)n/a

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. [2]

Preliminary round

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

Player #1ScorePlayer #2
Flag of England.svg Gary Stephens3–6 Flag of England.svg Ken Mather
Flag of England.svg Andy Roberts 80.006–5 Flag of England.svg Eddie Lovely

First round

Player #1ScorePlayer #2Player #1ScorePlayer #2
Flag of England.svg James Barton 90.303–6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Toon Greebe 84.58 Flag of England.svg Alex Roy 97.016–1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Richie Burnett 87.94
Flag of England.svg Harry Robinson0–6 Flag of England.svg Chris Cooper Flag of the United States.svg Gary Mawson 83.266–1 Flag of England.svg Darren Weaver 73.06
Flag of England.svg Matthew Campbell1–6 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bousfield Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Steve Evans6–3 Flag of England.svg Mark Layton
Flag of England.svg Adrian Genery5–6 Flag of Scotland.svg Chris Loudon Flag of England.svg Gary Welding6–2 Flag of the United States.svg John Kuczynski
Flag of England.svg Duane Garfield3–6 Flag of England.svg Dave Smith Flag of England.svg Stephen Hardy6–2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Coen Wiekamp
Flag of England.svg Chris Mason 3–6 Flag of England.svg Steve Penney Flag of England.svg David Smurthwaite2–6 Flag of England.svg Mark Jodrill
Flag of England.svg Stuart Monaghan3–6 Flag of England.svg Alan Davie Flag of England.svg Graham Usher3–6 Flag of England.svg Glen Durrant
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roland Scholten 6–1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Derek Williams Flag of England.svg Phil Currie2–6 Flag of England.svg Steve Dolan
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Dobromyslova 2–6 Flag of England.svg Andy Roberts Flag of England.svg Michael Smith 5–6 Flag of England.svg Dave Ladley
Flag of England.svg Peter Wright 6–4 Flag of England.svg Chris Hornby Flag of England.svg Andy Pearce5–6 Flag of England.svg Johnny Haines
Flag of England.svg Ian Critchett6–5 Flag of England.svg Kevin Beare Flag of England.svg Ken Mather6–4 Flag of England.svg Robbie Parker
Flag of England.svg Paul Cook6–2 Flag of England.svg Mike Langley Flag of Sweden.svg Par Riihonen5–6 Flag of England.svg Steve Grubb
Flag of England.svg John McGuirk6–2 Flag of Scotland.svg Stuart Pickles Flag of the United States.svg David Fatum 5–6 Flag of England.svg Paul Rowley
Flag of England.svg Lee Williams6–1 Flag of England.svg Alan Caves Flag of England.svg Darren Latham5–6 Flag of England.svg Andy Boulton
Flag of Gibraltar.svg Dyson Parody 1–6 Ulster Banner.svg John MaGowan Flag of England.svg Joe Cullen 1–6 Flag of England.svg Justin Pipe
Flag of England.svg Les Fitton6–5 Flag of England.svg Mark Cox Flag of England.svg Louis Blundell6–4 Flag of England.svg Ian Jopling

Second round

Player #1ScorePlayer #2Player #1ScorePlayer #2
Flag of England.svg Glen Durrant 6–2 Flag of England.svg John McGuirk Flag of England.svg Mark Jodrill2–6 Flag of England.svg Chris Thompson
Flag of England.svg Martyn Turner4–6 Flag of England.svg Dave Honey Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Nicholson 95.456–4 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 88.76
Flag of England.svg Gary Welding6–0 Ulster Banner.svg John MaGowan Flag of England.svg Louis Blundell6–0 Flag of England.svg Kevin Dowling
Flag of England.svg Adrian Gray 5–6 Flag of England.svg Dave Askew Flag of England.svg Tony Ayres 3–6 Flag of England.svg Justin Pipe
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Steve Evans5–6 Flag of England.svg Steve Dolan Flag of England.svg Ken Dobson6–5 Flag of England.svg Paul Knighton
Flag of England.svg Dennis Smith 1–6 Flag of England.svg Ken Mather Flag of England.svg Lee Williams6–4 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wayne Atwood
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roland Scholten 6–1 Flag of England.svg Ian Critchett Flag of Scotland.svg Jason Clark 6–4 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bousfield
Flag of England.svg Kirk Shepherd 3–6 Flag of England.svg Steve Brown Flag of Scotland.svg Chris Loudon5–6 Flag of England.svg Chris Cooper
Flag of England.svg Steve Penney5–6 Flag of England.svg Steve Grubb Flag of the United States.svg Gary Mawson 4–6 Flag of England.svg Johnny Haines
Flag of England.svg Paul Cook Flag of England.svg Mark Lawrence Flag of England.svg Nick Fullwell1–6 Flag of England.svg Andy Smith
Flag of England.svg Colin Monk 6–5 Flag of the United States.svg Larry Butler Flag of Ireland.svg Mick McGowan 84.383–6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Part 88.23
Flag of England.svg Dave Smith2–6 Flag of England.svg Denis Ovens Flag of England.svg Paul Rowley6–3 Flag of England.svg Dave Ladley
Flag of England.svg Wes Newton 6–4 Flag of England.svg Andy Boulton Flag of England.svg Alan Davie2–6 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright
Flag of England.svg Stephen Hardy3–6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan van der Rassel Flag of England.svg Michael Barnard 6–0 Flag of England.svg Steve Maish
Flag of England.svg Wayne Mardle 84.846–4 Flag of England.svg Les Fitton 85.21 Flag of England.svg Matt Clark 3–6 Flag of England.svg Alex Roy
Flag of England.svg Tony Eccles 6–3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Toon Greebe Flag of England.svg Andy Roberts6–2 Flag of England.svg Steve Beaton

† Mark Lawrence was given a bye into round three, as Paul Cook was disqualified. [5]

Third round

Player #1ScorePlayer #2Player #1ScorePlayer #2
Flag of England.svg Ronnie Baxter 9–7 Flag of England.svg Tony Eccles Flag of England.svg Lee Williams 84.021–9 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 103.68
Flag of England.svg Gary Welding9–5 Flag of England.svg Steve Hine Flag of England.svg Mark Dudbridge 9–7 Flag of England.svg Johnny Haines
Flag of England.svg Colin Osborne 9–2 Flag of Scotland.svg Jason Clark Flag of England.svg Steve Dolan1–9 Flag of England.svg Jamie Caven
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vincent van der Voort 6–9 Flag of England.svg Wayne Jones Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Barrie Bates 3–9 Flag of England.svg Steve Grubb
Flag of England.svg Ken Mather9–7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Nicholson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Co Stompé 6–9 Flag of England.svg Mark Frost
Flag of England.svg Mark Walsh 9–2 Flag of England.svg Wayne Mardle Flag of England.svg Alex Roy 9–5 Flag of England.svg Lionel Sams
Flag of England.svg Andy Jenkins 9–5 Flag of England.svg Justin Pipe Flag of England.svg Steve Brown 8–9 Flag of England.svg Mark Lawrence
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld 9–4 Flag of England.svg Ken Dobson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roland Scholten 9–6 Flag of England.svg Darren Johnson
Flag of England.svg Kevin Painter 9–4 Flag of England.svg Dave Askew Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 91.454–9 Flag of England.svg Andy Hamilton 95.66
Flag of England.svg Denis Ovens 3–9 Flag of England.svg Alan Tabern Flag of England.svg Colin Lloyd 9–8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Part
Flag of England.svg Dave Honey5–9 Flag of England.svg Wes Newton Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan van der Rassel 7–9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jelle Klaasen
Ulster Banner.svg Brendan Dolan 7–9 Flag of England.svg Kevin McDine Flag of England.svg Paul Rowley1–9 Flag of England.svg Chris Thompson
Flag of England.svg Andy Roberts9–7 Flag of England.svg Louis Blundell Flag of England.svg Dennis Priestley 9–4 Flag of England.svg Colin Monk
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Webster 9–6 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright Flag of England.svg Andy Smith 9–3 Flag of England.svg Chris Cooper
Flag of England.svg Peter Manley 91.679–8 Flag of England.svg James Wade 90.48 Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis 94.619–2 Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Thornton 93.26
Flag of England.svg Mervyn King 8–9 Flag of England.svg Michael Barnard Flag of England.svg Glen Durrant 83.521–9 Flag of England.svg Terry Jenkins 97.56

Fourth round

Player #1ScorePlayer #2Player #1ScorePlayer #2
Flag of England.svg Michael Barnard 6–9 Flag of England.svg Andy Smith Flag of England.svg Gary Welding1–9 Flag of England.svg Ronnie Baxter
Flag of England.svg Dennis Priestley 9–8 Flag of England.svg Mark Frost Flag of England.svg Alex Roy 9–8 Flag of England.svg Andy Roberts
Flag of England.svg Peter Manley 91.314–9 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Webster 91.01 Flag of England.svg Steve Grubb 4–9 Flag of England.svg Kevin Painter
Flag of England.svg Colin Lloyd 9–2 Flag of England.svg Chris Thompson Flag of England.svg Andy Hamilton 94.167–9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld 94.89
Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 115.519–3 Flag of England.svg Ken Mather 93.49 Flag of England.svg Jamie Caven 9–6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jelle Klaasen
Flag of England.svg Kevin McDine 7–9 Flag of England.svg Alan Tabern Flag of England.svg Andy Jenkins 7–9 Flag of England.svg Terry Jenkins
Flag of England.svg Colin Osborne 9–7 Flag of England.svg Wayne Jones Flag of England.svg Mark Walsh 95.069–3 Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis 88.44
Flag of England.svg Wes Newton 9–6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roland Scholten Flag of England.svg Mark Lawrence9–4 Flag of England.svg Mark Dudbridge

Final stages

5th Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
        
Flag of England.svg Colin Osborne 93.389
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld 91.454
Flag of England.svg Colin Osborne 94.8610
Flag of England.svg Jamie Caven 95.853
Flag of England.svg Alex Roy 3
Flag of England.svg Jamie Caven 9
Flag of England.svg Colin Osborne 96.5110
Flag of England.svg Kevin Painter 94.777
Flag of England.svg Kevin Painter 93.109
Flag of England.svg Dennis Priestley 85.523
Flag of England.svg Kevin Painter 92.8810
Flag of England.svg Alan Tabern 90.758
Flag of England.svg Wes Newton 8
Flag of England.svg Alan Tabern 9
Flag of England.svg Colin Osborne 96.516
Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 100.8011
Flag of England.svg Ronnie Baxter 9
Flag of England.svg Mark Walsh 4
Flag of England.svg Ronnie Baxter 92.7610
Flag of England.svg Terry Jenkins 93.607
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Webster 7
Flag of England.svg Terry Jenkins 9
Flag of England.svg Ronnie Baxter 98.106
Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 105.6910
Flag of England.svg Mark Lawrence9
Flag of England.svg Colin Lloyd 3
Flag of England.svg Mark Lawrence 93.900
Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 115.6210
Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 103.719
Flag of England.svg Andy Smith 2


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

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