2012 Speedy Hire UK Open | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 7–10 June 2012 | ||
Venue | Reebok Stadium | ||
Location | Bolton | ||
Country | England | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs Final – best of 21 | ||
Prize fund | £200,000 | ||
Winner's share | £40,000 | ||
Nine-dart finish | Gary Anderson | ||
Champion(s) | |||
Robert Thornton | |||
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The 2012 Speedy Hire UK Open was a Darts tournament staged in the UK by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the tenth year of the 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 7–10 June 2012, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw is staged after each round until the final.
Robert Thornton won the tournament beating Phil Taylor 11–5 in the final to win his first PDC major.
There were eight qualifying events staged across England between February and May 2012 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Total Prize Money | Winner | Runner-up |
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1 | Saturday 11 February | K2 Centre, Crawley | Wes Newton | 6–3 | Kim Huybrechts | £34,600 | £6,000 | £3,000 |
2 | Sunday 12 February | Michael van Gerwen | 6–1 | Dave Chisnall | £34,600 | £6,000 | £3,000 | |
3 | Saturday 24 March | Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley | Phil Taylor | 6–2 | Brendan Dolan | £34,600 | £6,000 | £3,000 |
4 | Sunday 25 March | Phil Taylor | 6–3 | Dennis Smith | £34,600 | £6,000 | £3,000 | |
5 | Saturday 14 April | Raymond van Barneveld | 6–3 | Andy Smith | £34,600 | £6,000 | £3,000 | |
6 | Sunday 15 April | Raymond van Barneveld | 6–2 | Ian White | £34,600 | £6,000 | £3,000 | |
7 | Saturday 5 May | NIA Community Hall, Birmingham | Terry Jenkins | 6–3 | Andy Hamilton | £34,600 | £6,000 | £3,000 |
8 | Sunday 6 May | Wes Newton | 6–2 | Justin Pipe | £34,600 | £6,000 | £3,000 |
The tournament featured 178 players. The results of the eight qualifiers shown above were collated into the UK Open Order of Merit. The top 32 players and ties in the Order of Merit, who played a minimum of two events, received a place at the final tournament. In addition, the next 82 players in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but needed to start in the earlier rounds played on the Thursday. A further 64 players qualified via regional qualifying tournaments.
32 players qualified from Rileys qualifiers held in Rileys Dart Zones across Britain. [1]
32 players qualified from Speedy qualifiers held at seven venues across Britain from April to May. [1]
Brighton
Dartford | Inverness
Leeds | Stoke-on-Trent
Cardiff | Haydock
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For the fourth consecutive UK Open, the prize fund will be £200,000.
Stage (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £200,000) | |
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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 178 (preliminary round) | (50) | n/a |
The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was made on 10 May. [2] [3]
Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | |
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Paul Amos | 4–0 | Gary Ettridge | Nigel Heydon | 4–0 | Paul Critchley | |
Ben Johnson | 0–4 | Stuart Daniels | Steve Farmer | 1–4 | Jamie Lewis | |
Joey Palfreyman | 4–3 | Tom Gregory | Jason Wilson | 1–4 | Bernd Roith | |
Kirk Gordon | 0–4 | Kevin McDine | David Pallett | 2–4 | Jerry Hendriks | |
Steve Brown | 4–2 | Michael Barnard | Harry Miles | 4–0 | Andy Melling | |
Steve Beaton | 2–4 | Jon Jukes | Steve Hine | 4–3 | Jamie Hughes | |
Josh Jones | 4–0 | Mark Spencer | Arron Monk | 4–3 | Paul Boulton | |
Gaz Cousins | 4–0 | Ben Burton | Geoff Heath | 4–0 | Darrin Pugh | |
Steve Maish | 4–2 | Dave Solly | Ted Hankey | 4–0 | Danny Dutson | |
Adam Smith-Neale | 4–3 | Rob Hawker | Gus Santana | 2–4 | Andy Jenkins | |
Andy Parsons | 3–4 | Dean Stewart | Steve Service | 1–4 | Damien Sherwood | |
Marc Dewsbury | 3–4 | Stephen Hardy | John Scott | 2–4 | Brian Woods | |
Denis Ovens | 4–1 | Craig McCaskill | John Nelson | 4–3 | Ross Smith | |
Glen Durrant | 0–4 | Stephen Bunting | Mark Lawrence | 4–1 | Jamie Robinson | |
Steve Werrett | 0–4 | Mark Barilli | Davey Dodds | 4–1 | Alan Casey | |
Anthony Littleton | 4–2 | Nicky Denoon | Adrian Gray | 3–4 | Steve Evans | |
Glen Miller | 1–4 | Mark Frost | Mark Layton | 4–2 | Michael Wiles | |
Gino Vos | 4–2 | Paul Harvey | Scott Robertson | 4–1 | Mick Todd | |
Lee Bryant | † | John Henderson | Sam Hill | 4–1 | Jamie Ellam | |
Tony Broughton | 3–4 | Tony Cooper | Scott Taylor | 1–4 | Lee Russell | |
Tony West | 2–4 | Michael Burgoine | Kevin Simm | 4–0 | Mick Hayward | |
Connie Finnan | ‡ | Andy Murray | Stuart Anderson | 2–4 | Joe Murnan | |
Ian Gleeson | 3–4 | Kevin Rimmer | Terry Temple | 4–2 | Matt Clark | |
Andrew Cornwall | 3–4 | John Bowles | Dan Russell | 4–2 | Toon Greebe | |
Dyson Parody | 4–0 | Steve Mason | Dave Ladley | 0–4 | Liam Kelly |
Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | |
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Stuart Daniels | 0–4 | Adam Smith-Neale | Geoff Heath | 3–4 | Paul Amos | |
Mark Lawrence | 2–4 | Stephen Bunting | Andy Roberts | 3–4 | John Bowles | |
Bernd Roith | 2–4 | Wayne Jones | John Nelson | 1–4 | Denis Ovens | |
Liam Kelly | 4–2 | Shayne Burgess | Dean Stewart | 4–1 | Brian Woods | |
Mark Barilli | 4–3 | Bob Crawley | Thomas Sandwell | 0–4 | Steve Hine | |
Gino Vos | 3–4 | Mark Layton | Paul Whitworth | 2–4 | Steve Evans | |
Mark Frost | 1–4 | Tony Cooper | Jon Farmer | 2–4 | Anthony Littleton | |
Jason Crawley | 4–1 | Kevin Simm | Gareth Cousins | 4–2 | Michael Burgoine | |
Ted Hankey | 4–1 | Andy Jenkins | Jon Jukes | 3–4 | Davey Dodds | |
Joe Murnan | 4–1 | Dan Russell | Terry Temple | 4–0 | Mark Kelly | |
Scott Robertson | 4–1 | Sam Hill | Jon Bott | 4–2 | Josh Jones | |
John Henderson | 4–3 | Joey Palfreyman | Stephen Hardy | 4–2 | Ryan Murray | |
Arron Monk | 4–3 | Jerry Hendriks | Andy Murray | 4–1 | Damien Sherwood | |
Dyson Parody | 4–2 | Kevin Rimmer | Kevin McDine | 4–2 | Steve Brown | |
Jamie Lewis | 4–1 | Mark Stephenson | Lee Russell | 1–4 | Nigel Heydon | |
Steve Maish | 2–4 | Adam Hunt | Paul Nicholson | 4–2 | Harry Miles |
Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | |
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Colin Lloyd | 8–9 | Joe Cullen | Justin Pipe | 5–9 | Simon Whitlock | |
Richie Burnett | 4–9 | Peter Wright | Paul Nicholson | 9–3 | Arron Monk | |
Vincent van der Voort | 7–9 | Kim Huybrechts | Colin Osborne | 1–9 | Phil Taylor | |
Mark Hylton | 7–9 | Jamie Caven | Dennis Smith | 5–9 | Dave Chisnall | |
Brendan Dolan | 8–9 | Denis Ovens | Dennis Priestley | 9–8 | Andy Smith | |
Darren Webster | 6–9 | Ronnie Baxter | Robert Thornton | 9–7 | Gary Anderson | |
Andy Hamilton | 5–9 | Raymond van Barneveld | Terry Jenkins | 9–3 | Dean Winstanley | |
Michael van Gerwen | 9–7 | Mervyn King | Wes Newton | 9–7 | Adrian Lewis |
Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | |
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Michael van Gerwen 93.47 | 7–9 | Terry Jenkins 89.86 | Robert Thornton 91.54 | 9–5 | Dennis Priestley 94.58 | |
Dave Chisnall 101.46 | 9–5 | Simon Whitlock 91.58 | Joe Cullen 85.03 | 8–9 | Jamie Caven 86.19 | |
Phil Taylor 110.72 | 9–4 | Ronnie Baxter 97.96 | Denis Ovens 86.72 | 9–8 | Paul Nicholson 90.02 | |
Raymond van Barneveld 93.40 | 9–8 | Peter Wright 89.53 | Kim Huybrechts 93.96 | 8–9 | Wes Newton 99.22 |
Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs) [9] | Semi-finals (best of 19 legs) | Final (best of 21 legs) | ||||||||||||
Robert Thornton 92.78 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Wes Newton 92.11 | 8 | |||||||||||||
Robert Thornton 97.72 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Dave Chisnall 95.01 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Dave Chisnall 98.84 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Raymond van Barneveld 98.27 | 5 | |||||||||||||
Robert Thornton 95.44 | 11 | |||||||||||||
Phil Taylor 98.58 | 5 | |||||||||||||
Phil Taylor 106.52 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Terry Jenkins 96.46 | 5 | |||||||||||||
Phil Taylor 101.22 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Denis Ovens 86.14 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Denis Ovens 86.67 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Jamie Caven 88.39 | 6 |
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