2014 Coral UK Open | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 7–9 March 2014 | ||
Venue | Butlin's Resort | ||
Location | Minehead | ||
Country | England | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs Final – best of 21 | ||
Prize fund | £250,000 | ||
Winner's share | £50,000 | ||
Champion(s) | |||
Adrian Lewis | |||
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The 2014 Coral UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the twelfth 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 Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 7–9 March 2014, and had the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw was staged after each round until the final.
Phil Taylor was the defending champion, but he suffered a huge upset by losing 9–7 to Aden Kirk in the third round. [1]
Adrian Lewis won the fourth major title of his career beating Terry Jenkins 11–1 in the final. [2]
There were six qualifying events staged in February 2014 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 7 February | Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan | Andy Hamilton | 6–2 | Adrian Lewis | [3] |
2 | Saturday 8 February | Stephen Bunting | 6–5 | Andrew Gilding | [4] | |
3 | Sunday 9 February | Phil Taylor | 6–2 | Adrian Lewis | [5] | |
4 | Friday 21 February | Brendan Dolan | 6–1 | Jamie Lewis | [6] | |
5 | Saturday 22 February | Gary Anderson | 6–2 | Robert Thornton | [7] | |
6 | Sunday 23 February | Michael van Gerwen | 6–0 | Michael Smith | [8] |
The tournament featured 138 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 in the third round of the final tournament. In addition, the next 82 players plus ties in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but needed to start in the earlier rounds played on the Friday. A further 32 players qualified via regional qualifying tournaments. [9]
32 amateur players qualified from Riley qualifiers held across the UK. [10]
The prize fund had increased from £200,000 to £250,000 for this year's event. [11]
Stage (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £250,000) | |
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Winner | (1) | £50,000 |
Runner-Up | (1) | £25,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | £12,500 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | £7,500 |
Last 16 (fifth round) | (8) | £5,000 |
Last 32 (fourth round) | (16) | £3,000 |
Last 64 (third round) | (32) | £1,000 |
Last 96 (second round) | (32) | n/a |
Last 128 (first round) | (32) | n/a |
Last 138 (preliminary round) | (10) | n/a |
Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
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Carl Green | 3–5 | Lionel Sams | Brian Woods | 3–5 | Dean Stewart | |
Paul Whitworth | 0–5 | Rhys Griffin | Alan Tabern | 1–5 | Tony Randell | |
Martin Stead | 5–3 | Alan Casey | Kevin McDine | 5–2 | Aaron Holdstock | |
Ian Jones | 3–5 | Simon Stevenson | James Young | 3–5 | David O'Brien | |
Nathan Derry | 5–2 | Jason Mold | William Naylor | 4–5 | Sam Allen |
Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
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Glenn Spearing | 2–5 | Antonio Alcinas | Kevin Taylor | 1–5 | Arron Monk | |
Raymond van Barneveld | 5–3 | Anthony Broughton | Kyle Anderson | 4–5 | Kevin McDine | |
Dennis Smith | 5–1 | Mark Hylton | Ewan Hyslop | 5–4 | Steve Brown | |
Alan Derrett | 5–2 | Jyhan Artut | Ben Burton | 4–5 | Michael Mansell | |
Steve Douglas | 3–5 | Johnny Haines | James Hubbard | 5–4 | Jeff Batham | |
Joe Murnan | 5–0 | Shaun Lovett | Dean Reynolds | 4–5 | Martin Stead | |
Conan Whitehead | 4–5 | Aden Kirk | Mark Cox | 5–4 | Shaun Narain | |
Lionel Sams | 5–3 | Chris Aubrey | Rhys Griffin | 3–5 | Karl Merchant | |
Adam Cousins | 2–5 | Paul Hogan | Pete Dyos | 3–5 | William O'Connor | |
Adam Hunt | 5–3 | Michael Malone | Dean Stewart | 5–0 | Graham Dando | |
Andy Boulton | 5–2 | Jonathan Worsley | Matthew Edgar | 5–1 | Matt Clark | |
Jason Lovett | 3–5 | Simon Stevenson | Tony Randall | 5–1 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | |
Benito van de Pas | 5–3 | Doug Thompson | Jim Hill | 1–5 | Alex Roy | |
Sam Allen | 5–3 | Chris Mackie | Nathan Derry | 4–5 | Gerwyn Price | |
Nigel Daniels | 5–3 | Scott Bennett | Michael Baker | 4–5 | Mick Todd | |
Kevin Dowling | 5–4 | Chris Dobey | Davy Dodds | 5–1 | David O'Brien |
Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
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John Henderson | 1–5 | Jelle Klaasen | Keegan Brown | 3–5 | Mensur Suljović | |
Ian White | 5–4 | Daryl Gurney | Paul Hogan | 5–0 | John Part | |
Steve Maish | 5–0 | Ben Ward | Ronny Huybrechts | 5–0 | Adrian Gray | |
Jason Hogg | 5–4 | Wayne Jones | Martin Stead | 2–5 | Raymond van Barneveld | |
Gary Spedding | 2–5 | David Pallett | Dennis Smith | 2–5 | Peter Hudson | |
Ewan Hyslop | 2–5 | Kevin McDine | Alex Roy | 5–4 | Tony Newell | |
John Bowles | 1–5 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | Rocco Maes | 5–2 | Nigel Daniels | |
Alan Derrett | 3–5 | Adam Hunt | Sam Allen | 3–5 | Ross Smith | |
Andy Boulton | 5–4 | Josh Payne | James Hubbard | 5–3 | Steve Hine | |
Arron Monk | 4–5 | Karl Merchant | Benito van de Pas | 5–3 | Davy Dodds | |
Nigel Heydon | 5–4 | Johnny Haines | Dave Weston | 3–5 | Mick Todd | |
Antonio Alcinas | 5–3 | Matthew Edgar | Lionel Sams | 4–5 | Joe Murnan | |
Michael Barnard | 1–5 | Stuart Kellett | Tony Randall | 5–4 | Steve West | |
Jamie Caven | 3–5 | Kevin Dowling | Michael Mansell | 5–2 | Dean Stewart | |
Mark Cox | 1–5 | Darren Webster | Ian Lever | 3–5 | William O'Connor | |
Aden Kirk | 5–2 | Gerwyn Price | Simon Stevenson | 5–3 | Mark Barilli |
Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
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James Wade | 9–5 | Kim Huybrechts | Vincent van der Voort | 8–9 | Christian Kist | |
Michael van Gerwen | 9–5 | Andy Hamilton | Aden Kirk | 9–5 | Peter Wright | |
Paul Nicholson | 5–9 | Terry Jenkins | Raymond van Barneveld | 9–3 | Joe Murnan | |
Dave Chisnall | 4–9 | Mervyn King | Dean Winstanley | 9–6 | Stephen Bunting | |
Alex Roy | 5–9 | Ian White | Nigel Heydon | 7–9 | Brendan Dolan | |
Kevin Painter | 9–4 | Andrew Gilding | Ronny Huybrechts | 8–9 | Adrian Lewis | |
Mensur Suljović | 9–7 | Robert Thornton | Gary Anderson | 9–5 | David Pallett | |
Jamie Lewis | 9–5 | Simon Stevenson | Mark Webster | 9–8 | Paul Hogan |
Player | Score | Player |
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Brendan Dolan | 9–7 | Aden Kirk |
Mensur Suljović | 9–5 | Jamie Lewis |
Adrian Lewis | 9–2 | Raymond van Barneveld |
Michael van Gerwen | 9–4 | Mark Webster |
Kevin Painter | 9–5 | Dean Winstanley |
Gary Anderson | 7–9 | Ian White |
Mervyn King | 9–6 | Christian Kist |
Terry Jenkins | 9–8 | James Wade |
Player | Score | Player |
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Michael van Gerwen 99.38 | 10–8 | Ian White 92.87 |
Terry Jenkins 98.89 | 10–4 | Brendan Dolan 93.69 |
Adrian Lewis 98.35 | 10–3 | Mensur Suljović 98.09 |
Kevin Painter 87.35 | 6–10 | Mervyn King 94.73 |
Semi-finals (best of 19 legs) [2] | Final (best of 21 legs) [2] | ||||||||
Terry Jenkins 96.65 | 10 | ||||||||
Michael van Gerwen 95.58 | 8 | ||||||||
Terry Jenkins 93.15 | 1 | ||||||||
Adrian Lewis 109.13 | 11 | ||||||||
Mervyn King 94.58 | 6 | ||||||||
Adrian Lewis 99.64 | 10 |
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