2017 Coral UK Open | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 3–5 March 2017 | ||
Venue | Butlin's Resort | ||
Location | Minehead | ||
Country | England | ||
Organization(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs Final – best of 21 | ||
Prize fund | £350,000 | ||
Winner's share | £70,000 | ||
High checkout | 167 Daryl Gurney (fourth round) Kim Huybrechts (fifth round) | ||
Champion(s) | |||
Peter Wright | |||
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The 2017 Coral UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the fifteenth 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 fourth time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 3–5 March 2017, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw will be staged after each round until the final.
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, but withdrew on the morning of the event with a back injury. Two-time runner-up and top seed Peter Wright won his first PDC major, defeating Gerwyn Price 11–6 in the final. [1]
There are six qualifying events staged in February 2017 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners are:
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Friday 3 February | Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan | Peter Wright | 6–4 | Adrian Lewis | [2] |
2 | Saturday 4 February | Simon Whitlock | 6–4 | Gary Anderson | [3] | |
3 | Sunday 5 February | Peter Wright | 6–5 | Michael Smith | [4] | |
4 | Friday 10 February | Michael van Gerwen | 6–3 | Gary Anderson | [5] | |
5 | Saturday 11 February | Simon Whitlock | 6–3 | Ronny Huybrechts | [6] | |
6 | Sunday 12 February | Peter Wright | 6–3 | James Wade | [7] |
The tournament is featuring 128 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 (without ties in this year's edition) in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but started in the earlier rounds played on the Friday. A further 32 players qualify via regional qualifying tournaments.
*Michael van Gerwen withdrew on March 3 due to a back injury and was not replaced; the last player drawn in the third round got a bye. [8]
32 amateur players qualified from Riley qualifiers held across the UK.
The prize fund increased from last year's edition prize fund to £350,000. [9]
Stage (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £350,000) | |
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Winner | (1) | £70,000 |
Runner-up | (1) | £35,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | £17,500 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | £11,500 |
Last 16 (fifth round) | (8) | £6,500 |
Last 32 (fourth round) | (16) | £3,500 |
Last 64 (third round) | (32) | £1,750 |
Last 96 (second round) | (32) | n/a |
Last 128 (first round) | (32) | n/a |
Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
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Ryan Murray | 6 – 5 | John Ferrell (Q) | Alan Tabern | 6 – 4 | Scott Robertson (Q) | |
Johnny Haines (Q) | 6 – 0 | Wayne Morris (Q) | Jamie Caven | 6 – 3 | Dan Read (Q) | |
Ritchie Edhouse | 4 – 6 | Rob Hewson | Joe Davis | 6 – 2 | Paul Harvey | |
Keegan Brown | 3 – 6 | Paul Hogan (Q) | Wayne Jones | 6 – 5 | Lee Bryant | |
Mark Frost | 6 – 4 | Jamie Bain | Brett Claydon (Q) | 4 – 6 | Paul Barham (Q) | |
James Carroll (Q) | 6 – 3 | Brandon Walsh (Q) | Alex Roy (Q) | 6 – 1 | Kevin Edwards (Q) | |
Darren Johnson | 6 – 5 | Jeffrey de Zwaan | James Wilson | 6 – 4 | Gary Eastwood (Q) | |
Antonio Alcinas | 4 – 6 | James Richardson | Ron Meulenkamp | 6 – 1 | Royden Lam | |
Yordi Meeuwisse | 6 – 4 | Martin Biggs (Q) | Paul Milford | 6 – 3 | Brian Dawson (Q) | |
Tony Newell | 6 – 4 | Mark Layton (Q) | Matt Padgett | 6 – 2 | Paul Cartwright (Q) | |
Paul Rowley | 5 – 6 | Ronnie Baxter | Jonny Clayton | 6 – 1 | Jimmy McKirdy (Q) | |
Jermaine Wattimena | 6 – 1 | Kai Fan Leung | Kevin Bambrick (Q) | 6 – 5 | Nicky Bell (Q) | |
Darryl Pilgrim (Q) | 4 – 6 | Ben Green (Q) | Lee Evans (Q) | 6 – 5 | Andrew Davidson (Q) | |
Dean Reynolds (Q) | 6 – 2 | Andy Roberts (Q) | Jonathan Worsley | 6 – 4 | Dave Prins (Q) | |
Brian Woods | 6 – 3 | Damian Smith (Q) | Steve Maish (Q) | 4 – 6 | Neil Smith (Q) | |
Vincent Kamphuis | 3 – 6 | Ryan Meikle | Dave Parletti (Q) | 6 – 2 | Gareth Pass (Q) |
Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
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Benito van de Pas | 5 – 10 | Alan Norris | Simon Whitlock | 10 – 6 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | |
Jelle Klaasen | 9 – 10 | Vincent van der Voort | Rob Cross | 10 – 5 | Ryan Searle | |
Peter Wright | 10 – 5 | Dave Chisnall | Adrian Lewis | 6 – 10 | Paul Hogan (Q) | |
Chris Dobey | 5 – 10 | Martin Lukeman | Michael Smith | 10 – 8 | Jermaine Wattimena | |
Gerwyn Price | 10 – 4 | David Pallett | Cristo Reyes | 5 – 10 | Joe Cullen | |
Kim Huybrechts | 10 – 1 | Ted Evetts | William O'Connor | 10 – 6 | Ronnie Baxter | |
Raymond van Barneveld | 10 – 3 | Ron Meulenkamp | Daryl Gurney | 10 – 3 | Mark Webster | |
John Michael | 6 – 10 | Alan Tabern | Ian White | 10 – 7 | Kirk Shepherd |
Player | Score | Player |
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Gerwyn Price 101.26 | 10 – 6 | Paul Hogan (Q) 99.60 |
Raymond van Barneveld 96.52 | 10 – 7 | Alan Tabern 88.28 |
Ian White 91.22 | 10 – 3 | Martin Lukeman 86.89 |
Michael Smith 93.26 | 6 – 10 | Alan Norris 94.89 |
Kim Huybrechts 97.14 | 10 – 9 | Joe Cullen 96.42 |
Simon Whitlock 94.80 | 10 – 7 | William O'Connor 93.70 |
Daryl Gurney 92.07 | 10 – 5 | Vincent van der Voort 94.51 |
Peter Wright 101.33 | 10 – 6 | Rob Cross 99.11 |
Player | Score | Player |
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Kim Huybrechts 98.94 | 9 – 10 | Alan Norris 97.78 |
Ian White 103.09 | 9 – 10 | Gerwyn Price 97.18 |
Simon Whitlock 96.37 | 9 – 10 | Daryl Gurney 102.03 |
Peter Wright 110.88 | 10 – 8 | Raymond van Barneveld 108.10 |
Semi-finals (best of 21 legs) | Final (best of 21 legs) | ||||||||
Gerwyn Price 95.97 | 11 | ||||||||
Alan Norris 93.25 | 9 | ||||||||
Gerwyn Price 97.78 | 6 | ||||||||
Peter Wright 100.55 | 11 | ||||||||
Peter Wright 100.77 | 11 | ||||||||
Daryl Gurney 98.89 | 5 |
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