2017 UK Open

2017 Coral UK Open
2017 Coral UK Open
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
«2016	2018»

Last updated May 27, 2023

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.

Format and qualifiers
UK Open qualifiers
Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)
Number 33–64 of the Order of Merit (receiving byes into second round)
Number 65–96 of the Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in first round)
Riley qualifiers (starting in first round)
Prize money
Draw
Friday 3 March
Saturday 4 March
Sunday 5 March
References

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]

Format and qualifiers

UK Open qualifiers

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.
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.

Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)

*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]

Number 33–64 of the Order of Merit (receiving byes into second round)

Number 65–96 of the Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in first round)

Riley qualifiers (starting in first round)

32 amateur players qualified from Riley qualifiers held across the UK.

Prize money

The prize fund increased from last year's edition prize fund to £350,000.^[9]

Stage (no. of players)		Prize money (Total: £350,000)
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

Draw

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Friday 3 March

First round (best of eleven legs)

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Player	Score	Player	Player	Score	Player
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)

Second round (best of eleven legs)

Player	Score	Player	Player	Score	Player
Jamie Lewis	4 – 6	Paul Hogan (Q)	Scott Taylor	5 – 6	Paul Barham (Q)
Daryl Gurney	6 – 3	Ryan Palmer	Ron Meulenkamp	6 – 4	Lee Evans (Q)
Devon Petersen	2 – 6	Jermaine Wattimena	Jan Dekker	5 – 6	Rob Hewson
Ted Evetts	6 – 3	Paul Milford	Zoran Lerchbacher	4 – 6	Matthew Dennant
Tony Newell	4 – 6	Brian Woods	Alan Tabern	6 – 3	James Carroll (Q)
Jamie Caven	6 – 0	Ben Green (Q)	Yordi Meeuwisse	6 – 4	Jonathan Worsley
Vincent van der Voort	6 – 5	James Wilson	Justin Pipe	6 – 0	Ryan Meikle
Andy Jenkins	4 – 6	David Pallett	William O'Connor	6 – 2	Steve Lennon
Ross Twell	6 – 4	Joe Davis	Martin Lukeman	6 – 5	Matt Padgett
Mark Barilli	3 – 6	Kirk Shepherd	Peter Hudson	5 – 6	John Michael
Terry Jenkins	2 – 6	Wayne Jones	James Richardson	6 – 1	Neil Smith (Q)
Stephen Bunting	2 – 6	Mark Webster	Andrew Gilding	6 – 4	Ryan Murray
Alex Roy (Q)	6 – 4	Dave Parletti (Q)	Richard North	3 – 6	Ronnie Baxter
Jonny Clayton	6 – 3	Mark Frost	Robert Thornton	6 – 0	Kevin Bambrick (Q)
Mick McGowan	6 – 4	Dean Reynolds (Q)	Jeffrey de Graaf	3 – 6	Barrie Bates
Stuart Kellett	4 – 6	Dirk van Duijvenbode	Darren Johnson	3 – 6	Johnny Haines (Q)

Third round (best of nineteen legs)

Player	Score	Player	Player	Score	Player
Mick Todd	3 – 10	William O'Connor	Darren Webster	8 – 10	Ronnie Baxter
Alan Norris	10 – 2	Yordi Meeuwisse	Peter Wright	10 – 3	James Richardson
Kim Huybrechts	10 – 8	Brian Woods	Mervyn King	7 – 10	Alan Tabern
Mark Webster	10 – 9	Ross Twell	Joe Cullen	10 – 2	Robert Thornton
Kyle Anderson	7 – 10	Jermaine Wattimena	Dave Chisnall	10 – 4	Jamie Caven
Kevin Painter	8 – 10	Chris Dobey	Simon Whitlock	10 – 2	Chris Quantock
Daryl Gurney	10 – 2	Alex Roy (Q)	Jelle Klaasen	10 – 7	Jonny Clayton
Martin Lukeman	10 – 9	Rob Hewson	Brendan Dolan	9 – 10	John Michael
Gary Anderson	9 – 10	Paul Hogan(Q)	Benito van de Pas	10 – 6	Matthew Dennant
Gerwyn Price	10 – 5	Justin Pipe	Ryan Searle	10 – 7	Mick McGowan
Ronny Huybrechts	4 – 10	Vincent van der Voort	Steve Beaton	6 – 10	David Pallett
Kirk Shepherd	10 – 8	Wayne Jones	Andrew Gilding	5 – 10	Ted Evetts
Ricky Evans	7 – 10	Ron Meulenkamp	James Wade	8 – 10	Adrian Lewis
Christian Kist	5 – 10	Dirk van Duijvenbode	Ian White	10 – 2	Paul Barham (Q)
Michael Smith	10 – 4	John Henderson	Rob Cross	10 – 5	Johnny Haines (Q)
Raymond van Barneveld	10 – 6	Barrie Bates	~~Michael van Gerwen~~ (withdrew)	w/o	Cristo Reyes

Saturday 4 March

Fourth round (best of nineteen legs)

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Player	Score	Player	Player	Score	Player
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

Fifth round (best of nineteen legs)

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Player	Score	Player
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

Sunday 5 March

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Quarter-finals (best of nineteen legs)

Player	Score	Player
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 and Final (best of twenty-one legs)

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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