2018 UK Open

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2018 Coral UK Open
Tournament information
Dates2–4 March 2018
Venue Butlin's Resort
Location Minehead
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Organization(s) PDC
FormatLegs
Final – best of 21
Prize fund£350,000
Winner's share£70,000
High checkout170 Flag of Austria.svg Michael Rasztovits
170 Ulster Banner.svg Daryl Gurney
170 Flag of England.svg Steve West
Champion(s)
Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson
«2017 2019»

The 2018 Coral UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the sixteenth 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 for the fifth time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 2–4 March 2018, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw was staged after each round until the final.

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Peter Wright was the defending champion after defeating Gerwyn Price 11–6 in the 2017 final, [1] but he lost in the third round to Nathan Rafferty.

Gary Anderson became the UK Open champion for the first time, defeating Corey Cadby (who was making his debut in the event) 11–7 in the final.

Michael van Gerwen's defeat to Jeffrey de Zwaan in the third round was the first time van Gerwen had lost a live match on ITV since the 2014 Players Championship Finals. Van Gerwen was unbeaten for 77 live matches (including the two live World Series events) on the channel during that period.

The tournament was severely affected by the extreme weather conditions caused by Storm Emma which had forced the complete cancellation of round five of the 2018 Premier League Darts that had been due to be held in Exeter the evening before the tournament started. Eleven players who were due to play in the first, second and third rounds withdrew from the competition, and on 2 March, the unprecedented decision was taken by Butlin's to not allow any fans apart from the players relatives, guests and friends into the venue, resulting in the whole tournament being played behind closed doors.

The tournament was still televised live on ITV4, but the Butlin's Skyline Pavilion Arena was unable to be used for the allocated Main Stage TV matches due to heavy snow and ice, so these matches were reallocated to the secondary Red's Bar stage. [2]

Format and qualifiers

UK Open qualifiers

There were six qualifying events staged in February 2018 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:

No.DateVenueWinnerScoreRunner-upRef.
1 Friday 2 February Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan Michael van Gerwen Flag of the Netherlands.svg 6 – 3 Flag of England.svg Michael Smith [3]
2 Saturday 3 February Michael van Gerwen Flag of the Netherlands.svg 6 – 3 Flag of England.svg Darren Webster [4]
3 Sunday 4 February Michael Smith Flag of England.svg 6 – 0 Flag of Austria.svg Zoran Lerchbacher [5]
4 Friday 9 February Gary Anderson Flag of Scotland.svg 6 – 2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeffrey de Zwaan [6]
5 Saturday 10 February Corey Cadby Flag of Australia (converted).svg 6 – 4 Flag of England.svg Rob Cross [7]
6 Sunday 11 February Krzysztof Ratajski Flag of Poland.svg 6 – 4 Ulster Banner.svg Daryl Gurney [8]

The tournament is featuring 128 players. The results of the six qualifiers shown above will be collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 32 players in the Order of Merit receive 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 qualify for the tournament, but start 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)

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)

** René Berndt dropped out of the tournament because of health reasons.

Rileys qualifiers (starting in first round)

32 amateur players qualified from 28 Rileys Sports Bar qualifiers held across the UK between 20 January and 18 February. [9]

* Due to Storm Emma, multiple players pulled out of the tournament. [10] [11]

Prize money

The prize fund stayed the same as last year, £350,000.

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

(Note: Due to extreme weather all matches in the tournament were played behind closed doors)

Friday 2 March

First round (best of eleven legs)

PlayerScorePlayerPlayerScorePlayer
Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew Davidson (Q)*w/o Flag of England.svg Michael Burgoine (Q) Flag of England.svg Darryl Pilgrim (Q) 86.296–2 Flag of England.svg Ian Jopling (Q) 70.81
Flag of Germany.svg René Eidams 77.586–4 Flag of England.svg Andrew Johnson (Q) 74.98 Flag of England.svg Benjamin McClelland (Q) 68.354–6 Flag of England.svg David Airey (Q) 78.30
Flag of England.svg Michael Barnard w/o Flag of Scotland.svg Scott Robertson (Q)* Flag of England.svg Chris Lacey (Q)*w/o Flag of England.svg Martin Biggs (Q)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 87.703–6 Flag of England.svg Lee Evans 88.62 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Richie Burnett 86.035–6 Flag of England.svg Ryan Harrington 83.52
Flag of England.svg Dan Read (Q) 73.725–6 Flag of England.svg Joe Davis (Q) 77.26 Flag of England.svg Ricky Evans 93.406–1 Flag of England.svg Andreas Hajimena (Q) 72.39
Flag of England.svg Chris Quantock 72.524–6 Flag of England.svg Bradley Brooks 78.67 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dirk van Duijvenbode w/o Flag of Ireland.svg Mick McGowan *
Flag of England.svg Terry Jenkins 88.505–6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Nicholson 83.93 Flag of New Zealand.svg Cody Harris 94.196–1 Flag of England.svg Tony Mitchell (Q) 88.04
Flag of England.svg Kirk Shepherd 85.216–4 Flag of England.svg Adam Hunt 82.10 Flag of England.svg Craig Winstanley (Q)*w/o Flag of England.svg Mark Craddock (Q)
Flag of England.svg Andrew Pullen (Q)w/o Flag of England.svg Mark Rice (Q)* Flag of Ireland.svg William O'Connor *w/o Flag of England.svg Andy Hamilton (Q)
Flag of Austria.svg Michael Rasztovits 82.336–3 Flag of England.svg Simon Tate (Q) 78.62 Flag of England.svg Martin Atkins (Q) 70.943–6 Flag of England.svg Paul Whitworth (Q) 81.20
Flag of England.svg Luke Humphries 94.936–0 Flag of England.svg Liam Kelly (Q) 63.55 Flag of England.svg Paul Hogan (Q) 80.186–5 Flag of England.svg Darren Brown (Q) 92.88
Flag of England.svg Mark Walsh 64.852–6 Flag of England.svg Alex Roy (Q) 78.32 Flag of Spain.svg Cristo Reyes 92.805–6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Benito van de Pas 87.02
Flag of Germany.svg René Berndt **w/o Flag of England.svg Robert Rickwood Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ron Meulenkamp 79.566–4 Flag of England.svg Andy Hibbert (Q) 73.75
Flag of England.svg Harry Ward (Q) 86.716–0 Flag of England.svg Daniel Lee (Q) 71.59 Flag of England.svg Andy Jenkins 82.854–6 Flag of England.svg George Killington 84.59
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Part 82.246–2 Flag of England.svg John Morris (Q) 72.11 Flag of India.svg Prakash Jiwa 75.085–6 Flag of England.svg Jason Mold (Q) 78.47
Flag of England.svg Ryan Meikle 74.136–5 Ulster Banner.svg Mickey Mansell 75.82 Flag of England.svg Darren Johnson 78.574–6 Flag of England.svg John Scott (Q) 82.48

** René Berndt withdrew from the tournament because of health reasons.

Second round (best of eleven legs)

PlayerScorePlayerPlayerScorePlayer
Ulster Banner.svg Nathan Rafferty 94.566–3 Flag of England.svg Jason Mold (Q) 86.93 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price 93.406–2 Flag of England.svg James Wilson 89.44
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jermaine Wattimena 79.816–0 Flag of England.svg Andy Hamilton (Q) 69.22 Flag of Germany.svg Maik Langendorf *w/o Flag of Austria.svg Michael Rasztovits
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vincent van der Voort 81.296–3 Flag of England.svg Martin Biggs (Q) 81.99 Flag of Spain.svg Toni Alcinas 85.384–6 Flag of England.svg Alex Roy (Q) 87.91
Flag of England.svg Mike Norton 90.135–6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld 94.94 Flag of England.svg Ryan Meikle 80.056–4 Flag of England.svg Mark Craddock (Q) 73.79
Flag of England.svg Richard North 78.855–6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Nicholson 84.22 Flag of England.svg Keegan Brown 83.836–3 Flag of England.svg George Killington 77.92
Flag of England.svg Chris Dobey 97.676–5 Flag of England.svg Lee Evans 91.48 Flag of England.svg Stephen Bunting 82.506–2 Flag of England.svg Bradley Brooks 73.28
Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall 96.056–2 Flag of Germany.svg René Eidams 86.95 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Geert Nentjes 79.314–6 Flag of England.svg Darryl Pilgrim (Q) 86.40
Flag of England.svg Stuart Kellett 78.761–6 Flag of England.svg David Airey (Q) 88.51 Flag of England.svg Ted Evetts 86.551–6 Flag of England.svg Harry Ward (Q) 90.50
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Danny Noppert 89.893–6 Flag of England.svg Ryan Harrington 87.04 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ron Meulenkamp 87.556–1 Flag of England.svg Joe Davis (Q) 73.30
Flag of England.svg Jason Lowe 82.536–4 Flag of England.svg John Scott (Q) 77.72 Flag of New Zealand.svg Cody Harris 91.552–6 Flag of England.svg Michael Barnard 86.04
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Robert Owen 87.046–4 Flag of England.svg Michael Burgoine (Q) 83.94 Flag of England.svg David Evans 81.266–4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Benito van de Pas 84.73
Flag of England.svg Alan Norris 88.504–6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dirk van Duijvenbode 92.80 Flag of England.svg Joe Cullen 90.256–2 Flag of Spain.svg José Justicia 71.93
Flag of Scotland.svg John Goldie *w/o Flag of England.svg Paul Hogan (Q) Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall 91.816–3 Flag of England.svg Andrew Pullen (Q) 87.50
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vincent Kamphuis 86.523–6 Flag of England.svg Kirk Shepherd 87.94 Flag of England.svg Carl Wilkinson 85.722–6 Flag of England.svg Ricky Evans 90.65
Flag of England.svg James Richardson 66.340–6 Flag of England.svg Robert Rickwood 83.50 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Part 71.576–0 Flag of England.svg Paul Whitworth (Q) 53.45
Flag of England.svg Wayne Jones 79.293–6 Flag of England.svg Luke Humphries 81.41 Flag of Germany.svg Gabriel Clemens 88.416–0 Flag of England.svg Andrew Gilding 83.70

* Due to extreme weather, multiple players pulled out of the tournament.

Third round (best of nineteen legs)

PlayerScorePlayerPlayerScorePlayer
Flag of England.svg Jason Lowe 91.3510–3 Flag of England.svg David Airey (Q) 82.52 Flag of England.svg David Evans 83.822–10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Part 92.38
Flag of England.svg David Pallett 90.0010–8 Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Thornton 89.57 Flag of England.svg Ricky Evans 99.4910–6 Flag of England.svg Luke Humphries 94.35
Flag of England.svg Steve Beaton 86.628–10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jermaine Wattimena 92.39 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jamie Lewis 73.172–10 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Robert Owen 85.60
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Huybrechts 86.0810–8 Flag of Germany.svg Gabriel Clemens 89.04 Flag of England.svg Steve West 88.6110–9 Flag of England.svg Darryl Pilgrim (Q) 87.22
Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Ratajski 92.2810–7 Flag of England.svg Darren Webster 90.21 Flag of England.svg James Wade 87.9610–6 Flag of England.svg Simon Stevenson 84.76
Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright 88.759–10 Ulster Banner.svg Nathan Rafferty 91.85 Flag of England.svg Chris Dobey 93.7410–2 Flag of England.svg Harry Ward (Q) 85.01
Flag of Scotland.svg John Henderson 87.814–10 Flag of England.svg Matthew Edgar 91.00 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Nicholson 84.376–10 Flag of England.svg Paul Hogan (Q) 86.27
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 96.478–10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeffrey de Zwaan 96.77 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 97.4110–3 Flag of England.svg Robert Rickwood 94.88
Flag of England.svg Michael Smith 98.3810–5 Flag of England.svg Kirk Shepherd 86.36 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Whitlock 89.607–10 Flag of England.svg Ian White 96.01
Flag of England.svg Mervyn King 99.4610–4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld 86.78 Flag of England.svg Rob Cross 99.3210–8 Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall 94.87
Ulster Banner.svg Daryl Gurney 95.9310–9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jelle Klaasen 88.23 Flag of Germany.svg Martin Schindler 97.7810–7 Flag of England.svg Ryan Harrington 89.57
Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis 88.585–10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dirk van Duijvenbode 94.00 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price 89.9410–6 Flag of England.svg Alex Roy (Q) 88.36
Flag of England.svg Justin Pipe 80.213–10 Flag of England.svg Stephen Bunting 88.09 Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall 85.786–10 Flag of England.svg Ryan Meikle 82.45
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jonny Clayton 98.6310–6 Flag of England.svg Michael Barnard 93.64 Flag of England.svg Dave Prins 85.024–10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ron Meulenkamp 88.83
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kyle Anderson 92.1110–7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vincent van der Voort 92.79 Flag of England.svg Joe Cullen 89.778–10 Flag of England.svg Keegan Brown 91.44
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Corey Cadby 92.2110–5 Flag of Austria.svg Michael Rasztovits 85.26 Flag of Austria.svg Zoran Lerchbacher *w/o Flag of England.svg Jamie Hughes

* Lerchbacher was the only Third Round qualifier to withdraw from the tournament due to the weather conditions, so Hughes received a bye to the Fourth Round.

Saturday 3 March

Fourth round (best of nineteen legs)

PlayerScorePlayerPlayerScorePlayer
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeffrey de Zwaan 100.128–10 Flag of England.svg Paul Hogan (Q) 97.61 Flag of England.svg Rob Cross 98.2910–7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kyle Anderson 95.11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ron Meulenkamp 86.559–10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Part 87.41 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Robert Owen 96.6110–9 Ulster Banner.svg Nathan Rafferty 96.75
Flag of England.svg Jason Lowe 92.125–10 Flag of England.svg Chris Dobey 95.72 Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Ratajski 92.9510–5 Flag of England.svg Keegan Brown 95.66
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price 97.9510–6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dirk van Duijvenbode 94.68 Flag of England.svg Steve West 95.4210–7 Flag of England.svg Matthew Edgar 87.61
Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 93.9710–3 Flag of England.svg Ricky Evans 87.64 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jermaine Wattimena 89.3210–8 Flag of England.svg Stephen Bunting 94.66
Flag of England.svg Mervyn King 94.9710–8 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jonny Clayton 89.89 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Corey Cadby 97.2010–7 Flag of Germany.svg Martin Schindler 92.06
Flag of England.svg Jamie Hughes 95.848–10 Flag of England.svg Ian White 102.45 Ulster Banner.svg Daryl Gurney 89.335–10 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Huybrechts 94.45
Flag of England.svg Michael Smith 90.3010–4 Flag of England.svg Ryan Meikle 85.62 Flag of England.svg David Pallett 98.4310–6 Flag of England.svg James Wade 94.23

Fifth round (best of nineteen legs)

PlayerScorePlayer
Flag of England.svg Michael Smith 93.999–10 Flag of England.svg Steve West 93.91
Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 104.7210–6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jermaine Wattimena 97.27
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Corey Cadby 98.7910–7 Flag of England.svg Chris Dobey 96.23
Flag of England.svg Mervyn King 87.848–10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Part 86.14
Flag of England.svg Ian White 92.247–10 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Robert Owen 92.76
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Huybrechts 84.087–10 Flag of England.svg David Pallett 88.10
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price 101.4510–9 Flag of England.svg Paul Hogan (Q) 96.18
Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Ratajski 92.633–10 Flag of England.svg Rob Cross 103.88

Sunday 4 March

Quarter-finals (best of nineteen legs)

PlayerScorePlayer
Flag of England.svg Steve West 91.565–10 Flag of England.svg David Pallett 95.30
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Robert Owen 98.9410–3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Part 80.72
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Corey Cadby 99.3210–6 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price 94.25
Flag of England.svg Rob Cross 95.535–10 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 98.31

Semi-finals and Final (best of twenty-one legs)

Semi-finals
(best of 21 legs)
Final
(best of 21 legs)
      
Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 95.3111
Flag of England.svg David Pallett 87.407
Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 95.7111
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Corey Cadby 99.787
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Robert Owen 90.153
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Corey Cadby 99.9011

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