2024 UK Open

2024 Ladbrokes UK Open
Tournament information
Dates	1–3 March 2024
Venue	Butlin's
Location	Minehead, England
Organization(s)	Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
Format	Legs Final – best of 21
Prize fund	£600,000
Winner's share	£110,000
High checkout	170 Daniel Klose 170 Andy Baetens 170 Kevin Doets 170 Luke Littler
Champion(s)
Dimitri Van den Bergh
«2023 2025»

Dimitri Van den Bergh won the UK Open for the first time in his career.

Luke Humphries was defeated in the final for the second time.

The 2024 UK Open , known as the 2024 Ladbrokes UK Open for sponsorship reasons, was a professional darts tournament that was held from 1–3 March 2024 Butlin's in Minehead, England. It was the twenty-second UK Open to be staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament featured 158 participants which comprised PDC Tour Card holders, PDC Challenge/Development Tour players and amateur qualifiers.

Andrew Gilding was the defending champion after defeating Michael van Gerwen 11–10 in the 2023 final to win his first major title, ^[1] but he lost 10–1 to Peter Wright in the fifth round.

Dimitri Van den Bergh beat Luke Humphries 11–10 to win the UK Open for the first time in his career.

Prize money

The prize fund was unchanged at £600,000.

Stage (no. of players)		Prize money (Total: £600,000)
Winner	(1)	£110,000
Runner-up	(1)	£50,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£30,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£15,000
Last 16 (sixth round)	(8)	£10,000
Last 32 (fifth round)	(16)	£5,000
Last 64 (fourth round)	(32)	£2,500
Last 96 (third round)	(32)	£1,500
Last 128 (second round)	(32)	£1,000
Last 160 (first round)	(32)	n/a

Format

The 158 participants entered the competition incrementally, with 62 players entering in the first round. Match winners joined the 32 players entering in the second and third rounds to leave the last 64 in the fourth round.

• No players were seeded.
• A random draw was held for each of the following rounds following the conclusion of the third round.
• All matches in the first, second and third rounds were played over best of 11 legs.
• All matches in the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds and quarter-finals were played over best of 19 legs.
• All matches in the semi-finals and final were played over best of 21 legs.
• Eight boards were used for matches in the first, second, third and fourth rounds.
• Four boards were used for matches in the fifth round.
• Two boards were used for matches in the sixth round.
• One board was used for all the matches in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.

Qualifiers

Andrew Gilding was the defending champion going into the tournament.

The 128 Tour Card holders will have a staggered entry based on their Order of Merit ranking on 27 February 2024. They will be joined by the top 8 non-qualified players from each of the 2023 Challenge & Development Tour Orders of Merit, and by the winners of 16 Amateur Qualification events organised through Riley's Sports Bars. ^[2]

Adrian Lewis and Adam Hunt, who were due to enter the third and first rounds respectively, did not enter the competition. All players below Lewis moved up one space, and two byes were offered in the first round. ^[3]

Number 1–32 on the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into fourth round)

1.   Luke Humphries (runner-up)
2.   Michael van Gerwen (fourth round)
3.   Michael Smith (fifth round)
4.   Nathan Aspinall (fifth round)
5.   Gerwyn Price (fourth round)
6.   Rob Cross (quarter-finals)
7.   Danny Noppert (fifth round)
8.   Peter Wright (sixth round)
9.   Jonny Clayton (sixth round)
10.   Dave Chisnall (sixth round)
11.   Damon Heta (semi-finals)
12.   Dirk van Duijvenbode (fourth round)
13.   Joe Cullen (fourth round)
14.   Dimitri Van den Bergh (champion)
15.   Chris Dobey (fifth round)
16.   Ross Smith (fifth round)
17.   Stephen Bunting (quarter-finals)
18.   Ryan Searle (fourth round)
19.   Andrew Gilding (fifth round)
20.   James Wade (fourth round)
21.   Josh Rock (fifth round)
22.   Gabriel Clemens (fourth round)
23.   Martin Schindler (fifth round)
24.   Krzysztof Ratajski (fifth round)
25.   Gary Anderson (sixth round)
26.   José de Sousa (fourth round)
27.   Brendan Dolan (fourth round)
28.   Daryl Gurney (fourth round)
29.   Raymond van Barneveld (fourth round)
30.   Luke Littler (quarter-finals)
31.   Scott Williams (fourth round)
32.   Kim Huybrechts (fourth round)

Number 33–64 on the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)

33.   Callan Rydz
34.   Madars Razma
35.   Martin Lukeman (quarter-finals)
36.   Ricardo Pietreczko
37.   Ryan Joyce
38.   Luke Woodhouse
39.   Mike De Decker (fifth round)
40.   Jim Williams
41.   Gian van Veen (sixth round)
42.   William O'Connor
43.   Keane Barry (sixth round)
44.   Alan Soutar
45.   Simon Whitlock
46.   Ricky Evans (semi-finals)
47.   Jermaine Wattimena
48.   Rowby-John Rodriguez
49.   Matt Campbell
50.   Steve Beaton
51.   Adrian Lewis ^[a]
52.   Mickey Mansell
53.   Boris Krčmar
54.   Cameron Menzies
55.   Vincent van der Voort (fifth round)
56.   Mensur Suljović (fifth round)
57.   Jamie Hughes
58.   Ritchie Edhouse
59.   Florian Hempel
60.   Adam Gawlas
61.   Ryan Meikle (fifth round)
62.   Kevin Doets (fifth round)
63.   Ian White
64.   Mervyn King (sixth round)
65.   Richard Veenstra

Number 65–96 on the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into second round)

66.   Niels Zonneveld
67.   Lee Evans
68.   Dylan Slevin
69.   Keegan Brown
70.   Maik Kuivenhoven
71.   Stephen Burton
72.   Jeffrey de Zwaan
73.   Daniel Klose
74.   Karel Sedláček
75.   Arron Monk
76.   Robert Owen
77.   Jeffrey Sparidaans
78.  Pascal Rupprecht
79.   Jurjen van der Velde
80.   Nick Kenny
81.   Adam Smith-Neale
82.  Graham Hall
83.   Graham Usher
84.   Josh Payne
85.   Ronny Huybrechts
86.   Geert Nentjes
87.  Owen Roelofs
88.   Danny van Trijp
89.  Adam Warner
90.  Robbie Knops
91.   Christian Perez
92.  Callum Goffin
93.   Steve Lennon
94.   Berry van Peer
95.   James Hurrell
96.   Mario Vandenbogaerde
97.   Andy Baetens

Number 97–128 on the PDC Order of Merit (starting in first round)

98.   Leighton Bennett
99.   Jacques Labre
100.  Paul Krohne
101.   Wessel Nijman
102.  Matthew Dennant
103.  Michele Turetta
104.  Rhys Griffin
105.   Nathan Rafferty
106.   Thibault Tricole
107.   Adam Hunt ^[a]
108.   Chris Landman
109.   Lukas Wenig
110.   Brett Claydon
111.   William Borland
112.  Patrick Geeraets
113.   Haupai Puha
114.  Darren Beveridge
115.   Danny Lauby
116.   Radek Szagański
117.   Dom Taylor
118.  Jitse Van der Wal
119.   Owen Bates
120.   George Killington
121.  Joshua Richardson
122.  Benjamin Drue Reus
123.   Jules van Dongen
124.   Jeffrey de Graaf
125.   Jelle Klaasen
126.  Martijn Dragt
127.  Robert Grundy
128.  Tim Wolters

PDC Development Tour qualifiers (starting in first round)

The top 8 ranked players from the 2023 Development Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2024 season qualified for the first round. ^[4]

1.   Sebastian Białecki
2.   Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
3.   Bradley Brooks
4.   Cam Crabtree
5.   Jarred Cole
6.  Bradly Roes
7.  Christopher Toonders
8.  Dominik Grüllich

PDC Challenge Tour qualifiers (starting in first round)

The top 8 ranked players from the 2023 Challenge Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2024 season qualified for the first round. ^[4]

1.   John Henderson
2.   Andy Boulton
3.   Christian Kist
4.   Wesley Plaisier
5.  Darryl Pilgrim
6.   Scott Mitchell
7.   Conan Whitehead
8.   Ron Meulenkamp

Amateur qualifiers (starting in first round)

The winners of qualifiers organised by Rileys Sports Bars, held through January and February 2024, qualified for the first round. ^[5] Entry to these tournaments was open to all players who had not qualified via another method, regardless of PDC Membership status.

•   Kevin Burness (Liverpool)
•  Ashley Coleman (Norwich)
•  Joe Croft (South Benfleet)
•   Leonard Gates (Victoria)
•  Harry Gregory (Liverpool)
•  Johnny Haines (Coventry)
•   Jason Hogg (Aberdeen)
•  Harry Lane (Victoria)
•  Tom Lonsdale (Coventry)
•  Thomas Lovely (Chorlton-cum-Hardy)
•  Jack Male (Liverpool )
•   Connor Scutt (Harlow)
•  David Sumner (Chester)
•  Michael Taylor (Chorlton-cum-Hardy)
•  Jenson Walker (Solihull)
•  Brandon Western (Norwich )

1. Withdrew prior to tournament draw

Draw

Friday 1 March

First round (best of eleven legs)

Player [3]	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Jacques Labre	bye			Christian Kist  (CT) 86.73	3 – 6	Patrick Geeraets 87.22
Matthew Dennant 98.63	6 – 4	Jeffrey de Graaf 95.18		Conan Whitehead  (CT) 93.64	4 – 6	Leonard Gates  (Q) 93.42
Dom Taylor 82.11	6 – 5	Brandon Western (Q) 81.33		Lukas Wenig 83.46	4 – 6	Tom Lonsdale (Q) 93.85
Jarred Cole  (DT)	bye			Leighton Bennett 97.38	4 – 6	Scott Mitchell  (CT) 95.57
Danny Lauby 86.28	6 – 3	Nathan Rafferty 82.87		Kevin Burness  (Q) 93.78	4 – 6	John Henderson  (CT) 87.49
Owen Bates 92.28	6 – 5	Andy Boulton  (CT) 88.02		Connor Scutt  (Q) 84.42	5 – 6	Wesley Plaisier  (CT) 85.86
Jules van Dongen 90.44	5 – 6	Thibault Tricole 90.14		Jack Male (Q) 80.97	6 – 5	Martijn Dragt 79.50
Ashley Coleman (Q) 84.56	3 – 6	Tim Wolters 91.74		Brett Claydon 90.31	6 – 4	Thomas Lovely (Q) 90.77
Bradly Roes (DT) 81.12	4 – 6	Benjamin Drue Reus 85.54		Haupai Puha 89.50	6 – 4	Jelle Klaasen 90.12
Jitse Van der Wal 94.56	3 – 6	Johnny Haines (Q) 95.62		Sebastian Białecki  (DT) 89.71	4 – 6	Jenson Walker (Q) 88.46
Bradley Brooks  (DT) 90.04	6 – 3	Cam Crabtree  (DT) 88.36		Paul Krohne 77.05	5 – 6	Michael Taylor (Q) 75.18
Christopher Toonders (DT) 80.68	3 – 6	Chris Landman 86.14		George Killington 80.89	6 – 4	Radek Szagański 76.92
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez  (DT) 86.91	1 – 6	Ron Meulenkamp  (CT) 96.19		Harry Gregory (Q) 86.02	5 – 6	Rhys Griffin 94.31
Joe Croft (Q) 84.67	6 – 5	William Borland 81.38		Jason Hogg  (Q) 89.78	4 – 6	Darren Beveridge 87.64
Harry Lane (Q) 92.89	6 – 3	Dominik Grüllich (DT) 83.06		Darryl Pilgrim (CT) 94.68	5 – 6	Joshua Richardson 93.34
Michele Turetta 84.99	3 – 6	Robert Grundy 87.31		David Sumner (Q) 81.54	3 – 6	Wessel Nijman 93.55

Second round (best of eleven legs)

Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Niels Zonneveld 101.10	4 – 6	Wessel Nijman 103.84		Arron Monk 84.71	4 – 6	Dylan Slevin 94.46
Ronny Huybrechts 82.36	6 – 2	Harry Lane (Q) 77.51		Chris Landman 89.67	0 – 6	Lee Evans 92.02
James Hurrell 86.07	2 – 6	Joe Croft (Q) 86.76		Geert Nentjes 93.52	6 – 3	Pascal Rupprecht 87.86
Joshua Richardson 86.45	6 – 2	Keegan Brown 78.11		Berry van Peer 93.42	2 – 6	Maik Kuivenhoven 99.28
Darren Beveridge 88.75	4 – 6	Scott Mitchell  (CT) 94.52		Jurjen van der Velde 87.37	4 – 6	Jeffrey de Zwaan 92.94
Rhys Griffin 82.94	3 – 6	Leonard Gates  (Q) 94.74		Karel Sedláček 89.69	3 – 6	Robert Owen 97.29
George Killington 89.22	6 – 5	Robbie Knops 85.45		Wesley Plaisier  (CT) 93.29	6 – 2	Haupai Puha 79.81
Jacques Labre 82.52	6 – 4	Steve Lennon 84.78		Owen Bates 88.09	5 – 6	Graham Usher 89.46
Robert Grundy 82.85	5 – 6	Jarred Cole  (DT) 82.18		Michael Taylor (Q) 81.13	6 – 2	Graham Hall 78.77
Jeffrey Sparidaans 76.09	2 – 6	Christian Perez 91.88		Jenson Walker (Q) 80.94	3 – 6	Tim Wolters 87.55
Daniel Klose 93.02	6 – 3	Adam Warner 93.30		Matthew Dennant 85.44	6 – 1	Danny van Trijp 76.89
Bradley Brooks  (DT) 80.13	5 – 6	Thibault Tricole 90.67		Dom Taylor 82.42	5 – 6	John Henderson  (CT) 83.63
Adam Smith-Neale 88.49	4 – 6	Patrick Geeraets 86.08		Jack Male (Q) 79.10	5 – 6	Danny Lauby 76.20
Tom Lonsdale (Q) 81.28	3 – 6	Benjamin Drue Reus 85.47		Callum Goffin 79.14	2 – 6	Nick Kenny 84.66
Andy Baetens 100.37	4 – 6	Brett Claydon 96.10		Owen Roelofs 80.37	6 – 1	Stephen Burton 79.93
Johnny Haines (Q) 82.43	3 – 6	Mario Vandenbogaerde 84.38		Josh Payne 93.40	6 – 5	Ron Meulenkamp  (CT) 91.59

Third round (best of eleven legs)

Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Mike De Decker 91.58	6 – 3	Wessel Nijman 88.16		Nick Kenny 93.84	6 – 5	Matt Campbell 90.00
Benjamin Drue Reus 94.00	6 – 5	Callan Rydz 93.37		Maik Kuivenhoven 89.59	5 – 6	Simon Whitlock 90.31
Steve Beaton 85.58	5 – 6	Josh Payne 87.77		Martin Lukeman 102.34	6 – 5	Jermaine Wattimena 97.59
Gian van Veen 94.83	6 – 3	John Henderson  (CT) 87.80		Alan Soutar 90.04	4 – 6	Brett Claydon 87.09
Mervyn King 91.36	6 – 4	George Killington 89.82		William O'Connor 88.29	0 – 6	Mensur Suljović 90.18
Graham Usher 87.87	6 – 3	Ronny Huybrechts 86.20		Robert Owen 92.54	5 – 6	Kevin Doets 90.05
Thibault Tricole 86.70	3 – 6	Cameron Menzies 102.91		Joshua Richardson 91.20	6 – 5	Jamie Hughes 94.88
Keane Barry 92.54	6 – 4	Joe Croft (Q) 92.23		Tim Wolters 86.87	6 – 4	Ryan Joyce 90.53
Ryan Meikle 87.62	6 – 3	Geert Nentjes 81.06		Matthew Dennant 86.31	5 – 6	Scott Mitchell  (CT) 88.63
Jim Williams 84.89	2 – 6	Leonard Gates  (Q) 92.35		Adam Gawlas 96.97	6 – 0	Jarred Cole  (DT) 85.60
Owen Roelofs 85.37	1 – 6	Richard Veenstra 90.82		Ricky Evans 90.77	6 – 3	Lee Evans 88.57
Danny Lauby 89.39	6 – 2	Jacques Labre 80.70		Ricardo Pietreczko 83.98	6 – 3	Michael Taylor (Q) 83.18
Boris Krčmar 95.94	6 – 1	Ritchie Edhouse 87.06		Wesley Plaisier  (CT) 81.94	3 – 6	Daniel Klose 84.88
Luke Woodhouse 93.32	6 – 4	Dylan Slevin 94.34		Jeffrey de Zwaan 89.97	1 – 6	Patrick Geeraets 101.21
Mario Vandenbogaerde 92.56	2 – 6	Florian Hempel 96.71		Mickey Mansell 94.42	6 – 4	Ian White 88.67
Vincent van der Voort 91.28	6 – 4	Christian Perez 90.12		Rowby-John Rodriguez 88.16	6 – 4	Madars Razma 87.84

Fourth round (best of nineteen legs)

The draw was made after the results of the third round. ^[6]

Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Ryan Searle 92.14	9 – 10	Graham Usher 91.62		Josh Payne 86.99	7 – 10	Andrew Gilding 94.21
Kevin Doets 94.89	10 – 6	Daniel Klose 88.19		Michael van Gerwen 92.37	7 – 10	Mensur Suljović 90.98
Ross Smith 98.98	10 – 8	Daryl Gurney 90.93		Scott Mitchell  (CT) 93.00	6 – 10	Nathan Aspinall 96.64
Ryan Meikle 85.08	10 – 6	Brett Claydon 85.59		Benjamin Drue Reus 88.84	10 – 7	José de Sousa 85.25
Chris Dobey 99.39	10 – 3	Mickey Mansell 93.52		Danny Noppert 99.83	10 – 8	Gabriel Clemens 97.83
Danny Lauby 86.18	3 – 10	Stephen Bunting 92.84		Scott Williams 96.53	4 – 10	Ricky Evans 96.53
Kim Huybrechts 85.08	6 – 10	Keane Barry 92.58		Michael Smith 93.59	10 – 7	Joe Cullen 97.53
Rowby-John Rodriguez 83.38	3 – 10	Rob Cross 96.68		Simon Whitlock 84.92	8 – 10	Damon Heta 95.60
Cameron Menzies 90.84	5 – 10	Gary Anderson 96.35		Raymond van Barneveld 93.49	9 – 10	Luke Woodhouse 94.62
Gerwyn Price 99.54	9 – 10	Martin Schindler 98.93		Jonny Clayton 83.57	10 – 9	Tim Wolters 85.86
James Wade 95.90	7 – 10	Luke Littler 101.81		Leonard Gates  (Q) 83.39	5 – 10	Martin Lukeman 92.35
Brendan Dolan 94.66	8 – 10	Dimitri Van den Bergh 99.80		Gian van Veen 90.97	10 – 7	Florian Hempel 90.56
Mike De Decker 96.12	10 – 6	Richard Veenstra 90.86		Dirk van Duijvenbode 95.69	7 – 10	Luke Humphries 101.16
Nick Kenny 89.39	4 – 10	Dave Chisnall 92.14		Krzysztof Ratajski 94.19	10 – 4	Adam Gawlas 92.19
Joshua Richardson 94.32	3 – 10	Peter Wright 94.28		Josh Rock 98.30	10 – 5	Patrick Geeraets 88.18
Mervyn King 95.63	10 – 3	Ricardo Pietreczko 98.34		Vincent van der Voort 84.82	10 – 5	Boris Krčmar 82.55

Saturday 2 March

Fifth round (best of nineteen legs)

Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Ricky Evans 97.23	10 – 5	Mike De Decker 94.17		Peter Wright 101.56	10 – 1	Andrew Gilding 89.75
Luke Littler 101.86	10 – 8	Martin Schindler 98.25		Stephen Bunting 93.76	10 – 9	Kevin Doets 92.22
Michael Smith 96.00	9 – 10	Luke Woodhouse 97.45		Dave Chisnall 98.67	10 – 6	Mensur Suljović 91.67
Vincent van der Voort 85.95	6 – 10	Dimitri Van den Bergh 96.41		Gary Anderson 92.72	10 – 5	Chris Dobey 89.69
Graham Usher 84.20	7 – 10	Gian van Veen 93.57		Rob Cross 105.19	10 – 4	Josh Rock 98.51
Jonny Clayton 92.93	10 – 8	Ross Smith 97.49		Benjamin Drue Reus 89.51	3 – 10	Luke Humphries 101.01
Damon Heta 96.47	10 – 9	Nathan Aspinall 94.64		Martin Lukeman 98.84	10 – 9	Danny Noppert 97.93
Keane Barry 92.50	10 – 3	Ryan Meikle 85.12		Krzysztof Ratajski 88.83	9 – 10	Mervyn King 88.97

Sixth round (best of nineteen legs)

Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Peter Wright 95.86	9 – 10	Stephen Bunting 99.86		Mervyn King 88.23	4 – 10	Luke Humphries 99.93
Jonny Clayton 92.90	7 – 10	Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.06		Damon Heta 93.94	10 – 8	Gian van Veen 95.21
Ricky Evans 91.50	10 – 6	Luke Woodhouse 91.00		Martin Lukeman 100.33	10 – 5	Gary Anderson 102.57
Rob Cross 96.64	10 – 4	Keane Barry 91.34		Luke Littler 103.38	10 – 5	Dave Chisnall 101.63

Sunday 3 March

Quarter-finals (best of nineteen legs)

Player	Score	Player
Stephen Bunting 98.07	2 – 10	Luke Humphries 102.02
Ricky Evans 85.68	10 – 7	Rob Cross 87.45
Damon Heta 106.04	10 – 8	Luke Littler 104.77
Martin Lukeman 95.56	5 – 10	Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.91

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

	Semi-finals					Final
	Dimitri Van den Bergh 96.32		11
	Damon Heta 95.55		6
						Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.18		11
						Luke Humphries 96.07		10
	Luke Humphries 98.86		11
	Ricky Evans 87.41		2

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