Luke Littler won the UK Open for the first time in his career.Three-time champion James Wade was defeated in the final.
The 2025 UK Open, known as the 2025 Ladbrokes UK Open for sponsorship reasons, was a professional darts tournament that was held from 28 February to 2 March 2025 at Butlin's in Minehead, England. It was the twenty-third 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.
Luke Littler won his first UK Open title, defeating three-time UK Open champion James Wade 11–2 in the final.[2]
Overview
The 2025 UK Open was the 23rd UK Open organised by the Professional Darts Corporation after its inception in 2003 and was held from 28 February to 2 March 2025 at Butlin's Minehead Resort in Minehead, England.[3][4] The tournament is commonly referred to as the "FA Cup of darts" due to its round-by-round open draw system.[5][6] British gambling company Ladbrokes continued their sponsorship of the event after becoming tournament sponsor the previous year.[7]Dimitri Van den Bergh was the defending champion, having defeated Luke Humphries 11–10 in the 2024 final to win his first UK Open and second PDC major title.[8][9]
Format
The 158 participants entered the competition incrementally, with 64 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.[10][4][11]
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.
Prize money
The prize fund remained unchanged at £600,000.[3][10]
The 128 Tour Card holders had a staggered entry based on their PDC Order of Merit ranking on 19 February 2025.[12] They were joined by the top eight non-qualified players from each of the 2024 Challenge & Development Tour Orders of Merit and 16 amateur qualifiers.[13][4][14]
Tim Wolters and Jeffrey de Graaf, who were drawn in the second and third rounds respectively, withdrew from the competition. Wolters' opponent – Danny Lauby – received a bye to the third round, while Adam Hunt – who would have played De Graaf in the third round – received a bye to the fourth round.[15]
Tour Card Holders ranked 1–32 (receiving byes into fourth round)
In a change from last year, the amateur qualifiers were held in four 'PDC in the Community' events in Pencoed, Newport, Derbyshire and Plymouth. The remaining 12 qualifiers were decided in amateur qualifiers staged by the PDC in Milton Keynes and Wigan. Entry to these tournaments was open to all players who did not hold a 2025 Tour Card and had not qualified via another method.[16]
The draw for the first three rounds was announced on 20 February.[17][18] Match winners are shown in bold and all players are accompanied by their three-dart average for the match.[19][20]
CT = Challenge Tour DT = Development Tour Q = Amateur qualifier
The main stage boards are broadcast on ITV4 (Friday, Saturday afternoon and Sunday) and on ITV3 (Saturday evening) in the United Kingdom, DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland[11] and Viaplay in the Netherlands.[21][22] All boards are broadcast on the PDC.tv live streaming platform.[21]
Top averages
The table lists all players who achieved an average of at least 100 in a match.[19][20] In the case one player has multiple records, this is indicated by the number in brackets.
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