2009 UK Open


The 2009 Blue Square UK Open was the seventh year of the PDC darts tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competed in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, England, between 4–7 June 2009 and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw is staged after each round until the final.
Phil Taylor won the title for the third time by defeating Colin Osborne 11–6 in the final.

2009 UK Open Regional Finals

There were eight regional final events staged between January and May 2009 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:

Format and qualifiers

The tournament features 129 players. As in previous years, eight regional UK Open events were staged across the UK where players winning are collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 96 players and ties in the list, who played a minimum of three events received a place at the final stages.
The Holsten qualifiers and the players outside the top 32 of the UK Open Order of Merit began the tournament on the Thursday night. They played down to 32 players, and they were joined by the top 32 of the UK Open Order of Merit the following night, to provide the competition's last 64. A random draw was made after each subsequent round.
32 players were due to have qualified from four Holsten Pils qualifiers held in Aylesbury, Batley, Birmingham and Salford. However, Peter Green had to withdraw for unknown reasons, thus meaning there were only 31 qualifiers present in Bolton.
Aylesbury
Batley
Birmingham
Salford
In addition, Holsten offered a £3,000 bonus to the Pub Qualifier to get the furthest into the tournament.

Draw

The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was made on 25 May, ahead of the 2009 Premier League Darts Play-Offs by Sid Waddell and Keith Deller.

Preliminary round

This match was the best of eleven legs, and was played on 4 June.
Player #1ScorePlayer #2
Gary Stephens3 - 6 Ken Mather

First round

Player #1ScorePlayer #2Player #1ScorePlayer #2
James Barton3 - 6 Toon Greebe Alex Roy6 - 1 Richie Burnett
Harry Robinson0 - 6 Chris Cooper Gary Mawson6 - 1 Darren Weaver
Matthew Campbell1 - 6 Stuart Bousfield Steve Evans6 - 3 Mark Layton
Adrian Genery5 - 6 Chris Loudon Gary Welding6 - 2 John Kuczynski
Duane Garfield3 - 6 Dave Smith Stephen Hardy6 - 2 Coen Wiekamp
Chris Mason3 - 6 Steve Penney David Smurthwaite2 - 6 Mark Jodrill
Stuart Monaghan3 - 6 Alan Davie Graham Usher3 - 6 Glen Durrant
Roland Scholten6 - 1 Derek Williams Phil Currie2 - 6 Steve Dolan
Anastasia Dobromyslova2 - 6 Andy Roberts Michael Smith5 - 6 Dave Ladley
Peter Wright6 - 4 Chris Hornby Andy Pearce5 - 6 Johnny Haines
Ian Critchett6 - 5 Kevin Beare Ken Mather6 - 4 Robbie Parker
Paul Cook6 - 2 Mike Langley Par Riihonen5 - 6 Steve Grubb
John McGuirk6 - 2 Stuart Pickles David Fatum5 - 6 Paul Rowley
Lee Williams6 - 1 Alan Caves Darren Latham5 - 6 Andy Boulton
Dyson Parody1 - 6 John MaGowan Joe Cullen1 - 6 Justin Pipe
Les Fitton6 - 5 Mark Cox Louis Blundell6 - 4 Ian Jopling

Second round

Player #1ScorePlayer #2Player #1ScorePlayer #2
Glen Durrant6 - 2 John McGuirk Mark Jodrill2 - 6 Chris Thompson
Martyn Turner4 - 6 Dave Honey Paul Nicholson6 - 4 Gary Anderson
Gary Welding6 - 0 John MaGowan Louis Blundell6 - 0 Kevin Dowling
Adrian Gray5 - 6 Dave Askew Tony Ayres3 - 6 Justin Pipe
Steve Evans5 - 6 Steve Dolan Ken Dobson6 - 5 Paul Knighton
Dennis Smith1 - 6 Ken Mather Lee Williams6 - 4 Wayne Atwood
Roland Scholten6 - 1 Ian Critchett Jason Clark6 - 4 Stuart Bousfield
Kirk Shepherd3 - 6 Steve Brown Chris Loudon5 - 6 Chris Cooper
Steve Penney5 - 6 Steve Grubb Gary Mawson4 - 6 Johnny Haines
Paul Cook† Mark Lawrence Nick Fullwell1 - 6 Andy Smith
Colin Monk6 - 5 Larry Butler Mick McGowan3 - 6 John Part
Dave Smith2 - 6 Denis Ovens Paul Rowley6 - 3 Dave Ladley
Wes Newton6 - 4 Andy Boulton Alan Davie2 - 6 Peter Wright
Stephen Hardy3 - 6 Jan van der Rassel Michael Barnard6 - 0 Steve Maish
Wayne Mardle6 - 4 Les Fitton Matt Clark3 - 6 Alex Roy
Tony Eccles6 - 3 Toon Greebe Andy Roberts6 - 2 Steve Beaton

† Mark Lawrence was given a bye into round three, as Paul Cook was disqualified.

Third round

Player #1ScorePlayer #2Player #1ScorePlayer #2
Ronnie Baxter9 - 7 Tony Eccles Lee Williams1 - 9 Phil Taylor
Gary Welding9 - 5 Steve Hine Mark Dudbridge9 - 7 Johnny Haines
Colin Osborne9 - 2 Jason Clark Steve Dolan1 - 9 Jamie Caven
Vincent van der Voort6 - 9 Wayne Jones Barrie Bates3 - 9 Steve Grubb
Ken Mather9 - 7 Paul Nicholson Co Stompé6 - 9 Mark Frost
Mark Walsh9 - 2 Wayne Mardle Alex Roy9 - 5 Lionel Sams
Andy Jenkins9 - 5 Justin Pipe Steve Brown8 - 9 Mark Lawrence
Raymond van Barneveld9 - 4 Ken Dobson Roland Scholten9 - 6 Darren Johnson
Kevin Painter9 - 4 Dave Askew Michael van Gerwen4 - 9 Andy Hamilton
Denis Ovens3 - 9 Alan Tabern Colin Lloyd9 - 8 John Part
Dave Honey5 - 9 Wes Newton Jan van der Rassel7 - 9 Jelle Klaasen
Brendan Dolan7 - 9 Kevin McDine Paul Rowley1 - 9 Chris Thompson
Andy Roberts9 - 7 Louis Blundell Dennis Priestley9 - 4 Colin Monk
Mark Webster9 - 6 Peter Wright Andy Smith9 - 3 Chris Cooper
Peter Manley9 - 8 James Wade Adrian Lewis9 - 2 Robert Thornton
Mervyn King8 - 9 Michael Barnard Glen Durrant1 - 9 Terry Jenkins

Fourth round

Player #1ScorePlayer #2Player #1ScorePlayer #2
Michael Barnard6 - 9 Andy Smith Gary Welding1 - 9 Ronnie Baxter
Dennis Priestley9 - 8 Mark Frost Alex Roy9 - 8 Andy Roberts
Peter Manley4 - 9 Mark Webster Steve Grubb4 - 9 Kevin Painter
Colin Lloyd9 - 2 Chris Thompson Andy Hamilton7 - 9 Raymond van Barneveld
Phil Taylor9 - 3 Ken Mather Jamie Caven9 - 6 Jelle Klaasen
Kevin McDine7 - 9 Alan Tabern Andy Jenkins7 - 9 Terry Jenkins
Colin Osborne9 - 7 Wayne Jones Mark Walsh9 - 3 Adrian Lewis
Wes Newton9 - 6 Roland Scholten Mark Lawrence9 - 4 Mark Dudbridge

Last 16 to Final

There was a draw after each round; this bracket has been compiled retrospectively.