2019 Ladbrokes UK Open | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 1–3 March 2019 | ||
Venue | Butlin's Resort | ||
Location | Minehead | ||
Country | ![]() | ||
Organization(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs Final – best of 21 | ||
Prize fund | £450,000 | ||
Winner's share | £100,000 | ||
High checkout | 170 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
Champion(s) | |||
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The 2019 Ladbrokes UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the seventeenth year of the tournament where players compete in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was being held for the sixth time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 1–3 March 2019, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw is staged after each round following the conclusion of the third round until the final.
Gary Anderson was the defending champion after defeating Corey Cadby 11–7 in the 2018 final. He was making his first public appearance since having to withdraw from both the 2019 Masters and the 2019 Premier League due to a persistent back injury, whilst Cadby was absent from this year’s competition due to visa problems.[1] However, Anderson lost 8–10 in the fourth round to Steve Beaton.
Nathan Aspinall won his first PDC major title, beating Rob Cross 11–4 in the final and hitting 170 checkout to win the match.[2]
Prize money
[edit]The prize fund increased from last year's edition to £450,000.
Stage (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £450,000) | |
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Winner | (1) | £100,000 |
Runner-up | (1) | £40,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | £20,000 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | £12,500 |
Last 16 (sixth round) | (8) | £7,500 |
Last 32 (fifth round) | (16) | £4,000 |
Last 64 (fourth round) | (32) | £2,000 |
Last 96 (third round) | (32) | £1,000 |
Last 128 (second round) | (32) | n/a |
Last 160 (first round) | (31) | n/a |
Change
[edit]In a significant change of format, the tournament has increased from 128 to 160 participants. Also, the ProTour UK Open Qualifiers have been scrapped in favour of a new system. All 128 PDC Tour Card holders automatically qualify, along with the Top 16 from the 2018 PDC Challenge Tour, plus 16 qualifiers from the Riley's Qualifiers taking place in early 2019. Due to Corey Cadby‘s withdrawal from the competition the field is reduced to 159 players who will now compete in this year’s tournament.
Format
[edit]The 159 participants will enter the competition incrementally, with 63 players entering in the first round, with match winners joining the 32 players entering in the second and third rounds to leave the last 64 in the fourth round.
- No players are seeded.
- A random draw is held for each of the following rounds following the conclusion of the third round.
- All matches in the first, second and third rounds will be played over best of 11 legs.
- All matches in the fourth, fifth, sixth rounds and quarter-finals will be played over best of 19 legs.
- All matches in the semi-finals and final will be played over best of 21 legs.
- Eight boards will be used for matches in the first, second, third and fourth rounds.
- Four boards will be used for matches in the fifth round.
- Two boards will be used for matches in the sixth round.
- One board will be used for all the matches in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.[3]
Qualifiers
[edit]Number 1–32 of the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into fourth round)
[edit]Michael van Gerwen
Rob Cross
Peter Wright
Gary Anderson
Daryl Gurney
Michael Smith
Gerwyn Price
Mensur Suljović
James Wade
Simon Whitlock
Dave Chisnall
Ian White
Darren Webster
Joe Cullen
Jonny Clayton
Adrian Lewis
Stephen Bunting
Mervyn King
John Henderson
Steve West
Kyle Anderson
Steve Beaton
Kim Huybrechts
Jermaine Wattimena
James Wilson
Jamie Lewis
Alan Norris
Jelle Klaasen
Raymond van Barneveld
Max Hopp
Benito van de Pas
Cristo Reyes
Number 33–64 of the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)
[edit]Dimitri Van den Bergh
Nathan Aspinall
Chris Dobey
Steve Lennon
Vincent van der Voort
Keegan Brown
Richard North
Robert Thornton
Brendan Dolan
Justin Pipe
Jeffrey de Zwaan
Danny Noppert
Jan Dekker
William O'Connor
Ricky Evans
Martin Schindler
Toni Alcinas
Ryan Searle
Ryan Joyce
Ron Meulenkamp
Krzysztof Ratajski
Josh Payne
James Richardson
Luke Humphries
Mark Webster
Christian Kist
Gabriel Clemens
Devon Petersen
Zoran Lerchbacher
Ronny Huybrechts
Mickey Mansell
Corey Cadby[a]Alan Tabern
Number 65–96 of the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into second round)
[edit]Ross Smith
Matthew Edgar
Simon Stevenson
Robert Owen
Wayne Jones
Robert Marijanović
Adam Hunt
Kevin Burness
Glen Durrant
Luke Woodhouse
Ryan Meikle
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Tytus Kanik
Arron Monk
Bradley Brooks
Peter Hudson
Davy Van Baelen
Dawson Murschell
Vincent Kamphuis
Mario Robbe
José Justicia
Mark Wilson
Ryan Harrington
Mark Dudbridge
George Killington
Scott Baker
Gary Eastwood
John Goldie
Tony Newell
Gavin Carlin
Harry Ward
Andy Boulton
Number 97–128 of the PDC Order of Merit (starting in first round)
[edit]Eddie Dootson
Terry Temple
Darius Labanauskas
Ted Evetts
Carl Wilkinson
Jamie Hughes
Jonathan Worsley
José de Sousa
Mark McGeeney
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Barrie Bates
David Pallett
John Michael
Kirk Shepherd
Maik Kuivenhoven
Nathan Derry
Adrian Gray
Conan Whitehead
Geert Nentjes
Madars Razma
Matt Clark
Yordi Meeuwisse
Joe Murnan
Reece Robinson
Vincent van der Meer
Christian Bunse
Jamie Bain
Marko Kantele
Niels Zonneveld
Michael Barnard
Mike van Duivenbode
PDC Challenge Tour qualifiers (starting in first round)
[edit]The top 16 ranked players from the 2018 Challenge Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2019 season qualified for the first round.
Rileys amateur qualifiers (starting in first round)
[edit]16 amateur players will qualify from 16 Riley's Sports Bar qualifiers held across the UK between 26 January and 24 February.
- ^ Corey Cadby withdrew from the tournament prior to the draw. All players below him moved up one place, with a bye being added to the first round[4]
Draw
[edit]Friday 1 March
[edit]First round (best of eleven legs)
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4 – 6 | ![]() | |
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4 – 6 | ![]() |
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2 – 6 | ![]() |
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2 – 6 | ![]() | |
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6 – 4 | ![]() |
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6 – 3 | ![]() | |
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1 – 6 | ![]() |
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6 – 3 | ![]() | |
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6 – 4 | ![]() |
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6 – 3 | ![]() | |
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6 – 5 | ![]() |
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6 – 5 | ![]() | |
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6 – 2 | ![]() |
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6 – 4 | ![]() | |
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6 – 4 | ![]() |
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6 – 1 | ![]() | |
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6 – 3 | ![]() |
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6 – 4 | ![]() | |
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3 – 6 | ![]() |
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4 – 6 | ![]() | |
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3 – 6 | ![]() |
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6 – 2 | ![]() | |
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6 – 5 | ![]() |
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6 – 1 | ![]() |
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1 – 6 | ![]() | |
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4 – 6 | ![]() |
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5 – 6 | ![]() | |
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6 – 1 | ![]() |
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w/o | Bye |
Second round (best of eleven legs)
[edit]Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
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3 – 6 | ![]() |
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6 – 1 | ![]() | |
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1 – 6 | ![]() |
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6 – 3 | ![]() | |
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2 – 6 | ![]() |
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2 – 6 | ![]() | |
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3 – 6 | ![]() |
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6 – 4 | ![]() | |
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4 – 6 | ![]() |
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6 – 3 | ![]() | |
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3 – 6 | ![]() |
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3 – 6 | ![]() | |
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6 – 4 | ![]() |
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6 – 3 | ![]() | |
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t/o | ![]() |
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6 – 4 | ![]() | |
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3 – 6 | ![]() |
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5 – 6 | ![]() | |
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6 – 2 | ![]() |
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6 – 2 | ![]() | |
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6 – 2 | ![]() |
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4 – 6 | ![]() | |
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0 – 6 | ![]() |
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6 – 5 | ![]() | |
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6 – 3 | ![]() |
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6 – 3 | ![]() | |
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6 – 4 | ![]() |
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6 – 4 | ![]() | |
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2 – 6 | ![]() |
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6 – 3 | ![]() |
Third round (best of eleven legs)
[edit]Fourth round (best of nineteen legs)
[edit]Saturday 2 March
[edit]Fifth round (best of nineteen legs)
[edit]Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
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7 – 10 | ![]() | |
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9 – 10 | ![]() |
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10 – 7 | ![]() | |
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10 – 2 | ![]() |
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10 – 7 | ![]() | |
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10 – 8 | ![]() |
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6 – 10 | ![]() | |
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10 – 8 | ![]() |
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10 – 8 | ![]() | |
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7 – 10 | ![]() |
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9 – 10 | ![]() | |
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10 – 5 | ![]() |
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5 – 10 | ![]() |
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10 – 7 | ![]() |
Sixth round (best of nineteen legs)
[edit]Player | Score | Player |
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10 – 6 | ![]() |
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3 – 10 | ![]() |
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10 – 8 | ![]() |
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10 – 3 | ![]() |
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10 – 8 | ![]() |
Sunday 3 March
[edit]Quarter-finals (best of nineteen legs)
[edit]Player | Score | Player |
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10 – 7 | ![]() |
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10 – 1 | ![]() |
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5 – 10 | ![]() |
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10 – 6 | ![]() |
Semi-finals and final
[edit]Semi-finals (best of 21 legs) | Final (best of 21 legs) | ||||||||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Awesome Anderson's Coral UK Open Glory". PDC.tv. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Nathan Aspinall beats Rob Cross to win UK Open and first major title". Sky Sports. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "UK Open Draw and Schedule". PDC.tv. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Allen, Dave. "2019 Ladbrokes UK Open Field". PDC. Retrieved 25 February 2019.