2020 Ladbrokes UK Open | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 6–8 March 2020 | ||
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 | ||
Nine-dart finish | ![]() ![]() | ||
High checkout | 170 ![]() ![]() | ||
Champion(s) | |||
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The 2020 Ladbrokes UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the eighteenth year of the tournament where players compete in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held for the seventh time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 6–8 March 2020, 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.
Nathan Aspinall was the defending champion after defeating Rob Cross 11–5 in the 2019 final.[1] However, he lost 10–8 to Michael van Gerwen in the fourth round.
Michael van Gerwen won the UK Open for the third time, and the first time since 2016 after beating Gerwyn Price 11–9 in the final. It was Van Gerwen's first title since he won the 2019 Players Championship Finals, where he beat the same opponent, by the same scoreline, at the same venue.
It was the first edition of the UK Open to have more than one nine-darter hit. Jonny Clayton hit a nine-darter on Stage Two during his sixth-round match with Chris Dobey, before Michael van Gerwen did the same against Daryl Gurney in the semi-finals.
Prize money
[edit]The prize fund remained at £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) | (32) | n/a |
Format
[edit]There is a slight change in format for this year, with the 16 Challenge Tour qualifiers becoming 8, with 8 spaces for the Development Tour now available.
The 160 participants will enter the competition incrementally, with 64 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 and 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.
Qualifiers
[edit]Number 1–32 of the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into fourth round)
[edit]Michael van Gerwen
Peter Wright
Gerwyn Price
Rob Cross
Michael Smith
Gary Anderson
Daryl Gurney
Nathan Aspinall
James Wade
Dave Chisnall
Ian White
Mensur Suljović
Adrian Lewis
Simon Whitlock
Joe Cullen
Stephen Bunting
Jonny Clayton
Krzysztof Ratajski
Chris Dobey
Glen Durrant
Jeffrey de Zwaan
Mervyn King
Jermaine Wattimena
Max Hopp[a]Steve Beaton
Darren Webster
Danny Noppert
Ricky Evans
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Keegan Brown
John Henderson
Brendan Dolan
Number 33–64 of the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)
[edit]Steve West
Vincent van der Voort
Luke Humphries
Kim Huybrechts
William O'Connor
Gabriel Clemens
James Wilson
Steve Lennon
Ryan Searle
Kyle Anderson
Ryan Joyce
Josh Payne
Jamie Hughes
Cristo Reyes
Ross Smith
Ron Meulenkamp
Jelle Klaasen
Darius Labanauskas
Martin Schindler
Benito van de Pas
Richard North
Mickey Mansell
Justin Pipe
Jan Dekker
Devon Petersen
Jamie Lewis
Luke Woodhouse
José de Sousa
Robert Thornton
Toni Alcinas
Matthew Edgar
Simon Stevenson
Number 65–96 of the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into second round)
[edit]Harry Ward
Ted Evetts
Mark McGeeney
Andy Boulton
Madars Razma
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Geert Nentjes
Scott Baker
Joe Murnan
Marko Kantele
Gavin Carlin
Conan Whitehead
Kirk Shepherd
Maik Kuivenhoven
Christian Bunse
Matt Clark
Adrian Gray
Reece Robinson
David Pallett
Niels Zonneveld
Vincent van der Meer
Carl Wilkinson
Yordi Meeuwisse
John Michael
Jeff Smith
Barrie Bates
Jonathan Worsley
Nathan Derry
Mike van Duivenbode
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Jason Lowe
Nick Kenny
Number 97–128 of the PDC Order of Merit (starting in first round)
[edit]Scott Waites
Alan Tabern
Wesley Harms
Karel Sedláček
Adam Hunt
Wayne Jones
Steve Brown
Kai Fan Leung
Mike De Decker
Peter Jacques
Daniel Larsson
Gary Blades
Martijn Kleermaker
Boris Krčmar[b]Harald Leitinger
Jesús Noguera
Andy Hamilton
Lisa Ashton
Ryan Murray
Damon Heta
Darren Penhall
William Borland
Ryan Meikle
Michael Barnard
Derk Telnekes
Ciaran Teehan
Martin Atkins
Aaron Beeney
Bradley Brooks
Callan Rydz
Krzysztof Kciuk
Steffen Siepmann
PDC Challenge Tour qualifiers (starting in first round)
[edit]The top 8 ranked players from the 2019 Challenge Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2020 season qualified for the first round.
PDC Development Tour qualifiers (starting in first round)
[edit]The top 8 ranked players from the 2019 Development Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2020 season qualified for the first round.
Shane McGuirk
Nathan Rafferty
Keane Barry
Greg Ritchie
Andrew Davidson
Kevin Doets
Owen Roelofs
Danny van Trijp
Ben Cheeseman
Rileys amateur qualifiers (starting in first round)
[edit]16 amateur players will qualify from 16 Rileys Sports Bar qualifiers held across the UK between 25 January and 22 February.
Jason Heaver – London Victoria
Jamie Clark – Aberdeen
Adam Huckvale – Chester
Kelvin Self – Norwich
Fallon Sherrock – Wolverhampton
Scott Taylor – Chorlton
Adam Smith-Neale – Coventry
Kevin Burness – Nottingham
Lewy Williams – Sheffield
Rhys Hayden – South Benfleet
Robert Owen — Wolverhampton 2
Darren Beveridge — Greenock
James Richardson — Harlow
Justin Smith — Liverpool
Alfie Thompson — Norwich 2
Jason Askew — London Victoria 2
- ^ Max Hopp withdrew from the tournament on the morning of the first day. It means one player will receive a bye to the fifth round.[2]
- ^ Boris Krčmar withdrew from the tournament prior to the draw. He was replaced by Ben Cheeseman, the highest ranked player on the 2019 Development Tour Order of Merit not yet qualified.[3]
Draw
[edit]Friday 6 March
[edit]First round (best of eleven legs)
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Second round (best of eleven legs)
[edit]Third round (best of eleven legs)
[edit]Fourth round (best of nineteen legs)
[edit]Saturday 7 March
[edit]Fifth round (best of nineteen legs)
[edit]Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
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5 – 10 | ![]() |
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9 – 10 | ![]() | |
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10 – 6 | ![]() |
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10 – 9 | ![]() | |
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10 – 9 | ![]() |
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10 – 3 | ![]() | |
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10 – 1 | ![]() |
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10 – 5 | ![]() | |
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4 – 10 | ![]() |
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7 – 10 | ![]() | |
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10 – 2 | ![]() |
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4 – 10 | ![]() | |
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10 – 7 | ![]() |
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10 – 5 | ![]() |
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6 – 10 | ![]() |
Sixth round (best of nineteen legs)
[edit]Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
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10 – 9 | ![]() |
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4 – 10 | ![]() | |
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10 – 9 | ![]() |
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6 – 10 | ![]() | |
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Sunday 8 March
[edit]Quarter-finals (best of nineteen legs)
[edit]Player | Score | Player |
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10 – 4 | ![]() |
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10 – 9 | ![]() |
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9 – 10 | ![]() |
Semi-finals and Final
[edit]Semi-finals (best of 21 legs) | Final (best of 21 legs) | ||||||||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Nathan Aspinall beats Rob Cross to win UK Open and first major title". Sky Sports. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ Allen, Dave. "Hopp withdraws from Ladbrokes UK Open". PDC. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ Allen, Dave. "2020 Ladbrokes UK Open Field". PDC. Retrieved 24 February 2020.