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.

2009 Blue Square UK Open
Tournament information
Dates	4–7 June 2009
Venue	Reebok Stadium
Location	Bolton
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs Final – best of 21
Prize fund	£200,000
Winner's share	£40,000
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«2008 2010»

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:

11 January (North-East; Doncaster): Colin Lloyd 6–1 Colin Osborne

8 March (Scotland; Irvine): Robert Thornton 6–2 Dennis Priestley

15 March (North-West; Wigan): James Wade 6–3 Kevin McDine

22 March (South-East; Brentwood): Phil Taylor 6–4 Terry Jenkins

29 March (West Midlands; Coventry): Phil Taylor 6–5 Wayne Jones

12 April (South-West; Taunton): Phil Taylor 6–0 Andy Hamilton

19 April (East Midlands; Derby): Mark Walsh 6–5 Raymond van Barneveld

10 May (Wales; Newport): Jamie Caven 6–5 Alan Tabern

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.^[1]

1. Phil Taylor
2. Mark Walsh
3. Colin Lloyd
4. Jamie Caven
5. Robert Thornton
6. James Wade
7. Dennis Priestley
8. Colin Osborne
9. Wayne Jones
10. Terry Jenkins
11. Andy Hamilton
12. Mark Dudbridge
13. Alan Tabern
14. Co Stompé
15. Kevin McDine
16. Raymond van Barneveld
17. Vincent van der Voort
18. Jelle Klaasen
19. Kevin Painter
20. Andy Jenkins
21. Peter Manley
22. Michael van Gerwen
23. Adrian Lewis
24. Steve Hine
25. Mervyn King
26. Lionel Sams
27. Ronnie Baxter
28. Mark Frost
29. Brendan Dolan
30. Barrie Bates
31. Mark Webster
32. Darren Johnson

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.

33. Steve Maish
34. Wayne Atwood
35. Michael Barnard
36. Wayne Mardle
37. Matt Clark
38. Tony Eccles
39. Colin Monk
40. Steve Beaton
41. Ken Dobson
42. Denis Ovens
43. Andy Smith
44. Chris Thompson
45. Steve Brown
46. Dennis Smith
47. Gary Anderson
48. John Part
49. Jan van der Rassel
50. Larry Butler
51. Kevin Dowling
52. Wes Newton
53. Tony Ayres
54. Adrian Gray
55. Paul Knighton
56. Mark Lawrence
57. Mick McGowan
58. Nick Fullwell
59. Paul Nicholson
60. Martyn Turner
61. Kirk Shepherd
62. Jason Clark
63. Dave Honey
64. Dave Askew
65. Steve Evans
66. Toon Greebe
67. John MaGowan
68. Robbie Parker
69. Alex Roy
70. Gary Welding
71. Joe Cullen
72. Ian Jopling
73. Chris Mason
74. James Barton
75. John Kuczynski
76. Roland Scholten
77. Dave Smith
78. Peter Wright
79. Louis Blundell
80. David Fatum
81. Steve Grubb
82. Stephen Hardy
83. Gary Mawson
84. Par Riihonen
85. Lee Williams
86. Stuart Bousfield
87. Richie Burnett
88. Anastasia Dobromyslova
89. Mark Jodrill
90. Chris Cooper
91. Ian Critchett
92. Dave Ladley
93. Darren Latham
94. Chris Loudon
95. Dyson Parody
96. Justin Pipe
97. Alan Caves
98. Michael Smith

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.^[2]

Aylesbury[3] Phil Currie Steve Dolan Adrian Genery Peter Green John McGuirk Steve Penney Stuart Pickles Coen Wiekamp Eddie Lovely

Batley[3] Alan Davie Glen Durrant Chris Hornby Stuart Monaghan David Smurthwaite Gary Stevens Graham Usher Darren Weaver

Birmingham[4] Paul Cook Mark Cox Johnny Haines Mike Langley Mark Layton Andy Pearce Andy Roberts Paul Rowley

Salford[4] Kevin Beare Andy Boulton Matthew Campbell Les Fitton Duane Garfield Ken Mather Harry Robinson Derek Williams

Prize money

Stage (no. of players)		Prize money (Total: £200,000)
Winner	(1)	£40,000
Runner-Up	(1)	£20,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£10,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£6,000
Last 16 (fifth round)	(8)	£4,000
Last 32 (fourth round)	(16)	£2,000
Last 64 (third round)	(32)	£1,000
Last 96 (second round)	(32)	n/a
Last 128 (first round)	(32)	n/a
Last 129 (preliminary round)	(1)	n/a

In addition, Holsten offered a £3,000 bonus to the Pub Qualifier to get the furthest into the tournament (shared by Ken Mather and Andy Roberts).

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.^[2]

Preliminary round

This match was the best of eleven legs, and was played on 4 June.

Player #1	Score	Player #2
Gary Stephens	3–6	Ken Mather
Andy Roberts 80.00	6–5	Eddie Lovely

First round

• All matches were the best of eleven legs, and were played on 4 June.

Player #1	Score	Player #2		Player #1	Score	Player #2
James Barton 90.30	3–6	Toon Greebe 84.58		Alex Roy 97.01	6–1	Richie Burnett 87.94
Harry Robinson	0–6	Chris Cooper		Gary Mawson 83.26	6–1	Darren Weaver 73.06
Matthew Campbell	1–6	Stuart Bousfield		Steve Evans	6–3	Mark Layton
Adrian Genery	5–6	Chris Loudon		Gary Welding	6–2	John Kuczynski
Duane Garfield	3–6	Dave Smith		Stephen Hardy	6–2	Coen Wiekamp
Chris Mason	3–6	Steve Penney		David Smurthwaite	2–6	Mark Jodrill
Stuart Monaghan	3–6	Alan Davie		Graham Usher	3–6	Glen Durrant
Roland Scholten	6–1	Derek Williams		Phil Currie	2–6	Steve Dolan
Anastasia Dobromyslova	2–6	Andy Roberts		Michael Smith	5–6	Dave Ladley
Peter Wright	6–4	Chris Hornby		Andy Pearce	5–6	Johnny Haines
Ian Critchett	6–5	Kevin Beare		Ken Mather	6–4	Robbie Parker
Paul Cook	6–2	Mike Langley		Par Riihonen	5–6	Steve Grubb
John McGuirk	6–2	Stuart Pickles		David Fatum	5–6	Paul Rowley
Lee Williams	6–1	Alan Caves		Darren Latham	5–6	Andy Boulton
Dyson Parody	1–6	John MaGowan		Joe Cullen	1–6	Justin Pipe
Les Fitton	6–5	Mark Cox		Louis Blundell	6–4	Ian Jopling

Second round

• All matches were the best of eleven legs, and were played on 4 June.

Player #1	Score	Player #2		Player #1	Score	Player #2
Glen Durrant	6–2	John McGuirk		Mark Jodrill	2–6	Chris Thompson
Martyn Turner	4–6	Dave Honey		Paul Nicholson 95.45	6–4	Gary Anderson 88.76
Gary Welding	6–0	John MaGowan		Louis Blundell	6–0	Kevin Dowling
Adrian Gray	5–6	Dave Askew		Tony Ayres	3–6	Justin Pipe
Steve Evans	5–6	Steve Dolan		Ken Dobson	6–5	Paul Knighton
Dennis Smith	1–6	Ken Mather		Lee Williams	6–4	Wayne Atwood
Roland Scholten	6–1	Ian Critchett		Jason Clark	6–4	Stuart Bousfield
Kirk Shepherd	3–6	Steve Brown		Chris Loudon	5–6	Chris Cooper
Steve Penney	5–6	Steve Grubb		Gary Mawson	4–6	Johnny Haines
Paul Cook	†	Mark Lawrence		Nick Fullwell	1–6	Andy Smith
Colin Monk	6–5	Larry Butler		Mick McGowan 84.38	3–6	John Part 88.23
Dave Smith	2–6	Denis Ovens		Paul Rowley	6–3	Dave Ladley
Wes Newton	6–4	Andy Boulton		Alan Davie	2–6	Peter Wright
Stephen Hardy	3–6	Jan van der Rassel		Michael Barnard	6–0	Steve Maish
Wayne Mardle 84.84	6–4	Les Fitton 85.21		Matt Clark	3–6	Alex Roy
Tony Eccles	6–3	Toon Greebe		Andy Roberts	6–2	Steve Beaton

† Mark Lawrence was given a bye into round three, as Paul Cook was disqualified.^[5]

Third round

• All matches were the best of seventeen legs, and were played on 5 June.

Player #1	Score	Player #2		Player #1	Score	Player #2
Ronnie Baxter	9–7	Tony Eccles		Lee Williams 84.02	1–9	Phil Taylor 103.68
Gary Welding	9–5	Steve Hine		Mark Dudbridge	9–7	Johnny Haines
Colin Osborne	9–2	Jason Clark		Steve Dolan	1–9	Jamie Caven
Vincent van der Voort	6–9	Wayne Jones		Barrie Bates	3–9	Steve Grubb
Ken Mather	9–7	Paul Nicholson		Co Stompé	6–9	Mark Frost
Mark Walsh	9–2	Wayne Mardle		Alex Roy	9–5	Lionel Sams
Andy Jenkins	9–5	Justin Pipe		Steve Brown	8–9	Mark Lawrence
Raymond van Barneveld	9–4	Ken Dobson		Roland Scholten	9–6	Darren Johnson
Kevin Painter	9–4	Dave Askew		Michael van Gerwen 91.45	4–9	Andy Hamilton 95.66
Denis Ovens	3–9	Alan Tabern		Colin Lloyd	9–8	John Part
Dave Honey	5–9	Wes Newton		Jan van der Rassel	7–9	Jelle Klaasen
Brendan Dolan	7–9	Kevin McDine		Paul Rowley	1–9	Chris Thompson
Andy Roberts	9–7	Louis Blundell		Dennis Priestley	9–4	Colin Monk
Mark Webster	9–6	Peter Wright		Andy Smith	9–3	Chris Cooper
Peter Manley 91.67	9–8	James Wade 90.48		Adrian Lewis 94.61	9–2	Robert Thornton 93.26
Mervyn King	8–9	Michael Barnard		Glen Durrant 83.52	1–9	Terry Jenkins 97.56

Fourth round

• All matches were the best of seventeen legs, and were played on 6 June.

Player #1	Score	Player #2		Player #1	Score	Player #2
Michael Barnard	6–9	Andy Smith		Gary Welding	1–9	Ronnie Baxter
Dennis Priestley	9–8	Mark Frost		Alex Roy	9–8	Andy Roberts
Peter Manley 91.31	4–9	Mark Webster 91.01		Steve Grubb	4–9	Kevin Painter
Colin Lloyd	9–2	Chris Thompson		Andy Hamilton 94.16	7–9	Raymond van Barneveld 94.89
Phil Taylor 115.51	9–3	Ken Mather 93.49		Jamie Caven	9–6	Jelle Klaasen
Kevin McDine	7–9	Alan Tabern		Andy Jenkins	7–9	Terry Jenkins
Colin Osborne	9–7	Wayne Jones		Mark Walsh 95.06	9–3	Adrian Lewis 88.44
Wes Newton	9–6	Roland Scholten		Mark Lawrence	9–4	Mark Dudbridge

Final stages

	5th Round				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Colin Osborne 93.38	9
	Raymond van Barneveld 91.45	4
					Colin Osborne 94.86	10
					Jamie Caven 95.85	3
	Alex Roy	3
	Jamie Caven	9
									Colin Osborne 96.51	10
									Kevin Painter 94.77	7
	Kevin Painter 93.10	9
	Dennis Priestley 85.52	3
					Kevin Painter 92.88	10
					Alan Tabern 90.75	8
	Wes Newton	8
	Alan Tabern	9
													Colin Osborne 96.51	6
													Phil Taylor 100.80	11
	Ronnie Baxter	9
	Mark Walsh	4
					Ronnie Baxter 92.76	10
					Terry Jenkins 93.60	7
	Mark Webster	7
	Terry Jenkins	9
									Ronnie Baxter 98.10	6
									Phil Taylor 105.69	10
	Mark Lawrence	9
	Colin Lloyd	3
					Mark Lawrence 93.90	0
					Phil Taylor 115.62	10
	Phil Taylor 103.71	9
	Andy Smith	2

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

See also

• UK Open history of event and previous winners
• 2009 in darts includes extended results of Pro Tour events
• PDC Pro Tour history of PDC "floor events"