2015 UK Open

The 2015 Coral UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the thirteenth year of the tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competing in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held for the second time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 6–8 March 2015, and had the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw was staged after each round until the final.

2015 Coral UK Open
Tournament information
Dates	6–8 March 2015
Venue	Butlin's Resort
Location	Minehead
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs Final – best of 21
Prize fund	£300,000
Winner's share	£60,000
High checkout	170 Kim Huybrechts (third round) Michael van Gerwen (fifth round)
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«2014 2016»

Adrian Lewis was the defending champion, having won the fourth major title of his career after beating Terry Jenkins 11–1 in the 2014 final.^[1] This year however, he was defeated in the third round after losing 9–3 to Raymond van Barneveld. Michael van Gerwen won his first UK Open title by defeating Peter Wright 11–5 in the final.^[2]

Format and qualifiers

UK Open qualifiers

There were six qualifying events staged in February 2015 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Friday 6 February	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan	Adrian Lewis	6–1	Michael van Gerwen	[3]
2	Saturday 7 February		Michael van Gerwen	6–1	Vincent van der Voort	[4]
3	Sunday 8 February		Michael van Gerwen	6–1	James Wade	[5]
4	Friday 20 February		Michael van Gerwen	6–5	Jelle Klaasen	[6]
5	Saturday 21 February		Michael Smith	6–5	Adrian Lewis	[7]
6	Sunday 22 February		Phil Taylor	6–2	Ian White	[8]

The tournament featured 147 players. The results of the six qualifiers shown above were collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 32 players in the Order of Merit received a place at the final tournament. In addition, the next 64 players plus ties in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but started in the earlier rounds played on the Friday. A further 32 players qualified via regional qualifying tournaments.^[9]

Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)

1. Michael van Gerwen
2. Adrian Lewis
3. Michael Smith
4. Phil Taylor
5. Vincent van der Voort
6. James Wade
7. Jelle Klaasen
8. Ian White
9. Mark Webster
10. Kim Huybrechts
11. Andrew Gilding
12. Brendan Dolan
13. Dave Chisnall
14. Raymond van Barneveld
15. Robert Thornton
16. Justin Pipe
17. Peter Wright
18. Mensur Suljović
19. Jamie Caven
20. Paul Nicholson
21. Alan Norris
22. Eddie Dootson
23. Mervyn King
24. Daryl Gurney
25. Brian Woods
26. Terry Jenkins
27. Andy Hamilton
28. John Henderson
29. Steve Beaton
30. Simon Whitlock
31. Gary Anderson
32. Max Hopp

Number 33–64 of the Order of Merit (receiving byes into second round)

33. Ricky Evans
34. James Wilson
35. Joe Murnan
36. Kyle Anderson
37. Andy Smith
38. Matthew Edgar
39. Jeffrey de Zwaan
40. Kevin Painter
41. Stephen Bunting
42. Andy Boulton
43. Dean Winstanley
44. Joe Cullen
45. Ronny Huybrechts
46. William O'Connor
47. Chris Dobey
48. Christian Kist
49. Kevin McDine
50. Wayne Jones
51. Nathan Aspinall
52. Jan Dekker
53. Nathan Derry
54. Ronnie Baxter
55. Mark Frost
56. Ryan Harrington
57. Dennis Smith
58. Benito van de Pas
59. Darren Webster
60. Terry Temple
61. Andy Jenkins
62. Dean Stewart
63. Jamie Bain
64. Aaron Turner

Remaining Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in first and preliminary round)

65. Stuart Kellett
66. Dirk van Duijvenbode
67. Jonny Clayton
68. Steve Hine
69. Alan Tabern
70. John Bowles
71. Darren Johnson
72. Jay Foreman
73. Johnny Haines
74. Shaun Griffiths
75. Mark Jones
76. Josh Payne
77. Wes Newton
78. Brett Claydon
79. Keegan Brown
80. Adam Hunt
81. Mike De Decker
82. David Pallett
83. Joey ten Berge
84. Devon Petersen
85. Lee Evans
86. Colin Fowler
87. Mike Zuydwijk
88. James Richardson
89. Mark Cox
90. John Part
91. Matt Clark
92. Ricky Sudale
93. Nick Fullwell
94. Jon Jukes
95. Luke Woodhouse
96. Steve Douglas
97. Jason Wilson
98. Robbie Green
99. Ben Ward
100. Alex Roy
101. Jason Lovett
102. Mick Todd
103. Steve West
104. Matt Padgett
105. Mark Dudbridge
106. Ian Moss
107. Jermaine Wattimena
108. Dave Ladley
109. Martyn Turner
110. Jamie Robinson
111. Mark Robinson
112. Mark Barilli
113. Connie Finnan
114. Gerwyn Price
115. Scott Dale

Riley qualifiers (starting in first and preliminary round)

32 amateur players qualified from Riley qualifiers held across the UK.

• Tommy Sanwell
• Dean Sanders
• Peter Hudson
• Stuart White
• Bradley Williams
• Dave Parletti
• Paul Dawkins
• Chris Packer
• Kevin Edwards
• John Ferrell
• Rob Smith
• Kevin Smith
• Rory Duffy
• Lloyd Pennell
• Adi Acott
• Jason Mold
• Dave Prins
• Matthew Tedstone
• Mick Brooks
• Jim McEwan
• Lee Russell
• Lionel Sams
• Graham Hall
• Derek Brand
• Mark Layton
• Gary O'Donnell
• Stephen Hardy
• Arron Fairweather
• Nigel Daniels
• Paul Hogan
• Adam Huckvale
• Simon Stevenson

Prize money

The prize fund was increased from £250,000 to £300,000 for this year's event.^[10]

Stage (no. of players)		Prize money (Total: £300,000)
Winner	(1)	£60,000
Runner-Up	(1)	£30,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£17,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£10,000
Last 16 (fifth round)	(8)	£5,000
Last 32 (fourth round)	(16)	£3,000
Last 64 (third round)	(32)	£1,500
Last 96 (second round)	(32)	n/a
Last 128 (first round)	(32)	n/a
Last 147 (preliminary round)	(19)	n/a

Draw

^[11]

Friday 6 March

Preliminary round (best of nine legs)

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Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Jamie Robinson	5–1	Chris Packer (Q)		Connie Finnan	5–4	Jim McEwan (Q)
Mark Layton (Q)	5–2	Tommy Sanwell (Q)		Stuart White (Q)	5–4	Matthew Tedstone (Q)
Dave Ladley	5–1	Kevin Edwards (Q)		Rory Duffy (Q)	2–5	Adam Huckvale (Q)
Stephen Hardy (Q)	5–3	Dean Sanders (Q)		Robbie Green	5–1	Graham Hall (Q)
Ian Moss	5–1	Adi Acott (Q)		Matt Padgett	5–2	Gerwyn Price
Dave Parletti (Q)	5–2	Bradley Williams (Q)		Scott Dale	4–5	Nigel Daniels (Q)
Paul Hogan (Q)	5–1	Lee Russell (Q)		Ben Ward	5–2	Jason Lovett
Mick Todd	5–1	Kevin Smith (Q)		Mark Dudbridge	5–1	Lloyd Pennel (Q)
John Ferrell (Q)	5–3	Paul Dawkins (Q)		Steve Douglas	5–3	Mark Robinson
Dave Prins (Q)	5–2	Simon Stevenson (Q)

First round (best of nine legs)

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Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Connie Finnan	3–5	Ian Moss		Luke Woodhouse	3–5	Dave Prins (Q)
Dave Parletti (Q)	1–5	Arron Fairweather (Q)		John Bowles	2–5	Steve Douglas
Mike De Decker	5–1	Stephen Hardy (Q)		Darren Johnson	5–0	Ricky Sudale
Keegan Brown	5–3	Mick Brookes (Q)		Brett Claydon	1–5	Joey ten Berge
Matt Padgett	5–3	Stuart White (Q)		Mick Todd	0–5	Nigel Daniels (Q)
Jamie Robinson	4–5	Jason Mold (Q)		Wes Newton	5–2	Martyn Turner
Gary O'Donnell (Q)	2–5	Adam Huckvale (Q)		Steve Hine	2–5	Mark Barilli
Devon Petersen	5–1	Matt Clark		Alan Tabern	5–4	Adam Hunt
Stuart Kellett	5–0	Robbie Green		David Pallett	5–2	Mark Dudbridge
Mark Cox	5–1	Ben Ward		Dirk van Duijvenbode	3–5	Mark Layton (Q)
Mike Zuydwijk	5–2	John Part		Mark Jones	3–5	Jason Wilson
Lee Evans	5–2	Nick Fullwell		Colin Fowler	5–0	Steve West
Shaun Griffiths	2–5	Jon Jukes		Jay Foreman	5–1	Dave Ladley
Johnny Haines	4–5	James Richardson		Alex Roy	1–5	John Ferrell (Q)
Josh Payne	5–3	Lionel Sams (Q)		Paul Hogan (Q)	5–3	Derek Brand (Q)
Jonny Clayton	1–5	Jermaine Wattimena		Peter Hudson (Q)	4–5	Rob Smith (Q)

Second round (best of nine legs)

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Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Christian Kist	5–3	Ian Moss		James Wilson	5–0	Mark Frost
Chris Dobey	1–5	Nathan Aspinall		Andy Boulton	4–5	Steve Douglas
Jan Dekker	5–3	Mike De Decker		Darren Johnson	3–5	Paul Hogan (Q)
Dean Winstanley 96.33	3–5	William O'Connor 87.86		Wayne Jones	2–5	Joey ten Berge
Ryan Harrington 83.50	5–0	Matt Padgett 65.00		Andy Jenkins	5–0	Nigel Daniels (Q)
Matthew Edgar	4–5	Jason Mold (Q)		Wes Newton	5–3	Jon Jukes
Stephen Bunting	5–2	Adam Huckvale (Q)		Dennis Smith	1–5	Mark Barilli
Kevin Painter	5–2	Jamie Bain		Nathan Derry	5–4	Alan Tabern
Joe Murnan	5–1	Stuart Kellett		Andy Smith	4–5	David Pallett
Devon Petersen	5–4	Mark Cox		Ricky Evans	5–3	Mark Layton (Q)
Mike Zuydwijk	3–5	Keegan Brown		Ronnie Baxter	5–2	Arron Fairweather (Q)
Ronny Huybrechts	3–5	Lee Evans		Colin Fowler	5–3	Jason Wilson
Jeffrey de Zwaan	2–5	Benito van de Pas		Aaron Turner	5–4	Jay Foreman
Dean Stewart	1–5	James Richardson		Darren Webster	2–5	John Ferrell (Q)
Josh Payne 94.58	5–4	Dave Prins (Q) 86.61		Kyle Anderson	5–4	Terry Temple
Kevin McDine	5–4	Jermaine Wattimena		Joe Cullen	5–1	Rob Smith (Q)

Third round (best of seventeen legs)

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Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Adrian Lewis 98.80	3–9	Raymond van Barneveld 99.80		Peter Wright 101.34	9–5	Steve Beaton 94.06
Benito van de Pas 91.64	5–9	Paul Hogan (Q) 92.90		John Henderson 94.58	9–7	Steve Douglas 93.17
Mensur Suljović	9–1	Joey ten Berge		Andrew Gilding	9–0	Kevin Painter
Eddie Dootson	9–6	Joe Cullen		Devon Petersen	9–4	Mark Barilli
Phil Taylor 103.16	9–2	John Ferrell (Q) 89.59		Robert Thornton 96.03	9–5	Simon Whitlock 93.19
David Pallett 86.23	9–4	Colin Fowler 86.27		Nathan Aspinall 80.87	9–4	James Richardson 75.61
Ricky Evans	4–9	James Wilson		Brian Woods	2–9	Ronnie Baxter
Justin Pipe	5–9	Jan Dekker		Wes Newton	9–0	Jason Mold (Q)
Mervyn King 91.69	9–8	Gary Anderson 90.92		Michael Smith	8–9	Stephen Bunting
Vincent van der Voort 93.06	9–4	Lee Evans 91.27		Nathan Derry 85.64	9–2	Keegan Brown 75.70
Andy Jenkins	6–9	Josh Payne		Andy Hamilton	9–8	Aaron Turner
Mark Webster	5–9	William O'Connor		Dave Chisnall	9–6	Ryan Harrington
Michael van Gerwen 90.34	9–3	Paul Nicholson 80.03		Kim Huybrechts 97.33	9–7	Max Hopp 91.10
Jelle Klaasen 94.00	9–4	Brendan Dolan 90.34		James Wade 90.24	9–3	Joe Murnan 84.32
Alan Norris	6–9	Kyle Anderson		Jamie Caven	9–3	Terry Jenkins
Ian White	9–8	Christian Kist		Daryl Gurney	9–1	Kevin McDine

Saturday 7 March

Fourth round (best of seventeen legs)

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Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Jamie Caven 84.74	6–9	Devon Petersen 88.67		Robert Thornton 88.97	8–9	Eddie Dootson 87.05
Raymond van Barneveld 85.43	1–9	Peter Wright 100.55		James Wilson 91.63	7–9	Kyle Anderson 87.73
Mensur Suljović 92.93	9–4	Josh Payne 90.02		Jan Dekker 90.79	9–4	Ronnie Baxter 86.48
Ian White 93.35	6–9	William O'Connor 95.12		Vincent van der Voort 94.49	9–4	Wes Newton 86.55
Phil Taylor 107.27	9–3	David Pallett 95.65		James Wade 94.78	9–4	Nathan Aspinall 85.23
Dave Chisnall 100.40	6–9	Stephen Bunting 99.37		Mervyn King 92.86	9–8	Nathan Derry 91.74
Michael van Gerwen 102.29	9–4	Paul Hogan (Q) 101.20		Jelle Klaasen 92.53	5–9	Andrew Gilding 100.86
Kim Huybrechts 90.44	9–8	Andy Hamilton 86.94		Daryl Gurney 99.27	8–9	John Henderson 95.74

Fifth round (best of seventeen legs)

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Player	Score	Player
Mervyn King 94.47	9–8	Kyle Anderson 95.69
Michael van Gerwen 114.91	9–2	Kim Huybrechts 101.59
Eddie Dootson 78.30	5–9	Devon Petersen 91.04
Phil Taylor 111.67	9–3	Vincent van der Voort 101.03
Mensur Suljović 90.13	9–7	Jan Dekker 88.85
Stephen Bunting 96.08	9–6	William O'Connor 93.43
Peter Wright 99.71	9–2	John Henderson 91.38
James Wade 92.38	6–9	Andrew Gilding 94.55

Sunday 8 March

Quarter-finals (best of nineteen legs)

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Player	Score	Player
Mervyn King 94.53	6–10	Stephen Bunting 93.22
Michael van Gerwen 106.65	10–5	Devon Petersen 98.14
Andrew Gilding 99.44	10–8	Mensur Suljović 94.87
Phil Taylor 108.57	6–10	Peter Wright 102.99

Semi-finals and Final

	Semi-finals (best of 19 legs) [17]					Final (best of 21 legs) [17]
	Peter Wright 105.10		10
	Stephen Bunting 82.39		0
						Peter Wright 99.33		5
						Michael van Gerwen 98.43		11
	Michael van Gerwen 105.56		10
	Andrew Gilding 108.37		8

Media coverage

Like the 2014 tournament, the 2015 tournament was broadcast live in the UK on ITV4 and ITV4 HD.^[18]

External links

• PDC netzone - results, draws, schedule