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2025 UK Open
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The 2025 UK Open (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 Ladbrokes UK Open) was a professional darts tournament that was held from 28 February to 2 March 2025 at Butlin's in Minehead, England. It was the twenty-third UK Open to be staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament featured 158 participants which comprised PDC Tour Card holders, Challenge Tour/Development Tour players and amateur qualifiers.

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Luke Littler, pictured with the UK Open trophy, won the competition for the first time in his career.
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Three-time champion James Wade was defeated in the final.

Dimitri Van den Bergh was the defending champion after defeating Luke Humphries 11–10 in the 2024 final. However, he lost 10–3 to Michael Smith in the sixth round.[1]

Luke Littler won his first UK Open title, defeating three-time UK Open champion James Wade 11–2 in the final.[2]

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The 2025 UK Open was the 23rd UK Open organised by the Professional Darts Corporation after its inception in 2003 and was held from 28 February to 2 March 2025 at Butlin's Minehead Resort in Minehead, England.[3][4] The tournament is commonly referred to as the "FA Cup of darts" due to its round-by-round open draw system.[5][6] British gambling company Ladbrokes continued their sponsorship of the event after becoming tournament sponsor the previous year.[7] Dimitri Van den Bergh was the defending champion, having defeated Luke Humphries 11–10 in the 2024 final to win his first UK Open and second PDC major title.[8][9]

Format

The 158 participants entered the competition incrementally, with 64 players entering in the first round. Match winners joined the 32 players entering in the second and third rounds to leave the last 64 in the fourth round.[10][4][11]

  • No players were seeded.
  • A random draw was held for each of the following rounds following the conclusion of the third round.
  • All matches in the first, second and third rounds were played over best of 11 legs.
  • All matches in the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds and quarter-finals were played over best of 19 legs.
  • All matches in the semi-finals and final were played over best of 21 legs.
  • Eight boards were used for matches in the first, second, third and fourth rounds.
  • Four boards were used for matches in the fifth round.
  • Two boards were used for matches in the sixth round.
  • One board was used for all the matches in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.

Prize money

The prize fund remained unchanged at £600,000.[3][10]

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Qualifiers

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Dimitri Van den Bergh was the defending champion going into the tournament.

The 128 Tour Card holders had a staggered entry based on their PDC Order of Merit ranking on 19 February 2025.[12] They were joined by the top eight non-qualified players from each of the 2024 Challenge & Development Tour Orders of Merit and 16 amateur qualifiers.[13][4][14]

Tim Wolters and Jeffrey de Graaf, who were drawn in the second and third rounds respectively, withdrew from the competition. Wolters' opponent – Danny Lauby – received a bye to the third round, while Adam Hunt – who would have played De Graaf in the third round – received a bye to the fourth round.[15]

Tour Card Holders ranked 1–32 (receiving byes into fourth round)

  1.  Luke Humphries (quarter-finals)
  2.  Luke Littler (champion)
  3.  Michael van Gerwen (fifth round)
  4.  Rob Cross (sixth round)
  5.  Stephen Bunting (fourth round)
  6.  Jonny Clayton (semi-finals)
  7.  Dave Chisnall (fifth round)
  8.  Chris Dobey (fifth round)
  9.  Gerwyn Price (fourth round)
  10.  Damon Heta (sixth round)
  11.  Nathan Aspinall (quarter-finals)
  12.  Peter Wright (fourth round)
  13.  Danny Noppert (fifth round)
  14.  James Wade (runner-up)
  15.  Gary Anderson (fourth round)
  16.  Dimitri Van den Bergh (sixth round)
  17.  Josh Rock (semi-finals)
  18.  Ryan Searle (fifth round)
  19.  Ross Smith (fifth round)
  20.  Michael Smith (quarter-finals)
  21.  Andrew Gilding (fourth round)
  22.  Martin Schindler (sixth round)
  23.  Joe Cullen (fourth round)
  24.  Mike De Decker (fourth round)
  25.  Daryl Gurney (fourth round)
  26.  Dirk van Duijvenbode (fourth round)
  27.  Gian van Veen (quarter-finals)
  28.  Ritchie Edhouse (fourth round)
  29.  Ryan Joyce (sixth round)
  30.  Ricardo Pietreczko (fourth round)
  31.  Krzysztof Ratajski (sixth round)
  32.  Brendan Dolan (fourth round)

Tour Card Holders ranked 33–64 (receiving byes into third round)

  1.  Luke Woodhouse (fourth round)
  2.  Raymond van Barneveld (fourth round)
  3.  Jermaine Wattimena (fifth round)
  4.  Scott Williams (fourth round)
  5.  Gabriel Clemens (third round)
  6.  Martin Lukeman (fourth round)
  7.  Cameron Menzies (fifth round)
  8.  Callan Rydz (third round)
  9.  Kevin Doets (fourth round)
  10.  Mickey Mansell (third round)
  11.  Ricky Evans (fourth round)
  12.  Madars Razma (fifth round)
  13.  José de Sousa (fourth round)
  14.  Kim Huybrechts (fourth round)
  15.  Niels Zonneveld (third round)
  16.  Richard Veenstra (third round)
  17.  William O'Connor (sixth round)
  18.  Keane Barry (third round)
  19.  Ian White (third round)
  20.  Wessel Nijman (third round)
  21.  Florian Hempel (third round)
  22.  Jim Williams (third round)
  23.  Matt Campbell (fourth round)
  24.  Alan Soutar (fifth round)
  25.  Nick Kenny (fourth round)
  26.  Ryan Meikle (third round)
  27.  Robert Owen (sixth round)
  28.  Mensur Suljović (fifth round)
  29.  Connor Scutt (fifth round)
  30.  Dylan Slevin (fifth round)
  31.  Stephen Burton (fifth round)
  32.  Jeffrey de Graaf [a]

Tour Card Holders ranked 65–96 (receiving byes into second round)

  1.  Thibault Tricole (second round)
  2.  James Hurrell (second round)
  3.  Dom Taylor (third round)
  4.  Chris Landman (second round)
  5.  Mario Vandenbogaerde (fourth round)
  6.  Andy Baetens (second round)
  7.  Rhys Griffin (second round)
  8.  Berry van Peer (third round)
  9.  Radek Szagański (fourth round)
  10.  Nathan Rafferty (third round)
  11.  Steve Lennon (second round)
  12.  Jelle Klaasen (second round)
  13.  Jitse Van der Wal (second round)
  14.  Lukas Wenig (third round)
  15.  Patrick Geeraets (second round)
  16.  Darren Beveridge (third round)
  17.  Matthew Dennant (third round)
  18.  Owen Bates (second round)
  19.  Danny Lauby (fifth round)
  20.  William Borland (fourth round)
  21.  Benjamin Reus (second round)
  22.  Adam Hunt (fourth round)
  23.  George Killington (fourth round)
  24.  Robert Grundy (second round)
  25.  Brett Claydon (second round)
  26.  Haupai Puha (fourth round)
  27.  Martijn Dragt (third round)
  28.  Joshua Richardson (second round)
  29.  Michele Turetta (second round)
  30.  Tim Wolters [a]
  31.  Bradley Brooks (second round)
  32.  Justin Hood (fourth round)

Tour Card Holders ranked 97–128 (starting in first round)

  1.  Darryl Pilgrim (first round)
  2.  Karel Sedláček (first round)
  3.  Cam Crabtree (third round)
  4.  Jules van Dongen (first round)
  5.  Andy Boulton (second round)
  6.  Tavis Dudeney (first round)
  7.  Thomas Lovely (fourth round)
  8.  Maik Kuivenhoven (second round)
  9.  Cor Dekker (first round)
  10.  Wesley Plaisier (first round)
  11.  Niko Springer (third round)
  12.  Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (second round)
  13.  Oskar Lukasiak (first round)
  14.  Tom Bissell (first round)
  15.  Jim Long (second round)
  16.  Adam Paxton (first round)
  17.  Christian Kist (third round)
  18.  Stefaan Henderyck (second round)
  19.  Sebastian Białecki (third round)
  20.  Adam Lipscombe (fourth round)
  21.  Marvin van Velzen (third round)
  22.  Maximilian Czerwinski (first round)
  23.  Tytus Kanik (first round)
  24.  Max Hopp (first round)
  25.  Kai Gotthardt (first round)
  26.  Leon Weber (first round)
  27.  Pero Ljubić (first round)
  28.  Adam Warner (first round)
  29.  Dennie Olde Kalter (first round)
  30.  Dominik Grüllich (third round)
  31.  Greg Ritchie (third round)
  32.  Viktor Tingström (first round)

PDC Development Tour qualifiers (starting in first round)

The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 Development Tour Order of Merit who don't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.

  1.  Danny Jansen (first round)
  2.  Beau Greaves (fourth round)
  3.  Jurjen van der Velde (fifth round)
  4.  Henry Coates (first round)
  5.  Owen Roelofs (first round)
  6.  Charlie Manby (first round)
  7.  Daniel Perry (first round)
  8.  Nathan Girvan (third round)

PDC Challenge Tour qualifiers (starting in first round)

The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 Challenge Tour Order of Merit who don't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.

  1.  Alexander Merkx (second round)
  2.  Andreas Harrysson (second round)
  3.  Jimmy van Schie (third round)
  4.  John Henderson (first round)
  5.  Stefan Bellmont (first round)
  6.  Aden Kirk (second round)
  7.  Lee Cocks (first round)
  8.  Darius Labanauskas (second round)

Amateur qualifiers (starting in first round)

In a change from last year, the amateur qualifiers were held in four 'PDC in the Community' events in Pencoed, Newport, Derbyshire and Plymouth. The remaining 12 qualifiers were decided in amateur qualifiers staged by the PDC in Milton Keynes and Wigan. Entry to these tournaments was open to all players who did not hold a 2025 Tour Card and had not qualified via another method.[16]

  1. Withdrew after tournament draw
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Draw

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The draw for the first three rounds was announced on 20 February.[17][18] Match winners are shown in bold and all players are accompanied by their three-dart average for the match.[19][20]

CT = Challenge Tour
DT = Development Tour
Q = Amateur qualifier

Friday 28 February

First round (best of eleven legs)

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Second round (best of eleven legs)

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Third round (best of eleven legs)

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Fourth round (best of nineteen legs)

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Saturday 1 March

Fifth round (best of nineteen legs)

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Sixth round (best of nineteen legs)

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Sunday 2 March

Quarter-finals (best of nineteen legs)

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Semi-finals and Final (best of twenty-one legs)

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Media coverage

The main stage boards are broadcast on ITV4 (Friday, Saturday afternoon and Sunday) and on ITV3 (Saturday evening) in the United Kingdom, DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland[11] and Viaplay in the Netherlands.[21][22] All boards are broadcast on the PDC.tv live streaming platform.[21]

Top averages

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The table lists all players who achieved an average of at least 100 in a match.[19][20] In the case one player has multiple records, this is indicated by the number in brackets.

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