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The Dutch Open [1] is an annual darts tournament that is amongst the longest-running darts tournaments in the world, having started back in 1973. The popularity of darts in the Netherlands since Raymond van Barneveld began amassing world titles has seen the number of entries for the tournament rise dramatically. The 2007 event had 2,867 entries in the Men's Singles, 1,179 in the Men's Pairs, 418 in the Women's Singles and 176 in the Women's Pairs.
The 2002 version of the tournament saw the first live nine dart finish during the final between Shaun Greatbatch and Steve Coote. Greatbatch checked out using T20, T15, D18 during the third leg of the second set, The tournament has been covered by Dutch SBS6 television in recent years, and also by Eurosport across Europe.
From 2002 to 2013 the tournament was held at NH Conference Centre Koningshof, Veldhoven but since 2014 the tournament has been held at De Bonte Wever in Assen.[2]
The 2023 event was streamed live on the final day by RTL 7 in the Netherlands.
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Dutch Open finals
Men's
Women's
Boys (U18)
Girls
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Records and statistics
Tournament records
- Most wins 4:
Martin Adams. - Most Finals 4: Scott Waites, Martin Adams.
- Most Semi Finals 8:
Raymond van Barneveld. - Most Quarter Finals 10: Raymond van Barneveld.
- Most Appearances 12: Raymond van Barneveld.
- Most Prize Money won €15,620: Martin Adams.
- Best winning average (106.35) : Ted Hankey vs. Raymond van Barneveld, 2003 Semi-Final.
- Youngest Winner age 25:
Steve Brown. - Oldest Winner age 58: Martin Adams.
Nine-dart finishes
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References
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