2012 UK Open
Speedy Services UK Open | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 7–10 June 2012 | ||
Venue | Reebok Stadium | ||
Location | Bolton | ||
Country | United Kingdom | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs Final – best of 21 |
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Prize fund | £200,000 | ||
Winners share | £40,000 | ||
Nine dart finish | Gary Anderson | ||
Champion(s) | |||
Robert Thornton | |||
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The 2012 Speedy Services UK Open was a Darts tournament staged in the UK by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the tenth year of the 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 over 7–10 June 2012, and has the nickname, the "FA Cup of darts" as a random draw is staged after each round until the final. Robert Thornton won the tournament beating Phil Taylor 11–5 in the final to win his first PDC major.
Format and qualifiers
2012 UK Open Qualifiers
There were eight qualifying events staged across England between February and May 2012 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-Up | Total Prize Money |
Winner | Runner-Up |
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1 | Saturday 11 February | K2 Centre, Crawley | Wes Newton | 6–3 | Kim Huybrechts | £34,600 | £6,000 | £3,000 |
2 | Sunday 12 February | Michael van Gerwen | 6–1 | Dave Chisnall | £34,600 | £6,000 | £3,000 | |
3 | Saturday 24 March | Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley | Phil Taylor | 6–2 | Brendan Dolan | £34,600 | £6,000 | £3,000 |
4 | Sunday 25 March | Phil Taylor | 6–3 | Dennis Smith | £34,600 | £6,000 | £3,000 | |
5 | Saturday 14 April | Raymond van Barneveld | 6–3 | Andy Smith | £34,600 | £6,000 | £3,000 | |
6 | Sunday 15 April | Raymond van Barneveld | 6–2 | Ian White | £34,600 | £6,000 | £3,000 | |
7 | Saturday 5 May | NIA Community Hall, Birmingham | Terry Jenkins | 6–3 | Andy Hamilton | £34,600 | £6,000 | £3,000 |
8 | Sunday 6 May | Wes Newton | 6–2 | Justin Pipe | £34,600 | £6,000 | £3,000 |
The tournament featured 178 players. The results of the eight qualifiers shown above were collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 32 players and ties in the Order of Merit, who played a minimum of two events, received a place at the final tournament. In addition, the next 82 players in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but needed to start in the earlier rounds played on the Thursday. A further 64 players qualified via regional qualifying tournaments.
Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into Third Round)
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Number 33-64 of the Order of Merit (receiving byes into Second Round)
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Remaining Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in First and Preliminary Round)
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Rileys qualifiers
32 players qualified from Rileys qualifiers held in Rileys Dart Zones across Britain.[1]
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Speedy qualifiers
32 players qualified from Speedy qualifiers held at seven venues across Britain from April to May.[1]
Brighton Dartford |
Inverness Leeds |
Stoke-on-Trent Cardiff |
Haydock |
Prize money
For the fourth consecutive UK Open, the prize fund will be £200,000.
Champion | £40,000 |
Runner-up | £20,000 |
Semi-finalists | £10,000 |
Quarter-finalists | £6,000 |
Last 16 (Round 5) | £4,000 |
Last 32 (Round 4) | £2,000 |
Last 64 (Round 3) | £1,000 |
Draw
The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was made on 10 May.[2][3]
Thursday 7 June; Best of 7 legs
Preliminary round
Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | |
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Paul Amos | 4–0 | Gary Ettridge | Nigel Heydon | 4–0 | Paul Critchley | |
Ben Johnson | 0–4 | Stuart Daniels | Steve Farmer | 1–4 | Jamie Lewis | |
Joey Palfreyman | 4–3 | Tom Gregory | Jason Wilson | 1–4 | Bernd Roith | |
Kirk Gordon | 0–4 | Kevin McDine | David Pallett | 2–4 | Jerry Hendriks | |
Steve Brown | 4–2 | Michael Barnard | Harry Miles | 4–0 | Andy Melling | |
Steve Beaton | 2–4 | Jon Jukes | Steve Hine | 4–3 | Jamie Hughes | |
Josh Jones | 4–0 | Mark Spencer | Arron Monk | 4–3 | Paul Boulton | |
Gaz Cousins | 4–0 | Ben Burton | Geoff Heath | 4–0 | Darrin Pugh | |
Steve Maish | 4–2 | Dave Solly | Ted Hankey | 4–0 | Danny Dutson | |
Adam Smith-Neale | 4–3 | Rob Hawker | Gus Santana | 2–4 | Andy Jenkins | |
Andy Parsons | 3–4 | Dean Stewart | Steve Service | 1–4 | Damien Sherwood | |
Marc Dewsbury | 3–4 | Stephen Hardy | John Scott | 2–4 | Brian Woods | |
Denis Ovens | 4–1 | Craig McCaskill | John Nelson | 4–3 | Ross Smith | |
Glen Durrant | 0–4 | Stephen Bunting | Mark Lawrence | 4–1 | Jamie Robinson | |
Steve Werrett | 0–4 | Mark Barilli | Davey Dodds | 4–1 | Alan Casey | |
Anthony Littleton | 4–2 | Nicky Denoon | Adrian Gray | 3–4 | Steve Evans | |
Glen Miller | 1–4 | Mark Frost | Mark Layton | 4–2 | Michael Wiles | |
Gino Vos | 4–2 | Paul Harvey | Scott Robertson | 4–1 | Mick Todd | |
Lee Bryant | † | John Henderson | Sam Hill | 4–1 | Jamie Ellam | |
Tony Broughton | 3–4 | Tony Cooper | Scott Taylor | 1–4 | Lee Russell | |
Tony West | 2–4 | Michael Burgoine | Kevin Simm | 4–0 | Mick Hayward | |
Connie Finnan | ‡ | Andy Murray | Stuart Anderson | 2–4 | Joe Murnan | |
Ian Gleeson | 3–4 | Kevin Rimmer | Terry Temple | 4–2 | Matt Clark | |
Andrew Cornwall | 3–4 | John Bowles | Dan Russell | 4–2 | Toon Greebe | |
Dyson Parody | 4–0 | Steve Mason | Dave Ladley | 0–4 | Liam Kelly |
- † John Henderson received a bye as Lee Bryant was disqualified due to failing to register at the event.[4]
- ‡ Connie Finnan withdrew because of personal reasons.[5]
Round 1
Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | |
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Stuart Daniels | 0–4 | Adam Smith-Neale | Geoff Heath | 3–4 | Paul Amos | |
Mark Lawrence | 2–4 | Stephen Bunting | Andy Roberts | 3–4 | John Bowles | |
Bernd Roith | 2–4 | Wayne Jones | John Nelson | 1–4 | Denis Ovens | |
Liam Kelly | 4–2 | Shayne Burgess | Dean Stewart | 4–1 | Brian Woods | |
Mark Barilli | 4–3 | Bob Crawley | Thomas Sandwell | 0–4 | Steve Hine | |
Gino Vos | 3–4 | Mark Layton | Paul Whitworth | 2–4 | Steve Evans | |
Mark Frost | 1–4 | Tony Cooper | Jon Farmer | 2–4 | Anthony Littleton | |
Jason Crawley | 4–1 | Kevin Simm | Gareth Cousins | 4–2 | Michael Burgoine | |
Ted Hankey | 4–1 | Andy Jenkins | Jon Jukes | 3–4 | Davey Dodds | |
Joe Murnan | 4–1 | Dan Russell | Terry Temple | 4–0 | Mark Kelly | |
Scott Robertson | 4–1 | Sam Hill | Jon Bott | 4–2 | Josh Jones | |
John Henderson | 4–3 | Joey Palfreyman | Stephen Hardy | 4–2 | Ryan Murray | |
Arron Monk | 4–3 | Jerry Hendriks | Andy Murray | 4–1 | Damien Sherwood | |
Dyson Parody | 4–2 | Kevin Rimmer | Kevin McDine | 4–2 | Steve Brown | |
Jamie Lewis | 4–1 | Mark Stephenson | Lee Russell | 1–4 | Nigel Heydon | |
Steve Maish | 2–4 | Adam Hunt | Paul Nicholson | 4–2 | Harry Miles |
Round 2
Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | |
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Stephen Hardy | 1–4 | William O'Connor | Andy Murray | 3–4 | Scott Rand | |
Jelle Klaasen | 4–3 | Dyson Parody | John Henderson | 2–4 | Colin Osborne | |
Nigel Heydon | 4–1 | John Bowles | Andy Brown | 0–4 | Peter Wright | |
Dean Stewart | 4–1 | Adam Smith-Neale | Steve Evans | 3–4 | Roland Scholten | |
Arron Monk | 4–1 | Adam Hunt | Mark Hylton | 4–0 | Antonio Alcinas | |
Paul Nicholson | 4–3 | Tony Cooper | Devon Petersen | 4–0 | Andrew Gilding | |
Mark Webster | 4–3 | Johnny Haines | Steve Hine | 1–4 | Terry Temple | |
Jason Crawley | 4–3 | Mark Walsh | James Richardson | 1–4 | Jim Walker | |
Stuart White | 2–4 | Davey Dodds | Liam Kelly | 1–4 | Stuart Kellett | |
Matthew Edgar | 0–4 | Kevin McDine | Peter Hudson | 4–1 | Jamie Lewis | |
Co Stompé | 0–4 | Alan Tabern | Mervyn King | 4–1 | Ted Hankey | |
Wayne Jones | 3–4 | Paul Amos | Darren Johnson | 0–4 | Michael Mansell | |
Prakash Jiwa | 2–4 | Mark Barilli | Denis Ovens | 4–1 | Joe Murnan | |
Alex Roy | 2–4 | Gareth Cousins | Keith Stephen | 3–4 | Scott Robertson | |
Mareno Michels | 2–4 | Shaun Griffiths | James Wade | 4–3 | Stephen Bunting | |
Jon Bott | 2–4 | Ronnie Baxter | Anthony Littleton | 3–4 | Mark Layton |
Friday 8 June; Best of 17 legs
Round 3
- † Gary Anderson hit a nine-dart finish in the third leg against Davey Dodds.[6]
- ‡ Dennis Smith received a bye as Mark Jones was disqualified due to failing to register at the event.[6]
Saturday 9 June; Best of 17 legs
Round 4
Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | |
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Colin Lloyd | 8–9 | Joe Cullen | Justin Pipe | 5–9 | Simon Whitlock | |
Richie Burnett | 4–9 | Peter Wright | Paul Nicholson | 9–3 | Arron Monk | |
Vincent van der Voort | 7–9 | Kim Huybrechts | Colin Osborne | 1–9 | Phil Taylor | |
Mark Hylton | 7–9 | Jamie Caven | Dennis Smith | 5–9 | Dave Chisnall | |
Brendan Dolan | 8–9 | Denis Ovens | Dennis Priestley | 9–8 | Andy Smith | |
Darren Webster | 6–9 | Ronnie Baxter | Robert Thornton | 9–7 | Gary Anderson | |
Andy Hamilton | 5–9 | Raymond van Barneveld | Terry Jenkins | 9–3 | Dean Winstanley | |
Michael van Gerwen | 9–7 | Mervyn King | Wes Newton | 9–7 | Adrian Lewis |
Round 5
Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | |
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Michael van Gerwen (93.47) | 7–9 | Terry Jenkins (89.86) | Robert Thornton (91.54) | 9–5 | Dennis Priestley (94.58) | |
Dave Chisnall (101.46) | 9–5 | Simon Whitlock (91.58) | Joe Cullen (85.03) | 8–9 | Jamie Caven (86.19) | |
Phil Taylor (110.72) | 9–4 | Ronnie Baxter (97.96) | Denis Ovens (86.72) | 9–8 | Paul Nicholson (90.02) | |
Raymond van Barneveld (93.40) | 9–8 | Peter Wright (89.53) | Kim Huybrechts (93.96) | 8–9 | Wes Newton (99.22) |
Sunday 10 June
Quarter Finals to Final
Quarter-finals Best of 19 legs [9][10] |
Semi-finals Best of 19 legs [11] |
Final Best of 21 legs [11] |
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Wes Newton (92.11) | 8 | |||||||||
Robert Thornton (92.78) | 10 | |||||||||
Robert Thornton (97.72) | 10 | |||||||||
Dave Chisnall (95.01) | 4 | |||||||||
Dave Chisnall (98.84) | 10 | |||||||||
Raymond van Barneveld (98.27) | 5 | |||||||||
Robert Thornton (95.44) | 11 | |||||||||
Phil Taylor (98.58) | 5 | |||||||||
Phil Taylor (106.52) | 10 | |||||||||
Terry Jenkins (96.46) | 5 | |||||||||
Phil Taylor (101.22) | 10 | |||||||||
Denis Ovens (86.14) | 2 | |||||||||
Denis Ovens (86.67) | 10 | |||||||||
Jamie Caven (88.39) | 6 | |||||||||
See also
- UK Open history of event and previous winners
- 2012 PDC Pro Tour includes extended results of Pro Tour events
- PDC Pro Tour history of PDC "floor events"
References
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