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2009 Blue Square UK Open
Tournament information
Dates4–7 June 2009
VenueReebok Stadium
LocationBolton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Final – best of 21
Prize fund£200,000
Winner's share£40,000
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2008 2010»

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.

Phil Taylor won the title for the third time by defeating Colin Osborne 11–6 in the final.

2009 UK Open Regional Finals[edit]

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[edit]

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]

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.

  1. England Steve Maish
  2. Wales Wayne Atwood
  3. England Michael Barnard
  4. England Wayne Mardle
  5. England Matt Clark
  6. England Tony Eccles
  7. England Colin Monk
  8. England Steve Beaton
  9. England Ken Dobson
  10. England Denis Ovens
  11. England Andy Smith
  12. England Chris Thompson
  13. England Steve Brown
  14. England Dennis Smith
  15. Scotland Gary Anderson
  16. Canada John Part
  17. Netherlands Jan van der Rassel
  18. United States Larry Butler
  19. England Kevin Dowling
  20. England Wes Newton
  21. England Tony Ayres
  22. England Adrian Gray
  23. England Paul Knighton
  24. England Mark Lawrence
  25. Republic of Ireland Mick McGowan
  26. England Nick Fullwell
  27. Australia Paul Nicholson
  28. England Martyn Turner
  29. England Kirk Shepherd
  30. Scotland Jason Clark
  31. England Dave Honey
  32. England Dave Askew
  33. Wales Steve Evans
  34. Netherlands Toon Greebe
  35. Northern Ireland John MaGowan
  36. England Robbie Parker
  37. England Alex Roy
  38. England Gary Welding
  39. England Joe Cullen
  40. England Ian Jopling
  41. England Chris Mason
  42. England James Barton
  43. United States John Kuczynski
  44. Netherlands Roland Scholten
  45. England Dave Smith
  46. Scotland Peter Wright
  47. England Louis Blundell
  48. United States David Fatum
  49. England Steve Grubb
  50. England Stephen Hardy
  51. United States Gary Mawson
  52. Sweden Par Riihonen
  53. England Lee Williams
  54. England Stuart Bousfield
  55. Wales Richie Burnett
  56. Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova
  57. England Mark Jodrill
  58. England Chris Cooper
  59. England Ian Critchett
  60. England Dave Ladley
  61. England Darren Latham
  62. Scotland Chris Loudon
  63. Gibraltar Dyson Parody
  64. England Justin Pipe
  65. England Alan Caves
  66. England 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]

Prize money[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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

First round[edit]

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

Second round[edit]

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

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

Third round[edit]

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

Fourth round[edit]

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

Final stages[edit]

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


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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "UK Open Order of Merit". pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
  2. ^ a b "Blue Square UK Open Draw". pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 2009-05-25. Archived from the original on 28 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
  3. ^ a b "Holsten Qualifiers – Day One". pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 2009-04-26. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
  4. ^ a b "Holsten Qualifiers – Day Two". pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 2009-04-27. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
  5. ^ "UK Open – Thursday Updates". pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 2009-06-04. Archived from the original on 2009-06-07. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

External links[edit]

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