2019 Ladbrokes UK Open
Tournament information
Dates1–3 March 2019
VenueButlin's Resort
LocationMinehead
Country England
Organization(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Final – best of 21
Prize fund£450,000
Winner's share£100,000
High checkout170 England Nathan Aspinall (x2)
170 England Ryan Searle
170 Austria Mensur Suljović
170 England Nathan Aspinall
Champion(s)
England Nathan Aspinall
«2018 2020»

The 2019 Ladbrokes UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the seventeenth year of the tournament where players compete in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was being held for the sixth time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 1–3 March 2019, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw is staged after each round following the conclusion of the third round until the final.

Gary Anderson was the defending champion after defeating Corey Cadby 11–7 in the 2018 final. He was making his first public appearance since having to withdraw from both the 2019 Masters and the 2019 Premier League due to a persistent back injury, whilst Cadby was absent from this year’s competition due to visa problems.[1] However, Anderson lost 8–10 in the fourth round to Steve Beaton.

Nathan Aspinall won his first PDC major title, beating Rob Cross 11–4 in the final and hitting 170 checkout to win the match.[2]

Prize money

The prize fund increased from last year's edition to £450,000.

Stage (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £450,000)
Winner (1) £100,000
Runner-up (1) £40,000
Semi-finalists (2) £20,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £12,500
Last 16 (sixth round) (8) £7,500
Last 32 (fifth round) (16) £4,000
Last 64 (fourth round) (32) £2,000
Last 96 (third round) (32) £1,000
Last 128 (second round) (32) n/a
Last 160 (first round) (31) n/a

Change

In a significant change of format, the tournament has increased from 128 to 160 participants. Also, the ProTour UK Open Qualifiers have been scrapped in favour of a new system. All 128 PDC Tour Card holders automatically qualify, along with the Top 16 from the 2018 PDC Challenge Tour, plus 16 qualifiers from the Riley's Qualifiers taking place in early 2019. Due to Corey Cadby‘s withdrawal from the competition the field is reduced to 159 players who will now compete in this year’s tournament.

Format

The 159 participants will enter the competition incrementally, with 63 players entering in the first round, with match winners joining the 32 players entering in the second and third rounds to leave the last 64 in the fourth round.

  • No players are seeded.
  • A random draw is held for each of the following rounds following the conclusion of the third round.
  • All matches in the first, second and third rounds will be played over best of 11 legs.
  • All matches in the fourth, fifth, sixth rounds and quarter-finals will be played over best of 19 legs.
  • All matches in the semi-finals and final will be played over best of 21 legs.
  • Eight boards will be used for matches in the first, second, third and fourth rounds.
  • Four boards will be used for matches in the fifth round.
  • Two boards will be used for matches in the sixth round.
  • One board will be used for all the matches in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.[3]

Qualifiers

Number 1–32 of the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into fourth round)

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

Number 65–96 of the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into second round)

Number 97–128 of the PDC Order of Merit (starting in first round)

PDC Challenge Tour qualifiers (starting in first round)

The top 16 ranked players from the 2018 Challenge Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2019 season qualified for the first round.

Rileys amateur qualifiers (starting in first round)

16 amateur players will qualify from 16 Riley's Sports Bar qualifiers held across the UK between 26 January and 24 February.

  1. ↑ Corey Cadby withdrew from the tournament prior to the draw. All players below him moved up one place, with a bye being added to the first round[4]

Draw

Friday 1 March

First round (best of eleven legs)

Player Score Player Player Score Player
England Mark McGeeney 97.92 6 – 3 England David Pallett 91.40 England Wes Newton (Q) 86.56 4 – 6 Scotland Cameron Menzies (CT) 86.15
England Barry Lynn (Q) 75.48 4 – 6 Austria Michael Rasztovits (CT) 80.74 England Jamie Hughes 97.89 6 – 3 England Callan Rydz (Q) 90.94
Sweden Dennis Nilsson (CT) 83.13 2 – 6 Latvia Madars Razma 97.76 Netherlands Mike van Duivenbode 85.92 2 – 6 England Ted Evetts 95.76
England Scott Taylor (Q) 99.41 6 – 4 Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 95.98 England Conan Whitehead 95.40 6 – 3 England Michael Burgoine (Q) 88.38
England Shaun Fox (Q) 74.50 1 – 6 England Andy Jenkins (Q) 92.87 England Joe Murnan 85.22 6 – 3 England Mark Frost (CT) 78.95
Brazil Diogo Portela (CT) 87.71 6 – 4 Wales Barrie Bates 83.40 England Adam Huckvale (CT) 88.87 6 – 3 Scotland Mark Barilli (Q) 85.43
Netherlands Geert Nentjes 90.28 6 – 5 England David Evans (CT) 88.94 New Zealand Cody Harris (CT) 92.69 6 – 5 Wales John Davey (CT) 84.67
England Kirk Shepherd 88.95 6 – 2 Wales Jonathan Worsley 86.06 Portugal José de Sousa 84.56 6 – 4 Belgium Brian Raman (Q) 84.44
England Nathan Derry 93.00 6 – 4 England Lee Budgen (CT) 86.64 Netherlands Vincent van der Meer 87.36 6 – 1 England Eddie Dootson 76.72
England Matt Clark 90.11 6 – 3 Netherlands Niels Zonneveld 83.72 England Jarred Cole (CT) 82.62 6 – 4 England Michael Barnard 75.94
Republic of Ireland Jason Cullen (CT) 84.74 3 – 6 England Reece Robinson 88.27 Germany Christian Bunse 83.22 4 – 6 Greece John Michael 90.85
England Martin Atkins (CT) 82.65 3 – 6 Scotland Jamie Bain 89.01 Finland Marko Kantele 93.45 6 – 2 England Chris Lacey (Q) 81.05
Wales Lloyd Browning (Q) 76.08 6 – 5 England Lee Harris (Q) 78.77 England Kevin Thoburn (Q) 83.26 6 – 5 England Matthew Dennant (CT) 85.87
England Adrian Gray 81.14 6 – 1 England Ian McFarlane (Q) 76.41 England Daniel Day (Q) 81.48 1 – 6 Netherlands Maik Kuivenhoven 94.24
England Carl Wilkinson 85.31 4 – 6 Netherlands Yordi Meeuwisse 83.62 England Terry Temple 78.29 5 – 6 England Simon Preston (CT) 78.79
England Rob Collins (Q) 83.82 6 – 1 Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 77.05 Scotland Darren Beveridge (CT) w/o Bye

Second round (best of eleven legs)

Player Score Player Player Score Player
Canada Dawson Murschell 79.40 3 – 6 England Ross Smith 89.73 England Glen Durrant 98.60 6 – 1 Netherlands Maik Kuivenhoven 87.33
Brazil Diogo Portela (CT) 101.03 1 – 6 England Jamie Hughes 107.72 England Scott Taylor (Q) 87.44 6 – 3 Northern Ireland Kevin Burness 78.00
England Wayne Jones 83.54 2 – 6 Netherlands Vincent Kamphuis 86.09 New Zealand Cody Harris (CT) 86.02 2 – 6 England Adam Hunt 94.43
England Simon Preston (CT) 84.66 3 – 6 England Arron Monk 95.65 England Kirk Shepherd 99.80 6 – 4 England Bradley Brooks 97.91
England Mark Wilson 82.04 4 – 6 England Mark Dudbridge 83.54 Latvia Madars Razma 84.72 6 – 3 England Mark McGeeney 85.14
England Ted Evetts 92.57 3 – 6 England George Killington 91.88 England Rob Collins (Q) 85.08 3 – 6 England Andy Boulton 89.35
England Matthew Edgar 90.41 6 – 4 England Gary Eastwood 84.54 England Harry Ward 90.71 6 – 3 Wales Lloyd Browning (Q) 81.72
Scotland Cameron Menzies (CT) t/o Scotland Jamie Bain England Nathan Derry 91.15 6 – 4 Netherlands Vincent van der Meer 92.31
Germany Robert Marijanović 90.70 3 – 6 Belgium Davy Van Baelen 89.92 England Andy Jenkins (Q) 89.43 5 – 6 Netherlands Mario Robbe 84.67
England Simon Stevenson 88.07 6 – 2 England Adrian Gray 78.22 Northern Ireland Gavin Carlin 92.68 6 – 2 Greece John Michael 89.05
England Scott Baker 90.89 6 – 2 England Ryan Harrington 88.54 England Tony Newell 81.56 4 – 6 England Adam Huckvale (CT) 84.98
Poland Tytus Kanik 80.25 0 – 6 Netherlands Yordi Meeuwisse 92.97 Austria Michael Rasztovits (CT) 83.90 6 – 5 England Conan Whitehead 81.91
England Peter Hudson 84.60 6 – 3 Scotland John Goldie 82.03 Netherlands Geert Nentjes 93.15 6 – 3 England Jarred Cole (CT) 82.11
Wales Robert Owen 92.44 6 – 4 Finland Marko Kantele 86.79 England Joe Murnan 85.64 6 – 4 England Ryan Meikle 84.74
Scotland Darren Beveridge (CT) 94.34 2 – 6 England Luke Woodhouse 96.31 England Reece Robinson 89.03 6 – 1 Portugal José de Sousa 89.84
Spain José Justicia 98.14 6 – 2 England Kevin Thoburn (Q) 83.62 Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 87.38 6 – 3 England Matt Clark 81.81

Third round (best of eleven legs)

Player Score Player Player Score Player
England Luke Humphries 99.34 6 – 1 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 87.95 Spain Toni Alcinas 86.39 3 – 6 England Nathan Aspinall 97.40
England Ricky Evans 81.49 6 – 4 Spain José Justicia 77.42 Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 101.33 6 – 0 England Kirk Shepherd 86.66
Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 91.41 6 – 1 Netherlands Danny Noppert 84.30 England James Richardson 77.72 0 – 6 Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 92.02
England Scott Baker 85.44 4 – 6 Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 88.64 South Africa Devon Petersen 81.09 2 – 6 England Jamie Hughes 90.83
Germany Gabriel Clemens 93.50 6 – 2 Austria Zoran Lerchbacher 85.54 England Luke Woodhouse 95.17 6 – 4 England Chris Dobey 87.66
England Simon Stevenson 97.65 6 – 3 Wales Mark Webster 91.72 Northern Ireland Gavin Carlin 89.17 6 – 2 England Glen Durrant 85.11
England Richard North 89.83 6 – 5 Belgium Ronny Huybrechts 85.17 England Ryan Joyce 90.97 6 – 3 Wales Robert Owen 87.46
Scotland Jamie Bain 81.82 3 – 6 England Josh Payne 87.40 England Reece Robinson 76.44 6 – 4 Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 83.63
England Mark Dudbridge 79.60 5 – 6 Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 86.27 Netherlands Mario Robbe 84.34 2 – 6 Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 93.94
England Andy Boulton 84.33 4 – 6 Netherlands Christian Kist 85.04 Netherlands Vincent Kamphuis 91.82 3 – 6 England Scott Taylor (Q) 99.20
England Matthew Edgar 87.02 3 – 6 England Ryan Searle 91.86 England Harry Ward 96.52 4 – 6 Netherlands Jan Dekker 97.99
England Arron Monk 94.35 6 – 5 Scotland Robert Thornton 88.09 England George Killington 81.81 4 – 6 Latvia Madars Razma 80.57
Belgium Davy Van Baelen 94.21 4 – 6 Germany Martin Schindler 94.97 England Adam Huckvale (CT) 78.74 2 – 6 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 88.09
England Nathan Derry 91.40 5 – 6 England Keegan Brown 94.25 Netherlands Yordi Meeuwisse 87.80 3 – 6 England Ross Smith 90.46
Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp 91.08 5 – 6 England Adam Hunt 88.48 Netherlands Geert Nentjes 94.93 6 – 0 England Justin Pipe 86.14
England Joe Murnan 83.86 6 – 4 England Alan Tabern 85.70 Austria Michael Rasztovits (CT) 90.08 2 – 6 England Peter Hudson 91.41

Fourth round (best of nineteen legs)

Player Score Player Player Score Player
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 83.76 4 – 10 Latvia Madars Razma 86.77 England James Wilson 84.33 1 – 10 England James Wade 100.45
England Stephen Bunting 90.76 6 – 10 Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 92.31 Netherlands Geert Nentjes 89.74 3 – 10 Germany Max Hopp 102.58
England Peter Hudson 90.48 3 – 10 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 94.11 Germany Martin Schindler 84.55 10 – 7 England Adam Hunt 87.54
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 94.00 7 – 10 England Simon Stevenson 96.53 Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 80.74 2 – 10 Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 88.66
Netherlands Benito van de Pas 86.60 3 – 10 Germany Gabriel Clemens 94.82 England Luke Woodhouse 96.13 10 – 7 Northern Ireland Gavin Carlin 96.49
England Joe Murnan 93.22 4 – 10 Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 99.44 England Ricky Evans 84.95 5 – 10 Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.64
Netherlands Jan Dekker 88.32 3 – 10 Australia Simon Whitlock 94.27 Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 89.03 4 – 10 England Keegan Brown 95.14
England Nathan Aspinall 93.70 10 – 9 Netherlands Christian Kist 94.57 England Jamie Hughes 101.28 10 – 5 England Ian White 100.38
Austria Mensur Suljović 101.28 10 – 8 Scotland Peter Wright 106.04 Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 80.50 10 – 1 England Reece Robinson 71.78
Scotland John Henderson 88.35 5 – 10 England Michael Smith 95.93 England Josh Payne 96.96 10 – 2 Australia Kyle Anderson 91.34
Wales Jonny Clayton 88.69 10 – 3 England Arron Monk 90.03 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 96.73 6 – 10 England Mervyn King 95.96
Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 89.55 10 – 9 England Scott Taylor (Q) 80.59 England Steve Beaton 98.63 10 – 8 Scotland Gary Anderson 99.92
England Joe Cullen 94.76 6 – 10 Wales Gerwyn Price 96.16 Spain Cristo Reyes 86.28 10 – 2 England Ryan Joyce 86.27
England Alan Norris 79.68 5 – 10 England Ross Smith 86.20 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 88.67 4 – 10 England Richard North 92.82
England Dave Chisnall 98.42 10 – 8 England Luke Humphries 96.53 England Ryan Searle 97.39 4 – 10 England Steve West 97.25
England Adrian Lewis 95.36 9 – 10 Wales Jamie Lewis 96.18 England Rob Cross 99.12 10 – 4 England Darren Webster 96.12

Saturday 2 March

Fifth round (best of nineteen legs)

Player Score Player Player Score Player
England Steve Beaton 96.62 10 – 8 England Keegan Brown 92.90 Wales Jonny Clayton 93.66 7 – 10 Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 99.33
Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 97.52 9 – 10 England Michael Smith 98.30 England James Wade 91.98 10 – 7 Germany Max Hopp 95.72
England Nathan Aspinall 97.83 10 – 2 Latvia Madars Razma 92.06 Wales Gerwyn Price 101.84 10 – 7 England Jamie Hughes 97.70
Australia Simon Whitlock 88.30 10 – 8 Germany Gabriel Clemens 87.82 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 84.24 6 – 10 England Simon Stevenson 90.43
Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 93.66 10 – 8 England Luke Woodhouse 91.85 Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 98.69 10 – 8 Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 91.73
Wales Jamie Lewis 88.33 7 – 10 England Josh Payne 98.55 Austria Mensur Suljović 97.55 9 – 10 Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 97.37
England Dave Chisnall 96.07 10 – 5 Germany Martin Schindler 90.78 England Rob Cross 97.09 10 – 5 England Mervyn King 93.84
England Steve West 91.48 5 – 10 England Ross Smith 95.87 Spain Cristo Reyes 84.02 10 – 7 England Richard North 83.04

Sixth round (best of nineteen legs)

Player Score Player
England Rob Cross 93.52 10 – 6 Spain Cristo Reyes 83.80
Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 95.02 3 – 10 Wales Gerwyn Price 104.57
England Steve Beaton 85.96 10 – 8 Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 85.11
England Michael Smith 101.56 10 – 3 Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 85.60
England Dave Chisnall 90.13 9 – 10 England Simon Stevenson 90.73
England James Wade 91.51 7 – 10 England Ross Smith 96.68
Australia Simon Whitlock 92.52 7 – 10 England Josh Payne 91.57
England Nathan Aspinall 90.54 10 – 8 Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 92.24

Sunday 3 March

Quarter-finals (best of nineteen legs)

Player Score Player
England Rob Cross 95.03 10 – 7 England Josh Payne 97.34
England Michael Smith 100.97 10 – 1 England Steve Beaton 93.15
England Simon Stevenson 93.69 5 – 10 Wales Gerwyn Price 100.21
England Nathan Aspinall 96.33 10 – 6 England Ross Smith 91.98

Semi-finals and final

Semi-finals
(best of 21 legs) 		Final
(best of 21 legs)
      
Wales Gerwyn Price 95.37 9
England Nathan Aspinall 94.31 11
England Nathan Aspinall 88.72 11
England Rob Cross 84.79 5
England Rob Cross 94.23 11
England Michael Smith 95.51 7

References

  1. ↑ "Awesome Anderson's Coral UK Open Glory". PDC.tv. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Nathan Aspinall beats Rob Cross to win UK Open and first major title". Sky Sports. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "UK Open Draw and Schedule". PDC.tv. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Allen, Dave. "2019 Ladbrokes UK Open Field". PDC. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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