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 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 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.
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.
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.
Aylesbury Phil Currie Steve Dolan Adrian Genery Peter Green John McGuirk Steve Penney Stuart Pickles Coen Wiekamp Eddie Lovely
Batley Alan Davie Glen Durrant Chris Hornby Stuart Monaghan David Smurthwaite Gary Stevens Graham Usher Darren Weaver
Birmingham Paul Cook Mark Cox Johnny Haines Mike Langley Mark Layton Andy Pearce Andy Roberts Paul Rowley
Salford Kevin Beare Andy Boulton Matthew Campbell Les Fitton Duane Garfield Ken Mather Harry Robinson Derek Williams
Prize money 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 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.
Preliminary round This match was the best of eleven legs, and was played on 4 June.
Player #1 Score Player #2 Gary Stephens3–6 Ken Mather Andy Roberts 80.006–5 Eddie Lovely
First round All matches were the best of eleven legs, and were played on 4 June. Player #1 ScorePlayer #2Player #1 ScorePlayer #2 James Barton 90.303–6 Toon Greebe 84.58 Alex Roy 97.016–1 Richie Burnett 87.94 Harry Robinson0–6 Chris Cooper Gary Mawson 83.266–1 Darren Weaver 73.06 Matthew Campbell1–6 Stuart Bousfield Steve Evans6–3 Mark Layton Adrian Genery5–6 Chris Loudon Gary Welding6–2 John Kuczynski Duane Garfield3–6 Dave Smith Stephen Hardy6–2 Coen Wiekamp Chris Mason3–6 Steve Penney David Smurthwaite2–6 Mark Jodrill Stuart Monaghan3–6 Alan Davie Graham Usher3–6 Glen Durrant Roland Scholten6–1 Derek Williams Phil Currie2–6 Steve Dolan Anastasia Dobromyslova2–6 Andy Roberts Michael Smith5–6 Dave Ladley Peter Wright6–4 Chris Hornby Andy Pearce5–6 Johnny Haines Ian Critchett6–5 Kevin Beare Ken Mather6–4 Robbie Parker Paul Cook6–2 Mike Langley Par Riihonen5–6 Steve Grubb John McGuirk6–2 Stuart Pickles David Fatum5–6 Paul Rowley Lee Williams6–1 Alan Caves Darren Latham5–6 Andy Boulton Dyson Parody1–6 John MaGowan Joe Cullen1–6 Justin Pipe Les Fitton6–5 Mark Cox Louis Blundell6–4 Ian Jopling
Second round All matches were the best of eleven legs, and were played on 4 June. Player #1 ScorePlayer #2Player #1 ScorePlayer #2 Glen Durrant6–2 John McGuirk Mark Jodrill2–6 Chris Thompson Martyn Turner4–6 Dave Honey Paul Nicholson 95.456–4 Gary Anderson 88.76 Gary Welding6–0 John MaGowan Louis Blundell6–0 Kevin Dowling Adrian Gray5–6 Dave Askew Tony Ayres3–6 Justin Pipe Steve Evans5–6 Steve Dolan Ken Dobson6–5 Paul Knighton Dennis Smith1–6 Ken Mather Lee Williams6–4 Wayne Atwood Roland Scholten6–1 Ian Critchett Jason Clark6–4 Stuart Bousfield Kirk Shepherd3–6 Steve Brown Chris Loudon5–6 Chris Cooper Steve Penney5–6 Steve Grubb Gary Mawson4–6 Johnny Haines Paul Cook† Mark Lawrence Nick Fullwell1–6 Andy Smith Colin Monk6–5 Larry Butler Mick McGowan 84.383–6 John Part 88.23 Dave Smith2–6 Denis Ovens Paul Rowley6–3 Dave Ladley Wes Newton6–4 Andy Boulton Alan Davie2–6 Peter Wright Stephen Hardy3–6 Jan van der Rassel Michael Barnard6–0 Steve Maish Wayne Mardle 84.846–4 Les Fitton 85.21 Matt Clark3–6 Alex Roy Tony Eccles6–3 Toon Greebe Andy Roberts6–2 Steve Beaton † Mark Lawrence was given a bye into round three, as Paul Cook was disqualified.
Third round All matches were the best of seventeen legs, and were played on 5 June. Player #1 ScorePlayer #2Player #1 ScorePlayer #2 Ronnie Baxter9–7 Tony Eccles Lee Williams 84.021–9 Phil Taylor 103.68 Gary Welding9–5 Steve Hine Mark Dudbridge9–7 Johnny Haines Colin Osborne9–2 Jason Clark Steve Dolan1–9 Jamie Caven Vincent van der Voort6–9 Wayne Jones Barrie Bates3–9 Steve Grubb Ken Mather9–7 Paul Nicholson Co Stompé6–9 Mark Frost Mark Walsh9–2 Wayne Mardle Alex Roy9–5 Lionel Sams Andy Jenkins9–5 Justin Pipe Steve Brown8–9 Mark Lawrence Raymond van Barneveld9–4 Ken Dobson Roland Scholten9–6 Darren Johnson Kevin Painter9–4 Dave Askew Michael van Gerwen 91.454–9 Andy Hamilton 95.66 Denis Ovens3–9 Alan Tabern Colin Lloyd9–8 John Part Dave Honey5–9 Wes Newton Jan van der Rassel7–9 Jelle Klaasen Brendan Dolan7–9 Kevin McDine Paul Rowley1–9 Chris Thompson Andy Roberts9–7 Louis Blundell Dennis Priestley9–4 Colin Monk Mark Webster9–6 Peter Wright Andy Smith9–3 Chris Cooper Peter Manley 91.679–8 James Wade 90.48 Adrian Lewis 94.619–2 Robert Thornton 93.26 Mervyn King8–9 Michael Barnard Glen Durrant 83.521–9 Terry Jenkins 97.56
Fourth round All matches were the best of seventeen legs, and were played on 6 June. Player #1 ScorePlayer #2Player #1 ScorePlayer #2 Michael Barnard6–9 Andy Smith Gary Welding1–9 Ronnie Baxter Dennis Priestley9–8 Mark Frost Alex Roy9–8 Andy Roberts Peter Manley 91.314–9 Mark Webster 91.01 Steve Grubb4–9 Kevin Painter Colin Lloyd9–2 Chris Thompson Andy Hamilton 94.167–9 Raymond van Barneveld 94.89 Phil Taylor 115.519–3 Ken Mather 93.49 Jamie Caven9–6 Jelle Klaasen Kevin McDine7–9 Alan Tabern Andy Jenkins7–9 Terry Jenkins Colin Osborne9–7 Wayne Jones Mark Walsh 95.069–3 Adrian Lewis 88.44 Wes Newton9–6 Roland Scholten Mark Lawrence9–4 Mark Dudbridge
Final stages
There was a draw after each round; this bracket has been compiled retrospectively.
See also UK Open history of event and previous winners 2009 in darts includes extended results of Pro Tour events PDC Pro Tour history of PDC "floor events"
References
External links The official PDC page for the Blue Square UK Open