2013 UK Open
2013 Speedy Hire UK Open | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 6–9 June 2013 | ||
Venue | Reebok Stadium | ||
Location | Bolton | ||
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Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format |
Legs Final – best of 21 | ||
Prize fund | £200,000 | ||
Winners share | £40,000 | ||
Nine-dart finish |
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Champion(s) | |||
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The 2013 Speedy Hire UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the eleventh year of the UK Open 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 6–9 June 2013, 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, defeating Andy Hamilton 11–4 in the final to claim his fifth and final UK Open title.[1]
The 2013 UK Open was the last UK Open to be held at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, and was the last UK Open to be broadcast on Sky Sports in June. Starting in 2014, the UK Open moved to the Butlins Resort in Minehead, and has been broadcast on ITV4 in March.
Format and qualifiers
2013 UK Open Qualifiers
There were eight qualifying events staged across England between February and April 2013 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-Up | Ref. |
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1 | Saturday 23 February | K2 Centre, Crawley | Michael van Gerwen |
6–2 | [2] | |
2 | Sunday 24 February | Michael van Gerwen |
6–2 | [3] | ||
3 | Saturday 16 March | Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan | Michael van Gerwen |
6–2 | [4] | |
4 | Sunday 17 March | Robert Thornton |
6–4 | [5] | ||
5 | Saturday 13 April | Simon Whitlock |
6–1 | [6] | ||
6 | Sunday 14 April | Michael van Gerwen |
6–5 | [7] | ||
7 | Saturday 27 April | Kim Huybrechts |
6–2 | [8] | ||
8 | Sunday 28 April | Michael van Gerwen |
6–0 | [9] |
The tournament features 146 players. The results of the eight qualifiers shown above were collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 32 players 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 32 players qualified via regional qualifying tournaments.
Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into Third Round)
Michael van Gerwen Robert Thornton Kim Huybrechts Peter Wright Simon Whitlock Gary Anderson Mervyn King Ronnie Baxter John Part Brendan Dolan Michael Smith Dave Chisnall Jamie Caven Jason Hogg Adrian Lewis Ian White Wes Newton Terry Jenkins Stuart Kellett Kevin Painter Andy Hamilton John Bowles Paul Nicholson Steve Beaton Raymond van Barneveld Ross Smith Ronny Huybrechts Ken MacNeil Colin Lloyd Kevin McDine Scott Rand Mark Webster
Number 33-64 of the Order of Merit (receiving byes into Second Round)
Mark Cox Mickey Mansell Alex Roy Kevin Thomas Andy Jenkins Co Stompé Mark Walsh Paul Amos Colin Fowler Ricky Evans Joe Cullen Phil Taylor Jyhan Artut Steve West Nigel Heydon Magnus Caris Andy Smith John Henderson Matthew Edgar Arron Monk Terry Temple Joey Palfreyman Lee Palfreyman Kevin Dowling Ricky Sudale Peter Hudson Adam Hunt Richie Burnett Jelle Klaasen Dennis Smith Richie Howson Jim Walker
Remaining Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in First and Preliminary Round)
Adrian Gray James Wade Leon de Geus Matt Padgett Connie Finnan Dave Weston Justin Pipe Nick Fullwell Tony West Chris Aubrey Tomas Seyler Gino Vos Paddy Meaney Steve Brown Scott Coleman Darren Johnson Mark Dudbridge Steve Farmer Dean Winstanley Vincent van der Voort William O'Connor Dave Place Jason Wilson Ted Hankey Campbell Jackson John Scott Steve Hine Alan Derrett Andy Parsons Roland Scholten James Hubbard Bernd Roith Antonio Alcinas Shaun Griffiths Keegan Brown Mensur Suljović Royden Lam Wayne Jones Colin Osborne David Copley Gaz Cousins Keith Rooney Mark Lawrence Kirk Shepherd Gareth Pass Prakash Jiwa Jamie Lewis Matthew Dennant Vernon Sheppard Johnny Haines
Speedy qualifiers
32 players qualified from Speedy qualifiers held at four venues across Britain in April.
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Prize money
For the fifth consecutive UK Open the prize fund will be £200,000.[14]
Stage (no. of players) | Prize money | |
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Winner | (1) | £40,000 |
Runner-Up | (1) | £20,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | £10,000 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | £6,000 |
Last 16 (Round 5) | (8) | £4,000 |
Last 32 (Round 4) | (16) | £2,000 |
Last 64 (Round 3) | (32) | £1,000 |
Draw
Thursday 6 June; Best of nine legs
Preliminary round
Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
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2–5 | 5–4 | |||||
1–5 | 5–3 | |||||
5–3 | 1–5 | |||||
5–3 | 5–3 | |||||
5–0 | 5–2 | |||||
5–0 | 1–5 | |||||
5–2 | 5–3 | |||||
5–2 | 5–3 | |||||
1–5 | 1–5 |
First round
Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
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5–4 | 5–2 | |||||
5–4 | 0–5 | |||||
5–4 | 2–5 | |||||
2–5 | 2–5 | |||||
5–0 | 5–0 | |||||
5–2 | 5–4 | |||||
5–2 | 4–5 | |||||
4–5 | 3–5 | |||||
5–3 | 2–5 | |||||
3–5 | 2–5 | |||||
5–4 | 1–5 | |||||
3–5 | 5–1 | |||||
5–3 | 5–0 | |||||
5–3 | 3–5 | |||||
1–5 | 3–5 | |||||
5–4 | 5–3 |
Second round
Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
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4–5 | 1–5 | |||||
5–4 | 5–1 | |||||
4–5 | 3–5 | |||||
1–5 | 5–3 | |||||
5–1 | 0–5 | |||||
4–5 | 5–2 | |||||
4–5 | 1–5 | |||||
5–0 | 3–5 | |||||
4–5 | 4–5 | |||||
3–5 | 1–5 | |||||
4–5 | 2–5 | |||||
4–5 | 4–5 | |||||
2–5 | 5–1 | |||||
2–5 | 5–2 | |||||
5–4 | 4–5 | |||||
1–5 | 5–2 |
Friday 7 June; Best of seventeen legs
Third round
Saturday 8 June; Best of seventeen legs
Fourth round
Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
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9–6 | 4–9 | |||||
9–6 | 9–7 | |||||
8–9 | 7–9 | |||||
9–6 | 9–3 | |||||
9–5 | 8–9 | |||||
2–9 | 2–9 | |||||
3–9 | 9–6 | |||||
9–2 | 9–3 |
† Newton hit a nine-dart finish, having thrown 180, 180, and 141 to finish the leg.
Fifth round
Player | Score | Player |
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4–9 | ||
9–1 | ||
9–7 | ||
4–9 | ||
9–7 | ||
9–8 | ||
9–3 | ||
9–4 |
Sunday 9 June
Quarter-finals; Best of nineteen legs
Player | Score | Player |
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10–9 | ||
10–8 | ||
10–7 | ||
10–6 |
Semi-finals and Final
Semi-finals (best of 19) [21] | Final (best of 21) [21] | |||||
9 | ||||||
10 | ||||||
4 | ||||||
11 | ||||||
10 | ||||||
5 | ||||||
See also
- 2013 PDC Pro Tour includes extended results of Pro Tour events
References
- ↑ "UK Open darts: Phil Taylor beats Andy Hamilton to win fifth title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ↑ "Van Gerwen Races To UK Open Qualifier Win". PDC. Archived from the original on 2013-02-25. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ↑ "Mighty Mike Completes Crawley Double". PDC. Archived from the original on 2013-02-27. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ↑ "Three And Easy For Van Gerwen!". PDC. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ↑ "Thorn Strikes In Wigan". PDC. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ↑ "Elated Whitlock Wins Qualifier Five". PDC. Archived from the original on 2013-04-16. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ↑ "Four-Some Van Gerwen Wins Again!". PDC. Archived from the original on 2013-04-17. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
- ↑ "Seventh Heaven For Huybrechts". PDC. Archived from the original on 2013-04-30. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Van Gerwen's Five Alive With Whitewash!". PDC. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ↑ "Speedy Discover Scottish Amateur Qualifiers". PDC. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ↑ "Speedy Find Manchester Amateur Qualifiers". PDC. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ↑ "Speedy Stars Win Through At The Civic". PDC. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ↑ "Ally Pally Event Finds Final Amateurs". PDC. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ "2013 UK Open Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- ↑ "Speedy Services UK Open NetZone". PDC. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Speedy Services UK Open - Thursday". PDC. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ↑ "Speedy Services UK Open - Friday". PDC. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- ↑ "Speedy Services UK Open - Fourth Round". PDC. Archived from the original on 2013-06-10. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- ↑ "Speedy Services UK Open - Fifth Round". PDC. Archived from the original on 2013-06-10. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- ↑ "Speedy Services UK Open Quarter-Finals". PDC. Archived from the original on 2013-06-13. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- 1 2 "Taylor's Speedy Services UK Open Glory". PDC. Retrieved 9 June 2013.