2013 UK Open

Speedy Services UK Open
Tournament information
Dates	6–9 June 2013
Venue	Reebok Stadium
Location	Bolton
Country	United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs Final – best of 21
Prize fund	£200,000
Winners share	£40,000
Nine dart finish	Wes Newton
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«2012 2014»

The 2013 Speedy Services UK Open was a darts tournament staged in the UK by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the eleventh 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 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 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.
1	Saturday 23 February	K2 Centre, Crawley	Michael van Gerwen	6–2	Dave Chisnall	[2]
2	Sunday 24 February		Michael van Gerwen	6–2	Brendan Dolan	[3]
3	Saturday 16 March	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan	Michael van Gerwen	6–2	Michael Smith	[4]
4	Sunday 17 March		Robert Thornton	6–4	Jamie Caven	[5]
5	Saturday 13 April		Simon Whitlock	6–1	Michael van Gerwen	[6]
6	Sunday 14 April		Michael van Gerwen	6–5	Kim Huybrechts	[7]
7	Saturday 27 April		Kim Huybrechts	6–2	John Part	[8]
8	Sunday 28 April		Michael van Gerwen	6–0	Mervyn King	[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)

Number 33-64 of the Order of Merit (receiving byes into Second Round)

Remaining Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in First and Preliminary Round)

Speedy qualifiers

32 players qualified from Speedy qualifiers held at four venues across Britain in April.

Prize money

For the fifth consecutive UK Open the prize fund will be £200,000.^[14]

Draw

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Thursday 6 June; Best of nine legs

Preliminary round

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Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Robbie Green	2–5	James Wade		Vincent van der Voort	5–4	Andy Murray
Nick Fullwell	1–5	Wayne Jones		Colin Osborne	5–3	Steve Hine
Steve Farmer	5–3	Chris Aubrey		Stuart Lowe	1–5	Jake Pennington
Gino Vos	5–3	Alan Derrett		Keegan Brown	5–3	Keith Rooney
Stephen Bunting	5–0	Vernon Shepherd		Connie Finnan	5–2	Campbell Jackson
Scott Coleman	5–0	Mark McGeeney		Mickey Musto	1–5	Bernd Roith
Maik Langendorf	5–2	Tony Martin		Darren Johnson	5–3	Antonio Alcinas
Royden Lam	5–2	Paddy Meaney		Tony West	5–3	Jamie Lewis
Tam Dymond	1–5	Gavin Baker		Terry Dunford	1–5	Dean Stewart

First round

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Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Conan Whitehead	5–4	Roland Scholten		James Hubbard	5–2	John Scott
Mark Lawrence	5–4	Mensur Suljović		Darrell Thorpe	0–5	Stephen Bunting
Dave Weston	5–4	Dean Winstanley		Paul Whitworth	2–5	Andy Boulton
Justin Pipe	2–5	Gareth Pass		Steve Farmer	2–5	Gaz Cousins
Michael Burgoine	5–0	Darren Twist		James Wade	5–0	Matt Gallett
Prakash Jiwa	5–2	Darren Johnson		Gary Stone	5–4	Maik Langendorf
Jay Wilson	5–2	Tomas Seyler		Steve Brown	4–5	Adrian Gray
Gavin Baker	4–5	Dave Place		Tony West	3–5	Jake Pennington
Andy Parsons	5–3	Jamie Hagan		Andrew McNicol	2–5	Steven Mead
Bernd Roith	3–5	Ted Hankey		Shaun Griffiths	2–5	Keegan Brown
Michael Bushby	5–4	John Mortimer		Nigel Daniels	1–5	Johnny Haines
Scott Coleman	3–5	Scott Marsh		Connie Finnan	5–1	Gino Vos
Matthew Dennant	5–3	Darrell Townsend		Matt Padgett	5–0	David Copley
Dean Stewart	5–3	Gus Santana		Vincent van der Voort	3–5	Kirk Shepherd
Robbie Singleton	1–5	William O'Connor		Leon de Geus	3–5	Scott Robertson
Colin Osborne	5–4	Mark Dudbridge		Wayne Jones	5–3	Royden Lam

Second round

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Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Ricky Sudale	4–5	Richie Burnett		Kevin Dowling	1–5	Phil Taylor
Matthew Edgar	5–4	Colin Osborne		Ted Hankey	5–1	Dave Weston
Alex Roy	4–5	Mark Cox		Jake Pennington	3–5	Steve West
Magnus Caris	1–5	Kirk Shepherd		Joey Palfreyman	5–3	Keegan Brown
Adam Hunt	5–1	Paul Amos		Scott Marsh	0–5	Jyhan Artut
Connie Finnan	4–5	Adrian Gray		Stephen Bunting	5–2	Jay Wilson
Colin Fowler	4–5	Matt Padgett		Gary Stone	1–5	Dennis Smith
James Wade	5–0	Wayne Jones		Steve Mead	3–5	Dean Stewart
Co Stompé	4–5	Michael Mansell		Peter Hudson	4–5	Mark Lawrence
James Hubbard	3–5	Andy Smith		Michael Bushby	1–5	Jim Walker
Mark Walsh	4–5	Lee Palfreyman		Arron Monk	2–5	Gaz Cousins
Scott Robertson	4–5	Andy Boulton		Gareth Pass	4–5	Jelle Klaasen
Ricky Evans	2–5	Joe Cullen		Terry Temple	5–1	Prakash Jiwa
Dave Place	2–5	John Henderson		William O'Connor	5–2	Johnny Haines
Andy Jenkins	5–4	Nigel Heydon		Michael Burgoine	4–5	Richie Howson
Kevin Thomas	1–5	Conan Whitehead		Matthew Dennant	5–2	Andy Parsons

Friday 7 June; Best of seventeen legs

Third round

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Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Mark Webster	2–9	Richie Burnett		John Part	9–4	Ted Hankey
Phil Taylor	9–0	Ronny Huybrechts		Michael van Gerwen	9–5	Mervyn King
Kim Huybrechts	9–5	Jyhan Artut		Simon Whitlock	4–9	Wes Newton
Raymond van Barneveld	9–8	Michael Smith		Adrian Lewis	9–1	Matthew Dennant
Steve West	9–3	Ian White		Matt Padgett	9–2	Richie Howson
Mark Lawrence	4–9	Terry Temple		Conan Whitehead (Q)	8–9	Michael Mansell
Kevin McDine	9–8	Adam Hunt		Peter Wright	9–4	Gaz Cousins
Steve Beaton	5–9	Joey Palfreyman		Adrian Gray	9–5	Dean Stewart (Q)
John Henderson	9–7	Scott Rand		Dave Chisnall	9–4	William O'Connor
James Wade	9–7	Jamie Caven		Robert Thornton	9–7	Matthew Edgar
John Bowles	9–5	Paul Nicholson		Terry Jenkins	9–7	Jim Walker
Ken MacNeil	8–9	Ronnie Baxter		Andy Hamilton	9–6	Andy Boulton (Q)
Stephen Bunting (Q)	9–3	Andy Jenkins		Kirk Shepherd	9–7	Mark Cox
Stuart Kellett	9–3	Dennis Smith		Kevin Painter	9–1	Jason Hogg
Lee Palfreyman	9–5	Joe Cullen		Ross Smith	7–9	Jelle Klaasen
Brendan Dolan	9–8	Colin Lloyd		Gary Anderson	9–7	Andy Smith

Saturday 8 June; Best of seventeen legs

Fourth round

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Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Ronnie Baxter	9–6	Lee Palfreyman		John Part	4–9	Andy Hamilton
Terry Jenkins	9–6	Kim Huybrechts		Terry Temple	9–7	John Bowles
Wes Newton †	8–9	Adrian Lewis		Gary Anderson	7–9	Kevin Painter
Brendan Dolan	9–6	Matt Padgett		Michael van Gerwen	9–3	Michael Mansell
Robert Thornton	9–5	Kirk Shepherd		Kevin McDine	8–9	John Henderson
Stephen Bunting (Q)	2–9	Peter Wright		Dave Chisnall	2–9	James Wade
Joey Palfreyman	3–9	Raymond van Barneveld		Steve West	9–6	Richie Burnett
Phil Taylor	9–2	Adrian Gray		Jelle Klaasen	9–3	Stuart Kellett

† Newton hit a nine-dart finish, having thrown 180, 180, and 141 to finish the leg.

Fifth round

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Player	Score	Player
Steve West	4–9	Peter Wright
Andy Hamilton	9–1	Terry Temple
Ronnie Baxter	9–7	Jelle Klaasen
John Henderson	4–9	James Wade
Raymond van Barneveld	9–7	Robert Thornton
Phil Taylor	9–8	Brendan Dolan
Michael van Gerwen	9–3	Terry Jenkins
Adrian Lewis	9–4	Kevin Painter

Sunday 9 June

Quarter-finals; Best of nineteen legs

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Player	Score	Player
Raymond van Barneveld (95.32)	10–9	Ronnie Baxter (97.13)
Andy Hamilton (98.25)	10–8	James Wade (97.33)
Phil Taylor (106.56)	10–7	Michael van Gerwen (101.67)
Peter Wright (98.82)	10–6	Adrian Lewis (93.57)

Semi-finals and Final

	Semi-finals (best of 19) [21]				Final (best of 21) [21]
	Raymond van Barneveld	9
	Andy Hamilton	10
					Andy Hamilton	4
					Phil Taylor	11
	Phil Taylor	10
	Peter Wright	5

See also

• 2013 PDC Pro Tour includes extended results of Pro Tour events

References

External links

• The official PDC page for the UK Open