2017 UK Open


The 2017 Coral UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the fifteenth year of the tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competing in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held for the fourth time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 3–5 March 2017, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw will be staged after each round until the final.
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, but withdrew on the morning of the event with a back injury. Two-time runner-up and top seed Peter Wright won his first PDC major, defeating Gerwyn Price 11–6 in the final.

Format and qualifiers

UK Open Qualifiers

There are six qualifying events staged in February 2017 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners are:
No.DateVenueWinnerScoreRunner-upRef.
1Friday 3 FebruaryRobin Park Tennis Centre, WiganPeter Wright 6–4 Adrian Lewis
2Saturday 4 FebruaryRobin Park Tennis Centre, WiganSimon Whitlock 6–4 Gary Anderson
3Sunday 5 FebruaryRobin Park Tennis Centre, WiganPeter Wright 6–5 Michael Smith
4Friday 10 FebruaryRobin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan6–3 Gary Anderson
5Robin Park Tennis Centre, WiganSimon Whitlock 6–3
6Sunday 12 FebruaryRobin Park Tennis Centre, WiganPeter Wright 6–3 James Wade

The tournament is featuring 128 players. The results of the six qualifiers shown above were collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 32 players in the Order of Merit received a place at the final tournament. In addition, the next 64 players in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but started in the earlier rounds played on the Friday. A further 32 players qualify via regional qualifying tournaments.

Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into Third Round)

Number 65-96 of the Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in First Round)

Riley qualifiers (starting in First Round)

32 amateur players qualified from Riley qualifiers held across the UK.

Prize money

The prize fund increased from last year's edition prize fund to £350,000.

Draw

Friday 3 March

First round (best of eleven legs)

PlayerScorePlayerPlayerScorePlayer
6 – 5 Alan Tabern6 – 4
Johnny Haines 6 – 0 Wayne Morris Jamie Caven6 – 3 Dan Read
Ritchie Edhouse4 – 6 Rob Hewson Joe Davis6 – 2 Paul Harvey
Keegan Brown3 – 6 Paul Hogan Wayne Jones6 – 5 Lee Bryant
6 – 4 Jamie Bain4 – 6 Paul Barham
James Carroll 6 – 3 Brandon Walsh 6 – 1 Kevin Edwards
6 – 56 – 4 Gary Eastwood
Antonio Alcinas4 – 6 Ron Meulenkamp6 – 1 Royden Lam
6 – 4 Martin Biggs Paul Milford6 – 3
Tony Newell6 – 4 Mark Layton Matt Padgett6 – 2 Paul Cartwright
Paul Rowley5 – 6 Ronnie Baxter Jonny Clayton6 – 1 Jimmy McKirdy
6 – 16 – 5
Darryl Pilgrim 4 – 6 Ben Green 6 – 5
6 – 2 Andy Roberts Jonathan Worsley6 – 4 Dave Prins
6 – 3 Damian Smith Steve Maish 4 – 6 Neil Smith
Vincent Kamphuis3 – 6 Ryan Meikle Dave Parletti 6 – 2 Gareth Pass

Second round (best of eleven legs)

Third round (best of nineteen legs)

Saturday 4 March

Fourth round (best of nineteen legs)

PlayerScorePlayerPlayerScorePlayer
Benito van de Pas Alan Norris
Jelle Klaasen9 – 10 Rob Cross10 – 5 Ryan Searle
Peter Wright10 – 5 Dave Chisnall Adrian Lewis6 – 10 Paul Hogan
Chris Dobey5 – 10 Martin Lukeman Michael Smith10 – 8 Jermaine Wattimena
Gerwyn Price10 – 4 David Pallett Cristo Reyes5 – 10 Joe Cullen
Kim Huybrechts10 – 1 Ted Evetts10 – 6 Ronnie Baxter
10 – 3 Ron Meulenkamp Daryl Gurney10 – 3 Mark Webster
John Michael6 – 10 Alan Tabern Ian White10 – 7 Kirk Shepherd

Fifth round (best of nineteen legs)

PlayerScorePlayer
Gerwyn Price 101.2610 – 6 Paul Hogan 99.60
10 – 7 Alan Tabern 88.28
Ian White 91.2210 – 3 Martin Lukeman 86.89
Michael Smith 93.266 – 10 Alan Norris 94.89
Kim Huybrechts 97.1410 – 9 Joe Cullen 96.42
Simon Whitlock 94.8010 – 7 William O'Connor 93.70
Daryl Gurney 92.0710 – 5 94.51
Peter Wright 101.3310 – 6 Rob Cross 99.11

Sunday 5 March

Quarter-finals (best of nineteen legs)

Semi-finals and Final (best of twenty-one legs)