2010 UK Open
| Rileys Darts Zones UK Open | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 3–6 June 2010 | ||
| Venue | Reebok Stadium | ||
| Location | Bolton | ||
| Country | England | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs Final – best of 21 |
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| Prize fund | £200,000 | ||
| Winners share | £40,000 | ||
| Nine dart finish |  Mervyn KingRound 5 vs  Gary Anderson |
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| High checkout | 167 Phil Taylor Final vs Gary Anderson |
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| Champion(s) | |||
| Phil Taylor |
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The 2010 Rileys Darts Zones UK Open was the eighth 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 over June 3–6, 2010, and had the nickname, the "FA Cup of darts" as a random draw was staged after each round until the final. It was eventually won by Phil Taylor who defeated Scotland's Gary Anderson 11–5 to make it his fourth UK Open and second consecutive championship.
In the fourth round of this tournament, Phil Taylor beat Kevin Painter 9–0 with a 3–dart average of 118.66, which is the all-time highest 3–dart average for a televised darts match.
Contents
2010 UK Open Qualifiers
There were eight qualifying events staged between February and May 2010 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:
| No. | Winner | Score | Runner-Up | Total Prize Money |
Winner | Runner-Up |
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| 1 | Mervyn King |
6 - 1 |  Simon Whitlock |
£31,200 | £6,000 | £3,000 |
| 2 | Mark Walsh |
6 - 2 | Phil Taylor |
£31,200 | £6,000 | £3,000 |
| 3 | Phil Taylor |
6 - 0 | Jamie Caven |
£31,200 | £6,000 | £3,000 |
| 4 | Gary Anderson |
6 - 5 | Wes Newton |
£31,200 | £6,000 | £3,000 |
| 5 | Mark Walsh |
6 - 3 |  John Part |
£31,200 | £6,000 | £3,000 |
| 6 | Phil Taylor |
6 - 2 | Peter Wright |
£31,200 | £6,000 | £3,000 |
| 7 | Colin Lloyd |
6 - 3 | Colin Osborne |
£31,200 | £6,000 | £3,000 |
| 8 | James Wade |
6 - 2 | Gary Anderson |
£31,200 | £6,000 | £3,000 |
Format and qualifiers
The tournament featured 138 players. As in previous years, eight regional UK Open events were staged across the UK where players winning were 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.[1]
Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into Third Round)
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The Rileys 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.
Number 33-64 of the Order of Merit (receiving byes into Second Round)
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Remaining Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in First and Preliminary Round)
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32 players qualified from Rileys qualifiers held in Rileys Dart Zones across Britain.[2]
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10 players qualified as BDO representatives from Avon, Bedfordshire, East Stirlingshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Lothian, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Surrey, Warwickshire.[2] These counties were rewarded one spot each in the UK Open for voting in favour of listening to Barry Hearn's proposed takeover of the BDO.[3]
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Prize money
For the second consecutive UK Open, the prize fund was £200,000.
- Champion £40,000
- Runner-up £20,000
- Semi-finalists £10,000
- Quarter-finalists £6,000
- Last 16 £4,000
- Last 32 £2,000
- Last 64 £1,000
Draw
The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was made on May 13.[4]
Thursday June 3; Best of 11 legs
Preliminary round
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Round 1
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- * Steve Farmer received a bye as Dean Edlin was disqualified because he did not register
- * Tony Hutchinson received a bye as Darren Sullivan was disqualified because he did not register
Round 2
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- * Chris Mason withdrew for personal reasons.
Friday June 4; Best of 17 legs
Round 3
Saturday June 5; Best of 17 legs
Round 4
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Round 5
| Player #1 | Score | Player #2 |
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| Phil Taylor |
9–6 | Simon Whitlock |
| Ronnie Baxter |
7–9 | Andy Hamilton |
| Kevin McDine |
2–9 | James Wade |
| Gary Anderson |
9–8 | Mervyn King |
| Andy Smith |
1–9 | Denis Ovens |
| Alan Tabern |
5–9 | Tony Ayres |
| Nigel Heydon |
5–9 | Wes Newton |
| Adrian Lewis |
9–4 | Wayne Jones |
Sunday June 6
Last 8 to final
| Quarter-finals Best of 19 legs[8][dead link] |
Semi-finals Best of 19 legs[9][dead link] |
Final Best of 21 legs[10][dead link] |
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| James Wade |
9 | |||||||||
| Tony Ayres |
10 | |||||||||
| Tony Ayres |
3 | |||||||||
| Gary Anderson |
10 | |||||||||
| Gary Anderson |
10 | |||||||||
| Andy Hamilton |
6 | |||||||||
| Gary Anderson |
5 | |||||||||
| Phil Taylor |
11 | |||||||||
| Wes Newton |
3 | |||||||||
| Denis Ovens |
10 | |||||||||
| Denis Ovens |
5 | |||||||||
| Phil Taylor |
10 | |||||||||
| Phil Taylor |
10 | |||||||||
| Adrian Lewis |
2 | |||||||||
Nine Dart Finish
Mervyn King hit a nine dart finish in his fourth round match against Gary Anderson, however he lost the match 9-8.
World Record
Phil Taylor hit the highest televised average in history in his 9-0 victory over Kevin Painter, finishing the match with a three-dart average of 118.66.
See also
- UK Open history of event and previous winners
- 2010 in darts includes extended results of Pro Tour events
- PDC Pro Tour history of PDC "floor events"
References
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