Tournament Name: | 2020 Ladbrokes UK Open |
Dates: | 6–8 March 2020 |
Venue: | Butlin's Resort |
Location: | Minehead |
Organization: | PDC |
Format: | Legs Final – best of 21 |
Prize Fund: | £450,000 |
Winners Share: | £100,000 |
Nine Dart: | Jonny Clayton Michael van Gerwen |
High Checkout: | |
Winner: | Michael van Gerwen |
Prev: | 2019 |
Next: | 2021 |
The 2020 Ladbrokes UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the eighteenth year of the tournament where players compete in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held for the seventh time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 6–8 March 2020, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw is staged after each round following the conclusion of the third round until the final.
Nathan Aspinall was the defending champion after defeating Rob Cross 11–5 in the 2019 final.[1] However, he lost 10–8 to Michael van Gerwen in the fourth round.
Michael van Gerwen won the UK Open for the third time, and the first time since 2016 after beating Gerwyn Price 11–9 in the final. It was Van Gerwen's first title since he won the 2019 Players Championship Finals, where he beat the same opponent, by the same scoreline, at the same venue.
It was the first edition of the UK Open to have more than one nine-darter hit. Jonny Clayton hit a nine-darter on Stage Two during his sixth-round match with Chris Dobey, before Michael van Gerwen did the same against Daryl Gurney in the semi-finals.
The prize fund remained at £450,000.
Stage (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £450,000) | ||||
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Winner | align=center | (1) | align=center | £100,000 | |
Runner-up | align=center | (1) | align=center | £40,000 | |
Semi-finalists | align=center | (2) | align=center | £20,000 | |
Quarter-finalists | align=center | (4) | align=center | £12,500 | |
Last 16 (sixth round) | align=center | (8) | align=center | £7,500 | |
Last 32 (fifth round) | align=center | (16) | align=center | £4,000 | |
Last 64 (fourth round) | align=center | (32) | align=center | £2,000 | |
Last 96 (third round) | align=center | (32) | align=center | £1,000 | |
Last 128 (second round) | align=center | (32) | align=center | n/a | |
Last 160 (first round) | align=center | (32) | align=center | n/a |
There is a slight change in format for this year, with the 16 Challenge Tour qualifiers becoming 8, with 8 spaces for the Development Tour now available.
The 160 participants will enter the competition incrementally, with 64 players entering in the first round, with match winners joining the 32 players entering in the second and third rounds to leave the last 64 in the fourth round.
The top 8 ranked players from the 2019 Challenge Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2020 season qualified for the first round.
The top 8 ranked players from the 2019 Development Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2020 season qualified for the first round.
16 amateur players will qualify from 16 Rileys Sports Bar qualifiers held across the UK between 25 January and 22 February.
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Scott Baker 87.82 | Mark McGeeney 99.33 | Jeff Smith 97.94 | John Michael 94.88 | ||||||||||
David Pallett 80.80 | 3 – 6 | Kevin Doets (DT) 88.51 | Jason Heaver (Q) 80.01 | 4 – 6 | |||||||||
Marko Kantele 89.10 | 0 – 6 | Scott Waites 100.26 | 6 – 1 | Geert Nentjes 93.88 | |||||||||
Daniel Larsson 90.96 | 5 – 6 | Mike De Decker 88.80 | Bradley Brooks 90.49 | 6 – 3 | Nick Kenny 77.93 | ||||||||
Harry Ward 90.70 | 6 – 5 | Gavin Carlin 90.83 | Kirk Shepherd 77.95 | 2 – 6 | Kai Fan Leung 89.01 | ||||||||
Karel Sedláček 87.51 | 6 – 2 | Barrie Bates 82.43 | Rhys Hayden (Q) 87.27 | 6 – 4 | |||||||||
Andy Boulton 87.15 | 6 – 2 | Reece Robinson 81.42 | Nathan Derry 85.43 | 3 – 6 | Maik Kuivenhoven 95.35 | ||||||||
5 – 6 | Wesley Harms 88.67 | Derk Telnekes 83.76 | 3 – 6 | Madars Razma 89.22 | |||||||||
Jonathan Worsley 83.39 | 6 – 4 | Matt Clark 79.33 | Carl Wilkinson 87.02 | 2 – 6 | Steffen Siepmann 91.81 | ||||||||
Ted Evetts 82.80 | 6 – 1 | Berry van Peer (CT) 80.46 | Steve Brown 98.63 | 3 – 6 | Alan Tabern 97.29 | ||||||||
Cody Harris (CT) 88.49 | 1 – 6 | Jason Lowe 91.35 | Martin Atkins 89.70 | 6 – 2 | Christian Bunse 86.21 | ||||||||
Mike van Duivenbode 84.67 | 1 – 6 | Niels Zonneveld 95.50 | 6 – 4 | Andy Hamilton 97.49 | |||||||||
5 – 6 | Jason Askew (Q) 91.18 | Peter Jacques 86.57 | 3 – 6 | Yordi Meeuwisse 91.40 | |||||||||
Lewy Williams (Q) 97.47 | 6 – 3 | Adrian Gray 94.05 | Harald Leitinger 84.98 | 3 – 6 | Joe Murnan 94.45 | ||||||||
Stephen Burton (CT) 81.09 | 6 – 4 | Wayne Jones 89.30 | 3 – 6 | Conan Whitehead 92.67 | |||||||||
Danny van Trijp (DT) 94.23 | 0 – 6 | William Borland 98.02 | 3 – 6 | Callan Rydz 85.07 |
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Gerwyn Price 104.23 | 10 – 3 | Danny Noppert 92.34 | Glen Durrant 96.14 | 8 – 10 | Peter Wright 102.30 | ||||||||
10 – 8 | Nathan Aspinall 97.69 | Gary Anderson 99.38 | 10 – 7 | Steve Beaton 91.06 | |||||||||
Rhys Hayden (Q) 84.80 | 5 – 10 | Dave Chisnall 92.99 | 8 – 10 | ||||||||||
9 – 10 | Stephen Bunting 90.59 | 9 – 10 | Chris Dobey 105.06 | ||||||||||
Harry Ward 90.42 | 6 – 10 | Ian White 99.29 | 10 – 4 | Jamie Lewis 88.03 | |||||||||
Ryan Joyce 95.29 | 9 – 10 | Gabriel Clemens 99.48 | Michael Smith 96.80 | 10 – 4 | James Wilson 87.10 | ||||||||
Ryan Searle 95.92 | 6 – 10 | Alan Tabern 92.45 | |||||||||||
10 – 9 | Jermaine Wattimena 91.53 | 7 – 10 | Simon Whitlock 97.11 | ||||||||||
10 – 8 | Bradley Brooks 88.82 | Rob Cross 91.64 | 10 – 7 | Niels Zonneveld 85.60 | |||||||||
Joe Cullen 93.15 | 10 – 7 | Mervyn King 84.38 | Adrian Lewis 94.91 | 4 – 10 | Jason Lowe 99.82 | ||||||||
William Borland 83.46 | Jelle Klaasen 92.81 | ||||||||||||
Simon Stevenson 85.43 | 10 – 9 | Darren Webster 90.52 | Jonny Clayton 103.58 | 10 – 7 | Scott Waites 94.04 | ||||||||
Luke Humphries 91.04 | 8 – 10 | Andy Boulton 89.16 | 9 – 10 | Steve West 84.52 | |||||||||
Matthew Edgar 85.27 | 10 – 5 | Josh Payne 85.66 | James Wade 90.92 | 10 – 5 | John Henderson 90.93 | ||||||||
9 – 10 | Daryl Gurney 98.60 | Justin Pipe 83.27 | 2 – 10 | ||||||||||
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5 – 10 | Chris Dobey 98.45 | Jason Lowe 95.15 | |||||||||||
Peter Wright 101.49 | 10 – 6 | Ian White 98.52 | Rob Cross 93.73 | 10 – 9 | Michael Smith 98.87 | ||||||||
Daryl Gurney 94.86 | 10 – 9 | Gerwyn Price 98.60 | Ricky Evans 89.92 | ||||||||||
James Wade 95.88 | 10 – 1 | Kim Huybrechts 88.55 | Gary Anderson 91.29 | 10 – 5 | Simon Stevenson 88.38 | ||||||||
Joe Cullen 93.12 | 7 – 10 | ||||||||||||
Stephen Bunting 102.31 | 10 – 2 | Alan Tabern 94.22 | Matthew Edgar 81.49 | ||||||||||
10 – 7 | Martin Atkins 88.99 | Jelle Klaasen 97.41 | Steve West 88.43 | ||||||||||
10 – 5 | Andy Boulton 90.76 | 6 – 10 | Gabriel Clemens 99.47 |
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Gerwyn Price 102.87 | 10 – 9 | James Wade 92.49 | |||||||||||
Jelle Klaasen 93.01 | 10 – 9 | Gary Anderson 94.06 | Peter Wright 101.78 | 6 – 10 | Daryl Gurney 99.33 | ||||||||
Chris Dobey 95.55 | |||||||||||||
10 – 8 | Rob Cross 94.46 | 10 – 8 | Stephen Bunting 91.20 | ||||||||||
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Michael van Gerwen 110.81 | Rob Cross 95.12 | ||||
Daryl Gurney 95.26 | 10 – 9 | Jelle Klaasen 94.62 | |||
Jamie Hughes 90.57 | 9 – 10 |