2012 UK Open


The 2012 Speedy Hire UK Open was a Darts tournament staged in the UK by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the tenth 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, England, between 7–10 June 2012, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw is staged after each round until the final.
Robert Thornton won the tournament beating Phil Taylor 11–5 in the final to win his first PDC major.

Format and qualifiers

2012 UK Open Qualifiers

There were eight qualifying events staged across England between February and May 2012 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:
No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-UpTotal
Prize Money		WinnerRunner-Up
1Saturday 11 FebruaryK2 Centre, CrawleyWes Newton 6–3 Kim Huybrechts£34,600£6,000£3,000
2Sunday 12 FebruaryK2 Centre, CrawleyMichael van Gerwen 6–1 Dave Chisnall£34,600£6,000£3,000
3Saturday 24 MarchBarnsley Metrodome, BarnsleyPhil Taylor 6–2 Brendan Dolan£34,600£6,000£3,000
4Sunday 25 MarchBarnsley Metrodome, BarnsleyPhil Taylor 6–3 Dennis Smith£34,600£6,000£3,000
5Saturday 14 AprilBarnsley Metrodome, BarnsleyRaymond van Barneveld 6–3 Andy Smith£34,600£6,000£3,000
6Sunday 15 AprilBarnsley Metrodome, BarnsleyRaymond van Barneveld 6–2 Ian White£34,600£6,000£3,000
7Saturday 5 MayNIA Community Hall, BirminghamTerry Jenkins 6–3 Andy Hamilton£34,600£6,000£3,000
8Sunday 6 MayNIA Community Hall, BirminghamWes Newton 6–2 Justin Pipe£34,600£6,000£3,000

The tournament featured 178 players. The results of the eight qualifiers shown above were collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 32 players and ties 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 64 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)

Rileys qualifiers

32 players qualified from Rileys qualifiers held in Rileys Dart Zones across Britain.

Speedy qualifiers

32 players qualified from Speedy qualifiers held at seven venues across Britain from April to May.
Brighton
Dartford
Inverness
Leeds
Stoke-on-Trent
Cardiff
Haydock
For the fourth consecutive UK Open, the prize fund will be £200,000.

Draw

The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was made on 10 May.

Thursday 7 June; Best of 7 legs

Preliminary round

Player #1ScorePlayer #2Player #1ScorePlayer #2
Paul Amos4–0 Gary Ettridge Nigel Heydon4–0 Paul Critchley
Ben Johnson0–4 Stuart Daniels Steve Farmer1–4 Jamie Lewis
Joey Palfreyman4–3 Tom Gregory Jason Wilson1–4 Bernd Roith
Kirk Gordon0–4 Kevin McDine David Pallett2–4 Jerry Hendriks
Steve Brown4–2 Michael Barnard Harry Miles4–0 Andy Melling
Steve Beaton2–4 Jon Jukes Steve Hine4–3 Jamie Hughes
Josh Jones4–0 Mark Spencer Arron Monk4–3 Paul Boulton
Gaz Cousins4–0 Ben Burton Geoff Heath4–0 Darrin Pugh
Steve Maish4–2 Dave Solly Ted Hankey4–0 Danny Dutson
Adam Smith-Neale4–3 Rob Hawker Gus Santana2–4 Andy Jenkins
Andy Parsons3–4 Dean Stewart Steve Service1–4 Damien Sherwood
Marc Dewsbury3–4 Stephen Hardy John Scott2–4 Brian Woods
Denis Ovens4–1 Craig McCaskill John Nelson4–3 Ross Smith
Glen Durrant0–4 Stephen Bunting Mark Lawrence4–1 Jamie Robinson
Steve Werrett0–4 Mark Barilli Davey Dodds4–1 Alan Casey
Anthony Littleton4–2 Nicky Denoon Adrian Gray3–4 Steve Evans
Miller1–4 Mark Frost Mark Layton4–2 Michael Wiles
Gino Vos4–2 Paul Harvey Scott Robertson4–1 Mick Todd
Lee Bryant† John Henderson Sam Hill4–1 Jamie Ellam
Tony Broughton3–4 Tony Cooper Scott Taylor1–4 Lee Russell
Tony West2–4 Michael Burgoine Kevin Simm4–0 Mick Hayward
Connie Finnan‡ Andy Murray Stuart Anderson2–4 Joe Murnan
Ian Gleeson3–4 Kevin Rimmer Terry Temple4–2 Matt Clark
Andrew Cornwall3–4 John Bowles Dan Russell4–2 Toon Greebe
Dyson Parody4–0 Steve Mason Dave Ladley0–4 Liam Kelly

Player #1ScorePlayer #2Player #1ScorePlayer #2
Stuart Daniels0–4 Adam Smith-Neale Geoff Heath3–4 Paul Amos
Mark Lawrence2–4 Stephen Bunting Andy Roberts3–4 John Bowles
Bernd Roith2–4 Wayne Jones John Nelson1–4 Denis Ovens
Liam Kelly4–2 Shayne Burgess Dean Stewart4–1 Brian Woods
Mark Barilli4–3 Bob Crawley Thomas Sandwell0–4 Steve Hine
Gino Vos3–4 Mark Layton Paul Whitworth2–4 Steve Evans
Mark Frost1–4 Tony Cooper Jon Farmer2–4 Anthony Littleton
Jason Crawley4–1 Kevin Simm Gareth Cousins4–2 Michael Burgoine
Ted Hankey4–1 Andy Jenkins Jon Jukes3–4 Davey Dodds
Joe Murnan4–1 Dan Russell Terry Temple4–0 Mark Kelly
Scott Robertson4–1 Sam Hill Jon Bott4–2 Josh Jones
John Henderson4–3 Joey Palfreyman Stephen Hardy4–2 Ryan Murray
Arron Monk4–3 Jerry Hendriks Andy Murray4–1 Damien Sherwood
Dyson Parody4–2 Kevin Rimmer Kevin McDine4–2 Steve Brown
Jamie Lewis4–1 Mark Stephenson Lee Russell1–4 Nigel Heydon
Steve Maish2–4 Adam Hunt Paul Nicholson4–2 Harry Miles

Round 2

Player #1ScorePlayer #2Player #1ScorePlayer #2
Stephen Hardy1–4 William O'Connor Andy Murray3–4 Scott Rand
Jelle Klaasen4–3 Dyson Parody John Henderson2–4 Colin Osborne
Nigel Heydon4–1 John Bowles Andy Brown0–4 Peter Wright
Dean Stewart4–1 Adam Smith-Neale Steve Evans3–4 Roland Scholten
Arron Monk4–1 Adam Hunt Mark Hylton4–0 Antonio Alcinas
Paul Nicholson4–3 Tony Cooper Devon Petersen4–0 Andrew Gilding
Mark Webster4–3 Johnny Haines Steve Hine1–4 Terry Temple
Jason Crawley4–3 Mark Walsh James Richardson1–4 Jim Walker
Stuart White2–4 Davey Dodds Liam Kelly1–4 Stuart Kellett
Matthew Edgar0–4 Kevin McDine Peter Hudson4–1 Jamie Lewis
Co Stompé0–4 Alan Tabern Mervyn King4–1 Ted Hankey
Wayne Jones3–4 Paul Amos Darren Johnson0–4 Mickey Mansell
Prakash Jiwa2–4 Mark Barilli Denis Ovens4–1 Joe Murnan
Alex Roy2–4 Gareth Cousins Keith Stephen3–4 Scott Robertson
Mareno Michels2–4 Shaun Griffiths James Wade4–3 Stephen Bunting
Jon Bott2–4 Ronnie Baxter Anthony Littleton3–4 Mark Layton

Friday 8 June; Best of 17 legs

Round 3

Player #1ScorePlayer #2Player #1ScorePlayer #2
Kevin McDine1–9 Adrian Lewis Andy Smith9–6 Scott Rand
Mervyn King9–3 Gareth Cousins Kevin Painter8–9 Arron Monk
Ronnie Baxter9–6 Devon Petersen Roland Scholten7–9 Phil Taylor
Mark Webster7–9 Robert Thornton Paul Amos6–9 Vincent van der Voort
Gary Anderson †9–3 Davey Dodds Kevin Dowling4–9 Dennis Priestley
Paul Nicholson9–7 Mickey Mansell Mark Jones‡ Dennis Smith
Scott Robertson2–9 Justin Pipe William O'Connor3–9 Michael van Gerwen
Dean Stewart3–9 Denis Ovens Jason Crawley5–9 Dean Winstanley
Peter Wright9–7 John Part Peter Hudson4–9 Kim Huybrechts
Dave Chisnall9–7 Mark Layton Nigel Heydon4–9 Colin Osborne
Ian White8–9 Richie Burnett Michael Smith7–9 Darren Webster
Raymond van Barneveld9–3 Jelle Klaasen Wes Newton9–1 Shaun Griffiths
Jamie Caven9–6 Alan Tabern Mark Hylton9–6 Stuart Kellett
Terry Temple6–9 Simon Whitlock James Hubbard6–9 Terry Jenkins
Jim Walker4–9 Joe Cullen James Wade5–9 Colin Lloyd
Richie Howson2–9 Andy Hamilton Mark Barilli8–9 Brendan Dolan

Round 4

Player #1ScorePlayer #2Player #1ScorePlayer #2
Colin Lloyd8–9 Joe Cullen Justin Pipe5–9 Simon Whitlock
Richie Burnett4–9 Peter Wright Paul Nicholson9–3 Arron Monk
Vincent van der Voort7–9 Kim Huybrechts Colin Osborne1–9 Phil Taylor
Mark Hylton7–9 Jamie Caven Dennis Smith5–9 Dave Chisnall
Brendan Dolan8–9 Denis Ovens Dennis Priestley9–8 Andy Smith
Darren Webster6–9 Ronnie Baxter Robert Thornton9–7 Gary Anderson
Andy Hamilton5–9 Raymond van Barneveld Terry Jenkins9–3 Dean Winstanley
Michael van Gerwen9–7 Mervyn King Wes Newton9–7 Adrian Lewis

Round 5

Player #1ScorePlayer #2Player #1ScorePlayer #2
Michael van Gerwen 7–9 Terry Jenkins Robert Thornton 9–5 Dennis Priestley
Dave Chisnall 9–5 Simon Whitlock Joe Cullen 8–9 Jamie Caven
Phil Taylor 9–4 Ronnie Baxter Denis Ovens 9–8 Paul Nicholson
Raymond van Barneveld 9–8 Peter Wright Kim Huybrechts 8–9 Wes Newton

Sunday 10 June

Quarter Finals to Final