The 2013 Speedy Services UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the eleventh year of the UK Open 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 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 and final UK Open title.
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 Sunday 24 February Michael van Gerwen 6–2 Brendan Dolan 3 Saturday 16 March Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan Michael van Gerwen 6–2 Michael Smith 4 Sunday 17 March Robert Thornton 6–4 Jamie Caven 5 Saturday 13 April Simon Whitlock 6–1 Michael van Gerwen 6 Sunday 14 April Michael van Gerwen 6–5 Kim Huybrechts 7 Saturday 27 April Kim Huybrechts 6–2 John Part 8 Sunday 28 April Michael van Gerwen 6–0 Mervyn King
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.
Hampden Park, Glasgow Gus Santana Andy Murray Gary Stone Jamie Hagen Tam Dymond Scott Robertson Andrew McNicol Andy Boulton
Old Trafford, Manchester Stephen Bunting Michael Bushby Mark McGeeney Darren Twist Stuart Lowe Nigel Daniels Tony Martin Paul Whitworth
Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Darrell Thorpe Matt Gallett Gavin Baker Michael Musto Robbie Singleton Robbie Green Jake Pennington Dean Stewart
Alexandra Palace, London Conan Whitehead Darrell Townsend Terry Dunford John Mortimer Maik Langendorf Scott Marsh Steven Mead Michael Burgoine
Prize money For the fifth consecutive UK Open, the prize fund was £200,000.
Stage (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £200,000) Winner (1) £40,000 Runner-Up (1) £20,000 Semi-finalists (2) £10,000 Quarter-finalists (4) £6,000 Last 16 (fifth round) (8) £4,000 Last 32 (fourth round) (16) £2,000 Last 64 (third round) (32) £1,000 Last 96 (second round) (32) n/a Last 128 (first round) (32) n/a Last 146 (preliminary round) (18) n/a
Draw
Thursday 6 June; Best of nine legs
Preliminary round
Player ScorePlayerPlayer ScorePlayer Robbie Green2–5 James Wade Vincent van der Voort5–4 Andy Murray Nick Fullwell1–5 Wayne Jones Colin Osborne5–3 Steve Hine Steve Farmer5–3 Chris Aubrey Stuart Lowe1–5 Jake Pennington Gino Vos5–3 Alan Derrett Keegan Brown5–3 Keith Rooney Stephen Bunting5–0 Vernon Shepherd Connie Finnan5–2 Campbell Jackson Scott Coleman5–0 Mark McGeeney Mickey Musto1–5 Bernd Roith Maik Langendorf5–2 Tony Martin Darren Johnson5–3 Antonio Alcinas Royden Lam5–2 Paddy Meaney Tony West5–3 Jamie Lewis Tam Dymond1–5 Gavin Baker Terry Dunford1–5 Dean Stewart
First round
Player ScorePlayerPlayer ScorePlayer Conan Whitehead (Q)5–4 Roland Scholten James Hubbard5–2 John Scott Mark Lawrence5–4 Mensur Suljović Darrell Thorpe0–5 Stephen Bunting Dave Weston5–4 Dean Winstanley Paul Whitworth2–5 Andy Boulton Justin Pipe2–5 Gareth Pass Steve Farmer2–5 Gaz Cousins Michael Burgoine5–0 Darren Twist James Wade5–0 Matt Gallett Prakash Jiwa5–2 Darren Johnson Gary Stone5–4 Maik Langendorf Jay Wilson5–2 Tomas Seyler Steve Brown4–5 Adrian Gray Gavin Baker4–5 Dave Place Tony West3–5 Jake Pennington Andy Parsons5–3 Jamie Hagan Andrew McNicol2–5 Steven Mead Bernd Roith3–5 Ted Hankey Shaun Griffiths2–5 Keegan Brown Michael Bushby5–4 John Mortimer Nigel Daniels1–5 Johnny Haines Scott Coleman3–5 Scott Marsh Connie Finnan5–1 Gino Vos Matthew Dennant5–3 Darrell Townsend Matt Padgett5–0 David Copley Dean Stewart5–3 Gus Santana Vincent van der Voort3–5 Kirk Shepherd Robbie Singleton1–5 William O'Connor Leon de Geus3–5 Scott Robertson Colin Osborne5–4 Mark Dudbridge Wayne Jones5–3 Royden Lam
Second round
Player ScorePlayerPlayer ScorePlayer Ricky Sudale4–5 Richie Burnett Kevin Dowling1–5 Phil Taylor Matthew Edgar5–4 Colin Osborne Ted Hankey5–1 Dave Weston Alex Roy4–5 Mark Cox Jake Pennington3–5 Steve West Magnus Caris1–5 Kirk Shepherd Joey Palfreyman5–3 Keegan Brown Adam Hunt5–1 Paul Amos Scott Marsh0–5 Jyhan Artut Connie Finnan4–5 Adrian Gray Stephen Bunting5–2 Jay Wilson Colin Fowler4–5 Matt Padgett Gary Stone1–5 Dennis Smith James Wade5–0 Wayne Jones Steve Mead3–5 Dean Stewart Co Stompé4–5 Mickey Mansell Peter Hudson4–5 Mark Lawrence James Hubbard3–5 Andy Smith Michael Bushby1–5 Jim Walker Mark Walsh4–5 Lee Palfreyman Arron Monk2–5 Gaz Cousins Scott Robertson4–5 Andy Boulton Gareth Pass4–5 Jelle Klaasen Ricky Evans2–5 Joe Cullen Terry Temple5–1 Prakash Jiwa Dave Place2–5 John Henderson William O'Connor5–2 Johnny Haines Andy Jenkins5–4 Nigel Heydon Michael Burgoine4–5 Richie Howson Kevin Thomas1–5 Conan Whitehead (Q) Matthew Dennant5–2 Andy Parsons
Friday 7 June; Best of seventeen legs
Third round
Player ScorePlayerPlayer ScorePlayer Mark Webster2–9 Richie Burnett John Part9–4 Ted Hankey Phil Taylor9–0 Ronny Huybrechts Michael van Gerwen9–5 Mervyn King Kim Huybrechts9–5 Jyhan Artut Simon Whitlock4–9 Wes Newton Raymond van Barneveld9–8 Michael Smith Adrian Lewis9–1 Matthew Dennant Steve West9–3 Ian White Matt Padgett9–2 Richie Howson Mark Lawrence4–9 Terry Temple Conan Whitehead (Q)8–9 Mickey Mansell Kevin McDine9–8 Adam Hunt Peter Wright9–4 Gaz Cousins Steve Beaton5–9 Joey Palfreyman Adrian Gray9–5 Dean Stewart (Q) John Henderson9–7 Scott Rand Dave Chisnall9–4 William O'Connor James Wade9–7 Jamie Caven Robert Thornton9–7 Matthew Edgar John Bowles9–5 Paul Nicholson Terry Jenkins9–7 Jim Walker Ken MacNeil8–9 Ronnie Baxter Andy Hamilton9–6 Andy Boulton (Q) Stephen Bunting (Q)9–3 Andy Jenkins Kirk Shepherd9–7 Mark Cox Stuart Kellett9–3 Dennis Smith Kevin Painter9–1 Jason Hogg Lee Palfreyman9–5 Joe Cullen Ross Smith7–9 Jelle Klaasen Brendan Dolan9–8 Colin Lloyd Gary Anderson9–7 Andy Smith
Saturday 8 June; Best of seventeen legs
Fourth round
Player ScorePlayerPlayer ScorePlayer Ronnie Baxter9–6 Lee Palfreyman John Part4–9 Andy Hamilton Terry Jenkins9–6 Kim Huybrechts Terry Temple9–7 John Bowles Wes Newton †8–9 Adrian Lewis Gary Anderson7–9 Kevin Painter Brendan Dolan9–6 Matt Padgett Michael van Gerwen9–3 Mickey Mansell Robert Thornton9–5 Kirk Shepherd Kevin McDine8–9 John Henderson Stephen Bunting (Q)2–9 Peter Wright Dave Chisnall2–9 James Wade Joey Palfreyman3–9 Raymond van Barneveld Steve West9–6 Richie Burnett Phil Taylor9–2 Adrian Gray Jelle Klaasen9–3 Stuart Kellett
† Newton hit a nine-dart finish, having thrown 180, 180, and 141 to finish the leg.
Fifth round
Player ScorePlayer Steve West4–9 Peter Wright Andy Hamilton9–1 Terry Temple Ronnie Baxter9–7 Jelle Klaasen John Henderson4–9 James Wade Raymond van Barneveld9–7 Robert Thornton Phil Taylor9–8 Brendan Dolan Michael van Gerwen9–3 Terry Jenkins Adrian Lewis9–4 Kevin Painter
Sunday 9 June
Quarter-finals; Best of nineteen legs
Player ScorePlayer Raymond van Barneveld 95.3210–9 Ronnie Baxter 97.13 Andy Hamilton 98.2510–8 James Wade 97.33 Phil Taylor 106.5610–7 Michael van Gerwen 101.67 Peter Wright 98.8210–6 Adrian Lewis 93.57
Semi-finals and Final
See also 2013 PDC Pro Tour includes extended results of Pro Tour events
References
External links The official PDC page for the UK Open