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, England, from 3–6 June 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. Earlier in the tournament, Anderson was the on the wrong side of a nine-dart finish from Mervyn King.
In the fourth round of this tournament, Phil Taylor beat Kevin Painter 9–0 with a 3–dart average of 118.66, which at the time was the all-time highest 3–dart average for a televised darts match. It was eventually beaten on 25 February 2016 in the 2016 Premier League Darts meeting in Aberdeen, when Michael van Gerwen averaged 123.40 in beating Michael Smith 7–1.
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)Edit
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)Edit
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]
Mervyn King hit a nine dart finish in his fourth round match against Gary Anderson, however he lost the match 9-8.
World recordEdit
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.
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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 England from 3 6 June 2010 and had the nickname the FA Cup of darts as a random draw was staged after each round until the final 2010 Rileys Darts Zones UK OpenTournament informationDates3 6 June 2010VenueReebok StadiumLocationBoltonCountry EnglandOrganisation s PDCFormatLegsFinal best of 21Prize fund 200 000Winner s share 40 000Nine dart finishMervyn KingHigh checkout167 Phil Taylor final Champion s Phil Taylor 2009 2011 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 Earlier in the tournament Anderson was the on the wrong side of a nine dart finish from Mervyn King In the fourth round of this tournament Phil Taylor beat Kevin Painter 9 0 with a 3 dart average of 118 66 which at the time was the all time highest 3 dart average for a televised darts match It was eventually beaten on 25 February 2016 in the 2016 Premier League Darts meeting in Aberdeen when Michael van Gerwen averaged 123 40 in beating Michael Smith 7 1 Contents 1 2010 UK Open qualifiers 2 Format and qualifiers 2 1 Top 32 in Order of Merit receiving byes into third round 2 2 Number 33 64 of the Order of Merit receiving byes into second round 2 3 Remaining Order of Merit qualifiers starting in first and preliminary round 3 Prize money 4 Draw 4 1 Thursday 3 June Best of 11 legs 4 1 1 Preliminary round 4 1 2 Round 1 4 1 3 Round 2 4 2 Friday 4 June best of 17 legs 4 2 1 Round 3 4 3 Saturday 5 June best of 17 legs 4 3 1 Round 4 4 3 2 Round 5 4 4 Sunday 6 June 4 4 1 Last 8 to final 5 Nine dart finish 6 World record 7 See also 8 References 9 External links2010 UK Open qualifiers EditThere 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 TotalPrize Money Winner Runner up1 nbsp Mervyn King 6 1 nbsp Simon Whitlock 31 200 6 000 3 0002 nbsp Mark Walsh 6 2 nbsp Phil Taylor 31 200 6 000 3 0003 nbsp Phil Taylor 6 0 nbsp Jamie Caven 31 200 6 000 3 0004 nbsp Gary Anderson 6 5 nbsp Wes Newton 31 200 6 000 3 0005 nbsp Mark Walsh 6 3 nbsp John Part 31 200 6 000 3 0006 nbsp Phil Taylor 6 2 nbsp Peter Wright 31 200 6 000 3 0007 nbsp Colin Lloyd 6 3 nbsp Colin Osborne 31 200 6 000 3 0008 nbsp James Wade 6 2 nbsp Gary Anderson 31 200 6 000 3 000Format and qualifiers EditThe 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 Edit nbsp Mark Walsh nbsp Phil Taylor nbsp Gary Anderson nbsp James Wade nbsp Colin Lloyd nbsp Mervyn King nbsp Jamie Caven nbsp Wes Newton nbsp John Part nbsp Colin Osborne nbsp Andy Hamilton nbsp Simon Whitlock nbsp Vincent van der Voort nbsp Wayne Jones nbsp Mark Webster nbsp Peter Wright nbsp Jelle Klaasen nbsp Kevin Painter nbsp Co Stompe nbsp Adrian Lewis nbsp Michael van Gerwen nbsp Mark Dudbridge nbsp Alan Tabern nbsp Steve Maish nbsp Brendan Dolan nbsp Terry Jenkins nbsp Dennis Priestley nbsp Matt Clark nbsp Ronnie Baxter nbsp Denis Ovens nbsp Tony Eccles nbsp Nigel Heydon 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 Edit nbsp Andy Smith nbsp Paul Nicholson nbsp Chris Thompson nbsp Mark Frost nbsp Justin Pipe nbsp Mark Lawrence nbsp Nick Fullwell nbsp Colin Monk nbsp Steve Beaton nbsp Barrie Bates nbsp Darren Johnson nbsp Dennis Smith nbsp Adrian Gray nbsp Robert Thornton nbsp Chris Mason nbsp Roland Scholten nbsp Steve Evans nbsp Steve Brown nbsp Mark Cox nbsp Michael Barnard nbsp Wayne Mardle nbsp Mick McGowan nbsp Kirk Shepherd nbsp Arron Monk nbsp Michael Smith nbsp Kevin McDine nbsp Stephen Hardy nbsp Peter Manley nbsp Wayne Atwood nbsp Tony Ayres nbsp Alex Roy nbsp Stuart Dutton Remaining Order of Merit qualifiers starting in first and preliminary round Edit nbsp Steve Farmer nbsp Gary Mawson nbsp Kevin Dowling nbsp Steve Hine nbsp Peter Hudson nbsp Dave Smith nbsp Simon Cunningham nbsp John Quantock nbsp Jyhan Artut nbsp Joe Cullen nbsp Mark Stephenson nbsp Matt Padgett nbsp Dave Honey nbsp Gary Eastwood nbsp Darren Webster nbsp Louis Blundell nbsp Dylan Duo nbsp Jason Clark nbsp William O Connor nbsp Scott Rand nbsp Par Riihonen nbsp Sam Allen nbsp Anton Liscsey nbsp Danny Pinhorne nbsp Paul Rowley nbsp Martyn Turner nbsp Darren Latham nbsp Robbie Newland nbsp Richie Burnett nbsp Matt Draper nbsp Chris Loudon nbsp Andy Hutchings 32 players qualified from Rileys qualifiers held in Rileys Dart Zones across Britain 2 nbsp Melvyn Johnston nbsp Paul Gibbs nbsp Tony Broughton nbsp Dean Edlin nbsp Michael Hammond nbsp Darren Sullivan nbsp Ricky Evans nbsp Alex Harrison nbsp David Martin nbsp John Bowles nbsp Noel Grant nbsp Henry Murphy nbsp Paul Neate nbsp John Robertson nbsp Ryan Murray nbsp John Lakeman nbsp Barrie Knight nbsp Mark Wilson nbsp Reece Robinson nbsp Bradley Williams nbsp Jamie Green nbsp Ashley Whisker nbsp Paul Warwick nbsp Paul Whitworth nbsp Stuart Monaghan nbsp Barrie Webb nbsp Joe Palmer nbsp Pete Fisher nbsp Simon Jones nbsp Dean Stewart nbsp Nicky Bache nbsp Dean Harris 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 nbsp Mike Nott nbsp Kevin Lowe nbsp Andy Murray nbsp Henry O Neill nbsp Tony Hutchinson nbsp Hugh Ringland nbsp Ian Gleeson nbsp Jay Foreman nbsp Mark Harris nbsp Prakash JiwaPrize money EditFor the second consecutive UK Open the prize fund was 200 000 Stage no of players Prize money Total 200 000 Winner 1 40 000Runner Up 1 20 000Semi finalists 2 10 000Quarter finalists 4 6 000Last 16 fifth round 8 4 000Last 32 fourth round 16 2 000Last 64 third round 32 1 000Last 96 second round 32 n aLast 128 first round 32 n aLast 138 preliminary round 10 n aDraw EditThe draw for the preliminary first and second rounds was made on 13 May 4 Thursday 3 June Best of 11 legs Edit Preliminary round Edit Player 1 Score Player 2 nbsp Andy Hutchings 3 6 nbsp Darren Webster nbsp Kevin Lowe 2 6 nbsp Jason Clark nbsp Kevin Dowling 1 6 nbsp Jyhan Artut nbsp Dean Stewart 2 6 nbsp Dylan Duo nbsp Prakash Jiwa 6 4 nbsp John Lakeman Player 1 Score Player 2 nbsp Andy Murray 1 6 nbsp Scott Rand nbsp Par Riihonen 5 6 nbsp Steve Farmer nbsp Reece Robinson 6 0 nbsp Hugh Ringland nbsp Ashley Whisker 2 6 nbsp Gary Mawson nbsp Peter Hudson 6 1 nbsp Paul Neate Round 1 Edit Player 1 Score Player 2 nbsp Darren Sullivan nbsp Tony Hutchinson nbsp Ryan Murray 4 6 nbsp Jason Clark nbsp Alex Harrison 1 6 nbsp Jamie Green nbsp Simon Cunningham 6 4 nbsp Prakash Jiwa nbsp Matt Draper 2 6 nbsp Mark Harris nbsp Tony Broughton 6 3 nbsp Mark Stephenson nbsp Jyhan Artut 3 6 nbsp Scott Rand nbsp Robbie Newland 6 5 nbsp John Robertson nbsp Sam Allen 3 6 nbsp Melvyn Johnston nbsp Stuart Monaghan 0 6 nbsp William O Connor nbsp Mark Wilson 3 6 nbsp Paul Gibbs nbsp Gary Eastwood 6 5 nbsp David Martin nbsp Noel Grant 4 6 nbsp Ricky Evans nbsp John Quantock 3 6 nbsp Matt Padgett nbsp Louis Blundell 6 5 nbsp Richie Burnett nbsp Michael Hammond 2 6 nbsp Henry O Neill Player 1 Score Player 2 nbsp Steve Farmer nbsp Dean Edlin nbsp Paul Rowley 3 6 nbsp Anton Liscsey nbsp Pete Fisher 6 2 nbsp Barrie Webb nbsp Simon Jones 4 6 nbsp John Bowles nbsp Nicky Bache 4 6 nbsp Martyn Turner nbsp Gary Mawson 4 6 nbsp Dylan Duo nbsp Bradley Williams 1 6 nbsp Joe Palmer nbsp Danny Pinhorne 4 6 nbsp Reece Robinson nbsp Dave Honey 2 6 nbsp Mike Nott nbsp Henry Murphy 3 6 nbsp Paul Warwick nbsp Darren Latham 1 6 nbsp Joe Cullen nbsp Dean Harris 1 6 nbsp Darren Webster nbsp Peter Hudson 3 6 nbsp Dave Smith nbsp Chris Loudon 5 6 nbsp Paul Whitworth nbsp Steve Hine 6 5 nbsp Ian Gleeson nbsp Jay Foreman 6 1 nbsp Barrie Knight 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 registerRound 2 Edit Player 1 Score Player 2 nbsp William O Connor 6 3 nbsp Mark Frost nbsp Justin Pipe 4 6 nbsp Chris Thompson nbsp Colin Monk 6 4 nbsp Darren Johnson nbsp Wayne Atwood 6 4 nbsp Steve Brown nbsp Stuart Dutton 5 6 nbsp Simon Cunningham nbsp Tony Hutchinson 1 6 nbsp Steve Evans nbsp Anton Liscsey 5 6 nbsp Barrie Bates nbsp Tony Broughton 6 4 nbsp Scott Rand nbsp Mike Nott 3 6 nbsp Joe Cullen nbsp Paul Warwick 6 3 nbsp Steve Farmer nbsp Jason Clark 5 6 nbsp Matt Padgett nbsp Mark Harris 6 4 nbsp Martyn Turner nbsp Kirk Shepherd 6 4 nbsp Adrian Gray nbsp Darren Webster 5 6 nbsp Andy Smith nbsp Ricky Evans 2 6 nbsp Steve Beaton nbsp Robert Thornton 6 2 nbsp Paul Gibbs Player 1 Score Player 2 nbsp John Bowles 3 6 nbsp Michael Barnard nbsp Mark Cox 6 5 nbsp Henry O Neill nbsp Dave Smith 4 6 nbsp Paul Nicholson nbsp Joe Palmer 3 6 nbsp Roland Scholten nbsp Gary Eastwood 4 6 nbsp Dylan Duo nbsp Stephen Hardy 6 4 nbsp Jay Foreman nbsp Alex Roy 6 3 nbsp Mark Lawrence nbsp Wayne Mardle 6 3 nbsp Mick McGowan nbsp Kevin McDine 6 2 nbsp Jamie Green nbsp Michael Smith 6 3 nbsp Peter Manley nbsp Nick Fullwell 3 6 nbsp Arron Monk nbsp Tony Ayres 6 4 nbsp Paul Whitworth nbsp Steve Hine 6 1 nbsp Melvyn Johnston nbsp Louis Blundell 1 6 nbsp Reece Robinson nbsp Pete Fisher 6 0 nbsp Chris Mason nbsp Robbie Newland 1 6 nbsp Dennis Smith Chris Mason withdrew for personal reasons Friday 4 June best of 17 legs Edit Round 3 Edit 5 Player 1 Score Player 2 nbsp Steve Maish 9 8 nbsp Dennis Priestley nbsp Dylan Duo 3 9 nbsp Colin Osborne nbsp Mark Webster 6 9 nbsp Tony Eccles nbsp Stephen Hardy 8 9 nbsp Alan Tabern nbsp John Part 6 9 nbsp Mark Walsh nbsp Mark Dudbridge 7 9 nbsp Nigel Heydon nbsp Denis Ovens 9 5 nbsp Arron Monk nbsp Reece Robinson 5 9 nbsp Simon Whitlock nbsp Robert Thornton 9 8 nbsp Mark Cox nbsp Mervyn King 9 5 nbsp Joe Cullen nbsp Peter Wright 7 9 nbsp William O Connor nbsp Paul Warwick 9 3 nbsp Co Stompe nbsp Tony Ayres 9 3 nbsp Pete Fisher nbsp Dennis Smith 9 5 nbsp Colin Monk nbsp Andy Smith 9 5 nbsp Colin Lloyd nbsp Barrie Bates 8 9 nbsp Alex Roy Player 1 Score Player 2 nbsp Kevin Painter 9 5 nbsp Mark Harris nbsp Roland Scholten 9 3 nbsp Simon Cunningham nbsp Steve Hine 7 9 nbsp James Wade nbsp Andy Hamilton 9 1 nbsp Brendan Dolan nbsp Matt Clark 3 9 nbsp Michael Smith nbsp Tony Broughton 0 9 nbsp Kevin McDine nbsp Steve Beaton 3 9 nbsp Jamie Caven nbsp Wayne Mardle 2 9 nbsp Phil Taylor nbsp Adrian Lewis 9 3 nbsp Michael Barnard nbsp Wes Newton 9 1 nbsp Terry Jenkins nbsp Kirk Shepherd 6 9 nbsp Paul Nicholson nbsp Michael van Gerwen 4 9 nbsp Gary Anderson nbsp Steve Evans 6 9 nbsp Jelle Klaasen nbsp Ronnie Baxter 9 4 nbsp Chris Thompson nbsp Vincent van der Voort 7 9 nbsp Wayne Atwood nbsp Wayne Jones 9 2 nbsp Matt Padgett Saturday 5 June best of 17 legs Edit Round 4 Edit 6 Player 1 Score Player 2 nbsp Denis Ovens 9 7 nbsp Dennis Smith nbsp Roland Scholten 5 9 nbsp Alan Tabern nbsp Alex Roy 6 9 nbsp Andy Hamilton nbsp Wayne Jones 9 6 nbsp Jelle Klaasen nbsp Andy Smith 9 5 nbsp Jamie Caven nbsp William O Connor 3 9 nbsp James Wade nbsp Mark Walsh 7 9 nbsp Tony Ayres nbsp Adrian Lewis 9 5 nbsp Colin Osborne Player 1 Score Player 2 nbsp Kevin Painter 0 9 nbsp Phil Taylor 118 66 nbsp Ronnie Baxter 9 4 nbsp Tony Eccles nbsp Simon Whitlock 9 4 nbsp Robert Thornton nbsp Michael Smith 6 9 nbsp Mervyn King nbsp Gary Anderson 9 7 nbsp Paul Nicholson nbsp Steve Maish 1 9 nbsp Wes Newton nbsp Kevin McDine 9 8 nbsp Paul Warwick nbsp Wayne Atwood 6 9 nbsp Nigel Heydon Round 5 Edit 7 Player 1 Score Player 2 nbsp Phil Taylor 9 6 nbsp Simon Whitlock nbsp Ronnie Baxter 7 9 nbsp Andy Hamilton nbsp Kevin McDine 2 9 nbsp James Wade nbsp Gary Anderson 9 8 nbsp Mervyn King nbsp Andy Smith 1 9 nbsp Denis Ovens nbsp Alan Tabern 5 9 nbsp Tony Ayres nbsp Nigel Heydon 5 9 nbsp Wes Newton nbsp Adrian Lewis 9 4 nbsp Wayne JonesSunday 6 June Edit Last 8 to final Edit Quarter finalsBest of 19 legs 8 Semi finalsBest of 19 legs 9 FinalBest of 21 legs 10 nbsp James Wade9 nbsp Tony Ayres10 nbsp Tony Ayres3 nbsp Gary Anderson10 nbsp Gary Anderson10 nbsp Andy Hamilton6 nbsp Gary Anderson5 nbsp Phil Taylor11 nbsp Wes Newton3 nbsp Denis Ovens10 nbsp Denis Ovens5 nbsp Phil Taylor10 nbsp Phil Taylor10 nbsp Adrian Lewis2 Nine dart finish EditMervyn King hit a nine dart finish in his fourth round match against Gary Anderson however he lost the match 9 8 World record EditPhil 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 EditUK 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 Edit UK Open Order of Merit pdc tv Professional Darts Corporation Archived from the original on 5 May 2010 Retrieved 2010 05 10 a b Final UK Open Standings pdc tv Professional Darts Corporation Archived from the original on 13 May 2010 Retrieved 2010 05 10 PDC Launch Three New Events pdc tv Professional Darts Corporation Archived from the 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