2025 UK Open
2025 Ladbrokes UK Open | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 28 February–2 March 2025 | ||
Venue | Butlin's | ||
Location | Minehead, England | ||
Organization(s) | Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) | ||
Format | Legs Final – best of 21 | ||
Prize fund | £600,000 | ||
Winner's share | £110,000 | ||
High checkout | 170 Chris Hartrey Jermaine Wattimena Haupai Puha Niko Springer Thomas Lovely | ||
Champion(s) | |||
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The 2025 UK Open, known as the 2025 Ladbrokes UK Open for sponsorship reasons, was a professional darts tournament that was held from 28 February to 2 March 2025 at Butlin's in Minehead, England. It was the twenty-third UK Open to be staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament featured 158 participants which comprised PDC Tour Card holders, PDC Challenge/Development Tour players and amateur qualifiers.
Dimitri Van den Bergh was the defending champion after defeating Luke Humphries 11–10 in the 2024 final. However, he lost 10–3 to Michael Smith in the sixth round.[1]
Luke Littler won his first UK Open title, defeating three-time UK Open champion James Wade 11–2 in the final.[2]
Overview
The 2025 UK Open was the 23rd UK Open organised by the Professional Darts Corporation after its inception in 2003 and was held from 28 February to 2 March 2025 at Butlin's Minehead Resort in Minehead, England.[3][4] The tournament is commonly referred to as the "FA Cup of darts" due to its round-by-round open draw system.[5][6] British gambling company Ladbrokes continued their sponsorship of the event after becoming tournament sponsor the previous year.[7] Dimitri Van den Bergh was the defending champion, having defeated Luke Humphries 11–10 in the 2024 final to win his first UK Open and second PDC major title.[8][9]
Format
The 158 participants entered the competition incrementally, with 64 players entering in the first round. Match winners joined the 32 players entering in the second and third rounds to leave the last 64 in the fourth round.[6][4][10]
- No players were seeded.
- A random draw was held for each of the following rounds following the conclusion of the third round.
- All matches in the first, second and third rounds were played over best of 11 legs.
- All matches in the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds and quarter-finals were played over best of 19 legs.
- All matches in the semi-finals and final were played over best of 21 legs.
- Eight boards were used for matches in the first, second, third and fourth rounds.
- Four boards were used for matches in the fifth round.
- Two boards were used for matches in the sixth round.
- One board was used for all the matches in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.
Prize money
The prize fund remained unchanged at £600,000.[3][6]
Stage (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £600,000) | |
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Winner | (1) | £110,000 |
Runner-up | (1) | £50,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | £30,000 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | £15,000 |
Last 16 (sixth round) | (8) | £10,000 |
Last 32 (fifth round) | (16) | £5,000 |
Last 64 (fourth round) | (32) | £2,500 |
Last 96 (third round) | (32) | £1,500 |
Last 128 (second round) | (32) | £1,000 |
Last 160 (first round) | (32) | n/a |
Qualifiers

The 128 Tour Card holders had a staggered entry based on their PDC Order of Merit ranking on 19 February 2025.[11] They were joined by the top eight non-qualified players from each of the 2024 Challenge & Development Tour Orders of Merit and 16 amateur qualifiers.[12][4][13]
Tim Wolters and Jeffrey de Graaf, who were drawn in the second and third rounds respectively, withdrew from the competition. Wolters' opponent – Danny Lauby – received a bye to the third round, while Adam Hunt – who would have played De Graaf in the third round – received a bye to the fourth round.[14]
Tour Card Holders ranked 1–32 (receiving byes into fourth round)
Luke Humphries (quarter-finals)
Luke Littler (champion)
Michael van Gerwen (fifth round)
Rob Cross (sixth round)
Stephen Bunting (fourth round)
Jonny Clayton (semi-finals)
Dave Chisnall (fifth round)
Chris Dobey (fifth round)
Gerwyn Price (fourth round)
Damon Heta (sixth round)
Nathan Aspinall (quarter-finals)
Peter Wright (fourth round)
Danny Noppert (fifth round)
James Wade (runner-up)
Gary Anderson (fourth round)
Dimitri Van den Bergh (sixth round)
Josh Rock (semi-finals)
Ryan Searle (fifth round)
Ross Smith (fifth round)
Michael Smith (quarter-finals)
Andrew Gilding (fourth round)
Martin Schindler (sixth round)
Joe Cullen (fourth round)
Mike De Decker (fourth round)
Daryl Gurney (fourth round)
Dirk van Duijvenbode (fourth round)
Gian van Veen (quarter-finals)
Ritchie Edhouse (fourth round)
Ryan Joyce (sixth round)
Ricardo Pietreczko (fourth round)
Krzysztof Ratajski (sixth round)
Brendan Dolan (fourth round)
Tour Card Holders ranked 33–64 (receiving byes into third round)
Luke Woodhouse (fourth round)
Raymond van Barneveld (fourth round)
Jermaine Wattimena (fifth round)
Scott Williams (fourth round)
Gabriel Clemens (third round)
Martin Lukeman (fourth round)
Cameron Menzies (fifth round)
Callan Rydz (third round)
Kevin Doets (fourth round)
Mickey Mansell (third round)
Ricky Evans (fourth round)
Madars Razma (fifth round)
José de Sousa (fourth round)
Kim Huybrechts (fourth round)
Niels Zonneveld (third round)
Richard Veenstra (third round)
William O'Connor (sixth round)
Keane Barry (third round)
Ian White (third round)
Wessel Nijman (third round)
Florian Hempel (third round)
Jim Williams (third round)
Matt Campbell (fourth round)
Alan Soutar (fifth round)
Nick Kenny (fourth round)
Ryan Meikle (third round)
Robert Owen (sixth round)
Mensur Suljović (fifth round)
Connor Scutt (fifth round)
Dylan Slevin (fifth round)
Stephen Burton (fifth round)
[a]Jeffrey de Graaf
Tour Card Holders ranked 65–96 (receiving byes into second round)
Thibault Tricole
James Hurrell
Dom Taylor
Chris Landman
Mario Vandenbogaerde
Andy Baetens
Rhys Griffin
Berry van Peer
Radek Szagański
Nathan Rafferty
Steve Lennon
Jelle Klaasen
Jitse Van der Wal
Lukas Wenig
Patrick Geeraets
Darren Beveridge
Matthew Dennant
Owen Bates
Danny Lauby
William Borland
Benjamin Reus
Adam Hunt
George Killington
Robert Grundy
Brett Claydon
Haupai Puha
Martijn Dragt
Joshua Richardson
Michele Turetta
[a]Tim Wolters
Bradley Brooks
Justin Hood
Tour Card Holders ranked 97–128 (starting in first round)
Darryl Pilgrim [First Round}
Karel Sedláček
Cam Crabtree
Jules van Dongen
Andy Boulton
Tavis Dudeney
Thomas Lovely
Maik Kuivenhoven
Cor Dekker
Wesley Plaisier
Niko Springer
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Oskar Lukasiak
Tom Bissell
Jim Long
Adam Paxton
Christian Kist
Stefaan Henderyck
Sebastian Białecki
Adam Lipscombe
Marvin van Velzen
Maximilian Czerwinski
Tytus Kanik
Max Hopp
Kai Gotthardt
Leon Weber
Pero Ljubić
Adam Warner
Dennie Olde Kalter
Dominik Grüllich
Greg Ritchie
Viktor Tingström
PDC Development Tour qualifiers (starting in first round)
The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 Development Tour Order of Merit who don't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.
Danny Jansen
Beau Greaves
Jurjen van der Velde
Henry Coates
Owen Roelofs
Charlie Manby
Daniel Perry
Nathan Girvan
PDC Challenge Tour qualifiers (starting in first round)
The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 Challenge Tour Order of Merit who don't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.
Amateur qualifiers (starting in first round)
In a change from last year, the amateur qualifiers were held in four 'PDC in the Community' events in Pencoed, Newport, Derbyshire and Plymouth. The remaining 12 qualifiers were decided in amateur qualifiers staged by the PDC in Milton Keynes and Wigan. Entry to these tournaments was open to all players who did not hold a 2025 Tour Card and had not qualified via another method.[15]
Shaun Fox (Milton Keynes)
Graham Usher (Milton Keynes)
Tom Sykes (Milton Keynes)
Graham Hall (Milton Keynes)
Derek Coulson (Wigan)
Tommy Morris (Wigan)
Tommy Lishman (Wigan)
Paul Rowley (Wigan)
Scott Baker (Qualifier OOM)
Danny van Trijp (Qualifier OOM)
Jamie Kelling (Qualifier OOM)
Christopher Wickenden (Qualifier OOM)
Simon Stevenson (Plymouth)
Marc Dewsbury (Derbyshire)
Mike Gillet (Pencoed)
Chris Hartrey (Newport)
Draw
The draw for the first three rounds was announced on 20 February.[16][17] Match winners are shown in bold and all players are accompanied by their three-dart average for the match.[18][19]
CT = Challenge Tour
DT = Development Tour
Q = Amateur qualifier
Friday 28 February
First round (best of eleven legs)
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Second round (best of eleven legs)
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Third round (best of eleven legs)
Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
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Fourth round (best of nineteen legs)
Saturday 1 March
Fifth round (best of nineteen legs)
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Sixth round (best of nineteen legs)
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Sunday 2 March
Quarter-finals (best of nineteen legs)
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Semi-finals and Final (best of twenty-one legs)
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Media coverage
The main stage boards are broadcast on ITV4 (Friday, Saturday afternoon and Sunday) and on ITV3 (Saturday evening) in the United Kingdom, DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland[10] and Viaplay in the Netherlands.[20][21] All boards are broadcast on the PDC.tv live streaming platform.[20]
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