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Finnish Open (darts)

Finnish Open
Tournament information
VenueSOKOS Hotel
LocationHelsinki
CountryFinland Finland
Established1979
Organisation(s)FDO / BDO, category C / WDF category 2
Prize fund€4,700
Month(s) PlayedMay
Current champion(s)
Sweden Edwin Torbjörnsson

The Finnish Open[1] is a darts tournament that began in 1981. It was abandoned for a year before being recurred in 1983 where it has been held annually.

List of tournaments

Year Champion (average in final) Score Runner-up (average in final) Total
Prize Money
Champion Runner-up
1981 Finland Kexi Heinäharju ?–? Finland Risto Nurmela ? ? ?
1983 Finland Tapani Uitos ?–? Finland Aimo Kuusio ? ? ?
1984 England Mike Gregory ?–? England Colin Baker ? ? ?
1985 England Dave Whitcombe ?–? England Cliff Lazarenko ? ? ?
1986 Scotland Jocky Wilson ?–? England Mike Gregory ? ? ?
1987 England Mike Gregory ?–? England Bob Anderson ? ? ?
1988 England Peter Evison ?–? England Bob Anderson ? ? ?
1989 England Steve Gittins ?–? Denmark Jann Hoffmann ? ? ?
1990 England Phil Taylor ?–? England Alan Warriner-Little ? ? ?
1991 Denmark Per Skau ?–? Denmark Jann Hoffmann ? ? ?
1992 England John Lowe ?–? Denmark Jann Hoffmann ? ? ?
1993 England Alan Warriner-Little ?–? Netherlands Roland Scholten ? ? ?
1994 England Andy Fordham ?–? Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld ? ? ?
1995 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld ?–? Australia Peter Hinkley ? ? ?
1996 England Martin Adams ?–? England Matt Clark ? ? ?
1997 England Mervyn King ?–? England Ronnie Baxter ? ? ?
1998 England Ronnie Baxter 5–1 England Andy Jenkins ? ? ?
1999 England Paul Williams ?–? Belgium Erik Clarys ? ? ?
2000 England Mervyn King ?–? Finland Marko Pusa ? ? ?
2001 Scotland Bob Taylor ?–? England Matt Clark ? ? ?
2002 England Martin Adams ?–? Finland Jarkko Komula ? ? ?
2003 Netherlands Co Stompé ?–? England Martin Atkins ? ? ?
2004 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld ?–? Finland Mika Forss €4,360 €2,000 €800
2005 Finland Marko Pusa (95.34) 5–2 England Mervyn King (84.27) ? ? ?
2006 England Martin Atkins ?–? Netherlands Jelle Klaasen ? ? ?
2007 Austria Dietmar Burger (91.68) 5–3 Finland Sami Sanssi (87.66) €4,700 €2,000 €1,000
2008 England Steve West (86.43) 5–4 Norway Robert Wagner (87.99) €4,700 €2,000 €1,000
2009 Norway Robert Wagner 5–4 Sweden Oskar Lukasiak €4,700 €2,000 €1,000
2010 England Paul Knighton 5–2 Netherlands Johnny Nijs €4,700 €2,000 €1,000
2011 England Paul Jennings 5–2 Finland Sami Sanssi €4,700 €2,000 €1,000
2012 Sweden Johan Engström 6–5 Sweden Mats Andersson €4,700 €2,000 €1,000
2013 Latvia Madars Razma 6–3 Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp €4,300 €1,800 €900
2014 Netherlands Jeffrey de Graaf 6–5 Lithuania Darius Labanauskas €4,700 €2,000 €1,000
2015 Sweden Daniel Larsson 7–3 Finland Ulf Ceder €4,700 €2,000 €1,000
2016 Finland Tony Alanentalo def. Sweden Daniel Larsson €4,700 €2,000 €1,000
2017 Russia Boris Koltsov def. Sweden Edwin Torbjörnsson €5,180 €2,000 €1,000
2018 Russia Boris Koltsov def. Gibraltar Hannu Suominen €4,900 €2,000 €1,000
2023 Sweden Johan Engstrom 5-2 Finland Jonas Masalin €4,900 €2,000 €1,000
2024 Sweden Edwin Torbjörnsson 5-1 Sweden Viktor Tingström €2,400 €800 €400

Tournament records

Nine-dart finishes

Player Year (+ Round) Method (single-in double-out) Opponent Result
Finland Asko Niskala 2024, 2nd Round 2 x T20, T19; 3 x T20; 2 x T20, D12 Finland Kenneth Ljungars 4 – 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Events Dairy-2016". bdodarts.com. British Darts Organisation. Retrieved 12 January 2016.