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2025 UK Open

2025 Ladbrokes UK Open
Tournament information
Dates28 February–2 March 2025
VenueButlin's
LocationMinehead, England
Organization(s)Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
FormatLegs
Final – best of 21
Prize fund£600,000
Winner's share£110,000
«2024 2026»

The 2025 UK Open, known as the 2025 Ladbrokes UK Open for sponsorship reasons, is an upcoming professional darts tournament that will be held at Butlin's Minehead, England from 28 February to 2 March 2025. It will be the twenty-third UK Open to be staged by the Professional Darts Corporation.

Dimitri Van den Bergh is the defending champion after defeating Luke Humphries 11–10 in the 2024 final.[1]

Prize money

The prize fund remains unchanged at £600,000.[2]

Stage (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £600,000)
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

Format

The 160 participants will enter the competition incrementally, with 64 players entering in the first round. Match winners will join the 32 players entering in the second and third rounds to leave the last 64 in the fourth round.[3]

  • No players will be seeded.
  • A random draw will be held for each of the following rounds following the conclusion of the third round.
  • All matches in the first, second and third rounds will be played over best of 11 legs.
  • All matches in the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds and quarter-finals will be played over best of 19 legs.
  • All matches in the semi-finals and final will be played over best of 21 legs.
  • Eight boards will be used for matches in the first, second, third and fourth rounds.
  • Four boards will be used for matches in the fifth round.
  • Two boards will be used for matches in the sixth round.
  • One board will be used for all the matches in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.

Qualifiers

The 128 Tour Card holders will have a staggered entry based on their Order of Merit ranking on 19 February 2025.[4] They will be joined by the top eight non-qualified players from each of the 2024 Challenge & Development Tour Orders of Merit and 16 amateur qualifiers.[5]

Tour Card Holders ranked 1–32 (receiving byes into fourth round)

Tour Card Holders ranked 33–64 (receiving byes into third round)

Tour Card Holders ranked 65–96 (receiving byes into second round)

  1.  Thibault Tricole
  2.  James Hurrell
  3.  Dom Taylor
  4.  Chris Landman
  5.  Mario Vandenbogaerde
  6.  Andy Baetens
  7.  Rhys Griffin
  8.  Berry van Peer
  9.  Radek Szagański
  10.  Nathan Rafferty
  11.  Steve Lennon
  12.  Jelle Klaasen
  13.  Jitse Van der Wal
  14.  Lukas Wenig
  15.  Patrick Geeraets
  16.  Darren Beveridge
  17.  Matthew Dennant
  18.  Owen Bates
  19.  Danny Lauby
  20.  William Borland
  21.  Benjamin Reus
  22.  Adam Hunt
  23.  George Killington
  24.  Robert Grundy
  25.  Brett Claydon
  26.  Haupai Puha
  27.  Martijn Dragt
  28.  Joshua Richardson
  29.  Michele Turetta
  30.  Tim Wolters
  31.  Bradley Brooks
  32.  Justin Hood

Tour Card Holders ranked 97–128 (starting in first round)

  1.  Darryl Pilgrim
  2.  Karel Sedláček
  3.  Cam Crabtree
  4.  Jules van Dongen
  5.  Andy Boulton
  6.  Tavis Dudeney
  7.  Thomas Lovely
  8.  Maik Kuivenhoven
  9.  Cor Dekker
  10.  Wesley Plaisier
  11.  Niko Springer
  12.  Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
  13.  Oskar Lukasiak
  14.  Tom Bissell
  15.  Jim Long
  16.  Adam Paxton
  17.  Christian Kist
  18.  Stefaan Henderyck
  19.  Sebastian Białecki
  20.  Adam Lipscombe
  21.  Marvin van Velzen
  22.  Maximilian Czerwinski
  23.  Tytus Kanik
  24.  Max Hopp
  25.  Kai Gotthardt
  26.  Leon Weber
  27.  Pero Ljubić
  28.  Adam Warner
  29.  Dennie Olde Kalter
  30.  Dominik Grüllich
  31.  Greg Ritchie
  32.  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.

  1.  Danny Jansen
  2.  Beau Greaves
  3.  Jurjen van der Velde
  4.  Henry Coates
  5.  Owen Roelofs
  6.  Charlie Manby
  7.  Daniel Perry
  8.  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.[6]

Draw

The draw for the first three rounds was announced on 20 February.[7]

Friday 28 February

First round (best of eleven legs)

Player Score Player Player Score Player
 Darryl Pilgrim  Chris Hartrey  Tavis Dudeney  Graham Hall
 Wesley Plaisier  Cam Crabtree  Christian Kist  Daniel Perry
 Adam Lipscombe  Marc Dewsbury  Maximilian Czerwinski  Maik Kuivenhoven
 Paul Rowley  Karel Sedláček  Derek Coulson  Darius Labanauskas
 Greg Ritchie  Jamie Kelling  Mike Gillet  Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
 Marvin van Velzen  Tom Bissell  Leon Weber  Alexander Merkx
 Simon Stevenson  Jules van Dongen  Owen Roelofs  Tom Sykes
 Dennie Olde Kalter  Andy Boulton  Jurjen van der Velde  Tytus Kanik
 Christopher Wickenden  Nathan Girvan  Lee Cocks  Stefaan Henderyck
 Oskar Lukasiak  Thomas Lovely  Scott Baker  Andreas Harrysson
 Danny van Trijp  Henry Coates  Beau Greaves  Stefan Bellmont
 Cor Dekker  Niko Springer  Adam Warner  Tommy Morris
 Tommy Lishman  Kai Gotthardt  Sebastian Białecki  Viktor Tingström
 John Henderson  Graham Usher  Shaun Fox  Max Hopp
 Danny Jansen  Dominik Grüllich  Charlie Manby  Aden Kirk
 Jimmy van Schie  Adam Paxton  Pero Ljubić  Jim Long

Second round (best of eleven legs)

Player Score Player Player Score Player
Coulson/Labanauskas  Mario Vandenbogaerde  Darren Beveridge  James Hurrell
 Joshua Richardson Van Velzen/Bissell Ljubić/Long  Nathan Rafferty
Weber/Merkx Wickenden/Girvan Lishman/Gotthardt  Michele Turetta
 Berry van Peer Van Trijp/Coates  Jitse Van der Wal Pilgrim/Hartrey
 Martijn Dragt Dudeney/Hall  Matthew Dennant Olde Kalter/Boulton
Fox/Hopp  Justin Hood  Thibault Tricole Roelofs/Sykes
 Lukas Wenig Rowley/Sedláček  Radek Szagański  Benjamin Reus
Baker/Harrysson Jansen/Grüllich Van der Velde/Kanik  Bradley Brooks
 Chris Landman Kist/Perry  Jelle Klaasen Lipscombe/Dewsbury
 William Borland  Brett Claydon  Rhys Griffin Greaves/Bellmont
Henderson/Usher Gillet/Rodriguez Warner/Morris Ritchie/Kelling
 Andy Baetens Plaisier/Crabtree  George Killington  Owen Bates
Lukasiak/Lovely Cocks/Henderyck Van Schie/Paxton Stevenson/Van Dongen
Manby/Kirk  Haupai Puha Dekker/Springer  Patrick Geeraets
 Danny Lauby  Tim Wolters  Steve Lennon  Dom Taylor
 Adam Hunt Czerwinski/Kuivenhoven  Robert Grundy Białecki/Tingström

Third round (best of eleven legs)

Player Score Player Player Score Player
Tricole/Roelofs/Sykes  William O'Connor Henderson/Usher/Gillet/Rodriguez  Raymond van Barneveld
 Madars Razma  Ryan Meikle  José de Sousa Van Schie/Paxton/Stevenson/Van Dongen
Van der Wal/Pilgrim/Hartrey Lauby/Wolters  Mensur Suljović Ljubić/Long/Rafferty
 Callan Rydz  Alan Soutar Szagański/Reus Baetens/Plaisier/Crabtree
Weber/Merkx/Pilgrim/Hartrey  Matt Campbell Wenig/Rowley/Sedláček  Kim Huybrechts
Dennant/Olde Kalter/Boulton Lukasiak/Lovely/Cocks/Henderyck  Jermaine Wattimena  Florian Hempel
Dragt/Dudeney/Hall Borland/Claydon Griffin/Greaves/Bellmont  Mickey Mansell
 Richard Veenstra Coulson/Labanauskas/Vandenbogaerde Van Peer/Van Trijp/Coates  Connor Scutt
Manby/Kirk/Puha Landman/Kist/Perry  Nick Kenny Baker/Harrysson/Jansen/Grüllich
Fox/Hopp/Hood Beveridge/Hurrell  Scott Williams  Wessel Nijman
 Robert Owen  Niels Zonneveld Richardson/Van Velzen/Bissell Killington/Bates
 Jeffrey de Graaf Hunt/Czerwinski/Kuivenhoven  Keane Barry Van der Velde/Kanik/Brooks
 Jim Williams  Martin Lukeman  Ricky Evans  Gabriel Clemens
Lishman/Gotthardt/Turetta  Stephen Burton Dekker/Springer/Geeraets  Dylan Slevin
 Ian White Klaasen/Lipscombe/Dewsbury  Kevin Doets Warner/Morris/Ritchie/Kelling
Lennon/Taylor  Cameron Menzies Grundy/Białecki/Tingström  Luke Woodhouse

Fourth round (best of nineteen legs)

The draw will be made after the results of the third round.

Player Score Player Player Score Player
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

Saturday 1 March

Fifth round (best of nineteen legs)

Player Score Player Player Score Player
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

Sixth round (best of nineteen legs)

Player Score Player Player Score Player
       
       
       
       

Sunday 2 March

Quarter-finals (best of nineteen legs)

Player Score Player
   
   
   
   

Semi-finals and Final (best of twenty-one legs)

Semi-finals
Final
      
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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  4. ^ "UK Open Race". DartsRankings. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  5. ^ Gorton, Josh (20 February 2025). "Ladbrokes UK Open draw & stage allocations confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  6. ^ Allen, Dave (28 November 2024). "2025 Ladbrokes UK Open Amateur Qualifiers to include community venues". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Darts UK Open 2025: Full draw and schedule for Luke Littler, Beau Greaves, Michael van Gerwen and more". Sky Sports. 20 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.