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 | ||
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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) | |
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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 |
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)
Luke Humphries
Luke Littler
Michael van Gerwen
Rob Cross
Stephen Bunting
Jonny Clayton
Dave Chisnall
Chris Dobey
Gerwyn Price
Damon Heta
Nathan Aspinall
Peter Wright
Danny Noppert
James Wade
Gary Anderson
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Josh Rock
Ryan Searle
Ross Smith
Michael Smith
Andrew Gilding
Martin Schindler
Joe Cullen
Mike De Decker
Daryl Gurney
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Gian van Veen
Ritchie Edhouse
Ryan Joyce
Ricardo Pietreczko
Krzysztof Ratajski
Brendan Dolan
Tour Card Holders ranked 33–64 (receiving byes into third round)
Luke Woodhouse
Raymond van Barneveld
Jermaine Wattimena
Scott Williams
Gabriel Clemens
Martin Lukeman
Cameron Menzies
Callan Rydz
Kevin Doets
Mickey Mansell
Ricky Evans
Madars Razma
José de Sousa
Kim Huybrechts
Niels Zonneveld
Richard Veenstra
William O'Connor
Keane Barry
Ian White
Wessel Nijman
Florian Hempel
Jim Williams
Matt Campbell
Alan Soutar
Nick Kenny
Ryan Meikle
Robert Owen
Mensur Suljović
Connor Scutt
Dylan Slevin
Stephen Burton
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
Tim Wolters
Bradley Brooks
Justin Hood
Tour Card Holders ranked 97–128 (starting in first round)
Darryl Pilgrim
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.[6]
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.[7]
Friday 28 February
First round (best of eleven legs)
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Second round (best of eleven legs)
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Weber/Merkx | – | Wickenden/Girvan | Lishman/Gotthardt | – | ![]() | |
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– | Van Trijp/Coates | ![]() |
– | Pilgrim/Hartrey | |
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– | Dudeney/Hall | ![]() |
– | Olde Kalter/Boulton | |
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Baker/Harrysson | – | Jansen/Grüllich | Van der Velde/Kanik | – | ![]() | |
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– | Lipscombe/Dewsbury | |
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Henderson/Usher | – | Gillet/Rodriguez | Warner/Morris | – | Ritchie/Kelling | |
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Lukasiak/Lovely | – | Cocks/Henderyck | Van Schie/Paxton | – | Stevenson/Van Dongen | |
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Third round (best of eleven legs)
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Van der Wal/Pilgrim/Hartrey | – | Lauby/Wolters | ![]() |
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Szagański/Reus | – | Baetens/Plaisier/Crabtree | |
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Dennant/Olde Kalter/Boulton | – | Lukasiak/Lovely/Cocks/Henderyck | ![]() |
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Dragt/Dudeney/Hall | – | Borland/Claydon | Griffin/Greaves/Bellmont | – | ![]() | |
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Manby/Kirk/Puha | – | Landman/Kist/Perry | ![]() |
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Richardson/Van Velzen/Bissell | – | Killington/Bates | |
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– | Warner/Morris/Ritchie/Kelling | |
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Fourth round (best of nineteen legs)
The draw will be made after the results of the third round.
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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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References
- ^ Cartwright, Phil (3 March 2024). "UK Open: Dimitri van den Bergh beats Luke Humphries to win title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ^ "UK Open 2025". Mastercaller. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ^ Moss, Alex (14 March 2024). "What is the Darts UK Open? The FA Cup of Darts". Darts Corner. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ^ "UK Open Race". DartsRankings. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (20 February 2025). "Ladbrokes UK Open draw & stage allocations confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ^ Allen, Dave (28 November 2024). "2025 Ladbrokes UK Open Amateur Qualifiers to include community venues". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "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.