About UK Open 2015

Champion
2015 UK Open Photographer: Lawrende Lustig/PDC Michael van Gerwen
Total Prize Pool £300,000
Champion
£60,000
Runner-up
£30,000
Semi finalists
£17,000
Quarter finalists
£10,000
Last 16
£5,000
Last 32
£3,000
Last 64
£1,500

The UK Open 2015 was played in Minehead for the second time from 6 till 8 March. After six UK Open qualifiers and 32 players who managed to get through regional qualifiers, the total participants was 147 players.

Michael van Gerwen would be crowned the new UK Open champion after three fantastic days of darts in the South West of England. In the final, the Dutchman defeated Peter Wright 11-5. The final was balanced untill 4-4, but then the Dutchman accelerated. A 164 finish in the tenth leg meant the breaking point in the final.

On his way to the final Van Gerwen would score some impressive victories. He defeated Belgian ace Kim Huybrechts in the last 16 with an average of 114.91, his highest average ever on TV. In the quarterfinals, the South African Devon Petersen was defeated and in the semi-finals Mighty Mike was too strong for the surprise of the tournament Andrew Gilding 10-8. 

Peter Wright had a very tough route to the final. The eccentric Scotsman successively defeated Steve Beaton, Raymond van Barneveld, John Henderson, Phil Taylor and Stephen Bunting. After a lesser period in his career, Wright played incredibly strong this weekend. In particular his match against Taylor who had an average of 108 was a beauty.

Defending champion Adrian Lewis would become the third player after James Wade and Phil Taylor, who was beaten in his first match the year after he claimed the title. Raymond van Barneveld was responsible for the elimination of Jackpot. Barney himself would outgunned one round later 9-1 by Peter Wright. The surprise of the UK Open 2015 was Andrew Gilding. The Englishman played a fantastic tournament and defeated Kevin Painter (9-0), Jelle Klaasen (9-5), James Wade (9-6) and Mensur Suljovic (9-8). Only Michael van Gerwen in the semi-final was too strong for Gilding. There was a particularly strong effort from the Dutchman needed to beat Gilding who would throw an average of 108.37 in this semi-final (8-10).

Competitors Of UK Open 2015

Adi Acot

Gary Anderson

Kyle Anderson

Nathan Aspinall

Jamie Bain

Mark Barilli

Ronnie Baxter

Steve Beaton

Andy Boulton

John Bowles

Derek Brand

Mick Brooks

Keegan Brown

Stephen Bunting

Jamie Caven

Dave Chisnall

Matt Clark

Brett Claydon

Jonny Clayton

Mark Cox

Joe Cullen

Scott Dale

Nigel Daniels

Paul Dawkins

Mike De Decker

Jan Dekker

Nathan Derry

Chris Dobey

Brendan Dolan

Eddie Dootson

Steve Douglas

Mark Dudbridge

Rory Duffy

Matthew Edgar

Kevin Edwards

Ricky Evans

Lee Evans

Arron Fairweather

John Ferrell

Connie Finnan

Jay Foreman

Colin Fowler

Mark Frost

Nick Fullwell

Andrew Gilding

Robbie Green

Shaun Griffiths

Daryl Gurney

Johnny Haines

Graham Hall

Andy Hamilton

Stephen Hardy

Ryan Harrington

John Henderson

Steve Hine

Paul Hogan

Max Hopp

Adam Huckvale

Peter Hudson

Adam Hunt

Kim Huybrechts

Ronny Huybrechts

Terry Jenkins

Andy Jenkins

Darren Johnson

Wayne Jones

Mark Jones

Jon Jukes

Stuart Kellett

Mervyn King

Christian Kist

Jelle Klaasen

David Ladley

Mark Layton

Adrian Lewis

Jason Lovett

Kevin McDine

Jim McEwan

Jason Mold

Ian Moss

Joe Murnan

Wes Newton

Paul Nicholson

Alan Norris

William O'Connor

Gary O'Donnell

Chris Packer

Matt Padgett

Kevin Painter

David Pallett

Dave Parletti

John Part

Josh Payne

Lloyd Pennell

Devon Petersen

Justin Pipe

Gerwyn Price

Dave Prins

James Richardson

Mark Robinson

Jamie Robinso

Alex Roy

Lee Russell

Lionel Sams

Dean Sanders

Tommy Sanwell

Andy Smith

Dennis Smith

Rob Smith

Kevin Smith

Michael Smith

Simon Stevenson

Dean Stewart

Ricky Sudale

Mensur Suljovic

Alan Tabern

Phil Taylor

Matthew Tedstone

Terry Temple

Robert Thornton

Mick Todd

Aaron Turner

Martyn Turner

James Wade

Ben Ward

Jermaine Wattimena

Mark Webster

Darren Webster

Steve West

Ian White

Stuart White

Simon Whitlock

Bradley Williams

James Wilson

Jason Wilson

Dean Winstanley

Luke Woodhouse

Brian Woods

Peter Wright

Mike Zuydwijk

Jeffrey de Zwaan

Joey ten Berge

Raymond van Barneveld

Dirk van Duijvenbode

Michael van Gerwen

Benito van de Pas

Vincent van der Voort

UK Open 2015

Butlin's Minehead in
Minehead, ENG
Organizer:
Professional Darts Corporation
Sponsor:
Coral
Participants:
147
Prize Pool:
£300,000
Start Date:
6 Mar 2015
End Date:
8 Mar 2015