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2012 UK Open

The 2012 Speedy Hire UK Open was a Darts tournament staged in the UK by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the tenth year of the tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competed in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, England, between 7–10 June 2012, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw is staged after each round until the final.

Robert Thornton won the tournament beating Phil Taylor 11–5 in the final to win his first PDC major.

Format and qualifiers

2012 UK Open qualifiers

There were eight qualifying events staged across England between February and May 2012 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:

The tournament featured 178 players. The results of the eight qualifiers shown above were collated into the UK Open Order of Merit. The top 32 players and ties in the Order of Merit, who played a minimum of two events, received a place at the final tournament. In addition, the next 82 players in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but needed to start in the earlier rounds played on the Thursday. A further 64 players qualified via regional qualifying tournaments.

Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)

Number 33–64 of the Order of Merit (receiving byes into second round)

Remaining Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in first and preliminary round)

Rileys qualifiers

32 players qualified from Rileys qualifiers held in Rileys Dart Zones across Britain.

Speedy qualifiers

32 players qualified from Speedy qualifiers held at seven venues across Britain from April to May.

Brighton

Dartford

  • Paul Amos
  • Michael Wiles
  • Thomas Sandwell
  • Dave Solly

Inverness

Leeds

  • Danny Dutson
  • Mick Hayward
  • Steve Service

Stoke-on-Trent

Cardiff

  • Lee Russell
  • Steve Werrett
  • Paul Boulton
  • Jon Farmer
  • Glenn Miller

Haydock

  • Ben Johnson
  • Paul Critchley
  • Andy Melling
  • Mark Kelly
  • Mark Spencer
  • Darrin Pugh
  • Kirk Gordon
  • Stuart Daniels

Prize money

For the fourth consecutive UK Open, the prize fund will be £200,000.

Draw

The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was made on 10 May.

Thursday 7 June; Best of 7 legs

Preliminary round

  • † John Henderson received a bye as Lee Bryant was disqualified due to failing to register at the event.
  • ‡ Connie Finnan withdrew because of personal reasons.

Round 1

Round 2

Friday 8 June; Best of 17 legs

Round 3

  • † Gary Anderson hit a nine-dart finish in the third leg against Davey Dodds.
  • ‡ Dennis Smith received a bye as Mark Jones was disqualified due to failing to register at the event.

Saturday 9 June; Best of 17 legs

Round 4

Round 5

Sunday 10 June

Quarter-finals to final

See also

References

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