The 2014 Coral UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the twelfth 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 Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, from 7 to 9 March 2014, and had the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw was staged after each round until the final.
Phil Taylor was the defending champion, but he suffered a huge upset by losing 9âÂÂ7 to Aden Kirk in the third round.
Adrian Lewis won the fourth major title of his career beating Terry Jenkins 11âÂÂ1 in the final.
There were six qualifying events staged in February 2014 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:
The tournament featured 138 players. The results of the six qualifiers shown above were collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 32 players in the Order of Merit received a place in the third round of the final tournament. In addition, the next 82 players plus ties in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but needed to start in the earlier rounds played on the Friday. A further 32 players qualified via regional qualifying tournaments.
32 amateur players qualified from Riley qualifiers held across the UK.
The prize fund had increased from ã200,000 to ã250,000 for this year's event.