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2024 UK Open

The 2024 UK Open (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2024 Ladbrokes UK Open) was a professional darts tournament that was held from 1 to 3 March 2024 Butlin's in Minehead, England. It was the twenty-second UK Open to be staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament featured 158 participants which comprised PDC Tour Card holders, PDC Challenge/Development Tour players and amateur qualifiers.

Andrew Gilding was the defending champion after defeating Michael van Gerwen 11–10 in the 2023 final to win his first major title, but he lost 10–1 to Peter Wright in the fifth round.

Dimitri Van den Bergh beat Luke Humphries 11–10 to win the UK Open for the first time in his career.

Prize money

The prize fund was unchanged at £600,000.

Format

The 158 participants entered the competition incrementally, with 62 players entering in the first round. Match winners joined the 32 players entering in the second and third rounds to leave the last 64 in the fourth round.

  • No players were seeded.
  • A random draw was held for each of the following rounds following the conclusion of the third round.
  • All matches in the first, second and third rounds were played over best of 11 legs.
  • All matches in the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds and quarter-finals were played over best of 19 legs.
  • All matches in the semi-finals and final were played over best of 21 legs.
  • Eight boards were used for matches in the first, second, third and fourth rounds.
  • Four boards were used for matches in the fifth round.
  • Two boards were used for matches in the sixth round.
  • One board was 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 27 February 2024. They will be joined by the top 8 non-qualified players from each of the 2023 Challenge & Development Tour Orders of Merit, and by the winners of 16 Amateur Qualification events organised through Riley's Sports Bars.

Adrian Lewis and Adam Hunt, who were due to enter the third and first rounds respectively, did not enter the competition. All players below Lewis moved up one space, and two byes were offered in the first round.

Number 1–32 on the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into fourth round)

Number 33–64 on the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)

Number 65–96 on the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into second round)

Number 97–128 on the PDC Order of Merit (starting in first round)

PDC Development Tour qualifiers (starting in first round)

The top 8 ranked players from the 2023 Development Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2024 season qualified for the first round.

PDC Challenge Tour qualifiers (starting in first round)

The top 8 ranked players from the 2023 Challenge Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2024 season qualified for the first round.

Amateur qualifiers (starting in first round)

The winners of qualifiers organised by Rileys Sports Bars, held through January and February 2024, qualified for the first round. Entry to these tournaments was open to all players who had not qualified via another method, regardless of PDC Membership status.

Draw

Friday 1 March

First round (best of eleven legs)

Second round (best of eleven legs)