2016 UK Open

Coral UK Open
Tournament information
Dates	4–6 March 2016
Venue	Butlins Resort
Location	Minehead
Country	United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs Final – best of 21
Prize fund	£300,000
Winners share	£60,000
Nine dart finish	Michael van Gerwen (Fourth Round)
High checkout	170 Michael van Gerwen (2x Third Round, 2x Fourth Round) Alan Norris (Third Round) Jamie Caven (Third Round)
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«2015 2017»

The 2016 Coral UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the fourteenth year of the tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competing in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held for the third time at the Butlins Resort in Minehead over 4–6 March 2016, and has the nickname, the "FA Cup of darts" as a random draw will be staged after each round until the final.

In a repeat of last year's final, Michael van Gerwen beat Peter Wright to retain his title.^[1]

Format and qualifiers

UK Open Qualifiers

There were six qualifying events staged in February 2016 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Friday 5 February	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan	Adrian Lewis	6–1	Phil Taylor	[2]
2	Saturday 6 February		Michael van Gerwen	6–4	Alan Norris	[3]
3	Sunday 7 February		Phil Taylor	6–2	Michael van Gerwen	[4]
4	Friday 19 February		Gary Anderson	6–1	James Wade	[5]
5	Saturday 20 February		Michael van Gerwen	6–2	Gerwyn Price	[6]
6	Sunday 21 February		Michael van Gerwen	6–2	Steve Beaton	[7]

The tournament will feature 128 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 receiving a place at the final tournament. In addition, the next 64 players (without ties in this year's edition) in the Order of Merit list qualify for the tournament, but will start in the earlier rounds playing on the Friday. A further 32 players qualify via regional qualifying tournaments.^[8]

Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into Third Round)

Number 33-64 of the Order of Merit (receiving byes into Second Round)

Number 65-96 of the Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in First Round)

Riley qualifiers (starting in First Round)

32 amateur players qualified from Riley qualifiers held across the UK.

Prize money

The prize fund remained like last year's edition prize fund at £300,000.^[9]

Draw

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Friday 4 March

First round (best of eleven legs)

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Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Wes Newton	6 – 4	Mark Cox (Q)		Ronny Huybrechts	6 – 3	Mark Rice (Q)
Dennis Smith	1 – 6	Alex Roy (Q)		Jermaine Wattimena	6 – 5	Andy Smith
Andy Boulton	6 – 4	Lee Grimshaw (Q)		William O'Connor	6 – 1	Mark Jodrill (Q)
Magnus Caris	6 – 5	Jason Mold (Q)		Mick McGowan	4 – 6	Nathan Aspinall
Dick van Dijk	2 – 6	Kevin Dowling		Jonathan Worsley	6 – 1	Curtis Turner (Q)
Arron Monk	6 – 3	Stewart Rattray (Q)		Dean Stewart (Q)	4 – 6	Barry Lynn (Q)
Dirk van Duijvenbode	6 – 3	Michael McFall (Q)		Jason Hogg (Q) (timed out)	w/o	Ben Green (Q)
Alan Tabern	3 – 6	Harry Ward		Paul Hogan (Q)	6 – 3	Daniel Day (Q)
Mark Barilli	6 – 1	Darren Layden (Q)		Jonny Clayton	6 – 2	Ian McFarlane (Q)
Ryan de Vreede	6 – 3	Nathan Derry		Darren Webster	6 – 0	Lee Morris (Q)
Mark Frost	6 – 0	Andy Brown (Q)		Joe Murnan	6 – 2	Paul Whitworth (Q)
Jan Dekker	5 – 6	Andrew Davidson (Q)		Steve Maish (Q)	6 – 5	Jason Heaver (Q)
Dean Winstanley	6 – 5	John Scott (Q)		Mark Wilson (Q)	w/o	Les Delderfield (Q) (timed out)
Paul Milford	6 – 1	Chris Jones (Q)		Scott Marsh (Q)	6 – 1	Steven Rose (Q)
Johnny Haines	5 – 6	Gary Stone		Ken MacNeil	3 – 6	Rob Cross (Q)
Ryan Harrington	6 – 1	Glen McGrandle (Q)		Josh Payne	6 – 2	Dave Parletti (Q)

Second round (best of eleven legs)

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Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Jeffrey de Graaf	6 – 5	William O'Connor		Lee Evans	6 – 2	Rowby-John Rodriguez
Robert Thornton	4 – 6	Arron Monk		Kevin Painter	4 – 6	Dean Winstanley
Mike de Decker	5 – 6	Matt Clark		Mark Dudbridge	5 – 6	Joey ten Berge
Brendan Dolan	6 – 3	Scott Marsh (Q)		Darron Brown	4 – 6	Ryan Harrington
Jamie Caven	6 – 2	Gary Stone		Mark Frost	6 – 4	Mark Barilli
Yordi Meeuwisse	3 – 6	Robbie Green		Jay Foreman	4 – 6	Ronny Huybrechts
Wayne Jones	5 – 6	Andy Jenkins		Paul Milford	4 – 6	Steve Maish (Q)
Josh Payne	6 – 1	Harry Ward		Scott Dale	2 – 6	Darren Webster
Berry van Peer	5 – 6	Richie Corner		Jeffrey de Zwaan	5 – 6	Alex Roy (Q)
Brett Claydon	4 – 6	Barry Lynn (Q)		Cristo Reyes	4 – 6	Andrew Davidson (Q)
Matthew Edgar	6 – 4	Mark Wilson (Q)		David Pallett	6 – 1	Jason Marriott
James Wilson	6 – 3	Jonny Clayton		Wes Newton	4 – 6	Rob Cross (Q)
Ritchie Edhouse	4 – 6	Joe Murnan		Peter Hudson	4 – 6	Dirk van Duijvenbode
Jermaine Wattimena	6 – 1	Kevin Dowling		Magnus Caris	6 – 3	Ben Green (Q)
Andy Boulton	6 – 2	Jonathan Worsley		Andrew Gilding	5 – 6	Ryan de Vreede
Tony Newell	6 – 1	Paul Hogan (Q)		Stuart Kellett	6 – 5	Nathan Aspinall

Third round (best of seventeen legs)

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Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Joe Cullen	9 – 1	Mark Frost		René Eidams	3 – 9	James Wilson
Stuart Kellett	9 – 7	Joey ten Berge		Ricky Evans	9 – 5	Andy Boulton
Ryan de Vreede	9 – 5	Josh Payne		Robbie Green	5 – 9	Dirk van Duijvenbode
Raymond van Barneveld	9 – 8	David Pallett		Jelle Klaasen	9 – 6	Matt Clark
Vincent van der Voort	9 – 3	Dean Winstanley		Jeffrey de Graaf	8 – 9	Rob Cross (Q)
Lee Evans	7 – 9	Jamie Caven		Simon Whitlock	9 – 6	Ian White
Terry Jenkins	9 – 7	Ronny Huybrechts		Alan Norris	9 – 7	Jermaine Wattimena
Gary Anderson	9 – 7	Dave Chisnall		Darren Webster	9 – 5	Andrew Davidson (Q)
James Wade	2 – 9	Mensur Suljović		Kim Huybrechts	9 – 1	Steve Maish (Q)
Stephen Bunting	9 – 8	Jamie Lewis		Justin Pipe	9 – 6	Alex Roy (Q)
Gerwyn Price	8 – 9	Joe Murnan		Mark Webster	9 – 3	Matthew Edgar
Kyle Anderson	9 – 2	Andy Hamilton		Brendan Dolan	6 – 9	Barry Lynn (Q)
Michael van Gerwen	9 – 2	Ryan Harrington		Benito van de Pas	9 – 7	Mervyn King
Michael Smith	9 – 8	Daryl Gurney		Steve Beaton	5 – 9	Peter Wright
John Henderson	9 – 4	Magnus Caris		Phil Taylor	9 – 5	Arron Monk
Andy Jenkins	9 – 5	Richie Corner		Adrian Lewis	9 – 1	Tony Newell

Saturday 5 March

Fourth round (best of seventeen legs)

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Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Alan Norris	6 – 9	Joe Cullen		Michael Smith	5 – 9	Stuart Kellett
Phil Taylor	9 – 3	Raymond van Barneveld		Ricky Evans	8 – 9	Darren Webster
Jelle Klaasen	9 – 8	Joe Murnan		Vincent van der Voort	9 – 2	Andy Jenkins
Simon Whitlock	3 – 9	Benito van de Pas		Gary Anderson	3 – 9	Barry Lynn (Q)
Mensur Suljović	9 – 8	Ryan de Vreede		Kim Huybrechts	9 – 3	Justin Pipe
Stephen Bunting	9 – 6	Jamie Caven		Mark Webster	9 – 4	Dirk van Duijvenbode
Kyle Anderson	9 – 2	James Wilson		Michael van Gerwen	9 – 5	Rob Cross (Q)
Terry Jenkins	5 – 9	Peter Wright		Adrian Lewis	9 – 6	John Henderson

Fifth round (best of seventeen legs)

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Player	Score	Player
Mark Webster 97.81	9 – 5	Mensur Suljović 93.83
Michael van Gerwen 102.20	9 – 2	Kim Huybrechts 86.72
Stuart Kellett 87.68	5 – 9	Barry Lynn (Q) 88.29
Phil Taylor 103.60	9 – 7	Vincent van der Voort 101.08
Benito van de Pas 95.85	2 – 9	Kyle Anderson 96.48
Stephen Bunting 92.44	7 – 9	Joe Cullen 93.23
Peter Wright 96.77	9 – 5	Darren Webster 89.03
Adrian Lewis 91.17	7 – 9	Jelle Klaasen 97.16

Sunday 6 March

Quarter-finals (best of nineteen legs)

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Player	Score	Player
Michael van Gerwen 95.99	10 – 6	Barry Lynn (Q) 91.20
Peter Wright 102.29	10 – 7	Joe Cullen 101.83
Phil Taylor 105.57	10 – 3	Mark Webster 92.44
Jelle Klaasen 98.24	10 – 0	Kyle Anderson 90.42

Semi-finals and Final

	Semi-finals (best of 19 legs) [15]					Final (best of 21 legs) [15]
	Michael van Gerwen 107.57		10
	Phil Taylor 104.57		6
						Michael van Gerwen 106.68		11
						Peter Wright 98.33		4
	Jelle Klaasen 90.44		5
	Peter Wright 96.68		10

Media coverage

Like the 2015 tournament, the 2016 tournament was broadcast live in the UK on ITV4 and ITV4 HD.

References