2014 UK Open

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, between 7–9 March 2014, and had the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw was staged after each round until the final.

2014 Coral UK Open
Tournament information
Dates	7–9 March 2014
Venue	Butlin's Resort
Location	Minehead
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs Final – best of 21
Prize fund	£250,000
Winner's share	£50,000
Champion(s)
Adrian Lewis
«2013 2015»

Phil Taylor was the defending champion, but he suffered a huge upset by losing 9–7 to Aden Kirk in the third round.^[1]

Adrian Lewis won the fourth major title of his career beating Terry Jenkins 11–1 in the final.^[2]

Format and qualifiers

UK Open qualifiers

There were six qualifying events staged in February 2014 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Friday 7 February	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan	Andy Hamilton	6–2	Adrian Lewis	[3]
2	Saturday 8 February		Stephen Bunting	6–5	Andrew Gilding	[4]
3	Sunday 9 February		Phil Taylor	6–2	Adrian Lewis	[5]
4	Friday 21 February		Brendan Dolan	6–1	Jamie Lewis	[6]
5	Saturday 22 February		Gary Anderson	6–2	Robert Thornton	[7]
6	Sunday 23 February		Michael van Gerwen	6–0	Michael Smith	[8]

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 at 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.^[9]

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

1. Michael van Gerwen
2. Andy Hamilton
3. Adrian Lewis
4. Gary Anderson
5. Phil Taylor
6. Stephen Bunting
7. Brendan Dolan
8. Kim Huybrechts
9. Robert Thornton
10. Justin Pipe
11. Michael Smith
12. Andrew Gilding
13. Steve Beaton
14. Peter Wright
15. Dean Winstanley
16. Jamie Lewis
17. Wes Newton
18. Vincent van der Voort
19. Mark Webster
20. Kevin Painter
21. Dave Chisnall
22. Simon Whitlock
23. Andy Smith
24. Terry Jenkins
25. Mervyn King
26. Paul Nicholson
27. James Wade
28. Ronnie Baxter
29. Christian Kist
30. Mark Walsh
31. Richie Burnett
32. Nick Fullwell

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

33. Steve Maish
34. Jelle Klaasen
35. Ian White
36. Keegan Brown
37. Ben Ward
38. David Pallett
39. Wayne Jones
40. Daryl Gurney
41. Dirk van Duijvenbode
42. Jamie Caven
43. Darren Webster
44. Steve West
45. John Part
46. Stuart Kellett
47. Gary Spedding
48. Mensur Suljović
49. Mark Barilli
50. Jason Hogg
51. Ronny Huybrechts
52. Nigel Heydon
53. Tony Newell
54. Ross Smith
55. Steve Hine
56. Rocco Maes
57. John Henderson
58. Michael Barnard
59. Peter Hudson
60. Adrian Gray
61. Ian Lever
62. John Bowles
63. Josh Payne
64. Dave Weston

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

65. Adam Hunt
66. Raymond van Barneveld
67. Rowby-John Rodriguez
68. Karl Merchant
69. Jason Lovett
70. Joe Murnan
71. Dennis Smith
72. Johnny Haines
73. Antonio Alcinas
74. Alex Roy
75. Mark Hylton
76. Mark Cox
77. William O'Connor
78. Steve Brown
79. Pete Dyos
80. Kevin Dowling
81. Michael Mansell
82. James Hubbard
83. Mick Todd
84. Matthew Edgar
85. Arron Monk
86. Glenn Spearing
87. Alan Derrett
88. Aden Kirk
89. Steve Douglas
90. Douglas Thompson
91. Jonathan Worsley
92. Davey Dodds
93. Ewan Hyslop
94. Kyle Anderson
95. Matt Clark
96. Gerwyn Price
97. Jyhan Artut
98. Chris Aubrey
99. Shaun Narain
100. Kevin McDine
101. Conan Whitehead
102. Alan Tabern
103. Brian Woods
104. Nathan Derry
105. Benito van de Pas
106. Jeff Batham

Riley qualifiers (starting in first and preliminary round)

32 amateur players qualified from Riley qualifiers held across the UK.^[10]

• Aaron Holdstock
• Carl Green
• Lionel Sams
• Ian Jones
• Alan Casey
• Kevin Taylor
• Shaun Lovett
• Tony Broughton
• Chris Dobey
• James Young
• Andy Boulton
• Tony Randell
• Scott Bennett
• Paul Whitworth
• William Naylor
• Adam Cousins
• Dean Reynolds
• Chris Mackie
• Graham Dando
• Rhys Griffin
• Michael Malone
• Nigel Daniels
• Simon Stevenson
• Paul Hogan
• Martin Stead
• Dean Stewart
• Jim Hill
• Sam Allen
• Mick Baker
• Jason Mold
• Ben Burton
• David O'Brien

Prize money

The prize fund had increased from £200,000 to £250,000 for this year's event.^[11]

Stage (no. of players)		Prize money (Total: £250,000)
Winner	(1)	£50,000
Runner-Up	(1)	£25,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£12,500
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£7,500
Last 16 (fifth round)	(8)	£5,000
Last 32 (fourth round)	(16)	£3,000
Last 64 (third round)	(32)	£1,000
Last 96 (second round)	(32)	n/a
Last 128 (first round)	(32)	n/a
Last 138 (preliminary round)	(10)	n/a

Draw

^[12][13]

Friday 7 March; Best of nine legs

Preliminary round

^[14]

Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Carl Green	3–5	Lionel Sams		Brian Woods	3–5	Dean Stewart
Paul Whitworth	0–5	Rhys Griffin		Alan Tabern	1–5	Tony Randell
Martin Stead	5–3	Alan Casey		Kevin McDine	5–2	Aaron Holdstock
Ian Jones	3–5	Simon Stevenson		James Young	3–5	David O'Brien
Nathan Derry	5–2	Jason Mold		William Naylor	4–5	Sam Allen

First round

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Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Glenn Spearing	2–5	Antonio Alcinas		Kevin Taylor	1–5	Arron Monk
Raymond van Barneveld	5–3	Anthony Broughton		Kyle Anderson	4–5	Kevin McDine
Dennis Smith	5–1	Mark Hylton		Ewan Hyslop	5–4	Steve Brown
Alan Derrett	5–2	Jyhan Artut		Ben Burton	4–5	Michael Mansell
Steve Douglas	3–5	Johnny Haines		James Hubbard	5–4	Jeff Batham
Joe Murnan	5–0	Shaun Lovett		Dean Reynolds	4–5	Martin Stead
Conan Whitehead	4–5	Aden Kirk		Mark Cox	5–4	Shaun Narain
Lionel Sams	5–3	Chris Aubrey		Rhys Griffin	3–5	Karl Merchant
Adam Cousins	2–5	Paul Hogan		Pete Dyos	3–5	William O'Connor
Adam Hunt	5–3	Michael Malone		Dean Stewart	5–0	Graham Dando
Andy Boulton	5–2	Jonathan Worsley		Matthew Edgar	5–1	Matt Clark
Jason Lovett	3–5	Simon Stevenson		Tony Randall	5–1	Rowby-John Rodriguez
Benito van de Pas	5–3	Doug Thompson		Jim Hill	1–5	Alex Roy
Sam Allen	5–3	Chris Mackie		Nathan Derry	4–5	Gerwyn Price
Nigel Daniels	5–3	Scott Bennett		Michael Baker	4–5	Mick Todd
Kevin Dowling	5–4	Chris Dobey		Davy Dodds	5–1	David O'Brien

Second round

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Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
John Henderson	1–5	Jelle Klaasen		Keegan Brown	3–5	Mensur Suljović
Ian White	5–4	Daryl Gurney		Paul Hogan	5–0	John Part
Steve Maish	5–0	Ben Ward		Ronny Huybrechts	5–0	Adrian Gray
Jason Hogg	5–4	Wayne Jones		Martin Stead	2–5	Raymond van Barneveld
Gary Spedding	2–5	David Pallett		Dennis Smith	2–5	Peter Hudson
Ewan Hyslop	2–5	Kevin McDine		Alex Roy	5–4	Tony Newell
John Bowles	1–5	Dirk van Duijvenbode		Rocco Maes	5–2	Nigel Daniels
Alan Derrett	3–5	Adam Hunt		Sam Allen	3–5	Ross Smith
Andy Boulton	5–4	Josh Payne		James Hubbard	5–3	Steve Hine
Arron Monk	4–5	Karl Merchant		Benito van de Pas	5–3	Davy Dodds
Nigel Heydon	5–4	Johnny Haines		Dave Weston	3–5	Mick Todd
Antonio Alcinas	5–3	Matthew Edgar		Lionel Sams	4–5	Joe Murnan
Michael Barnard	1–5	Stuart Kellett		Tony Randall	5–4	Steve West
Jamie Caven	3–5	Kevin Dowling		Michael Mansell	5–2	Dean Stewart
Mark Cox	1–5	Darren Webster		Ian Lever	3–5	William O'Connor
Aden Kirk	5–2	Gerwyn Price		Simon Stevenson	5–3	Mark Barilli

Third round; Best of seventeen legs

^[15]

Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Peter Wright	9–8	Michael Smith		Ronnie Baxter	5–9	Adrian Lewis
Aden Kirk	9–7	Phil Taylor		Michael van Gerwen	9–1	James Hubbard
Justin Pipe	7–9	Dave Chisnall		Kevin Painter	9–5	Richie Burnett
Raymond van Barneveld	9–3	Mick Todd		James Wade	9–1	Michael Mansell
Steve Beaton	6–9	Brendan Dolan		Adam Hunt	5–9	Paul Nicholson
Terry Jenkins	9–4	Stuart Kellett		Kevin Dowling	8–9	Stephen Bunting
Mark Webster	9–5	Mark Walsh		Kevin McDine	8–9	David Pallett
Andy Smith	3–9	Gary Anderson		Steve Maish	1–9	Nigel Heydon
Ronny Huybrechts	9–6	Simon Whitlock		Jamie Lewis	9–8	William O'Connor
Robert Thornton	9–3	Jason Hogg		Mensur Suljović	9–3	Tony Randall
Paul Hogan	9–3	Benito van de Pas		Christian Kist	9–2	Antonio Alcinas
Andrew Gilding	w/o	Wes Newton (withdrew)		Dirk van Duijvenbode	8–9	Joe Murnan
Kim Huybrechts	9–5	Ross Smith		Peter Hudson	8–9	Ian White
Andy Boulton	2–9	Dean Winstanley		Nick Fullwell	1–9	Alex Roy
Darren Webster	6–9	Vincent van der Voort		Rocco Maes	6–9	Simon Stevenson
Karl Merhant	4–9	Mervyn King		Andy Hamilton	9–8	Jelle Klaasen

Saturday 8 March

Fourth round; Best of seventeen legs

^[16]

Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
James Wade	9–5	Kim Huybrechts		Vincent van der Voort	8–9	Christian Kist
Michael van Gerwen	9–5	Andy Hamilton		Aden Kirk	9–5	Peter Wright
Paul Nicholson	5–9	Terry Jenkins		Raymond van Barneveld	9–3	Joe Murnan
Dave Chisnall	4–9	Mervyn King		Dean Winstanley	9–6	Stephen Bunting
Alex Roy	5–9	Ian White		Nigel Heydon	7–9	Brendan Dolan
Kevin Painter	9–4	Andrew Gilding		Ronny Huybrechts	8–9	Adrian Lewis
Mensur Suljović	9–7	Robert Thornton		Gary Anderson	9–5	David Pallett
Jamie Lewis	9–5	Simon Stevenson		Mark Webster	9–8	Paul Hogan

Fifth round

^[17]

Player	Score	Player
Brendan Dolan	9–7	Aden Kirk
Mensur Suljović	9–5	Jamie Lewis
Adrian Lewis	9–2	Raymond van Barneveld
Michael van Gerwen	9–4	Mark Webster
Kevin Painter	9–5	Dean Winstanley
Gary Anderson	7–9	Ian White
Mervyn King	9–6	Christian Kist
Terry Jenkins	9–8	James Wade

Sunday 9 March

Quarter-finals; Best of nineteen legs

^[18]

Player	Score	Player
Michael van Gerwen 99.38	10–8	Ian White 92.87
Terry Jenkins 98.89	10–4	Brendan Dolan 93.69
Adrian Lewis 98.35	10–3	Mensur Suljović 98.09
Kevin Painter 87.35	6–10	Mervyn King 94.73

Semi-finals and Final

	Semi-finals (best of 19 legs) [2]					Final (best of 21 legs) [2]
	Terry Jenkins 96.65		10
	Michael van Gerwen 95.58		8
						Terry Jenkins 93.15		1
						Adrian Lewis 109.13		11
	Mervyn King 94.58		6
	Adrian Lewis 99.64		10

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