2007 UK Open

2007 Blue Square UK Open 7–10 June 2007 Reebok Stadium Bolton PDC LegsFinal – best of 31 £150,000 £30,000 ENG Phil Taylor 170 ENG Colin Osborne NED Raymond van Barneveld 2006 2008 The 2007 Blue Square UK Open was the fifth year of the PDC's UK Open darts tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competed in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament took place at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, England, between 7–10 June 2007. Blue Square took over as title sponsor after Budweiser's three-year deal expired. There were two changes being introduced this year where a tournament bracket was introduced from the quarter-final stage to prevent players being forced into playing long back-to-back matches. Previously there had been a random draw after each round and the tournament had earned the nickname the "FA Cup of darts" as a result. The number of players was expanded from 128 to 168 for the 2007 tournament, but due to players tied on 168th position in the Order of Merit the starting field was 176 players. Raymond van Barneveld defended his title, by defeating fellow Dutchman Vincent van der Voort 16–8 in the final. Prize money Stage (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £150,000)2007 UK Open Player Prize Money http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=189 Darts Database 6 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20150721213727/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=189 21 July 2015 dead Winner (1) £30,000 Runner-Up (1) £15,000 Semi-finalists (2) £8,500 Quarter-finalists (4) £4,000 Last 16 (fifth round) (8) £2,000 Last 32 (fourth round) (16) £1,500 Last 64 (third round) (32) £1,000 Last 96 (second round) (32) n/a Last 128 (first round) (32) n/a Last 160 (preliminary round) (32) n/aNine-dart finish (1) £15,000 Format Qualifying events are held at Punch Taverns pubs across the UK – winners from each pub event progress to one of four Regional Finals, to be staged in their relevant area. Players who reach the final eight in the Regional Finals will qualify for the televised stages of the UK Open in Bolton. In addition there are eight UK Open Regional Finals for the "professional" players. All events are open to all darts players on payment of an entry fee – which means that players from both the PDC and BDO are eligible to enter. Players who enter through the Punch Taverns Qualifying round are not eligible to play in the regional qualifying events and vice versa. The results of the eight qualifiers are then collated into an Order of Merit table (winner £4000; runner-up £2000; 3–4 £1000; 5–8 £500; 9–16 £250; 17–32 £100; 33–64 £50). This was raised to winner £5000; runner-up £2500; 3–4 £1250; 5–8 £600; 9–16 £300; 17–32 £150; 33–64 £75 from January 2007. The top 128 players (plus ties) in this Order of Merit join the 32 Punch Taverns qualifiers at the televised stages in Bolton. The format for the event changes in 2007 to allow the tournament to expand by an extra day, and increase the number of players in the field. Day 1, Preliminary round – best of 15 legs 16 Matches drawn from a pool of 32 Punch Taverns Qualifiers and the 31 players with £50 or £75 in UK Open Order of Merit 1st round – best of 15 legs 32 Matches with 16 Preliminary round survivors, the remaining 31 players who were not drawn in Preliminary round and players ranked 97–113 in UK Open Order of Merit Day 2, 2nd round – best of 15 legs Players ranked 65 to 96 join the first round winners. 3rd round – best of 15 legs Players ranked 33 to 64 join the second round winners. Day 3, 4th round – best of 21 legs Players ranked in the top 32 join the third round winners. 5th round – best of 21 legs Last 32 of competition 6th round – best of 21 legs Last 16 of competition followed by draw for quarter-finals in bracket form to avoid players being drawn in consecutive matches. Day 4, Quarter-finals – best of 21 legs Semi-finals – best of 21 legs Final – best of 31 legs UK Open Regional Final results The UK Open Order of Merit was based on the results of the eight qualifying events across the UK. The eight final results were:- 24 September 2006 (Wales) Phil Taylor 2–1 Adrian Lewis 22 October (Ireland) Raymond van Barneveld 2–1 Colin Lloyd 5 November (Scotland) Raymond van Barneveld 2–0 Barrie Bates 6 January 2007 (North-East) Raymond van Barneveld 2–0 Roland Scholten 11 February (South-West) Dennis Priestley 2–0 James Wade 4 March (South) Phil Taylor 2–0 Wayne Mardle 18 March (North-West) James Wade 2–0 Terry Jenkins 1 April (Midlands) Andy Hamilton 2–0 James Wade Results Collated results from later stages:-UK Open 2007 – Bracket https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/uk-open/2007/bracket Mastercaller 6 February 2024 Fourth round Board One ENG Chris Mason 4–11 Mervyn King ENG ENG Tony Eccles 8–11 Michael van Gerwen NED ENG Peter Manley 3–11 Phil Taylor ENG NIR John MaGowan 1–11 Raymond van Barneveld NED Board Two WAL Barrie Bates 9–11 Adrian Lewis ENG NED Roland Scholten 5–11 James Wade ENG ENG Dennis Smith 4–11 Colin Lloyd ENG ENG Wayne Mardle 7–11 Denis Ovens ENG Board Three ENG Kevin Painter 11–6 Nigel Birch ENG ENG Kevin McDine 7–11 Alan Green ENG ENG Wayne Jones 11–4 Gary Spedding ENG ENG Darren Johnson 6–11 Brendan Dolan NIR Board Four CAN John Part 11-7 Garrett Gray IRL ENG Steve Hine 11–1 Alan Tabern ENG WAL Richie Burnett 11–9 Jelle Klaasen NED ENG Colin Osborne 11–10 Steve Maish ENG Board Five ENG Terry Jenkins 11–8 Andy Roberts WAL ENG Andy Smith 11–9 Robbie Green ENG ENG Dennis Priestley 11–5 Mick McGowan IRL ENG Mark Dudbridge 11–8 Simon Whatley ENG Board Six ENG Sam Rooney 11–6 Gary Welding ENG WAL Wayne Atwood 7–11 Andy Callaby ENG IRL Owen Caffrey 11–6 Jason Clark SCO NED Vincent van der Voort 11–5 John Kuczynski USA Board Seven ENG Steve Beaton 7–11 Adrian Gray ENG ENG Mark Holden 11–8 Andy Jenkins ENG ENG Alex Roy 11–5 Lee Palfreyman ENG ENG Andy Hamilton 7–11 Darren Webster ENG Board Eight ENG Colin Monk 11–8 Tony Randell ENG ENG Steve Smith 11–8 Alan Reynolds WAL AUS David Platt 11–7 Mark Lawrence ENG ENG Wes Newton 11–8 Jimmy Mann ENG y y n 5th Roundbest of 21 legslosers £1,500 6th Roundbest of 21 legslosers £2,000 Quarter-finalsbest of 21 legslosers £4,000 Semi-finalsbest of 21 legslosers £8,500 Finalbest of 31 legswinner £30,000Runner-up £15,000 NEDVincent van der Voort 11 ENGAlex Roy 3 WALRichie Burnett 11 ENGSam Rooney 6 ENGTerry Jenkins 11 ENGDavid Platt 3 ENGMark Dudbridge 11 ENGAdrian Lewis 7 ENGColin Osborne 11 NEDMichael van Gerwen 7 ENGMervyn King 11 ENGDenis Ovens 5 ENGAlan Green 11 ENGAndy Callaby 4 ENGDarren Webster 11 ENGJames Wade 7 NEDRaymond van Barneveld 11 CANJohn Part 10 ENGWayne Jones 11 ENGMark Holden 6 ENGPhil Taylor 11 ENGWes Newton 5 ENGDennis Priestley 11 NIRBrendan Dolan 4 ENGColin Lloyd 11 ENGAndy Smith 7 ENGKevin Painter 11 ENGSteve Smith 7 ENGSteve Hine 11 ENGAdrian Gray 6 ENGColin Monk 11 IRLOwen Caffrey 7 v der Voort 11 Burnett 5 T. Jenkins 11 Dudbridge 4 Osborne 11 King 10 A. Green 11 Webster 8 v Barneveld 11 W. Jones 5 Taylor 11 Priestley 3 Lloyd 11 Painter 9 Hine 11 Monk 8 v der Voort 80.68 11 T. Jenkins 86.25 10 Osborne 89.86 11 A. Green 85.39 6 v Barneveld 96.08 11 Taylor 97.14 4 Lloyd 94.90 11 Hine 84.82 6 v der Voort 89.17 11 Osborne 89.19 10 v Barneveld 102.82 11 Lloyd 95.23 4 Vincent van der Voort 88.76 8 Raymond van Barneveld 94.99 16 Random draws were made after each round up to the quarter-final stage; draw bracket has been compiled retrospectively. Tournament Review Day One – Thursday 7 June 2007 The first round was played on Thursday and featured 81 players competing for a place in the second round. Winmau World Masters champion Michael van Gerwen, playing his first match on Sky Television in the UK, beat 37-year-old Chris McTernan a pub qualifier from Bacup. Former World Champion Richie Burnett and Cliff Lazarenko also played on the opening day – both progressing to the second round. Day Two – Friday 8 June 2007 There were very few shocks on day two of the tournament, although former world champions Bob Anderson and Keith Deller, who were both struggling for form, were both knocked out. Cliff Lazarenko's run in the event ended in the third round. The draw for the fourth round, featuring the top 32 players in the world was staged at the end of Friday's play. Day Three – Saturday 9 June 2007 64 players remained when matches got underway on Saturday afternoon, after a late night on Friday. Raymond Barneveld would book a place in Round 5 with an 11–1 win over John "Mr. Magoo" MaGowan, who he defeated 11–7 in the Semi-finals twelve months ago. It was a different story against John Part with less doubles hit for Barney (compared to 80% against MaGowan). Part led 10–9, but van Barneveld squeezed through to hit double 16 and edge a great match 11–10. Phil Taylor achieved his third nine dart finish at Bolton in the fifth round against Wes Newton – it is also his fifth televised perfect game. Taylor was playing on the second main stage and whilst his match was in progress Colin Osborne was on his way to an 11–7 victory against Michael van Gerwen, including a 170 finish within moments of Taylor hitting the nine-darter. Osborne also saw off Mervyn King 11–10 – his second deciding leg victory of the day to reach the quarter-finals. Kevin Painter came within one dart of matching Phil Taylor's nine-darter missing double 12 for the finish which would have been the first time that a tournament had witnessed two nine-darters on the same day. The draw for the final day's matches took place at the end of Saturday's play and the quarter-final line-up featured a repeat of the previous year's quarter-final between Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld. Day Four – Sunday 10 June 2007 The tournament reached the quarter-finals stage and the first match on the main board saw Vincent van der Voort come from 0–5 behind to edge out Premier League finalist Terry Jenkins 11–10 to reach his first PDC semi-final. Colin Osborne beat Alan Green 11–6 on board two. Colin Lloyd followed on board two with another comeback, having been 0–4 behind he beat Steve Hine 11–6. The clash between the world's top two ranked players ended with a convincing victory for Raymond van Barneveld against Phil Taylor. Van Barneveld won four successive legs from 3–2 up and then further extended his lead to 9–3. Taylor took the 13th leg when he took out 182 with a usual combination of a maximum 180 and double one on his next visit. But van Barneveld won the next leg to win 11–4 and give Taylor one of his heaviest defeats on television. Vincent van der Voort produced a second successive 11–10 win to reach the final by beating Colin Osborne in the semi-final whilst defending champion Raymond van Barneveld had a more comfortable win 11–4 over Colin Lloyd – meaning he'd beaten his two rivals in the top three of the world rankings on the same day. In the final, van Barneveld raced to a 4–0 win hitting his double on the first attempt each time before van der Voort managed to get two legs on the scoreboard. Van Barneveld then took the next four legs, then further extended his lead to 13–5. Van der Voort tried to stay with van Barneveld and took three of the next five legs but a double top in the 24th leg sealed a second successive UK Open title for van Barneveld. References External links List of qualifiers from the Order of Merit Planetdarts website results and reports Category:UK Open UK Open Darts UK Open UK Open Category:2000s in Greater Manchester Category:Sport in Bolton