UK Open Darts 2025
The 2024 UK Open delivered high-stakes drama at Butlin’s Minehead Resort, with Dimitri Van den Bergh edging out Luke Humphries in a nail-biting 11–10 final to claim his first title. The tournament, known for its unpredictable open draw format, saw plenty of standout moments, including four 170 checkouts.
Looking ahead, the 2025 UK Open kicks off from February 28 to March 2, returning to Minehead for another thrilling edition. With £600,000 in prize money on the line and Van den Bergh set to defend his title, fans can expect more surprises, drama, and world-class darts action.
| TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| When & Where is the Tournament? | Who has Qualified? |
| How to Watch? | What is the Schedule? |
| What is the Format? | Who are the Previous Winers? |
| What is the Prize Pot? | Â |
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When is the 2025 PDC UK Open Darts?
The UK Open Darts will take place between February 28th to March 2nd.
Where is the 2025 UK Open Darts?
The 23rd edition of the UK Open will be held in Butlins, Minehead. A total of 158 players will take a shot at the title.
How do you watch the 2025 UK Open Darts?
The 2025 Darts UK Open will be broadcast live on ITV 4 for UK fans, for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland DAZN will provide the coverage, and on PDCTV in all other global territories.
What is the format of the 2025 UK Open Darts?
Referred to as the ‘FA Cup of Darts’ the UK Open Darts is like no other format in the darts calendar. It is unseeded, an open draw is made after each round, and entry is open to players at all levels of darts.
All 128 PDC Tour card holders are given automatic entry into the tournament and will be joined by eight of the best players from the previous year’s Challenge & Development Tour Order of Merits and 16 winners from Riley’s Amateur Qualifiers.
The format is as follows (as of 2020):
- First round: The 16 Rileys qualifiers, 8 Challenge Tour qualifiers, 8 Development Tour qualifiers and Tour Card holders ranked 97–128 in the PDC Order of Merit.
- Second round: Players ranked 65–96 in the PDC Order of Merit join the 32 winners of the first round.
- Third round: Players ranked 33–64 join the 32 winners of the second round.
- Fourth round to final: Players ranked 1–32 in the PDC Order of Merit join the 32 winners of the third round.
With a total of 158 players at the beginning of the tournament, play is split across eight different stages for rounds 1-4, four stages cover round 5, two stages for round 6 and only the main stage is used for the quarterfinals, semi-finals and final.
The draws for the first three rounds are made in full after all qualifying players are known, while the draws for the fourth round onward are made separately on stage as soon as each preceding round has concluded.
Here is a breakdown of the tournament’s current format:
- Rounds 1,2 and 3 – best of 11 legs
- Rounds 4, 5, 6 and the quarter-finals – best of 19 legs.
- Semi-finals and final – best of 21 legs.
What is the Prize Money for the 2025 UK Open Darts?
Players who start in round one must win their first match to receive part of the prize of the pot, with second-round losers receiving £1,000 each.
All prize money is added to the PDC Order of Merit.
Below is the breakdown of the UK Open Darts prize money for 2025:
| Position | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| Winner | £110,000 |
| Runner-up | £50,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £30,000 |
| Quarter-finalist | £15,000 |
| Round 6 | £10,000 |
| Round 5 | £5,000 |
| Round 4 | £2,500 |
| Round 3 | £1,500 |
| Round 2 | £1,000 |
| Round 1 | £0 |
| Total: | £600,000 |
Who has qualified for the UK Open Darts 2025?
| UK OPEN DARTS 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gary Anderson | Nathan Aspinall | Andy Baetens |
| Scott Baker | Keane Barry | Owen Bates |
| Stefan Bellmont | Darren Beveridge | Sebastian Balecki |
| Tom Bissell | William Borland | Andy Boulton |
| Bradley Brooks | Stephen Bunting | Stephen Burton |
| Matt Campbell | Dave Chisnall | Brett Claydon |
| Jonny Clayton | Gabriel Clemens | Henry Coates |
| Lee Cocks | Derek Coulson | Cameron Crabtree |
| Rob Cross | Joe Cullen | Maximilian Czerwinski |
| Mike De Decker | Cor Dekker | Matthew Dennant |
| Marc Dewsbury | Chris Dobey | Kevin Doets |
| Brendan Dolan | Dylan Dowling | Martijn Dragt |
| Tavis Dudeney | Ritchie Edhouse | Ricky Evans |
| Shaun Fox | Patrick Geeraets | Andrew Gilding |
| Nathan Girvan | Kai Gotthardt | Beau Greaves |
| Rhys Griffin | Dominik Grullich | Robert Grundy |
| Daryl Gurney | Graham Hall | Andreas Harrysson |
| Florian Hempel | John Henderson | Stefaan Henderyck |
| Damon Heta | Justin Hood | Max Hopp |
| Dragutin Horvat | Luke Humphries | Adam Hunt |
| James Hurrell | Kim Huybrechts | Danny Jansen |
| Ryan Joyce | Tytus Kanik | Jamie Kelling |
| Nick Kenny | George Killington | Aden Kirk |
| Christian Kist | Jelle Klaasen | Maik Kuivenhoven |
| Darius Labanauskas | Chris Landman | Danny Lauby |
| Steve Lennon | Adam Lipscombe | Tommy Lishman |
| Luke Littler | Pero Ljubic | Jim Long |
| Thomas Lovely | Oskar Lukasiak | Martin Lukeman |
| Charlie Manby | Mickey Mansell | Ryan Meikle |
| Cameron Menzies | Alexander Merkx | Tommy Morris |
| Wessel Nijman | Danny Noppert | William O’Connor |
| Dennie Olde Kalter | Robert Owen | Adam Paxton |
| Daniel Perry | Ricardo Pietreczko | Darryl Pilgrim |
| Wesley Plaisier | Gerwyn Price | Haupai Puha |
| Nathan Rafferty | Krzysztof Ratajski | Madars Razma |
| Benjamin Reus | Joshua Richardson | Greg Ritchie |
| Josh Rock | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | Own Roelofs |
| Paul Rowley | Callan Rydz | Martin Schindler |
| Connor Scutt | Ryan Searle | Karel Sedlacek |
| Dylan Slevin | Ross Smith | Michael Smith |
| Alan Soutar | Niko Springer | Simon Stevenson |
| Mensur Sulijovic | Thomas Sykes | Radek Szagnaski |
| Dom Taylor | Viktor Tingstrom | Thibault Tricole |
| Michele Turetta | Graham Usher | Dimitri Van den Bergh |
| Mario Vandenbogaerde | Richard Veenstra | James Wade |
| Adam Warner | Jermaine Wattimena | Leon Weber |
| Lukas Wenig | Ian White | Chris Wickenden |
| Jim Williams | Scott Williams | Tim Wolters |
| Luke Woodhouse | Peter Wright | Niels Zonneveld |
| Jeffrey de Graaf | Jose de Sousa | Raymond van Barneveld |
| Jules van Dongen | Dirk van Duijvenbode | Michael van Gerwen |
| Berry van Peer | Jimmy van Schie | Danny van Trijp |
| Gian van Veen | Marvin van Velzen | Jurjen van der Velde |
| Jiste van der Wal | Mike Gillett | Chris Hartrey |
What is the Schedule?
The UK Open darts order of play sees rounds 1-4 played on the first day, rounds 5-6 on the second day, and then the event concludes with the quarterfinals, semi-finals and final on the third and final day.
UK Darts Open Previous Winners?
2003 – Phil Taylor
2004 – Roland Scholten
2005 – Phil Taylor
2006 – Raymond van Barneveld
2007 – Raymond van Barneveld
2008 – James Wade
2009 – Phil Taylor
2010 – Phil Taylor
2011 – James Wade
2012 – Robert Thornton
2013 – Phil Taylor
2014 – Adrian Lewis
2015 – Michael van Gerwen
2016 – Michael van Gerwen
2017 – Peter Wright
2018 – Gary Anderson
2019 – Nathan Aspinall
2020 – Michael van Gerwen
2021 – James Wade
2022 – Danny Noppert
2023 – Andrew Gilding
2024 – Dimitri Van den Bergh
First Round: Thursday January 30 (1900 GMT)
| RESULTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Josh Rock | 3-1 | Jermaine Wattimena |
| Damon Heta | 3-1 | Ross Smith |
| Rob Cross | 1-3 | William O'Connor |
| Gerwyn Price | 3-0 | Florian Hempel |
| Peter Wright | 3-2 | Kevin Doets |
| Luke Humphries | 3-1 | Joe Cullen |
| Stephen Bunting | 3-2 | William Borland |
| Danny Noppert | 3-1 | Michael Smith |
First Round: Friday January 31 (1900 GMT)
| RESULTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| James Wade | 3-2 | Mike De Decker |
| Dave Chisnall | 1-3 | Cameron Menzies |
| Jonny Clayton | 3-1 | Martin Schindler |
| Nathan Aspinall | 3-0 | Andrew Gilding |
| Chris Dobey | 1-3 | Ryan Searle |
| Luke Littler | 3-0 | Andy Baetens |
| Michael van Gerwen | 3-1 | Bradley Brooks |
| Gary Anderson | 1-3 | Dimitri Van den Bergh |
Second Round: Saturday February 1 - Afternoon Session (12:45 GMT)
| RESULTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| William O'Connor | 0-4 | Danny Noppert |
| Damon Heta | 4-3 | Gerwyn Price |
| Stephen Bunting | 4-2 | Peter Wright |
| Luke Humphries | 4-0 | Josh Rock |
Second Round: Saturday February 1 - Evening Session (19:00 GMT)
| RESULTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Jonny Clayton | 4-3 | Ryan Searle |
| Cameron Menzies | 1-4 | Nathan Aspinall |
| Luke Littler | 4-0 | James Wade |
| Michael van Gerwen | 3-4 | Dimitri Van den Bergh |
Quarter-Finals: Sunday February 2 - Afternoon Session (12:45 GMT)
| RESULTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Luke Humphries | 4-1 | Damon Heta |
| Danny Noppert | 4-3 | Stephen Bunting |
| Luke Littler | 2-4 | Jonny Clayton |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh | 4-1 | Nathan Aspinall |
Semi-Finals: Sunday February 2 - Evening Session (19:00 GMT)
| RESULTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Luke Humphries | 5-2 | Danny Noppert |
| Jonny Clayton | 5-2 | Dimitri Van den Bergh |
Final: Sunday February 2 - Evening Session (19:00 GMT)
| RESULTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Luke Humphries | 6-5 | Jonny Clayton |
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