UK Open
Player Year ( + Round ) Method ( double-in double-out ) Opponent Result
Phil Taylor 2004 , 4th Round 3 x T20 ; 3 x T20 ; T20 , T19 , D12 Matt Chapman 8-2 ( L )
Phil Taylor 2005 , Semi-Final 3 x T20 ; 3 x T20 ; T20 , T19 , D12 Roland Scholten 11-6 ( L )
Phil Taylor 2007 , 5th Round 3 x T20 ; 3 x T20 ; T20 , T19 , D12 Wes Newton 11-5 ( L )
Phil Taylor 2008 , 4th Round 3 x T20 ; 2 x T20 , T19 ; 2 x T20 , D12 Jamie Harvey 9-1 ( L )
Mervyn King 2010 , 5th Round 3 x T20 ; 3 x T20 ; T20 , T19 , D12 Gary Anderson 8-9 ( L )
Gary Anderson 2012 , 3rd Round 3 x T20 ; 3 x T20 ; T20 , T19 , D12 Davey Dodds 9-3 ( L )
Michael van Gerwen 2016 , 4th Round 3 x T20 ; 3 x T20 ; T20 , T19 , D12 Rob Cross 9-5 ( L )
Jonny Clayton 2020 , 6th Round 3 x T20 ; 3 x T20 ; T20 , T19 , D12 Chris Dobey 10-8 ( L )
Michael van Gerwen 2020 , Semi-Finals 3 x T20 ; 3 x T20 ; T20 , T19 , D12 Daryl Gurney 11-3 ( L )
Records and statistics -- Nine-dart finishes
Ten nine-darters have been thrown at the UK Open . The first one was in 2004 , and nine of them have been televised . The one that was n't was thrown by Wes Newton in 2013 against Adrian Lewis .
The UK Open is a Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) major darts tournament held annually in Minehead, England at the Butlins Minehead Resort. Todays edition of the tournament consists of a record one-hundred and sixty players, all competing for the victors prize of £100,000, 22.2% of the £450,000 tournament prize fund. The UK Open is a ranking tournament, meaning all money won by any player is added in addition to their individual PDC Order of Merit ranking points. This in turn effects each players overall PDC ranking. Contrasting other darts tournaments, seedings have been abolished; top darts players, usually seeded, can be drawn against one another. This draw is randomly taken from a ballot containing all other competitors immediately concluding the full completion of each round of play. For this reason the tournament is commonly referred to as the FA Cup of Darts, in reference to the English-football tournament: The FA (Football Association) Cup, which also uses the same system as the UK Open in terms of elimination, seedings, and fixtures determined via open draw. This system is hailed for the diverse range of runners-up produced over the tournament's seventeen year history: in total, fifteen new runners-up.