2023 UK Open

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The **2023 Cazoo UK Open** was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the twenty-first year of the tournament where players compete in a single-elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held at Butlin's Minehead, England, between 3–5 March 2023.

Danny Noppert was the defending champion after defeating Michael Smith 11–10 in the 2022 final, but he lost to William O'Connor 10–9 in the fifth round.

Andrew Gilding won his first major TV and first PDC ranking title at all, beating Michael van Gerwen 11–10 in a last leg decider when van Gerwen missed a dart at double 16 to win the match and the title.

## Prize money

The prize fund was increased from £450,000 to £600,000.

The tournament will now also pay down to the last 128 for the first time, with second-round losers to receive £1,000.

## Format

The 158 participants will enter the competition incrementally, with 62 players entering in the first round, with match winners joining the 32 players entering in the second and third rounds to leave the last 64 in the fourth round.

* No players are seeded.
* A random draw is held for each of the following rounds following the conclusion of the third round.
* All matches in the first, second and third rounds will be played over best of 11 legs.
* All matches in the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds and quarter-finals will be played over best of 19 legs.
* All matches in the semi-finals and final will be played over best of 21 legs.
* Eight boards will be used for matches in the first, second, third and fourth rounds.
* Four boards will be used for matches in the fifth round.
* Two boards will be used for matches in the sixth round.
* One board will be used for all the matches in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.

## Qualifiers

The 128 Tour Card holders will have a staggered entry based on their world ranking on 27 February 2023. They will be joined by the top eight non-qualified players from each of the 2022 Challenge & Development Tour Orders of Merit, and by the winners of 16 Amateur Qualification events organised through Riley's Sports Bars.

The field was confirmed on 27 February, with both Corey Cadby and Christian Perez not participating, meaning there were two byes to the second round. Also, Challenge Tour qualifier David Pallett turned down his invite, so Lukas Wenig, who was next on the list, took his place.

### Number 1–32 on the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into fourth round)

1. Michael Smith
2. Peter Wright
3. Michael van Gerwen
4. Gerwyn Price
5. Luke Humphries
6. Rob Cross
7. Jonny Clayton
8. Danny Noppert
9. James Wade
10. Nathan Aspinall
11. Dimitri Van den Bergh
12. Dirk van Duijvenbode
13. Joe Cullen
14. Ryan Searle
15. José de Sousa
16. Dave Chisnall
17. Damon Heta
18. Ross Smith
19. Gabriel Clemens
20. Krzysztof Ratajski
21. Chris Dobey
22. Stephen Bunting
23. Gary Anderson
24. Callan Rydz
25. Brendan Dolan
26. Daryl Gurney
27. Martin Schindler
28. Kim Huybrechts
29. Mervyn King
30. Vincent van der Voort
31. Raymond van Barneveld
32. Alan Soutar

### Number 33–64 on the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)

33. Mensur Suljović
34. Madars Razma
35. Adrian Lewis
36. Josh Rock
37. Simon Whitlock
38. William O'Connor
39. Martin Lukeman
40. Martijn Kleermaker
41. Andrew Gilding
42. Keane Barry
43. Ryan Joyce
44. Ian White
45. Ritchie Edhouse
46. Ryan Meikle
47. Jermaine Wattimena
48. Luke Woodhouse
49. Ricky Evans
50. Jamie Hughes
51. Florian Hempel
52. Steve Beaton
53. Rowby-John Rodriguez
54. Mike De Decker
55. Boris Krčmar
56. Darius Labanauskas
57. Jim Williams
58. Scott Williams
59. Lewy Williams
60. Steve Lennon
61. Devon Petersen
62. Adam Gawlas
63. Joe Murnan
64. Jeff Smith

### Number 65–96 on the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into second round)

65. Matt Campbell
66. Danny Jansen
67. Cameron Menzies
68. Nathan Rafferty
69. Mickey Mansell
70. John O'Shea
71. Scott Waites
72. Mario Vandenbogaerde
73. Kevin Doets
74. Ted Evetts
75. Jimmy Hendriks
76. Ricardo Pietreczko
77. José Justicia
78. Richie Burnett
79. Krzysztof Kciuk
80. Connor Scutt
81. Brian Raman
82. Bradley Brooks
83. James Wilson
84. Radek Szagański
85. Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
86. Shaun Wilkinson
87. George Killington
88. Luc Peters
89. Tony Martinez
90. Ross Montgomery
91. Damian Mol
92. Jamie Clark
93. Jules van Dongen
94. Kevin Burness
95. Richard Veenstra
96. Keegan Brown

### Number 97–128 on the PDC Order of Merit (starting in first round)

97. Darren Webster
98. Nick Fullwell
99. Dylan Slevin
100. Niels Zonneveld
101. Vladimir Andersen
102. Maik Kuivenhoven
103. Arron Monk
104. Graham Usher
105. Jeffrey Sparidaans
106. Gian van Veen
107. Stephen Burton
108. Robbie Knops
109. Jeffrey de Zwaan
110. Josh Payne
111. Geert Nentjes
112. Pascal Rupprecht
113. Robert Owen
114. Adam Warner
115. Nick Kenny
116. Jurjen van der Velde
117. Daniel Klose
118. Graham Hall
119. Adam Smith-Neale
120. Ronny Huybrechts
121. Karel Sedláček
122. Lee Evans
123. Owen Roelofs
124. Danny van Trijp
125. ~~Corey Cadby~~
126. Callum Goffin
127. Jacques Labre
128. ~~Christian Perez~~

### PDC Development Tour qualifiers (starting in first round)

The top 8 ranked players from the 2022 Development Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2023 season qualified for the first round.

1. Nathan Girvan
2. Sebastian Białecki
3. Conor Heneghan
4. Jarred Cole
5. Jitse Van der Wal
6. Joshua Richardson
7. Christopher Holt
8. Dom Taylor

### PDC Challenge Tour qualifiers (starting in first round)

The top 8 ranked players from the 2022 Challenge Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2023 season qualified for the first round.

1. Thibault Tricole
2. ~~David Pallett~~
3. Christian Kist
4. Kenny Neyens
5. Jim McEwan
6. Andy Jenkins
7. Michael Flynn
8. Jelle Klaasen
9. Lukas Wenig

### Amateur qualifiers (starting in first round)

The winners of qualifiers organised by Rileys Sports Bars, held through January and February 2023, qualified for the first round. Entry to these tournaments was open to all players who had not qualified via another method, regardless of PDC Membership status.

* Thomas Banks  (Harlow)
* Brett Claydon  (Norwich)
* Gary Davey  (Liverpool)
* Noel Grant  (Coventry)
* Lewis Gurney  (Chester)
* Harry Lane  (Victoria, London)
* Danny Lauby  (Coventry)
* Daniel Lee  (Solihull)
* Luke Littler  (Chorlton-cum-Hardy)
* Callum Loose  (Chorlton-cum-Hardy)
* Jim Moston  (Liverpool)
* Darryl Pilgrim  (Victoria, London)
* Dan Read  (South Benfleet)
* James Richardson  (Chester)
* Stuart White  (Victoria, London)
* Jonathan Wynn  (Norwich)

## Draw

### Sunday 5 March

#### Semi-finals and Final

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## References

1. ↑ Danny Noppert beats Michael Smith to claim UK Open title in thrilling final-leg finish. *Sky* (7 March 2022). Retrieved on March 7, 2022.
2. ↑ Gilding strikes gold to stun Van Gerwen & clinch UK Open glory. *PDC* (5 March 2023). Retrieved on March 6, 2023.
3. ↑ Cazoo UK Open & European Tour prize fund increases announced.
4. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules.
5. ↑ 2023 Cazoo UK Open field confirmed. *PDC* (7 March 2022). Retrieved on February 27, 2023.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 UK Open Finals. Professional Darts Players Association.
7. ↑ Allen, Dave. 2023 Rileys Amateur Qualifiers set to begin this weekend. Professional Darts Corporation.
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