2022 UK Open

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The **2022 Cazoo UK Open** was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the twentieth year of the tournament where players compete in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament returned to Butlin's Minehead, England, between 4–6 March 2022, having been held behind closed doors at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes in 2021 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

James Wade was the defending champion after defeating Luke Humphries 11–5 in the 2021 final, but he lost 10–4 to Keane Barry in the quarter-finals.

Danny Noppert won his first PDC major tournament, beating Michael Smith 11–10 in the final after Smith had a dart for the title. Noppert's average of 84.82 was the lowest winning average in a straight start format in a PDC major, and the second-lowest winning average overall ahead of Alan Warriner-Little's 83.25 in the 2001 World Grand Prix.

The tournament saw three nine-dart finishes. José Justicia hit the first in his third round game against Adam Gawlas. Defending champion James Wade also hit one during his sixth round game against Boris Krčmar. Michael Smith hit another in his own sixth round game against Mensur Suljović.

## Format

The 160 participants entered the competition incrementally, with 64 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.

## Qualification

The 128 Tour Card holders had a staggered entry based on their world ranking on 28 February 2022. They were joined by the top 4 players from each of the 2021 UK & European Challenge & Development Tour Orders of Merit, and by the winners of 16 Amateur Qualification events organised through Rileys Sports Bars.

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

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

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

33. Ross Smith
34. Kim Huybrechts
35. Ryan Joyce
36. Jermaine Wattimena
37. William O'Connor
38. Jamie Hughes
39. Ricky Evans
40. Martijn Kleermaker
41. Adrian Lewis
42. Adam Hunt
43. Darius Labanauskas
44. Jason Lowe
45. Steve Lennon
46. Jeffrey de Zwaan
47. Madars Razma
48. Luke Woodhouse
49. Alan Soutar
50. Maik Kuivenhoven
51. Ron Meulenkamp
52. Steve Beaton
53. Andy Boulton
54. Raymond van Barneveld
55. Steve West
56. William Borland
57. Ryan Meikle
58. Keegan Brown
59. Boris Krčmar
60. Jeff Smith
61. Florian Hempel
62. Ritchie Edhouse
63. Mike De Decker
64. Max Hopp

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

65. Martin Schindler
66. Keane Barry
67. John Henderson
68. Lewy Williams
69. Scott Mitchell
70. Joe Murnan
71. Jason Heaver
72. ~~Boris Koltsov~~
73. Gordon Mathers
74. Adam Gawlas
75. Niels Zonneveld
76. Eddie Lovely
77. Peter Hudson
78. John Michael
79. Martin Lukeman
80. Geert De Vos
81. Andrew Gilding
82. Geert Nentjes
83. Danny Baggish
84. Jonathan Worsley
85. Jack Main
86. Berry van Peer
87. John Brown
88. Connor Scutt
89. David Evans
90. Zoran Lerchbacher
91. Brett Claydon
92. Brian Raman
93. Kevin Doets
94. Jake Jones
95. Cameron Menzies
96. Krzysztof Kciuk

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

97. George Killington
98. Jamie Clark
99. Radek Szagański
100. Danny Jansen
101. Mario Vandenbogaerde
102. Jimmy Hendriks
103. John O'Shea
104. Ross Montgomery
105. Jim Williams
106. Richie Burnett
107. Darren Webster
108. Nathan Rafferty
109. Ricardo Pietreczko
110. Luc Peters
111. ~~Michael Unterbuchner~~
112. Damian Mol
113. José Justicia
114. Rowby-John Rodriguez
115. Bradley Brooks
116. Jules van Dongen
117. Matt Campbell
118. Tony Martinez
119. Nick Fullwell
120. Scott Waites
121. Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
122. Ted Evetts
123. James Wilson
124. Josh Rock
125. Kevin Burness
126. Mickey Mansell
127. Shaun Wilkinson
128. Vladimir Andersen

1. ↑ Boris Koltsov withdrew after the draw was made. His drawn opponent was therefore given a bye.
2. ↑ Michael Unterbuchner didn't compete for personal reasons. A bye was given in the first round.

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

The top 4 ranked players from the 2021 UK Development Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2022 season qualified for the first round.

1. Keelan Kay
2. Dom Taylor
3. Reece Colley
4. Liam Meek

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

The top 4 ranked players from the 2021 European Development Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2022 season qualified for the first round.

1. Fabian Schmutzler
2. Sebastian Białecki
3. Jurjen van der Velde
4. Niko Springer

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

The top 4 ranked players from the 2021 UK Challenge Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2022 season qualified for the first round.

1. Shaun McDonald
2. Martin Thomas
3. Darren Beveridge
4. Reece Robinson

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

The top 4 ranked players from the 2021 European Challenge Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2022 season qualified for the first round. Steven Noster chose not to compete and was replaced in the rankings by Lukas Wenig.

1. Toni Alcinas
2. Kenny Neyens
3. Wesley Plaisier
4. Lukas Wenig

### Riley's qualifiers (starting in first round)

The winners of qualifiers organised by Rileys Sports Bars, held through January and February 2022, 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.

* Steve Clayson  (NOT)
* Matt Good  (NOR)
* Graham Hall  (SOL)
* Ryan Harrington  (HAR)
* Paul Hogan  (SBF)
* Prakash Jiwa  (COV)
* Jelle Klaasen  (COV)
* Danny Lauby  (CHO)
* Kai Fan Leung  (CHE)
* Paul Marsh  (NOR)
* Ryan Murray  (CHO)
* Diogo Portela  (VIC)
* Dan Read  (SOL)
* Mark Rice  (CHE)
* Scott Taylor  (LIV)
* Adam Warner  (LIV)

## Draw

### Sunday 6 March

#### Semi-finals and Final

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## References

1. ↑ Wade completes Ladbrokes UK Open hat-trick. *PDC* (7 March 2021).
2. ↑ Danny Noppert beats Michael Smith to claim UK Open title in thrilling final-leg finish. *Sky* (7 March 2022). Retrieved on March 7, 2022.
3. ↑ PDC Order of Merit Rules.
4. ↑ 2022 Cazoo UK Open draw & stage allocations.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 2022 Cazoo UK Open field confirmed. PDC.
6. ↑ Congrats to Steve Clayson, our winner at Nottingham's UK Open qualifying event yesterday. Rileys Sports Bars.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Lauby, Portela & Leung win through opening Rileys Amateur Qualifiers. PDC.
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