The 2013 Speedy Services UK Open was a

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tournament staged by the

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. It was the eleventh year of the UK Open tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competed in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held at the

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, between 6–9 June 2013, and has the nickname, "the

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of darts" as a random draw is staged after each round until the final. Phil Taylor won the title, defeating Andy Hamilton 11–4 in the final to claim his fifth and final UK Open title. The 2013 UK Open was the last UK Open to be held at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, and was the last UK Open to be broadcast on

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in June. Starting in 2014, the UK Open moved to the Butlins Resort in

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, and has been broadcast on

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in March.

Format and qualifiers

2013 UK Open qualifiers

There were eight qualifying events staged across England between February and April 2013 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were: The tournament features 146 players. The results of the eight qualifiers shown above were collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 32 players in the Order of Merit, who played a minimum of two events, received a place at the final tournament. In addition, the next 82 players in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but needed to start in the earlier rounds played on the Thursday. A further 32 players qualified via regional qualifying tournaments.

Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)

Number 33-64 of the Order of Merit (receiving byes into second round)

Remaining Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in first and preliminary round)

Speedy qualifiers

32 players qualified from Speedy qualifiers held at four venues across Britain in April.

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* Gus Santana *

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* Gary Stone * Jamie Hagen * Tam Dymond * Scott Robertson * Andrew McNicol *

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* Stephen Bunting * Michael Bushby * Mark McGeeney * Darren Twist * Stuart Lowe * Nigel Daniels * Tony Martin * Paul Whitworth Civic Hall,

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* Darrell Thorpe * Matt Gallett * Gavin Baker * Michael Musto * Robbie Singleton * Robbie Green * Jake Pennington * Dean Stewart

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* Conan Whitehead * Darrell Townsend * Terry Dunford * John Mortimer * Maik Langendorf * Scott Marsh * Steven Mead * Michael Burgoine

Prize money

For the fifth consecutive UK Open, the prize fund was £200,000.

Draw

Thursday 6 June; Best of nine legs

Preliminary round

First round

Second round

Friday 7 June; Best of seventeen legs

Third round

Saturday 8 June; Best of seventeen legs

Fourth round

† Newton hit a nine-dart finish, having thrown 180, 180, and 141 to finish the leg.

Fifth round

Sunday 9 June

Quarter-finals; Best of nineteen legs

Semi-finals and Final

References

External links

The official PDC page for the UK Open
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