2011 UK Open

2011 Speedy Hire UK Open
Tournament information
Dates	2–5 June 2011
Venue	Reebok Stadium
Location	Bolton
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs Final – best of 21
Prize fund	£200,000
Winner's share	£40,000
Champion(s)
James Wade
«2010 2012»

The 2011 Speedy Hire UK Open was the ninth year of the PDC darts 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 Reebok Stadium in Bolton, England, between 2–5 June 2011, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts", as a random draw is staged after each round until the final.

The title was won by James Wade, who defeated Wes Newton 11–8 in the final.^[1]

There were eight qualifying events staged in Barnsley and Wigan between February and May 2011 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Total Prize Money	Winner	Runner-up
1	Saturday 26 February	Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley	Steve Brown	6 – 3	Ian White	£34,600	£6,000	£3,000
2	Sunday 27 February		Michael Smith	6 – 5	Dave Chisnall	£34,600	£6,000	£3,000
3	Saturday 12 March	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan	Adrian Lewis	6 – 4	Robert Thornton	£34,600	£6,000	£3,000
4	Sunday 13 March		Vincent van der Voort	6 – 4	Raymond van Barneveld	£34,600	£6,000	£3,000
5	Saturday 16 April	Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley	Gary Anderson	6 – 4	Phil Taylor	£34,600	£6,000	£3,000
6	Sunday 17 April		Phil Taylor	6 – 1	Joe Cullen	£34,600	£6,000	£3,000
7	Saturday 30 April	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan	Gary Anderson	6 – 2	Phil Taylor	£34,600	£6,000	£3,000
8	Sunday 1 May		Phil Taylor	6 – 3	Colin Osborne	£34,600	£6,000	£3,000

The six players above that won a qualifying tournament all finished in the Top 32 in the merit table and thus entered the main tournament at the third round stage.

The tournament featured 172 players. As in previous years, eight UK Open qualifiers were staged across the north of England, where players' winnings 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 in the third round of the final tournament. In addition, the next 76 players in the Order of Merit qualified for the tournament, but needed to start in the earlier rounds played on the Thursday.^[2] A further 64 players qualified via regional qualifying tournaments.

32 players qualified from Rileys qualifiers held in Rileys Dart Zones across Britain.^[3]

32 players qualified from Speedy qualifiers held at four venues across Britain from 12 to 15 April.^[4]

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

Stage (no. of players)		Prize money (Total: £200,000)
Winner	(1)	£40,000
Runner-Up	(1)	£20,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£10,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£6,000
Last 16 (fifth round)	(8)	£4,000
Last 32 (fourth round)	(16)	£2,000
Last 64 (third round)	(32)	£1,000
Last 96 (second round)	(32)	n/a
Last 160 (first round)	(64)	n/a
Last 172 (preliminary round)	(12)	n/a

The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was made on 12 May.^[5]

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Draw made after Round 2 matches
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Draw made after Round 3 matches.
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Draw made after Round 4 matches^[10]

These matches took place on the main stage.

Draw made after Round 5 matches.
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Player	Legs	Player
(99.29) Denis Ovens	10–6	Mark Hylton (98.88)
(93.42) Robert Thornton	7–10	Mark Webster (95.00)
(95.63) Dave Chisnall	8–10	Wes Newton (94.56)
(95.56) James Wade	10–7	Paul Nicholson (92.94)

Draw made after the Quarter-finals.

	Semi-finals Best of 19 legs[12]					Final Best of 21 legs[13]
	James Wade (97.63)		10
	Mark Webster (96.09)		9
						James Wade (96.25)		11
						Wes Newton (88.51)		8
	Wes Newton (94.55)		10
	Denis Ovens (88.75)		6

• UK Open history of event and previous winners
• 2011 in darts includes extended results of Pro Tour events
• PDC Pro Tour history of PDC "floor events"

• The official PDC page for the UK Open