About UK Open 2007

Champion
2007 UK Open Photographer: Lawrende Lustig/PDC Raymond van Barneveld
Total Prize Pool £150,000
Champion
£30,000
Runner-up
£15,000
Semi finalists
£8,500
Quarter finalists
£4,000
Last 16
£2,000
Last 32
£1,500
Last 64
£1,000
Nine darter
£20,000

Raymond van Barneveld comes to Bolton as a World Champion. Jelle Klaasen, Michael van Gerwen and Vincent van der Voort switched the BDO for the PDC and competed in Bolton as well, and Toon Greebe, Rico Vonck, Josephus Schenk and Roland Scholten complete the 8 Dutch contestants. Scholten loses for the first time in his career his first match at the UK Open and Greebe, Vonck, Schenk, Klaasen and Van Gerwen leave the tournament early.

Van Barneveld plays John Part in the last 32 and in a last leg decider; a 111-finish from Barney brings him a beautiful victory. Vincent van der Voort reaches the last 16 as well. In this round Phil Taylor hits a nine darter, Dennis Priestley loses to Phil Taylor, Colin Osborne defeats Mervyn King and both Dutch players go through to the quarterfinals.

In the quarterfinals Van Barneveld faces Phil Taylor and he shows his class. He defeats Taylor 11-4 and sees his fellow Dutchman Van der Voort beat Terry Jenkins 11-10. Van der Voort and Van Barneveld do not play each other in the semis. Van der Voort takes a narrow victory over Colin Osborne (11-10) while Barney ends the hopes of former world number 1 Colin Lloyd. A Dutch final in Bolton and the victory goes to the World Champion. He is the first player ever to successfully defend his UK Open title.

Competitors Of UK Open 2007

Chris Allen

Peter Allen

Bob Anderson

Rick Andrews

Dave Askew

Wayne Atwood

Michael Barnard

James Barton

Barrie Bates

Ronnie Baxter

Steve Beaton

Nigel Birch

Gary Blades

Dave Blenkarne

Ian Branks

Wayne Brown

Steve Brown

Martin Burchell

Richie Burnett

John Burton

Owen Caffrey

Andy Callaby

Roger Carter

Ray Carver

Brian Cathcart

Alan Caves

Matt Chapman

Jason Clark

Matt Clark

Dylan Cook

Andrew Coulter

Mark Cox

Simon Craven

Bob Crawley

Jason Crawley

Steve Cusick

Chris Daglish

Matty Dalwood

Stephen Davidson

Lyndon Davies

Keith Deller

Brendan Dolan

Kevin Dowling

Sean Dowling

Mark Dudbridge

Stuart Dutton

Tony Eccles

Ray Farrell

Barry French

Mark Frost

Andrew Gourlay

Adrian Gray

Garrett Gray

Toon Greebe

Robbie Green

Alan Green

Peter Green

Ian Gunion

Johnny Haines

Andy Hamilton

Stephen Hardy

Geoff Harkup

Kevin Harris

Jamie Harvey

Rob Hawker

Justin Henshaw

Nigel Heydon

Steve Hine

Mark Holden

Stuart Holden

Dave Honey

Chris Hook

Eddie Hughes

Mark Hylton

Terry Jenkins

Andy Jenkins

Darren Johnson

Wayne Jones

Dave Jowett

Mervyn King

Jelle Klaasen

Paul Knighton

John Kuczynski

David Ladley

Darren Latham

Mark Lawrence

Cliff Lazarenko

Kieran Leal

Adrian Lewis

Colin Lloyd

John MaGowan

Ross Macken

Steve Maish

Peter Manley

Jimmy Mann

Wayne Mardle

Tony Martin

Chris Mason

Kevin McDine

Shaun McDonald

Mick McGowan

Richard McLaughlin

Christopher McTernan

Scott Mitchell

Colin Monk

Wes Newton

Dale Newton

Gary Noonan

Henry O'Neill

Colin Osborne

Denis Ovens

Kevin Painter

Sean Palfrey

Lee Palfreyman

John Part

Nigel Payne

Danny Pinhorne

David Platt

Mark Pooke

Dennis Priestley

John Quantock

Tony Randell

Alan Reynolds

Pete Riley

Andy Roberts

Mark Robinson

Mick Rodgers

Sam Rooney

Alex Roy

Lionel Sams

Mick Savvery

Josephus Schenk

Roland Scholten

Matt Sheehan

Kirk Shepherd

Vernon Sheppard

Andy Smith

Dennis Smith

Dave Smith

Steven Smith

Garry Spedding

Mark Stephenson

Alan Tabern

Phil Taylor

Chris Thompson

Mark Thomson

Darrell Thorpe

Darrell Townsend

Alf Turley

Aaron Turner

Martyn Turner

Nicky Turner

Rico Vonck

James Wade

Doug Walker

Mark Walsh

Ian Walters

Alan Warriner

Darren Webster

Gary Welding

Simon Whatley

Steve Whitehouse

Paul Whitworth

Ricky Williams

Paul Williams

Darren Williams

Mark Wilson

Tommy Wilson

Ian Wise

Geoff Wylie

Raymond van Barneveld

Michael van Gerwen

Vincent van der Voort

UK Open 2007

Reebok Stadium in
Bolton, ENG
Organizer:
Professional Darts Corporation
Sponsor:
Blue Square
Participants:
173
Prize Pool:
£150,000
Start Date:
7 Jun 2007
End Date:
10 Jun 2007