UK Open 2024 - Mastercaller

The 22nd edition of the UK Open was held in Butlins, Minehead from 1 to 3 March. A total of 158 players took a shot at the title. It was Dimitri van den Bergh who was able to put his name on the winner's trophy for the first time, after a final victory over Luke Humphries.

The tournament starts for Van den Bergh in the fourth round. He will compete against Brendan Dolan, quarter-finalist of the last World Championships. The Belgian wins an exciting match (10-8) and qualifies for the last 32. Here he plays against Vincent van der Voort. The unseeded Dutchman eventually lost 10-6 and saw Van den Bergh reach the next round. 'The Dreammaker' will face Jonny Clayton in the last 16. 'The Ferret' is not in the best form of his career and is therefore unable to beat Van den Bergh. Van den Bergh wins 10-7 and qualifies for the quarter-finals.

There are no Dutch players to be found in those quarter-finals. Michael van Gerwen immediately loses his first match (in the last 64) against Mensur Suljovic, while Dirk van Duijvenbode loses in the same round against Luke Humphries (10-7). Danny Noppert (the 2022 winner) survives the fourth round, but falls 10-9 against Martin Lukeman one round later. The best Dutchman this tournament is Gian van Veen: he reaches the last 16, but after victories over John Henderson, Florian Hempel and Graham Usher, he loses 10-8 to Damon Heta.

Van den Bergh has not a bad draw, because he will meet Martin Lukeman in the quarter-finals. The Englishman does not throw a bad match, but loses his quarter-final match 10-5. In the other quarter-finals there were victories for Damon Heta (10-8 against Luke Littler), Ricky Evans (10-7 against Rob Cross) and Luke Humphries (10-2 against Stephen Bunting). In the semi-finals, Van den Bergh is drawn against 'friend' Damon Heta. Van den Bergh manages to win the match 11-6, which means he is in the final of the UK Open for the first time. Here he plays against Luke Humphries: 'Cool Hand' beats Ricky Evans 11-2 and is in the final for the second time after 2021.

The first Belgian in the final of the UK Open also manages to take the first title: it will be a very exciting final that requires a very last and deciding leg. Van den Bergh is the coolest in this, which is why he manages to win a major tournament for the second time in his career (after the World Matchplay in 2020).

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Competitors Of UK Open 2024

Gary Anderson

Nathan Aspinall

Andy Baetens

Keane Barry

Owen Bates

Steve Beaton

Leighton Bennett

Darren Beveridge

Sebastian Białecki

William Borland

Andy Boulton

Bradley Brooks

Keegan Brown

Stephen Bunting

Kevin Burness

Stephen Burton

Matt Campbell

Dave Chisnall

Brett Claydon

Jonny Clayton

Gabriel Clemens

Jarred Cole

Ashley Coleman

Cameron Crabtree

Joe Croft

Rob Cross

Joe Cullen

Mike De Decker

Matthew Dennant

Chris Dobey

Kevin Doets

Brendan Dolan

Martijn Dragt

Ritchie Edhouse

Ricky Evans

Lee Evans

Leonard Gates

Adam Gawlas

Patrick Geeraets

Andrew Gilding

Callum Goffin

Harry Gregory

Rhys Griffin

Dominik Grüllich

Robert Grundy

Daryl Gurney

Johnny Haines

Graham Hall

Florian Hempel

John Henderson

Damon Heta

Jason Hogg

Jamie Hughes

Luke Humphries

James Hurrell

Kim Huybrechts

Ronny Huybrechts

Ryan Joyce

Nick Kenny

George Killington

Mervyn King

Christian Kist

Jelle Klaasen

Daniel Klose

Robbie Knops

Boris Krcmar

Paul Krohne

Maik Kuivenhoven

Jacques Labre

Chris Landman

Harry Lane

Danny Lauby II

Steve Lennon

Luke Littler

Tom Lonsdale

Thomas Lovely

Martin Lukeman