2016 UK Open


The 2016 Coral UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the fourteenth year of the tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competing in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held for the third time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 4–6 March 2016, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw will be staged after each round until the final.
In a repeat of last year's final, Michael van Gerwen beat Peter Wright to retain his title. During the tournament, he also hit a nine-dart finish against the then-unknown Rob Cross in the fourth round. Either side of that leg, he hit a 170 checkout, which also included a run of 19 perfect darts, 9-dart leg.

Format and qualifiers

UK Open qualifiers

There were six qualifying events staged in February 2016 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:
No.DateVenueWinnerScoreRunner-upRef.
1Friday 5 FebruaryRobin Park Tennis Centre, WiganAdrian Lewis

Riley qualifiers (starting in first round)

32 amateur players qualified from Riley qualifiers held across the UK.

Prize money

The prize fund remained like last year's edition prize fund at £300,000.

Draw

Friday 4 March

First round (best of eleven legs)

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Second round (best of eleven legs)

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6 – 56 – 2
4 – 64 – 6
5 – 65 – 6
6 – 3

Saturday 5 March

Fourth round (best of seventeen legs)

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6 – 95 – 9
9 – 38 – 9
9 – 89 – 2
3 – 93 – 9
9 – 89 – 3
9 – 69 – 4
9 – 29 – 5
5 – 99 – 6

Sunday 6 March

Quarter-finals (best of nineteen legs)

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Media coverage

Like the 2015 tournament, the 2016 tournament was broadcast live in the UK on ITV4 and ITV4 HD.