2025 UK Open
The 2025 UK Open was a professional darts tournament that was held from 28 February to 2 March 2025 at Butlin's in Minehead, England. It was the twenty-third UK Open to be staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament featured 158 participants which comprised PDC Tour Card holders, Challenge Tour/Development Tour players and amateur qualifiers.
Dimitri Van den Bergh was the defending champion after defeating Luke Humphries 11–10 in the 2024 final. However, he lost 10–3 to Michael Smith in the sixth round.
Luke Littler won his first UK Open title, defeating three-time UK Open champion James Wade 11–2 in the final.
Overview
The 2025 UK Open was the 23rd UK Open organised by the Professional Darts Corporation after its inception in 2003 and was held from 28 February to 2 March 2025 at Butlin's Minehead Resort in Minehead, England. The tournament is commonly referred to as the "FA Cup of darts" due to its round-by-round open draw system. British gambling company Ladbrokes continued their sponsorship of the event after becoming tournament sponsor the previous year. Dimitri Van den Bergh was the defending champion, having defeated Luke Humphries 11–10 in the 2024 final to win his first UK Open and second PDC major title.Format
The 158 participants entered the competition incrementally, with 64 players entering in the first round. Match winners joined the 32 players entering in the second and third rounds to leave the last 64 in the fourth round.- No players were seeded.
- A random draw was held for each of the following rounds following the conclusion of the third round.
- All matches in the first, second and third rounds were played over best of 11 legs.
- All matches in the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds and quarter-finals were played over best of 19 legs.
- All matches in the semi-finals and final were played over best of 21 legs.
- Eight boards were used for matches in the first, second, third and fourth rounds.
- Four boards were used for matches in the fifth round.
- Two boards were used for matches in the sixth round.
- One board was used for all the matches in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.
Prize money
Qualifiers
The 128 Tour Card holders had a staggered entry based on their PDC Order of Merit ranking on 19 February 2025. They were joined by the top eight non-qualified players from each of the 2024 Challenge & Development Tour Orders of Merit and 16 amateur qualifiers.Tim Wolters and Jeffrey de Graaf, who were drawn in the second and third rounds respectively, withdrew from the competition. Wolters' opponent – Danny Lauby – received a bye to the third round, while Adam Hunt – who would have played De Graaf in the third round – received a bye to the fourth round.
PDC Development Tour qualifiers (starting in first round)
The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 Development Tour Order of Merit who don't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.PDC Challenge Tour qualifiers (starting in first round)
The top 8 ranked players from the 2024 Challenge Tour Order of Merit who don't have a Tour Card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round.Amateur qualifiers (starting in first round)
In a change from last year, the amateur qualifiers were held in four 'PDC in the Community' events in Pencoed, Newport, Derbyshire and Plymouth. The remaining 12 qualifiers were decided in amateur qualifiers staged by the PDC in Milton Keynes and Wigan. Entry to these tournaments was open to all players who did not hold a 2025 Tour Card and had not qualified via another method.Draw
The draw for the first three rounds was announced on 20 February. Match winners are shown in bold and all players are accompanied by their three-dart average for the match.CT = Challenge Tour
DT = Development Tour
Q = Amateur qualifier
Friday 28 February
First round (best of eleven legs)
Second round (best of eleven legs)
Third round (best of eleven legs)
Fourth round (best of nineteen legs)
| Player | Score | Player | Player | Score | Player | |
| 10 – 7 | 7 – 10 | |||||
| 10 – 6 | ||||||
| 10 – 7 | ||||||
| 10 – 7 | ||||||
| 10 – 3 |