2021 UK Open

 James Wade

«2020

2022»

The 2021 Ladbrokes UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the nineteenth year of the tournament where players compete in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held for the first time at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England, between 5–7 March 2021, and was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Gerwyn Price 11–9 in the 2020 final.^[2] However, he lost 11–5 to Luke Humphries in the semi-finals.

Lisa Ashton became the first female to win a match at the UK Open since 2005, defeating Aaron Beeney 6–2 in Round 2, and also set a new world record for the highest televised average by a female player, with an average of 100.34.^[3] Sebastian Białecki, the first player born after the inaugural event in 2003 to play in the UK Open ,^[4] hit a nine-dart finish in his opening round victory over Jim McEwan. Jitse van der Wal then hit a nine-dart finish against Białecki in the second round.^[3]

James Wade won his third UK Open title, and his first since 2011, with an 11–5 victory over Luke Humphries in the final.

The prize fund remained at £450,000. With the withdrawal of seven tour card players the field is reduced to 153 players.

Stage (no. of players)		Prize money (Total: £450,000)
Winner	(1)	£100,000
Runner-up	(1)	£40,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£20,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£12,500
Last 16 (sixth round)	(8)	£7,500
Last 32 (fifth round)	(16)	£4,000
Last 64 (fourth round)	(32)	£2,000
Last 95 (third round)	(31)	£1,000
Last 127 (second round)	(32)	£0
Last 153 (first round)	(25)	£0

There is a slight change in format for this year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no Rileys amateur qualifiers could be held. In 2021, the top eight of both the UK and European Qualifying School Order of Merits who have not yet qualified for the tournament filled those 16 spots.^[5]

The 153 participants will enter the competition incrementally, with 50 players entering in the first round, with match winners joining the 32 players entering in the second and third rounds to leave the last 64 in the fourth round.

• No players are seeded.
• A random draw is held for each of the following rounds following the conclusion of the third round.
• All matches in the first, second and third rounds will be played over best of 11 legs.
• All matches in the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds and quarter-finals will be played over best of 19 legs.
• All matches in the semi-finals and final will be played over best of 21 legs.
• Eight boards will be used for matches in the first, second, third and fourth rounds.
• Four boards will be used for matches in the fifth round.
• Two boards will be used for matches in the sixth round.
• One board will be used for all the matches in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.

Boris Krčmar, Daniel Larsson, Darren Penhall, Wesley Harms, Michael Unterbuchner and Robert Marijanović withdrew before the draw was made.

Cristo Reyes and Florian Hempel withdrew after the draw took place, so their opponents Jitse van der Wal (in round 1) and Ryan Joyce (in round 3) both got byes to their next respective rounds.^[6] Justin Pipe tested positive for COVID-19, meaning Luke Humphries received a bye to round 4.^[7]

The top 8 ranked players from the 2020 Development Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2021 season qualified for the first round.

The top 8 ranked players from the 2020 Challenge Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2021 season qualified for the first round.

The top 8 ranked players from the 2021 UK Qualifying School Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2021 season qualified for the first round.

The top 8 ranked players from the 2021 European Qualifying School Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2021 season qualified for the first round.

With the withdrawal of the six Tour Card holders, six players received a bye to the second round.

Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Rob Collins	w/o	Bye		David Evans	w/o	Bye
Andrew Gilding	w/o	Bye		Michael Rasztovits	w/o	Bye
Martin Thomas	w/o	Bye		Scott Mitchell	w/o	Bye
89.44 Rhys Griffin	6 – 5	Sean Fisher 92.68		84.19 Matt Jackson	3 – 6	Nathan Rafferty 85.13
81.12 Brett Claydon	3 – 6	Danny Baggish 88.68		81.55 Keelan Kay	5 – 6	Kevin McDine 89.93
89.02 Boris Koltsov	6 – 1	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 87.38		98.44 Rowby-John Rodriguez	6 – 4	Brian Raman 91.95
88.19 Berry van Peer	5 – 6	Martin Schindler 92.06		Jitse Van der Wal	w/o	Florian Hempel
85.86 Geert De Vos	2 – 6	Niels Zonneveld 96.18		88.18 Martin Lukeman	4 – 6	Maikel Verberk 93.96
95.20 Scott Taylor	6 – 4	John Michael 86.79		92.09 Shane McGuirk	2 – 6	Jack Main 94.50
92.91 Jason Heaver	6 – 2	Lorenzo Pronk 81.14		86.05 Luc Peters	3 – 6	Lewy Williams 94.34
90.40 Jim McEwan	2 – 6	Sebastian Białecki 95.70		89.91 Chas Barstow	6 – 4	Lukas Wenig 90.66
85.59 Joe Murnan	6 – 2	Matthew Dennant 83.15		85.39 Joe Davis	3 – 6	Kevin Doets 89.66
87.84 Adam Gawlas	4 – 6	Gino Vos 94.61		92.19 Geert Nentjes	6 – 5	Richie Burnett 91.94
97.99 John Brown	6 – 4	Gavin Carlin 91.48		77.53 Jake Jones	5 – 6	Dom Taylor 81.52
96.50 Zoran Lerchbacher	5 – 6	Jim Williams 91.62		95.08 Gordon Mathers	3 – 6	Kirk Shepherd 100.06
96.70 Peter Hudson	6 – 1	Ryan de Vreede 88.22		90.27 Ritchie Edhouse	4 – 6	Damian Mol 92.22

Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
Scott Waites	w/o	Steve Brown		87.43 Scott Taylor	6 – 5	Maikel Verberk 87.96
94.69 Nick Kenny	6 – 5	Ryan Meikle 92.25		94.00 Ciarán Teehan	6 – 5	Danny Baggish 91.28
93.91 Lewy Williams	5 – 6	Scott Mitchell 91.10		81.97 Keane Barry	6 – 1	Geert Nentjes 76.60
80.96 Maik Kuivenhoven	6 – 4	Boris Koltsov 78.78		77.40 Kevin McDine	3 – 6	Rowby-John Rodriguez 85.00
87.99 Joe Murnan	3 – 6	Kai Fan Leung 91.03		86.04 Andy Hamilton	6 – 5	Damian Mol 80.31
93.60 Alan Soutar	6 – 3	Raymond van Barneveld 87.46		85.57 Jack Main	6 – 4	Rob Collins 86.56
93.05 Sebastian Białecki	6 – 3	Jitse Van der Wal 88.10		89.66 Chas Barstow	6 – 1	Martin Thomas 84.73
92.38 Michael Rasztovits	2 – 6	Peter Jacques 103.54		97.65 William Borland	4 – 6	Kevin Doets 98.43
86.71 Aaron Beeney	2 – 6	Lisa Ashton 100.34		96.05 Martin Atkins	6 – 3	Bradley Brooks 85.03
84.48 Jason Heaver	5 – 6	Eddie Lovely 83.31		81.58 Niels Zonneveld	2 – 6	Derk Telnekes 84.09
92.19 Jonathan Worsley	1 – 6	Andrew Gilding 97.78		82.43 Martijn Kleermaker	6 – 3	Wayne Jones 80.89
92.35 Peter Hudson	6 – 1	Jesús Noguera 80.45		101.79 Jim Williams	6 – 1	Kirk Shepherd 90.63
80.40 John Brown	6 – 5	Nathan Rafferty 76.61		70.59 Dom Taylor	0 – 6	Gary Blades 85.08
85.38 Steffen Siepmann	4 – 6	David Evans 83.05		88.35 Mike De Decker	4 – 6	Rhys Griffin 88.29
93.55 Alan Tabern	5 – 6	Gino Vos 92.66		92.87 Ryan Murray	2 – 6	Krzysztof Kciuk 93.89
88.19 Jeff Smith	1 – 6	Martin Schindler 95.75		72.00 Harald Leitinger	0 – 6	Karel Sedláček 87.55

Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
80.95 Lisa Ashton	2 – 6	Darius Labanauskas 85.45		85.99 Keane Barry	2 – 6	Luke Woodhouse 93.12
99.61 Max Hopp	6 – 3	William O'Connor 95.46		87.39 Kai Fan Leung	6 – 5	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 95.52
94.42 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	6 – 3	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 93.68		93.94 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	6 – 0	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 84.23
80.88 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	1 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 100.24		93.37 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	1 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 93.27
97.36 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	5 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 98.00		87.22 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	1 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 92.79
93.13 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	5 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 94.29		The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	w/o	The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
79.67 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	6 – 5	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 85.59		88.84 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	2 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 96.07
95.09 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	2 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 97.48		87.00 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	4 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 99.60
93.38 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	5 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 95.03		The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	w/o	The time allocated for running scripts has expired.
92.75 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	6 – 5	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 92.65		86.03 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	0 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 95.94
88.89 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	6 – 5	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 85.00		81.66 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	1 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 79.04
89.42 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	4 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 99.41		89.80 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	6 – 3	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 90.89
97.77 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	6 – 1	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 92.59		81.04 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	6 – 3	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 84.35
101.70 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	6 – 3	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 91.34		99.32 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	6 – 1	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 84.39
95.91 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	5 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 96.06		85.32 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	6 – 1	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 75.90
96.04 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	4 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 101.94		103.88 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	6 – 3	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 91.88

Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
101.43 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 8	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 99.30		103.55 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 7	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 96.34
98.79 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 99.51		90.53 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 83.89
86.41 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 89.11		99.90 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 7	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 95.04
93.20 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 5	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 89.08		99.19 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	9 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 101.57
98.04 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	9 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 102.37		99.06 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 8	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 95.05
94.35 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 5	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 87.85		97.83 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	7 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 97.79
92.06 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 5	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 94.73		89.30 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	7 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 97.18
94.25 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	5 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 100.11		89.50 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	8 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 92.56
87.37 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 8	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 84.73		90.28 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	7 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 98.45
101.66 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	5 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 102.57		93.72 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	9 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 101.03
95.17 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 5	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 91.48		95.52 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 5	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 91.70
92.22 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	9 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 92.61		99.53 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 93.48
97.50 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 4	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 93.69		102.45 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	9 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 97.98
93.01 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	7 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 94.43		92.19 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	6 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 100.26
96.04 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 6	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 87.34		91.51 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	6 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 95.13
89.61 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	6 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 95.02		99.85 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	8 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 99.29

Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
91.16 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	5 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 94.01		95.07 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	9 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 98.02
101.75 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	7 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 97.50		101.68 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 7	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 101.38
98.66 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 3	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 92.37		90.30 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	9 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 93.17
86.65 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	6 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 88.65		92.33 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 7	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 93.73
99.31 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 1	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 84.73		90.09 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	6 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 93.61
93.49 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 9	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 91.93		104.37 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 7	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 99.40
103.78 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 4	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 98.89		93.06 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	7 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 100.86
108.39 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 3	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 99.07		100.55 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 8	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 93.89

Player	Score	Player		Player	Score	Player
97.42 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	9 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 99.72		90.11 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 4	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 88.20
89.36 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	5 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 99.99		93.53 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 4	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 82.11
94.04 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	9 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 98.78		101.31 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	5 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 102.07
103.52 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 3	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 96.05		99.52 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 8	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 91.28

Player	Score	Player
96.70 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	8 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 98.39
100.71 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	10 – 9	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 98.21
96.07 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	9 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 98.78
104.14 The time allocated for running scripts has expired.	7 – 10	The time allocated for running scripts has expired. 102.82

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