2009 UK Open

The 2009 Blue Square UK Open was the seventh year of the PDC darts tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competed in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, England, between 4–7 June 2009 and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw is staged after each round until the final.

Phil Taylor won the title for the third time by defeating Colin Osborne 11–6 in the final.

2009 UK Open Regional Finals
There were eight regional final events staged between January and May 2009 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:
 * 11 January (North-East; Doncaster): Colin Lloyd 6–1 Colin Osborne
 * 8 March (Scotland; Irvine): Robert Thornton 6–2 Dennis Priestley
 * 15 March (North-West; Wigan): James Wade 6–3 Kevin McDine
 * 22 March (South-East; Brentwood): Phil Taylor 6–4 Terry Jenkins
 * 29 March (West Midlands; Coventry): Phil Taylor 6–5 Wayne Jones
 * 12 April (South-West; Taunton): Phil Taylor 6–0 Andy Hamilton
 * 19 April (East Midlands; Derby): Mark Walsh 6–5 Raymond van Barneveld
 * 10 May (Wales; Newport): Jamie Caven 6–5 Alan Tabern

Format and qualifiers
The tournament features 129 players. As in previous years, eight regional UK Open events were staged across the UK where players winning are collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 96 players and ties in the list, who played a minimum of three events received a place at the final stages.

• 1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Taylor

• 2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Walsh

• 3. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin Lloyd

• 4. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Caven

• 5. Robert Thornton

• 6. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Wade

• 7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Priestley

• 8. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin Osborne

• 9. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wayne Jones

• 10. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Terry Jenkins

• 11. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Hamilton

• 12. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Dudbridge

• 13. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Tabern

• 14. Co Stompé

• 15. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin McDine

• 16. Raymond van Barneveld

• 17. Vincent van der Voort

• 18. Jelle Klaasen

• 19. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Painter

• 20. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Jenkins

• 21. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Manley

• 22. Michael van Gerwen

• 23. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adrian Lewis

• 24. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Hine

• 25. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mervyn King

• 26. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lionel Sams

• 27. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronnie Baxter

• 28. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Frost

• 29. Brendan Dolan

• 30. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Barrie Bates

• 31. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Webster

• 32. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darren Johnson

The Holsten qualifiers and the players outside the top 32 of the UK Open Order of Merit began the tournament on the Thursday night. They played down to 32 players, and they were joined by the top 32 of the UK Open Order of Merit the following night, to provide the competition's last 64. A random draw was made after each subsequent round. • 1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Maish

• 2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wayne Atwood

• 3. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Barnard

• 4. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wayne Mardle

• 5. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matt Clark

• 6. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Eccles

• 7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin Monk

• 8. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Beaton

• 9. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ken Dobson

• 10. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Denis Ovens

• 11. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Smith

• 12. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Thompson

• 13. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Brown

• 14. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Smith

• 15. Gary Anderson

• 16. 🇨🇦 John Part

• 17. Jan van der Rassel

• 18. 🇺🇸 Larry Butler

• 19. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Dowling

• 20. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wes Newton

• 21. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Ayres

• 22. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adrian Gray

• 23. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Knighton

• 24. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Lawrence

• 25. 🇮🇪 Mick McGowan

• 26. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Fullwell

• 27. 🇦🇺 Paul Nicholson

• 28. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martyn Turner

• 29. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kirk Shepherd

• 30. Jason Clark

• 31. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Honey

• 32. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Askew

• 33. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Steve Evans

• 34. Toon Greebe

• 35. John MaGowan

• 36. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robbie Parker

• 37. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alex Roy

• 38. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Welding

• 39. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Cullen

• 40. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Jopling

• 41. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Mason

• 42. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Barton

• 43. 🇺🇸 John Kuczynski

• 44. Roland Scholten

• 45. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Smith

• 46. Peter Wright

• 47. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Louis Blundell

• 48. 🇺🇸 David Fatum

• 49. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Grubb

• 50. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stephen Hardy

• 51. 🇺🇸 Gary Mawson

• 52. 🇸🇪 Par Riihonen

• 53. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Williams

• 54. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bousfield

• 55. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Richie Burnett

• 56. 🇷🇺 Anastasia Dobromyslova

• 57. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Jodrill

• 58. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Cooper

• 59. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Critchett

• 60. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Ladley

• 61. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darren Latham

• 62. Chris Loudon

• 63. 🇬🇮 Dyson Parody

• 64. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Justin Pipe

• 65. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Caves

• 66. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Smith 32 players were due to have qualified from four Holsten Pils qualifiers held in Aylesbury, Batley, Birmingham and Salford. However, Peter Green had to withdraw for unknown reasons, thus meaning there were only 31 qualifiers present in Bolton.

Aylesbury
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Currie
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Dolan
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adrian Genery
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Peter Green
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John McGuirk
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Penney
 * Stuart Pickles
 * Coen Wiekamp
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eddie Lovely

Batley
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Davie
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Glen Durrant
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Hornby
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Monaghan
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Smurthwaite
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Stevens
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Graham Usher
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darren Weaver

Birmingham
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Cook
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Cox
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Johnny Haines
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Langley
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Layton
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Pearce
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Roberts
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Rowley

Salford
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Beare
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Boulton
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Campbell
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Les Fitton
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Duane Garfield
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ken Mather
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Robinson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Derek Williams

Prize money
In addition, Holsten offered a £3,000 bonus to the Pub Qualifier to get the furthest into the tournament (shared by Ken Mather and Andy Roberts).

Draw
The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was made on 25 May, ahead of the 2009 Premier League Darts play-offs by Sid Waddell and Keith Deller.

Preliminary round
This match was the best of eleven legs, and was played on 4 June.

First round

 * All matches were the best of eleven legs, and were played on 4 June.

Second round
† Mark Lawrence was given a bye into round three, as Paul Cook was disqualified.
 * All matches were the best of eleven legs, and were played on 4 June.

Third round

 * All matches were the best of seventeen legs, and were played on 5 June.

Fourth round

 * All matches were the best of seventeen legs, and were played on 6 June.

Final stages
There was a draw after each round; this bracket has been compiled retrospectively.