2011 UK Open

The 2011 Speedy Hire UK Open was the ninth 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 2–5 June 2011, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts", as a random draw is staged after each round until the final.

The title was won by James Wade, who defeated Wes Newton 11–8 in the final.

2011 UK Open qualifiers
There were eight qualifying events staged in Barnsley and Wigan between February and May 2011 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:

The six players above that won a qualifying tournament all finished in the Top 32 in the merit table and thus entered the main tournament at the third round stage.

The tournament featured 172 players. As in previous years, eight UK Open qualifiers were staged across the north of England, where players' winnings were collated into the UK Open Order of Merit. The top 32 players in the Order of Merit, who played a minimum of two events, received a place in the third round of the final tournament. In addition, the next 76 players in the Order of Merit qualified for the tournament, but needed to start in the earlier rounds played on the Thursday. A further 64 players qualified via regional qualifying tournaments.

Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)
• 1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Taylor

• 2. Gary Anderson

• 3. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adrian Lewis

• 4. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Brown

• 5. Robert Thornton

• 6. Vincent van der Voort

• 7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wes Newton

• 8. 🇦🇺 Simon Whitlock

• 9. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Smith

• 10. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mervyn King

• 11. 🇨🇦 John Part

• 12. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin Osborne

• 13. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darren Johnson

• 14. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Chisnall

• 15. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Cullen

• 16. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian White

• 17. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wayne Jones

• 18. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Caven

• 19. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Jenkins

• 20. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Walsh

• 21. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Richie Burnett

• 22. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Frost

• 23. Raymond van Barneveld

• 24. 🇦🇺 Paul Nicholson

• 25. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Denis Ovens

• 26. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Hamilton

• 27. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Tabern

• 28. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronnie Baxter

• 29. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Painter

• 30. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Dudbridge

• 31. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Terry Jenkins

• 32. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Webster

Remaining Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in first and preliminary round)
• 1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Smith

• 2. Michael van Gerwen

• 3. Peter Wright

• 4. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Wade

• 5. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin McDine

• 6. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel Heydon

• 7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Eccles

• 8. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scott Rand

• 9. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Hylton

• 10. 🇸🇪 Magnus Caris

• 11. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Smith

• 12. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Beaton

• 13. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin Lloyd

• 14. Brendan Dolan

• 15. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Barrie Bates

• 16. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Priestley

• 17. 🇪🇸 Antonio Alcinas

• 18. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Barnard

• 19. John Henderson

• 20. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Aubrey

• 21. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Ayres

• 22. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alex Roy

• 23. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Lawrence

• 24. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matt Clark

• 25. Jelle Klaasen

• 26. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Crawley

• 27. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Griffiths

• 28. 🇮🇪 William O'Connor

• 29. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arron Monk

• 30. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Thompson

• 31. John MaGowan

• 32. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Justin Pipe

• 33. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kirk Shepherd

• 34. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Terry Temple

• 35. Roland Scholten

• 36. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Fullwell

• 37. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Steve Evans

• 38. 🇮🇪 Shane O'Connor

• 39. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wayne Mardle

• 40. 🇩🇪 Jyhan Artut

• 41. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Welding

• 42. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Hudson

• 43. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matt Jackson

• 44. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin Monk

• 45. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Maish

• 46. 🇦🇹 Mensur Suljović

• 47. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Richardson

• 48. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matt Padgett

• 49. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brian Woods

• 50. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Louis Blundell

• 51. 🇩🇪 Michael Rosenauer

• 52. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mick Todd

• 53. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wayne Atwood

• 54. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martyn Turner

• 55. Co Stompé

• 56. Mickey Mansell

• 57. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nicky Bache

• 58. 🇧🇪 Rocco Maes

• 59. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Jones

• 60. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Geoff Whitworth

• 61. 🇮🇪 John O'Shea

• 62. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stephen Hardy

• 63. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Hine

• 64. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Manley

• 65. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reece Robinson

• 66. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Edgar

• 67. 🇮🇪 Mick McGowan

• 68. Mareno Michels

• 69. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Grubb

• 70. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Ladley

• 71. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Stephenson

• 72. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Mann

• 73. 🇮🇪 Aodhagan O'Neill

• 74. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Pearce

• 75. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Palfreyman

• 76. Devon Petersen

Rileys qualifiers
32 players qualified from Rileys qualifiers held in Rileys Dart Zones across Britain. • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Harvey

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Boulton

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Gilding

• Jamie Hagan

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Richie Howson

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darren Hawken

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Curtis Hammond

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Jordan

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Murnan

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Richard North

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Broughton

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Gleeson

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Douglas

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jon Bott

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Whitworth

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Monaghan

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Davey Dodds

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Bowles

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dan Butler

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Moss

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dean Stewart

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Rose

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Werrett

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Jones

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Graham Hollis

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sam Hill

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Ellam

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Burton

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Prins

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Phil Daniels

Speedy qualifiers
32 players qualified from Speedy qualifiers held at four venues across Britain from 12 to 15 April.

Bristol
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charlie Cooper
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bruce Harrison
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jon Jukes
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Perring
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darren Pugh
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Damien Sherwood
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter White
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart White

Dartford
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Covill
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Edwards
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Keating
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Kennedy
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eddy Martin
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Craig Mucklow
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Robinson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Conan Whitehead

Stoke-on-Trent
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin Appleton
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Beardmore
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Cartwright
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Daniels
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robbie Green
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Jackson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Simm
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brandon Walsh

Glasgow
 * Charlie Burns
 * John Donaldson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gordon Foster
 * Kirk Gordon
 * Duncan Hastings
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Jones
 * Tommy Little
 * Ryan Murray

Prize money
For the third consecutive UK Open, the prize fund was £200,000.

Draw
The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was made on 12 May.

Preliminary round
Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8

Round 1
Main Stage

Stage 2


 * † Brandon Walsh received a bye as Mensur Suljović was disqualified.
 * † Shaun Griffiths received a bye as John MaGowan withdrew due to injury.

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8

Round 2
Main Stage

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8

Round 3
Draw made after Round 2 matches

Main Stage

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8

Afternoon – Round 4
Draw made after Round 3 matches.

Main Stage

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Evening – Round 5
Draw made after Round 4 matches

Main Stage

Stage 2

Sunday 5 June
These matches took place on the main stage.

Afternoon – Quarter-finals; best of 19 legs
Draw made after Round 5 matches.

Evening – Final 4
Draw made after the Quarter-finals.