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 (treble 19, 2x treble 20, treble 19, 170 checkout (2x treble 20, bull), 9-dart leg (7x treble 20, treble 19, double 12), 2x treble 20, treble 19).

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:

The tournament featured 128 players. The results of the six qualifiers shown above were collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 32 players in the Order of Merit received a place at the final tournament. In addition, the next 64 players (without ties in this year's edition) in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but started in the earlier rounds played on the Friday. A further 32 players qualify via regional qualifying tournaments.

Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)
• 1. Michael van Gerwen

• 2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Taylor

• 3. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adrian Lewis

• 4. Gary Anderson

• 5. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Webster

• 6. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Beaton

• 7. 🇦🇺 Simon Whitlock

• 8. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Norris

• 9. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Wade

• 10. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian White

• 11. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gerwyn Price

• 12. Benito van de Pas

• 13. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Smith

• 14. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Terry Jenkins

• 15. Jelle Klaasen

• 16. 🇦🇹 Mensur Suljović

• 17. John Henderson

• 18. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Chisnall

• 19. 🇧🇪 Kim Huybrechts

• 20. Daryl Gurney

• 21. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mervyn King

• 22. Peter Wright

• 23. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stephen Bunting

• 24. Vincent van der Voort

• 25. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Lewis

• 26. 🇦🇺 Kyle Anderson

• 27. Raymond van Barneveld

• 28. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Justin Pipe

• 29. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Evans

• 30. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Hamilton

• 31. 🇩🇪 René Eidams

• 32. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Cullen

Number 33–64 of the Order of Merit (receiving byes into second round)
• 1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Gilding

• 2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Evans

• 3. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jay Foreman

• 4. Jeffrey de Graaf

• 5. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Pallett

• 6. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Hudson

• 7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Newell

• 8. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scott Dale

• 9. Yordi Meeuwisse

• 10. Berry van Peer

• 11. 🇦🇹 Rowby-John Rodriguez

• 12. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Edgar

• 13. 🇧🇪 Mike De Decker

• 14. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wayne Jones

• 15. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robbie Green

• 16. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Caven

• 17. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Painter

• 18. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matt Clark

• 19. Robert Thornton

• 20. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Marriott

• 21. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brett Claydon

• 22. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darron Brown

• 23. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Wilson

• 24. Brendan Dolan

• 25. 🇪🇸 Cristo Reyes

• 26. Jeffrey de Zwaan

• 27. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ritchie Edhouse

• 28. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Dudbridge

• 29. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Kellett

• 30. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Jenkins

• 31. Joey ten Berge

• 32. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Richie Corner

Number 65–96 of the Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in first round)
• 1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darren Webster

• 2. 🇧🇪 Ronny Huybrechts

• 3. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Boulton

• 4. Jan Dekker

• 5. Mick McGowan

• 6. Ryan de Vreede

• 7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Murnan

• 8. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Tabern

• 9. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Smith

• 10. 🇮🇪 William O'Connor

• 11. Jermaine Wattimena

• 12. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nathan Derry

• 13. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Josh Payne

• 14. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ryan Harrington

• 15. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Ward

• 16. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Frost

• 17. 🇸🇪 Magnus Caris

• 18. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arron Monk

• 19. Mark Barilli

• 20. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dean Winstanley

• 21. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wes Newton

• 22. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Smith

• 23. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nathan Aspinall

• 24. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Milford

• 25. Dick van Dijk

• 26. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jonathan Worsley

• 27. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Dowling

• 28. 🇨🇦 Ken MacNeil

• 29. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Johnny Haines

• 30. Dirk van Duijvenbode

• 31. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jonny Clayton

• 32. Gary Stone

Riley qualifiers (starting in first round)
32 amateur players qualified from Riley qualifiers held across the UK.

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Jodrill

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Hogan

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Mold

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dean Stewart

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Cox

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Whitworth

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Jones

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Rice

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael McFall

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Curtis Turner

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Parletti

• Jason Hogg

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Morris

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Daniel Day

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scott Marsh

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian McFarlane

•  Stewart Rattray

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darren Layden

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steven Rose

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿  Alex Roy

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿  John Scott

•  Andrew Davidson

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Les Delderfield

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rob Cross

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Wilson

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Brown

•  Glen McGrandle

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Maish

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Grimshaw

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Heaver

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Lynn

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Green

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

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