2023 UK Open

The 2023 Cazoo UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the twenty-first year of the tournament where players compete in a single-elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held at Butlin's Minehead, England, between 3–5 March 2023.

Danny Noppert was the defending champion after defeating Michael Smith 11–10 in the 2022 final to win his first major title, but he lost to William O'Connor 10–9 in the fifth round.

Andrew Gilding won his first major title, beating Michael van Gerwen 11–10 in a last leg decider when van Gerwen missed a dart at double 16 to win the match and the title. He became the oldest man to win a major TV title in his debut PDC final appearance.

Prize money
The prize fund was increased from £450,000 to £600,000.

The tournament will now also pay down to the last 128 for the first time, with second-round losers to receive £1,000.

Format
The 158 participants will enter the competition incrementally, with 62 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.

Qualifiers
The 128 Tour Card holders will have a staggered entry based on their world ranking on 27 February 2023. They will be joined by the top eight non-qualified players from each of the 2022 Challenge & Development Tour Orders of Merit, and by the winners of 16 Amateur Qualification events organised through Riley's Sports Bars.

The field was confirmed on 27 February, with both Corey Cadby and Christian Perez not participating, meaning there were two byes to the second round. Also, Challenge Tour qualifier David Pallett turned down his invite, so Lukas Wenig, who was next on the list, took his place.

Number 1–32 on the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into fourth round)
• 1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Smith

• 2. Peter Wright

• 3. Michael van Gerwen

• 4. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gerwyn Price

• 5. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Luke Humphries

• 6. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rob Cross

• 7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jonny Clayton

• 8. Danny Noppert

• 9. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Wade

• 10. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nathan Aspinall

• 11. 🇧🇪 Dimitri Van den Bergh

• 12. Dirk van Duijvenbode

• 13. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Cullen

• 14. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ryan Searle

• 15. 🇵🇹 Jose de Sousa

• 16. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Chisnall

• 17. 🇦🇺 Damon Heta

• 18. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ross Smith

• 19. 🇩🇪 Gabriel Clemens

• 20. 🇵🇱 Krzysztof Ratajski

• 21. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Dobey

• 22. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stephen Bunting

• 23. Gary Anderson

• 24. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Callan Rydz

• 25. Brendan Dolan

• 26. Daryl Gurney

• 27. 🇩🇪 Martin Schindler

• 28. 🇧🇪 Kim Huybrechts

• 29. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mervyn King

• 30. Vincent van der Voort

• 31. Raymond van Barneveld

• 32. Alan Soutar

Number 33–64 on the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)
• 1. 🇦🇹 Mensur Suljović

• 2. 🇱🇻 Madars Razma

• 3. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adrian Lewis

• 4. Josh Rock

• 5. 🇦🇺 Simon Whitlock

• 6. William O'Connor

• 7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Lukeman

• 8. Martijn Kleermaker

• 9. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Gilding

• 10. Keane Barry

• 11. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ryan Joyce

• 12. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian White

• 13. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ritchie Edhouse

• 14. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ryan Meikle

• 15. Jermaine Wattimena

• 16. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Luke Woodhouse

• 17. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Evans

• 18. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Hughes

• 19. 🇩🇪 Florian Hempel

• 20. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Beaton

• 21. 🇦🇹 Rowby-John Rodriguez

• 22. 🇧🇪 Mike De Decker

• 23. 🇭🇷 Boris Krčmar

• 24. 🇱🇹 Darius Labanauskas

• 25. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jim Williams

• 26. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scott Williams

• 27. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Lewy Williams

• 28. Steve Lennon

• 29. 🇿🇦 Devon Petersen

• 30. 🇨🇿 Adam Gawlas

• 31. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Murnan

• 32. 🇨🇦 Jeff Smith

Number 65–96 on the PDC Order of Merit (receiving byes into second round)
• 1. 🇨🇦 Matt Campbell

• 2. Danny Jansen

• 3. Cameron Menzies

• 4. Nathan Rafferty

• 5. Mickey Mansell

• 6. John O'Shea

• 7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scott Waites

• 8. 🇧🇪 Mario Vandenbogaerde

• 9. Kevin Doets

• 10. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ted Evetts

• 11. Jimmy Hendriks

• 12. 🇩🇪 Ricardo Pietreczko

• 13. 🇪🇸 José Justicia

• 14. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Richie Burnett

• 15. 🇵🇱 Krzysztof Kciuk

• 16. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Connor Scutt

• 17. 🇧🇪 Brian Raman

• 18. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bradley Brooks

• 19. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Wilson

• 20. 🇵🇱 Radek Szagański

• 21. 🇦🇹 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

• 22. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Wilkinson

• 23. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Killington

• 24. Luc Peters

• 25. 🇪🇸 Tony Martinez

• 26. Ross Montgomery

• 27. Damian Mol

• 28. Jamie Clark

• 29. 🇺🇸 Jules van Dongen

• 30. Kevin Burness

• 31. Richard Veenstra

• 32. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keegan Brown

Number 97–128 on the PDC Order of Merit (starting in first round)
• 1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darren Webster

• 2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Fullwell

• 3. 🇮🇪 Dylan Slevin

• 4. Niels Zonneveld

• 5. Vladimir Andersen

• 6. Maik Kuivenhoven

• 7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arron Monk

• 8. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Graham Usher

• 9. Jeffrey Sparidaans

• 10. Gian van Veen

• 11. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stephen Burton

• 12. 🇧🇪 Robbie Knops

• 13. Jeffrey de Zwaan

• 14. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Josh Payne

• 15. Geert Nentjes

• 16. 🇩🇪 Pascal Rupprecht

• 17. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Robert Owen

• 18. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adam Warner

• 19. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Nick Kenny

• 20. Jurjen van der Velde

• 21. 🇩🇪 Daniel Klose

• 22. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Graham Hall

• 23. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adam Smith-Neale

• 24. 🇧🇪 Ronny Huybrechts

• 25. 🇨🇿 Karel Sedláček

• 26. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Evans

• 27. Owen Roelofs

• 28. Danny van Trijp

• 29. 🇦🇺 Corey Cadby

• 30. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Callum Goffin

• 31. 🇫🇷 Jacques Labre

• 32. Christian Perez

PDC Development Tour qualifiers (starting in first round)
The top 8 ranked players from the 2022 Development Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2023 season qualified for the first round. • 1. Nathan Girvan

• 2. 🇵🇱 Sebastian Białecki

• 3. 🇮🇪 Conor Heneghan

• 4. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jarred Cole

• 5. Jitse Van der Wal

• 6. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joshua Richardson

• 7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Christopher Holt

• 8. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dom Taylor

PDC Challenge Tour qualifiers (starting in first round)
The top 8 ranked players from the 2022 Challenge Tour Order of Merit who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2023 season qualified for the first round.

• 1. 🇫🇷 Thibault Tricole

• 2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Pallett

• 3. Christian Kist

• 4. 🇧🇪 Kenny Neyens

• 5. Jim McEwan

• 6. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Jenkins

• 7. 🇮🇪 Michael Flynn

• 8. Jelle Klaasen

• 9. 🇩🇪 Lukas Wenig

Amateur qualifiers (starting in first round)
The winners of qualifiers organised by Rileys Sports Bars, held through January and February 2023, qualified for the first round. Entry to these tournaments was open to all players who had not qualified via another method, regardless of PDC Membership status.

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Thomas Banks (Harlow)

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brett Claydon (Norwich)

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Davey (Liverpool)

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Noel Grant (Coventry)

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lewis Gurney (Chester)

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Lane (Victoria, London)

• 🇺🇸 Danny Lauby (Coventry)

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Daniel Lee (Solihull)

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Luke Littler (Chorlton-cum-Hardy)

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Callum Loose (Chorlton-cum-Hardy)

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jim Moston (Liverpool)

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darryl Pilgrim (Victoria, London)

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dan Read (South Benfleet)

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Richardson (Chester)

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart White (Victoria, London)

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jonathan Wynn (Norwich)