British Open (darts)

The British Open is one of the longest-running darts events, having started just a few months after the first ever Winmau World Masters. The tournament used to be televised by the BBC from its inception, but it ceased to cover the event after 1983. ITV took over from 1984-1988, then BSB Sports Channel/Sky Sports covered from 1990-1992 It was often held between Christmas and New Year - the 1975 Championship was actually played in late 1974. The tradition was maintained until near the millennium, when the organisers moved the tournament back to September/October. In recent years the tournament has been televised on Eurosport along with several other BDO tournaments that were previously untelevised.

Tournament records

 * Most wins 4: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Bristow.
 * Most Finals 5: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Bristow, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Lowe.
 * Most Semi Finals 6: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Bristow, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Lowe.
 * Most Quarter Finals 11: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Adams.
 * Most Appearances 13: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Adams.
 * Most Prize Money won £13,500: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eric Bristow.
 * Best winning average (102.81) : 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Adams v's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mervyn King, 2004, Final.
 * Youngest Winner age 16: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Luke Littler.
 * Oldest Winner age 54: Ross Montgomery.