2003 UK Open
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2003 Sky Bet UK Open | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 30 May–1 June 2003 | ||
Venue | Reebok Stadium | ||
Location | Bolton | ||
Country | England | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs Final – best of 35 | ||
Prize fund | £124,000 | ||
Winner's share | £30,000 | ||
High checkout | 170 Shayne Burgess (Final) Dave Smith (Quarter-Finals) | ||
Champion(s) | |||
Phil Taylor | |||
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The 2003 Sky Bet UK Open was the first edition of the UK Open darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament was held at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, England between 30 May–1 June 2003.
The tournament was unique as it had no seeding, and was won by Phil Taylor who defeated Shayne Burgess in the final 18–8 in legs. The Order of Merit can be found on this link here (https://web.archive.org/web/20030628233729/http://www.planetdarts.co.uk/article.asp?id=142076&Nv=1)
Friday 30 May 2003[]
Preliminary Round[]
best of 9 legs
- John Henderson – Paul Amos 5 – 4
- – Tom Kirby 5 – 4
- Paul Hogan – Deta Hedman 5 – 3
1st Round[]
best of 9 legs
- Mark Thomson – Marshall James 5 – 4
- – Colin Monk 1 – 5
- Les Fitton – 5 – 1
- Dave Smith – 5 – 1
- – 5 – 4
- – Shayne Burgess 4 – 5
- Terry Jenkins – Keith Rooney 5 – 3
- John Ferrell – 4 – 5
- – Brendan Dolan 5 – 4
- – 5 – 1
- David Platt – 5 – 2
- – John Henderson 5 – 0
- – Rod Harrington 1 – 5
- – 5 – 3
- – 2 – 5
- – 2 – 5
- – 4 – 5
- – Matt Chapman 2 – 5
- – 0 – 5
- – Paul Hogan 3 – 5
- – 2 – 5
- Nigel Justice – 1 – 5
- – Wayne Atwood 3 – 5
- – 5 – 0
- – 5 – 2
- Steve Evans – 0 – 5
- – 2 – 5
- – 2 – 5
- – 1 – 5
- Darren Webster – 5 – 2
- Andy Smith – 5 – 0
- – 2 – 5
2nd Round[]
best of 9 legs
- Reg Harding – Steve Beaton 2 – 5
- Darren Webster – John Lowe 3 – 5
- Paul Carter – Cliff Lazarenko 4 – 5
- Sean Palfrey – Keith Deller 4 – 5
- – Wesley Newton 0 – 5
- Mark Holden – 4 – 5
- – Wayne Atwood 5 – 3
- – 3 – 5
- Chris Kenny – 5 – 0
- Mick Booth – Andrew Davies 1 – 5
- – Mark Thomson 1 – 5
- Vic Hubbard – Steve Maish 0 – 5
- Nigel Peden – John Nesbitt .. – ..
- Barrie Bates – 5 – 0
- – Les Fitton 1 – 5
- Mark Robinson – 5 – 1
- Andy Smith – Colin Monk 1 – 5
- Wayne Merrick – Matt Chapman 3 – 5
- – Adrian Gray 1 – 5
- Henry O'Neill – Steve Brown 5 – 4
- Dean Williams – Dave Smith 3 – 5
- Terry Jenkins – Paul Hogan 5 – 1
- David Platt – Rod Harrington 5 – 2
- Mick Manning – Robbie Widdows 4 – 5
- – Graeme Stoddart 5 – 1
- – Ian Burnett 5 – 1
- Lionel Sams – Mick Carrick 5 – 2
- Mick Savvery – 5 – 3
- Shayne Burgess – 5 – 0
- – 2 – 5
- – 3 – 5
Saturday 31 May[]
3rd Round[]
best of 9 legs
- Mark Dudbridge – Cliff Lazarenko 2 – 5
- John MaGowan – Wayne Jones 3 – 5
- Al Hedman – Shayne Burgess 4 – 5
- Robbie Widdows – Alan Reynolds 2 – 5
- Peter Manley – 5 – 1
- Dave Smith – 5 – 0
- Dennis Priestley – 5 – 2
- – 3 – 5
- Alex Roy – Peter Evison 5 – 2
- Dave Askew – Dennis Smith 3 – 5
- – 1 – 5
- Henry O'Neill – Andrew Davies 5 – 2
- Simon Whatley – Barrie Bates 5 – 3
- John Lowe – Mark Walsh 4 – 5
- Andy Jenkins – Keith Deller 5 – 3
- Colin Monk – Matt Chapman 5 – 1
- Mark Robinson – Mark Thomson 3 – 5
- John Part – Lee Palfreyman 5 – 2
- Terry Jenkins – Denis Ovens 3 – 5
- – Colin Lloyd 2 – 5
- Paul Williams – Jamie Harvey 5 – 4
- – 1 – 5
- – Adrian Gray 3 – 5
- Steve Beaton – Steve Maish .. – ..
- Kevin Painter – Phil Taylor 3 – 5
- Richie Burnett – Alan Caves 5 – 1
- – .. – ..
- James Wade – Ronnie Baxter 5 – 4
- Alan Warriner-Little – Wayne Mardle 3 – 5
- Roland Scholten – Lionel Sams 5 – 0
- David Platt – Les Fitton 3 – 5
- – Wesley Newton 0 – 5
4th Round[]
best of 15 legs
- Richie Burnett – Steve Beaton 2 – 8
- Roland Scholten – Wayne Mardle 8 – 6
- Phil Taylor – Dennis Smith 8 – 3
- John Part – Peter Manley 8 – 6
- Alex Roy – James Wade 8 – 4
- Colin Monk – Alan Reynolds 8 – 2
- Shayne Burgess – Simon Whatley 8 – 6
- Denis Ovens – Dennis Priestley 3 – 8
- Adrian Gray – Colin Lloyd 8 – 7
- Andy Jenkins – 3 – 8
- Cliff Lazarenko – 8 – 6
- Henry O'Neill – Wayne Jones 1 – 8
- Paul Williams – Les Fitton 8 – 5
- Wesley Newton – Mark Thomson 6 – 8
- Mark Walsh – 6 – 8
- Dave Smith – 8 – 4
5th Round – Last 16[]
best of 17 legs
- Paul Williams – Alex Roy 9 – 8
- Roland Scholten – Steve Beaton 9 – 7
- Phil Taylor – 9 – 1
- Colin Monk – John Part 9 – 8
- – Mark Thomson 9 – 4
- Dave Smith – Adrian Gray 9 – 6
- Shayne Burgess – Cliff Lazarenko 9 – 7
- Wayne Jones – Dennis Priestley 9 – 5
Sunday 1 June[]
Last 8 to final[]
Quarter-finals Best of 19 legs | Semi-finals Best of 21 legs | Final Best of 35 legs | ||||||||
Phil Taylor | 10 | |||||||||
2 | ||||||||||
Phil Taylor | 11 | |||||||||
Roland Scholten | 5 | |||||||||
Roland Scholten | 10 | |||||||||
Dave Smith | 7 | |||||||||
Phil Taylor | 18 | |||||||||
Shayne Burgess | 8 | |||||||||
Colin Monk | 8 | |||||||||
Shayne Burgess | 10 | |||||||||
Shayne Burgess | 11 | |||||||||
Paul Williams | 9 | |||||||||
Paul Williams | 10 | |||||||||
Wayne Jones | 8 | |||||||||
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