| Tournament Name: | 2009 Blue Square UK Open |
| Dates: | 4–7 June 2009 |
| Venue: | Reebok Stadium |
| Location: | Bolton |
| Organisation: | PDC |
| Format: | Legs Final – best of 21 |
| Prize Fund: | £200,000 |
| Winners Share: | £40,000 |
| Winner: | Phil Taylor |
| Prev: | 2008 |
| Next: | 2010 |
The 2009 Blue Square UK Open was the seventh 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 4–7 June 2009 and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw is staged after each round until the final.
Phil Taylor won the title for the third time by defeating Colin Osborne 11–6 in the final.
There were eight regional final events staged between January and May 2009 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:
11 January (North-East; Doncaster): Colin Lloyd 6–1 Colin Osborne
8 March (Scotland; Irvine): Robert Thornton 6–2 Dennis Priestley
15 March (North-West; Wigan): James Wade 6–3 Kevin McDine
22 March (South-East; Brentwood): Phil Taylor 6–4 Terry Jenkins
29 March (West Midlands; Coventry): Phil Taylor 6–5 Wayne Jones
12 April (South-West; Taunton): Phil Taylor 6–0 Andy Hamilton
19 April (East Midlands; Derby): Mark Walsh 6–5 Raymond van Barneveld
10 May (Wales; Newport): Jamie Caven 6–5 Alan Tabern
The tournament features 129 players. As in previous years, eight regional UK Open events were staged across the UK where players winning are collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 96 players and ties in the list, who played a minimum of three events received a place at the final stages.[1]
The Holsten qualifiers and the players outside the top 32 of the UK Open Order of Merit began the tournament on the Thursday night. They played down to 32 players, and they were joined by the top 32 of the UK Open Order of Merit the following night, to provide the competition's last 64. A random draw was made after each subsequent round.32 players were due to have qualified from four Holsten Pils qualifiers held in Aylesbury, Batley, Birmingham and Salford. However, Peter Green had to withdraw for unknown reasons, thus meaning there were only 31 qualifiers present in Bolton.
Aylesbury[2]
Batley[2]
Birmingham[3]
Salford[3]
| Stage (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £200,000) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | align=center | (1) | align=center | £40,000 | |
| Runner-Up | align=center | (1) | align=center | £20,000 | |
| Semi-finalists | align=center | (2) | align=center | £10,000 | |
| Quarter-finalists | align=center | (4) | align=center | £6,000 | |
| Last 16 (fifth round) | align=center | (8) | align=center | £4,000 | |
| Last 32 (fourth round) | align=center | (16) | align=center | £2,000 | |
| Last 64 (third round) | align=center | (32) | align=center | £1,000 | |
| Last 96 (second round) | align=center | (32) | align=center | n/a | |
| Last 128 (first round) | align=center | (32) | align=center | n/a | |
| Last 129 (preliminary round) | align=center | (1) | align=center | n/a | |
In addition, Holsten offered a £3,000 bonus to the Pub Qualifier to get the furthest into the tournament (shared by Ken Mather and Andy Roberts).
The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was made on 25 May, ahead of the 2009 Premier League Darts play-offs by Sid Waddell and Keith Deller.[4]
This match was the best of eleven legs, and was played on 4 June.
| Player #1 | Score | Player #2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Stephens | 3–6 | Ken Mather | |
| Andy Roberts 80.00 | 6–5 | Eddie Lovely |
| width=22% | Player #1 | width=3% | Score | width=22% | Player #2 | width=2% | width=22% | Player #1 | width=3% | Score | width=22% | Player #2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Barton 90.30 | 3–6 | Toon Greebe 84.58 | Alex Roy 97.01 | 6–1 | Richie Burnett 87.94 | ||||||||
| Harry Robinson | 0–6 | Chris Cooper |  Gary Mawson 83.26 | 6–1 | Darren Weaver 73.06 | ||||||||
| Matthew Campbell | 1–6 | Stuart Bousfield | Steve Evans | 6–3 | Mark Layton | ||||||||
| Adrian Genery | 5–6 | Chris Loudon | Gary Welding | 6–2 | John Kuczynski | ||||||||
| Duane Garfield | 3–6 | Dave Smith | Stephen Hardy | 6–2 | Coen Wiekamp | ||||||||
| Chris Mason | 3–6 | Steve Penney | David Smurthwaite | 2–6 | Mark Jodrill | ||||||||
| Stuart Monaghan | 3–6 | Alan Davie | Graham Usher | 3–6 | Glen Durrant | ||||||||
| Roland Scholten | 6–1 | Derek Williams | Phil Currie | 2–6 | Steve Dolan | ||||||||
 Anastasia Dobromyslova | 2–6 | Andy Roberts | Michael Smith | 5–6 | Dave Ladley | ||||||||
| Peter Wright | 6–4 | Chris Hornby | Andy Pearce | 5–6 | Johnny Haines | ||||||||
| Ian Critchett | 6–5 | Kevin Beare | Ken Mather | 6–4 | Robbie Parker | ||||||||
| Paul Cook | 6–2 | Mike Langley |  Par Riihonen | 5–6 | Steve Grubb | ||||||||
| John McGuirk | 6–2 | Stuart Pickles | David Fatum | 5–6 | Paul Rowley | ||||||||
| Lee Williams | 6–1 | Alan Caves | Darren Latham | 5–6 | Andy Boulton | ||||||||
 Dyson Parody | 1–6 | John MaGowan | Joe Cullen | 1–6 | Justin Pipe | ||||||||
| Les Fitton | 6–5 | Mark Cox | Louis Blundell | 6–4 | Ian Jopling |
| width=22% | Player #1 | width=3% | Score | width=22% | Player #2 | width=2% | width=22% | Player #1 | width=3% | Score | width=22% | Player #2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Durrant | 6–2 | John McGuirk | Mark Jodrill | 2–6 | Chris Thompson | ||||||||
| Martyn Turner | 4–6 | Dave Honey |  Paul Nicholson 95.45 | 6–4 | Gary Anderson 88.76 | ||||||||
| Gary Welding | 6–0 | John MaGowan | Louis Blundell | 6–0 | Kevin Dowling | ||||||||
| Adrian Gray | 5–6 | Dave Askew | Tony Ayres | 3–6 | Justin Pipe | ||||||||
| Steve Evans | 5–6 | Steve Dolan | Ken Dobson | 6–5 | Paul Knighton | ||||||||
| Dennis Smith | 1–6 | Ken Mather | Lee Williams | 6–4 | Wayne Atwood | ||||||||
| Roland Scholten | 6–1 | Ian Critchett | Jason Clark | 6–4 | Stuart Bousfield | ||||||||
| Kirk Shepherd | 3–6 | Steve Brown | Chris Loudon | 5–6 | Chris Cooper | ||||||||
| Steve Penney | 5–6 | Steve Grubb | Gary Mawson | 4–6 | Johnny Haines | ||||||||
| Paul Cook | † | Mark Lawrence | Nick Fullwell | 1–6 | Andy Smith | ||||||||
| Colin Monk | 6–5 | Larry Butler |  Mick McGowan 84.38 | 3–6 |  John Part 88.23 | ||||||||
| Dave Smith | 2–6 | Denis Ovens | Paul Rowley | 6–3 | Dave Ladley | ||||||||
| Wes Newton | 6–4 | Andy Boulton | Alan Davie | 2–6 | Peter Wright | ||||||||
| Stephen Hardy | 3–6 | Jan van der Rassel | Michael Barnard | 6–0 | Steve Maish | ||||||||
| Wayne Mardle 84.84 | 6–4 | Les Fitton 85.21 | Matt Clark | 3–6 | Alex Roy | ||||||||
| Tony Eccles | 6–3 | Toon Greebe | Andy Roberts | 6–2 | Steve Beaton |
| width=22% | Player #1 | width=3% | Score | width=22% | Player #2 | width=2% | width=22% | Player #1 | width=3% | Score | width=22% | Player #2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Barnard | 6–9 | Andy Smith | Gary Welding | 1–9 | Ronnie Baxter | ||||||||
| Dennis Priestley | 9–8 | Mark Frost | Alex Roy | 9–8 | Andy Roberts | ||||||||
| Peter Manley 91.31 | 4–9 | Mark Webster 91.01 | Steve Grubb | 4–9 | Kevin Painter | ||||||||
| Colin Lloyd | 9–2 | Chris Thompson | Andy Hamilton 94.16 | 7–9 | Raymond van Barneveld 94.89 | ||||||||
| Phil Taylor 115.51 | 9–3 | Ken Mather 93.49 | Jamie Caven | 9–6 | Jelle Klaasen | ||||||||
| Kevin McDine | 7–9 | Alan Tabern | Andy Jenkins | 7–9 | Terry Jenkins | ||||||||
| Colin Osborne | 9–7 | Wayne Jones | Mark Walsh 95.06 | 9–3 | Adrian Lewis 88.44 | ||||||||
| Wes Newton | 9–6 | Roland Scholten | Mark Lawrence | 9–4 | Mark Dudbridge |
There was a draw after each round; this bracket has been compiled retrospectively.