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The 2011 Speedy Hire UK Open was the ninth 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 2–5 June 2011, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts", as a random draw is staged after each round until the final.

2011 Speedy Hire UK Open
Tournament information
Dates2–5 June 2011
VenueReebok Stadium
LocationBolton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Final – best of 21
Prize fund£200,000
Winner's share£40,000
Champion(s)
England James Wade
«2010 2012»

The title was won by James Wade, who defeated Wes Newton 11–8 in the final.[1]

Format and qualifiers

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2011 UK Open qualifiers

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There were eight qualifying events staged in Barnsley and Wigan between February and May 2011 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Total
Prize Money 		Winner Runner-up
1 Saturday 26 February Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley Steve Brown   6 – 3   Ian White £34,600 £6,000 £3,000
2 Sunday 27 February Michael Smith   6 – 5   Dave Chisnall £34,600 £6,000 £3,000
3 Saturday 12 March Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan Adrian Lewis   6 – 4   Robert Thornton £34,600 £6,000 £3,000
4 Sunday 13 March Vincent van der Voort   6 – 4   Raymond van Barneveld £34,600 £6,000 £3,000
5 Saturday 16 April Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley Gary Anderson   6 – 4   Phil Taylor £34,600 £6,000 £3,000
6 Sunday 17 April Phil Taylor   6 – 1   Joe Cullen £34,600 £6,000 £3,000
7 Saturday 30 April Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan Gary Anderson   6 – 2   Phil Taylor £34,600 £6,000 £3,000
8 Sunday 1 May Phil Taylor   6 – 3   Colin Osborne £34,600 £6,000 £3,000

The six players above that won a qualifying tournament all finished in the Top 32 in the merit table and thus entered the main tournament at the third round stage.

The tournament featured 172 players. As in previous years, eight UK Open qualifiers were staged across the north of England, where players' winnings were collated into the UK Open Order of Merit. The top 32 players in the Order of Merit, who played a minimum of two events, received a place in the third round of the final tournament. In addition, the next 76 players in the Order of Merit qualified for the tournament, but needed to start in the earlier rounds played on the Thursday.[2] A further 64 players qualified via regional qualifying tournaments.

Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)

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  1.   Phil Taylor
  2.   Gary Anderson
  3.   Adrian Lewis
  4.   Steve Brown
  5.   Robert Thornton
  6.   Vincent van der Voort
  7.   Wes Newton
  8.   Simon Whitlock
  9.   Michael Smith
  10.   Mervyn King
  11.   John Part
  12.   Colin Osborne
  13.   Darren Johnson
  14.   Dave Chisnall
  15.   Joe Cullen
  16.   Ian White
  17.   Wayne Jones
  18.   Jamie Caven
  19.   Andy Jenkins
  20.   Mark Walsh
  21.   Richie Burnett
  22.   Mark Frost
  23.   Raymond van Barneveld
  24.   Paul Nicholson
  25.   Denis Ovens
  26.   Andy Hamilton
  27.   Alan Tabern
  28.   Ronnie Baxter
  29.   Kevin Painter
  30.   Mark Dudbridge
  31.   Terry Jenkins
  32.   Mark Webster

Remaining Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in first and preliminary round)

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  1.   Dennis Smith
  2.   Michael van Gerwen
  3.   Peter Wright
  4.   James Wade
  5.   Kevin McDine
  6.   Nigel Heydon
  7.   Tony Eccles
  8.   Scott Rand
  9.   Mark Hylton
  10.   Magnus Caris
  11.   Andy Smith
  12.   Steve Beaton
  13.   Colin Lloyd
  14.   Brendan Dolan
  15.   Barrie Bates
  16.   Dennis Priestley
  17.   Antonio Alcinas
  18.   Michael Barnard
  19.   John Henderson
  20.   Chris Aubrey
  21.   Tony Ayres
  22.   Alex Roy
  23.   Mark Lawrence
  24.   Matt Clark
  25.   Jelle Klaasen
  26.   Jason Crawley
  27.   Shaun Griffiths
  28.   William O'Connor
  29.   Arron Monk
  30.   Chris Thompson
  31.   John MaGowan
  32.   Justin Pipe
  33.   Kirk Shepherd
  34.   Terry Temple
  35.   Roland Scholten
  36.   Nick Fullwell
  37.   Steve Evans
  38.   Shane O'Connor
  39.   Wayne Mardle
  40.   Jyhan Artut
  41.   Gary Welding
  42.   Peter Hudson
  43.   Matt Jackson
  44.   Colin Monk
  45.   Steve Maish
  46.   Mensur Suljović
  47.   James Richardson
  48.   Matt Padgett
  49.   Brian Woods
  50.   Louis Blundell
  51.   Michael Rosenauer
  52.   Mick Todd
  53.   Wayne Atwood
  54.   Martyn Turner
  55.   Co Stompé
  56.   Mickey Mansell
  57.   Nicky Bache
  58.   Rocco Maes
  59.   Mark Jones
  60.   Geoff Whitworth
  61.   John O'Shea
  62.   Stephen Hardy
  63.   Steve Hine
  64.   Peter Manley
  65.   Reece Robinson
  66.   Matthew Edgar
  67.   Mick McGowan
  68.   Mareno Michels
  69.   Steve Grubb
  70.   Dave Ladley
  71.   Mark Stephenson
  72.   Jimmy Mann
  73.   Aodhagan O'Neill
  74.   Andy Pearce
  75.   Lee Palfreyman
  76.   Devon Petersen

32 players qualified from Rileys qualifiers held in Rileys Dart Zones across Britain.[3]

32 players qualified from Speedy qualifiers held at four venues across Britain from 12 to 15 April.[4]

Bristol

Dartford

Stoke-on-Trent

Glasgow

For the third consecutive UK Open, the prize fund was £200,000.

Stage (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £200,000)
Winner (1) £40,000
Runner-Up (1) £20,000
Semi-finalists (2) £10,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £6,000
Last 16 (fifth round) (8) £4,000
Last 32 (fourth round) (16) £2,000
Last 64 (third round) (32) £1,000
Last 96 (second round) (32) n/a
Last 160 (first round) (64) n/a
Last 172 (preliminary round) (12) n/a

The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was made on 12 May.[5]

Thursday 2 June; best of 7 legs

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Stage 3

Player Legs Player
John Donaldson   3 – 4   Dave Prins
Louis Blundell   4 – 0   Duncan Hastings

Stage 4

Player Legs Player
Peter White   0 – 4   Michael Rosenauer
Curtis Hammond   1 – 4   Bruce Harrison

Stage 5

Player Legs Player
Mick Todd   2 – 4   Paul Harvey
Chris Thompson   0 – 4   Nigel Heydon

Stage 6

Player Legs Player
Mark Lawrence   3 – 4   Dave Ladley
Phil Daniels   4 – 1   Nicky Bache

Friday 3 June; best of 17 legs

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Draw made after Round 2 matches
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Saturday 4 June; best of 17 legs

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Draw made after Round 3 matches.
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Draw made after Round 4 matches[10]

These matches took place on the main stage.

Afternoon – Quarter-finals; best of 19 legs

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Draw made after Round 5 matches.
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Player Legs Player
(99.29) Denis Ovens   10–6   Mark Hylton (98.88)
(93.42) Robert Thornton   7–10   Mark Webster (95.00)
(95.63) Dave Chisnall   8–10   Wes Newton (94.56)
(95.56) James Wade   10–7   Paul Nicholson (92.94)

Draw made after the Quarter-finals.

Semi-finals
Best of 19 legs[12] 		Final
Best of 21 legs[13]
      
  James Wade (97.63) 10
  Mark Webster (96.09) 9
  James Wade (96.25) 11
  Wes Newton (88.51) 8
  Wes Newton (94.55) 10
  Denis Ovens (88.75) 6
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