The FA Cup of Darts first entertained darts fans, and tempted darts players, in 2003. No prizes for guessing the first name on the winner’s side of the trophy, but recalling the first runner up may prove a stiffer task?
Darts World’s contributor/Columnist Colin Osborne was 2009’s runner-up, if only he had started quicker!
There have been a dozen 9-darters and 10 players have won the event so far.
The UK Open has always provided stories and entertainment of a different style to those we are familiar with from other events. The extra players, the family and friends, the underdog and amateur tales all seem just that bit more from this much-loved event.
But let’s have a look at the real facts and figures:
Roll of Honour
- 2003 Phil Taylor def Shayne Burgess 18-8
- 2004 Roland Scholten def John Part 11-6
- 2005 Phil Taylor def Mark Walsh 13-7
- 2006 Raymond van Barneveld def Barrie Bates 13-7
- 2007 Raymond van Barneveld def Vincent van der Voort 16-8
- 2008 James Wade def Gary Mawson 11-7
- 2009 Phil Taylor def Colin Osborne 11-6
- 2010 Phil Taylor def Gary Anderson 11-5
- 2011 James Wade def Wes Newton 11-8
- 2012 Robert Thornton def Phil Taylor 11-5
- 2013 Phil Taylor def Andy Hamilton 11-4
- 2014 Adrian Lewis def Terry Jenkins 11-1
- 2015 Michael van Gerwen def Peter Wright 11-5
- 2016 Michael van Gerwen def Peter Wright 11-4
- 2017 Peter Wright def Gerwyn Price 11-6
- 2018 Gary Anderson def Corey Cadby 11-7
- 2019 Nathan Aspinall def Rob Cross 11-5
- 2020 Michael van Gerwen def Gerwyn Price 11-9
- 2021 James Wade def Luke Humphries 11-5
Winners (10 players)
5 Phil Taylor
3 Michael van Gerwen, James Wade
2 Raymond van Barneveld
1 Roland Scholten, Robert Thornton, Adrian Lewis, Peter Wright, Gary Anderson, Nathan Aspinall
Nine-Darters x12
- 2004 Phil Taylor v Matt Chapman
- 2005 Phil Taylor v Roland Scholten
- 2007 Phil Taylor v Wes Newton
- 2008 Phil Taylor v Jamie Harvey
- 2010 Mervyn King v Gary Anderson
- 2012 Gary Anderson v Davey Dodds
- 2013 Wes Newton v Adrian Lewis
- 2016 Michael van Gerwen v Rob Cross
- 2020 Jonny Clayton v Chris Dobey
- 2020 Michael van Gerwen v Daryl Gurney
- 2021 Sebastian Bialecki v Jim McEwan
- 2021 Jitse van der Wal v Sebastian Bialecki
—–ENDS—–
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