Beau Greaves and a host of fairytale qualifiers begin their bid for Ladbrokes UK Open glory this Friday afternoon, with the draw and stage allocations confirmed for this year’s edition of one of darts most popular tournaments.
Greaves, who will be amongst the headline acts in the annual festival of darts, takes on Darryl Pilgrim in the opening session, which will take place at Butlin’s Minehead Resort from March 6-8.
Sebastian Bialecki plays Christian Kist earlier on the main stage in an intriguing second round clash with the prospect of a third round meeting with Gabriel Clemens on offer.
The unique multi-board tournament will see 128 PDC Tour Card Holders competing across three days of action alongside PDC in the Community Qualifiers, Rileys Amateur Qualifiers and top-ranked players from the 2025 Winmau Challenge Tour and Development Tour rankings.
The 160-player field will see Tour Card Holders enter across the first four rounds, based on their PDC ranking position following last week’s Players Championship double-header in Leicester.
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The opening three rounds will be held in an action-packed session from 1100 GMT on Friday March 6, before the world’s top 32 enter the fray in round four on Friday evening.
Round One will see Tour Card Holders ranked from 97-128 joined by the eight PDC in the Community Qualifiers, eight Rileys Amateur Qualifiers and 16 players from the 2025 Challenge Tour and Development Tour.
Rising star Charlie Manby will play Swiss number one Stefan Bellmont in an eye-catching opening round tie on the Main Stage, where 16-year-old Kyle Gilding also takes on Sam Spivey.
Amateur Qualifier Aden Kirk, who famously dumped out Phil Taylor, Peter Wright and Gerwyn Price on his UK Open debut in 2014, locks horns with veteran Mervyn King, who reached the semi-finals that same year, while Spain’s Cristo Reyes takes on Graham Usher in another eye-catching round one tie.
Stage. or board, eight offers an intriguing clash of the generations as teenage prodigy Henry Coates takes on Midlander Neil Wild who has qualified for the first time, more than 15 years since is early efforts.
Tour Card Holders ranked 65-96 will enter in round two, as World Youth Championship runner-up Greaves opens her campaign against Pilgrim.
Greaves advanced to round four on her UK Open debut last year, and the Doncaster darter has made an impressive start to 2026, producing a spectacular nine-darter at Players Championship Six in Leicester last week.
Poland’s number two Sebastian Bialecki will face former Lakeside Champion Christian Kist for a place in round three, while Germany’s Max Hopp meets either Spivey or PDC in the Community Qualifier Gilding.
Dutch debutant Jimmy van Schie plays Tom Bissell in another Main Stage clash, as Cam Crabtree prepares to face Pascal Rupprecht or Jenson Walker.
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Players ranked from 33-64 will then join the tournament in round three, with former UK Open champions Peter Wright and Raymond van Barneveld amongst the stars in action.
2017 winner Wright faces a potential showdown against Lithuania’s Darius Labanauskas, as Callum Francis and Maximilian Czerwinski also battle it out for the right to play the Scottish icon.
Van Barneveld, meanwhile, who claimed back-to-back UK Open titles in 2006 and 2007, faces a tough test against Czechia’s number one, Karel Sedlacek.
2024 semi-finalist Ricky Evans has been pitted against former World Grand Prix runner-up Brendan Dolan, while Dutchman Kevin Doets and Germany’s number two Ricardo Pietreczko go head-to-head in another stand-out tussle.
Elsewhere, two-time quarter-finalist Mensur Suljovic faces Lukas Wenig for a place in round four, as former Masters champion Joe Cullen awaits one of Crabtree, Rupprecht or Walker in his opener.
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The top 32 players on the PDC Werner Rankings Ladder will begin their title challenges in round four on Friday evening, including reigning champion Luke Littler and world number two Luke Humphries.
Former champions Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Danny Noppert, James Wade, Nathan Aspinall, Dimitri Van den Bergh and Andrew Gilding will also enter the event in round four.
Following the conclusion of round three on Friday afternoon, an open draw will be made live on the Main Stage for round four, with further draws to be made following each subsequent round.
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Main Stage matches across all three days will be broadcast live on ITV4 for UK viewers, through the PDC’s international broadcast partners, including DAZN and Viaplay, and on PDCTV for Rest of the World Subscribers.
Stage Two action on Friday and Saturday will be streamed exclusively for all PDCTV Subscribers worldwide, with every match from Stages Three to Eight also available live on PDCTV.
Players will compete for the £120,000 top prize and the coveted title across the weekend in Minehead, with a total prize fund of £750,000 on offer being paid down to the last 128.
2026 Ladbrokes UK Open
Friday March 6
Afternoon Session (1100 GMT)
Main Stage – 1200 GMT Start
Round One
Stefan Bellmont v Charlie Manby
Sam Spivey v Kyle Gilding
Round Two
Sebastian Bialecki v Christian Kist
Jimmy van Schie v Tom Bissell
Darryl Pilgrim v Beau Greaves
Rupprecht/Walker v Cam Crabtree
Round Three
Karel Sedlacek v Raymond van Barneveld
Ricky Evans v Brendan Dolan
Peter Wright v Czerwinski/Labanauskas/Francis
Stage Two – 1100 GMT Start
Round One
Pascal Rupprecht v Jenson Walker
Aden Kirk v Mervyn King
Michael Unterbuchner v Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Adam Leek v David Sharp
Round Two
Thomas Lovely v Shane McGuirk
Adam Gawlas v Tavis Dudeney
Tytus Kanik v Jim Long
Spivey/Gilding v Max Hopp
Round Three
Kevin Doets v Ricardo Pietreczko
Gabriel Clemens v Bialecki/Kist
Kim Huybrechts v Keane Barry
Rupprecht/Walker/Crabtree v Joe Cullen
Stage Three – 1100 GMT Start
Round One
Filip Bereza v Rhys Griffin
Stephen Burton v Jake Eichen
Cristo Reyes v Graham Usher
Tyler Thorpe v Pero Ljubic
Kai Gotthardt v Daniel Lee
Round Two
Robert Owen v Stefaan Henderyck
Maximilian Czerwinski v Labanauskas/Francis
Greg Ritchie v Leek/Sharp
Van der Velde/Tweddell v Leon Weber
Round Three
Lukas Wenig v Mensur Suljovic
Niels Zonneveld v Van Schie/Bissell
Sparidaans/Waites/Potter/Landman v Connor Scutt
Spivey/Gilding/Hopp v Merkx/Barkhausen/Van Velzen
Stage Four – 1100 GMT Start
Round One
Jack Todd v Carl Sneyd
Clive Langford v Stephen Rosney
Alexander Merkx v Jannis Barkhausen
Sean Ryan v Tom Sykes
Sietse Lap v Ted Evetts
Round Two
Wesley Plaisier v Bates/Hofkens
Bereza/Griffin v Oskar Lukasiak
Wild/Coates v Adam Paxton
Bellmont/Manby v Thorpe/Ljubic
Round Three
Meulenkamp/Price/Warner v Jeffrey de Graaf
Kanik/Long v Callan Rydz
Owen/Henderyck v Pilgrim/Greaves
Niko Springer v Ehlers/Kraft/Gotthardt/Lee
Stage Five – 1100 GMT Start
Round One
Samuel Whittaker v Jeffrey de Zwaan
Ryan Branley v Oliver King
Benjamin Pratnemer v Callum Goffin
Darius Labanauskas v Callum Francis
Round Two
Viktor Tingstrom v Pearse/Culleton
Meulenkamp/Price v Adam Warner
Dominik Gruellich v Van den Herik/Hall
Lap/Evetts v Reyes/Usher
Round Three
Ryan Meikle v William O’Connor
Nick Kenny v Lipscombe/Todd/Sneyd
Boulton/Kirk/M King v P Williams/Stevenson/Dekker
Kuivenhoven/Unterbuchner/Rodriguez v Wild/Coates/Paxton
Mario Vandenbogaerde v Van der Velde/Tweddell/Weber
Stage Six – 1100 GMT Start
Round One
Owen Bates v Yorick Hofkens
Lewis Pearse v Niall Culleton
Jamai van den Herik v Graham Hall
Jurjen van der Velde v Jack Tweddell
Round Two
P Williams/Stevenson v Cor Dekker
Dennie Olde Kalter v Van Trijp/Campbell
Merkx/Barkhausen v Marvin van Velzen
Sparidaans/Waites v Potter/Landman
Round Three
Alan Soutar v Richard Veenstra
Ritchie/Leek/Sharp v Mickey Mansell
Thibault Tricole v Langford/Rosney/Burton/Eichen
Beeton/Merk/Ryan/Sykes v Lap/Evetts/Reyes/Usher
Stage Seven – 1100 GMT Start
Round One
James Beeton v Arno Merk
Danny van Trijp v Scott Campbell
Ron Meulenkamp v Samuel Price
Jeffrey Sparidaans v Scott Waites
Round Two
Andy Boulton v Kirk/M King
Maik Kuivenhoven v Unterbuchner/Rodriguez
Pratnemer/Goffin v Whittaker/De Zwaan
Ehlers/Kraft v Gotthardt/Lee
Round Three
Madars Razma v Gawlas/Dudeney
Gruellich/Van den Herik/Hall v Justin Hood
Branley/O King/Brooks v Bereza/Griffin/Lukasiak
James Hurrell v Bellmont/Manby/Thorpe/Ljubic
Stage Eight – 1100 GMT Start
Round One
Patrik Williams v Simon Stevenson
Matthias Ehlers v Marvin Kraft
Nathan Potter v Chris Landman
Neil Wild v Henry Coates
Round Two
Adam Lipscombe v Todd/Sneyd
Branley/O King v Bradley Brooks
Beeton/Merk v Ryan/Sykes
Langford/Rosney v Burton/Eichen
Round Three
Lovely/McGuirk v Martin Lukeman
Ian White v Olde Kalter/Van Trijp/Campbell
Tingstrom/Pearse/Culleton v Plaisier/Bates/Hofkens
Pratnemer/Goffin/Whittaker/De Zwaan v Scott Williams
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Round Four – Eight Stages
Saturday March 7
Afternoon Session (1300 GMT)
Round Five – Four Stages
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Round Six – Two Stages
Sunday March 8
Afternoon Session (1300 GMT)
Quarter-Finals – Main Stage
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Semi-Finals & Final – Main Stage
Stage Locations
Main Stage – Skyline Pavilion
Stage Two – Reds
Stages Three-Eight – Studio 36
Prize Fund
Winner – £120,000
Runner-Up – £60,000
Semi-Finalists – £35,000
Quarter-Finalists – £20,000
Round Six Losers – £12,500
Round Five Losers – £7,500
Round Four Losers – £3,000
Round Three Losers – £2,000
Round Two Losers – £1,250
Total – £750,000
Format
Rounds One-Three – Best of 11 legs
Round Four-Quarter-Finals – Best of 19 legs
Semi-Finals & Final – Best of 21 legs
An open draw will be made at the end of each round from the conclusion of Round Three onwards. The first three rounds were pre-drawn at random.
