2003 Sky Bet UK Open
Tournament information
Dates30 May–1 June 2003
VenueReebok Stadium
LocationBolton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Final – best of 35
Prize fund£124,000
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout170 England Shayne Burgess
(Final)
England Dave Smith
(Quarter-Finals)
Champion(s)
England 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 [1]

Friday 30 May 2003

Preliminary round

best of 9 legs

1st round

best of 9 legs

  • England Mark ThomsonMarshall James Wales 5 – 4
  • England John King – Colin Monk England 1 – 5
  • England Les Fitton – James Greenfield England 5 – 1
  • England Dave Smith – Dean Taylor England 5 – 1
  • England Bob Crawley – Gary Stevens England 5 – 4
  • England Andy Belton – Shayne Burgess England 4 – 5
  • England Terry JenkinsKeith Rooney Republic of Ireland 5 – 3
  • England John Ferrell – Peter Allen England 4 – 5
  • England John Nesbitt – Brendan Dolan Northern Ireland 5 – 4
  • England Dave Jowett – Chris Gough England 5 – 1
  • Australia David Platt – Martyn Freeman Wales 5 – 2
  • England Bill Burksfield – John Henderson Scotland 5 – 0
  • England Dave Roberts – Rod Harrington England 1 – 5
  • England Wayne Merrick – Keith Wright England 5 – 3
  • England David Peploe – Wayne Davies Wales 2 – 5
  • England Crissy Manley – Wayne Palfrey Wales 2 – 5
  • England Chris McTernan – Paul Whitworth England 4 – 5
  • Republic of Ireland Jim Regan – Matt Chapman England 2 – 5
  • England Tony Wood – Mick Carrick England 0 – 5
  • England Paul Butler – Paul Hogan England 3 – 5
  • England Simon Laws – Chris Kenny England 2 – 5
  • England Nigel Justice – Norman Fletcher England 1 – 5
  • England Michael Kendrick – Wayne Atwood Wales 3 – 5
  • Wales Robert Heard – Adam King England 5 – 0
  • England Dean Williams – Leon Womack England 5 – 2
  • Wales Steve Evans – Nigel Peden Northern Ireland 0 – 5
  • England Steve Parsons – Dave Weston England 2 – 5
  • England Andrew Gillam – Mick Booth England 2 – 5
  • England Dick Brittain – Glynn Carus Wales 1 – 5
  • England Darren Webster – Keith Read England 5 – 2
  • England Andy Smith – Martin Dunford England 5 – 0
  • England Darren Moulsley – Ian Burnett Wales 2 – 5

2nd round

best of 9 legs

Saturday 31 May

3rd round

best of 9 legs

4th round

best of 15 legs

5th Round – Last 16

best of 17 legs

Sunday 1 June

Last 8 to final

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 19 legs
Semi-finals
Best of 21 legs
Final
Best of 35 legs
 
          
 
 
 
 
England Phil Taylor10
 
 
 
England Tom Wilson2
 
England Phil Taylor11
 
 
 
Netherlands Roland Scholten5
 
Netherlands Roland Scholten 10
 
 
 
England Dave Smith7
 
England Phil Taylor18
 
 
 
England Shayne Burgess8
 
England Colin Monk8
 
 
 
England Shayne Burgess10
 
England Shayne Burgess 11
 
 
 
England Paul Williams9
 
England Paul Williams10
 
 
England Wayne Jones8
 

References

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