The Dutch Open is amongst the longest running darts tournaments having started back in 1973. The popularity of darts in the Netherlands since Raymond van Barneveld began amassing world titles has seen the number of entries for the tournament rise dramatically. The 2007 event had 2867 entries in the Men’s Singles, 1179 in the Men’s Pairs, 418 in the Women’s Singles and 176 in the Women’s Pairs. Although the tournament is classed an "Open" event, only players eligible to for the Winmau World Masters and BDO World Championship are now allowed to enter. This had ruled out PDC players from competing since 2006. [1]
The 2002 version of the tournament saw the first live nine dart finish during the final between Shaun Greatbatch and Steve Coote. Greatbatch checked out using T20, T15, D18 during the third leg of the second set, The tournament has been covered by Dutch SBS6 television in recent years, and also by Eurosport across Europe.
| Year | Champion (average in final) | Score | Runner-Up (average in final) | Total Prize Money |
Champion | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Ton Koster | ?-? | Geoff Kirkman | ? | ? | ? |
| 1974 | Mary de Knoop | ?-? | Bill Ratz | ? | ? | ? |
| 1975 | Terry Henney | ?-? | Sonja Durinck | ? | ? | ? |
| 1976 | Henk van Tuijl | ?-? | Arthur Russel | ? | ? | ? |
| 1977 | Peter Smith | ?-? | Jim Clarke | ? | ? | ? |
| 1978 | Jimmy Cox | ?-? | Daniel Serie | ? | ? | ? |
| 1979 | Daniel Serie | ?-? | Jimmy Cox | ? | ? | ? |
| 1980 | Brian Fenby | ?-? | Tony Sontag | ? | ? | ? |
| 1981 | Gordon Watson | ?-? | Daniel Serie | ? | ? | ? |
| 1982 | Jilles Vermaat | ?-? | Patrick Bolle | ? | ? | ? |
| 1983 | Luc Marreel | ?-? | Rick Daniels | ? | ? | ? |
| 1984 | Frans Devooght | 4-2 | Omer Bauwens | ? | ? | ? |
| 1985 | Frans Devooght | 5-2 | Willy Logie | ? | ? | ? |
| 1986 | Lee Topper | 3-2 | Frans Devooght | ? | ? | ? |
| 1987 | Bob Renard | 3-1 | Eric Bristow | ? | ? | ? |
| 1988 | Steve Brown | 3-1 | Bob Renard | ? | ? | ? |
| 1989 | Alan Warriner-Little | 3-0 | Erik Clarys | ? | ? | ? |
| 1990 | Leo Laurens | 3-0 | Graham Miller | ? | ? | ? |
| 1991 | Kostas Lavassas | ?-? | Jann Hoffmann | ? | ? | ? |
| 1992 | Leo Laurens | ?-? | Paul Hoogenboom | ? | ? | ? |
| 1993 | Alan Warriner-Little | 3-0 | Jocky Wilson | ? | ? | ? |
| 1994 | Richie Burnett | ?-? | Alan Brown | ? | ? | ? |
| 1995 | Steve Beaton | ?-? | Kevin Painter | ? | ? | ? |
| 1996 | Steve Beaton | ?-? | Paul Williams | ? | ? | ? |
| 1997 | Mervyn King | ?-? | Andy Fordham | ? | ? | ? |
| 1998 | Alan Warriner-Little | 3-0 | Peter Evison | ? | ? | ? |
| 1999 | Ted Hankey | 4-2 | Robbie Widdows | ? | ? | ? |
| 2000 | Wayne Mardle | 4-1 | Mervyn King | ? | ? | ? |
| 2001 | Raymond van Barneveld | 4-0 | Andree Welge | ? | ? | ? |
| 2002 | Shaun Greatbatch | 4-2 | Steve Coote | ? | ? | ? |
| 2003 | Ted Hankey (93.87) | 3-0 | Roland Scholten (81.87) | €11,445 | €3,630 | €1,815 |
| 2004 | Raymond van Barneveld (98.73) | 3-0 | Gary Robson (71.22) | €16,450 | €4,500 | €2,250 |
| 2005 | Tony Eccles | 3-0 | John Walton | ? | ? | ? |
| 2006 | Raymond van Barneveld | 3-2 | Gary Anderson | ? | ? | ? |
| 2007 | Scott Waites (86.64) | 3-0 | Steve West (79.59) | €16,450 | €4,500 | €2,250 |
| 2008 | Robert Thornton (92.52) | 3-0 | Alain van Bouwel (84.24) | €16,450 | €4,500 | €2,250 |
| 2009 | Darryl Fitton (91.17) | 3-2 | Willy van de Wiel (88.05) | €16,450 | €4,500 | €2,250 |
| 2010 | Martin Adams | 3-1 | Scott Waites | €16,450 | €4,500 | €2,250 |
| 2011 | Martin Adams | 3-2 | Dean Winstanley | €16,450 | €4,500 | €2,250 |