Dutch Open (darts)

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.

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.

From 2002 to 2013 the tournament was held at NH Conference Centre Koningshof, Veldhoven but from 2014 the tournament will be held at De Bonte Wever, Assen.[1]

This years event was streamed live on the final day by RTV Drenthe and the mens final was broadcast live by Eurosport.

List of winners

Year Champion (average in final) Score Runner-Up (average in final) Total
Prize Money
Champion Runner-Up
1973 Netherlands Ton Koster ?-? Netherlands Geoff Kirkman ? ? ?
1974 Netherlands Mary de Knoop ?-? Netherlands Bill Ratz ? ? ?
1975 England Terry Henney ?-? Netherlands Sonja Durinck ? ? ?
1976 Netherlands Henk van Tuijl ?-? Netherlands Arthur Russel ? ? ?
1977 England Peter Smith ?-? Netherlands Jim Clarke ? ? ?
1978 Netherlands Jimmy Cox ?-? Belgium Daniel Serie ? ? ?
1979 Belgium Daniel Serie ?-? Netherlands Jimmy Cox ? ? ?
1980 England Brian Fenby ?-? England Tony Sontag ? ? ?
1981 England Gordon Watson ?-? Belgium Daniel Serie ? ? ?
1982 Netherlands Jilles Vermaat ?-? Belgium Patrick Bolle ? ? ?
1983 Belgium Luc Marreel ?-? Netherlands Rick Daniels ? ? ?
1984 Belgium Frans Devooght 4-2 Belgium Omer Bauwens ? ? ?
1985 Belgium Frans Devooght 5-2 Belgium Willy Logie ? ? ?
1986 England Lee Topper 3-2 Belgium Frans Devooght ? ? ?
1987 Belgium Bob Renard 3-1 England Eric Bristow ? ? ?
1988 United States Steve Brown 3-1 Belgium Bob Renard ? ? ?
1989 England Alan Warriner-Little 3-0 Belgium Erik Clarys ? ? ?
1990 Belgium Leo Laurens 3-0 England Graham Miller ? ? ?
1991 Greece Kostas Lavassas ?-? Denmark Jann Hoffmann ? ? ?
1992 Belgium Leo Laurens ?-? Netherlands Paul Hoogenboom ? ? ?
1993 England Alan Warriner-Little 3-0 Scotland Jocky Wilson ? ? ?
1994 Wales Richie Burnett ?-? Scotland Alan Brown ? ? ?
1995 England Steve Beaton ?-? England Kevin Painter ? ? ?
1996 England Steve Beaton ?-? England Paul Williams ? ? ?
1997 England Mervyn King ?-? England Andy Fordham ? ? ?
1998 England Alan Warriner-Little 3-0 England Peter Evison ? ? ?
1999 England Ted Hankey 4-2 England Robbie Widdows ? ? ?
2000 England Wayne Mardle 4-1 England Mervyn King ? ? ?
2001 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 4-0 Germany Andree Welge ? ? ?
2002 England Shaun Greatbatch 4-2 England Steve Coote ? ? ?
2003 England Ted Hankey (93.87) 3-0 Netherlands Roland Scholten (81.87) €11,445 €3,630 €1,815
2004 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (98.73) 3-0 England Gary Robson (71.22) €16,450 €4,500 €2,250
2005 England Tony Eccles 3-0 England John Walton ? ? ?
2006 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 3-2 Scotland Gary Anderson ? ? ?
2007 England Scott Waites (86.64) 3-0 England Steve West (79.59) €16,450 €4,500 €2,250
2008 Scotland Robert Thornton (92.52) 3-0 Belgium Alain van Bouwel (84.24) €16,450 €4,500 €2,250
2009 England Darryl Fitton (91.17) 3-2 Netherlands Willy van de Wiel (88.05) €16,450 €4,500 €2,250
2010 England Martin Adams 3-1 England Scott Waites €16,450 €4,500 €2,250
2011 England Martin Adams 3-2 England Dean Winstanley €16,450 €4,500 €2,250
2012 England Tony O'Shea 3-0 England Dave Prins €16,450 €4,500 €2,250
2013 England Scott Waites 3-2 England James Wilson €18,400 €5,000 €2,500
2014 Scotland Ross Montgomery 3-2 England Scott Waites €18,400 €5,000 €2,500
2015 England Martin Adams 3-1 England Darryl Fitton €33.350[2] €5,000 €2,500

References

  1. New Venue for 2014 Dutch Open, British Darts Organisation.
  2. http://www.dutchopendarts.nl/en/dutch-open/prize-money