Ladbrokes UK Open 2025 | Day One Preview and Order of Play

The 2025 UK Open gets under way in Minehead on Friday with the opening four rounds to be contested across eight stages.

The most frenetic day on the darting calendar features no fewer than 126 matches across two sessions, with 158 players being whittled down to just 32 by the end of the evening.

Players ranked 97-128 in the PDC Order of Merit will start out in Round One alongside eight 2024 Challenge Tour and eight 2024 Development Tour qualifiers, as well as 16 Amateur qualifiers.

Notable First Round ties include reigning and three-time Women’s World Champion Beau Greaves making her UK Open debut against Swiss number one – Stefan Bellmont.

Greaves, who also retained the Women’s World Matchplay title last year, has enjoyed a remarkable start to 2025, topping the Challenge Tour, Development Tour and Women’s Series Order of Merit, while also making her debut as a top-up on the ProTour.

The 21-year-old is tasked with a tough opener against World Cup of Darts star Bellmont – who reached the semi-finals of a Players Championship event less than a fortnight ago.

Also in action on the Main Stage are Austria’s Rusty-Jake Rodriguez and Welsh qualifier Mike Gillet, while the Stage Two line-up commences with a tie between Norway’s Cor Dekker and Germany’s Niko Springer.

Former World Master and ProTour event winner Wesley Plaisier meets two-time Challenge Tour event winner Cam Crabtree, while Polish ace Sebastian Bialecki faces Swedish newcomer Viktor Tingstrom.

Selected outer board matches in Round One include local favourite Simon Stevenson, quarter-finalist in 2019, up against American ace Jules van Dongen.

Former WDF number one Jimmy van Schie meets new Tour Card holder Adam Paxton on Stage Five, while last week’s World Seniors Championship runner-up Graham Usher takes on 2024 World Seniors champion John Henderson on Stage Six.

Derek Coulson, semi-finalist at the World Seniors Championship last weekend, takes on Lithuanian number one Darius Labanauskas, while former Tour Card holder Scott Baker faces Swedish star Andreas Harrysson.

Charlie Manby, who registered a PDC record average of 130 on the Development Tour last weekend, looks to maintain that astonishing level of form when he comes up against Aden Kirk – who famously defeated Phil Taylor in this event back in 2014.

First Round winners will be joined by Tour Card Holders ranked 65-96 in Round Two, including former Ally Pally nine-dart hero Willie Borland and Brett Claydon on the Main Stage.

Poland’s Radek Szaganski and Danish youngster Benjamin Reus collide on Stage Two, while George Killington and Owen Bates go head-to-head on Stage Three.

Dom Taylor, semi-finalist in Players Championship Four, takes on former World Cup of Darts finalist Steve Lennon on Stage Four.

The 32 Second Round winners are accompanied by Tour Card Holders ranked 33-64 in Round Three, including former World Championship semi-finalist Scott Williams and 2024 ProTour event winner Wessel Nijman – who lock horns on the Main Stage.

Former Euro Tour finalist Ricky Evans starts out against former World Championship semi-finalist Gabriel Clemens, before five-time World Champion Raymond van Barneveld gets his campaign under way against either Henderson, Usher, Gillet or Rodriguez.

European Championship finalist Jermaine Wattimena and German ace Florian Hempel face off on Stage Two, alongside Latvia’s Madars Razma and Ryan Meikle.

Callan Rydz, semi-finalist in Players Championship Three, opens up against a fellow ranking event winner in Alan Soutar on Stage Three.

Meanwhile, 2024 Grand Slam finalist Martin Lukeman faces former BDO world finalist Jim Williams on Stage Five.

The world’s top 32 enter the event in the evening’s Fourth Round, including defending champion Dimitri van den Bergh, last year’s runner-up Luke Humphries, World Champion Luke Littler  and former UK Open champions Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright, James Wade, Gary Anderson, Nathan Aspinall, Danny Noppert and Andrew Gilding.

The action gets under way from 11am GMT on the outer stages (11.45am main stage), with First Round, Second Round and Third Round matches to be contested over the best of 11 legs, while Fourth Round ties are best of 19.

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Ladbrokes UK Open 2025 Day One Schedule

Friday February 28

Afternoon Session (11am-5pm)

Main Stage (12pm onwards)
Mike Gillet v Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (R1)
Beau Greaves v Stefan Bellmont (R1)
William Borland v Brett Claydon (R2)
Darren Beveridge v James Hurrell (R2)
Thibault Tricole v Roelofs/Sykes (R2)
Jelle Klaasen v Lipscombe/Dewsbury (R2)
Scott Williams v Wessel Nijman (R3)
Ricky Evans v Gabriel Clemens (R3)
Henderson/Usher/Gillet/Rodriguez v Raymond van Barneveld (R3)

Stage Two (11am onwards)
Cor Dekker v Niko Springer (R1)
Wesley Plaisier v Cam Crabtree (R1)
Sebastian Bialecki v Viktor Tingstrom (R1)
Shaun Fox v Max Hopp (R1)
Danny Lauby w/o Tim Wolters (R2)
Radek Szaganski v Benjamin Reus (R2)
Manby/Kirk v Haupai Puha (R2)
Chris Landman v Kist/Perry (R2)
Jermaine Wattimena v Florian Hempel (R3)
Madars Razma v Ryan Meikle (R3)
Wenig/Rowley/Sedlacek v Kim Huybrechts (R3)
Jeffrey de Graaf v Hunt/Czerwinski/Kuivenhoven (R3)

Stage Three (11am onwards)
Darryl Pilgrim v Chris Hartrey (R1)
Paul Rowley v Karel Sedlacek (R1)
Adam Lipscombe v Marc Dewsbury (R1)
Greg Ritchie v Jamie Kelling (R1)
Danny van Trijp v Henry Coates (R1)
George Killington v Owen Bates (R2)
Weber/Merkx v Wickenden/Girvan (R2)
Coulson/Labanauskas v Mario Vandenbogaerde (R2)
Joshua Richardson v Van Velzen/Bissell (R2)
Callan Rydz v Alan Soutar (R3)
Tricole/Roelofs/Sykes v William O’Connor (R3)
Jose de Sousa v Van Schie/Paxton/Stevenson/Van Dongen (R3)
Ian White v Klaasen/Lipscombe/Dewsbury (R3)

Stage Four (11am onwards)
Simon Stevenson v Jules van Dongen (R1)
Dennie Olde Kalter v Andy Boulton (R1)
Christopher Wickenden v Nathan Girvan (R1)
Oskar Lukasiak v Thomas Lovely (R1)
Marvin van Velzen v Tom Bissell (R1)
Steve Lennon v Dom Taylor (R2)
Martijn Dragt v Dudeney/Hall (R2)
Fox/Hopp v Justin Hood (R2)
Berry van Peer v Van Trijp/Coates (R2)
Rob Owen v Niels Zonneveld (R3)
Keane Barry v Van der Velde/Kanik/Brooks (R3)
Kevin Doets v Warner/Morris/Ritchie/Kelling (R3)
Manby/Kirk/Puha v Landman/Kist/Perry (R3)

Stage Five (11am onwards)
Tommy Lishman v Kai Gotthardt (R1)
Christian Kist v Daniel Perry (R1)
Maximilian Czerwinski v Maik Kuivenhoven (R1)
Jimmy van Schie v Adam Paxton (R1)
Lukas Wenig v Rowley/Sedlacek (R2)
Baker/Harrysson v Jansen/Gruellich (R2)
Henderson/Usher v Gillet/Rodriguez (R2)
Andy Baetens v Plaisier/Crabtree (R2)
Jim Williams v Martin Lukeman (R3)
Lennon/Taylor v Cameron Menzies (R3)
Dennant/Olde Kalter/Boulton v Lukasiak/Lovely/Cocks/Henderyck (R3)
Griffin/Greaves/Bellmont v Mickey Mansell (R3)
Fox/Hopp/Hood v Beveridge/Hurrell (R3)

Stage Six (11am onwards)
Tavis Dudeney v Graham Hall (R1)
John Henderson v Graham Usher (R1)
Danny Jansen v Dominik Gruellich (R1)
Derek Coulson v Darius Labanauskas (R1)
Lishman/Gotthardt v Michele Turetta (R2)
Adam Hunt v Czerwinski/Kuivenhoven (R2)
Van der Velde/Kanik v Bradley Brooks (R2)
Ljubic/Long v Nathan Rafferty (R2)
Van der Wal/Pilgrim/Hartrey v Danny Lauby (R3)
Grundy/Bialecki/Tingstrom v Luke Woodhouse (R3)
Weber/Merkx/Wickenden/Girvan v Matt Campbell (R3)
Szaganski/Reus v Baetens/Plaisier/Crabtree (R3)

Stage Seven (11am onwards)
Leon Weber v Alexander Merkx (R1)
Adam Warner v Tommy Morris (R1)
Jurjen van der Velde v Tytus Kanik (R1)
Lee Cocks v Stefaan Henderyck (R1)
Dekker/Springer v Patrick Geeraets (R2)
Matthew Dennant v Olde Kalter/Boulton (R2)
Lukasiak/Lovely v Cocks/Henderyck (R2)
Rhys Griffin v Greaves/Bellmont (R2)
Nick Kenny v Baker/Harrysson/Jansen/Gruellich (R3)
Dragt/Dudeney/Hall v Borland/Claydon (R3)
Mensur Suljovic v Ljubic/Long/Rafferty (R3)
Van Peer/Van Trijp/Coates v Connor Scutt (R3)

Stage Eight (11am onwards)
Scott Baker v Andreas Harrysson (R1)
Owen Roelofs v Tom Sykes (R1)
Charlie Manby v Aden Kirk (R1)
Pero Ljubic v Jim Long (R1)
Jitse van der Wal v Pilgrim/Hartrey (R2)
Robert Grundy v Bialecki/Tingstrom (R2)
Van Schie/Paxton v Stevenson/Van Dongen (R2)
Warner/Morris v Ritchie/Kelling (R2)
Dekker/Springer/Geeraets v Dylan Slevin (R3)
Lishman/Gotthardt/Turetta v Stephen Burton (R3)
Richard Veenstra v Coulson/Labanauskas/Vandenbogaerde (R3)
Richardson/Van Velzen/Bissell v Killington/Bates (R3)

Evening Session (7pm-11pm)

Last 64 matches (TBC)