2007 US Open Darts

The 2007 US Open was a darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was the inaugural event and played in Connecticut between May 18 and May 20.

The tournament replaced the World Series of Darts which ran for one year and was cancelled as a result of poor television ratings on ESPN. The first US Open was be held at the Mohegan Sun Casino Resort, Connecticut, USA - which was the venue used for the 2006 World Series of Darts

Phil Taylor added to his list of titles by winning the event - beating Raymond van Barneveld in the final.

Television coverage and format

The tournament was broadcast live in the UK on satellite station Challenge. The coverage was hosted by Sarah Cawood and Tony Green, who was broadcasting from a PDC tournament for the first time. Limited coverage of the event was shown on US sport channel Versus.

The format saw 32 boards in action on Friday Night, for "Friday Night Madness" where a minimum of 16 American players progressed to the final stages. On Saturday, the 16 US qualifiers join the top 64 in the PDC Order of Merit (who have entered). Matches were be the best of five sets, with three legs per set. The players were be whittled down to sixteen for the final stages on Sunday.

Results

The first four rounds were played on Saturday May 19 over the best of five sets (best of three legs per set).

32TeamBracket-Compact | RD1= Fourth Round
best of 5 sets
losers £2,000
Sat 19 May
RD2= Fifth Round
best of 5 sets
losers £3,000
Sun 20 May
RD3= Quarter Finals
best of 5 sets
losers £4,000
Sun 20 May
RD4= Semi Finals
best of 5 sets
losers £5,000
Sun 20 May
RD5= Final
best of 7 sets
runner-up £7,500
winner £12,500
Sun 20 May
score-width=20

RD1-seed01=1
RD1-team01=flagicon|ENGPhil Taylor
RD1-score01=3
RD1-seed02=32
RD1-team02=flagicon|ENGMatt Clark
RD1-score02=0

RD1-seed03=16
RD1-team03=flagicon|ENGKevin Painter
RD1-score03=3
RD1-seed04=48
RD1-team04=flagicon|NEDMichael van Gerwen
RD1-score04=2

RD1-seed05=57
RD1-team05=flagicon|ENGMervyn King
RD1-score05=3
RD1-seed06=25
RD1-team06=flagicon|ENGAlan Warriner-Little
RD1-score06=2

RD1-seed07=9
RD1-team07=flagicon|ENGWayne Mardle
RD1-score07=3
RD1-seed08=24
RD1-team08=flagicon|ENGAndy Smith
RD1-score08=1

RD1-seed09=60
RD1-team09=flagicon|ENGMartyn Turner
RD1-score09=1
RD1-seed10=28
RD1-team10=flagicon|IRLMick McGowan
RD1-score10=3

RD1-seed11=12
RD1-team11=flagicon|CANJohn Part
RD1-score11=3
RD1-seed12=21
RD1-team12=flagicon|ENGWes Newton
RD1-score12=1

RD1-seed13=4
RD1-team13=flagicon|ENGPeter Manley
RD1-score13=3
RD1-seed14=29
RD1-team14=flagicon|ENGLionel Sams
RD1-score14=2

RD1-seed15=13
RD1-team15=flagicon|ENGRonnie Baxter
RD1-score15=3
RD1-seed16=
RD1-team16=flagicon|USAChris Linkous
RD1-score16=2

RD1-seed17=2
RD1-team17=flagicon|NEDRaymond van Barneveld
RD1-score17=3
RD1-seed18=34
RD1-team18=flagicon|ENGSteve Hine
RD1-score18=1

RD1-seed19=15
RD1-team19=flagicon|WALBarrie Bates
RD1-score19=3
RD1-seed20=47
RD1-team20=flagicon|ENGMark Holden
RD1-score20=0

RD1-seed21=7
RD1-team21=flagicon|NEDRoland Scholten
RD1-score21=3
RD1-seed22=39
RD1-team22=flagicon|CANGerry Convery
RD1-score22=1

RD1-seed23=55
RD1-team23=flagicon|NEDVincent van der Voort
RD1-score23=2
RD1-seed24=23
RD1-team24=flagicon|ENGWayne Jones
RD1-score24=3

RD1-seed25=6
RD1-team25=flagicon|ENGDennis Priestley
RD1-score25=3
RD1-seed26=38
RD1-team26=flagicon|USARay Carver
RD1-score26=0

RD1-seed27=11
RD1-team27=flagicon|ENGAndy Hamilton
RD1-score27=3
RD1-seed28=43
RD1-team28=flagicon|ENGSteve Smith
RD1-score28=2

RD1-seed29=
RD1-team29=flagicon|USAJim Widmayer
RD1-score29=3
RD1-seed30=
RD1-team30=Brian Blake
RD1-score30=1

RD1-seed31=
RD1-team31=flagicon|USAFrederick Krueger
RD1-score31=1
RD1-seed32=19
RD1-team32=flagicon|ENGMark Dudbridge
RD1-score32=3

RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=flagicon|ENG Taylor
RD2-score01=3
RD2-seed02=16
RD2-team02=flagicon|ENG Painter
RD2-score02=2

RD2-seed03=57
RD2-team03=flagicon|ENG King
RD2-score03=3
RD2-seed04=9
RD2-team04=flagicon|ENG Mardle
RD2-score04=2

RD2-seed05=28
RD2-team05=flagicon|IRL McGowan
RD2-score05=0
RD2-seed06=12
RD2-team06=flagicon|CAN Part
RD2-score06=3

RD2-seed07=4
RD2-team07=flagicon|ENG Manley
RD2-score07=0
RD2-seed08=13
RD2-team08=flagicon|ENG Baxter
RD2-score08=3

RD2-seed09=2
RD2-team09=flagicon|NED v Barneveld
RD2-score09=3
RD2-seed10=15
RD2-team10=flagicon|WAL Bates
RD2-score10=0

RD2-seed11=7
RD2-team11=flagicon|NED Scholten
RD2-score11=3
RD2-seed12=23
RD2-team12=flagicon|ENG Jones
RD2-score12=1

RD2-seed13=6
RD2-team13=flagicon|ENG Priestley
RD2-score13=1
RD2-seed14=11
RD2-team14=flagicon|ENG Hamilton
RD2-score14=3

RD2-seed15=
RD2-team15=flagicon|USA Widmayer
RD2-score15=1
RD2-seed16=19
RD2-team16=flagicon|ENG Dudbridge
RD2-score16=3

RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=flagicon|ENG Taylor
RD3-score01=3
RD3-seed02=57
RD3-team02=flagicon|ENG King
RD3-score02=0

RD3-seed03=12
RD3-team03=flagicon|CAN Part
RD3-score03=3
RD3-seed04=13
RD3-team04=flagicon|ENG Baxter
RD3-score04=0

RD3-seed05=2
RD3-team05=flagicon|NED v Barneveld
RD3-score05=3
RD3-seed06=7
RD3-team06=flagicon|NED Scholten
RD3-score06=0

RD3-seed07=11
RD3-team07=flagicon|ENG Hamilton
RD3-score07=3
RD3-seed08=19
RD3-team08=flagicon|ENG Dudbridge
RD3-score08=0

RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=flagicon|ENG Taylor
RD4-score01=3
RD4-seed02=12
RD4-team02=flagicon|CAN Part
RD4-score02=1

RD4-seed03=2
RD4-team03=flagicon|NED v Barneveld
RD4-score03=3
RD4-seed04=11
RD4-team04=flagicon|ENG Hamilton
RD4-score04=1

RD5-seed01=1
RD5-team01=flagicon|ENG Phil Taylor
RD5-score01=4
RD5-seed02=2
RD5-team02=flagicon|NED Raymond van Barneveld
RD5-score02=1

Prize fund

Total Prize Fund £126,000

*Winner: £12,500
*Runner-up: £7,500
*Semi-finalists: £5,000
*Quarter Finalists: £4,000
*Last 16: £3,000
*Last 32: £1,500
*Last 64: £1,000

External links

* [http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/WorldSeriesDartsDetail/0,,10180~1027508,00.html Planet Darts Results and review]