The 2014 Coral UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the twelfth year of the tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competed in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, from 7 to 9 March 2014, and had the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw was staged after each round until the final.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion, but he suffered a huge upset by losing 9–7 to Aden Kirk in the third round.

Adrian Lewis won the fourth major title of his career beating Terry Jenkins 11–1 in the final.

Format and qualifiers UK Open qualifiers There were six qualifying events staged in February 2014 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:

No. Date Venue Winner Score Runner-up Ref. 1 Friday 7 February Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan Andy Hamilton 6–2 Adrian Lewis 2 Saturday 8 February Stephen Bunting 6–5 Andrew Gilding 3 Sunday 9 February Phil Taylor 6–2 Adrian Lewis 4 Friday 21 February Brendan Dolan 6–1 Jamie Lewis 5 Saturday 22 February Gary Anderson 6–2 Robert Thornton 6 Sunday 23 February Michael van Gerwen 6–0 Michael Smith

The tournament featured 138 players. The results of the six qualifiers shown above were collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 32 players in the Order of Merit received a place in the third round of the final tournament. In addition, the next 82 players plus ties in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but needed to start in the earlier rounds played on the Friday. A further 32 players qualified via regional qualifying tournaments.

Top 32 in Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)

Number 33–64 of the Order of Merit (receiving byes into second round)

Remaining Order of Merit qualifiers (starting in first and preliminary round)

Riley qualifiers (starting in first and preliminary round)

32 amateur players qualified from Riley qualifiers held across the UK.

Prize money The prize fund had increased from £200,000 to £250,000 for this year's event.

Stage (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £250,000) Winner (1) £50,000 Runner-Up (1) £25,000 Semi-finalists (2) £12,500 Quarter-finalists (4) £7,500 Last 16 (fifth round) (8) £5,000 Last 32 (fourth round) (16) £3,000 Last 64 (third round) (32) £1,000 Last 96 (second round) (32) n/a Last 128 (first round) (32) n/a Last 138 (preliminary round) (10) n/a

Draw

Friday 7 March; Best of nine legs

Preliminary round

Player ScorePlayerPlayer ScorePlayer Carl Green3–5 Lionel Sams Brian Woods3–5 Dean Stewart Paul Whitworth0–5 Rhys Griffin Alan Tabern1–5 Tony Randell Martin Stead5–3 Alan Casey Kevin McDine5–2 Aaron Holdstock Ian Jones3–5 Simon Stevenson James Young3–5 David O'Brien Nathan Derry5–2 Jason Mold William Naylor 4–5 Sam Allen

First round

Player ScorePlayerPlayer ScorePlayer Glenn Spearing2–5 Antonio Alcinas Kevin Taylor1–5 Arron Monk Raymond van Barneveld5–3 Anthony Broughton Kyle Anderson4–5 Kevin McDine Dennis Smith5–1 Mark Hylton Ewan Hyslop5–4 Steve Brown Alan Derrett5–2 Jyhan Artut Ben Burton4–5 Michael Mansell Steve Douglas3–5 Johnny Haines James Hubbard5–4 Jeff Batham Joe Murnan5–0 Shaun Lovett Dean Reynolds4–5 Martin Stead Conan Whitehead4–5 Aden Kirk Mark Cox5–4 Shaun Narain Lionel Sams5–3 Chris Aubrey Rhys Griffin 3–5 Karl Merchant Adam Cousins2–5 Paul Hogan Pete Dyos3–5 William O'Connor Adam Hunt5–3 Michael Malone Dean Stewart5–0 Graham Dando Andy Boulton5–2 Jonathan Worsley Matthew Edgar5–1 Matt Clark Jason Lovett3–5 Simon Stevenson Tony Randall5–1 Rowby-John Rodriguez Benito van de Pas5–3 Doug Thompson Jim Hill1–5 Alex Roy Sam Allen5–3 Chris Mackie Nathan Derry4–5 Gerwyn Price Nigel Daniels5–3 Scott Bennett Michael Baker4–5 Mick Todd Kevin Dowling5–4 Chris Dobey Davy Dodds5–1 David O'Brien

Second round

Player ScorePlayerPlayer ScorePlayer John Henderson1–5 Jelle Klaasen Keegan Brown3–5 Mensur Suljović Ian White5–4 Daryl Gurney Paul Hogan5–0 John Part Steve Maish5–0 Ben Ward Ronny Huybrechts5–0 Adrian Gray Jason Hogg5–4 Wayne Jones Martin Stead2–5 Raymond van Barneveld Gary Spedding2–5 David Pallett Dennis Smith2–5 Peter Hudson Ewan Hyslop 2–5 Kevin McDine Alex Roy5–4 Tony Newell John Bowles1–5 Dirk van Duijvenbode Rocco Maes5–2 Nigel Daniels Alan Derrett 3–5 Adam Hunt Sam Allen3–5 Ross Smith Andy Boulton5–4 Josh Payne James Hubbard5–3 Steve Hine Arron Monk 4–5 Karl Merchant Benito van de Pas5–3 Davy Dodds Nigel Heydon5–4 Johnny Haines Dave Weston 3–5 Mick Todd Antonio Alcinas5–3 Matthew Edgar Lionel Sams4–5 Joe Murnan Michael Barnard1–5 Stuart Kellett Tony Randall5–4 Steve West Jamie Caven3–5 Kevin Dowling Michael Mansell5–2 Dean Stewart Mark Cox 1–5 Darren Webster Ian Lever3–5 William O'Connor Aden Kirk5–2 Gerwyn Price Simon Stevenson5–3 Mark Barilli

Third round; Best of seventeen legs

Player ScorePlayerPlayer ScorePlayer Peter Wright9–8 Michael Smith Ronnie Baxter5–9 Adrian Lewis Aden Kirk9–7 Phil Taylor Michael van Gerwen9–1 James Hubbard Justin Pipe7–9 Dave Chisnall Kevin Painter9–5 Richie Burnett Raymond van Barneveld9–3 Mick Todd James Wade9–1 Michael Mansell Steve Beaton6–9 Brendan Dolan Adam Hunt5–9 Paul Nicholson Terry Jenkins9–4 Stuart Kellett Kevin Dowling8–9 Stephen Bunting Mark Webster9–5 Mark Walsh Kevin McDine8–9 David Pallett Andy Smith3–9 Gary Anderson Steve Maish1–9 Nigel Heydon Ronny Huybrechts9–6 Simon Whitlock Jamie Lewis9–8 William O'Connor Robert Thornton9–3 Jason Hogg Mensur Suljović9–3 Tony Randall Paul Hogan9–3 Benito van de Pas Christian Kist9–2 Antonio Alcinas Andrew Gildingw/o Wes Newton (withdrew) Dirk van Duijvenbode8–9 Joe Murnan Kim Huybrechts9–5 Ross Smith Peter Hudson8–9 Ian White Andy Boulton2–9 Dean Winstanley Nick Fullwell1–9 Alex Roy Darren Webster6–9 Vincent van der Voort Rocco Maes6–9 Simon Stevenson Karl Merhant4–9 Mervyn King Andy Hamilton9–8 Jelle Klaasen

Saturday 8 March Fourth round; Best of seventeen legs

Player ScorePlayerPlayer ScorePlayer James Wade9–5 Kim Huybrechts Vincent van der Voort8–9 Christian Kist Michael van Gerwen9–5 Andy Hamilton Aden Kirk9–5 Peter Wright Paul Nicholson5–9 Terry Jenkins Raymond van Barneveld9–3 Joe Murnan Dave Chisnall4–9 Mervyn King Dean Winstanley9–6 Stephen Bunting Alex Roy5–9 Ian White Nigel Heydon7–9 Brendan Dolan Kevin Painter9–4 Andrew Gilding Ronny Huybrechts8–9 Adrian Lewis Mensur Suljović9–7 Robert Thornton Gary Anderson9–5 David Pallett Jamie Lewis9–5 Simon Stevenson Mark Webster9–8 Paul Hogan

Fifth round

Player ScorePlayer Brendan Dolan9–7 Aden Kirk Mensur Suljović9–5 Jamie Lewis Adrian Lewis9–2 Raymond van Barneveld Michael van Gerwen9–4 Mark Webster Kevin Painter9–5 Dean Winstanley Gary Anderson7–9 Ian White Mervyn King9–6 Christian Kist Terry Jenkins9–8 James Wade

Sunday 9 March

Quarter-finals; Best of nineteen legs

Player ScorePlayer Michael van Gerwen 99.3810–8 Ian White 92.87 Terry Jenkins 98.8910–4 Brendan Dolan 93.69 Adrian Lewis 98.3510–3 Mensur Suljović 98.09 Kevin Painter 87.356–10 Mervyn King 94.73

Semi-finals and Final

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