UK Open 2009 Draw made

31/05/2009

The draw for the opening two rounds of the UK Open has been made - with the 'FA Cup of Darts' kicking off on Thursday live on Sky Sports. The event at Bolton's Reebok Stadium is a unique one in darts with an open draw system and appearance of 31 pub qualifiers summoning up the romance of football's much-loved cup competition.

97 players will be in action in the tournament, which starts on June 4 and will be screened live on Sky Sports.

The top 32 players in the PDC rankings will enter in the third round of the draw, but there are still some great matches to look forward to in the first two.

In the first round, Alex Roy takes on former world champion Richie Burnett, while last year's beaten finalist, American Gary Mawson, takes on Darren Weaver.

Women's champ Anastasia Dobromyslova will play Andy Roberts while Roland Scholten goes up against Derek Williams.

In round two, three-time world champion John Part makes his entrance against Mick McGowan, and the man he defeated in the world final two years ago, while Kirk Shepherd looks to find some form against Steve Brown and PDC newcomer Gary Anderson faces a tough opener as he plays Geordie-born Australian Paul Nicholson, who reached the quarter-finals of the last World Championships.

UK Open draw

First Round - Best of 11 leg

Board One:
Alex Roy v Richie Burnett
James Barton v Toon Greebe
Gary Welding v John Kuczynski
Gary Mawson v Darren Weaver

Board Two:
Michael Smith v Dave Ladley
Darren Latham v Andy Boulton
Anastasia Dobromyslova v Andy Roberts
Louis Blundell v Ian Jopling

Board Three:
Gary Stephens v Ken Mather (Preliminary Round)
Harry Robinson v Chris Cooper
Roland Scholten v Derek Williams
Dyson Parody v John MaGowan
Phil Currie v Steve Dolan

Board Four:
Matthew Campbell v Stuart Bousfield
Peter Wright v Chris Hornby
Les Fitton v Mark Cox
Andy Pearce v Johnny Haines

Board Five:
Adrian Genery v Chris Loudon
Ian Critchett v Kevin Beare
Graham Usher v Glen Durrant
Mather/Stephens v Robbie Parker

Board Six:
Duane Garfield v Dave Smith
Paul Cook v Mike Langley
Steve Evans v Mark Layton
Par Riihonen v Steve Grubb

Board Seven:
Chris Mason v Steve Penney
John McGuirk v Stuart Pickles
Stephen Hardy v Coen Wiekamp
David Fatum v Paul Rowley

Board Eight:
Stuart Monaghan v Alan Davie
Lee Williams v Alan Caves
David Smurthwaite v Mark Jodrill
Joe Cullen v Justin Pipe

Second Round - Best of 11 legs

Board One:
Mick McGowan v John Part
Wayne Mardle v Fitton/Cox
Paul Nicholson v Gary Anderson
Dobromyslova/Roberts v Steve Beaton

Board Two:
Kirk Shepherd v Steve Brown
Nick Fullwell v Andy Smith
Monaghan/Davie v Wright/Hornby
Tony Ayres v Cullen/Pipe

Board Three:
Martyn Turner v Dave Honey
Jason Clark v Campbell/Bousfield
Hardy/Wiekamp v Jan van der Rassel
Michael Barnard v Steve Maish

Board Four:
Matt Clark v Roy/Burnett
Tony Eccles v Barton/Greebe
Fatum/Rowley v M Smith/Ladley
Usher/Durrant v McGuirk/Pickles

Board Five:
Ken Dobson v Paul Knighton
Welding/Kuczynski v Parody/MaGowan
Mason/Penney v Riihonen/Grubb
Colin Monk v Larry Butler

Board Six:
Adrian Gray v Dave Askew
Scholten/D Williams v Critchett/Beare
Smurthwaite/Jodrill v Chris Thompson
Blundell/Jopling v Kevin Dowling

Board Seven:
Genery/Loudon v Robinson/Cooper
Wes Newton v Latham/Boulton
Garfield/Dave Smith v Denis Ovens
Evans/Layton v Currie/Dolan

Board Eight:
Cook/Langley v Mark Lawrence
L Williams/Caves v Wayne Atwood
Mawson/Weaver v Pearce/Haines
Dennis Smith v Mather/Stephens/Parker