| Dutch Open [1] | |
|---|---|
| Tournament information | |
| Venue | De Bonte Wever |
| Location | Assen |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Established | 1973 |
| Organisation(s) | WDF |
| Format | Legs and Sets |
| Prize fund | €27,650 |
| Current champion(s) | |
Jarno Bottenberg (men's) Beau Greaves (women's) Ruben Baalmans (U18 boys) Paige Pauling (girls) | |
The Dutch Open [2] 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.[needs update] This had ruled out PDC players from competing since 2006. Richard Kirby Hit a 9 dart finish in 1990 against Roland Scholten but was not televised.
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 since 2014 the tournament has been held at De Bonte Wever in Assen.[3]
2023 event was streamed live on the final day by RTL 7 in the Netherlands.
- ^ "Events Dairy 2016". bdodarts.com. British Darts Organisation. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "A tournament you can's miss". dutchopendarts.nl. Dutch Open. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ New Venue for 2014 Dutch Open Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine, British Darts Organisation.