2007 Blue Square UK Open | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 7–10 June 2007 | ||
Venue | Reebok Stadium | ||
Location | Bolton | ||
Country | England | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs Final – best of 31 | ||
Prize fund | £150,000 | ||
Winner's share | £30,000 | ||
Nine-dart finish | Phil Taylor | ||
High checkout | 170 Colin Osborne | ||
Champion(s) | |||
Raymond van Barneveld | |||
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The 2007 Blue Square UK Open was the fifth year of the PDC's UK Open darts tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competed in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament took place at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, England, between 7–10 June 2007. Blue Square took over as title sponsor after Budweiser's three-year deal expired.
There were two changes being introduced this year where a tournament bracket was introduced from the quarter-final stage to prevent players being forced into playing long back-to-back matches. Previously there had been a random draw after each round and the tournament had earned the nickname the "FA Cup of darts" as a result. The number of players was expanded from 128 to 168 for the 2007 tournament, but due to players tied on 168th position in the Order of Merit the starting field was 176 players.
Raymond van Barneveld defended his title, by defeating fellow Dutchman Vincent van der Voort 16–8 in the final.