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| 2022 Cazoo UK Open | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 4–6 March 2022 | ||
| Venue | Butlin's | ||
| Location | Minehead | ||
| Country |  England | ||
| Organization(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs Final – best of 21 | ||
| Prize fund | £450,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £100,000 | ||
| Nine-dart finish |  José Justicia James Wade Michael Smith | ||
| High checkout | 170  Rowby-John Rodriguez  William Borland Ian White  Gabriel Clemens  Dirk van Duijvenbode  Simon Whitlock Michael Smith | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Danny Noppert | |||
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The 2022 Cazoo UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the twentieth year of the tournament where players compete in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament returned to Butlin's Minehead, England, between 4–6 March 2022, having been held behind closed doors at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes in 2021 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
James Wade was the defending champion after defeating Luke Humphries 11–5 in the 2021 final, but he lost 10–4 to Keane Barry in the quarter-finals.[1]
Danny Noppert won his first PDC major tournament, beating Michael Smith 11–10 in the final after Smith had a dart for the title. Noppert's average of 84.82 was the lowest winning average in a straight start format in a PDC major, and the second-lowest winning average overall ahead of Alan Warriner-Little's 83.25 in the 2001 World Grand Prix.[2]
The tournament saw three nine-dart finishes. José Justicia hit the first in his third round game against Adam Gawlas. Defending champion James Wade also hit one during his sixth round game against Boris Krčmar. Michael Smith hit another in his own sixth round game against Mensur Suljović.
- ^ Phillips, Josh (7 March 2021). "Wade completes Ladbrokes UK Open hat-trick". PDC. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Danny Noppert beats Michael Smith to claim UK Open title in thrilling final-leg finish". Sky. 7 March 2022. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.