The 2003 Sky Bet UK Open was the first edition of the UK Open darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament was held at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, England between 30 May–1 June 2003.
Unlike other tournaments, the UK Open had no seeding, and was won by Phil Taylor who defeated Shayne Burgess in the final 18–8 in legs. Players entered at different stages based on their ranking in the UK Open Order of Merit, with the top 32 players entering at the third round and players ranked 33–64 entering at the second round.
Friday 30 May 2003 Preliminary round (best of nine legs) Player ScorePlayer John Henderson Paul Amos Wayne Palfrey Tom Kirby Paul Hogan Deta Hedman
First round (best of nine legs) Player ScorePlayerPlayer ScorePlayer5 – 41 – 55 – 15 – 15 – 44 – 55 – 34 – 55 – 45 – 15 – 2W/O1 – 55 – 32 – 52 – 54 – 52 – 50 – 53 – 52 – 51 – 53 – 5W/O5 – 2W/O2 – 52 – 51 – 55 – 25 – 02 – 5
Second round (best of nine legs) PlayerScorePlayerPlayerScorePlayer5 – 22 – 53 – 54 – 54 – 50 – 54 – 55 – 33 – 55 – 01 – 51 – 50 – 55 – 35 – 01 – 55 – 11 – 53 – 51 – 55 – 43 – 55 – 15 – 24 – 55 – 15 – 15 – 25 – 35 _ 25 – 02 – 53 – 5
Saturday 31 May Third round (best of nine legs) PlayerScorePlayerPlayerScorePlayer2 – 53 – 54 – 52 – 55 – 1W/O5 – 23 – 55 – 23 – 51 – 55 – 25 – 34 – 55 – 35 – 13 – 55 – 23 – 52 – 55 – 41 – 53 – 5 Steve Beaton5 – 0 Steve Maish3 – 55 – 15 – 25 – 43 – 55 – 03 – 5W/O
Fourth round (best of fifteen legs) Player ScorePlayerPlayer ScorePlayer2 – 88 – 68 – 38 – 68 – 48 – 28 – 63 – 88 – 73 – 88 – 61 – 88 – 56 – 86 – 88 – 4
Fifth round (best of 17 legs) Player ScorePlayerPlayer ScorePlayer9 – 89 – 79 – 19 – 89 – 49 – 69 – 79 – 5
Sunday 1 June
Quarter-finals, semi-finals and final
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