The 2013 UK Masters
was the first of eight
PDC European Tour The PDC European Tour is a series of darts tournaments held across Europe organized by the Professional Darts Corporation. Starting in 2012 with five events, the number of events has steadily risen with eight held in 2013 and 2014, nine in 2015, te ...
events on the
2013 PDC Pro Tour The 2013 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They were the Professional Dart Players Association Players Championships, the UK Open Qualifiers, and the European Tour eve ...
. The tournament took place at the
Butlin's Minehead
Butlins Resort Minehead is a holiday camp operated by Butlins, located in Minehead in Somerset, England. It opened in 1962 and remains in use today. It was known as Butlin's Minehead until 1987, and as Somerwest World from then until 1999, wh ...
in
Minehead
Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the south bank of the Bristol Channel, north-west of the county town of Taunton, from the boundary with the county of Devon and in proximity of the Exmoor National P ...
,
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
, from 8–10 March 2013. It featured a field of 64 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner.
John Part
John Part (born June 29, 1966) is a Canadian former professional darts player and current commentator. Nicknamed Darth Maple, he is a three-times World Champion, having won the 1994 BDO World Darts Championship on his world championship debut, a ...
won his first European Tour title and first ranking title in 18 months by defeating
Stuart Kellett
Stuart Kellett (born 12 August 1981) is a former English darts player.
BDO career
Kellett reached the last 16 of the 2007 Winmau World Masters, having beaten Andy Fordham among others on the way to the televised stages. He lost 1-3 in sets t ...
6–4 in the final.
Prize money
Qualification
The top 32 players from th
PDC ProTour Order of Meriton the 29 January 2013 automatically qualified for the event.
The remaining 32 places went to players from two qualifying events - 24 from the UK Qualifier (held in
Crawley
Crawley () is a large town and borough in West Sussex, England. It is south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Crawley covers an area of and had a population of 106,597 at the time of th ...
on 22 February), and eight from the European Qualifier (held in
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
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on 31 January).
1–32
UK Qualifier
*
Adam Hunt
Adam Hunt (born 21 August 1993) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.
Career
Hunt began competing in PDC events in 2011 and won his first tournament in his second month, beating Josh Jon ...
''(first round)''
*
Simon Craven ''(first round)''
*
Paul Rowley
Paul Rowley (born 12 March 1975) is a British rugby league coach and former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He is the current head-coach of Salford Red Devils.
An England representative , he played at cl ...
''(first round)''
*
David Pallett
David John Pallett (born 8 February 1990) is an English professional darts player playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
In January 2013, Pallett entered PDC Q School and stood just one match from joining the tour in t ...
''(second round)''
*
John Henderson ''(first round)''
*
Arron Monk
Arron Monk (born 15 April 1990) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the son of fellow former professional darts player and the 1996 Winmau World Masters winner Colin Monk.
...
''(third round)''
*
Alan Tabern
"The Saint" Alan Tabern (born 29 September 1966) is an English darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
Darts career
A left-hander, Tabern made his PDC World Championship debut in 2006 with a surprising ...
''(first round)''
*
Jim Walker ''(first round)''
*
Nigel Heydon
Nigel Heydon (born 22 July 1970) is an English professional darts player who plays in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events.
Career
Heydon qualified for the 2007 UK Open as an amateur qualifier, losing in the first round to John Burton. He ...
''(second round)''
*
Keith Rooney
Keith Rooney (born 13 February 1981) is a former Irish professional darts player who has played in Professional Darts Corporation events.
Known as Titanium, Rooney qualified for the 2005 World Grand Prix, where he defeated James Wade in the ...
''(first round)''
*
Ross Smith ''(first round)''
*
Stuart Kellett
Stuart Kellett (born 12 August 1981) is a former English darts player.
BDO career
Kellett reached the last 16 of the 2007 Winmau World Masters, having beaten Andy Fordham among others on the way to the televised stages. He lost 1-3 in sets t ...
''(runner-up)''
*
Michael Smith ''(first round)''
*
John Part
John Part (born June 29, 1966) is a Canadian former professional darts player and current commentator. Nicknamed Darth Maple, he is a three-times World Champion, having won the 1994 BDO World Darts Championship on his world championship debut, a ...
(winner)
*
Dave Honey
David Honey (born 30 November 1966 from Droitwich Spa) is an English professional darts player, who played in Professional Darts Corporation events.
Career
Honey played in the 2006 PDC World Darts Championship, but lost in the last 64 to Adrian ...
''(first round)''
*
Kevin McDine
Kevin McDine (born 23 May 1985 in Wallsend) is an English professional darts player currently residing in Wallsend.
Career
In November 2004 he reached the last 16 of the JR & Vauxhall Holiday Park 128 Plus Classic. He improved on that perfor ...
''(first round)''
*
Daryl Gurney
Daryl Gurney (born 22 March 1986) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Gurney is a winner of two majors, having won the World Grand Prix in 2017 in his native Ireland, and the P ...
''(first round)''
*
Ian Moss
Ian Richard Moss (born 20 March 1955) is an Australian rock musician from Alice Springs. He is the founding mainstay guitarist and occasional singer of Cold Chisel. In that group's initial eleven year phase from 1973 to 1984, Moss was recorde ...
''(first round)''
*
Steve West ''(first round)''
*
Darren Webster
Darren Michael Webster (born 10 June 1968) is an English darts player nicknamed Demolition Man.
Career
Webster won the 2005 Open Oust Nederland, beating Co Stompé in the final.
Originally nicknamed The Sniper, Webster reached the quarter-fina ...
''(first round)''
*
Tony West ''(second round)''
*
Reece Robinson
Reece Robinson (born 13 June 1987) is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer who most recently played for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL.
He previously played for the Brisbane Broncos, Canberra Raiders and Parramatta Eels in the Nat ...
''(first round)''
* Andy Pearce ''(first round)''
*
Brian Woods ''(first round)''
European Qualifier
*
Kurt van de Rijck
Kurt van de Rijck (born 28 November 1972 in Mechelen) is an former professional Belgian darts player who has played in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Van de Rijck reached the semi-finals of a PDC Pro Tour event in Nulan ...
''(second round)''
*
Mensur Suljović
Mensur Suljović (Serbian Cyrillic: Менсур Суљовић; born 5 March 1972) is an Austrian professional darts player. He plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, having previously played in the British Darts Organisation (BD ...
''(third round)''
*
Michael Rasztovits
Michael Rasztovits (born 16 February 1984), nicknamed "Rasto", is an Austrian darts player.
Career
Since 2011, Rasztovits has taken part in PDC events. He has played in Qualifying School from 2013 onwards but has never won enough games to win a ...
''(first round)''
*
Jarkko Komula
Jarkko Komula (born 13 March 1976) is a Finnish former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is nicknamed Smiley because he rarely smiles.
Darts career
BDO
Komula reached the final of the 2001 ...
''(first round)''
*
Tomas Seyler
Tomas Seyler (born 16 July 1974), nicknamed "Shorty", is a German former professional darts player.
Career
Seyler reached the second round of the Winmau World Masters in 2003, beating Vincent van der Voort in the first round, but lost to Raymon ...
''(first round)''
*
Bernd Roith
Bernd Roith (born 30 December 1959) is a German darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Roith is a chef by profession. He qualified for the 2010 European Championship via the PDC European Order of Merit. ...
''(second round)''
*
Jyhan Artut
Jyhan Artut (born 9 October 1976) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Artut defeated Wayne Mardle 3–0 in the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship in the first round. He was ...
''(first round)''
*
Jelle Klaasen
Jelle Klaasen (born 17 October 1984), nicknamed The Cobra, is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. In 2006, he became the youngest darts player to win the ...
''(first round)''
Draw
References
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