UK Open 2026: Beau Greaves drawn against Darryl Pi...

Beau Greaves has been drawn in opposition to Darryl Pilgrim within the opening spherical of the UK Open, the place Luke Littler returns as defending champion. 

Greaves options in a 160-player area competing at Butlin’s Minehead Resort from March 6-8, with 16-year-old Kyle Gilding in motion in opposition to Sam Spivey and 20-year-old Charlie Manby scheduled to tackle Swiss No 1 Stefan Bellmont.

Reigning champion Littler and world No 1 Luke Humphries will be part of the rest of the highest 32 gamers as they start their event in spherical 4 on Friday night.

Their problem will begin alongside that of former champions Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Danny Noppert, James Wade, Nathan Aspinall, Dimitri Van den Bergh and Andrew Gilding, who may also enter the occasion in spherical 4.

Greaves, who reached the fourth spherical on her UK Open debut final yr, not too long ago hit a nine-darter at Gamers Championship Six in Leicester.

Novice qualifier Aden Kirk returns to Minehead having notably overwhelmed Phil Taylor, Peter Wright and Gerwyn Value on his debut on the event in 2014, taking up Mervyn King.

Former world champion Wright, who not too long ago dropped out the highest 32, joins the motion in spherical three alongside Raymond van Barneveld. The 2017 winner Wright faces a possible showdown in opposition to Lithuania’s Darius Labanauskas, as Callum Francis and Maximilian Czerwinski additionally battle it out for the precise to play the Scottish icon.

Van Barneveld, in the meantime, who claimed back-to-back UK Open titles in 2006 and 2007, faces a troublesome check in opposition to Czech No 1 Karel Sedlacek.

Ricky Evans takes on former World Grand Prix runner-up Brendan Dolan and former Masters champion Joe Cullen is about to face both Cam Crabtree, Pascal Rupprecht or Jenson Walker.

Following the conclusion of spherical three on Friday afternoon, an open draw can be made stay on the Fundamental Stage for spherical 4, with additional attracts to be made following every subsequent spherical.

Friday March 6
Afternoon Session (1100 GMT)
Fundamental Stage – 1200 GMT Begin
Spherical One
Stefan Bellmont v Charlie Manby
Sam Spivey v Kyle Gilding

Spherical Two
Sebastian Bialecki v Christian Kist
Jimmy van Schie v Tom Bissell
Darryl Pilgrim v Beau Greaves
Rupprecht/Walker v Cam Crabtree

Spherical Three
Karel Sedlacek v Raymond van Barneveld
Ricky Evans v Brendan Dolan
Peter Wright v Czerwinski/Labanauskas/Francis

Stage Two – 1100 GMT Begin
Spherical One
Pascal Rupprecht v Jenson Walker
Aden Kirk v Mervyn King
Michael Unterbuchner v Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Adam Leek v David Sharp

Spherical Two
Thomas Beautiful v Shane McGuirk
Adam Gawlas v Tavis Dudeney
Tytus Kanik v Jim Lengthy
Spivey/Gilding v Max Hopp

Spherical Three
Kevin Doets v Ricardo Pietreczko
Gabriel Clemens v Bialecki/Kist
Kim Huybrechts v Keane Barry
Rupprecht/Walker/Crabtree v Joe Cullen

Stage Three – 1100 GMT Begin
Spherical One
Filip Bereza v Rhys Griffin
Stephen Burton v Jake Eichen
Cristo Reyes v Graham Usher
Tyler Thorpe v Pero Ljubic
Kai Gotthardt v Daniel Lee

Spherical Two
Robert Owen v Stefaan Henderyck
Maximilian Czerwinski v Labanauskas/Francis
Greg Ritchie v Leek/Sharp
Van der Velde/Tweddell v Leon Weber

Spherical Three
Lukas Wenig v Mensur Suljovic
Niels Zonneveld v Van Schie/Bissell
Sparidaans/Waites/Potter/Landman v Connor Scutt
Spivey/Gilding/Hopp v Merkx/Barkhausen/Van Velzen

Stage 4 – 1100 GMT Begin
Spherical One
Jack Todd v Carl Sneyd
Clive Langford v Stephen Rosney
Alexander Merkx v Jannis Barkhausen
Sean Ryan v Tom Sykes
Sietse Lap v Ted Evetts

Spherical Two
Wesley Plaisier v Bates/Hofkens
Bereza/Griffin v Oskar Lukasiak
Wild/Coates v Adam Paxton
Bellmont/Manby v Thorpe/Ljubic

Spherical Three
Meulenkamp/Value/Warner v Jeffrey de Graaf
Kanik/Lengthy v Callan Rydz
Owen/Henderyck v Pilgrim/Greaves
Niko Springer v Ehlers/Kraft/Gotthardt/Lee

Stage 5 – 1100 GMT Begin
Spherical One
Samuel Whittaker v Jeffrey de Zwaan
Ryan Branley v Oliver King
Benjamin Pratnemer v Callum Goffin
Darius Labanauskas v Callum Francis

Spherical Two
Viktor Tingstrom v Pearse/Culleton
Meulenkamp/Value v Adam Warner
Dominik Gruellich v Van den Herik/Corridor
Lap/Evetts v Reyes/Usher

Spherical Three
Ryan Meikle v William O’Connor
Nick Kenny v Lipscombe/Todd/Sneyd
Boulton/Kirk/M King v P Williams/Stevenson/Dekker
Kuivenhoven/Unterbuchner/Rodriguez v Wild/Coates/Paxton
Mario Vandenbogaerde v Van der Velde/Tweddell/Weber

Stage Six – 1100 GMT Begin
Spherical One
Owen Bates v Yorick Hofkens
Lewis Pearse v Niall Culleton
Jamai van den Herik v Graham Corridor
Jurjen van der Velde v Jack Tweddell

Spherical Two
P Williams/Stevenson v Cor Dekker
Dennie Olde Kalter v Van Trijp/Campbell
Merkx/Barkhausen v Marvin van Velzen
Sparidaans/Waites v Potter/Landman

Spherical Three
Alan Soutar v Richard Veenstra
Ritchie/Leek/Sharp v Mickey Mansell
Thibault Tricole v Langford/Rosney/Burton/Eichen
Beeton/Merk/Ryan/Sykes v Lap/Evetts/Reyes/Usher

Stage Seven – 1100 GMT Begin
Spherical One
James Beeton v Arno Merk
Danny van Trijp v Scott Campbell
Ron Meulenkamp v Samuel Value
Jeffrey Sparidaans v Scott Waites

Spherical Two
Andy Boulton v Kirk/M King
Maik Kuivenhoven v Unterbuchner/Rodriguez
Pratnemer/Goffin v Whittaker/De Zwaan
Ehlers/Kraft v Gotthardt/Lee

Spherical Three
Madars Razma v Gawlas/Dudeney
Gruellich/Van den Herik/Corridor v Justin Hood
Branley/O King/Brooks v Bereza/Griffin/Lukasiak
James Hurrell v Bellmont/Manby/Thorpe/Ljubic

Stage Eight – 1100 GMT Begin
Spherical One
Patrik Williams v Simon Stevenson
Matthias Ehlers v Marvin Kraft
Nathan Potter v Chris Landman
Neil Wild v Henry Coates

Spherical Two
Adam Lipscombe v Todd/Sneyd
Branley/O King v Bradley Brooks
Beeton/Merk v Ryan/Sykes
Langford/Rosney v Burton/Eichen

Spherical Three
Beautiful/McGuirk v Martin Lukeman
Ian White v Olde Kalter/Van Trijp/Campbell
Tingstrom/Pearse/Culleton v Plaisier/Bates/Hofkens
Pratnemer/Goffin/Whittaker/De Zwaan v Scott Williams

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