Schedule semi-finals UK Open Darts 2025: Who will win the FA Cup of Darts?

Sunday, 02 March 2025 at 19:00

In Butlins Minehead, we have now reached the semifinals of the UK Open. With four players still in contention, it promises to be an exciting night to see who takes the overall victory in this major.

The evening will be kicked off by Jonny Clayton and Luke Littler. Clayton, who has been waiting for a new major title since 2021, showed his excellent form just last month by reaching the final of the Winmau World Masters. In that event, he only narrowly lost to Luke Humphries. The Ferret' showed again that he is in top form at this tournament and was too strong for Michael Smith this afternoon in the quarterfinals, 10-8.

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Jonny "The Ferret" Clayton

Clayton beat Littler 4-2 in the quarterfinals of the WInmau World Masters, so the latter will certainly be looking for revenge. In his 10-4 win against Gian van Veen in the quarterfinals, he clocked up a 107.30 average. Only in one of his four matches so far at the UK Open did he stay under 100 average.

After his world title early this year, Littler is without a ranking title for now. He only won two weekly titles in the Premier League Darts. The 18-year-old Englishman will be eager to change that tonight, so will Clayton be able to compete with an unleashed Littler?

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The second semifinal goes between Josh Rock and James Wade. Rock has long been heralded as one of the stars of the future. The 23-year-old Northern Irishman has shown regular signs of his immense talent in recent years with wins on the Players Championship and the European Tour. On the majors, however, he just did not want to succeed. Before this tournament, a quarterfinal place at the Grand Slam of Darts 2023 was his best result at a major. Will 'Rocky' succeed in winning his first major tonight? If so, it could possibly be the start of several major titles.

Three-time UK Open winner James Wade

Who will want to put a stop to that, however, is none other than James Wade. The three-time winner of the UK Open provisionally won this tournament for the last time in 2021, it was also his provisional last major title. 'The Machine' has been regularly written off by many people, but manages to prove them wrong time and time again.

At this tournament he was lucky in the fifth round when Cameron Menzies missed some match darts, but this afternoon he was impressive during his 10-9 win against Luke Humphries. Wade combined scoring ability and a high doubles percentage and stayed just under 100 average. If he can repeat that performance tonight, another major title is certainly in the cards.

The winners of both semifinals will compete in the final later in the evening to crown the eventual winner of the 2025 UK Open.

TV Guide

The UK Open will be broadcast in the UK today on ITV4 today. Multiple stages will be used during the first two days of play. The matches outside the main stage can also be seen on PDC TV. The afternoon session on Feb. 28 begins at 11, while the afternoon sessions on the other two days start at 12:45 p.m. All evening sessions start from 7 p.m.

Distribution of prize money

The UK Open Darts 2025 will see £600,000 in prize money distributed. The tournament once began in 2003 with a much more modest prize pool of £124,000, of which the winner received £30,000. Since then, the event has grown considerably, both in prize money and popularity. The winner nowadays goes home with the top prize of £110,000.