The Dutch Open is amongst the longest running darts tournaments having started back in 1973. The popularity of darts in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 since Raymond van Barneveld

Raymond van Barneveld

Raymond van Barneveld , nickname Barney is a professional darts player. He is a five time World Darts Champion, and two time UK Open Champion. From January to June 2008, he was the PDC world number one ranked player...

 began amassing world titles has seen the number of entries for the tournament rise dramatically. The 2007 event had 2867 entries in the Men’s Singles, 1179 in the Men’s Pairs, 418 in the Women’s Singles and 176 in the Women’s Pairs. Although the tournament is classed an "Open" event, only players eligible to for the Winmau World Masters and BDO World Championship are now allowed to enter. This had ruled out PDC players from competing since 2006. http://google.com/search?q=cache:JC2T6dUZ6hkJ:www.darts.fi/kisailmoituksia/Dutch_Open_2007.pdf+dutch+open+darts+entries&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk

The 2002 version of the tournament saw the first live nine dart finish

Nine dart finish

A nine-dart finish is the ultimate checkout in the game of darts, constituting a perfect game. It is notoriously difficult to achieve, even by the game's top professionals...

 during the final between Shaun Greatbatch

Shaun Greatbatch

Shaun Greatbatch is an English darts player. He lives in Suffolk and works in the construction industry. His nickname is 9 Dart, having been the first player to hit a perfect nine dart finish on live television, in the final of the 2002 Dutch Open against Steve Coote.-Darts career:Shaun's family...

 and Steve Coote

Steve Coote

Steve Coote is an English darts player. He is not a full-time professional and works as a fireman.-BDO career:...

. Greatbatch checked out using T20, T15, D18 during the third leg of the second set, The tournament has been covered by Dutch SBS6

SBS6

SBS 6 is a commercial TV channel in the Netherlands owned by Sanoma and Talpa Holding . Other channels of the group in the Netherlands are NET 5 and Veronica.- History :SBS stands for Scandinavian Broadcasting System...

 television in recent years, and also by Eurosport

Eurosport

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 across Europe.

List of winners

Year	Champion (average in final)	Score	Runner-Up (average in final)	Total Prize Money	Champion	Runner-Up
1973	Ton Koster	?-?	Geoff Kirkman	?	?	?
1974	Mary de Knoop	?-?	Bill Ratz	?	?	?
1975	Terry Henney	?-?	Sonja Durinck	?	?	?
1976	Henk van Tuijl	?-?	Arthur Russel	?	?	?
1977	Peter Smith	?-?	Jim Clarke	?	?	?
1978	Jimmy Cox	?-?	Daniel Serie	?	?	?
1979	Daniel Serie	?-?	Jimmy Cox	?	?	?
1980	Brian Fenby	?-?	Tony Sontag Tony Sontag Tony Sontag is an English former darts player.Sontag reached the semi finals of the 1978 British Open, losing to the eventual winner Eric Bristow....	?	?	?
1981	Gordon Watson	?-?	Daniel Serie	?	?	?
1982	Jilles Vermaat	?-?	Patrick Bolle	?	?	?
1983	Luc Marreel Luc Marreel Luc Marreel is a retired Belgian professional darts player who competed in the 1980s.Marreel played in the BDO World Darts Championship five times. In 1981, he beat Denmark's Jan Larsen in the first round before losing in round two to Tony Brown...	?-?	Rick Daniels	?	?	?
1984	Frans Devooght Frans Devooght Frans Devooght is a retired Belgian darts player who competed in the 1980s and 1990s in the British Darts Organisation.Devooght won the Dutch Open back to back in 1984 and 1985 and then captured the Swiss Open in 1986...	4-2	Omer Bauwens	?	?	?
1985	Frans Devooght	5-2	Willy Logie Willy Logie Willy Logie is a retired Belgian professional darts player who competed in the 1980s.He competed in the 1985 BDO World Darts Championship, beating Bob Sinnaeve in the first round before being defeated by Eric Bristow in the second round. His only other World Championship appearance came in 1986...	?	?	?
1986	Lee Topper	3-2	Frans Devooght	?	?	?
1987	Bob Renard	3-1	Eric Bristow Eric Bristow Eric Bristow MBE is a British darts player, whose skill at the game in the 1980s helped turn it into a worldwide spectator sport.- Early career :...	?	?	?
1988	Steve Brown Steve Brown (darts player) Steve Brown is an English-born American darts player who had the majority of his success during the 1990s when he finished third at the inaugural Professional Darts Corporation's version of the World Championship in 1994 - after the majority of top players decided to separate from the British...	3-1	Bob Renard	?	?	?
1989	Alan Warriner-Little Alan Warriner-Little Alan Warriner-Little is an English professional darts player. He currently lives in Crosby, Cumbria and plays with the nickname The Iceman...	3-0	Erik Clarys Erik Clarys Erik Clarys is a Belgian former darts player. He competed for the British Darts Organisation and the Professional Darts Corporation. He is nicknamed "The Sheriff". Clarys was known for his unorthodox way of scoring and finishing which made him popular with fans.-BDO career:Clarys caused a major...	?	?	?
1990	Leo Laurens Leo Laurens Leo Laurens is a retired Belgian darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation events. By the end of 1993, Laurens became number one in the WDF world rankings after all of the BDO's top players broke away to form the World Darts Council...	3-0	Graham Miller Graham Miller (darts player) Graham Miller is a retired English darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation events.At the 1992 BDO World Darts Championship he defeated the Belgian Frans Devooght 3–1 in the first round and former World Champion Bob Anderson 3–2 in the second en route to the Quarter Finals where he...	?	?	?
1991	Kostas Lavassas	?-?	Jann Hoffmann Jann Hoffmann Jann Hoffmann is a Danish darts player who competed in the British Darts Organisation.He played at the BDO World Darts Championship four times. In 1990, he caused a major shock, beating former world champion Bob Anderson in the first round. He eventually lost to Cliff Lazarenko in the second round...	?	?	?
1992	Leo Laurens	?-?	Paul Hoogenboom	?	?	?
1993	Alan Warriner-Little	3-0	Jocky Wilson Jocky Wilson John Thomas Wilson known as "Jocky" Wilson, is a former Scottish darts champion. He retired from the game in 1995.Wilson was twice World professional Darts Champion in 1982 and 1989...	?	?	?
1994	Richie Burnett Richie Burnett Richie Burnett is a Welsh darts player who was the 1995 Embassy World Darts Champion and currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. His nickname is The Prince of Wales.-BDO career:...	?-?	Alan Brown	?	?	?
1995	Steve Beaton Steve Beaton Steve Beaton is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation...	?-?	Kevin Painter Kevin Painter Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...	?	?	?
1996	Steve Beaton	?-?	Paul Williams	?	?	?
1997	Mervyn King	?-?	Andy Fordham Andy Fordham Andy "The Viking" Fordham is an English darts player. He won the 2004 BDO World Darts Championship, beating Mervyn King in the final...	?	?	?
1998	Alan Warriner-Little Alan Warriner-Little Alan Warriner-Little is an English professional darts player. He currently lives in Crosby, Cumbria and plays with the nickname The Iceman...	3-0	Peter Evison Peter Evison Peter Evison is a darts player who has enjoyed a long career in the game. His greatest achievements were to win the 1989 Winmau World Masters and the 1996 World Matchplay. He has also come close to winning the World Championship on a number of occasions.Before appearing in a major tournament...	?	?	?
1999	Ted Hankey Ted Hankey Edward "Ted" Hankey is an English darts player who is a two-time BDO World Professional Darts Champion. His nickname is The Count and his walk on music is Be On Your Way by DJ Zany. Hankey built up a large following due to his obsession with and resemblance to Dracula...	4-2	Robbie Widdows	?	?	?
2000	Wayne Mardle Wayne Mardle Wayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford...	4-1	Mervyn King	?	?	?
2001	Raymond van Barneveld Raymond van Barneveld Raymond van Barneveld , nickname Barney is a professional darts player. He is a five time World Darts Champion, and two time UK Open Champion. From January to June 2008, he was the PDC world number one ranked player...	4-0	Andree Welge Andree Welge Andree Welge is a German darts player.He made his World Championship debut in the 2002 BDO World Darts Championship where he lost in the first round 3-2 to Eric Clarys. Welge made his PDC debut in the 2006 PDC World Darts Championship, where he was defeated 3-0 by Alan Warriner-Little in the first...	?	?	?
2002	Shaun Greatbatch Shaun Greatbatch Shaun Greatbatch is an English darts player. He lives in Suffolk and works in the construction industry. His nickname is 9 Dart, having been the first player to hit a perfect nine dart finish on live television, in the final of the 2002 Dutch Open against Steve Coote.-Darts career:Shaun's family...	4-2	Steve Coote Steve Coote Steve Coote is an English darts player. He is not a full-time professional and works as a fireman.-BDO career:...	?	?	?
2003	Ted Hankey (93.87)	3-0	Roland Scholten Roland Scholten Roland Scholten is a Dutch professional darts player who plays for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly for the British Darts Organisation. He is nicknamed Tripod or The Flying Dutchman and uses Hey Ya by Outkast as his walk-on. He is currently ranked 45th in the PDC...  (81.87)	€11,445	€3,630	€1,815
2004	Raymond van Barneveld (98.73)	3-0	Gary Robson (71.22)	€16,450	€4,500	€2,250
2005	Tony Eccles Tony Eccles Tony Eccles is a Winmau sponsored darts player currently residing in Hartlepool. He uses the nickname The Viper.-BDO career:...	3-0	John Walton John Walton (darts player) John Michael Walton is an English darts player who is a former World Champion. He has adopted the nickname The Boy and uses the song Cotton Eye Joe by Rednex as his walk-on theme.-Darts career:...	?	?	?
2006	Raymond van Barneveld	3-2	Gary Anderson Gary Anderson (darts player) Gary Anderson is a Scottish professional darts player from Eyemouth, Scottish Borders, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation, and a former BDO and WDF world number one. His nickname is The Flying Scotsman...	?	?	?
2007	Scott Waites Scott Waites Scott Waites is an English professional darts player who plays in tournaments organised by the British Darts Organisation.-Darts career:...  (86.64)	3-0	Steve West Steve West (darts player) Steve West is an English darts player who currently plays for the British Darts Organisation. He is the brother of 2003 World Master Tony West and currently resides in Culemborg, Holland.-Darts career:...  (79.59)	€16,450	€4,500	€2,250
2008 2008 Dutch Open (darts) -Draw:...	Robert Thornton Robert Thornton (darts player) Robert Thornton is a Scottish darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events after his switch from the BDO in May 2008. He won the prestigious Winmau World Masters in November 2007.-BDO career:...  (92.52)	3-0	Alain van Bouwel (84.24)	€16,450	€4,500	€2,250
2009 2009 Dutch Open (darts) -Draw:...	Darryl Fitton Darryl Fitton Darryl Fitton is an English professional darts player currently playing in BDO events. He is nicknamed The Dazzler and comes to the stage dancing to the Madness song "One Step Beyond" wearing sunglasses. It is one of the most popular walk-ons with the audience...  (91.17)	3-2	Willy van de Wiel Willy van de Wiel Willy van de Wiel is a Dutch darts player who plays in British Darts Organisation events.Willy won the 2008 Norway Open, beating Dave Chisnall, Stephen Bunting and John Henderson before beating Paul Hanvidge in the final...  (88.05)	€16,450	€4,500	€2,250
2010 2010 Dutch Open (darts) The 2010 Dutch Open was the 38th edition of the Dutch Open.-Draw:...	Martin Adams Martin Adams Martin Adams is an English international darts player. Nicknamed Wolfie or Mr BDO, he is BDO world ranked number one, three-time and reigning BDO World Champion and three-time World Masters champion...	3-1	Scott Waites	€16,450	€4,500	€2,250
2011	Martin Adams Martin Adams Martin Adams is an English international darts player. Nicknamed Wolfie or Mr BDO, he is BDO world ranked number one, three-time and reigning BDO World Champion and three-time World Masters champion...	3-2	Dean Winstanley Dean Winstanley Dean Winstanley is an English darts player.Winstanley won the German Open, England Open, and Belgium Open in 2010. As a result of his performances on the BDO circuit, he qualified for the 2010 Winmau World Masters as the fourth seed...	€16,450	€4,500	€2,250