UK Open 2026: Beau Greaves drawn against Darryl Pilgrim as Luke Littler defends Minehead title
Luke Littler won the 2025 UK Open with an 11-2 victory in the final against three-time champion James Wade; you can watch Premier League Darts live on Sky Sports every Thursday all the way through until the finale at The O2 in London on May 28
Monday 2 March 2026 17:39, UK
Beau Greaves has been drawn against Darryl Pilgrim in the opening round of the UK Open, where Luke Littler returns as defending champion.
Greaves features in a 160-player field competing at Butlin's Minehead Resort from March 6-8, with 16-year-old Kyle Gilding in action against Sam Spivey and 20-year-old Charlie Manby scheduled to take on Swiss No 1 Stefan Bellmont.
Reigning champion Littler and world No 1 Luke Humphries will join the remainder of the top 32 players as they begin their tournament in round four on Friday evening.
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Their challenge will start alongside that of former champions Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Danny Noppert, James Wade, Nathan Aspinall, Dimitri Van den Bergh and Andrew Gilding, who will also enter the event in round four.
Greaves, who reached the fourth round on her UK Open debut last year, recently hit a nine-darter at Players Championship Six in Leicester.
Amateur qualifier Aden Kirk returns to Minehead having notably beaten Phil Taylor, Peter Wright and Gerwyn Price on his debut at the tournament in 2014, taking on Mervyn King.
Former world champion Wright, who recently dropped out the top 32, joins the action in round three alongside Raymond van Barneveld. The 2017 winner Wright faces a potential showdown against Lithuania's Darius Labanauskas, as Callum Francis and Maximilian Czerwinski also battle it out for the right to play the Scottish icon.
Van Barneveld, meanwhile, who claimed back-to-back UK Open titles in 2006 and 2007, faces a tough test against Czech No 1 Karel Sedlacek.
Ricky Evans takes on former World Grand Prix runner-up Brendan Dolan and former Masters champion Joe Cullen is set to face either Cam Crabtree, Pascal Rupprecht or Jenson Walker.
Following the conclusion of round three on Friday afternoon, an open draw will be made live on the Main Stage for round four, with further draws to be made following each subsequent round.
Friday March 6
Afternoon Session (1100 GMT)
Main Stage - 1200 GMT Start
Round One
Stefan Bellmont v Charlie Manby
Sam Spivey v Kyle Gilding
Round Two
Sebastian Bialecki v Christian Kist
Jimmy van Schie v Tom Bissell
Darryl Pilgrim v Beau Greaves
Rupprecht/Walker v Cam Crabtree
Round Three
Karel Sedlacek v Raymond van Barneveld
Ricky Evans v Brendan Dolan
Peter Wright v Czerwinski/Labanauskas/Francis
Stage Two - 1100 GMT Start
Round One
Pascal Rupprecht v Jenson Walker
Aden Kirk v Mervyn King
Michael Unterbuchner v Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Adam Leek v David Sharp
Round Two
Thomas Lovely v Shane McGuirk
Adam Gawlas v Tavis Dudeney
Tytus Kanik v Jim Long
Spivey/Gilding v Max Hopp
Round 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 Start
Round 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
Round Two
Robert Owen v Stefaan Henderyck
Maximilian Czerwinski v Labanauskas/Francis
Greg Ritchie v Leek/Sharp
Van der Velde/Tweddell v Leon Weber
Round 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 Four - 1100 GMT Start
Round 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
Round Two
Wesley Plaisier v Bates/Hofkens
Bereza/Griffin v Oskar Lukasiak
Wild/Coates v Adam Paxton
Bellmont/Manby v Thorpe/Ljubic
Round Three
Meulenkamp/Price/Warner v Jeffrey de Graaf
Kanik/Long v Callan Rydz
Owen/Henderyck v Pilgrim/Greaves
Niko Springer v Ehlers/Kraft/Gotthardt/Lee
Stage Five - 1100 GMT Start
Round One
Samuel Whittaker v Jeffrey de Zwaan
Ryan Branley v Oliver King
Benjamin Pratnemer v Callum Goffin
Darius Labanauskas v Callum Francis
Round Two
Viktor Tingstrom v Pearse/Culleton
Meulenkamp/Price v Adam Warner
Dominik Gruellich v Van den Herik/Hall
Lap/Evetts v Reyes/Usher
Round 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 Start
Round One
Owen Bates v Yorick Hofkens
Lewis Pearse v Niall Culleton
Jamai van den Herik v Graham Hall
Jurjen van der Velde v Jack Tweddell
Round 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
Round 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 Start
Round One
James Beeton v Arno Merk
Danny van Trijp v Scott Campbell
Ron Meulenkamp v Samuel Price
Jeffrey Sparidaans v Scott Waites
Round Two
Andy Boulton v Kirk/M King
Maik Kuivenhoven v Unterbuchner/Rodriguez
Pratnemer/Goffin v Whittaker/De Zwaan
Ehlers/Kraft v Gotthardt/Lee
Round Three
Madars Razma v Gawlas/Dudeney
Gruellich/Van den Herik/Hall v Justin Hood
Branley/O King/Brooks v Bereza/Griffin/Lukasiak
James Hurrell v Bellmont/Manby/Thorpe/Ljubic
Stage Eight - 1100 GMT Start
Round One
Patrik Williams v Simon Stevenson
Matthias Ehlers v Marvin Kraft
Nathan Potter v Chris Landman
Neil Wild v Henry Coates
Round Two
Adam Lipscombe v Todd/Sneyd
Branley/O King v Bradley Brooks
Beeton/Merk v Ryan/Sykes
Langford/Rosney v Burton/Eichen
Round Three
Lovely/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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