MICHAEL van Gerwen won his second Coral UK Open Qualifier of the weekend on an incredible day of action in Wigan which also saw Simon Whitlock hit a spectacular nine-dart finish.
The Dutchman saw off James Wade 6-1 in the final at the Robin Park Tennis Centre to take the title and maintain his spectacular run of form in 2015 which has now seen him win 25 out of 26 games since the 2015 World Darts Championship.
The final instalment of the weekend’s UK Open Qualifier triple-header would also see Simon Whitlock land a brilliant nine-darter against Nathan Aspinall, although the Wizard would go on to lose the game 6-4.
Van Gerwen’s afternoon began with a comfortable 6-2 win over Luke Woodhouse before he then breezed past Paul Amos 6-1 to win his board.
Two more 6-1 victories would follow in the next two rounds as he saw off Martyn Turner, wiring double 12 for a nine-darter of his own in the process, and Stephen Bunting to reach the quarter-finals.
And van Gerwen would meet his opponent from Saturday’s final, Vincent van der Voort, in the last eight, eventually beating his Dutch counterpart 6-3.
The 25-year-old’s toughest test would arrive in the semi-finals as he exchanged blows with an in-form Robert Thornton before booking his place in a fourth consecutive PDC final in a dramatic deciding leg, winning 6-5.
Wade had enjoyed an impressive day on the oche himself as he beat Paul Rowley, Lee Evans, Andy Jenkins and John Henderson in his opening rounds before comfortably defeating Peter Wright 6-1 and Friday’s winner Adrian Lewis 6-3 to reach the last two.
And it would be Wade who would strike the first blow in the final as he moved 1-0 up, but van Gerwen’s blistering form would return as he took the next six legs and ran out a comfortable 6-1 victor to cap a brilliant weekend's work in Wigan which saw him rack up £25,000 in prize money.
Coral UK Open Qualifier Three
Sunday February 8, Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Preliminary Round
Ryan Harrington 6-4 Ricky Williams
Mark Hylton 6-1 Mark Barilli
Johnny Haines 6-1 Garry Spedding
Antonio Alcinas 6-5 Jan Dekker
Darren Weaver 6-1 Sean Ryan
Mark Dudbridge 6-2 John Power
Daryl Gurney 6-1 Jay Foreman
Ben Ward 6-3 Andrew Johnson
Robert Marijanovic 6-1 BJ Fairhurst
Mickey Mansell 6-5 Prakash Jiwa
Barrie Bates 6-4 Karl Merchant
Josh Payne 6-4 Robbie Turner
Mark Frost 6-4 Gerwyn Price
Peter Evison 6-3 Paul Redfern
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Coral UK Open Order of Merit
Following Qualifier Three
| Position | Name | Total Prize Money |
| 1 | van Gerwen, Michael | £25,000 |
| 2 | Lewis, Adrian | £14,000 |
| 3 | van der Voort, Vincent | £8,000 |
| 4 | Wade, James | £6,250 |
| 5 | Dolan, Brendan | £5,000 |
| 6 | Smith, Michael | £4,500 |
| 7 | Webster, Mark | £3,750 |
| 8 | Suljovic, Mensur | £3,000 |
| 9 | Thornton, Robert | £2,750 |
| 10 | Hamilton, Andy | £2,250 |
| 10 | Nicholson, Paul | £2,250 |
| 10 | Wright, Peter | £2,250 |
| 13 | Edgar, Matthew | £2,000 |
| 13 | Henderson, John | £2,000 |
| 13 | Huybrechts, Kim | £2,000 |
| 13 | Klaasen, Jelle | £2,000 |
| 17 | Chisnall, Dave | £1,750 |
| 17 | Evans, Ricky | £1,750 |
| 17 | Pipe, Justin | £1,750 |
| 20 | Anderson, Kyle | £1,500 |
| 20 | Bunting, Stephen | £1,500 |
| 20 | Gilding, Andrew | £1,500 |
| 20 | Hopp, Max | £1,500 |
| 20 | O'Connor, William | £1,500 |
| 20 | van Barneveld, Raymond | £1,500 |
| 20 | White, Ian | £1,500 |
| 20 | Winstanley, Dean | £1,500 |
| 20 | Woods, Brian | £1,500 |
| 29 | Cullen, Joe | £1,250 |
| 29 | Huybrechts, Ronny | £1,250 |
| 29 | Smith, Dennis | £1,250 |
| 32 | Boulton, Andy | £1,000 |
| 32 | Derry, Nathan | £1,000 |
| 32 | Foreman, Jay | £1,000 |
| 32 | Haines, Johnny | £1,000 |
| 32 | Harrington, Ryan | £1,000 |
| 32 | Johnson, Darren | £1,000 |
| 32 | Jones, Wayne | £1,000 |
| 32 | King, Mervyn | £1,000 |
| 32 | Norris, Alan | £1,000 |
| 32 | Painter, Kevin | £1,000 |
| 42 | Baxter, Ronnie | £750 |
| 42 | Bowles, John | £750 |
| 42 | Clayton, Jonny | £750 |
| 42 | Dekker, Jan | £750 |
| 42 | Frost, Mark | £750 |
| 42 | Fullwell, Nick | £750 |
| 42 | Sudale, Ricky | £750 |
| 49 | Bain, Jamie | £500 |
| 49 | Barilli, Mark | £500 |
| 49 | Caven, Jamie | £500 |
| 49 | Clark, Matt | £500 |
| 49 | Dale, Scott | £500 |
| 49 | De Decker, Mike | £500 |
| 49 | Dootson, Eddie | £500 |
| 49 | Finnan, Connie | £500 |
| 49 | Jenkins, Andy | £500 |
| 49 | Ladley, Dave | £500 |
| 49 | Marijanovic, Robert | £500 |
| 49 | McDine, Kevin | £500 |
| 49 | Pallett, David | £500 |
| 49 | Petersen, Devon | £500 |
| 49 | Price, Gerwyn | £500 |
| 49 | Robinson, Jamie | £500 |
| 49 | Robinson, Mark | £500 |
| 49 | Smith, Andy | £500 |
| 49 | Stewart, Dean | £500 |
| 49 | Temple, Terry | £500 |
| 49 | ten Berge, Joey | £500 |
| 49 | Turner, Martyn | £500 |
| 49 | van de Pas, Benito | £500 |
| 49 | van Duijvenbode, Dirk | £500 |
| 49 | Webster, Darren | £500 |
| 49 | Whitlock, Simon | £500 |
| 75 | Alcinas, Antonio | £250 |
| 75 | Amos, Paul | £250 |
| 75 | Aspinall, Nathan | £250 |
| 75 | Bates, Barrie | £250 |
| 75 | Batham, Jeff | £250 |
| 75 | Beaton, Steve | £250 |
| 75 | Bradley, Tony | £250 |
| 75 | Brown, Keegan | £250 |
| 75 | Burgoine, Michael | £250 |
| 75 | Burkhill, Trevor | £250 |
| 75 | Claydon, Brett | £250 |
| 75 | Cox, Mark | £250 |
| 75 | de Zwaan, Jeffrey | £250 |
| 75 | Dennant, Matthew | £250 |
| 75 | Dobey, Chris | £250 |
| 75 | Douglas, Steve | £250 |
| 75 | Dudbridge, Mark | £250 |
| 75 | Evans, Lee | £250 |
| 75 | Fairhurst, BJ | £250 |
| 75 | Fowler, Colin | £250 |
| 75 | Green, Robbie | £250 |
| 75 | Grubb, Steve | £250 |
| 75 | Guilfoyle, Jamie | £250 |
| 75 | Gurney, Daryl | £250 |
| 75 | Hammond, Curtis | £250 |
| 75 | Hill, Jack | £250 |
| 75 | Hunt, Adam | £250 |
| 75 | Hylton, Mark | £250 |
| 75 | Lewis, Jamie | £250 |
| 75 | Lovett, Jason | £250 |
| 75 | Milford, Paul | £250 |
| 75 | Moss, Ian | £250 |
| 75 | Newton, Wesley | £250 |
| 75 | Parody, Dyson | £250 |
| 75 | Part, John | £250 |
| 75 | Pepper, Wayne | £250 |
| 75 | Roelofs, Colin | £250 |
| 75 | Roy, Alex | £250 |
| 75 | Todd, Mick | £250 |
| 75 | Turner, Robert | £250 |
| 75 | Van Den Bergh, Dimitri | £250 |
| 75 | Walsh, Mark | £250 |
| 75 | Ward, Ben | £250 |
| 75 | Wattimena, Jermaine | £250 |
| 75 | West, Steve | £250 |
| 75 | Williams, Ricky | £250 |
| 75 | Wilson, James | £250 |
| 75 | Wilson, Jason | £250 |
| 75 | Zyudwijk, Mike | £250 |