PHIL Taylor was at his brilliant best as he beat nine-dart star Ian White to win the final Coral UK Open Qualifier in Wigan on Sunday.
The Power returned to form to blitz his way through the field before beating Ian White, who had been in irresistible form and hit a brilliant nine-darter against Mervyn King, 6-2 in the final at the Robin Park Tennis Centre.
Taylor began the day in electrifying fashion as he won his board without dropping a leg, sealing back-to-back whitewash wins against Tony Richardson and Dean Stewart.
A 6-4 win against James Wilson followed in the Last 32 before Taylor then comfortably saw off Dave Chisnall 6-2 to race into the quarter-finals.
Alan Norris, who was enjoying his most successful day on the oche since joining the PDC circuit in January, was Taylor’s opponent in the last eight, and the 54-year-old would prove too strong again as he ran out a 6-1 victor.
And Taylor would continue his fine form in the last four as he edged a brilliant semi-final against Adrian Lewis 6-4 with a 103.95 average to set up his place in the final.
White began the day in similarly impressive fashion as he sealed three consecutive 6-1 victories against Ricky Sudale, Luke Woodhouse and Mark Jones to reach the last 16 in style.
And Diamond would not take his foot off the throttle as he saw off Brian Woods 6-3 in the next round, wiring double 12 for a nine-dart finish in the process.
But White would not have to wait long to make amends as he landed a sensational perfect leg against Mervyn King in his next match on his way to another 6-3 success.
White’s toughest examination would come in the form of Raymond van Barneveld in the semi-finals as the 44-year-old beat the Dutchman 6-5 in a dramatic deciding leg, averaging 109.37 to set up the final with Taylor.
And it would be White who would continue his form in the opening exchanges of the final as he raced into a 2-0 lead against the Power.
However, Taylor responded with a brilliant 12-darter to register his first leg, before taking the next five legs on the spin to seal a comfortable 6-2 victory and the £10,000 top prize.
View the final Coral UK Open Order of Merit at the bottom of this article.
Coral UK Open Qualifier Six
Saturday February 22, Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
Preliminary Round
Mark Robinson 6-3 Steve Grubb
Conan Whitehead 6-4 Geoff Whitworth
Adrian Gray 6-1 Darren Burdett
Josh Payne 6-3 Mark Flawn
Jyhan Artut 6-1 Michael Burgoine
Alan Tabern 6-3 Paul Carter
Jonathan Worsley 6-4 Ian Lever
Steve Douglas 6-3 James Thompson
Joe Murnan 6-3 David Ladley
Mark Jones 6-3 Jason Marriott
Andy Jenkins 6-1 Dimitri van den Bergh
Kurt Parry 6-3 Michael Power
Wayne Jones 6-3 Mark Walsh
John Scott 6-5 James Richardson
Eddie Dootson 6-3 Rohit Rabadia
Nigel Heydon 6-2 Steve Hine
Benito van de Pas 6-1 Kevin Bambrick
Alan Norris 6-1 Andy Parsons
Mareno Michels 6-3 Dylan Duo
First Round
Raymond van Barneveld Bye
Paul Amos 6-0 Lee Whitworth
David Pallett 6-3 Philip Borthwick
Mick Todd 6-0 Lee Gregory
Vincent van der Voort Bye
Kyle Anderson 6-2 Jerry Hendriks
Mike de Decker 6-4 Paul Redfern
Dennis Smith 6-4 Mark Robinson
Ronnie Baxter Bye
Andrew Gilding 6-3 Matt Padgett
Max Hopp 6-0 Stephen Gallimore
Trevor Burkhill 6-1 Conan Whitehead
Andy Smith Bye
Darron Brown 6-5 Colin Fowler
Chris Dobey 6-4 Tony Randell
Ricky Williams 6-3 Adrian Gray
Paul Nicholson Bye
Antonio Alcinas 6-2 Michael Barnard
Robbie Turner 6-4 John Power
Josh Payne 6-2 Colin Lloyd
Stephen Bunting Bye
Mark Hylton 6-2 Andy Pearce
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-4 Ross Smith
Vernon Sheppard 6-5 Jyhan Artut
Ronny Huybrechts Bye
Darren Webster 6-3 Jack Hill
Lee Palfreyman 6-1 Peter Evison
Alan Tabern 6-1 Pete Dyos
Justin Pipe Bye
Matt Clark 6-1 Paul Anthony
Jamie Bain 6-1 Craig Pope
Jonathan Worsley 6-1 Mensur Suljovic
Mervyn King Bye
Darren Johnson 6-3 Richard North
Ryan Sullivan 6-3 James Kerwick
Ricky Evans 6-1 Lee Evans
Robert Thornton Bye
Stephen Carrett 6-4 Ryan Hoggarth
Brett Claydon 6-5 Jim Walker
Jamie Robinson 6-1 Trevor Williams
Andy Hamilton Bye
Mickey Mansell 6-5 Cristo Reyes
Christain Kist 6-2 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Rocco Maes 6-1 Andrew Johnson
Kim Huybrechts Bye
Gary Stone 6-0 Darren Mawer
Roxy-James Rodriguez 6-2 Par Riihonen
Steve Douglas 6-4 Scott Dale
Mark Webster Bye
Joey Ten Berge 6-2 Tomas Seyler
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-4 Matthew Edgar
Joe Murnan 6-2 Jay Foreman
Peter Wright Bye
Ron Meulenkamp 6-4 Joey Palfreyman
Brian Woods 6-5 Johnny Haines
Philip Milburn 6-4 Gerwyn Price
Stuart Kellett Bye
Colin Osborne 6-1 Sean Ryan
Prakash Jiwa 6-1 Luke Kennedy
Mark Jones 6-5 Jamie Guilfoyle
Ian White Bye
Ricky Sudale 6-3 Wayne Pepper
Jason Hogg 6-3 Ryan de Vreede
Luke Woodhouse 6-4 Paul Milford
Jelle Klaasen Bye
Jason Lovett 6-5 Daryl Gurney
John Bowles 6-5 Steve Brown
Andy Jenkins 6-2 Mark Dudbridge
Steve Beaton Bye
Mike Norton 6-5 Ewan Hyslop
Darren Weaver 6-4 Sascha Stein
Kurt Parry 6-4 Steve West
Jamie Caven Bye
Curtis Hammond 6-1 Joe Cullen
Stephen McNally 6-0 Atif Hussain
Wayne Jones 6-2 Mark Barilli
Kevin Painter Bye
Nathan Derry 6-3 John Henderson
Terry Temple 6-1 Kevin Voornhout
Kirk Shepherd 6-4 John Scott
Wes Newton Bye
Robert Pinder 6-2 Will Harwood
Nick Fullwell 6-3 Mike Zuydwijk
Eddie Dootson 6-2 Colin Roelofs
Adrian Lewis Bye
Haruki Muramatsu 6-1 Coni Singh Nagi
Kevin McDine 6-5 Ryan Hawkes
Gino Vos 6-1 Matthew Dennant
Dean Winstanley Bye
Shaun Griffiths 6-0 Arron Wike
Martin Thomas 6-1 Ian Moss
Krit Middleton 6-1 Nigel Heydon
James Wade Bye
Michael Rosenauer 6-5 Chris Aubrey
Jason Wilson 6-2 Kevin Dowling
Peter Mitchell 6-0 Steve Smith
John Part Bye
Tony Newell 6-4 Mark Frost
Jermaine Wattimena 6-4 Jonny Clayton
Benito van de Pas 6-1 Martyn Turner
Dave Chisnall Bye
Andy Boulton 6-4 Alex Roy
Keegan Brown 6-2 Ryan Harrington
Garry Spedding 6-1 Barrie Bates
Phil Taylor Bye
Tony Richardson 6-2 Jeff Batham
Kevin Thomas 6-5 Stephen Willard
Dean Stewart 6-4 Terry Roach
Gary Anderson Bye
Paul Rowley 6-2 Michael Blake
James Wilson 6-4 John Walton
Jamie Lewis 6-4 William O'Connor
Brendan Dolan Bye
Jon Jukes 6-0 Kieran Evans
Ryan Palmer 6-2 Mark Cox
Ben Ward 6-2 John Crossley
Terry Jenkins Bye
Adam Hunt 6-0 Lee Moffat
Aaron Turner 6-5 Aden Kirk
Alan Norris 6-2 Nathan Aspinall
Simon Whitlock Bye
Jan Dekker 6-1 Dan Russell
Robbie Green 6-2 James Hubbard
James Forster 6-3 Dyson Parody
Michael Smith Bye
Wayne Thomas 6-4 Tony Oak
Devon Petersen 6-4 Robert Marijanovic
Mareno Michels 6-4 Jamie Landon
Second Round
Raymond van Barneveld 6-0 Paul Amos
David Pallett 6-3 Mick Todd
Kyle Anderson 6-4 Vincent van der Voort
Mike De Decker 6-3 Mark Robinson
Andrew Gilding 6-1 Ronnie Baxter
Max Hopp 6-2 Trevor Burkhill
Andy Smith 6-4 Darron Brown
Chris Dobey 6-0 Ricky Williams
Paul Nicholson 6-3 Antonio Alcinas
Josh Payne 6-1 Robbie Turner
Stephen Bunting 6-3 Mark Hylton
Jeffery De Zwaan 6-1 Kirk Shepherd
Darren Webster 6-1 Ronny Huybrechts
Lee Palfreyman 6-4 Alan Tabern
Justin Pipe 6-5 Matt Clark
Jamie Bain 6-1 Jonathan Worsley
Mervyn King 6-5 Darren Johnson
Ricky Evans 6-0 Ryan Sullivan
Robert Thornton 6-2 Stephen Carrett
Brett Claydon 6-3 Jamie Robinson
Mickey Mansell 6-5 Andy Hamilton
Christian Kist 6-3 Rocco Maes
Kim Huybrechts 6-5 Gary Stone
Roxy-James Rodriguez v Steve Douglas
Joey Ten Berge 6-3 Mark Webster
Joe Murnan 6-1 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Peter Wright 6-0 Ron Meulenkamp
Brian Woods 6-4 Philip Milburn
Colin Osborne 6-5 Stuart Kellett
Wayne Jones 6-0 Prakash Jiwa
Ian White 6-1 Ricky Sudale
Luke Woodhouse 6-5 Jason Hogg
Jelle Klaasen 6-5 Jason Lovett
Andy Jenkins 6-5 John Bowles
Steve Beaton 6-1 Mike Norton
Darren Weaver 6-5 Kurt Parry
Jamie Caven 6-4 Curtis Hammond
Wayne Jones 6-4 Stephen McNally
Kevin Painter 6-5 Nathan Derry
Terry Temple 6-0 Kirk Shepherd
Wes Newton 6-2 Robert Pinder
Eddie Dootson 6-4 Nick Fullwell
Adrian Lewis 6-0 Haruki Muramatsu
Kevin McDine 6-5 Gino Vos
Shaun Griffiths 6-5 Dean Winstanley
Martin Thomas 6-5 Krit Middleton
James Wade 6-1 Michael Rosenauer
Jason Wilson 6-2 Peter Mitchell
Tony Newell 6-4 John Part
Benito van de Pas 6-3 Jermaine Wattimena
Dave Chisnall 6-4 Andy Boulton
Keegan Brown 6-0 Garry Spedding
Phil Taylor 6-0 Tony Richardson
Dean Stewart 6-2 Kevin Thomas
Gary Anderson 6-0 Paul Rowley
James Wilson 6-3 Jamie Lewis
Jon Jukes 6-3 Brendan Dolan
Ben Ward 6-4 Ryan Palmer
Adam Hunt 6-5 Terry Jenkins
Alan Norris 6-2 Aaron Turner
Simon Whitlock 6-3 Jan Dekker
Robbie Green 6-2 James Forster
Michael Smith 6-3 Wayne Thomas
Devon Petersen 6-4 Mareno Michels
Third Round
Raymond van Barneveld 6-4 David Pallett
Kyle Anderson 6-1 Mike De Decker
Andrew Gilding 6-1 Max Hopp
Chris Dobey 6-3 Andy Smith
Josh Payne 6-2 Paul Nicholson
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-3 Stephen Bunting
Darren Webster 6-3 Lee Palfreyman
Justin Pipe 6-3 Jamie Bain
Mervyn King 6-2 Ricky Evans
Brett Claydon 6-5 Robert Thornton
Mickey Mansell 6-3 Christian Kist
Kim Huybrechts 6-0 Steve Douglas
Joe Murnan 6-4 Joey Ten Berge
Brian Woods 6-5 Peter Wright
Mark Jones 6-2 Colin Osborne
Ian White 6-1 Luke Woodhouse
Jelle Klaasen 6-5 Andy Jenkins
Steve Beaton 6-2 Darren Weaver
Jamie Caven 6-4 Wayne Jones
Terry Temple 6-3 Kevin Painter
Wes Newton 6-3 Eddie Dootson
Adrian Lewis 6-3 Kevin McDine
Shaun Griffiths 6-5 Martin Thomas
James Wade 6-4 Jason Wilson
Benito van de Pas 6-0 Tony Newell
Dave Chisnall 6-2 Keegan Brown
Phil Taylor 6-0 Dean Stewart
James Wilson 6-4 Gary Anderson
Jon Jukes 6-1 Ben Ward
Alan Norris 6-5 Adam Hunt
Simon Whitlock 6-3 Robbie Green
Michael Smith 6-1 Devon Petersen
Losers: £250
Last 32
Raymond van Barneveld 6-5 Kyle Anderson
Andrew Gilding 6-3 Chris Dobey
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-4 Josh Payne
Justin Pipe 6-2 Darren Webster
Mervyn King 6-1 Brett Claydon
Kim Huybrechts 6-2 Mickey Mansell
Brian Woods 6-4 Joe Murnan
Ian White 6-1 Mark Jones
Steve Beaton 6-4 Jelle Klaasen
Jamie Caven 6-4 Terry Temple
Adrian Lewis 6-3 Wes Newton
James Wade 6-3 Shaun Griffiths
Dave Chisnall 6-4 Benito van de Pas
Phil Taylor 6-4 James Wilson
Alan Norris 6-2 Jon Jukes
Michael Smith 6-5 Simon Whitlock
Losers: £500
Last 16
Raymond van Barneveld 6-5 Andrew Gilding
Justin Pipe 6-4 Jeffrey de Zwaan
Mervyn King 6-3 Kim Huybrechts
Ian White 6-3 Brian Woods
Jamie Caven 6-4 Steve Beaton
Adrian Lewis 6-5 James Wade
Phil Taylor 6-2 Dave Chisnall
Alan Norris 6-5 Michael Smith
Losers: £1,000
Quarter-Finals
Raymond van Barneveld 6-4 Justin Pipe
Ian White 6-3 Mervyn King (Ian White Nine-Darter)
Adrian Lewis 6-3 Jamie Caven
Phil Taylor 6-1 Alan Norris
Losers: £1,500
Semi-Finals
Ian White 6-5 Raymond van Barneveld
Phil Taylor 6-4 Adrian Lewis
Losers: £2,500
Final
Phil Taylor 6-2 Ian White
Winner: £10,000
Runner-Up: £5,000
Final Coral UK Open Order of Merit
| Position | Name | Total Prize Money |
| 1 | van Gerwen, Michael | £36,000 |
| 2 | Lewis, Adrian | £23,000 |
| 3 | Smith, Michael | £17,000 |
| 4 | Taylor, Phil | £12,750 |
| 5 | van der Voort, Vincent | £9,500 |
| 6 | Wade, James | £7,750 |
| 7 | Klaasen, Jelle | £7,750 |
| 8 | White, Ian | £7,500 |
| 9 | Webster, Mark | £5,250 |
| 10 | Huybrechts, Kim | £5,000 |
| 11 | Gilding, Andrew | £5,000 |
| 12 | Dolan, Brendan | £5,000 |
| 13 | Chisnall, Dave | £4,750 |
| 14 | van Barneveld, Raymond | £4,500 |
| 15 | Thornton, Robert | £4,500 |
| 16 | Pipe, Justin | £4,250 |
| 17 | Wright, Peter | £3,750 |
| 18 | Suljovic, Mensur | £3,750 |
| 19 | Caven, Jamie | £3,500 |
| 20 | Nicholson, Paul | £3,500 |
| 21 | Norris, Alan | £3,250 |
| 22 | Dootson, Eddie | £3,250 |
| 23 | King, Mervyn | £3,000 |
| 24 | Gurney, Daryl | £2,750 |
| 25 | Woods, Brian | £2,500 |
| 26 | Jenkins, Terry | £2,500 |
| 27 | Hamilton, Andy | £2,500 |
| 28 | Henderson, John | £2,500 |
| 29 | Beaton, Steve | £2,250 |
| 30 | Whitlock, Simon | £2,250 |
| 31 | Anderson, Gary | £2,250 |
| 32 | Hopp, Max | £2,250 |
| 33 | Evans, Ricky | £2,250 |
| 34 | Wilson, James | £2,000 |
| 35 | Murnan, Joe | £2,000 |
| 36 | Anderson, Kyle | £2,000 |
| 37 | Smith, Andy | £2,000 |
| 38 | Edgar, Matthew | £2,000 |
| 39 | de Zwaan, Jeffrey | £1,750 |
| 40 | Painter, Kevin | £1,750 |
| 41 | Bunting, Stephen | £1,750 |
| 42 | Boulton, Andy | £1,750 |
| 43 | Winstanley, Dean | £1,750 |
| 44 | Cullen, Joe | £1,500 |
| 45 | Huybrechts, Ronny | £1,500 |
| 46 | O'Connor, William | £1,500 |
| 47 | Dobey, Chris | £1,250 |
| 48 | Kist, Christian | £1,250 |
| 49 | McDine, Kevin | £1,250 |
| 50 | Jones, Wayne | £1,250 |
| 51 | Aspinall, Nathan | £1,250 |
| 52 | Dekker, Jan | £1,250 |
| 53 | Derry, Nathan | £1,250 |
| 54 | Baxter, Ronnie | £1,250 |
| 55 | Frost, Mark | £1,250 |
| 56 | Harrington, Ryan | £1,250 |
| 57 | Smith, Dennis | £1,250 |
| 58 | van de Pas, Benito | £1,000 |
| 59 | Webster, Darren | £1,000 |
| 60 | Temple, Terry | £1,000 |
| 61 | Jenkins, Andy | £1,000 |
| 62 | Stewart, Dean | £1,000 |
| 63 | Bain, Jamie | £1,000 |
| 64 | Turner, Aaron | £1,000 |
| 65 | Kellett, Stuart | £1,000 |
| 66 | van Duijvenbode, Dirk | £1,000 |
| 67 | Clayton, Jonny | £1,000 |
| 68 | Hine, Steve | £1,000 |
| 69 | Tabern, Alan | £1,000 |
| 70 | Bowles, John | £1,000 |
| 71 | Johnson, Darren | £1,000 |
| 72 | Foreman, Jay | £1,000 |
| 73 | Haines, Johnny | £1,000 |
| 74 | Griffiths, Shaun | £750 |
| 75 | Jones, Mark (West Mids) | £750 |
| 76 | Mansell, Mickey | £750 |
| 77 | Payne, Josh | £750 |
| 78 | Newton, Wesley | £750 |
| 79 | Claydon, Brett | £750 |
| 80 | Brown, Keegan | £750 |
| 81 | Hunt, Adam | £750 |
| 82 | De Decker, Mike | £750 |
| 83 | Pallett, David | £750 |
| 84 | ten Berge, Joey | £750 |
| 85 | Petersen, Devon | £750 |
| 86 | Evans, Lee | £750 |
| 87 | Fowler, Colin | £750 |
| 88 | Zuydwijk, Mike | £750 |
| 89 | Richardson, James | £750 |
| 90 | Cox, Mark | £750 |
| 91 | Part, John | £750 |
| 92 | Clark, Matt | £750 |
| 93 | Sudale, Ricky | £750 |
| 94 | Fullwell, Nick | £750 |
| 95 | Jukes, Jon | £500 |
| 96 | Woodhouse, Luke | £500 |
| 97 | Douglas, Steve | £500 |
| 98 | Wilson, Jason | £500 |
| 99 | Green, Robbie | £500 |
| 100 | Ward, Ben | £500 |
| 101 | Roy, Alex | £500 |
| 102 | Lovett, Jason | £500 |
| 103 | Todd, Mick | £500 |
| 104 | West, Steve | £500 |
| 105 | Padgett, Matt | £500 |
| 106 | Dudbridge, Mark | £500 |
| 107 | Moss, Ian | £500 |
| 108 | Wattimena, Jermaine | £500 |
| 109 | Ladley, Dave | £500 |
| 110 | Turner, Martyn | £500 |
| 111 | Marijanovic, Robert | £500 |
| 112 | Robinson, Jamie | £500 |
| 113 | Robinson, Mark | £500 |
| 114 | Barilli, Mark | £500 |
| 115 | Finnan, Connie | £500 |
| 116 | Price, Gerwyn | £500 |
| 117 | Dale, Scott | £500 |
| DNQ | Newell, Tony | £250 |
| DNQ | Osborne, Colin | £250 |
| DNQ | Palfreyman, Lee | £250 |
| DNQ | Thomas, Martin | £250 |
| DNQ | Weaver, Darren | £250 |
| DNQ | Aubrey, Chris | £250 |
| DNQ | Dowling, Kevin | £250 |
| DNQ | Forster, James | £250 |
| DNQ | Hyslop, Ewan | £250 |
| DNQ | Maes, Rocco | £250 |
| DNQ | Shepherd, Kirk | £250 |
| DNQ | Smith, Ross | £250 |
| DNQ | Thomas, Kevin | £250 |
| DNQ | Whitehead, Conan | £250 |
| DNQ | Brown, Steve | £250 |
| DNQ | Gallimore, Stephem | £250 |
| DNQ | Gray, Adrian | £250 |
| DNQ | Hogg, Jason | £250 |
| DNQ | Landon, Jamie | £250 |
| DNQ | Parsons, Andy | £250 |
| DNQ | Riihonen, Par | £250 |
| DNQ | Rowley, Paul | £250 |
| DNQ | Spedding, Garry | £250 |
| DNQ | Vos, Gino | £250 |
| DNQ | Walker, Jim | £250 |
| DNQ | Worsley, Jonathan | £250 |
| DNQ | Amos, Paul | £250 |
| DNQ | Bates, Barrie | £250 |
| DNQ | Batham, Jeff | £250 |
| DNQ | Bradley, Tony | £250 |
| DNQ | Burkhill, Trevor | £250 |
| DNQ | Dennant, Matthew | £250 |
| DNQ | Grubb, Steve | £250 |
| DNQ | Guilfoyle, Jamie | £250 |
| DNQ | Hammond, Curtis | £250 |
| DNQ | Hill, Jack | £250 |
| DNQ | Hylton, Mark | £250 |
| DNQ | Lewis, Jamie | £250 |
| DNQ | Milford, Paul | £250 |
| DNQ | Walsh, Mark | £250 |
| DNQ | Parody, Dyson | £250 |
| DNQ | Roelofs, Colin | £250 |
| DNQ | Williams, Ricky | £250 |
| DNQ | Alcinas, Antonio | £250 |
| DNQ | Burgoine, Michael | £250 |
| DNQ | Fairhurst, BJ | £250 |
| DNQ | Pepper, Wayne | £250 |
| DNQ | Turner, Robert | £250 |
| DNQ | Van Den Bergh, Dimitri | £250 |