Finnish Open (darts)

{{Infobox darts tournament | tournament_name = Finnish Open | image = | venue = SOKOS Hotel | location = [[Helsinki]] | country = {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Finland]] | establishment = 1979 | organisation = [[Finnish Darts Organization|FDO]] / [[British Darts Organisation|BDO]], ''category C'' / [[World Darts Federation|WDF]] ''category 2'' | format = | prizefund = €4,700 | month_played = May | final year = | Current Champion = {{PDCFlag|Jonas Masalin}} | Final Champion = }}

The '''Finnish Open'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Events Dairy-2016|url=http://www.bdodarts.com/|website=bdodarts.com|publisher=British Darts Organisation|access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> is a darts tournament that began in 1981. It was abandoned for a year before being recurred in 1983 where it has been held annually.

==List of tournaments==

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Champion (average in final) ! Score ! Runner-up (average in final) ! Total Prize Money ! Champion ! Runner-up |- | 1981 | {{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Kexi Heinäharju]] | ?–? | {{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Risto Nurmela]] | ? | ? | ? |- | [[1983 Finnish Open darts|1983]] | {{Flagicon|FIN}} Tapani Uitos | ?–? | {{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Aimo Kuusio]] | ? | ? | ? |- | [[1984 Finnish Open darts|1984]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Mike Gregory (darts player)|Mike Gregory]] | ?–? | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Colin Baker (darts player)|Colin Baker]] | ? | ? | ? |- | [[1985 Finnish Open darts|1985]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Whitcombe]] | ?–? | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Cliff Lazarenko]] | ? | ? | ? |- | [[1986 Finnish Open darts|1986]] | {{Flagicon|SCO}} [[Jocky Wilson]] | ?–? | {{Flagicon|ENG}} Mike Gregory | ? | ? | ? |- | [[1987 Finnish Open darts|1987]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} Mike Gregory | ?–? | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Anderson (darts player)|Bob Anderson]] | ? | ? | ? |- | [[1988 Finnish Open darts|1988]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Evison]] | ?–? | {{Flagicon|ENG}} Bob Anderson | ? | ? | ? |- | [[1989 Finnish Open darts|1989]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} Steve Gittins | ?–? | {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Jann Hoffmann]] | ? | ? | ? |- | [[1990 Finnish Open darts|1990]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Phil Taylor (darts player)|Phil Taylor]] | ?–? | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Warriner-Little]] | ? | ? | ? |- | [[1991 Finnish Open darts|1991]] | {{Flagicon|DEN}} Per Skau | ?–? | {{Flagicon|DEN}} Jann Hoffmann | ? | ? | ? |- | [[1992 Finnish Open darts|1992]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[John Lowe (darts player)|John Lowe]] | ?–? | {{Flagicon|DEN}} Jann Hoffmann | ? | ? | ? |- | [[1993 Finnish Open darts|1993]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} Alan Warriner-Little | ?–? | {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Roland Scholten]] | ? | ? | ? |- | [[1994 Finnish Open darts|1994]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Fordham]] | ?–? | {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Raymond van Barneveld]] | ? | ? | ? |- | [[1995 Finnish Open darts|1995]] | {{Flagicon|NED}} Raymond van Barneveld | ?–? | {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Hinkley]] | ? | ? | ? |- | [[1996 Finnish Open darts|1996]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Adams]] | ?–? | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Matt Clark (darts player)|Matt Clark]] | ? | ? | ? |- | [[1997 Finnish Open darts|1997]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Mervyn King (darts player)|Mervyn King]] | ?–? | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Ronnie Baxter]] | ? | ? | ? |- | [[1998 Finnish Open darts|1998]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie Baxter | 5–1 | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Jenkins]] | ? | ? | ? |- | [[1999 Finnish Open darts|1999]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Williams (darts player)|Paul Williams]] | ?–? | {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Erik Clarys]] | ? | ? | ? |- | [[2000 Finnish Open darts|2000]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} Mervyn King | ?–? | {{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Marko Pusa]] | ? | ? | ? |- | [[2001 Finnish Open darts|2001]] | {{Flagicon|SCO}} [[Bob Taylor (darts player)|Bob Taylor]] | ?–? | {{Flagicon|ENG}} Matt Clark | ? | ? | ? |- | [[2002 Finnish Open darts|2002]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} Martin Adams | ?–? | {{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Jarkko Komula]] | ? | ? | ? |- | [[2003 Finnish Open darts|2003]] | {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Co Stompé]] | ?–? | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Atkins (darts player)|Martin Atkins]] | ? | ? | ? |- | [[2004 Finnish Open darts|2004]] | {{Flagicon|NED}} Raymond van Barneveld | ?–? | {{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Mika Forss]] | €4,360 | €2,000 | €800 |- | [[2005 Finnish Open darts|2005]] | {{Flagicon|FIN}} Marko Pusa (95.34) | 5–2 | {{Flagicon|ENG}} Mervyn King (84.27) | ? | ? | ? |- | [[2006 Finnish Open darts|2006]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} Martin Atkins | ?–? | {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Jelle Klaasen]] | ? | ? | ? |- | [[2007 Finnish Open darts|2007]] | {{Flagicon|AUT}} [[Dietmar Burger]] (91.68) | 5–3 | {{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Sami Sanssi]] (87.66) | €4,700 | €2,000 | €1,000 |- | [[2008 Finnish Open darts|2008]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Steve West (darts player)|Steve West]] (86.43) | 5–4 | {{Flagicon|NOR}} [[Robert Wagner (darts player)|Robert Wagner]] (87.99) | €4,700 | €2,000 | €1,000 |- | [[2009 Finnish Open darts|2009]] | {{Flagicon|NOR}} Robert Wagner | 5–4 | {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Oskar Lukasiak]] | €4,700 | €2,000 | €1,000 |- | [[2010 Finnish Open darts|2010]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Knighton]] | 5–2 | {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Johnny Nijs]] | €4,700 | €2,000 | €1,000 |- | [[2011 Finnish Open darts|2011]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Jennings (darts player)|Paul Jennings]] | 5–2 | {{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Sami Sanssi]] | €4,700 | €2,000 | €1,000 |- | [[2012 Finnish Open darts|2012]] | {{Flagicon|SWE}} Johan Engström | 6–5 | {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Mats Andersson (darts player)|Mats Andersson]] | €4,700 | €2,000 | €1,000 |- | [[2013 Finnish Open darts|2013]] | {{Flagicon|LAT}} [[Madars Razma]] | 6–3 | {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Ron Meulenkamp]] | €4,300 | €1,800 | €900 |- | [[2014 Finnish Open darts|2014]] | {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Jeffrey de Graaf]] | 6–5 | {{Flagicon|LIT}} [[Darius Labanauskas]] | €4,700 | €2,000 | €1,000 |- | [[2015 Finnish Open darts|2015]] | {{PDCFlag|Daniel Larsson|avg=81.30}} | 7–3 | {{PDCFlag|Ulf Ceder|avg=77.70}} | €4,700 | €2,000 | €1,000 |- | [[2016 Finnish Open darts|2016]] | {{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Tony Alanentalo]] | def. | {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Daniel Larsson (darts player)|Daniel Larsson]] | €4,700 | €2,000 | €1,000 |- | [[2017 Finnish Open darts|2017]] | {{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Boris Koltsov]] | def. | {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Edwin Torbjörnsson]] | €5,180 | €2,000 | €1,000 |- | [[2018 Finnish Open darts|2018]] | {{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Boris Koltsov]] | def. | {{Flagicon|GIB}} [[Hannu Suominen]] | €4,900 | €2,000 | €1,000 |- | [[2023 Finnish Open darts|2023]] | {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Johan Engstrom]] | 5-2 | {{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Jonas Masalin]] | €4,900 | €2,000 | €1,000 |- | 2024 | {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Edwin Torbjörnsson]] | 5-1 | {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Viktor Tingström]] | €2,400 | €800 | €400 |- | 2025 | {{PDCFlag|Jonas Masalin|flag=FIN|avg=88.53}} | 5 - 1 | {{PDCFlag|txt=Stefan Schröder|flag=NED}} | €5,600 | €1,600 | €800 |}

==Tournament records== * Most wins '''2''': {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Adams]], {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mervyn King (darts player)|Mervyn King]], {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mike Gregory (darts player)|Mike Gregory]], {{flagicon|NED}} [[Raymond van Barneveld]], {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Lowe (darts player)|John Lowe]]. * Most Finals '''3''': [[Mervyn King (darts player)|Mervyn King]], {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mike Gregory (darts player)|Mike Gregory]], {{flagicon|NED}} [[Raymond van Barneveld]], {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jann Hoffmann]] . * Most Semi Finals '''4''': {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jarkko Komula]]. * Most Quarter Finals '''5''': {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mervyn King (darts player)|Mervyn King]], {{Flag icon|FIN}} [[Ulf Ceder]], {{Flag icon|FIN}} [[Marko Pusa]], {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Bob Taylor (darts player)|Bob Taylor]], {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Matt Clark (darts player)|Matt Clark]]. * Most Appearances '''8''': {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Sami Sanssi]]. * Most Prize Money won '''€3,384''': {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Robert Wagner (darts player)|Robert Wagner]]. * Best winning average '''(95.67)''' : {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Daniel Larsson (darts player)|Daniel Larsson ]] v's {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Madars Razma]], 2015, Semi Final . * Youngest Winner '''age 23''': {{flagicon|NED}} [[Jeffrey de Graaf]]. * Oldest Winner '''age 46''': {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Lowe (darts player)|John Lowe]].

===Nine-dart finishes=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Player !Year (+ Round) !Method (single-in double-out) !Opponent !Result |- |{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Asko Niskala]] |2024, 2nd Round |2 x T20, T19; 3 x T20; 2 x T20, D12 |{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kenneth Ljungars]] |4 – 0 |}

==See also== *[[List of BDO ranked tournaments]] *[[List of WDF tournaments]]

==References==

==External links== *[http://www.darts.fi/page.asp?lang=en Finnish Darts Organization]

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