Michael Smith was the defending champion, but he lost 6–4 to James Wilson in the second round.

Mensur Suljović won the final 6–5 against Kim Huybrechts, winning his first PDC European Tour title, after Huybrechts missed seven match darts in the final leg to win the match himself.

[2] The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today on 22 June automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.

James Wade withdrew from the tournament the day before it began, so seeds 4-16 moved up one space each, and Daryl Gurney became the 16th seed, with an extra space being made for a Host Nation Qualifier.

Michael van Gerwen withdrew due to an ankle injury from the tournament the day it began, quickly followed by Daryl Gurney, who withdrew due to a broken finger in his dart throwing hand.