The Dutch Open are one of the longest run darts tournaments, it was played for the first time in 1973. The Dutch Darts Association, the predecessor of the Nederlandse Darts Bond, organised it 1979 for the first time and due to this Jilles Vermaat, winner of 1982, is known as the first official Dutch winner of the tournament. It grew in popularity after Raymond van Barneveld won his first World Champion title and by now it is one of the events with the most participants.
For example in 2007 in the men's singles 2867 players took part - among them many of the BDO/WDF top players.
From the start beside the men's singles women's singles were played as well. Later first men's pairs and women's pairs were added while a youth event was played for the first time in 2020.
While in the first years dart players from Belgium were the most successful in the men's singles the field of participants got more diverse over the years and more and more UK players took part. Raymond van Barneveld took part twelve times and won three times - he was the most successful Dutch player. Martin Adams won four times - the most wins for an English player. Raymond van Barneveld won together with different partners the Men's pairs several times as well.
The women's event was dominated - with one exception - by Dutch players for a long time before in 1986 Annabelle Long was the first English player to win. For many years Francis Hoenselaar (seven wins!), Trina Gulliver and Deta Hedman dominated. On Hoenselaar Aileen de Graaf followed, on Trina Gulliver Lorraine Winstanley while Deta Hedman , who stood in the final 1992 for the first time, still is among the participants and so far won three times. The most successful Women's pair was Hoenselaar/Gulliver. It dominated the event for many years.
The first youth tournament in 2020 was a mostly Dutch affair and won by Mark Tabak.
From 2006 only players who were entitled to play the World Masters or the BDO World Championship were allowed to play the Dutch Open. PDC players could no longer take part.
1990 Richard Kirby threw the first tournament nine-darter which was not televised. The so far only televised nine-darter of the event threw 2002 Shaun Greatbatch in the final which he won.
| Year | Winner | v | Runner-Up |
| 1978 | Jilles Vermaat/Peter Lee | v | Luc Marreel/Charlie Ellix |
| 1979 | Freddie Durate/Mohamed Bakali | v | John Neale/Johnny Wood |
| 1980 | Jocky Wilson/Rab Smith | v | Billy Mateer/Steve Brennan |
| 1981 | Malcolm Nolan/Patrick McGorrigan | v | Jilles Vermaat/Rick Daniels |
| 1982 | Ceri Morgan/Wayne Lock | v | Eric Bristow/John Lowe |
| 1983 | John O'Shea/Seamus O'Brien | v | Dave Whitcome/Keith Deller |
| 1984 | Fred McMullan/Steve Brennan | v | George Federico/Francis Taylor |
| 1985 | Eric Bristow/John Lowe | v | Russell Stewart/Terry O'Dea |
| 1986 | Paul Lim/Bob Sinnaeve | v | Eric Bristow/Cliff Lazarenko |
| 1987 | Bob Anderson/Dave Whitcombe | v | George Federico/Francis Taylor |
| 1988 | Bob Anderson/Mike Gregory | 3:1 | Raymond van Barneveld/Bert Vlaadingerbroek |
| 1989 | Roland Scholten/Paul Hoogenboom | 3:2 | Freddy Clark/Lee Topper |
| 1990 | Paul Reynolds/Harry Robinson | 3:0 | Keith Sullivan/Wanye Weening |
| 1991 | Raymond van Barneveld/Bert Vlaadingerbroek | 3:1 | Graeme Stoddart/Mick Manning |
| 1992 | Dennis Priestley/Alan Warriner-Little | 3:0 | Phil Taylor/Rod Harrington |
| 1993 | Alan Warriner-Little/Kevin Spiolek | 3:1 | Graeme Stoddart/Kevin Burrows |
| 1994 | Kevin Maler/Martin Adams | 3:0 | Dave Askew/Ian Sarfas |
| 1995 | Richie Burnett/Sean Palfrey | 3:2 | Raymond van Barneveld/Roland Scholten |
| 1996 | Ronnie Baxter/Paul Williams | 3:1 | Co Stompe/Bert Vlaardinerbroek |
| 1997 | Raymond van Barneveld/Co Stompe | 3:0 | Mick Manning/Graeme Stoddart |
| 1998 | Phil Taylor/Dennis Priestley | 4:2 | Steve Beaton/Dave Askew |
| 1999 | Ted Hankey/Matt Chapman | 3:1 | Andy Jenkins/Andy Fordham |
| 2000 | Bob Taylor/Martin Adams | 2:0 | Peter Vorkamp/Daniel Brouwer |
| 2001 | Martin Adams/Mervyn King | 2:1 | Peter Manley/Ted Hankey |
| 2002 | Raymond van Barneveld/Co Stompe | 2:1 | Martin Adams/Mervyn King |
| 2003 | Raymond van Barneveld/Tony David | 3:1 | Shaun Greatbatch/Bob Taylor |
| 2004 | Tomas Seyler/Andree Welge | 2:0 | Rick Hofstra/Tony West |
| 2005 | Co Stompe/Ted Hankey | 2:0 | Dennie Nijs/Jonny Nijs |
| 2006 | Martin Adams/Mervyn King | 2:0 | Rick Hofstra/Tony West |
| 2007 | Scott Waites/Garry Thompson | 2:0 | Robert Wagner/Wesley Schols |
| 2008 | John Henderson/Darren Twist | 2:0 | Dennis Zijderhand/Cor Ernst |
| 2009 | Gino Vos/Rico Dera | 2:1 | Brian Woods/Robbie Green |
| 2010 | Ian White/John Henderson | 2:1 | Scott Waites/Garry Thompson |
| 2011 | Martin Adams/Ross Montgomery | 2:0 | John Walton/Martin Atkins |
| 2012 | Tony O'Shea/Darryl Fitton | 2:1 | Kenny Neyens/Dimitri van den Bergh |
| 2013 | Gary Robson/James Wilson | 5:3 | Rick Hofstra/Dennie Bos |
| 2014 | Richie George/Scott Mitchell | 5:2 | Willem Mandigers/Jamie Hughes |
| 2015 | Martin Atkins/Scott Mitchell | 5:1 | Daniel Brouwer/Leroy Nieuwenhuis |
| 2016 | Jimmy Hendriks/Mark McGeeney | 5:3 | Shaun Carrol/Gareth Watts |
| 2017 | Scott Mitchell/James Hurrell | 5:3 | Mark McGeeney/Craig Quinn |
| 2018 | Wesley Harms/Richard Veenstra | 5:3 | Yoeri Duijster/Dave van der Zande |
| 2019 | Gino Vos/Berry van Peer | 5:4 | Martijn Kleermaker/Justin van Tergouw |
| 2020 | Ross Montgomery/Martin Adams | 5:4 | Colin Roelofs/Ryan de Vreede |
| 2022 | Andy Baetens/Thibault Tricole | 5:1 | Barry Copeland/Neill Duff |
| 2023 | Christian Kist/Michael Stoeten | 5:4 | Chris Landman/Jelle Klaasen |
| Year | Winner | v | Runner-Up |
| 1993 | Deta Hedman/Mandy Solomans | v | - |
| 1994 | Heike Ernst/Barbara Sutton | v | - |
| 1995 | Deta Hedman/Mandy Solomans | v | - |
| 1996 | Deta Hedman/Mandy Solomans | v | - |
| 1997 | Sandra Greatbatch/Crissy Howard | v | - |
| 1998 | Francis Hoenselaar/Sharon Coclough | 4:3 | Trina Gulliver/Mandy Solomons |
| 1999 | Francis Hoenselaar/Sharon Coclough | 3:0 | Mieke de Boer/K.Overman |
| 2000 | Francis Hoenselaar/Trina Gulliver | 2:0 | Crissy Howat/Tricia Wright |
| 2001 | Francis Hoenselaar/Trina Gulliver | 2:0 | Crissy Howat/Michelle Jackson |
| 2002 | Francis Hoenselaar/Trina Gulliver | 2:0 | Mieke de Boer/Vicky Pruim |
| 2003 | Francis Hoenselaar/Trina Gulliver | 3:0 | Sally Smith/Clare Bywaters |
| 2004 | Francis Hoenselaar/Trina Gulliver | 2:1 | Sally Smith/Clare Bywaters |
| 2005 | Francis Hoenselaar/Trina Gulliver | 2:0 | Barbara Lee/Dee Bateman |
| 2006 | Sari Nikula/Marika Juhola | 2:0 | Irina Armstrong/Marie Therese van Welt |
| 2007 | Francis Hoenselaar/Trina Gulliver | 5:1 | Karin ten Kate/Clare Bywaters |
| 2008 | Irina Armstrong/Carina Ekberg | 5:4 | Karen Lawman/Louise Carroll |
| 2009 | Francis Hoenselaar/Trina Gulliver | 5:1 | Julie Core/Jan Robbins |
| 2010 | Francis Hoenselaar/Trina Gulliver | 5:2 | Karin Krappen/Irina Armstrong |
| 2011 | Irina Armstrong/Dee Bateman | 5:3 | Sue Gulliver/Zoe Jones |
| 2012 | Karen Lawman/Deta Hedman | 5:3 | Rachel Brooks/Cristine Readhead |
| 2013 | Trina Gulliver/Zoe Jones | 4:1 | Paula Jacklin/Sue Gulliver |
| 2014 | Anastasia Dobromyslova/Lorraine Farlam | 4:3 | Deta Hedman/Fallon Sherrock |
| 2015 | Deta Hedman/Rachel Brooks | 4:3 | Trina Gulliver/Zoe Jones |
| 2016 | Aileen de Graaf/Sharon Prins | 4:1 | Paula Jacklin/Sue Gulliver |
| 2017 | Aileen de Graaf/Sharon Prins | 4:3 | Deta Hedman/Lorraine Winstanley |
| 2018 | Lorraine Winstanley/Corrine Hammond | 4:0 | Trina Gulliver/Paula Jacklin |
| 2019 | Mikuru Suzuki/Yuriko Yamaguchi | 4:0 | Lorraine Winstanley/Corrine Hammond |
| 2020 | Lorraine Winstanley/Margaret Sutton | 4:2 | Anca Zijlstra/Femke van Zuiden |
| 2022 | Lerena Rietbergen/Aileen de Graaf | 4:2 | Rhian O'Sullivan/Chris Savvery |
| 2023 | Beau Greaves/Dete Hedman | 4:1 | Aletta Wajer/Anca Zijlstra |
The Dutch Open are one of the longest run darts tournaments, it was played for the first time in 1973. The Dutch Darts Association, the predecessor of the Nederlandse Darts Bond, organised it 1979 for the first time and due to this Jilles Vermaat, winner of 1982, is known as the first official Dutch winner of the tournament. It grew in popularity after Raymond van Barneveld won his first World Champion title and by now it is one of the events with the most participants.
For example in 2007 in the men's singles 2867 players took part - among them many of the BDO/WDF top players.
