2009 Players Championship Finals
2009 coral.co.uk Players Championship Finals | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 30 January–1 February 2009 | ||
Venue | Circus Tavern | ||
Location | Purfleet | ||
Country | File:Flag of England.svg England | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs Final – best of 31 | ||
Prize fund | £200,000 | ||
Winner's share | £50,000 | ||
High checkout | 167 England James Wade England Ronnie Baxter | ||
Champion(s) | |||
England Phil Taylor | |||
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The 2009 coral.co.uk Players Championship Finals[1] was the inaugural edition of the PDC tournament, the Players Championship Finals, which saw the top 32 players from the 2008 PDC Players Championship Order of Merit taking part. The tournament took place between 30 January–1 February 2009 and was held at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet, England – the former venue of the PDC World Darts Championship.[2]
Prize money
The 2009 Players Championship Finals featured a prize fund of £200,000.[3]
Position (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £200,000) | |
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Winner | (1) | £50,000 |
Runner-Up | (1) | £25,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | £12,500 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | £8,500 |
Last 16 (second round) | (8) | £4,000 |
Last 32 (first round) | (16) | £4,000 |
Highest Checkout | (2) | £2,000 |
Qualification
The top 32 players from the PDC Players Championship Order of Merit after the last Players Championship of 2008 qualified for the event.
- England Phil Taylor (champion)
- England James Wade (semi-finals)
- England Alan Tabern (second round)
- England Mervyn King (quarter-finals)
- England Ronnie Baxter (semi-finals)
- England Dennis Priestley (quarter-finals)
- England Colin Osborne (first round)
- England Colin Lloyd (quarter-finals)
- England Andy Hamilton (second round)
- Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals)
- England Denis Ovens (first round)
- England Terry Jenkins (first round)
- England Mark Walsh (first round)
- Scotland Robert Thornton (runner-up)
- England Kevin Painter (second round)
- Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (second round)
- England Chris Mason (first round)
- England Alex Roy (first round)
- England Mark Dudbridge (first round)
- England Wayne Mardle (second round)
- England Wayne Jones (second round)
- Canada John Part (second round)
- England Andy Jenkins (first round)
- England Peter Manley (first round)
- England Jamie Caven (first round)
- England Andy Smith (second round)
- England Steve Maish (first round)
- England Tony Eccles (first round)
- Northern Ireland Felix McBrearty (first round)
- England Adrian Lewis (first round)
- England Steve Beaton (first round)
- Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (first round)
Draw
Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)
Statistics
Player | Played | Legs Won | Legs Lost | 100+ | 140+ | 180s | High Checkout | 3-dart Average |
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England Terry Jenkins | 1 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 101.84 |
England Phil Taylor | 5 | 50 | 17 | 84 | 65 | 11 | 161 | 100.65 |
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld | 3 | 20 | 13 | 41 | 43 | 4 | 96 | 99.79 |
England Alan Tabern | 2 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 121 | 97.15 |
England Wayne Mardle | 2 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 119 | 96.65 |
England Wayne Jones | 2 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 127 | 96.09 |
England Mervyn King | 3 | 17 | 15 | 37 | 32 | 7 | 118 | 95.31 |
England James Wade | 4 | 31 | 28 | 76 | 49 | 16 | 167 | 95.24 |
England Andy Smith | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 161 | 94.54 |
England Mark Walsh | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 66 | 94.06 |
England Tony Eccles | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 56 | 93.16 |
England Ronnie Baxter | 4 | 23 | 26 | 54 | 31 | 6 | 167 | 92.82 |
England Colin Lloyd | 3 | 12 | 12 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 72 | 92.49 |
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 60 | 92.10 |
Canada John Part | 2 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 101 | 91.73 |
Scotland Robert Thornton | 5 | 43 | 38 | 99 | 58 | 20 | 150 | 91.62 |
England Andy Hamilton | 2 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 44 | 90.78 |
England Andy Jenkins | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 84 | 90.75 |
England Dennis Priestley | 3 | 17 | 17 | 48 | 24 | 6 | 156 | 90.03 |
England Kevin Painter | 2 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 105 | 89.02 |
England Peter Manley | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 101 | 88.25 |
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort | 2 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 161 | 88.22 |
England Alex Roy | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 114 | 87.51 |
England Adrian Lewis | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 121 | 86.13 |
England Denis Ovens | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 78 | 84.80 |
England Mark Dudbridge | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 83.97 |
England Steve Beaton | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 106 | 83.34 |
England Steve Maish | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 76 | 81.98 |
Northern Ireland Felix McBrearty | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 81.69 |
England Jamie Caven | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 81.23 |
England Colin Osborne | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 92 | 79.74 |
England Chris Mason | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 56 | 76.51 |
Television Coverage
ITV4 screened live coverage of the tournament, becoming ITV's third televised tournament after the Grand Slam of Darts and the European Championship.[4] Also, there was nightly highlights shown on ITV1. Again, Matt Smith presented the coverage, with analysis from Chris Mason (once he had lost to van der Voort) and Alan Warriner-Little, commentary from Mason, Stuart Pyke, John Rawling and Warriner-Little, and reports from Ned Boulting.
References
- ↑ "coral.co.uk Players Championship Schedule". planetdarts.tv. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2009.[permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "PDC return to Circus Tavern". planetdarts.tv. Archived from the original on 4 November 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- ↑ "Coral Back Players Championship". Planet Darts. 19 January 2009.[permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "ITV4 To Screen Players Championship Finals". planetdarts.tv. 28 November 2008. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2008.