2010 PDC World Darts Championship

Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates 18 December 2009–3 January 2010
Venue Alexandra Palace
Location London
Country England
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs (preliminaries, 3rd/4th place playoff)
Sets (from Round 1)
Final – best of 13
Prize fund £1,000,000
Winners share £200,000
Nine dart finish Raymond van Barneveld £25,000
Round 2
vs Brendan Dolan
High checkout 170
Phil Taylor1
Round 1
vs Colin Monk
Simon Whitlock1
Quarter Final
vs James Wade
1Hit a 170 checkout in the final
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor

The 2010 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 17th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation.

Phil Taylor gained the title with a 7-3 victory over Simon Whitlock, defending successfully his title from the 2009 tournament.[1] Raymond van Barneveld recorded the second nine dart finish in the history of the tournament in his second round match against Brendan Dolan.[2]

The event took place from 18 December 2009 until 3 January 2010 – albeit with two breaks in between for Christmas and New Year. The tournament was held for the third time at London's Alexandra Palace.

Contents

Format and qualifiers

The televised stages featured 72 players, an increase of 2 from last year. The top 32 players in the PDC Order of Merit on 1 December 2009 were seeded for the tournament.[3] They were joined by the 16 highest non qualified players in the Players Championship Order of Merit from events played on the PDC Pro Tour.

1-16
  1. Phil Taylor
  2. Raymond van Barneveld
  3. James Wade
  4. John Part
  5. Mervyn King
  6. Terry Jenkins
  7. Ronnie Baxter
  8. Adrian Lewis
  9. Dennis Priestley
  10. Colin Lloyd
  11. Colin Osborne
  12. Alan Tabern
  13. Mark Walsh
  14. Andy Hamilton
  15. Kevin Painter
  16. Robert Thornton
17-32
  1. Wayne Mardle
  2. Vincent van der Voort
  3. Steve Beaton
  4. Peter Manley
  5. Mark Dudbridge
  6. Wayne Jones
  7. Denis Ovens
  8. Jelle Klaasen
  9. Wes Newton
  10. Jamie Caven
  11. Andy Smith
  12. Co Stompé
  13. Kirk Shepherd
  14. Michael van Gerwen
  15. Tony Eccles
  16. Roland Scholten
Pro Tour
  1. Gary Anderson
  2. Paul Nicholson
  3. Andy Jenkins
  4. Peter Wright[5]
  5. Brendan Dolan
  6. Steve Hine
  7. Kevin McDine
  8. Steve Brown
  9. Matt Clark
  10. Colin Monk
  11. Steve Maish
  12. Barrie Bates
  13. Mark Webster
  14. Toon Greebe
  15. Alex Roy
  16. Carlos Rodriguez

These 48 players were joined by 24 international players: the 4 highest names in the European Order of Merit not already qualified, the 3 highest names in the North American Order of Merit not already qualified and 15 further international qualifiers to be determined by the PDC and PDPA. Some of the players, such as the 4 from the European Order of Merit, the top 2 Americans, and Australian players are entered straight into the first round, while others, having won qualifying events in their countries, were entered into the preliminary round.

European Order of Merit
North American Order of Merit
International Qualifiers

Prize money

The 2010 World Championship featured a prize fund of £1,000,000 - a rise of £260,000 on the previous year, to become darts' first £1 million tournament. All rounds featured more money compared to 2009, and also sees a £10,000 highest checkout prize being to make the fund go up to a million.

In addition, the losing semi-finalists contested a third place play off match on the same night as the Final, played for an extra £20,000 "winner takes all" pot on top of the £40,000 they both already received for being losing semi finalists. Therefore third place won £60,000, and fourth place £40,000 - both an increase from last years £30,000 for the losing semi finalists.

The prize money is allocated as follows:[6]

Winner: £200,000 (up from £125,000)
Runner-Up: £100,000 (up from £60,000)
Third: £60,000 (up from £30,000 for losing semi finalists in 2009)
Fourth: £40,000 (up from £30,000 for losing semi finalists in 2009)
Quarter Finals: £25,000 (up from £20,000)
Third Round losers: £15,000 (up from £12,000)
Second Round losers: £10,000 (up from £8,000)
First Round losers: £6,000 (up from £5,000)
Preliminary Round losers (8): £3,500 (up from £2,500)
Highest checkout: £10,000
Nine darter: £25,000 (up from £20,000)

Draw

Preliminary round

The preliminary round draw was made on 29 November,[7] and the format is best of 7 legs.

Player 1 Score Player 2
Per Laursen 81.45 3-4 Christian Perez 94.53
Ken MacNeil 77.52 4-2 Norman Madhoo 76.25
Jarkko Komula 76.09 4-3 Roman Konchikov 73.21
Haruki Muramatsu 75.98 4-1 Krzysztof Kciuk 76.28
Tomas Seyler 79.66 1-4 Jan van der Rassel 83.07
Magnus Caris 87.13 4-0 Francisco Ruiz 75.09
Aodhagan O'Neill 88.06 4-2 Les Francis 79.16
Phillip Hazel 83.15 2-4 Osmann Kijamet 85.34

Shi Yongsheng was originally drawn to play Tomas Seyler. However, he was forced to withdraw from the competition after he was unable to receive a visa to travel to the UK. Jan van der Rassel, the next non-qualified player from the Players Championship Order of Merit, took his place.[8]

Last 64

The first round draw was made live on Sky Sports News on 7 December, and was conducted by Rod Harrington and Eric Bristow.[9]

  First Round (best of 5 sets)
18–23 December		 Second round (best of 7)
27–29 December		 Third round (best of 7)
29–30 December		 Quarter-finals (best of 9)
1 January		 Semi-finals (best of 11)
2 January		 Final (best of 13)
3 January
                                                         
1   Taylor 102.48 3  
  C. Monk 77.66 0  
  1   Taylor 103.28 4  
    Hine 86.25 0  
32   Scholten 84.90 2
  Hine 83.45 3  
  1   Taylor 104.26 4  
  16   Thornton 90.42 1  
16   Thornton 84.29 3  
  Perez 82.75 1  
  16   Thornton 91.71 4
    Artut 83.22 1  
17   Mardle 72.39 0
  Artut 82.24 3  
  1   Taylor 107.37 5  
  8   Lewis 102.95 0  
8   Lewis 106.51 3  
  O'Neill 75.76 0  
  8   Lewis 103.68 4
  25   Newton 95.26 2  
25   Newton 86.61 3
  Komula 82.73 0  
  8   Lewis 103.63 4
    McDine 92.14 0  
9   Priestley 93.90 2  
  McDine 99.06 3  
    McDine 95.73 4
    Bates 90.47 0  
24   Klaasen 88.83 1
  Bates 88.61 3  
1   Taylor 106.00 6  
  Webster 88.02 0  
5   King 97.40 3  
  Clark 85.62 0  
  5   King 93.10 2  
  28   Stompé 99.86 4  
28   Stompé 87.37 3
  Maish 82.78 1  
  28   Stompé 102.42 4  
  21   Dudbridge 97.89 2  
12   Tabern 89.41 3  
  MacNeil 88.82 2  
  12   Tabern 92.34 3
  21   Dudbridge 95.06 4  
21   Dudbridge 82.67 3
  Welge 83.10 0  
  28   Stompé 94.86 3
    Webster 98.54 5  
4   Part 95.45 3  
  Greebe 84.06 0  
  4   Part 76.51 1
  29   Shepherd 79.35 4  
29   Shepherd 79.21 3
  Burnett 69.91 0  
  29   Shepherd 88.78 1
    Webster 97.41 4  
13   Walsh 91.43 2  
  Webster 90.75 3  
    Webster 89.52 4
  20   Manley 84.12 2  
20   Manley 88.76 3
  A. Jenkins 88.27 2  
1   Taylor 104.38 7
  Whitlock 100.51 3
2   van Barneveld 92.65 3  
  Parry 78.89 0  
  2   van Barneveld 89.95 4  
    Dolan 82.11 0  
31   Eccles 94.36 1
  Dolan 94.96 3  
  2   van Barneveld 89.41 4  
  15   Painter 88.67 1  
15   Painter 91.17 3  
  Suljovic 86.83 1  
  15   Painter 92.23 4
  18   van der Voort 94.39 3  
18   van der Voort 93.26 3
  Duo 74.04 0  
  2   van Barneveld 95.16 5  
  7   Baxter 90.46 0  
7   Baxter 94.93 3  
  Muramatsu 83.84 0  
  7   Baxter 97.51 4
    Anderson 90.98 0  
26   Caven 93.17 2
  Anderson 93.11 3  
  7   Baxter 94.15 4
  10   Lloyd 89.26 1  
10   Lloyd 95.55 3  
  Caris 90.05 1  
  10   Lloyd 88.48 4
  23   Ovens 88.74 3  
23   Ovens 83.19 3
  van der Rassel 82.12 1  
2   van Barneveld 98.40 5
  Whitlock 96.04 6  
6   T. Jenkins 93.35 3  
  Nicholson 93.12 2  
  6   T. Jenkins 90.18 4  
    Young 75.96 0  
27   A. Smith 85.41 2
  Young 84.56 3  
  6   T. Jenkins 92.07 2  
    Whitlock 100.60 4  
11   Osborne 96.86 1  
  Whitlock 101.02 3  
    Whitlock 99.24 4
  22   Jones 92.92 0  
22   Jones 85.61 3
  Roy 82.54 1  
    Whitlock 105.37 5
  3   Wade 97.29 3  
3   Wade 96.65 3  
  Brown 92.38 1  
  3   Wade 97.79 4
  30   van Gerwen 93.92 2  
30   van Gerwen 89.00 3
  Wright 83.75 1  
  3   Wade 96.15 4
  14   Hamilton 97.66 3  
14   Hamilton 87.27 3  
  Kijamet 78.31 0  
  14   Hamilton 94.69 4
  19   Beaton 95.72 1  
19   Beaton 89.52 3
  Rodriguez 82.07 0  

Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)

Statistics

Player Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
Adrian Lewis 4 11 7 41 30 87 43 37 164 104.61
Phil Taylor 6 29 4 68 15 173 108 43 170 103.34
Simon Whitlock 6 25 18 83 59 223 148 58 170 100.29
James Wade 4 14 11 51 48 138 73 25 150 96.86
Colin Osborne 1 1 3 8 11 21 14 3 160 96.86
Co Stompé 4 14 10 53 46 113 70 22 132 96.55
Kevin McDine 3 7 6 29 27 86 34 9 127 95.64
Ronnie Baxter 4 11 6 37 33 103 61 7 142 95.53
Mervyn King 2 5 4 18 18 50 17 11 136 95.25
Tony Eccles 1 1 3 5 10 16 16 2 101 94.36
Mark Webster 5 16 14 72 59 179 80 14 136 94.05
Dennis Priestley 1 2 3 9 12 34 15 3 150 93.90
Vincent van der Voort 2 6 4 23 17 59 30 9 164 93.83
Andy Hamilton 3 10 5 34 26 78 35 16 140 93.21
Jamie Caven 1 2 3 8 13 30 13 5 80 93.17
Paul Nicholson 1 2 3 10 11 28 15 6 110 93.12
Raymond van Barneveld 5 21 7 83 46 175 79 30 141 93.11
Steve Beaton 2 4 4 19 14 37 25 7 98 92.62
Steve Brown 1 1 3 4 11 20 9 2 60 92.38
Gary Anderson 2 3 6 21 20 53 32 8 121 92.05
Terry Jenkins 3 9 6 34 28 86 45 12 101 91.87
Mark Dudbridge 3 9 7 41 34 86 62 7 146 91.87
Michael van Gerwen 2 5 5 20 20 58 20 4 125 91.46
Mark Walsh 1 2 3 9 11 30 16 4 83 91.43
Colin Lloyd 3 8 8 36 34 91 46 9 133 91.10
Wes Newton 2 5 4 18 20 53 29 8 124 90.94
Alan Tabern 2 6 6 28 31 89 46 16 141 90.88
Kevin Painter 3 8 8 36 32 92 49 22 164 90.69
Barrie Bates 2 3 5 16 19 59 22 4 144 89.54
Wayne Jones 2 3 5 18 18 56 33 3 121 89.27
Jelle Klaasen 1 1 3 7 10 18 8 4 110 88.83
Robert Thornton 3 8 6 26 27 80 43 8 105 88.81
Christian Perez 2 1 3 11 13 26 21 1 84 88.64
Magnus Caris 2 1 3 10 11 35 11 2 108 88.59
Brendan Dolan 2 3 5 13 17 32 30 3 121 88.54
Andy Jenkins 1 2 3 7 12 24 11 2 60 88.27
Mensur Suljovic 1 1 3 4 11 13 14 4 40 86.83
Peter Manley 2 5 6 21 21 67 25 3 127 86.44
John Part 2 4 4 17 14 27 11 6 167 85.98
Denis Ovens 2 6 5 25 23 61 30 6 106 85.97
Matt Clark 1 0 3 2 9 15 4 0 50 85.62
Andy Smith 1 2 3 13 12 29 19 5 121 85.41
Roland Scholten 1 2 3 8 12 33 15 2 116 84.90
Steve Hine 2 3 6 12 8 34 19 4 100 84.85
Toon Greebe 1 0 3 1 9 9 8 1 150 84.06
Peter Wright 1 1 3 6 9 18 9 1 106 83.75
Ken MacNeil 2 2 3 15 14 40 16 4 124 83.17
Phillip Hazel 1 0 0 2 4 7 5 1 36 83.15
Andree Welge 1 0 3 3 9 14 5 1 48 83.10
Steve Maish 1 1 3 6 10 22 9 1 136 82.78
Jyhan Artut 2 4 4 15 14 41 23 4 78 82.73
Jan van der Rassel 2 1 3 11 11 28 16 3 116 82.60
Alex Roy 1 1 3 6 11 25 9 2 82 82.54
Kirk Shepherd 3 8 5 25 24 50 23 11 109 82.45
Carlos Rodriguez 1 0 3 2 9 16 4 2 60 82.07
Aodhagan O'Neill 2 0 3 5 11 12 11 0 74 81.91
Osmann Kijamet 2 0 3 4 11 22 6 2 60 81.83
Per Laursen 1 0 0 3 4 10 2 0 116 81.45
Darin Young 2 3 6 14 25 47 12 6 86 80.26
Haruki Muramatsu 2 0 3 5 10 20 5 2 75 79.91
Tomas Seyler 1 0 0 1 4 5 3 1 40 79.66
Jarkko Komula 2 0 3 8 12 30 9 1 90 79.41
Les Francis 1 0 0 2 4 8 3 0 116 79.16
Warren Parry 1 0 3 0 9 7 3 2 — 78.89
Colin Monk 1 0 3 0 9 5 7 0 — 77.66
Krzysztof Kciuk 1 0 0 1 4 4 1 1 140 76.28
Norman Madhoo 1 0 0 2 4 11 2 0 80 76.25
Francisco Ruiz 1 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 — 75.09
Dylan Duo 1 0 3 0 9 5 2 0 — 74.04
Roman Konchikov 1 0 0 3 4 8 1 0 90 73.21
Wayne Mardle 1 0 3 3 9 11 4 3 48 72.39
Scott Burnett 1 0 3 2 9 12 4 2 154 69.91

Television coverage

As they have done for every PDC World Darts Championship, Sky Sports broadcast all 72 matches live in high-definition, in the UK. Dave Clark presented the coverage with analysis from Rod Harrington and Eric Bristow. They also commentated on matches along with Sid Waddell, John Gwynne, Dave Lanning, Nigel Pearson, Rod Studd and Stuart Pyke. Interviews were either handled by Clark, Bristow or Studd.

Technical Elements

Technical crew are supplied by Yorkshire based company, Sports Event Services Limited with Mark Leak heading up their crew and assuming the role of Stage Manager. [10]

References

  1. ^ "Phil Taylor powers to 15th world darts title". BBC Sport. 3 January 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/darts/8438823.stm. Retrieved 4 January 2010. 
  2. ^ "Raymond van Barneveld hits second PDC nine-dart finish". BBC Sport. 28 December 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/darts/8432956.stm. Retrieved 4 January 2010. 
  3. ^ "Order of Merit Explanation". pdc.tv (Professional Darts Corporation). 17 February 2009. http://www.pdc.tv/page/OrderofMeritExplanation/0,,10180,00.html. Retrieved 19 February 2009. 
  4. ^ "World Championship Field". pdc.tv (Professional Darts Corporation). 1 December 2009. http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0,,10180~1891341,00.html. Retrieved 1 December 2009. 
  5. ^ "72 line up at Ally Pally". Sky Sports (British Sky Broadcasting). 14 December 2009. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12288_5736745,00.html. Retrieved 21 December 2009. "4 Peter Wright (Scotland)" 
  6. ^ Ladbrokes.com World Championships pdc.tv
  7. ^ "Preliminary Round Draw Made". pdc.tv (Professional Darts Corporation). 29 November 2009. http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0,,10180~1889769,00.html. Retrieved 1 December 2009. 
  8. ^ "Yongsheng Pulls Out". pdc.tv (Professional Darts Corporation). 17 December 2009. http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~1907564,00.html. Retrieved 17 December 2009. 
  9. ^ "World Championship Draw". pdc.tv (Professional Darts Corporation). 7 December 2009. http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0,,10180~1897380,00.html. Retrieved 7 December 2009. 
  10. ^ http://www.pdc.tv/page/WhosWho/0,,10180,00.html

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