2010 Players Championship Finals

totesport.com Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates 28 January – 31 January 2010
Venue Circus Tavern
Location Purfleet
Country England
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Final – best of 31
Prize fund £250,000
Winners share £60,000
High checkout 170 Paul Nicholson
Semi Final
vs Phil Taylor
Champion(s)
Paul Nicholson

The 2010 Players Championship Finals (known as the 2010 totesport.com Players Championship for sponsorship reasons[1]) was the second edition of the PDC tournament, the Players Championship Finals, which sees the top 32 players from the 2009 PDC Players Championship Order of Merit taking part. The tournament took place between January 28 and January 31, 2010 and was held at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet (the former venue of the PDC World Darts Championship).

Paul Nicholson won the tournament, defeating Mervyn King 13-11 in the final. Nicholson had earlier defeated reigning champion Phil Taylor 10-9 in the semi-final.

Contents

Qualification

The top 32 players from the PDC Players Championship Order of Merit after the last Players Championship of 2009 qualified for the event.

  1. Phil Taylor
  2. Mark Walsh
  3. Colin Osborne
  4. Adrian Lewis
  5. Steve Beaton
  6. Wes Newton
  7. Gary Anderson
  8. Colin Lloyd
  9. Robert Thornton
  10. James Wade
  11. Ronnie Baxter
  12. Dennis Priestley
  13. Alan Tabern
  14. Jamie Caven
  15. Wayne Jones
  16. Terry Jenkins
  1. Vincent van der Voort
  2. Andy Smith
  3. Michael van Gerwen
  4. Andy Hamilton
  5. Paul Nicholson
  6. Mark Dudbridge
  7. Mervyn King
  8. Kevin Painter
  9. Denis Ovens
  10. Jelle Klaasen
  11. Peter Wright
  12. Tony Eccles
  13. Brendan Dolan
  14. Co Stompé
  15. Steve Hine
  16. Peter Manley

Prize money

Stage Prize Money
(Total-£250,000)
Winner £60,000
Runner Up £24,000
Semi Final £15,000
Quarter Final £10,000
Second Round £6,000
First Round £3,000

Draw

  First Round
(Best of 11 legs)		 Second Round
(Best of 15 legs)		 Quarter-Finals
(Best of 17 legs)		 Semi-Finals
(Best of 19 legs)		 Final
(Best of 25 legs)
                                               
1   Phil Taylor 95.58 6  
32   Peter Manley 83.98 2  
  1   Phil Taylor 99.90 8  
  16   Terry Jenkins 93.45 7  
16   Terry Jenkins 90.66 6
17   Vincent van der Voort 88.44 5  
  1   Phil Taylor 106.44 9  
  8   Colin Lloyd 100.95 7  
8   Colin Lloyd 91.81 6  
25   Denis Ovens 92.32 5  
  8   Colin Lloyd 102.36 8
  24   Kevin Painter 93.41 4  
9   Robert Thornton 87.20 3
24   Kevin Painter 97.36 6  
  1   Phil Taylor 99.40 9  
  21   Paul Nicholson 95.86 10  
5   Steve Beaton 90.23 6  
28   Tony Eccles 88.01 2  
  5   Steve Beaton 91.37 5
  21   Paul Nicholson 93.93 8  
12   Dennis Priestley 84.30 2
21   Paul Nicholson 96.69 6  
  21   Paul Nicholson 93.18 9
  4   Adrian Lewis 97.44 7  
4   Adrian Lewis 100.49 6  
29   Brendan Dolan 88.57 5  
  4   Adrian Lewis 93.28 8
  20   Andy Hamilton 92.02 7  
13   Alan Tabern 92.01 4
20   Andy Hamilton 93.78 6  
21   Paul Nicholson 92.75 13
23   Mervyn King 89.74 11
2   Mark Walsh 87.35 6  
31   Steve Hine 83.57 4  
  2   Mark Walsh 88.83 5  
  15   Wayne Jones 92.67 8  
15   Wayne Jones 81.25 6
18   Andy Smith 74.35 2  
  15   Wayne Jones 95.60 2  
  23   Mervyn King 96.13 9  
7   Gary Anderson 88.31 1  
26   Jelle Klaasen 97.97 6  
  26   Jelle Klaasen 82.26 1
  23   Mervyn King 100.81 8  
10   James Wade 99.95 5
23   Mervyn King 102.18 6  
  23   Mervyn King 96.32 10
  3   Colin Osborne 94.22 8  
6   Wes Newton 97.59 6  
27   Peter Wright 84.23 2  
  6   Wes Newton 93.88 8
  11   Ronnie Baxter 91.77 7  
11   Ronnie Baxter 92.72 6
22   Mark Dudbridge 85.68 5  
  6   Wes Newton 88.16 8
  3   Colin Osborne 88.68 9  
3   Colin Osborne 91.07 6  
30   Co Stompé 88.12 3  
  3   Colin Osborne 90.98 8
  19   Michael van Gerwen 90.88 2  
14   Jamie Caven 88.43 2
19   Michael van Gerwen 92.90 6  

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 LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
Phil Taylor 4 32 26 13 90 36 11 160 100.33
James Wade 1 5 6 2 11 9 4 103 99.95
Colin Lloyd 3 21 18 8 56 34 6 130 98.37
Adrian Lewis 3 21 21 10 43 25 20 147 97.07
Mervyn King 5 44 29 19 88 83 13 130 97.04
Kevin Painter 2 10 11 3 20 17 4 81 95.39
Paul Nicholson 5 46 34 18 133 61 12 170 94.48
Wes Newton 3 22 18 8 48 28 8 †124 93.21
Andy Hamilton 2 13 12 6 29 13 6 84 92.90
Denis Ovens 1 5 6 1 23 5 1 84 92.32
Ronnie Baxter 2 13 13 7 49 16 2 116 92.25
Terry Jenkins 2 13 13 3 31 19 9 120 92.06
Alan Tabern 1 4 6 1 16 8 2 130 92.01
Michael van Gerwen 2 8 10 4 18 16 2 58 91.89
Colin Osborne 4 31 23 12 56 40 13 160 91.24
Steve Beaton 2 11 10 5 27 14 4 95 90.80
Jelle Klaasen 2 7 9 3 15 6 3 96 90.12
Wayne Jones 3 16 16 7 52 22 6 101 89.84
Brendan Dolan 1 5 6 2 12 4 2 122 88.57
Vincent van der Voort 1 5 6 1 15 6 0 86 88.44
Jamie Caven 1 2 6 1 9 3 1 36 88.43
Gary Anderson 1 1 6 0 6 7 1 80 88.31
Co Stompé 1 3 6 2 10 6 3 108 88.12
Mark Walsh 2 11 12 5 29 12 4 84 88.09
Tony Eccles 1 2 6 1 12 5 1 50 88.01
Robert Thornton 1 3 6 1 8 9 0 121 87.20
Mark Dudbridge 1 5 6 3 9 7 1 80 85.68
Dennis Priestley 1 2 6 0 9 4 1 65 84.30
Peter Wright 1 2 6 0 8 7 0 80 84.23
Peter Manley 1 2 6 1 9 6 2 45 83.98
Steve Hine 1 4 6 2 15 3 0 †120 83.57
Andy Smith 1 2 6 0 9 2 2 25 74.35

† = Hit in Round 2 match against Ronnie Baxter and Quarter Final match against Colin Osborne.
 † = Hit twice in Round 1 match against Mark Walsh.

References

  1. ^ "totesport.com Players Championship". http://www.pdc.tv/page/PlayersChampionshipDetail/0,,10180~1928416,00.html. Retrieved 2009-01-16. 
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