2001 BDO World Darts Championship

Embassy World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	6–14 January 2001
Venue	Lakeside Country Club
Location	Frimley Green, Surrey
Country	England, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	BDO
Format	Sets Finals: best of 11 (men's) best of 3 (women's)
Prize fund	£189,000
Winners share	£46,000
High checkout	167 Steve Coote Round 1 vs Wayne Mardle
Champion(s)
John Walton Trina Gulliver
«2000 2002»

The 2001 Embassy World Professional Darts Championships were held from 6–14 January 2001 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey. Ted Hankey the number 7 seed was the defending champion. He was the eventual runner-up, losing 6–2 in a one-sided final to John Walton.

In 2001, the first ever World Women's Darts championships were held at the Lakeside. In that event, matches were played as the best of three sets, best of five legs per set. Trina Gulliver became the first champion.

Seeds

Men

1. Mervyn King
2. Raymond van Barneveld
3. Andy Fordham
4. Ronnie Baxter
5. Co Stompe
6. Kevin Painter
7. Ted Hankey
8. Colin Monk

Women

1. Trina Gulliver
2. Francis Hoenselaar

Prize money

The prize money was £189,400 for the men's event and £8,000 for the women's event.

Men's Champion: £48,000

Runner-Up: £24,000

Semi-Finalists (2): £10,500

Quarter-Finalists (4): £5,500

Last 16 (8): £4,000

Last 32 (16): £2,650

Women's Champion: £4,000

Runner-Up: £2,000

Semi-Finalists (2): £1,000

There was also a shared 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £2,000 per event.

The results

Men

	First round				Second round				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals
	Best of 5 sets				Best of 5 sets				Best of 9 sets				Best of 9 sets
	John Walton (100.62)	3
	Ritchie Davies (93.54)	1
					John Walton (98.85)	3
					Mervyn King (97.02)	0
	Mervyn King (93.21)	3
	Chris Mason (92.76)	2
									John Walton (93.90)	5
									Marko Pusa (83.82)	0
	Jez Porter (88.71)	3
	Davy Richardson (88.20)	2
					Jez Porter (96.33)	1
					Marko Pusa (101.40)	3
	Colin Monk (91.02)	2
	Marko Pusa (89.34)	3
													John Walton (97.95)	5
													Wayne Mardle (93.27)	3
	Wayne Mardle (94.32)	3
	Steve Coote (86.13)	2
					Wayne Mardle (94.05)	3
					Co Stompé (87.78)	0
	Co Stompé (94.20)	3
	Andy Smith (83.55)	1
									Wayne Mardle (90.24)	5
									Ronnie Baxter (93.66)	3
	Martin Adams (87.12)	3
	Eric Clarys (79.20)	1
					Martin Adams (91.83)	1
					Ronnie Baxter (90.24)	3
	Ronnie Baxter (98.31)	3
	Mitchell Crooks (91.26)	1
	Steve Beaton (87.18)	3
	Bob Aldous (87.00)	0
					Steve Beaton (92.58)	2
					Raymond van Barneveld (91.53)	3
	Raymond van Barneveld (92.94)	3
	Gary Robson (88.92)	1
									Raymond van Barneveld (94.50)	4
									Ted Hankey (95.40)	5
	Peter Hinkley (86.85)	3
	Nick Gedney (88.89)	1
					Peter Hinkley (92.28)	0
					Ted Hankey (97.44)	3
	Ted Hankey (94.02)	3
	Shaun Greatbatch (88.56)	0
													Ted Hankey (99.30)	5
													Andy Fordham (90.75)	2
	Matt Clark (95.88)	3
	Steve Alker (87.54)	0
					Matt Clark (93.06)	1
					Kevin Painter (96.06)	3
	Kevin Painter (94.71)	3
	Andy Jenkins (84.90)	0
									Kevin Painter (93.24)	2
									Andy Fordham (92.79)	5
	Wayne Jones (92.61)	3
	Bob Taylor (83.13)	0
					Wayne Jones (88.35)	0
					Andy Fordham (90.75)	3
	Andy Fordham (91.95)	3
	Tony David (90.87)	0

Final (Best of 11 sets) Sunday 14 January
(95.55) John Walton	6-2	Ted Hankey (94.86)
Highest Checkout:	3-2, 3-2, 2-3, 3-1, 1-3, 3-2, 3-1, 3-1	Highest Checkout:
John Walton wins the 2001 Embassy World Darts Championship

Women

Women's bracket^[1]

	Semi-Finals					Final
	Trina Gulliver (94.92)		2
	Crissy Manley (81.84)		0
						Trina Gulliver (83.97)		2
						Mandy Solomons (79.11)		1
	Mandy Solomons (71.67)		2
	Francis Hoenselaar (68.49)		1

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