2007 World Masters (darts)

The 2007 Winmau World Masters was a darts tournament being staged by the British Darts Organisation at Leisure World in Bridlington between November 16 and November 18, 2007. It also featured a qualifying event for the 2008 Lakeside World Professional Championship.

History was made by John Walton who became the first player to hit a perfect nine dart finish in the tournament. The event was broadcast by the BBC, however the nine-darter was not shown live as it was achieved in the last 16 before their live coverage began.

Michael van Gerwen was unable to defend his title, as he had decided to switch to rival organisation, the Professional Darts Corporation - thereby making himself ineligible under the BDO's rules.

Scotland's Robert Thornton surprised the field by beating Co Stompé, BDO world champion Martin Adams, Martin Atkins and Darryl Fitton to win the title and also seal a qualifying place for the 2008 BDO World Championship.

Controversy

Controversy hit the tournament in May when it was confirmed by the British Darts Organisation that the Winmau World Masters had been moved from its original dates of October 26–28 to a new date of November 16–18 ^[1] clashing directly with the Grand Slam of Darts - a new tournament which was hoping to feature the top players from both darting organisations - the BDO and PDC.

This meant that players from the BDO were forced into a direct choice between competing at the Masters for valuable ranking points or taking their place at the Grand Slam for better prize money. BDO World Champion Martin Adams almost immediately confirmed that he would participate in the Masters.^[2] The other top BDO players who had qualified, including Gary Anderson, Scott Waites and Mark Webster competed at the Grand Slam and missed the Masters.

Adams plus the next seven highest ranked BDO players who hadn't qualified for the Grand Slam were later given seeding positions through to the BBC televised stages of the tournament for the first time.

2007 Men's Event Results

• Each set is best of 3 legs.

Last 16 Best of 5 sets Losers £500					Quarter-Finals Best of 5 sets Losers £1,250					Semi-Finals Best of 11 sets Losers £3,000					Final Best of 13 sets Winner £25,000 Runner-up £10,000
1	Martin Adams 93.63	3
	Stuart Kellett 86.19	1			1	Adams 95.13	1
8	Co Stompé 95.25	1				Thornton 97.41	3
	Robert Thornton 96.78	3									Thornton 97.17	6
5	Ted Hankey 86.79	3								4	Atkins 94.23	1
	Edwin Max 86.10	0			5	Hankey 88.35	2
4	Martin Atkins 88.68	3			4	Atkins 94.83	3
	Ross Montgomery 78.93	1														Thornton 94.26	7
2	Tony O'Shea 84.78	3													6	Fitton 95.28	5
	Paul Gibbs 81.63	0			2	O'Shea 91.62	1
7	John Walton 89.25	3			7	Walton 96.21	3
	Martin Phillips 80.76	1								7	Walton 88.02	5
6	Darryl Fitton 95.70	3								6	Fitton 91.56	6
	Jarkko Komula 89.88	2			6	Fitton 100.68	3
3	Gary Robson 82.17	0				Whitlock 91.02	0
	Simon Whitlock 94.11	3

• Highest tournament averages: Robert Thornton 96.41; Darryl Fitton 95.81; Co Stompé 95.25; Martin Adams 94.28^[3]
• Highest checkouts: 170 - John Walton, Darryl Fitton
• Nine dart finish: achieved by John Walton, last 16 match v Martin Phillips

2007 Women's Event Results

• Semi Finals (best of 7 legs)

Karen Lawman 4-3 Rilana Erades

Karin Krappen 4-2 Trina Gulliver

• Final (best of 7 legs)

Karin Krappen 4-3 Karen Lawman

2007 Boy's Event Results

• Semi Finals (best of 7 legs)

Shaun Griffiths 4-1 David Coyne

Michael Smith 4-2 Oskar Lukasia

• Final (best of 7 legs)

Shaun Griffiths 4-0 Michael Smith

2007 Girl's Event Results

• Semi Finals (best of 7 legs)

Kimberley Lewis 4-0 Amy Chappell

Lorraine Hyde 4-1 Linda Odén

• Final (best of 7 legs)

Kimberley Lewis 4-2 Lorraine Hyde

See also

• Winmau World Masters - history of the event

References