2013 Players Championship Finals

Players Championship Finals
Tournament information
Dates	November 29 – December 1
Venue	Butlins Minehead Resort
Location	Minehead
Country	England, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£250,000
Winners share	£60,000
High checkout	170 Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«2012 2014»

The 2013 Players Championship Finals (also known as the 2013 Cash Converters Players Championship for sponsorship purposes) was the sixth edition of the PDC darts tournament, the Players Championship Finals, which saw the top 32 players from the 2013 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit taking part. The tournament took place from 30 November to 2 December at the Butlins Minehead Resort in Minehead.

Michael van Gerwen won his third PDC major title by defeating 2012 champion Phil Taylor 11–7 in the final.^[1]

Qualification

This is the final ProTour Order of Merit for 2013 after all Players Championship events, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events had been played:^[2]

Prize money

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Draw

The playing distance from the second round onwards has been reduced with respect to 2012. From the best of 19, 19, 21 and 25 legs to 17, 17, 19 and 21 legs.^[2]

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	First round (best of 11) [5]					Second round (best of 17) [6]					Quarter-finals (best of 17) [7]					Semi-finals (best of 19) [8]					Final (best of 21) [8]
	1	Michael van Gerwen (89.50)	6
	32	Jamie Lewis (85.11)	1
						1	Michael van Gerwen (107.00)	9
						16	Adrian Lewis (104.48)	6
	16	Adrian Lewis (94.62)	6
	17	Kevin Painter (94.05)	3
											1	Michael van Gerwen (102.51)	9
											9	Wes Newton (95.04)	4
	8	Steve Beaton (99.14)	6
	25	James Wade (100.72)	5
						8	Steve Beaton (81.41)	3
						9	Wes Newton (93.96)	9
	9	Wes Newton (96.91)	6
	24	Andy Smith (94.74)	2
																1	Michael van Gerwen (96.20)	10
																20	Andy Hamilton (96.09)	5
	5	Kim Huybrechts (92.72)	2
	28	Terry Jenkins (93.20)	6
						28	Terry Jenkins (85.73)	2
						12	Ian White (97.71)	9
	12	Ian White (93.70)	6
	21	Ronnie Baxter (86.18)	3
											12	Ian White (89.54)	6
											20	Andy Hamilton (92.81)	9
	4	Brendan Dolan (89.63)	6
	29	Wayne Jones (94.30)	5
						4	Brendan Dolan (90.72)	3
						20	Andy Hamilton (90.73)	9
	13	John Part (81.83)	5
	20	Andy Hamilton (75.05)	6
																					1	Michael van Gerwen (102.45)	11
																					19	Phil Taylor (102.64)	7
	2	Dave Chisnall (94.22)	4
	31	Jelle Klaasen (86.74)	6
						31	Jelle Klaasen (82.94)	5
						15	Gary Anderson (88.13)	9
	15	Gary Anderson (95.31)	6
	18	Stuart Kellett (90.61)	5
											15	Gary Anderson (93.28)	7
											23	Justin Pipe (95.32)	9
	7	Jamie Caven (91.55)	6
	26	Colin Lloyd (88.51)	3
						7	Jamie Caven (94.60)	4
						23	Justin Pipe (89.70)	9
	10	Simon Whitlock (90.16)	4
	23	Justin Pipe (92.84)	6
																23	Justin Pipe (95.78)	4
																19	Phil Taylor (106.09)	10
	6	Robert Thornton (104.21)	6
	27	Richie Burnett (93.43)	3
						6	Robert Thornton (89.76)	8
						22	Raymond van Barneveld (89.93)	9
	11	Mervyn King (96.70)	5
	22	Raymond van Barneveld (95.60)	6
											22	Raymond van Barneveld (94.66)	2
											19	Phil Taylor (111.58)	9
	3	Peter Wright (101.54)	6
	30	Michael Smith (95.30)	2
						3	Peter Wright (94.07)	3
						19	Phil Taylor (107.85)	9
	14	Paul Nicholson (86.25)	2
	19	Phil Taylor (93.68)	6

Statistics

Player	Eliminated	Played	Legs Won	Legs Lost	LWAT	100+	140+	180s	High Checkout	3-dart Average
Michael van Gerwen	Winner	5	45	23	17	75	61	19	170	99.53
Phil Taylor	Final	5	41	22	13	73	54	15	143	104.37
Justin Pipe	Semi-finals	4	28	25	7	71	43	11	120	93.41
Andy Hamilton	Semi-finals	4	29	24	9	53	32	11	160	88.67
Wes Newton	Quarter-finals	3	19	14	8	46	19	13	141	95.53
Ian White	Quarter-finals	3	21	14	7	53	18	8	100	93.72
Raymond van Barneveld	Quarter-finals	3	17	22	7	44	31	9	111	93.40
Gary Anderson	Quarter-finals	3	22	19	7	42	38	6	101	92.24
Adrian Lewis	Second round	2	12	12	4	27	12	11	88	99.55
Peter Wright	Second round	2	9	11	7	28	16	5	62	97.81
Robert Thornton	Second round	2	14	12	4	27	20	7	99	96.99
Jamie Caven	Second round	2	10	12	3	20	19	8	127	93.08
Steve Beaton	Second round	2	9	14	1	24	19	3	145	90.28
Brendan Dolan	Second round	2	9	14	1	29	18	2	126	90.18
Terry Jenkins	Second round	2	8	11	3	16	11	7	84	89.47
Jelle Klaasen	Second round	2	11	12	5	23	6	4	135	84.84
James Wade	First round	1	5	6	1	18	8	2	80	100.72
Mervyn King	First round	1	5	6	2	12	12	3	140	96.70
Michael Smith	First round	1	2	6	2	8	4	4	11	95.30
Andy Smith	First round	1	2	6	1	13	6	1	80	94.74
Wayne Jones	First round	1	5	6	1	18	9	3	80	94.30
Dave Chisnall	First round	1	3	6	2	14	3	6	65	94.22
Kevin Painter	First round	1	3	6	1	11	4	3	126	94.05
Richie Burnett	First round	1	3	6	0	9	8	2	78	93.43
Kim Huybrechts	First round	1	2	6	1	14	4	1	52	92.72
Stuart Kellett	First round	1	5	6	2	14	5	3	52	90.61
Simon Whitlock	First round	1	4	6	1	9	4	2	82	90.16
Colin Lloyd	First round	1	3	6	1	11	5	1	64	88.51
Paul Nicholson	First round	1	2	6	0	6	6	3	16	86.25
Ronnie Baxter	First round	1	3	6	1	13	3	1	40	86.18
Jamie Lewis	First round	1	1	6	1	8	6	1	5	85.11
John Part	First round	1	5	6	2	12	5	3	52	81.83

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