2009 Players Championship Finals

The 2009 coral.co.uk Players Championship Finals[1] was the inaugural edition of the PDC tournament, the Players Championship Finals, which saw the top 32 players from the 2008 PDC Players Championship Order of Merit taking part. The tournament took place between 30 January–1 February 2009 and was held at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet, England – the former venue of the PDC World Darts Championship.[2]

2009 coral.co.uk Players Championship Finals
Tournament information
Dates30 January–1 February 2009
VenueCircus Tavern
LocationPurfleet
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Final – best of 31
Prize fund£200,000
Winner's share£50,000
High checkout167 England James Wade
167 England Ronnie Baxter
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
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Prize money

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The 2009 Players Championship Finals featured a prize fund of £200,000.[3]

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £200,000)
Winner(1)£50,000
Runner-Up(1)£25,000
Semi-finalists(2)£12,500
Quarter-finalists(4)£8,500
Last 16  (second round)(8)£4,000
Last 32  (first round)(16)£4,000
Highest Checkout(2)£2,000

Qualification

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The top 32 players from the PDC Players Championship Order of Merit after the last Players Championship of 2008 qualified for the event.

  1. Phil Taylor (champion)
  2. James Wade (semi-finals)
  3. Alan Tabern (second round)
  4. Mervyn King (quarter-finals)
  5. Ronnie Baxter (semi-finals)
  6. Dennis Priestley (quarter-finals)
  7. Colin Osborne (first round)
  8. Colin Lloyd (quarter-finals)
  9. Andy Hamilton (second round)
  10. Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals)
  11. Denis Ovens (first round)
  12. Terry Jenkins (first round)
  13. Mark Walsh (first round)
  14. Robert Thornton (runner-up)
  15. Kevin Painter (second round)
  16. Vincent van der Voort (second round)
  17. Chris Mason (first round)
  18. Alex Roy (first round)
  19. Mark Dudbridge (first round)
  20. Wayne Mardle (second round)
  21. Wayne Jones (second round)
  22. John Part (second round)
  23. Andy Jenkins (first round)
  24. Peter Manley (first round)
  25. Jamie Caven (first round)
  26. Andy Smith (second round)
  27. Steve Maish (first round)
  28. Tony Eccles (first round)
  29. Felix McBrearty (first round)
  30. Adrian Lewis (first round)
  31. Steve Beaton (first round)
  32. Michael van Gerwen (first round)

Draw

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First round (best of 11 legs)
30 January
Second round (best of 11 legs)
31 January
Quarter-finals (best of 17 legs)
31 January
Semi-finals (best of 25 legs)
1 February
Final (best of 31 legs)
1 February
               
1 Phil Taylor 108.496
32 Michael van Gerwen 92.103
1 Phil Taylor 108.636
16 Vincent van der Voort 98.113
16 Vincent van der Voort 80.296
17 Chris Mason 76.512
1 Phil Taylor 92.659
8 Colin Lloyd 83.830
8 Colin Lloyd 95.216
25 Jamie Caven 81.231
8 Colin Lloyd 100.516
9 Andy Hamilton 91.652
9 Andy Hamilton 90.006
24 Peter Manley 88.252
1 Phil Taylor 101.5813
5 Ronnie Baxter 92.682
5 Ronnie Baxter 90.826
28 Tony Eccles 93.164
5 Ronnie Baxter 92.306
21 Wayne Jones 93.754
12 Terry Jenkins 101.842
21 Wayne Jones 99.086
5 Ronnie Baxter 94.879
4 Mervyn King 95.595
4 Mervyn King 93.796
29 Felix McBrearty 81.692
4 Mervyn King 96.256
20 Wayne Mardle 95.924
13 Mark Walsh 94.064
20 Wayne Mardle 97.366
1 Phil Taylor 98.0416
14 Robert Thornton 88.529
2 James Wade 97.056
31 Steve Beaton 83.342
2 James Wade 93.436
15 Kevin Painter 86.005
15 Kevin Painter 91.986
18 Alex Roy 87.515
2 James Wade 97.589
10 Raymond van Barneveld 100.078
7 Colin Osborne 79.741
26 Andy Smith 99.036
26 Andy Smith 89.070
10 Raymond van Barneveld 99.106
10 Raymond van Barneveld 99.776
23 Andy Jenkins 90.754
2 James Wade 93.8610
14 Robert Thornton 95.4013
6 Dennis Priestley 87.466
27 Steve Maish 81.983
6 Dennis Priestley 91.426
22 John Part 93.025
11 Denis Ovens 84.803
22 John Part 90.196
6 Dennis Priestley 90.695
14 Robert Thornton 94.339
3 Alan Tabern 97.026
30 Adrian Lewis 86.133
3 Alan Tabern 97.302
14 Robert Thornton 96.056
14 Robert Thornton 84.616
19 Mark Dudbridge 83.975

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

Statistics

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PlayerPlayedLegs WonLegs Lost100+140+180sHigh Checkout3-dart Average
Terry Jenkins126167140101.84
Phil Taylor55017846511161100.65
Raymond van Barneveld32013414349699.79
Alan Tabern2892615412197.15
Wayne Mardle210103112611996.65
Wayne Jones21082812512796.09
Mervyn King317153732711895.31
James Wade4312876491616795.24
Andy Smith2671615316194.54
Mark Walsh14617326694.06
Tony Eccles14611925693.16
Ronnie Baxter423265431616792.82
Colin Lloyd31212251957292.49
Michael van Gerwen13613516092.10
John Part2119269510191.73
Robert Thornton5433899582015091.62
Andy Hamilton288231114490.78
Andy Jenkins14615508490.75
Dennis Priestley317174824615690.03
Kevin Painter211112817310589.02
Peter Manley126137010188.25
Vincent van der Voort2981713416188.22
Alex Roy156156211487.51
Adrian Lewis13667112186.13
Denis Ovens13613437884.80
Mark Dudbridge15612935283.97
Steve Beaton12682210683.34
Steve Maish13613607681.98
Felix McBrearty1268404081.69
Jamie Caven1168207881.23
Colin Osborne1166319279.74
Chris Mason1265425676.51

Television Coverage

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ITV4 screened live coverage of the tournament, becoming ITV's third televised tournament after the Grand Slam of Darts and the European Championship.[4] Also, there was nightly highlights shown on ITV1. Again, Matt Smith presented the coverage, with analysis from Chris Mason (once he had lost to van der Voort) and Alan Warriner-Little, commentary from Mason, Stuart Pyke, John Rawling and Warriner-Little, and reports from Ned Boulting.

References

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  1. ^ "coral.co.uk Players Championship Schedule". planetdarts.tv. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2009.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "PDC return to Circus Tavern". planetdarts.tv. Archived from the original on 4 November 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
  3. ^ "Coral Back Players Championship". Planet Darts. 19 January 2009.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "ITV4 To Screen Players Championship Finals". planetdarts.tv. 28 November 2008. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2008.