2020 PDC Pro Tour

Final 2020 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit.[1]
RankPlayerEarnings
1 Gerwyn Price£96,750
2 Peter Wright£86,750
3 Michael van Gerwen£85,250
4 Joe Cullen£67,000
5 José de Sousa£63,500
6 Nathan Aspinall£62,500
7 Michael Smith£59,000
8 Krzysztof Ratajski£58,250
9 James Wade£56,750
10 Devon Petersen£50,000
11 Ian White£46,750
12 Danny Noppert£43,750
13 Mensur Suljović£43,250
14 Glen Durrant£31,750
15 Rob Cross£31,250
16 Brendan Dolan£30,250
17 Damon Heta£29,750
18 Dave Chisnall£29,500
19 Daryl Gurney£28,000
20 Ryan Searle£26,750
20 Gabriel Clemens£26,750
22 Jonny Clayton£26,500
23 Mervyn King£25,500
24 Dirk van Duijvenbode£25,000
24 Stephen Bunting£25,000
26 Jermaine Wattimena£24,750
27 Jamie Hughes£24,500
28 Vincent van der Voort£22,750
29 Ross Smith£22,250
30 Madars Razma£21,000
31 Ryan Joyce£20,750
31 Martijn Kleermaker£20,750

The 2020 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There were 27 PDC Pro Tour events held, 23 Players Championships and 4 European Tour events.[2]

This page also includes results from the PDC's affiliated tours including the Development and Challenge Tours and all the regional tours as well as the results from the World Championship regional qualifiers. There were 10 Challenge Tour events, 10 Development Tour events, 2 PDC Nordic and Baltic Events, 6 Dartplayers Australia Pro Tour events, 3 EuroAsian Darts Corporation Pro Tour Events and 8 Championship Darts Circuit Pro Tour events during the 2020 season.

All tours were disrupted, and in the case of the PDC Asian Tour cancelled, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prize money

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The prize money for the Players Championship and European Tour events was unchanged from the 2019 levels.

This is how the prize money is divided:

StageETPCCT/DTWS
Winner£25,000£10,000£2,000£1,000
Runner-up£10,000£6,000£1,000£600
Semi-finalists£6,500£3,000£500£400
Quarter-finalists£5,000£2,250£300£250
Last 16£3,000£1,500£200£100
Last 32£2,000£1,000£100£50
Last 48£1,000N/AN/AN/A
Last 64N/A£500£50N/A
Total£140,000£75,000£10,000£5,000

PDC Tour Card

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128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships events, the UK Open and all the European Tour events.

Tour cards

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The 2020 Tour Cards are awarded to:

Afterwards, the playing field will be complemented by the highest qualified players from the Q School Order of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Pro Tour Card players had been reached. In 2020, that means that a total of 19 players will qualify this way.

Q-School

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The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (or Q-School) was split into a UK and European Q-School. Players that are not from Europe could choose which Q-School they wanted to compete in.

  • The UK Q-School took place at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan from 16 to 19 January.
  • The European Q-School took place at Halle 39 in Hildesheim from 16 to 19 January.

The following players won two-year tour cards on each of the days played:

UK Q-School
January 16January 17January 18January 19

 Jason Lowe
 Gary Blades

 Kai Fan Leung
 Bradley Brooks

 Jeff Smith
 Aaron Beeney

 Nick Kenny
 Scott Waites

506 players503 players461 players469 players
European Q-School
January 16January 17January 18January 19

 Harald Leitinger

 Mike De Decker

 Karel Sedláček

 Steffen Siepmann

313 players314 players271 players280 players

An Order of Merit was also created for each Q School. For every win after the first full round (without byes) the players were awarded 1 point.

To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places were allocated down the final Qualifying School Order of Merits in proportion to the number of entrants. The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:

Players Championships

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The Players Championship events was scheduled to be 30 events as normal, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant number of events were postponed, including all from mid-March to the end of June.[3][4][5] The PDC scheduled five events from July 8 at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, to make up. These events were branded the "PDC Summer Series".[6] Following this a "PDC Autumn Series" was arranged in Niedernhausen, Germany, with a "PDC Winter Series" following in Coventry.

No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 8 FebruaryBarnsley Metrodome,
Barnsley
(97.97) Gary Anderson  8 – 4  Jeff Smith (93.78)[7]
2Sunday 9 February(101.25) Nathan Aspinall  8 – 3  Gerwyn Price (97.26)[8]
3Saturday 15 FebruaryRobin Park Tennis Centre,
Wigan
(97.07) Ryan Searle  8 – 6  Michael van Gerwen (99.61)[9]
4Sunday 16 February(98.41) Krzysztof Ratajski  8 – 7  Ian White (99.61)[10]
5Saturday 22 February(109.59) Peter Wright  8 – 6  Gerwyn Price (109.19)[11]
6Sunday 23 February(102.54) Gerwyn Price  8 – 7  Michael van Gerwen (101.93)[12]
7Saturday 14 MarchBarnsley Metrodome,
Barnsley
(98.20) Nathan Aspinall  8 – 4  Brendan Dolan (93.69)[13]
8Sunday 15 March(102.06) Ian White  8 – 3  James Wade (88.28)[14]
9Wednesday 8 JulyMarshall Arena,
Milton Keynes[a]
(104.53) Michael van Gerwen  8 – 7  Peter Wright (100.53)[15]
10Thursday 9 July(100.16) Ryan Joyce  8 – 7  Dave Chisnall (94.65)[16]
11Friday 10 July(102.50) Michael van Gerwen  8 – 3  José de Sousa (97.77)[17]
12Saturday 11 July(95.82) James Wade  8 – 2  Rob Cross (95.71)[18]
13Sunday 12 July(99.30) Peter Wright  8 – 2  Gerwyn Price (91.82)[19]
14Saturday 12 SeptemberH+ Hotel,
Niedernhausen[b]
(91.82) Peter Wright  8 – 1  Madars Razma (84.78)[20]
15Sunday 13 September(96.43) Damon Heta  8 – 4  Joe Cullen (94.49)[21]
16Monday 14 September(98.93) Michael van Gerwen  8 – 1  Mensur Suljović (81.98)[22]
17Tuesday 15 September(92.29) Gerwyn Price  8 – 7  Devon Petersen (98.38)[23]
18Wednesday 16 September(98.66) Gerwyn Price  8 – 5  Krzysztof Ratajski (99.05)[24]
19Tuesday 10 NovemberRicoh Arena,
Coventry[c]
(92.99) Michael Smith  8 – 6  Jermaine Wattimena (88.50)[25]
20Wednesday 11 November(96.67) Michael Smith  8 – 7  José de Sousa (100.00)[26]
21Thursday 12 November(95.55) Gerwyn Price  8 – 6  Damon Heta (94.26)[27]
22Friday 13 November(98.14) Peter Wright  8 – 7  José de Sousa (100.49)[28]
23Saturday 14 November(105.09) Joe Cullen  8 – 4  Krzysztof Ratajski (94.28)[29]
  1. ^ These events were branded the PDC Summer Series, with the top player over the series qualifying for the 2020 Grand Slam of Darts.
  2. ^ These events were branded the PDC Autumn Series, with the top player over the series qualifying for the 2020 Grand Slam of Darts.
  3. ^ These events were branded the PDC Winter Series, with the top player over the series qualifying for the 2020 Grand Slam of Darts.

European Tour

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The European Tour was announced at 13 events, including events in Belgium and Hungary for the first time. Due to the COVID-19, only 4 events took place with the others having been cancelled.[30][31][32]

No.DateEventLocationWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
128 February–1 MarchBelgian Darts Championship Hasselt, Expo Hasselt(100.03) Gerwyn Price  8 – 3  Michael Smith (96.26)[33]
225–27 SeptemberGerman Darts Championship Hildesheim, Halle 39(102.75) Devon Petersen  8 – 3  Jonny Clayton (91.43)[34]
316–18 OctoberEuropean Darts Grand Prix Sindelfingen, Glaspalast(105.79) José de Sousa  8 – 4  Michael van Gerwen (92.43)[35]
423–25 OctoberInternational Darts Open Riesa, SACHSENarena(97.19) Joe Cullen  8 – 5  Michael van Gerwen (91.37)[36]

PDC Challenge Tour

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Final Challenge Tour ranking[37]
RankPlayerEarnings
1.  David Evans £4,400
2.  Ritchie Edhouse £3,450
3.  Keane Barry £3,350
4.  Matthew Dennant £3,300
5.  Scott Mitchell £3,150
6.  Jim Williams £2,450
6.  Rob Collins £2,450
8.  Maikel Verberk £2,400
9.  Kevin Doets £2,300
10.  Jitse Van der Wal £2,150

The Challenge Tour was planned to increase from 20 to 24 events for 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom was only ten events.

The top two players win a Two-Year PDC Tour Card for 2021–20, with the players finishing from third to eighth earning free entry to the 2021 PDC Q-School. The Order of Merit leader is also invited to compete in the 2020/21 World Darts Championship.

David Evans topped the rankings and qualified for the World Championship and was awarded a Tour Card for the next two years, while Ritchie Edhouse took second and also earned a Tour Card.[38][37]

The top eight unqualified players will also qualify for the 2021 UK Open.

No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 25 JanuaryRobin Park Tennis Centre,
Wigan
(89.10) Rob Collins  5 – 4  Adam Huckvale (89.21)[39]
2(99.41) Scott Mitchell  5 – 1  Andrew Gilding (91.69)[40]
3Sunday 26 January(91.96) Matthew Dennant  5 – 4  Nathan Rafferty (86.18)[41]
4(89.27) Jitse Van der Wal  5 – 2  Arjan Konterman (87.76)[42]
5Friday 9 OctoberBarnsley Metrodome,
Barnsley
(91.33) Keane Barry  5 – 4  Maikel Verberk (85.68)[43]
6(92.34) David Evans  5 – 4  Richie Burnett (94.07)[44]
7Saturday 10 October(100.50) Jim Williams  5 – 2  Lewy Williams (96.74)[45]
8(93.94) David Evans  5 – 0  Chas Barstow (85.75)[46]
9Sunday 11 October(97.83) Ritchie Edhouse  5 – 4  Scott Taylor (83.10)[47]
10(96.64) Kevin Doets  5 – 3  Ritchie Edhouse (95.92)[48]

PDC Development Tour

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Final Development Tour ranking[49]
RankPlayerEarnings
1.  Ryan Meikle £7,000
2.  Keane Barry £6,000
3.  Berry van Peer £4,250
4.  Damian Mol £3,750
5.  Ted Evetts £3,450
6.  Kevin Doets £2,950
7.  Martin Schindler £2,400
8.  Callan Rydz £2,350
9.  Wessel Nijman £2,250
10.  Niels Zonneveld £2,200

The Development Tour was planned with 20 events for 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom there were only ten events.

The top two players earned a PDC Tour Card for 2021/2022, with the players from third to eighth receiving free entry to the 2021 PDC Q-School (if they do not already possess a Tour Card). The top two players also earned a place in the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship.

Ryan Meikle topped the Development Tour Order of Merit, with Keane Barry finishing second, both gaining their place at the 2021 World Championship. As Meikle is already a Tour Card holder, the second automatic tour card goes to the third ranked Berry van Peer, with Barry being the other Tour Card winner.[50][49]

The top eight unqualified players also qualified for the 2021 UK Open.

No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 29 FebruaryHalle 39,
Hildesheim
(91.47) Berry van Peer  5 – 1  Martin Schindler (85.75)[51]
2(83.88) Ryan Meikle  5 – 3  Niels Zonneveld (86.53)[52]
3Sunday 1 March(91.29) Ryan Meikle  5 – 3  Nico Kurz (87.72)[53]
4(90.28) Wessel Nijman  5 – 3  Martin Schindler (88.84)[54]
5Friday 25 SeptemberBarnsley Metrodome,
Barnsley
(92.05) Kevin Doets  5 – 4  Keane Barry (93.99)[55]
6(80.78) Damian Mol  5 – 3  Keelan Kay (76.89)[56]
7Saturday 26 September(90.00) Ted Evetts  5 – 3  Joe Davis (93.66)[57]
8(89.31) Keane Barry  5 – 3  Ryan Meikle (83.70)[58]
9Sunday 27 September(101.74) Keane Barry  5 – 4  Ryan Meikle (104.71)[59]
10(104.28) Callan Rydz  5 – 1  Lok Yin Lee (90.04)[60]

PDC Women's Series

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Final Women's Series ranking[61]
RankPlayerEarnings
1.  Lisa Ashton £2,450
2.  Deta Hedman £2,250
2.  Fallon Sherrock £2,250
4.  Corrine Hammond £1,350
5.  Aileen de Graaf £1,000
6.  Lorraine Winstanley £800
7.  Vicky Pruim £650
8.  Felicia Blay £550
8.  Joanne Locke £550
8.  Tracy North £550

The PDC Women's Series was introduced to replace the separate World Championship qualifiers that had been held the last two years. The top two players both qualified for the World Championship.[62]

Tour Card holder Lisa Ashton topped the weekend table with two event victories to qualify for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship. Though Deta Hedman and Fallon Sherrock tied the weekend on earnings, Hedman was granted the second spot on the tiebreaker with 85 legs won over the series to Sherrock's 83 legs won.[61]

No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 17 OctoberBarnsley Metrodome,
Barnsley
(94.70) Lisa Ashton  6 – 3  Fallon Sherrock (89.16)[63]
2(83.31) Deta Hedman  6 – 5  Aileen de Graaf (75.21)[64]
3Sunday 18 October(83.39) Lisa Ashton  6 – 3  Deta Hedman (76.78)[65]
4(87.94) Fallon Sherrock  6 – 2  Corrine Hammond (83.11)[66]

Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic (PDCNB)

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The Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic Tour had 10 events scheduled. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, planned events in Copenhagen and Gothenburg were postponed.[67][68] A planned season restart in Riga was also cancelled, and the season was settled based on the first two events.[69]

No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 29 FebruaryHotelli Tallukka,
Vääksy
(89.77) Kim Viljanen  6 – 5  Darius Labanauskas (89.31)[70]
2Sunday 1 March(89.24) Daniel Larsson  6 – 2  Kim Viljanen (82.44)[71]

Professional Darts Corporation Asian Tour

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The Professional Darts Corporation Asian Tour was scaled down to 10 events, taking place from August to November. The postponements were due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 11 August 2020, the Tour was cancelled.[72]

Dartplayers Australia (DPA) Pro Tour

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The DPA Tour was suspended after the sixth event and was not restarted in 2020. Gordon Mathers, who was top of the DPA rankings at the time of the suspension, took the place at the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship.[72]

No.DateVenueWinnerScoreRunner-upRef.
1Friday 31 JanuaryWarilla Bowls and Recreation Club
Barrack Heights
(88.02) Gordon Mathers  6 – 3 (l)  Kyle Anderson (88.70)[73]
2Saturday 1 February(87.18) Robbie King  5 – 3 (l)  Jamie Rundle (81.18)[74]
3Sunday 2 February(91.50) Kyle Anderson  2 – 0 (s)  Mal Cuming (87.91)[75]
4Friday 6 MarchPine Rivers Darts Club
Brisbane
(78.94) Mal Cuming  6 – 1 (l)  Jamie Rundle (76.45)[76]
5Saturday 7 March(85.45) Ben Robb  5 – 2 (l)  Haupai Puha (82.34)[77]
6Sunday 8 March(87.12) Steve Fitzpatrick  2 – 0 (s)  Gordon Mathers (85.79)[78]

EuroAsian Darts Corporation (EADC) Pro Tour

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Originally six events were due to take place on the EADC Tour, but owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, only the first three took place.[79][80]

No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 22 FebruaryOmega Plaza Business Center,
Moscow
Boris Koltsov  6 – 4  Aleksei Kadochnikov [81]
2 Aleksei Kadochnikov  6 – 2  Boris Koltsov
3Sunday 23 February Boris Koltsov  6 – 2  Evgenii Izotov

Championship Darts Corporation (CDC) Pro Tour

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The Championship Darts Corporation hosted a tour of 8 events held over 2 weekends, one in the United States and one in Canada. Players are only able to enter the events held in their own country and the top player from each group of 4 events will qualify for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship. There were originally due to be more events, but the schedule was heavily disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.[82]

Matt Campbell and Danny Baggish topped the Canadian and USA Series Order of Merits respectively and qualified for the World Championship.

Canadian Tour

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No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 26 September Woodstock, Ontario(94.22) Shawn Burt  6 – 3  David Cameron (89.48)[83]
2(89.14) David Cameron  6 – 5  Matt Campbell (87.30)[84]
3Saturday 27 September(93.19) Matt Campbell  6 – 3  Shawn Burt (86.48)[85]
4(78.79) Jim Long  6 – 3  Matt Campbell (80.39)[86]

USA Tour

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No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 3 October Indianapolis(92.29) Danny Baggish  6 – 5  Chuck Puleo (93.60)[87]
2(92.68) Danny Baggish  6 – 5  Danny Lauby (89.49)[88]
3Sunday 4 October(82.05) Darin Young  6 – 5  Chuck Puleo (85.94)[89]
4(94.93) Danny Baggish  6 – 0  Gary Mawson (75.47)[90]

World Championship International Qualifiers

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DateEventVenueWinnerScoreRunner-upRef.
Saturday 19 October 2019CDC Continental Cup[a] New York City, K of C Council Hall(88.48) Danny Lauby  8 – 2  Gary Mawson (89.03)[92]
Sunday 14 JuneGerman Super League Munich(94.07) Nico Kurz  10 – 9  Dragutin Horvat (94.76)
Sunday 11 OctoberPDJ Japanese Championship[93] Kobe, Port Terminal Hall(80.39) Edward Foulkes  5 – 4  Akihito Morita (81.16)
Saturday 17 OctoberPDC China Qualifier Zhoushan(87.82) Chengan Liu  6 – 4  Qingyu Zhan (77.24)
East Europe Qualifier Vecsés, Bálint Ágnes Cultural Center(94.37) Boris Krčmar  6 – 1  Patrik Kovács
Sunday 25 OctoberEuroAsian Darts Corporation Qualifier[94] Moscow, Omega Plaza Business Center(75.90) Dmitriy Gorbunov  3 – 1  Roman Obukhov (73.88)[95]
Sunday 1 NovemberAfrican Qualifier Cape Town, Goodwood Sports Club Cameron Carolissen  7 – 4  Charles Losper
Sunday 22 NovemberPDC Asia China Qualifier Xiamen, Cuesoul Darts Club(76.63) Di Zhuang  3 – 0  Wenge Xie (70.92)[96]
Saturday 28 NovemberPDC Asia Philippines Qualifier Tacloban(81.74) Lourence Ilagan  3 – 1  Paolo Nebrida (83.53)
Sunday 29 NovemberPDC Asia Japan Qualifier[97] Tokyo, Darts Stadium Ikebukuro(68.74) Toru Suzuki  5 – 3  Kota Suzuki (65.91)[98]
PDC Asia Hong Kong Qualifier Kowloon, Regal Oriental Hotel(89.23) Paul Lim  7 – 5  Lee Lok Yin (87.64)
World Youth Championship Coventry, Ricoh Arena(81.63) Bradley Brooks  6 – 5  Joe Davis (78.16)[99]
Monday 30 NovemberUK Tour Card Holders' Qualifier(97.95) Ciarán Teehan  7 – 6  Joe Murnan (90.06)
(83.03) Jamie Lewis  7 – 5  Robert Thornton (85.99)
(95.93) Matthew Edgar  7 – 2  Josh Payne (87.43)
(86.47) Nick Kenny  7 – 6  James Wilson (92.64)
Rest of the World Tour Card Holders' Qualifier(95.02) Niels Zonneveld  7 – 4  Martin Schindler (88.16)
(94.32) Karel Sedláček  7 – 2  Jan Dekker (89.65)
  1. ^ The North American Championship was scheduled to be held on 6 June 2020 at Hulu Theater in New York City, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[91] Due to the lack of a 2020 tournament, the World Championship place was awarded to the winner of the 2019 CDC Continental Cup.[92]

References

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