Winmau World Masters

Tournament information

Dates

16–18 November 2007

Venue

Leisure World, Bridlington

Location

East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Country

England

Organisation(s)

BDO

Format

Sets (best of 3 legs) for men,
Legs for women, boys and girls
Finals:
best of 13 (men's)

Prize fund

£50,000

Winner's share

£25,000 (men's)

Nine-dart finish

John Walton

High checkout

170

John Walton
170

Darryl Fitton

Champion(s)

Robert Thornton (men)

Karin Krappen (women)

Shaun Griffiths (boys)

Kimberley Lewis (girls)

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The 2007 Winmau World Masters was a darts tournament being staged by the British Darts Organisation at Leisure World in Bridlington between 16–18 November 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 televised stage of 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 26–28 October to a new date of 16–18 November ^[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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

				Thornton 97.41	3
8	Co Stompé 95.25	1

	Robert Thornton 96.78	3
							Thornton 97.17	6

						4	Atkins 94.23	1
5	Ted Hankey 86.79	3

	Edwin Max 86.10	0
			5	Hankey 88.35	2

			4	Atkins 94.83	3
4	Martin Atkins 88.68	3

	Ross Montgomery 78.93	1
										Thornton 94.26	7

									6	Fitton 95.28	5
2	Tony O'Shea 84.78	3

	Paul Gibbs 81.63	0
			2	O'Shea 91.62	1

			7	Walton 96.21	3
7	John Walton 89.25	3

	Martin Phillips 80.76	1
						7	Walton 88.02	5

						6	Fitton 91.56	6
6	Darryl Fitton 95.70	3

	Jarkko Komula 89.88	2
			6	Fitton 100.68	3

				Whitlock 91.02	0
3	Gary Robson 82.17	0

	Simon Whitlock 94.11	3