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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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]

Prize money

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

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

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

Draw

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 England Phil Taylor 108.49 6
32 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 92.10 3
1 England Phil Taylor 108.63 6
16 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 98.11 3
16 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 80.29 6
17 England Chris Mason 76.51 2
1 England Phil Taylor 92.65 9
8 England Colin Lloyd 83.83 0
8 England Colin Lloyd 95.21 6
25 England Jamie Caven 81.23 1
8 England Colin Lloyd 100.51 6
9 England Andy Hamilton 91.65 2
9 England Andy Hamilton 90.00 6
24 England Peter Manley 88.25 2
1 England Phil Taylor 101.58 13
5 England Ronnie Baxter 92.68 2
5 England Ronnie Baxter 90.82 6
28 England Tony Eccles 93.16 4
5 England Ronnie Baxter 92.30 6
21 England Wayne Jones 93.75 4
12 England Terry Jenkins 101.84 2
21 England Wayne Jones 99.08 6
5 England Ronnie Baxter 94.87 9
4 England Mervyn King 95.59 5
4 England Mervyn King 93.79 6
29 Northern Ireland Felix McBrearty 81.69 2
4 England Mervyn King 96.25 6
20 England Wayne Mardle 95.92 4
13 England Mark Walsh 94.06 4
20 England Wayne Mardle 97.36 6
1 England Phil Taylor 98.04 16
14 Scotland Robert Thornton 88.52 9
2 England James Wade 97.05 6
31 England Steve Beaton 83.34 2
2 England James Wade 93.43 6
15 England Kevin Painter 86.00 5
15 England Kevin Painter 91.98 6
18 England Alex Roy 87.51 5
2 England James Wade 97.58 9
10 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 100.07 8
7 England Colin Osborne 79.74 1
26 England Andy Smith 99.03 6
26 England Andy Smith 89.07 0
10 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 99.10 6
10 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 99.77 6
23 England Andy Jenkins 90.75 4
2 England James Wade 93.86 10
14 Scotland Robert Thornton 95.40 13
6 England Dennis Priestley 87.46 6
27 England Steve Maish 81.98 3
6 England Dennis Priestley 91.42 6
22 Canada John Part 93.02 5
11 England Denis Ovens 84.80 3
22 Canada John Part 90.19 6
6 England Dennis Priestley 90.69 5
14 Scotland Robert Thornton 94.33 9
3 England Alan Tabern 97.02 6
30 England Adrian Lewis 86.13 3
3 England Alan Tabern 97.30 2
14 Scotland Robert Thornton 96.05 6
14 Scotland Robert Thornton 84.61 6
19 England Mark Dudbridge 83.97 5

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

Statistics

Player Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
England Terry Jenkins 1 2 6 16 7 1 40 101.84
England Phil Taylor 5 50 17 84 65 11 161 100.65
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 3 20 13 41 43 4 96 99.79
England Alan Tabern 2 8 9 26 15 4 121 97.15
England Wayne Mardle 2 10 10 31 12 6 119 96.65
England Wayne Jones 2 10 8 28 12 5 127 96.09
England Mervyn King 3 17 15 37 32 7 118 95.31
England James Wade 4 31 28 76 49 16 167 95.24
England Andy Smith 2 6 7 16 15 3 161 94.54
England Mark Walsh 1 4 6 17 3 2 66 94.06
England Tony Eccles 1 4 6 11 9 2 56 93.16
England Ronnie Baxter 4 23 26 54 31 6 167 92.82
England Colin Lloyd 3 12 12 25 19 5 72 92.49
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 1 3 6 13 5 1 60 92.10
Canada John Part 2 11 9 26 9 5 101 91.73
Scotland Robert Thornton 5 43 38 99 58 20 150 91.62
England Andy Hamilton 2 8 8 23 11 1 44 90.78
England Andy Jenkins 1 4 6 15 5 0 84 90.75
England Dennis Priestley 3 17 17 48 24 6 156 90.03
England Kevin Painter 2 11 11 28 17 3 105 89.02
England Peter Manley 1 2 6 13 7 0 101 88.25
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 2 9 8 17 13 4 161 88.22
England Alex Roy 1 5 6 15 6 2 114 87.51
England Adrian Lewis 1 3 6 6 7 1 121 86.13
England Denis Ovens 1 3 6 13 4 3 78 84.80
England Mark Dudbridge 1 5 6 12 9 3 52 83.97
England Steve Beaton 1 2 6 8 2 2 106 83.34
England Steve Maish 1 3 6 13 6 0 76 81.98
Northern Ireland Felix McBrearty 1 2 6 8 4 0 40 81.69
England Jamie Caven 1 1 6 8 2 0 78 81.23
England Colin Osborne 1 1 6 6 3 1 92 79.74
England Chris Mason 1 2 6 5 4 2 56 76.51

Television Coverage

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

  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.
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