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 James Wade
167 Ronnie Baxter
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
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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. 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
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 108.49 6
32 Michael van Gerwen 92.10 3
1 Phil Taylor 108.63 6
16 Vincent van der Voort 98.11 3
16 Vincent van der Voort 80.29 6
17 Chris Mason 76.51 2
1 Phil Taylor 92.65 9
8 Colin Lloyd 83.83 0
8 Colin Lloyd 95.21 6
25 Jamie Caven 81.23 1
8 Colin Lloyd 100.51 6
9 Andy Hamilton 91.65 2
9 Andy Hamilton 90.00 6
24 Peter Manley 88.25 2
1 Phil Taylor 101.58 13
5 Ronnie Baxter 92.68 2
5 Ronnie Baxter 90.82 6
28 Tony Eccles 93.16 4
5 Ronnie Baxter 92.30 6
21 Wayne Jones 93.75 4
12 Terry Jenkins 101.84 2
21 Wayne Jones 99.08 6
5 Ronnie Baxter 94.87 9
4 Mervyn King 95.59 5
4 Mervyn King 93.79 6
29 Felix McBrearty 81.69 2
4 Mervyn King 96.25 6
20 Wayne Mardle 95.92 4
13 Mark Walsh 94.06 4
20 Wayne Mardle 97.36 6
1 Phil Taylor 98.04 16
14 Robert Thornton 88.52 9
2 James Wade 97.05 6
31 Steve Beaton 83.34 2
2 James Wade 93.43 6
15 Kevin Painter 86.00 5
15 Kevin Painter 91.98 6
18 Alex Roy 87.51 5
2 James Wade 97.58 9
10 Raymond van Barneveld 100.07 8
7 Colin Osborne 79.74 1
26 Andy Smith 99.03 6
26 Andy Smith 89.07 0
10 Raymond van Barneveld 99.10 6
10 Raymond van Barneveld 99.77 6
23 Andy Jenkins 90.75 4
2 James Wade 93.86 10
14 Robert Thornton 95.40 13
6 Dennis Priestley 87.46 6
27 Steve Maish 81.98 3
6 Dennis Priestley 91.42 6
22 John Part 93.02 5
11 Denis Ovens 84.80 3
22 John Part 90.19 6
6 Dennis Priestley 90.69 5
14 Robert Thornton 94.33 9
3 Alan Tabern 97.02 6
30 Adrian Lewis 86.13 3
3 Alan Tabern 97.30 2
14 Robert Thornton 96.05 6
14 Robert Thornton 84.61 6
19 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
Terry Jenkins 1 2 6 16 7 1 40 101.84
Phil Taylor 5 50 17 84 65 11 161 100.65
Raymond van Barneveld 3 20 13 41 43 4 96 99.79
Alan Tabern 2 8 9 26 15 4 121 97.15
Wayne Mardle 2 10 10 31 12 6 119 96.65
Wayne Jones 2 10 8 28 12 5 127 96.09
Mervyn King 3 17 15 37 32 7 118 95.31
James Wade 4 31 28 76 49 16 167 95.24
Andy Smith 2 6 7 16 15 3 161 94.54
Mark Walsh 1 4 6 17 3 2 66 94.06
Tony Eccles 1 4 6 11 9 2 56 93.16
Ronnie Baxter 4 23 26 54 31 6 167 92.82
Colin Lloyd 3 12 12 25 19 5 72 92.49
Michael van Gerwen 1 3 6 13 5 1 60 92.10
John Part 2 11 9 26 9 5 101 91.73
Robert Thornton 5 43 38 99 58 20 150 91.62
Andy Hamilton 2 8 8 23 11 1 44 90.78
Andy Jenkins 1 4 6 15 5 0 84 90.75
Dennis Priestley 3 17 17 48 24 6 156 90.03
Kevin Painter 2 11 11 28 17 3 105 89.02
Peter Manley 1 2 6 13 7 0 101 88.25
Vincent van der Voort 2 9 8 17 13 4 161 88.22
Alex Roy 1 5 6 15 6 2 114 87.51
Adrian Lewis 1 3 6 6 7 1 121 86.13
Denis Ovens 1 3 6 13 4 3 78 84.80
Mark Dudbridge 1 5 6 12 9 3 52 83.97
Steve Beaton 1 2 6 8 2 2 106 83.34
Steve Maish 1 3 6 13 6 0 76 81.98
Felix McBrearty 1 2 6 8 4 0 40 81.69
Jamie Caven 1 1 6 8 2 0 78 81.23
Colin Osborne 1 1 6 6 3 1 92 79.74
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.

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References
  1. "coral.co.uk Players Championship Schedule". planetdarts.tv. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
  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.
  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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