South African Masters (darts)

The Emperors Palace South African Masters was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation which began in 2007, so-named because it took place at the Emperors Palace entertainment resort in Johannesburg, South Africa.

This article is about the darts tournament. For the golf tournament, see South African Masters.
Emperors Palace South African Masters
Tournament information
VenueEmperors Palace
LocationJohannesburg
CountrySouth Africa
Established2007
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£15,000 (2009)
Month(s) PlayedSeptember
Current champion(s)
Phil Taylor

Devon Petersen is the current champion.

Format and qualification

The tournament had 8 players, 4 of which were the top ranked players on the PDC Order of Merit and the semi-finalists, runner up and winner of the PDC South African Open which takes place the day before. The four players chosen by the PDC were drawn up against the qualifiers from the PDC South African Open in a knock-out tournament. In 2007, Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, James Wade and Terry Jenkins, ranked numbers one to four in the Order of Merit respectively at the time, participated in the tournament. In the following year, Taylor and Wade, returned to the tournament, being ranked numbers one and three in the world at the time. John Part, ranked number four in the world, also participated, as did Wayne Mardle, who replaced Barneveld (ranked second) due to the Dutchman's two month sabbatical from darts. Taylor, Wade, Part and Mervyn King took part in the 2009 tournament.

Matches were as follows:

  • Quarter Final: best of 7 legs
  • Semi Final: Best of 9 legs (formerly in 2007 best of 11 legs)
  • Final: Best of 11 legs (formerly in 2007 best of 15 legs, in 2008 best of 9 legs)

Since the 2010 tournament, the event is the direct qualification tournament for the World Darts Championship for South African darts players.

Television

The tournament was broadcast live on SuperSport in South Africa. In the United Kingdom, the tournament was broadcast on Challenge in 2007, Nuts TV in 2008, and Sky Sports in 2009.

Results

2007

[1]

Quarter-finals
Best of 7 legs 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 legs 		Final
Best of 15 legs
Phil Taylor 4
Mike Ryder 0 Phil Taylor 6
Terry Jenkins 4 Terry Jenkins 4
Paul Meyer 0 Phil Taylor 8
Raymond van Barneveld 4 Raymond van Barneveld 6
Charles Losper 1 Raymond van Barneveld 6
James Wade 4 James Wade 5
Lodewyk Marais 0

2008

[2]

Quarter-finals
Best of 7 legs 		Semi-finals
Best of 9 legs 		Final
Best of 9 legs
John Part 4
Mark Jackson 0 John Part 5
James Wade 4 James Wade 1
Les Francis 1 John Part 2
Wayne Mardle 4 Phil Taylor 5
Charles Losper 1 Wayne Mardle 2
Phil Taylor 4 Phil Taylor 5
Shawn Hogan 1

2009

[3]

Quarter-finals
Best of 7 legs 		Semi-finals
Best of 9 legs 		Final
Best of 11 legs
Phil Taylor 4
Christo Meiring 1 Phil Taylor 5
John Part 4 John Part 2
Devon Petersen 1 Phil Taylor 6
James Wade 4 James Wade 4
Wynand Havenga 1 James Wade 5
Mervyn King 4 Mervyn King 4
Les Francis 1
  • During the fifth leg of the semi final between James Wade and Mervyn King, King hit the first ever televised nine-dart finish outside of Europe. He hit two consecutive 180s, and then used T20, T19, D12 to complete the perfect leg. King went 4–1 up as a result of that leg, but still lost the match 5–4.

Previous winners
Year Champion Score Runner-Up Total Prize Money Winner's Prize
2007 Phil Taylor 8–6 Raymond van Barneveld £15,000 £5,000
2008 Phil Taylor 5–2 John Part £15,000 £5,000
2009 Phil Taylor 6–4 James Wade £15,000 £5,000


World Darts Championship Qualification Tournament

Year Champion Score Runner-Up Semi-finalist 1
(lost to Champion)		 Semi-finalist 2
(lost to Runner-Up)
2006 Wynand Havenga 4–1 Paul Meyer Paul McMahon Roshan Sivraman
2007 Charles Losper 4–0 Lodewyk Marais Mike Ryder Paul Meyer
2008 Charles Losper 4–1 Mark Jackson Shawn Hogan Les Francis
2009 Les Francis 4–3 Devon Petersen Wynand Havenga Christo Meiring
2010 Devon Petersen 5–4 Les Francis Charles Losper Jeff Waterman
2011 Devon Petersen beat Nolan Arendse Brent Robertson Gary Dowman
2012 Charl Pietersen 8–1 Charles Losper Shawn Hogan Jason Hendricks
2013 Devon Petersen 9–3 Graham Filby Charles Losper Charl Petersen
2014 Nolan Arendse 9–5 Devon Petersen Shawn Hogan Charl Pietersen
2015 Warrick Scheffer 9–2 Clifford Stradling Charl Pietersen Charles Losper
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References
  1. "2007 Emperors Palace South African Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  2. "2008 Emperors Palace South African Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  3. "2009 Emperors Palace South African Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
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