2010 PDC World Darts Championship

April 2022 2010 PDC World Darts Championship Phil Taylor (4237057320).jpg 18 December 2009 – 3 January 2010 Alexandra Palace London, England Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Legs (preliminaries, 3rd/4th place playoff)Sets (from Round 1)Final – first to 7 £1,000,000 £200,000 Raymond van Barneveld 170 Phil Taylor (x2) Simon Whitlock (x2) Phil Taylor ENG 2009 2011 The 2010 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2010 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship) was the seventeenth World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at Alexandra Palace in London from 18 December 2009 to 3 January 2010. Phil Taylor successfully defended the title with a 7–3 victory over Simon Whitlock in the final. This was Taylor's thirteenth PDC world title, and his fifteenth in all.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/darts/8438823.stm Phil Taylor powers to 15th world darts title 3 January 2010 BBC Sport 4 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100104053311/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/darts/8438823.stm 4 January 2010 live Raymond van Barneveld recorded the second nine-dart finish in the history of the tournament in his second-round match against Brendan Dolan.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/darts/8432956.stm Raymond van Barneveld hits second PDC nine-dart finish 28 December 2009 BBC Sport 4 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20091231065746/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/darts/8432956.stm 31 December 2009 live Format and qualifiers The televised stages featured 72 players, an increase of 2 from last year. The top 32 players in the PDC Order of Merit on 1 December 2009 were seeded for the tournament. http://www.pdc.tv/page/OrderofMeritExplanation/0,,10180,00.html Order of Merit Explanation pdc.tv Professional Darts Corporation 17 February 2009 19 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090221040900/http://www.pdc.tv/page/OrderofMeritExplanation/0%2C%2C10180%2C00.html 2009-02-21 dead They were joined by the 16 highest non qualified players in the Players Championship Order of Merit from events played on the PDC Pro Tour. These 48 players were joined by 24 international players: the 4 highest names in the European Order of Merit not already qualified, the 3 highest names in the North American Order of Merit not already qualified and 15 further international qualifiers to be determined by the PDC and PDPA. Some of the players, such as the 4 from the European Order of Merit, the top 2 Americans, and Australian players are entered straight into the first round, while others, having won qualifying events in their countries, were entered into the preliminary round.http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0,,10180~1891341,00.html World Championship Field pdc.tv Professional Darts Corporation 1 December 2009 1 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091204013536/http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0%2C%2C10180~1891341%2C00.html 4 December 2009 dead http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12288_5736745,00.html 72 line up at Ally Pally Sky Sports British Sky Broadcasting 14 December 2009 21 December 2009 4 Peter Wright (Scotland) https://web.archive.org/web/20100104025355/http://www.skysports.com/story/0%2C19528%2C12288_5736745%2C00.html 4 January 2010 live Order of Merit ENG Phil Taylor NED Raymond van Barneveld ENG James Wade CAN John Part ENG Mervyn King ENG Terry Jenkins ENG Ronnie Baxter ENG Adrian Lewis ENG Dennis Priestley ENG Colin Lloyd ENG Colin Osborne ENG Alan Tabern ENG Mark Walsh ENG Andy Hamilton ENG Kevin Painter SCO Robert Thornton ENG Wayne Mardle NED Vincent van der Voort ENG Steve Beaton ENG Peter Manley ENG Mark Dudbridge ENG Wayne Jones ENG Denis Ovens NED Jelle Klaasen ENG Wes Newton ENG Jamie Caven ENG Andy Smith NED Co Stompé ENG Kirk Shepherd NED Michael van Gerwen ENG Tony Eccles NED Roland Scholten Pro Tour SCO Gary Anderson AUS Paul Nicholson ENG Andy Jenkins SCO Peter Wright NIR Brendan Dolan ENG Steve Hine ENG Kevin McDine ENG Steve Brown ENG Matt Clark ENG Colin Monk ENG Steve Maish WAL Barrie Bates WAL Mark Webster NED Toon Greebe ENG Alex Roy ESP Carlos Rodriguez European Order of MeritFirst round qualifiers GER Andree Welge AUT Mensur Suljović GIB Dylan Duo GER Jyhan Artut International qualifiersFirst round qualifiers USA Darin Young USA Scott Burnett AUS Simon Whitlock NZL Warren Parry International qualifiersPreliminary round qualifiers CAN Ken MacNeil SWE Magnus Caris RSA Les Francis NZL Phillip Hazel POL Krzysztof Kciuk SVN Osmann Kijamet FIN Jarkko Komula RUS Roman Konchikov DEN Per Laursen GUY Norman Madhoo JPN Haruki Muramatsu IRL Aodhagan O'Neill PHI Ian Perez NED Jan van der Rassel ESP Francisco Ruiz GER Tomas Seyler Prize money The 2010 World Championship featured a prize fund of £1,000,000 – a rise of £260,000 on the previous year, to become darts' first £1 million tournament. All rounds featured more money compared to 2009, and also sees a £10,000 highest checkout prize being to make the fund go up to a million.August 2026 In addition, the losing semi-finalists contested a third place play off match on the same night as the Final, played for an extra £20,000 "winner takes all" pot on top of the £40,000 they both already received for being losing semi finalists. This was the first time since 1998 that such a playoff occurred.August 2026 The prize money is allocated as follows:Ladbrokes.com World Championships https://web.archive.org/web/20100103042611/http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0,,10180~1909564,00.html 2010-01-03 pdc.tv Position (num. of players) Prize money(Total: £1,000,000)Winner (1) £200,000Runner-Up (1) £100,000Third place (1) £60,000Fourth place (1) £40,000Quarter-finalists (4) £25,000Third round losers (8) £15,000Second round losers (16) £10,000First round losers (32) £6,000Preliminary round losers (8) £3,500Nine-dart finish (1) £25,000 Draw Preliminary round The preliminary round draw was made on 29 November, http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0,,10180~1889769,00.html Preliminary Round Draw Made pdc.tv Professional Darts Corporation 29 November 2009 1 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100103043859/http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0%2C%2C10180~1889769%2C00.html 2010-01-03 dead and the format is best of 7 legs. Player 1 Score Player 2DEN Per Laursen 81.453–4PHI Ian Perez 94.53CAN Ken MacNeil 77.52 4–2GUY Norman Madhoo 76.25FIN Jarkko Komula 76.09 4–3RUS Roman Konchikov 73.21JPN Haruki Muramatsu 75.98 4–1POL Krzysztof Kciuk 76.28GER Tomas Seyler 79.66 1–4NED Jan van der Rassel 83.07SWE Magnus Caris 87.13 4–0ESP Francisco Ruiz 75.09IRL Aodhagan O'Neill 88.06 4–2RSA Les Francis 79.16NZL Phillip Hazel 83.15 2–4SLO Osmann Kijamet 85.34 CHN Shi Yongsheng was originally drawn to play Tomas Seyler. However, he was forced to withdraw from the competition after he was unable to receive a visa to travel to the UK. Jan van der Rassel, the next non-qualified player from the Players Championship Order of Merit, took his place.http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~1907564,00.html Yongsheng Pulls Out pdc.tv Professional Darts Corporation 17 December 2009 17 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091220113725/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0%2C%2C10180~1907564%2C00.html 20 December 2009 dead dmy-all Last 64 The first round draw was made live on Sky Sports News on 7 December, and was conducted by Rod Harrington and Eric Bristow.http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0,,10180~1897380,00.html World Championship Draw pdc.tv Professional Darts Corporation 7 December 2009 7 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091216235833/http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0%2C%2C10180~1897380%2C00.html 16 December 2009 dead All sets were best of five legs, unless there is a final set tie-break. All games that went to a final set had to be won by 2 clear legs; if after six more legs the score in the final set reached 5-5, a sudden death leg would take place to decide the winner. Finals Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)1 January Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)2 January Final (best of 13 sets)3 January 3rd place playoff (best of 19 legs) 200 1 ENG Phil Taylor 107.37 5 8 ENG Adrian Lewis 102.95 0 28 NED Co Stompé 94.86 3 WAL Mark Webster 98.54 5 2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 95.16 5 7 ENG Ronnie Baxter 90.46 0 AUS Simon Whitlock 105.37 5 3 ENG James Wade 97.29 3 1 ENG Phil Taylor 106.00 6 WAL Mark Webster 88.02 0 2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 98.40 5 AUS Simon Whitlock 96.04 6 1 ENG Phil Taylor 104.38 7 AUS Simon Whitlock 100.51 3 WAL Mark Webster 93.90 10 2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 89.93 8 Rounds 1-4 4 First round (best of 5 sets)18–23 December Second round (best of 7 sets)27–29 December Third round (best of 7 sets)29–30 December Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets)1 January Semi-finals (best of 11 sets)2 January Final (best of 13 sets)3 January 200 1 ENG Phil Taylor 102.48 3 ENG Colin Monk 77.66 0 32 NED Roland Scholten 84.90 2 ENG Steve Hine 83.45 3 16 SCO Robert Thornton 84.29 3 PHI Ian Perez 82.75 1 17 ENG Wayne Mardle 72.39 0 GER Jyhan Artut 82.24 3 8 ENG Adrian Lewis 106.51 3 IRE Aodhagan O'Neill 75.76 0 25 ENG Wes Newton 86.61 3 FIN Jarkko Komula 82.73 0 9 ENG Dennis Priestley 93.90 2 ENG Kevin McDine 99.06 3 24 NED Jelle Klaasen 88.83 1 WAL Barrie Bates 88.61 3 5 ENG Mervyn King 97.40 3 ENG Matt Clark 85.62 0 28 NED Co Stompé 87.37 3 ENG Steve Maish 82.78 1 12 ENG Alan Tabern 89.41 3 CAN Ken MacNeil 88.82 2 21 ENG Mark Dudbridge 82.67 3 GER Andree Welge 83.10 0 4 CAN John Part 95.45 3 NED Toon Greebe 84.06 0 29 ENG Kirk Shepherd 79.21 3 USA Scott Burnett 69.91 0 13 ENG Mark Walsh 91.43 2 WAL Mark Webster 90.75 3 20 ENG Peter Manley 88.76 3 ENG Andy Jenkins 88.27 2 2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 92.65 3 NZL Warren Parry 78.89 0 31 ENG Tony Eccles 94.36 1 NIR Brendan Dolan 94.96 3 15 ENG Kevin Painter 91.17 3 AUT Mensur Suljović 86.83 1 18 NED Vincent van der Voort 93.26 3 GIB Dylan Duo 74.04 0 7 ENG Ronnie Baxter 94.93 3 JPN Haruki Muramatsu 83.84 0 26 ENG Jamie Caven 93.17 2 SCO Gary Anderson 93.11 3 10 ENG Colin Lloyd 95.55 3 SWE Magnus Caris 90.05 1 23 ENG Denis Ovens 83.19 3 NED Jan van der Rassel 82.12 1 6 ENG Terry Jenkins 93.35 3 AUS Paul Nicholson 93.12 2 27 ENG Andy Smith 85.41 2 USA Darin Young 84.56 3 11 ENG Colin Osborne 96.86 1 AUS Simon Whitlock 101.02 3 22 ENG Wayne Jones 85.61 3 ENG Alex Roy 82.54 1 3 ENG James Wade 96.65 3 ENG Steve Brown 92.38 1 30 NED Michael van Gerwen 89.00 3 SCO Peter Wright 83.75 1 14 ENG Andy Hamilton 87.27 3 SLO Osmann Kijamet 78.31 0 19 ENG Steve Beaton 89.52 3 ESP Carlos Rodriguez 82.07 0 1 ENG Taylor 103.28 4 ENG Hine 86.25 0 16 SCO Thornton 91.71 4 GER Artut 83.22 1 8 ENG Lewis 103.68 4 25 ENG Newton 95.26 2   ENG McDine 95.73 4 WAL Bates 90.47 0 5 ENG King 93.10 2 28 NED Stompé 99.86 4 12 ENG Tabern 92.34 3 21 ENG Dudbridge 95.06 4 4 CAN Part 76.51 1 29 ENG Shepherd 79.35 4 WAL Webster 89.52 4 20 ENG Manley 84.12 2 2 NED van Barneveld 89.95 4 NIR Dolan 82.11 0 15 ENG Painter 92.23 4 18 NED van der Voort 94.39 3 7 ENG Baxter 97.51 4 SCO Anderson 90.98 0 10 ENG Lloyd 88.48 4 23 ENG Ovens 88.74 3 6 ENG T. Jenkins 90.18 4 USA Young 75.96 0 AUS Whitlock 99.24 4 22 ENG Jones 92.92 0 3 ENG Wade 97.79 4 30 NED van Gerwen 93.92 2 14 ENG Hamilton 94.69 4 19 ENG Beaton 95.72 1 1 ENG Taylor 104.26 4 16 SCO Thornton 90.42 1 8 ENG Lewis 103.63 4 ENG McDine 92.14 0 28 NED Stompé 102.42 4 21 ENG Dudbridge 97.89 2 29 ENG Shepherd 88.78 1 WAL Webster 97.41 4 2 NED van Barneveld 89.41 4 15 ENG Painter 88.67 1 7 ENG Baxter 94.15 4 10 ENG Lloyd 89.26 1 6 ENG T. Jenkins 92.07 2 AUS Whitlock 100.60 4 3 ENG Wade 96.15 4 14 ENG Hamilton 97.66 3 1 ENG Taylor 107.37 5 8 ENG Lewis 102.95 0 28 NED Stompé 94.86 3 WAL Webster 98.54 5 2 NED van Barneveld 95.16 5 7 ENG Baxter 90.46 0 AUS Whitlock 105.37 5 3 ENG Wade 97.29 3 1 ENG Taylor 106.00 6 WAL Webster 88.02 0 2 NED van Barneveld 98.40 5 AUS Whitlock 96.04 6 1 ENG Taylor 104.38 7 AUS Whitlock 100.51 3 Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3) Final Final: Best of 13 sets. Referees: ENG Paul Hinks (first half) and ENG Bruce Spendley (second half).Alexandra Palace, London, England, 3 January 2010. (1) Phil Taylor ENG 7 – 3 AUS Simon Whitlock (98) 3 – 1, 2 – 3, 2 – 3, 3 – 1, 3 – 0, 3 – 2, 3 – 0, 3 – 2, 1 – 3, 3 – 1 104.38 Average (3 darts) 100.51 9 180 scores 11 170 Highest checkout 170 0% (0/0) Checkout summary 0% (0/0) Statistics Player Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout 3-dart average ENG Adrian Lewis 4 11 7 41 30 87 43 37 164 104.19 ENG Phil Taylor 6 29 4 68 15 173 108 43 170 104.63 AUS Simon Whitlock 6 25 18 83 59 223 148 58 170 100.46 ENG James Wade 4 14 11 51 48 138 73 25 150 96.97 ENG Colin Osborne 1 1 3 8 11 21 14 3 160 96.86 NED Co Stompé 4 14 10 53 46 113 70 22 132 96.13 ENG Kevin McDine 3 7 6 29 27 86 34 9 127 95.64 ENG Ronnie Baxter 4 11 6 37 33 103 61 7 142 94.26 ENG Mervyn King 2 5 4 18 18 50 17 11 136 95.25 ENG Tony Eccles 1 1 3 5 10 16 16 2 101 94.36 WAL Mark Webster 5 16 14 72 59 179 80 14 136 93.02 ENG Dennis Priestley 1 2 3 9 12 34 15 3 150 93.90 NED Vincent van der Voort 2 6 4 23 17 59 30 9 164 93.83 ENG Andy Hamilton 3 10 5 34 26 78 35 16 140 93.21 ENG Jamie Caven 1 2 3 8 13 30 13 5 80 93.17 AUS Paul Nicholson 1 2 3 10 11 28 15 6 110 93.12 NED Raymond van Barneveld 5 21 7 83 46 175 79 30 141 92.58 ENG Steve Beaton 2 4 4 19 14 37 25 7 98 92.62 ENG Steve Brown 1 1 3 4 11 20 9 2 60 92.38 SCO Gary Anderson 2 3 6 21 20 53 32 8 121 92.05 ENG Terry Jenkins 3 9 6 34 28 86 45 12 101 91.87 ENG Mark Dudbridge 3 9 7 41 34 86 62 7 146 91.87 NED Michael van Gerwen 2 5 5 20 20 58 20 4 125 91.46 ENG Mark Walsh 1 2 3 9 11 30 16 4 83 91.43 ENG Colin Lloyd 3 8 8 36 34 91 46 9 133 91.10 ENG Wes Newton 2 5 4 18 20 53 29 8 124 90.94 ENG Alan Tabern 2 6 6 28 31 89 46 16 141 90.88 ENG Kevin Painter 3 8 8 36 32 92 49 22 164 90.69 WAL Barrie Bates 2 3 5 16 19 59 22 4 144 89.54 ENG Wayne Jones 2 3 5 18 18 56 33 3 121 89.27 NED Jelle Klaasen 1 1 3 7 10 18 8 4 110 88.83 SCO Robert Thornton 3 8 6 26 27 80 43 8 105 88.81 PHI Christian Perez 2 1 3 11 13 26 21 1 84 88.64 SWE Magnus Caris 2 1 3 10 11 35 11 2 108 88.59 NIR Brendan Dolan 2 3 5 13 17 32 30 3 121 88.54 ENG Andy Jenkins 1 2 3 7 12 24 11 2 60 88.27 AUT Mensur Suljović 1 1 3 4 11 13 14 4 40 86.83 ENG Peter Manley 2 5 6 21 21 67 25 3 127 86.44 CAN John Part 2 4 4 17 14 27 11 6 167 85.98 ENG Denis Ovens 2 6 5 25 23 61 30 6 106 85.97 ENG Matt Clark 1 0 3 2 9 15 4 0 50 85.62 ENG Andy Smith 1 2 3 13 12 29 19 5 121 85.41 NED Roland Scholten 1 2 3 8 12 33 15 2 116 84.90 ENG Steve Hine 2 3 6 12 8 34 19 4 100 84.85 NED Toon Greebe 1 0 3 1 9 9 8 1 150 84.06 SCO Peter Wright 1 1 3 6 9 18 9 1 106 83.75 CAN Ken MacNeil 2 2 3 15 14 40 16 4 124 83.17 NZL Phillip Hazel 1 0 0 2 4 7 5 1 36 83.15 GER Andree Welge 1 0 3 3 9 14 5 1 48 83.10 ENG Steve Maish 1 1 3 6 10 22 9 1 136 82.78 GER Jyhan Artut 2 4 4 15 14 41 23 4 78 82.73 NED Jan van der Rassel 2 1 3 11 11 28 16 3 116 82.60 ENG Alex Roy 1 1 3 6 11 25 9 2 82 82.54 ENG Kirk Shepherd 3 8 5 25 24 50 23 11 109 82.45 ESP Carlos Rodriguez 1 0 3 2 9 16 4 2 60 82.07 IRL Aodhagan O'Neill 2 0 3 5 11 12 11 0 74 81.91 SLO Osmann Kijamet 2 0 3 4 11 22 6 2 60 81.83 DEN Per Laursen 1 0 0 3 4 10 2 0 116 81.45 USA Darin Young 2 3 6 14 25 47 12 6 86 80.26 JPN Haruki Muramatsu 2 0 3 5 10 20 5 2 75 79.91 GER Tomas Seyler 1 0 0 1 4 5 3 1 40 79.66 FIN Jarkko Komula 2 0 3 8 12 30 9 1 90 79.41 RSA Les Francis 1 0 0 2 4 8 3 0 116 79.16 NZL Warren Parry 1 0 3 0 9 7 3 2 — 78.89 ENG Colin Monk 1 0 3 0 9 5 7 0 — 77.66 POL Krzysztof Kciuk 1 0 0 1 4 4 1 1 140 76.28 GUY Norman Madhoo 1 0 0 2 4 11 2 0 80 76.25 ESP Francisco Ruiz 1 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 — 75.09 GIB Dylan Duo 1 0 3 0 9 5 2 0 — 74.04 RUS Roman Konchikov 1 0 0 3 4 8 1 0 90 73.21 ENG Wayne Mardle 1 0 3 3 9 11 4 3 48 72.39 USA Scott Burnett 1 0 3 2 9 12 4 2 154 69.91 Representation from different countries This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round. ENG ENG NED NED SCO SCO WAL WAL AUS AUS AUT AUT NIR NIR GER GER ESP SPA RSA RSA IRL IRL FIN FIN USA USA CAN CAN GUY GUY JPN JPN NZL NZL RUS RUS DEN DEN POL POL SWE SWE GIB GIB PHI PHI SLO SLO Total Final 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Semis 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Quarters 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Round 3 11 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Round 2 19 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Round 1 32 8 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 64 Prelim. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 16 Total 32 8 3 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 72 Television coverage As they had done for every WDC/PDC World Darts Championship, Sky Sports provided coverage in the UK, broadcasting all 72 matches live in high-definition. Dave Clark presented the coverage with analysis from Rod Harrington and Eric Bristow. They also commentated on matches along with Sid Waddell, John Gwynne, Dave Lanning, Nigel Pearson, Rod Studd and Stuart Pyke. Interviews were either handled by Clark, Bristow or Studd. Technical elements Technical crew were supplied by Yorkshire-based Sports Event Services Limited, with Mark Leak heading up their crew and assuming the role of stage manager. https://web.archive.org/web/20110525012410/http://www.pdc.tv/page/WhosWho/0%2C%2C10180%2C00.html 25 May 2011 References 2 External links The official site of the s Championship 2010 Category:2009 in darts Category:2010 in darts Category:2009 in sport in London Category:2010 in sport in London Category:December 2009 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:January 2010 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:International sports competitions in London Category:Alexandra Palace Category:Sport in the London Borough of Haringey