2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic

March 2013 The 2007 SBets.net Las Vegas Desert Classic (also billed as Las Vegas Desert Classic VI) was the sixth time that the Professional Darts Corporation staged the Las Vegas Desert Classic. The tournament was held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino for the second successive year and was staged between July 3–8, televised on Sky Sports from July 4. There was no title sponsor for the event after PartyPoker.net's sponsorship lasted for just one year. The opening day of the tournament saw a few surprise results, including Mark Dudbridge defeating three-time Desert Classic champion Phil Taylor 6–5. Raymond van Barneveld secured his third major PDC title of the year, adding to his World Championship and UK Open successes, by beating Terry Jenkins 13–6 in the final, with a tournament average of 101.24. Prize money The prize fund increased for the 2007 event to a total of £120,000. A further £6,400 was also made available for the PDPA qualifying events. Stage (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £120,000) Winner (1) £20,000 Runner-up (1) £10,000 Semi-finalists (2) £7,000 Quarter-finalists (4) £5,000 Last 16 (8) £3,000 Last 32 (16) £2,000 Qualification Following the 2007 UK Open at the beginning of June, the top 12 players of the PDC Order of Merit were automatically qualified. They were joined by 4 North American qualifiers from qualification tournaments across the United States and Canada, and 16 further places decided at two qualification days on the eve of the tournament itself. These qualifying events were for lower ranked PDPA members and US residents. Eight players each day joined the automatic qualifiers in the first round of the main event. PDC Order of Merit Phil Taylor Raymond van Barneveld Colin Lloyd Peter Manley Terry Jenkins Dennis Priestley Adrian Lewis Wayne Mardle Roland Scholten Andy Hamilton James Wade John Part North American qualifiers Darin Young John Kuczynski Gary Mawson Gerry Convery PDPA qualifier 1 Wes Newton Steve Maish Kevin Painter Steve Beaton Colin Osborne Mervyn King Ray Carver Dennis Smith PDPA qualifier 2 Alan Tabern Mark Dudbridge John Ferrell Tony Eccles Stuart Holden Andy Smith Steve Smith Vincent van der Voort Results A random draw was held after each round meaning no seedings were applied. First round Player ScorePlayerPlayer ScorePlayerDarin Young 1 92.37 6 – 3Tony Eccles 93.60Mark Dudbridge 1 90.39 6 – 5Phil Taylor 91.98Mervyn King 1 90.45 6 – 1Gerry Convery 84.39Alan Tabern 1 92.37 6 – 5John Kuczynski 87.12Roland Scholten 1 90.81 6 – 4Andy Smith 78.03John Part 1 96.84 6 – 4Steve Maish 97.08Wes Newton 1 101.37 6 – 3Colin Lloyd 97.65Colin Osborne 1 98.13 6 – 5James Wade 95.70Gary Mawson 1 87.90 6 – 2Stuart Holden 81.09Peter Manley 1 93.99 6 – 4Vincent van der Voort 90.24Raymond van Barneveld 1 102.84 6 – 1Kevin Painter 92.31Dennis Smith 1 96.45 6 – 5Dennis Priestley 94.77Steve Beaton 1 83.19 6 – 5Andy Hamilton 83.94Adrian Lewis 1 93.09 6 – 3Steve Smith 82.44Terry Jenkins 1 90.60 6 – 3Ray Carver 88.80Wayne Mardle 1 85.23 6 – 3John Ferrell 85.62 Second round Player ScorePlayerPlayer ScorePlayerRoland Scholten 1 88.62 8 – 5Steve Beaton 85.32Terry Jenkins 1 86.37 8 – 7Wes Newton 84.66Peter Manley 1 87.42 8 – 4Colin Osborne 87.33Adrian Lewis 1 93.00 8 – 6Mervyn King 89.28Raymond van Barneveld 1 98.97 8 – 1Wayne Mardle 91.74John Part 1 92.70 8 – 7Mark Dudbridge 88.68Dennis Smith 1 86.79 8 – 7Darin Young 92.10Gary Mawson 1 86.19 8 – 6Alan Tabern 83.04 Quarter-finals Player ScorePlayerJohn Part 1 92.55 10 – 9Dennis Smith 87.15Peter Manley 1 88.65 10 – 8Adrian Lewis 89.40Raymond van Barneveld 1 101.40 10 – 4Roland Scholten 93.75Terry Jenkins 1 96.18 10 – 7Gary Mawson 92.34 Semi-finals and Final Semi-finals Final 180 no Raymond van Barneveld 1 101.43 11 John Part 100.86 7 Terry Jenkins 1 97.95 11 Peter Manley 88.92 8 Raymond van Barneveld 1 101.55 13 Terry Jenkins 92.37 6 Television coverage Sky Sports broadcast the event live in the UK & Ireland for the 6th year running. The final between van Barneveld & Jenkins achieved viewing figures of 82,000 - although that was surpassed by other matches during the week.BARB viewing summary https://web.archive.org/web/20081005102511/http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?RequestTimeout=500&report=weeklytop30 2008-10-05 Wednesday 120,000 (SS1) & 65,000 (SS2) Thursday 90,000 (SS1) & 115,000 (SS2) Friday unavailable Saturday 87,000 (SS2) Sunday 82,000 (SS1) Players Championship On the eve of the Las Vegas Desert Classic, a PDPA Players Championship event was held on Sunday July 1 and was won by Raymond van Barneveld. References External links Pictures from the 2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic Tournament information and registration form Results and reports Planetdarts web site Category:Las Vegas Desert Classic Las Vegas Desert Classic Category:July 2007 sports events in the United States Category:2007 in sports in Nevada