2011 PDC World Darts Championship

April 2022 2011 PDC World Darts Championship 16 December 2010 – 3 January 2011 Alexandra Palace London, England Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Legs (preliminaries)Sets (from Round 1)Final – first to 7 sets £1,000,000 £200,000 Adrian Lewis 170 Tony Eccles Terry Jenkins Adrian Lewis ENG 2010 2012 The 2011 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2011 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship) was the eighteenth World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at the Alexandra Palace, London from 16 December 2010 to 3 January 2011. A total of 72 players took part, 16 of whom began at the preliminary round stage, with the eight winners joining the remaining 56 players in the first round proper. Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won the 2010 tournament. He was knocked out of the tournament at the quarter-final stage by Mark Webster, who in turn was defeated by Adrian Lewis in the semi-finals. Lewis went on to win the tournament, beating Gary Anderson 7–5 in the final to become only the fifth different PDC World Champion and the first to have won it without having won the rival BDO World Championship.http://www.skysports.com/darts/pdc/story/0,25061,15623_6633820,00.html Jackpot hails 'dream' win 2011-01-04 Sky Sports 2011-01-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20110107001615/https://www.skysports.com/darts/pdc/story/0,25061,15623_6633820,00.html 2011-01-07 The final between Adrian Lewis and Gary Anderson was notable for a number of reasons. It was the last match that Sid Waddell commentated on at the PDC World Darts Championship before his death in 2012. It was the first ever nine-dart finish in a PDC World Championship final, hit by Lewis in the third leg of the match and not accomplished again until Michael Smith did so in 2023 against Michael van Gerwen. And it was also the first PDC World Championship final involving 2 players that were playing in their first World final. 4-time PDC World Championship semi-finalist Wayne Mardle was a notable absentee, missing out on his first World Championship since 1999. The 3-time PDC World Championship finalist Peter Manley was also another notable absentee, having missed out in his first World Championship since qualifying every year from 1997 to 2010. Format and qualifiers The televised stages featured 72 players from a minimum of 22 countries. The top 32 players in the PDC Order of Merit on 29 November 2010 were seeded for the tournament. http://www.pdc.tv/page/OrderofMeritExplanation/0,,10180,00.html Order of Merit Explanation pdc.tv Professional Darts Corporation 1 October 2008 4 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100706223021/http://www.pdc.tv/page/OrderofMeritExplanation/0%2C%2C10180%2C00.html 2010-07-06 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 two PDPA qualifiers (which were determined at a PDPA Qualifying event held in Derby on November 29, 2010), and 22 international players: the 4 highest names in the European Order of Merit not already qualified, the 2 highest names in the North American Order of Merit not already qualified and 16 further international qualifiers determined by the PDC and PDPA. Some of the international players, such as the 4 from the European Order of Merit, and the top American and Australian players were entered straight into the first round, while others, having won qualifying events in their countries, were entered into the preliminary round. Order of Merit ENG Phil Taylor ENG James Wade NED Raymond van Barneveld AUS Simon Whitlock ENG Adrian Lewis ENG Mervyn King ENG Terry Jenkins ENG Ronnie Baxter ENG Colin Lloyd ENG Mark Walsh SCO Gary Anderson ENG Andy Hamilton ENG Wayne Jones ENG Colin Osborne ENG Wes Newton AUS Paul Nicholson NED Co Stompé ENG Kevin Painter ENG Jamie Caven NED Vincent van der Voort SCO Robert Thornton ENG Dennis Priestley ENG Alan Tabern ENG Steve Beaton WAL Mark Webster NED Jelle Klaasen ENG Andy Smith ENG Mark Dudbridge ENG Denis Ovens WAL Barrie Bates NED Michael van Gerwen CAN John Part Pro Tour ENG Steve Farmer WAL Richie Burnett ENG Steve Brown ENG Justin Pipe ENG Tony Eccles ENG Dennis Smith ENG Nigel Heydon NIR Brendan Dolan ENG Steve Hine ENG Steve Maish ENG Kevin McDine ENG Mark Hylton ENG Chris Thompson SCO Peter Wright WAL Steve Evans ENG Joe Cullen ENG Kirk Shepherda 1 European Order of MeritFirst round qualifiers ESP Antonio Alcinas GER Andree Welge GER Bernd Roith AUT Mensur Suljović PDPA qualifiersFirst round qualifier ENG Alex Roy Preliminary round qualifier ENG Matt Padgettb 2 International qualifiersFirst round qualifiers USA Darin Young AUS Shane Tichowitsch AUS Rob Modraa 1 Preliminary round qualifiers RUS Andrei Ratnikovb 2 USA Gary Mawson GER Jyhan Artut AUT Dietmar Burger SWE Magnus Caris PHI Juanito Gionson JPN Morihiro Hashimoto CRO Boris Krčmar DEN Per Laursen HKG Scott MacKenzie GUY Norman Madhoo NIR Mickey Mansell RSA Devon Petersen NZL Preston Ridd NED Roland Scholten FIN Veijo Viinikka 1a Rob Modra was unable to get a visa, so therefore, he was replaced by Kirk Shepherd, the next highest ranked player in the Players Championship Order of Merit.2b Andrei Ratnikov was unable to travel to England for family reasons, so therefore, he was replaced by the Matt Padget, the runner up of the PDPA qualifier. Shepherd replaces Modra https://web.archive.org/web/20101218192401/http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0,,10180~2244433,00.html 2010-12-18 , pdc.tv, 14 December 2010 Prize money The 2011 World Championship featured a prize fund of £1,000,000 – the same as in the previous year. The Third Place Playoff did not take place this year. The prize money is allocated as follows: Position (num. of players) Prize money(Total: £1,000,000)Winner (1) £200,000Runner-Up (1) £100,000Semi-finalists (2) £50,000Quarter-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) £10,000 Draw Preliminary round The preliminary round was played from Dec 16 to Dec 23 with one match per day. The format was best of 7 legs. Player 1 Score Player 2 USA Gary Mawson 92.444–1 PHI Juanito Gionson 90.81 NED Roland Scholten 82.154–2 FIN Veijo Viinikka 75.93 ENG Matt Padgett 83.102–4 JPN Morihiro Hashimoto 87.30 DEN Per Laursen 91.054–2 CRO Boris Krčmar 84.89 GER Jyhan Artut 83.864–3 HKG Scott MacKenzie 84.94 NIR Mickey Mansell 82.700–4 NZL Preston Ridd 84.68 RSA Devon Petersen 90.164–3 GUY Norman Madhoo 82.05 SWE Magnus Caris 80.244–3 AUT Dietmar Burger 76.81 Last 64 The winner of the eight preliminary-round matches joined 56 other players in the first round. The first round draw took place on Tuesday 30 November live in the studio of Sky Sports News, and was conducted by 1983 World champion Keith Deller and Sky Sports darts' analyst and former World Matchplay champion, Rod Harrington.World Championship Draw https://web.archive.org/web/20101203081449/http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0%2C%2C10180~2233821%2C00.html 2010-12-03 Finals 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 101.74 2 25 WAL Mark Webster 98.01 5 5 ENG Adrian Lewis 100.03 5 20 NED Vincent van der Voort 93.17 2 15 ENG Wes Newton 91.94 4 7 ENG Terry Jenkins 93.52 5 11 SCO Gary Anderson 102.75 5 3 NED Raymond van Barneveld 93.79 1 25 WAL Mark Webster 96.38 4 5 ENG Adrian Lewis 98.48 6 7 ENG Terry Jenkins 97.01 2 11 SCO Gary Anderson 101.11 6 5 ENG Adrian Lewis 99.40 7 11 SCO Gary Anderson 99.41 5 Rounds 1-4 4 First round (best of 5 sets)16–23 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 88.49 3 USA Gary Mawson 77.49 0 32 CAN John Part 86.76 0 DEN Per Laursen 83.66 3 16 AUS Paul Nicholson 97.39 3 ENG Steve Farmer 93.90 0 17 NED Co Stompé 88.74 1 SCO Peter Wright 86.76 3 8 ENG Ronnie Baxter 94.10 3 NED Roland Scholten 90.65 0 25 WAL Mark Webster 98.93 3 ENG Steve Maish 93.76 0 9 ENG Colin Lloyd 84.35 3 GER Andree Welge 84.65 2 24 ENG Steve Beaton 89.79 2 ENG Mark Hylton 90.14 3 5 ENG Adrian Lewis 94.87 3 ENG Tony Eccles 94.84 0 28 ENG Mark Dudbridge 92.60 3 ENG Alex Roy 85.70 1 12 ENG Andy Hamilton 79.42 3 ENG Dennis Smith 80.10 0 21 SCO Robert Thornton 91.23 3 ENG Nigel Heydon 91.53 1 4 AUS Simon Whitlock 90.41 3 WAL Steve Evans 87.35 0 29 ENG Denis Ovens 88.87 3 GER Jyhan Artut 80.71 1 13 ENG Wayne Jones 92.63 3 ENG Kirk Shepherd 85.74 1 20 NED Vincent van der Voort 85.85 3 NZL Preston Ridd 71.29 0 2 ENG James Wade 91.53 3 ESP Antonio Alcinas 85.92 0 31 NED Michael van Gerwen 84.17 1 AUT Mensur Suljović 91.51 3 15 ENG Wes Newton 87.95 3 USA Darin Young 80.57 0 18 ENG Kevin Painter 84.84 0 NIR Brendan Dolan 96.32 3 7 ENG Terry Jenkins 87.11 3 ENG Joe Cullen 81.77 2 26 NED Jelle Klaasen 84.03 1 ENG Steve Brown 91.46 3 10 ENG Mark Walsh 93.48 3 ENG Justin Pipe 91.83 1 23 ENG Alan Tabern 91.14 3 WAL Richie Burnett 86.02 2 6 ENG Mervyn King 94.25 3 SWE Magnus Caris 83.68 0 27 ENG Andy Smith 93.26 3 AUS Shane Tichowitsch 87.58 1 11 SCO Gary Anderson 103.26 3 JPN Morihiro Hashimoto 87.44 0 22 ENG Dennis Priestley 92.21 3 GER Bernd Roith 83.12 0 3 NED Raymond van Barneveld 94.28 3 ENG Steve Hine 85.70 1 30 WAL Barrie Bates 78.80 1 ENG Kevin McDine 77.65 3 14 ENG Colin Osborne 93.02 3 ENG Chris Thompson 88.47 1 19 ENG Jamie Caven 84.28 3 RSA Devon Petersen 79.82 1 1 ENG Taylor 102.09 4 DEN Laursen 93.19 0 16 AUS Nicholson 89.93 2 SCO Wright 85.39 4 8 ENG Baxter 95.00 0 25 WAL Webster 97.22 4 9 ENG Lloyd 91.14 2 ENG Hylton 93.52 4 5 ENG Lewis 90.28 4 28 ENG Dudbridge 87.66 1 12 ENG Hamilton 86.49 0 21 SCO Thornton 90.16 4 4 AUS Whitlock 102.86 4 29 ENG Ovens 86.50 0 13 ENG Jones 92.88 2 20 NED van der Voort 93.96 4 2 ENG Wade 89.54 2 AUT Suljović 88.55 4 15 ENG Newton 92.63 4 NIR Dolan 91.07 0 7 ENG Jenkins 91.96 4 ENG Brown 85.50 1 10 ENG Walsh 89.33 4 23 ENG Tabern 87.45 3 6 ENG King 94.45 3 27 ENG A. Smith 93.05 4 11 SCO Anderson 103.44 4 22 ENG Priestley 97.26 2 3 NED van Barneveld 98.24 4 ENG McDine 91.93 1 14 ENG Osborne 89.82 4 19 ENG Caven 88.91 0 1 ENG Taylor 98.07 4 SCO Wright 96.56 1 25 WAL Webster 93.25 4 ENG Hylton 91.81 1 5 ENG Lewis 101.05 4 21 SCO Thornton 92.23 1 4 AUS Whitlock 96.81 2 20 NED van der Voort 94.95 4 AUT Suljović 84.76 0 15 ENG Newton 97.34 4 7 ENG Jenkins 99.05 4 10 ENG Walsh 91.79 0 27 ENG A. Smith 92.97 0 11 SCO Anderson 108.39 4 3 NED van Barneveld 97.19 4 14 ENG Osborne 90.63 3 1 ENG Taylor 101.74 2 25 WAL Webster 98.01 5 5 ENG Lewis 100.03 5 20 NED van der Voort 93.17 2 15 ENG Newton 91.94 4 7 ENG Jenkins 93.52 5 11 SCO Anderson 102.75 5 3 NED van Barneveld 93.79 1 25 WAL Webster 96.38 4 5 ENG Lewis 98.48 6 7 ENG Jenkins 97.01 2 11 SCO Anderson 101.11 6 5 ENG Lewis 99.40 7 11 SCO Anderson 99.41 5 Final Final: Best of 13 sets. Referees: ENG George Noble (first half) and ENG Russ Bray (second half).Alexandra Palace, London, England, 3 January 2011. (5) Adrian Lewis ENG 7 – 5 SCO Gary Anderson (11) 3 – 1, 3 – 0, 0 – 3, 3 – 1, 1 – 3, 1 – 3, 3 – 1, 3 – 2, 1 – 3, 3 – 1, 1 – 3, 0 – 3, 3 – 0 99.80 Average (3 darts) 99.41 20 180 scores 10 141 Highest checkout 164 0% (0/0) Checkout summary 0% (0/0) Statistics http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventStats.aspx?EventKey=2334 2011 PDC World Championship Stats Darts Database 26 August 2013 Player Eliminated Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout Average ENG Adrian Lewis Winner 6 29 13 101 70 221 119 60 167 97.35 SCO Gary Anderson Runner-up 6 27 12 93 62 167 136 58 164 103.06 WAL Mark Webster Semi-finals 5 20 9 73 49 148 102 24 167 96.76 ENG Terry Jenkins Semi-finals 5 18 13 71 54 182 91 29 170 93.73 ENG Phil Taylor Quarter-finals 4 13 6 46 32 109 68 17 126 97.60 NED Raymond van Barneveld Quarter-finals 4 12 10 50 43 112 79 23 156 95.88 ENG Wes Newton Quarter-finals 4 15 5 51 32 103 61 11 136 92.47 NED Vincent van der Voort Quarter-finals 4 13 9 44 42 111 60 19 148 91.98 AUS Simon Whitlock Third round 3 9 4 33 17 57 46 16 164 96.69 ENG Andy Smith Third round 3 7 8 31 28 85 40 19 140 93.09 ENG Mark Hylton Third round 3 9 8 37 33 87 47 18 138 91.82 ENG Mark Walsh Third round 3 7 8 32 36 86 45 16 146 91.53 SCO Robert Thornton Third round 3 8 5 27 28 87 33 10 125 91.21 ENG Colin Osborne Third round 3 10 5 35 29 71 37 14 139 91.16 AUT Mensur Suljović Third round 3 7 7 29 31 76 32 13 136 88.27 SCO Peter Wright Third round 3 8 7 32 29 77 48 6 120 87.57 ENG Dennis Priestley Second round 2 5 4 21 17 47 28 12 111 94.74 ENG Ronnie Baxter Second round 2 3 4 15 15 32 27 6 118 94.55 ENG Mervyn King Second round 2 6 4 22 18 63 36 6 136 94.35 NIR Brendan Dolan Second round 2 3 4 15 14 42 20 5 108 93.70 AUS Paul Nicholson Second round 2 5 4 18 18 37 35 7 141 93.66 ENG Wayne Jones Second round 2 5 5 20 18 60 31 9 120 92.76 ENG James Wade Second round 2 5 4 22 17 48 28 2 121 90.54 ENG Mark Dudbridge Second round 2 4 5 18 21 42 19 12 107 90.13 DEN Per Laursen Second round 3 3 4 17 19 56 23 3 106 89.30 ENG Alan Tabern Second round 2 6 6 27 25 86 32 12 160 89.30 ENG Steve Brown Second round 2 4 5 15 19 43 19 9 126 88.48 ENG Colin Lloyd Second round 2 5 6 19 25 45 29 6 136 87.75 ENG Denis Ovens Second round 2 3 5 13 18 36 22 2 106 87.69 ENG Jamie Caven Second round 2 3 5 17 20 54 17 6 161 86.60 ENG Kevin McDine Second round 2 4 5 17 22 48 14 8 120 84.79 ENG Andy Hamilton Second round 2 3 4 15 15 42 10 6 106 82.96 ENG Tony Eccles First round 1 0 3 6 9 13 11 8 170 94.84 ENG Steve Farmer First round 1 0 3 3 9 10 15 1 161 93.90 ENG Steve Maish First round 1 0 3 2 9 10 9 2 58 93.76 ENG Justin Pipe First round 1 1 3 7 9 21 11 4 167 91.83 ENG Nigel Heydon First round 1 1 3 8 10 30 12 2 61 91.53 ENG Steve Beaton First round 1 2 3 11 13 29 14 4 75 89.79 NED Co Stompé First round 1 1 3 6 11 18 11 4 111 88.74 ENG Chris Thompson First round 1 1 3 6 10 26 10 2 96 88.47 AUS Shane Tichowitsch First round 1 1 3 3 11 15 12 2 40 87.58 JPN Morihiro Hashimoto First round 2 0 3 4 11 19 6 4 61 87.37 WAL Steve Evans First round 1 0 3 2 9 18 8 0 35 87.35 CAN John Part First round 1 0 3 5 9 15 7 7 100 86.76 NED Roland Scholten First round 2 0 3 7 11 21 12 4 112 86.40 WAL Richie Burnett First round 1 2 3 7 10 27 10 2 64 86.02 ESP Antonio Alcinas First round 1 0 3 2 9 14 6 2 20 85.92 ENG Kirk Shepherd First round 1 1 3 5 10 16 9 1 40 85.74 ENG Steve Hine First round 1 1 3 7 11 29 6 1 88 85.70 ENG Alex Roy First round 1 1 3 7 10 14 8 4 68 85.70 RSA Devon Petersen First round 2 1 3 12 14 22 13 5 146 84.99 USA Gary Mawson First round 2 0 3 8 10 16 14 3 81 84.97 ENG Kevin Painter First round 1 0 3 2 9 17 5 1 156 84.84 GER Andree Welge First round 1 2 3 9 10 25 6 3 63 84.65 NED Michael van Gerwen First round 1 1 3 6 9 12 9 4 82 84.17 NED Jelle Klaasen First round 1 1 3 5 10 13 9 2 111 84.03 GER Bernd Roith First round 1 0 3 2 9 16 7 0 96 83.12 GER Jyhan Artut First round 2 1 3 10 14 29 10 4 112 82.29 SWE Magnus Caris First round 2 0 3 6 12 25 8 2 55 81.96 ENG Joe Cullen First round 1 2 3 6 13 20 7 4 59 81.77 USA Darin Young First round 1 0 3 3 9 12 6 2 32 80.57 ENG Dennis Smith First round 1 0 3 3 9 15 7 1 40 80.10 WAL Barrie Bates First round 1 1 3 8 9 29 10 0 116 78.80 NZL Preston Ridd First round 2 0 0 5 9 13 6 1 104 77.99 PHI Juanito Gionson Prelim. Round 1 0 0 1 4 11 2 1 96 90.81 HKG Scott MacKenzie Prelim. Round 1 0 0 3 4 8 4 0 60 84.94 CRO Boris Krčmar Prelim. Round 1 0 0 2 4 4 4 1 76 84.89 ENG Matt Padgett Prelim. Round 1 0 0 2 4 6 3 0 40 83.10 NIR Michael Mansell Prelim. Round 1 0 0 0 4 5 5 0 — 82.70 GUY Norman Madhoo Prelim. Round 1 0 0 3 4 6 4 1 36 82.05 AUT Dietmar Burger Prelim. Round 1 0 0 3 4 12 1 0 64 76.81 FIN Veijo Viinikka Prelim. Round 1 0 0 2 4 6 2 1 40 75.93 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 AUS AUS WAL WAL AUT AUT GER GER NIR NIR NZL NZL CAN CAN ESP SPA RSA RSA USA USA JPN JPN FIN FIN PHI PHI DEN DEN CRO CRO HKG HKG SWE SWE GUY GUY Total Final 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Semis 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Quarters 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Round 3 8 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Round 2 21 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 32 Round 1 34 6 3 3 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 64 Prelim. 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16 Total 35 6 3 3 4 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 72 Television coverage Sky Sports broadcast all 72 matches live in high-definition in the United Kingdom. Dave Clark presented the coverage with analysis from Rod Harrington and Eric Bristow. They also commentated on matches along with Sid Waddell (in his final PDC World Darts Championship commentating appearance), John Gwynne, Nigel Pearson, Rod Studd and Stuart Pyke. This was the first PDC World Championship where Dave Lanning wasn't commentating having retired prior to the tournament. Due to the ill health of Harrington, Wayne Mardle replaced him post-Christmas and featured both commentating and co-presenting alongside Clark. Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff was also a guest commentator twice during tournament. Interviews were handled by either Clark, Bristow or Studd. In the Netherlands SBS6 broadcast all matches live through a live stream on the SBS6 website and Sport1 broadcast all the matches on television, both with commentary provided by Jacques Nieuwlaat and Leo Oldenburger. In Germany it was broadcast live on Sport1 with co-commentary provided by Roland Scholten, and in Australia it was broadcast live on Fox Sports. References External links The official site of the Championship 2011 World Championship NetZone; Results and Schedule 2011 PDC World Darts Championship at Sky Sports 2011 Category:2010 in darts Category:2011 in darts PDC World Darts Championship PDC World Darts Championship Category:December 2010 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:International sports competitions in London Category:Alexandra Palace Category:Sport in the London Borough of Haringey Category:January 2011 in the United Kingdom