2009 Players Championship Finals

October 2017 October 2017 2009 coral.co.uk Players Championship Finals 30 January–1 February 2009 Circus Tavern Purfleet, England Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) LegsFinal – best of 31 £200,000 £50,000 167 James Wade Ronnie Baxter Phil Taylor ENG 2010 The 2009 coral.co.uk Players Championship Finalshttp://www.planetdarts.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~1522991,00.html coral.co.uk Players Championship Schedule planetdarts.tv 16 January 2009 16 January 2009August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 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 to 1 February 2009 and was held at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet, England – the former venue of the PDC World Darts Championship. http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/LatestDetail/0,,10180~1410774,00.html PDC return to Circus Tavern planetdarts.tv 19 November 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081104132556/http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/LatestDetail/0%2C%2C10180~1410774%2C00.html 4 November 2008 dead dmy-all Prize money The 2009 Players Championship Finals featured a prize fund of £200,000.Coral Back Players Championship http://www.pdc.tv/page/PlayersChampionshipDetail/0,,10180~1525597,00.html Planet Darts 19 January 2009February 2026 medicmedic Position (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £200,000)Winner (1) £50,000Runner-Up (1) £25,000Semi-finalists (2) £12,500Quarter-finalists (4) £8,500Last 16  (second round) (8) £4,000Last 32  (first round) (16) £4,000Highest 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. 30em ENG Phil Taylor (champion) ENG James Wade (semi-finals) ENG Alan Tabern (second round) ENG Mervyn King (quarter-finals) ENG Ronnie Baxter (semi-finals) ENG Dennis Priestley (quarter-finals) ENG Colin Osborne (first round) ENG Colin Lloyd (quarter-finals) ENG Andy Hamilton (second round) NED Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals) ENG Denis Ovens (first round) ENG Terry Jenkins (first round) ENG Mark Walsh (first round) SCO Robert Thornton (runner-up) ENG Kevin Painter (second round) NED Vincent van der Voort (second round) ENG Chris Mason (first round) ENG Alex Roy (first round) ENG Mark Dudbridge (first round) ENG Wayne Mardle (second round) ENG Wayne Jones (second round) CAN John Part (second round) ENG Andy Jenkins (first round) ENG Peter Manley (first round) ENG Jamie Caven (first round) ENG Andy Smith (second round) ENG Steve Maish (first round) ENG Tony Eccles (first round) NIR Felix McBrearty (first round) ENG Adrian Lewis (first round) ENG Steve Beaton (first round) NED 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 200 1 ENG Phil Taylor 108.49 6 32 NED Michael van Gerwen 92.10 3 16 NED Vincent van der Voort 80.29 6 17 ENG Chris Mason 76.51 2 8 ENG Colin Lloyd 95.21 6 25 ENG Jamie Caven 81.23 1 9 ENG Andy Hamilton 90.00 6 24 ENG Peter Manley 88.25 2 5 ENG Ronnie Baxter 90.82 6 28 ENG Tony Eccles 93.16 4 12 ENG Terry Jenkins 101.84 2 21 ENG Wayne Jones 99.08 6 4 ENG Mervyn King 93.79 6 29 NIR Felix McBrearty 81.69 2 13 ENG Mark Walsh 94.06 4 20 ENG Wayne Mardle 97.36 6 2 ENG James Wade 97.05 6 31 ENG Steve Beaton 83.34 2 15 ENG Kevin Painter 91.98 6 18 ENG Alex Roy 87.51 5 7 ENG Colin Osborne 79.74 1 26 ENG Andy Smith 99.03 6 10 NED Raymond van Barneveld 99.77 6 23 ENG Andy Jenkins 90.75 4 6 ENG Dennis Priestley 87.46 6 27 ENG Steve Maish 81.98 3 11 ENG Denis Ovens 84.80 3 22 CAN John Part 90.19 6 3 ENG Alan Tabern 97.02 6 30 ENG Adrian Lewis 86.13 3 14 SCO Robert Thornton 84.61 6 19 ENG Mark Dudbridge 83.97 5 1 ENG Phil Taylor 108.63 6 16 NED Vincent van der Voort 98.11 3 8 ENG Colin Lloyd 100.51 6 9 ENG Andy Hamilton 91.65 2 5 ENG Ronnie Baxter 92.30 6 21 ENG Wayne Jones 93.75 4 4 ENG Mervyn King 96.25 6 20 ENG Wayne Mardle 95.92 4 2 ENG James Wade 93.43 6 15 ENG Kevin Painter 86.00 5 26 ENG Andy Smith 89.07 0 10 NED Raymond van Barneveld 99.10 6 6 ENG Dennis Priestley 91.42 6 22 CAN John Part 93.02 5 3 ENG Alan Tabern 97.30 2 14 SCO Robert Thornton 96.05 6 1 ENG Phil Taylor 92.65 9 8 ENG Colin Lloyd 83.83 0 5 ENG Ronnie Baxter 94.87 9 4 ENG Mervyn King 95.59 5 2 ENG James Wade 97.58 9 10 NED Raymond van Barneveld 100.07 8 6 ENG Dennis Priestley 90.69 5 14 SCO Robert Thornton 94.33 9 1 ENG Phil Taylor 101.58 13 5 ENG Ronnie Baxter 92.68 2 2 ENG James Wade 93.86 10 14 SCO Robert Thornton 95.40 13 1 ENG Phil Taylor 98.04 16 14 SCO Robert Thornton 88.52 9 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 AverageENG Terry Jenkins126167140101.84ENG Phil Taylor55017846511161100.65NED Raymond van Barneveld32013414349699.79ENG Alan Tabern2892615412197.15ENG Wayne Mardle210103112611996.65ENG Wayne Jones21082812512796.09ENG Mervyn King317153732711895.31ENG James Wade4312876491616795.24ENG Andy Smith2671615316194.54ENG Mark Walsh14617326694.06ENG Tony Eccles14611925693.16ENG Ronnie Baxter423265431616792.82ENG Colin Lloyd31212251957292.49NED Michael van Gerwen13613516092.10CAN John Part2119269510191.73SCO Robert Thornton5433899582015091.62ENG Andy Hamilton288231114490.78ENG Andy Jenkins14615508490.75ENG Dennis Priestley317174824615690.03ENG Kevin Painter211112817310589.02ENG Peter Manley126137010188.25NED Vincent van der Voort2981713416188.22ENG Alex Roy156156211487.51ENG Adrian Lewis13667112186.13ENG Denis Ovens13613437884.80ENG Mark Dudbridge15612935283.97ENG Steve Beaton12682210683.34ENG Steve Maish13613607681.98NIR Felix McBrearty1268404081.69ENG Jamie Caven1168207881.23ENG Colin Osborne1166319279.74ENG Chris Mason1265425676.51 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.http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/LatestDetail/0,,10180~1469303,00.html ITV4 To Screen Players Championship Finals planetdarts.tv 28 November 2008 28 November 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081201083848/http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/LatestDetail/0%2C%2C10180~1469303%2C00.html 1 December 2008 dead 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. References Category:Players Championship Finals Players Championship Finals Category:2009 in English sport Category:Sport in Essex Category:Purfleet Category:2000s in Essex Category:January 2009 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:February 2009 sports events in the United Kingdom