2010 PDC World Darts Championship

The 2010 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 17th 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 and 3 January 2010.

2010 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates18 December 2009 –
3 January 2010
VenueAlexandra Palace
LocationLondon
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs (preliminaries, 3rd/4th place playoff)
Sets (from Round 1)
Final – best of 13
Prize fund£1,000,000
Winner's share£200,000
Nine-dart finish Raymond van Barneveld
High checkout170 Phil Taylor (2x)
170 Simon Whitlock (2x)
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«2009 2011»

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.[1] Raymond van Barneveld recorded the second nine-dart finish in the history of the tournament in his second-round match against Brendan Dolan.[2]

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.[3] 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.

  • The final field as of 1 December 2009:[4]

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.

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.

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. Therefore, third place won £60,000, and fourth place £40,000 – both an increase from last years £30,000 for the losing semi finalists.

The prize money is allocated as follows:[6]

Position (num. of players) Prize Money
(Total: £1,000,000)
Winner (1) £200,000
Runner-Up (1) £100,000
Third place (1) £60,000
Fourth place (1) £40,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £25,000
Third round losers (8) £15,000
Second round losers (16) £10,000
First round losers (32) £6,000
Preliminary round losers (8) £3,500
Nine-dart finish (1) £25,000

Draw

Preliminary round

The preliminary round draw was made on 29 November,[7] and the format is best of 7 legs.

Player 1 Score Player 2
Per Laursen 81.45 3–4 Ian Perez 94.53
Ken MacNeil 77.52 4–2 Norman Madhoo 76.25
Jarkko Komula 76.09 4–3 Roman Konchikov 73.21
Haruki Muramatsu 75.98 4–1 Krzysztof Kciuk 76.28
Tomas Seyler 79.66 1–4 Jan van der Rassel 83.07
Magnus Caris 87.13 4–0 Francisco Ruiz 75.09
Aodhagan O'Neill 88.06 4–2 Les Francis 79.16
Phillip Hazel 83.15 2–4 Osmann Kijamet 85.34

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.[8]

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.[9]

  • All sets best of five legs, unless there is a final set tie-break. Match distances in sets are quoted at the top of each round of the bracket
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
                  
1 Phil Taylor 102.48 3
Colin Monk 77.66 0
1 Taylor 103.28 4
Hine 86.25 0
32 Roland Scholten 84.90 2
Steve Hine 83.45 3
1 Taylor 104.26 4
16 Thornton 90.42 1
16 Robert Thornton 84.29 3
Ian Perez 82.75 1
16 Thornton 91.71 4
Artut 83.22 1
17 Wayne Mardle 72.39 0
Jyhan Artut 82.24 3
1 Taylor 107.37 5
8 Lewis 102.95 0
8 Adrian Lewis 106.51 3
Aodhagan O'Neill 75.76 0
8 Lewis 103.68 4
25 Newton 95.26 2
25 Wes Newton 86.61 3
Jarkko Komula 82.73 0
8 Lewis 103.63 4
McDine 92.14 0
9 Dennis Priestley 93.90 2
Kevin McDine 99.06 3
  McDine 95.73 4
Bates 90.47 0
24 Jelle Klaasen 88.83 1
Barrie Bates 88.61 3
1 Taylor 106.00 6
Webster 88.02 0
5 Mervyn King 97.40 3
Matt Clark 85.62 0
5 King 93.10 2
28 Stompé 99.86 4
28 Co Stompé 87.37 3
Steve Maish 82.78 1
28 Stompé 102.42 4
21 Dudbridge 97.89 2
12 Alan Tabern 89.41 3
Ken MacNeil 88.82 2
12 Tabern 92.34 3
21 Dudbridge 95.06 4
21 Mark Dudbridge 82.67 3
Andree Welge 83.10 0
28 Stompé 94.86 3
Webster 98.54 5
4 John Part 95.45 3
Toon Greebe 84.06 0
4 Part 76.51 1
29 Shepherd 79.35 4
29 Kirk Shepherd 79.21 3
Scott Burnett 69.91 0
29 Shepherd 88.78 1
Webster 97.41 4
13 Mark Walsh 91.43 2
Mark Webster 90.75 3
Webster 89.52 4
20 Manley 84.12 2
20 Peter Manley 88.76 3
Andy Jenkins 88.27 2
1 Taylor 104.38 7
Whitlock 100.51 3
2 Raymond van Barneveld 92.65 3
Warren Parry 78.89 0
2 van Barneveld 89.95 4
Dolan 82.11 0
31 Tony Eccles 94.36 1
Brendan Dolan 94.96 3
2 van Barneveld 89.41 4
15 Painter 88.67 1
15 Kevin Painter 91.17 3
Mensur Suljović 86.83 1
15 Painter 92.23 4
18 van der Voort 94.39 3
18 Vincent van der Voort 93.26 3
Dylan Duo 74.04 0
2 van Barneveld 95.16 5
7 Baxter 90.46 0
7 Ronnie Baxter 94.93 3
Haruki Muramatsu 83.84 0
7 Baxter 97.51 4
Anderson 90.98 0
26 Jamie Caven 93.17 2
Gary Anderson 93.11 3
7 Baxter 94.15 4
10 Lloyd 89.26 1
10 Colin Lloyd 95.55 3
Magnus Caris 90.05 1
10 Lloyd 88.48 4
23 Ovens 88.74 3
23 Denis Ovens 83.19 3
Jan van der Rassel 82.12 1
2 van Barneveld 98.40 5
Whitlock 96.04 6
6 Terry Jenkins 93.35 3
Paul Nicholson 93.12 2
6 T. Jenkins 90.18 4
Young 75.96 0
27 Andy Smith 85.41 2
Darin Young 84.56 3
6 T. Jenkins 92.07 2
Whitlock 100.60 4
11 Colin Osborne 96.86 1
Simon Whitlock 101.02 3
Whitlock 99.24 4
22 Jones 92.92 0
22 Wayne Jones 85.61 3
Alex Roy 82.54 1
Whitlock 105.37 5
3 Wade 97.29 3
3 James Wade 96.65 3
Steve Brown 92.38 1
3 Wade 97.79 4
30 van Gerwen 93.92 2
30 Michael van Gerwen 89.00 3
Peter Wright 83.75 1
3 Wade 96.15 4
14 Hamilton 97.66 3
14 Andy Hamilton 87.27 3
Osmann Kijamet 78.31 0
14 Hamilton 94.69 4
19 Beaton 95.72 1
19 Steve Beaton 89.52 3
Carlos Rodriguez 82.07 0

Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)

  • All games that went to a final set had to be won by 2 clear legs, if after six more legs the players still couldn't be separated, a sudden death leg would take place to decide the winner, i.e. if the set goes to 5–5, a decider is played
  • Mark Webster defeated Raymond van Barneveld 10 legs to 8 on 3 January in a 3rd/4th place playoff, the first time since 1998 such a playoff has occurred

Final
Final: Best of 13 sets.
Referees: Paul Hinks (first half) and George Noble (second half).
Alexandra Palace, London, England, 3 January 2010.
(1) Phil Taylor 7 – 3 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
Adrian Lewis 4 11 7 41 30 87 43 37 164 104.19
Phil Taylor 6 29 4 68 15 173 108 43 170 104.63
Simon Whitlock 6 25 18 83 59 223 148 58 170 100.46
James Wade 4 14 11 51 48 138 73 25 150 96.97
Colin Osborne 1 1 3 8 11 21 14 3 160 96.86
Co Stompé 4 14 10 53 46 113 70 22 132 96.13
Kevin McDine 3 7 6 29 27 86 34 9 127 95.64
Ronnie Baxter 4 11 6 37 33 103 61 7 142 94.26
Mervyn King 2 5 4 18 18 50 17 11 136 95.25
Tony Eccles 1 1 3 5 10 16 16 2 101 94.36
Mark Webster 5 16 14 72 59 179 80 14 136 93.02
Dennis Priestley 1 2 3 9 12 34 15 3 150 93.90
Vincent van der Voort 2 6 4 23 17 59 30 9 164 93.83
Andy Hamilton 3 10 5 34 26 78 35 16 140 93.21
Jamie Caven 1 2 3 8 13 30 13 5 80 93.17
Paul Nicholson 1 2 3 10 11 28 15 6 110 93.12
Raymond van Barneveld 5 21 7 83 46 175 79 30 141 92.58
Steve Beaton 2 4 4 19 14 37 25 7 98 92.62
Steve Brown 1 1 3 4 11 20 9 2 60 92.38
Gary Anderson 2 3 6 21 20 53 32 8 121 92.05
Terry Jenkins 3 9 6 34 28 86 45 12 101 91.87
Mark Dudbridge 3 9 7 41 34 86 62 7 146 91.87
Michael van Gerwen 2 5 5 20 20 58 20 4 125 91.46
Mark Walsh 1 2 3 9 11 30 16 4 83 91.43
Colin Lloyd 3 8 8 36 34 91 46 9 133 91.10
Wes Newton 2 5 4 18 20 53 29 8 124 90.94
Alan Tabern 2 6 6 28 31 89 46 16 141 90.88
Kevin Painter 3 8 8 36 32 92 49 22 164 90.69
Barrie Bates 2 3 5 16 19 59 22 4 144 89.54
Wayne Jones 2 3 5 18 18 56 33 3 121 89.27
Jelle Klaasen 1 1 3 7 10 18 8 4 110 88.83
Robert Thornton 3 8 6 26 27 80 43 8 105 88.81
Christian Perez 2 1 3 11 13 26 21 1 84 88.64
Magnus Caris 2 1 3 10 11 35 11 2 108 88.59
Brendan Dolan 2 3 5 13 17 32 30 3 121 88.54
Andy Jenkins 1 2 3 7 12 24 11 2 60 88.27
Mensur Suljović 1 1 3 4 11 13 14 4 40 86.83
Peter Manley 2 5 6 21 21 67 25 3 127 86.44
John Part 2 4 4 17 14 27 11 6 167 85.98
Denis Ovens 2 6 5 25 23 61 30 6 106 85.97
Matt Clark 1 0 3 2 9 15 4 0 50 85.62
Andy Smith 1 2 3 13 12 29 19 5 121 85.41
Roland Scholten 1 2 3 8 12 33 15 2 116 84.90
Steve Hine 2 3 6 12 8 34 19 4 100 84.85
Toon Greebe 1 0 3 1 9 9 8 1 150 84.06
Peter Wright 1 1 3 6 9 18 9 1 106 83.75
Ken MacNeil 2 2 3 15 14 40 16 4 124 83.17
Phillip Hazel 1 0 0 2 4 7 5 1 36 83.15
Andree Welge 1 0 3 3 9 14 5 1 48 83.10
Steve Maish 1 1 3 6 10 22 9 1 136 82.78
Jyhan Artut 2 4 4 15 14 41 23 4 78 82.73
Jan van der Rassel 2 1 3 11 11 28 16 3 116 82.60
Alex Roy 1 1 3 6 11 25 9 2 82 82.54
Kirk Shepherd 3 8 5 25 24 50 23 11 109 82.45
Carlos Rodriguez 1 0 3 2 9 16 4 2 60 82.07
Aodhagan O'Neill 2 0 3 5 11 12 11 0 74 81.91
Osmann Kijamet 2 0 3 4 11 22 6 2 60 81.83
Per Laursen 1 0 0 3 4 10 2 0 116 81.45
Darin Young 2 3 6 14 25 47 12 6 86 80.26
Haruki Muramatsu 2 0 3 5 10 20 5 2 75 79.91
Tomas Seyler 1 0 0 1 4 5 3 1 40 79.66
Jarkko Komula 2 0 3 8 12 30 9 1 90 79.41
Les Francis 1 0 0 2 4 8 3 0 116 79.16
Warren Parry 1 0 3 0 9 7 3 2 — 78.89
Colin Monk 1 0 3 0 9 5 7 0 — 77.66
Krzysztof Kciuk 1 0 0 1 4 4 1 1 140 76.28
Norman Madhoo 1 0 0 2 4 11 2 0 80 76.25
Francisco Ruiz 1 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 — 75.09
Dylan Duo 1 0 3 0 9 5 2 0 — 74.04
Roman Konchikov 1 0 0 3 4 8 1 0 90 73.21
Wayne Mardle 1 0 3 3 9 11 4 3 48 72.39
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
NED
SCO
WAL
AUS
AUT
NIR
GER
SPA
RSA
IRL
FIN
USA
CAN
GUY
JPN
NZL
RUS
DEN
POL
SWE
GIB
PHI
SLO		 Total
Final 1000100000000000000000002
Semis 1101100000000000000000004
Quarters 4201100000000000000000008
Round 3 112111000000000000000000016
Round 2 194221011000011000000000032
Round 1 328322112101122011000111164
Prelim. 01000001111101111111101116
Total 328322113211122112111111172

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.[10]

References
  1. "Phil Taylor powers to 15th world darts title". BBC Sport. 3 January 2010. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  2. "Raymond van Barneveld hits second PDC nine-dart finish". BBC Sport. 28 December 2009. Archived from the original on 31 December 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  3. "Order of Merit Explanation". pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 17 February 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  4. "World Championship Field". pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 1 December 2009. Archived from the original on 4 December 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  5. "72 line up at Ally Pally". Sky Sports. British Sky Broadcasting. 14 December 2009. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2009. 4 Peter Wright (Scotland)
  6. Ladbrokes.com World Championships Archived 2010-01-03 at the Wayback Machine pdc.tv
  7. "Preliminary Round Draw Made". pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 29 November 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-01-03. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  8. "Yongsheng Pulls Out". pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 17 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 December 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  9. "World Championship Draw". pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 7 December 2009. Archived from the original on 16 December 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  10. Archived May 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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