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
Dates	18 December 2009 – 3 January 2010
Venue	Alexandra Palace
Location	London
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs (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 checkout	170  Phil Taylor (2x)  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.

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.^[4][5]

Order of Merit Phil Taylor Raymond van Barneveld James Wade John Part Mervyn King Terry Jenkins Ronnie Baxter Adrian Lewis Dennis Priestley Colin Lloyd Colin Osborne Alan Tabern Mark Walsh Andy Hamilton Kevin Painter Robert Thornton Wayne Mardle Vincent van der Voort Steve Beaton Peter Manley Mark Dudbridge Wayne Jones Denis Ovens Jelle Klaasen Wes Newton Jamie Caven Andy Smith Co Stompé Kirk Shepherd Michael van Gerwen Tony Eccles Roland Scholten

Pro Tour Gary Anderson Paul Nicholson Andy Jenkins Peter Wright Brendan Dolan Steve Hine Kevin McDine Steve Brown Matt Clark Colin Monk Steve Maish Barrie Bates Mark Webster Toon Greebe Alex Roy Carlos Rodriguez

European Order of Merit First round qualifiers Andree Welge Mensur Suljović Dylan Duo Jyhan Artut International qualifiers First round qualifiers Darin Young Scott Burnett Simon Whitlock Warren Parry

International qualifiers Preliminary round qualifiers Ken MacNeil Magnus Caris Les Francis Phillip Hazel Krzysztof Kciuk Osmann Kijamet Jarkko Komula Roman Konchikov Per Laursen Norman Madhoo Haruki Muramatsu Aodhagan O'Neill Ian Perez Jan van der Rassel Francisco Ruiz 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.

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.

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 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
	1	Phil Taylor 107.37	5
	8	Adrian Lewis 102.95	0
						1	Phil Taylor 106.00	6
							Mark Webster 88.02	0
	28	Co Stompé 94.86	3
		Mark Webster 98.54	5
											1	Phil Taylor 104.38	7
												Simon Whitlock 100.51	3
	2	Raymond van Barneveld 95.16	5
	7	Ronnie Baxter 90.46	0
						2	Raymond van Barneveld 98.40	5			3rd place playoff (best of 19 legs)
							Simon Whitlock 96.04	6
		Simon Whitlock 105.37	5									Mark Webster 93.90	10
	3	James Wade 97.29	3								2	Raymond van Barneveld 89.93	8

Rounds 1-4

	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
	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
	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
	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
	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)

Final

Final: Best of 13 sets. Referees: Paul Hinks (first half) and Bruce Spendley (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	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.^[10]