PDC Pro Tour 2013

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The PDC Pro Tour 2013 was the twelfth edition of the PDC darts tournament series . It included the UK Open Qualifiers , the Players Championships and the European Darts Tour . A total of 32 tournaments were held, 1 fewer than in the previous year - 16 Players Championships, 8 European Tour events and 8 UK Open Qualifiers.

This article also contains the PDC Challenge Tour, which is classified as a Secondary Tour Event at the PDC, as well as the SDC Pro Tour and the North American Pro Tour, two non-UK Affiliate Tours of the PDC.

PDC Tour Card

In order to be able to play the tournaments of the PDC Pro Tour you must have a PDC Tour Card. This is valid for two years.

A total of 128 tour cards are awarded ¹ :

• (64) - 63 of the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit after the PDC World Championship 2012
• (40) - 37 qualifiers from Q-School 2012
• (2) - Top 2 of the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit, which are not yet qualified differently
• (1) - Top 1 of the Scandinavian Darts Corporation Order of Merit
• (21) - 25 qualifiers from Q-School 2013

¹The number of players who had the opportunity to qualify in this way is shown in brackets. The number behind it indicates how many players actually used the path.

Q-School

The remaining tour cards were given out through the Q-School. It took place January 17-20, 2013 at Robin Park Arena in Wigan . The following players were able to earn a Tour Card for two years:

Day 1 - January 17th	Day 2 - January 18th	Day 3 - January 19th	Day 4 - January 20th
UK Q School
Jyhan Artut Ricky Evans Ken MacNeil Charl Pietersen	Louis Blundell Daryl Gurney Jani Haavisto Ian Walters	Marc Dewsbury Ronny Huybrechts Campbell Jackson Andree Welge	Steve Coote Royden Lam Kevin McDine Joey Palfreyman

The remaining Tour Cards were given to the following players via the Q-School Order of Merit:

Top 9 Q-School Order of Merit

1. Martyn Turner
2. David Pallett
3. Dan Russell
4. Edwin Max
5. Paul Amos
6. Ryan de Vreede
7. Kirk Shepherd
8. Kevin Dowling
9. Darren Johnson

Prize money

The prize money of the Players Championships and European Dart Tour has both increased. The UK Open Qualifiers prize money remained unchanged.

They are divided as follows:

round	Players Championships	UK Open Qualifiers	European Darts Tour
victory	£ 10,000	£ 6,000	£ 20,000
final	£ 5,000	£ 3,000	£ 10,000
Semifinals	£ 2,500	£ 2,000	£ 5,000
Quarter finals	£ 1,500 each	£ 1,000	£ 3,000
Round of 16	£ 1,000	£ 600 each	£ 2,000
Last 32	£ 500	£ 400	£ 1,000
Last 64	£ 250	£ 200 each	£ 500
Total	£ 50,000	£ 34,600	£ 100,000

Players Championships

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	05/04/2013	Wigan	Robert Thornton	6  : 0	Ronny Huybrechts
2	05/05/2013	Wigan	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 1	Stuart Kellett
3	05/25/2013	Wigan	Jamie Caven	6  : 4	Paul Nicholson
4th	05/26/2013	Wigan	Jamie Caven	6  : 4	Jelle Klaasen
5	06/22/2013	Crawley	Peter Wright	6  : 1	Wes Newton
6th	06/23/2013	Crawley	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 1	Andy Hamilton
7th	09/14/2013	Barnsley	Dave Chisnall	6  : 5	Peter Wright
8th	09/15/2013	Barnsley	Ian White	6  : 3	Simon Whitlock
9	05/10/2013	Dublin	Adrian Lewis	6  : 4	Brendan Dolan
10	06.10.2013	Dublin	Raymond van Barneveld	6  : 3	Peter Wright
11	October 19, 2013	Killarney	Robert Thornton	6  : 5	Jamie Caven
12	10/20/2013	Killarney	Kim Huybrechts	6  : 0	Kevin Painter
13	11/02/2013	Wigan	Brendan Dolan	6  : 3	Ricky Evans
14th	03/11/2013	Wigan	Ian White	6  : 3	Andy Jenkins
15th	11/23/2013	Barnsley	Dave Chisnall	6  : 3	Robert Thornton
16	11/24/2013	Barnsley	Brendan Dolan	6  : 1	Jamie Robinson

European Tour Events

→ Main article : European Darts Tour 2013

No.	date	Event	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	8-10 March	UK Masters	Minehead	John Part	6  : 4	Stuart Kellett
2	March 30–1. April	European Darts Trophy	Sindelfingen	Wes Newton	6  : 5	Paul Nicholson
3	17th-19th May	European Darts Open	Dusseldorf	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 2	Simon Whitlock
4th	May 31–2. June	Austrian Darts Open	Wiener Neustadt	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 3	Mervyn King
5	28-30 June	Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Gibraltar	Phil Taylor	6  : 1	Jamie Lewis
6th	6-8 September	German Darts Championship	Hildesheim	Dave Chisnall	6  : 2	Peter Wright
7th	May 31–2. June	German Darts Masters	Sindelfingen	Steve Beaton	6  : 5	Mervyn King
8th	25-27 October	Dutch Darts Masters	Veldhoven	Kim Huybrechts	6  : 3	Brendan Dolan

UK Open Qualifiers

→ Main article : UK Open Qualifiers 2013

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	02/23/2013	Crawley	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 2	Dave Chisnall
2	02/24/2013	Crawley	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 2	Brendan Dolan
3	03/16/2013	Wigan	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 2	Michael Smith
4th	03/17/2013	Wigan	Robert Thornton	6  : 4	Jamie Caven
5	04/13/2013	Wigan	Simon Whitlock	6  : 1	Michael van Gerwen
6th	04/14/2013	Wigan	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 5	Kim Huybrechts
7th	04/27/2013	Wigan	Kim Huybrechts	6  : 2	John Part
8th	04/28/2013	Wigan	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 0	Mervyn King

Secondary tour events

PDC Challenge Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	03/23/2013	Barnsley	Rowby-John Rodriguez	4  : 1	Dirk van Duijvenbode
2	03/23/2013	Barnsley	Josh Payne	4  : 3	Rowby-John Rodriguez
3	03/24/2013	Barnsley	Kurt Parry	4  : 1	Daniel Day
4th	04/20/2013	Wigan	Adam Hunt	4  : 2	Ricky Evans
5	04/20/2013	Wigan	Jamie Lewis	4  : 1	Chris Aubrey
6th	04/21/2013	Wigan	Ross Smith	4  : 1	Ricky Evans
7th	05/11/2013	Wigan	Ross Smith	4  : 2	Benito van de Pas
8th	05/11/2013	Wigan	Graham Hall	4  : 3	Ross Smith
9	05/12/2013	Wigan	Benito van de Pas	4  : 2	Richard Baillie
10	07/13/2013	Barnsley	Ben Ward	4  : 3	Josh Jones
11	07/13/2013	Barnsley	Ross Smith	4  : 1	Sam Head
12	07/14/2013	Barnsley	Jan Dekker	4  : 3	Dirk van Duijvenbode
13	07.09.2013	Reading	Ben Ward	4  : 3	Sam Hewson
14th	07.09.2013	Reading	Luke Woodhouse	4  : 1	Ben Ward
15th	09/08/2013	Reading	Ricky Evans	4  : 3	Ben Ward
16	09/28/2013	Crawley	Dimitri Van den Bergh	4  : 0	Reece Robinson
17th	09/28/2013	Crawley	Matthew Dennant	4  : 1	Max Hopp
18th	09/29/2013	Crawley	Ross Smith	4  : 2	Adam Hunt

Non-UK Affiliate Tours

Scandinavian Darts Corporation Pro Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	02/16/2013	Vääksy	Jani Haavisto	6  : 0	Ulf Ceder
2	02/17/2013	Vääksy	Per Laursen	6  : 3	Dennis Lindskjold
3	05/11/2013	Stockholm	Jani Haavisto	6  : 3	Per Laursen
4th	05/12/2013	Stockholm	Magnus Caris	6  : 2	Ali Roberts
5	08/03/2013	Copenhagen	Jani Haavisto	6  : 4	Veijo Viinikka
6th	08/04/2013	Copenhagen	Jarkko Komula	6  : 0	Per Laursen
7th	09/28/2013	Copenhagen	Magnus Caris	6  : 2	Jarkko Komula
8th	09/29/2013	Copenhagen	Per Laursen	6  : 5	Per Skau

North American Pro Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	06/16/2013	St. John's	Wayne Kelly	6  : 2	Bernie Miller
2	07/14/2013	Kingston	Larry Butler	6  : 5	John Part
3	07/20/2013	Chicago	Andre Carman	6  : 1	Dan Olson
4th	07/21/2013	Chicago	Larry Butler	6  : 4	In it Young
5	08/25/2013	London	Jim Long	6  : 2	Shaun Narain
6th	09/08/2013	Atlantic City	Dan Olson	6  : 3	In it Young
7th	11/02/2013	Sacramento	Chris White	6  : 3	Shaun Narain
8th	03/11/2013	Sacramento	In it Young	6  : 4	Bernie Miller

Web links

• Report on dartn.de

Individual evidence