PDC World Darts Championship 2009

PDC World Darts Championship 2009
Tournament status
Tournament type	World Championship
organizer	PDC
venue	Alexandra Palace , London
Tournament dates
Defending champion	John Part
Attendees	70
Opening game	December 19, 2008
Endgame	January 4, 2009
Prize money (total)	£ 740,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 125,000
winner	Phil Taylor
statistics
highest finish	170 points from Andy Hamilton
Nine dart finish	Raymond van Barneveld
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The Ladbrokes .com World Darts Championship 2009 took place from December 19, 2008 to January 4, 2009 in London . This world championship was organized by the PDC for the 16th time and held in the Alexandra Palace . The prize money of £ 740,000 and the winner's prize of £ 125,000 each set new records.
Number 1 seeded Englishman Phil Taylor won the tournament when he beat Raymond van Barneveld 7-1 in the final . With 110.94 points, “The Power” also set a new record for the highest cut per shot in a final. Defending champion was Canadian John Part , who was eliminated in the first round.

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Phil Taylor victory 02. Raymond van Barneveld final 03. James Wade Semifinals 04th John Part 1 round 05. Terry Jenkins 1 round 06th Adrian Lewis 2nd round 07th Andy Hamilton Round of 16 08th. Wayne Mardle Round of 16 09. Alan Tabern 2nd round 10. Colin Lloyd 1 round 11. Dennis Priestley Round of 16 12. Mervyn King Semifinals 13. Peter Manley 1 round 14th Colin Osborne 2nd round 15th Ronnie Baxter Round of 16 16. Roland Scholten 1 round

No. player Round reached 17th Kevin Painter Round of 16 18th Denis Ovens 2nd round 19th Vincent van der Voort Round of 16 20th Mark Dudbridge Round of 16 21st Mark Walsh 2nd round 22nd Chris Mason 1 round 23. Kirk Shepherd 1 round 24. Andy Jenkins 1 round 25th Wayne Jones 1 round 26th Andy Smith 1 round 27. Adrian Gray 1 round 28. Alex Roy 1 round 29 Barrie Bates Quarter finals 30th Tony Eccles 2nd round 31. Wes Newton 2nd round 32. Michael van Gerwen 2nd round

Tournament overview

Preliminary round

Player # 1	Result	Player # 2
Hannes Schnier 72.51	4-6	Shi Yongsheng 68.67
David Fatum 77.19	6-4	Shane O'Connor 75.10
Warren French 54.95	5-3	Akihiro Nagakawa 54.34
Marko Kantele 89.95	5-2	Lourence Ilagan 82.11
Charles Losper 87.00	6-4	Sudesh Fitzgerald 77.89
Remco van Eijden 82.46	5-3	Anastasia Dobromyslova 80.46

First round

The matches took place from December 19 to 23, 2008 according to the Best of 5 mode (sets and legs).

Player # 1	Result	Player # 2		Player # 1	Result	Player # 2
(1) Phil Taylor 96.62	3-0	Steve Grubb 80.44		(2) Rv Barneveld 100.80	3-0	Mark Stephenson 88.50
(32) Mv Gerwen 83.67	3-1	Therein Young 80.12		(31) Wes Newton 86.94	3-1	Per Laursen 83.68
(16) R. Scholten 80.93	2-3	Carlos Rodríguez 88.25		(15) Ronnie Baxter 91.81	3-1	Marko Kantele 83.84
(17) Kevin Painter 89.05	3-2	Matt Clark 92.88		(18) Denis Ovens 86.52	3-0	Steve Maish 81.60
(8) Wayne Mardle 86.77	3-0	David Fatum 81.77		(7) Andy Hamilton 101.59	3-0	Michael Barnard 93.65
(25) Wayne Jones 85.23	1-3	Robert Thornton 93.96		(26) Andy Smith 87.77	2-3	Tony Ayres 86.12
(9) Alan Tabern 91.20	3-0	Steve Beaton 82.81		(10) Colin Lloyd 86.70	0-3	Jelle Klaasen 95.80
(24) Andy Jenkins 94.57	1-3	Co Stompé 93.60		(23) Kirk Shepherd 83.03	2-3	J. van der Rassel 84.40
(5) Terry Jenkins 90.80	1-3	Dennis Smith 86.03		(6) Adrian Lewis 86.19	3-1	Russell Stewart 84.58
(28) Alex Roy 84.53	1-3	Kevin McDine 88.44		(27) Adrian Gray 84.63	0-3	Paul Nicholson 96.62
(12) Mervyn King 92.02	3-0	Shi Yongsheng 75.17		(11) D. Priestley 87.00	3-0	Warren French 76.74
(21) Mark Walsh 91.34	3-2	Jamie Caven 91.36		(22) Chris Mason 83.10	0-3	John MaGowan 92.01
(4) John Part 91.51	0-3	Bill Davis 90.86		(3) James Wade 88.63	3-0	Brendan Dolan 85.61
(29) Barrie Bates 83.12	3-0	Felix McBrearty 77.71		(30) Tony Eccles 86.67	3-2	Remco van Eijden 85.60
(13) Peter Manley 89.19	2-3	Scale length Suljović 91.42		(14) Colin Osborne 94.80	3-0	Charles Losper 85.01
(20) M. Dudbridge 85.29	3-2	Nick Fullwell 79.73		(19) V. van der Voort 90.00	3-0	Nandor Bezzeg 80.91

Second round to final

Second round (Best of 7) December 27-29, 2008

Round of 16 (Best of 7) December 29 and 30, 2008

Quarter-finals (Best of 9) January 1st and 2nd, 2009

Semi-finals (Best of 11) January 3, 2009

Final (Best of 13) January 4th, 2009

1

Taylor 102.57

4th

32

van Gerwen 99.03

0

1

Taylor 101.63

4th

17th

Painter 97.34

1

Rodríguez 83.80

1

17th

Painter 91.99

4th

1

Taylor 108.80

5

Stompé 89.58

0

8th

Mardle 97.75

4th

Thornton 95.80

3

8th

Mardle 92.18

0

Stompé 93.02

4th

9

Tabern 89.83

1

Stompé 96.20

4th

1

Taylor 103.44

6th

12

King 89.26

2

D. Smith 90.85

4th

McDine 91.16

3

D. Smith 83.05

1

12

King 89.88

4th

12

King 90.41

4th

21st

Walsh 92.08

2

12

King 96.80

5

29

Bates 87.72

2

Davis 87.06

2

29

Bates 88.42

4th

29

Bates 93.85

4th

20th

Dudbridge 93.38

0

Suljović 92.80

0

20th

Dudbridge 95.98

4th

1

Taylor 110.94

7th

2

v. Barneveld 101.18

1

2

v. Barneveld 102.54

4th

31

Newton 88.77

1

2

v. Barneveld 98.33

4th

15th

Baxter 95.27

3

15th

Baxter 89.65

4th

18th

Ovens 85.97

1

2

v. Barneveld 106.68

5

Klaasen 95.28

1

7th

Hamilton 92.45

4th

Ayres 90.09

2

7th

Hamilton 94.74

1

Klaasen 92.02

4th

Klaasen 94.18

4th

vd rattle 89.67

0

2

v. Barneveld 95.35

6th

3

Wade 91.14

4th

6th

Lewis 96.33

3

Nicholson 95.62

4th

Nicholson 97.40

4th

11

Priestley 95.05

2

11

Priestley 91.60

4th

MaGowan 93.01

1

Nicholson 82.38

3

3

Wade 81.75

5

3

Wade 89.67

4th

30th

Eccles 87.55

2

3

Wade 90.76

4th

19th

van der Voort 91.18

0

14th

Osborne 97.47

1

19th

vd Voort 98.24

4th

100 point cut

The following players achieved an average of 100 points per intake or higher:

• 110.94 points: Phil Taylor in the final against Raymond van Barneveld
• 108.80 points: Phil Taylor in the quarterfinals against Co Stompé
• 106.68 points: Raymond van Barneveld in the quarter-finals against Jelle Klaasen
• 103.44 points: Phil Taylor in the semifinals against Mervyn King
• 102.57 points: Phil Taylor in the 2nd round against Michael van Gerwen
• 102.54 points: Raymond van Barneveld in the 2nd round against Wes Newton
• 101.63 points: Phil Taylor in the round of 16 against Kevin Painter
• 101.59 points: Andy Hamilton in the 1st round against Michael Barnard
• 101.18 points: Raymond van Barneveld in the final against Phil Taylor
• 100.80 points: Raymond van Barneveld in the 1st round against Mark Stephenson

Participants per country and round

	CLOSELY	NED	NIR	United States	OUT	AUT	CAN	THE	FIN	GUY	HUN	IRL	JPN	NZL	CHN	PHI	RUS	SCO	RSA	ESP	WHALE	total
final	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Semifinals	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4th
Quarter finals	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8th
Round of 16	10	4th	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16
2nd round	19th	6th	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	32
1 round	37	8th	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	64
Preliminary round	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	12
total	37	8th	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	70

Others

On January 2nd, 2009, Raymond van Barneveld threw the first " 9-Darter " in the history of the PDC World Professional Darts Championship when he won the quarter-finals against Jelle Klaasen and received a bonus of £ 20,000 .

In the match between Warren French and Akihiro Nagakawa in the preliminary round, both players achieved average shots of 54.95 and 54.34 respectively. Only Sir Eric Bristow (53.37) played worse at a PDC World Championship in the first round in 1999 when 0-3 against Peter Manley (90.18).

Individual evidence

1. ^ 9-Darter by Raymond van Barneveld

Web links

• PDC Ladbrokes.com World Championships
• PDC Darts World Championship