2010 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship | |||
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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 |
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Champion(s) | |||
Phil Taylor | |||
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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.
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]
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
| Pro Tour | European Order of Merit International qualifiers | International qualifiers
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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) | |
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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 |
The preliminary round draw was made on 29 November, [7] and the format is best of 7 legs.
Player 1 | Score | Player 2 |
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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]
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.
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 |
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: 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) |
Player | Played | Sets Won | Sets Lost | Legs Won | Legs Lost | 100+ | 140+ | 180s | High checkout | 3-dart average |
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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 |
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Jamie Lewis is a Welsh professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. His biggest achievement to date was reaching the semi-finals of the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship where he lost to Phil Taylor.
The 2014 Ladbrokes World Darts Championship was the 21st World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at the Alexandra Palace, London between 13 December 2013 and 1 January 2014.
4 Peter Wright (Scotland)