Finder Darts Masters

Finder Masters
Finder Masters
Tournament information
Venue	Zuiderduin Hotel
Location	Egmond aan Zee
Country	Netherlands
Established	1995
Organisation(s)	WDF/BDO
Format	Legs (round robin) ; Sets (knock out)
Month(s) Played	December
Final Year	2018
Final champion(s)
	Glen Durrant (men's); Lisa Ashton (women's); Keane Barry (youth's)

Last updated April 12, 2023

The Finder Darts Masters was a darts tournament held in Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands, sanctioned by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation, running intermittently under several different names from 1995 to 2018.

The tournament was previously known as the Zuiderduin Masters from 2007 to 2014, as the Leendesk Masters in 2005, as the Doeland Grand Masters from 2001 to 2004, as the European Grand Masters in 2000, and as the Dutch Grand Masters in 1995 and 1996. It was held in December and was traditionally the last BDO event held before the annual World Championship. The tournament was an unranked event until 2008, when it was installed as a ranking event, along with the World Championships and the World Masters, following the cancellation of the World Darts Trophy and the International Darts League.^[1]

The organizers of the event announced in 2019 that that year's event would not take place due to the termination of the sponsorship with Dutch e-commerce company Finder, and the tournament has been discontinued.

History

1995–1996: Dutch Grand Masters

The competition began in 1995,^[2] known as the Dutch Grand Masters with Raymond van Barneveld and Francis Hoenselaar winning their first major tournament. The tournament ceased between 1997 and 1999.

2000: European Grand Masters

Following a growth in popularity in darts in the Netherlands because of the great success of players such as Raymond van Barneveld the event returned in 2000.^[3] It returned as the "European Grand Masters" in 2000.

2001–2004: Doeland Grand Masters

The tournament became the "Doeland Grand Masters" from 2001 to 2004.

2005: Leendesk Masters

In 2005 the tournament was named the "Leendesk Masters".

2007–2014: Zuiderduin Masters

The 2006 Masters was postponed,^[3] and was to be held in March 2007, reverting to its original title "Dutch Grand Masters".^[4]

The event was later cancelled, due to lack of sponsorship, but was revived later that year when the tournament venue, the Hotel Zuidenduin, stepped in to sponsor the tournament signing a five-year contract until 2012, and it was branded the Zuiderduin Masters.^[3]^[5] Following sponsorship from the Hotel Zuiderduin, a women's competition was added in 2008 and after a demonstration tournament for juniors in 2010, a juniors competition was added in 2011.^[3] A new three-year contract was agreed in 2011 for it to remain the Zuiderduin Masters up to 2014.^[6]

The first nine-dart finish at the tournament was recorded by Darryl Fitton in 2009.^[2]

2015–2018: Finder Darts Masters

Finder, an international operating company, took over the naming rights to the tournament from the 2015 edition onwards. It was branded the Finder Darts Masters.^[7]

Format

Men

The field is made up of 24 players. Qualification is determined from the top 16 players from the Zuiderduin Masters ranking table, which is separate from the BDO/WDF World Rankings, as well four players from the International Darts Tour of the Lowlands (IDTL) before its collapse in 2010/2011, and the winner of the Netherlands Champions League of Darts, plus 3 wild cards. If an IDTL qualifier is already qualified through his ranking, an extra wild card becomes available.

From 2011, the men's winner at the MariFlex Open, a Zuiderduin Masters ranking event,^[8] gained automatic entry in to that years Zuiderduin Masters tournament.^[9]^[10]^[11] It was replaced with the Hal Open in 2014,^[12] but retained the same stipulations the MariFlex Open had.^[13] Since the 2013 Zuiderduin Masters tournament, the men's champion from the previous year was invited back to the following year's tournament.^[14]

The 24 players are split into 8 groups, with each player playing 2 matches, best of 9 legs. The top player from each group advance to the quarter-finals, which is played in set format through to the final.^[2]^[5]

Women

Following the tournament's inception as a ranking event in 2008, a women's competition was installed with an eight-player field, made up from the top five players in the Zuiderduin Masters rankings, an IDTL qualifier before its collapse, the NDB Champions League of Darts winner and a wildcard. Likewise with the men's event, an extra wildcard can also be awarded. The competition was played in a straight knockout format.^[15]

The women's competition was played in a straight knockout format up to and including the 2010 tournament before a new format was introduced in 2011. The field was shortened to six players. Two groups consist of three players playing one another once, with both group winners advancing to the final.^[16] The group stage matches are played over a legs format before the final in played in a sets format.

From 2011, the six-player field has been made up from the top two players in the Zuiderduin Masters rankings, the NDB Champions League of Darts winner, two wildcards and the MariFlex Open winner.^[17] From 2011, the women's winner at the MariFlex Open, a Zuiderduin Masters ranking event,^[8] gained automatic entry into that years Zuiderduin Masters tournament.^[9]^[10]^[11] It was replaced with the Hal Open in 2014,^[12] but retained the same stipulations the MariFlex Open had.^[13] Since the 2013 Zuiderduin Masters tournament, the women's champion from the previous year has been invited back to the following year's tournament.^[14]

Youth

The youth tournament was instigated in 2011 with the first winner being Jimmy Hendriks who in the same year also won the WDF World Youth Cup and World Youth Masters.

Venue

The tournament has been held at the Hotel Zuiderduin in Egmond aan Zee since 2001.^[3]^[5] The 2000 tournament was held in Hardenberg.^[3] In 2007, following the postponement of the 2006 event, plans were made to host the 2007 Dutch Grand Masters in Rosmalen, but after it was cancelled, the plans were aborted and it remained in Egmond.

List of tournaments

Men's

Year	Champion	Av.	Score	Runner-Up	Av.	Prize Money			Venue
Year	Champion	Av.	Score	Runner-Up	Av.	Total	Ch.	R.-Up	Venue
1995	Raymond van Barneveld	n/a	4 – 3	Richie Burnett	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1996	Martin Adams	n/a	4 – 2	Mervyn King	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2000	Martin Adams (2)	97.05	5 – 4	Steve Beaton	92.70	€25,500	€5,000	€2,500	Evenementenhal, Hardenberg
2001	Raymond van Barneveld (2)	n/a	5 – 1	Andy Fordham	n/a	€25,500	€5,000	€2,500	Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee
2002	Tony David	96.03	6 – 4	Mervyn King	95.07	€25,500	€5,000	€2,500
2003	Raymond van Barneveld (3)	94.23	6 – 1	Mervyn King	88.05	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2004	Raymond van Barneveld (4)	94.17	5 – 1	Ted Hankey	81.21	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2005	Mervyn King	99.30	5 – 4	Martin Adams	99.48	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2007	Gary Anderson	100.32	5 – 4	Mark Webster	96.45	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2008	Gary Anderson (2)	99.21	5 – 4	Scott Waites	93.75	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2009	Darryl Fitton	93.94	5 – 2	Martin Adams	97.00	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2010	Ross Montgomery	94.17	5 – 4	Robbie Green	93.81	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2011	Scott Waites	99.62	5 – 4	Darryl Fitton	97.91	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2012	Stephen Bunting	97.62	5 – 0	Alan Norris	92.67	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2013	James Wilson	91.10	5 – 1	Stephen Bunting	88.45	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2014	Jamie Hughes	96.12	5 – 0	Gary Robson	86.22	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2015	Glen Durrant	100.83	5 – 2	Martin Adams	97.35	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2016	Glen Durrant (2)	97.33	5 – 3	Jamie Hughes	89.53	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2017	Danny Noppert	95.03	5 – 3	Jim Williams	86.97	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2018	Glen Durrant (3)	100.60	5 – 3	Richard Veenstra	92.11	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500

Women's

Year	Champion	Av.	Score	Runner-Up	Av.	Prize Money			Venue
Year	Champion	Av.	Score	Runner-Up	Av.	Total	Ch.	R.-Up	Venue
1995	Francis Hoenselaar	n/a	3 – 2	Mandy Solomons	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1996	Deta Hedman	n/a	3 – 1	Francis Hoenselaar	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2008	Lisa Ashton	78.42	2 – 0	Trina Gulliver	65.91	€6,100	€1,750	€1,250	Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee
2009	Julie Gore	86.07	2 – 0	Tricia Wright	81.75	€6,100	€1,750	€1,250
2010	Trina Gulliver	78.60	2 – 1	Francis Hoenselaar	71.79	€6,100	€1,750	€1,250
2011	Deta Hedman (2)	81.99	2 – 0	Aileen de Graaf	68.25	€5,300	€1,750	€1,250
2012	Anastasia Dobromyslova	74.34	2 – 1	Aileen de Graaf	84.69	€5,300	€1,750	€1,250
2013	Aileen de Graaf	74.34	2 – 0	Anastasia Dobromyslova	73.74	€5,300	€1,750	€1,250
2014	Anastasia Dobromyslova (2)	78.09	2 – 1	Aileen de Graaf	71.88	€5,300	€1,750	€1,250
2015	Fallon Sherrock	88.41	2 – 0	Anastasia Dobromyslova	73.95	€5,300	€1,750	€1,250
2016	Anastasia Dobromyslova (3)	77.60	2 – 1	Aileen de Graaf	70.71	€5,300	€1,750	€1,250
2017	Aileen de Graaf (2)	75.78	2 – 0	Deta Hedman	66.31	€5,300	€1,750	€1,250
2018	Lisa Ashton (2)	88.68	2 – 1	Fallon Sherrock	84.58	€5,300	€1,750	€1,250

Youth's

Year	Champion	Av.	Score	Runner-up	Av.	Venue
2011	Jimmy Hendriks	n/a	2 – 1	Mike Zuydwijk	n/a	Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee
2012	Quin Wester	n/a	2 – 0	Kenny Neyens	n/a
2013	Colin Roelofs	n/a	2 – 0	Berry van Peer	n/a
2014	Callan Rydz	n/a	2 – 0	Mike van Duivenbode	n/a
2015	Justin van Tergouw	n/a	2 – 0	Maikel Verberk	n/a
2016	Justin van Tergouw (2)	n/a	2 – 0	Owen Maiden	n/a
2017	Jarred Cole	86.16	2 – 0	Nathan Girvan	77.50
2018	Keane Barry	80.52	2 – 0	Levy Frauenfelder	75.47

Finalists

Player	1st	2nd
Raymond van Barneveld	4	0
Glen Durrant	3	0
Martin Adams	2	3
Gary Anderson	2	0
Mervyn King	1	3
Stephen Bunting	1	1
Darryl Fitton	1	1
Jamie Hughes	1	1
Scott Waites	1	1
Tony David	1	0
Ross Montgomery	1	0
Danny Noppert	1	0
James Wilson	1	0
Steve Beaton	0	1
Andy Fordham	0	1
Robbie Green	0	1
Ted Hankey	0	1
Alan Norris	0	1
Gary Robson	0	1
Richard Veenstra	0	1
Mark Webster	0	1
Jim Williams	0	1
Richie Burnett	0	1

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External links

Official website
Men's tournament history Darts Database.
Women's tournament history Darts Database.
Men's tournament history ^{[ permanent dead link ]} Master Caller.
Women's tournament history ^{[ permanent dead link ]} Master Caller.

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