South African Masters (darts)

Emperors Palace South African Masters
Emperors Palace South African Masters
Tournament information
Venue	Emperors Palace
Location	Johannesburg
Country	South Africa
Established	2007
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£15,000 (2009)
Month(s) Played	September
Current champion(s)
	Phil Taylor

Last updated August 31, 2024

The Emperors Palace South African Masters was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation which began in 2007, so-named because it took place at the Emperors Palace entertainment resort in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Format and qualification

The tournament had 8 players, 4 of which were the top ranked players on the PDC Order of Merit and the semi-finalists, runner up and winner of the PDC South African Open which takes place the day before. The four players chosen by the PDC were drawn up against the qualifiers from the PDC South African Open in a knock-out tournament. In 2007, Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, James Wade and Terry Jenkins, ranked numbers one to four in the Order of Merit respectively at the time, participated in the tournament. In the following year, Taylor and Wade, returned to the tournament, being ranked numbers one and three in the world at the time. John Part, ranked number four in the world, also participated, as did Wayne Mardle, who replaced Barneveld (ranked second) due to the Dutchman's two month sabbatical from darts. Taylor, Wade, Part and Mervyn King took part in the 2009 tournament.

Matches were as follows:

Quarter-final: best of 7 legs
Semi-final: Best of 9 legs (formerly in 2007 best of 11 legs)
Final: Best of 11 legs (formerly in 2007 best of 15 legs, in 2008 best of 9 legs)

Since the 2010 tournament, the event is the direct qualification tournament for the World Darts Championship for South African darts players.

Television

The tournament was broadcast live on SuperSport in South Africa. In the United Kingdom, the tournament was broadcast on Challenge in 2007, Nuts TV in 2008, and Sky Sports in 2009.

Results

2007

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Quarter-finals Best of 7 legs			Semi-finals Best of 11 legs			Final Best of 15 legs

	Phil Taylor	4
	Mike Ryder	0		Phil Taylor	6
	Terry Jenkins	4		Terry Jenkins	4
	Paul Meyer	0					Phil Taylor	8
	Raymond van Barneveld	4					Raymond van Barneveld	6
	Charles Losper	1		Raymond van Barneveld	6
	James Wade	4		James Wade	5
	Lodewyk Marais	0

2008

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Quarter-finals Best of 7 legs			Semi-finals Best of 9 legs			Final Best of 9 legs

	John Part	4
	Mark Jackson	0		John Part	5
	James Wade	4		James Wade	1
	Les Francis	1					John Part	2
	Wayne Mardle	4					Phil Taylor	5
	Charles Losper	1		Wayne Mardle	2
	Phil Taylor	4		Phil Taylor	5
	Shawn Hogan	1

2009

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Quarter-finals Best of 7 legs			Semi-finals Best of 9 legs			Final Best of 11 legs

	Phil Taylor	4
	Christo Meiring	1		Phil Taylor	5
	John Part	4		John Part	2
	Devon Petersen	1					Phil Taylor	6
	James Wade	4					James Wade	4
	Wynand Havenga	1		James Wade	5
	Mervyn King	4		Mervyn King	4
	Les Francis	1

During the fifth leg of the semi-final between James Wade and Mervyn King, King hit the first ever televised nine-dart finish outside of Europe. He hit two consecutive 180s, and then used T20, T19, D12 to complete the perfect leg. King went 4–1 up as a result of that leg, but still lost the match 5–4.

Previous winners

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Total prize money	Winner's prize
2007	Phil Taylor	8–6	Raymond van Barneveld	£15,000	£5,000
2008	Phil Taylor	5–2	John Part	£15,000	£5,000
2009	Phil Taylor	6–4	James Wade	£15,000	£5,000

World Darts Championship Qualification Tournament

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Semi-finalist 1 (lost to Champion)	Semi-finalist 2 (lost to Runner-Up)
2006	Wynand Havenga	4–1	Paul Meyer	Paul McMahon	Roshan Sivraman
2007	Charles Losper	4–0	Lodewyk Marais	Mike Ryder	Paul Meyer
2008	Charles Losper	4–1	Mark Jackson	Shawn Hogan	Les Francis
2009	Les Francis	4–3	Devon Petersen	Wynand Havenga	Christo Meiring
2010	Devon Petersen	5–4	Les Francis	Charles Losper	Jeff Waterman
2011	Devon Petersen	beat	Nolan Arendse	Brent Robertson	Gary Dowman
2012	Charl Pietersen	8–1	Charles Losper	Shawn Hogan	Jason Hendricks
2013	Devon Petersen	9–3	Graham Filby	Charles Losper	Charl Petersen
2014	Nolan Arendse	9–5	Devon Petersen	Shawn Hogan	Charl Pietersen
2015	Warrick Scheffer	9–2	Clifford Stradling	Charl Pietersen	Charles Losper
2021	Cameron Carolissen	9–8	Charles Losper	Carl Gabriel	Warrick Scheffer
2022	Stefan Vermaak	9–8	Charles Losper	Shawn Hogan	Cameron Carolissen
2023	Wynand Havenga	7–0	Deon Oliver	Charles Losper	Stefan Vermaak
2024	Simon Adams	12–10	Leslie Gouvea	Wynand Havenga	Deon Oliver

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References

↑ "2007 Emperors Palace South African Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
↑ "2008 Emperors Palace South African Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
↑ "2009 Emperors Palace South African Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

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[1] "2007 Emperors Palace South African Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

[2] "2008 Emperors Palace South African Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

[3] "2009 Emperors Palace South African Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

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