World Series of Darts Festival

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World Series of Darts Festival
Tournament information
Dates26–30 June 2010
Venue Tropicana Hotel
Location Las Vegas, Nevada
CountryUnited States
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Champion(s)

The World Series of Darts Festival (officially the Tropicana World Series of Darts Festival) was a series of five professional darts competitions organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) in the Tropicana Ballroom of the Tropicana Hotel, in Las Vegas, Nevada, from 26 to 30 June 2010. It was established to replace the Las Vegas Desert Classic, and featured the 501-point and cricket formats. There was a £200,000 prize fund divided between all five events.

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The World Cricket Championship (WCC) was won by Phil Taylor, the world number one, who defeated Mark Walsh in the final. Taylor went on to beat Denis Ovens for the PDC US Open Players Championship (USOPC). The Las Vegas Players Championship 1 (LVPC1) was won by Gary Anderson over Simon Whitlock, with Co Stompé taking the Las Vegas Players Championship 2 (LVPC2) from James Wade. John Part defeated Darin Young to win the North American Darts Championship (NADC).

Overview

The Tropicana Las Vegas, where the festival took place Tropicana hotel, Las Vegas by night.jpg
The Tropicana Las Vegas, where the festival took place

The World Series of Darts Festival was a series of five professional darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and took place in the Tropicana Ballroom of the Tropicana Hotel, in Las Vegas, Nevada, between 26 and 30 June 2010, [1] [2] in lieu of the Las Vegas Desert Classic. [3] The five events were the World Cricket Championship (WCC), the PDC US Open Players Championship (USOPC), the Las Vegas Players Championship 1 (LVPC1), the Las Vegas Players Championship 2 (LVPC2) and the North American Darts Championship (NADC). [1]

All five competitions were part of the 2010 North American Order of Merit from which the first and second ranked players were invited to the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship. The three Players Championship events were counted towards both the PDC Order of Merit and the Players Championship Order of Merit and were the last such competitions prior to the qualifiers cut-off date for the World Matchplay. [1]

A total of 155 entrants composed of 82 from the Professional Dart Players Association and 73 from North America played in the World Series of Darts Festival. Each of the five tournaments began at 12:00 local time and were contested to a different length. [lower-alpha 1] WCC games were best-of-five legs with the remaining four competitions being best-of-eleven legs. The NADC saw 80 participants from Canada and the United States with eight seeds from the top-ranked eight players on the PDC Order of Merit. Seeds were not used for the WCC but were for the three Players Championship events. [4]

Prize money

The prize money for each of the five competitions is shown below. A total of £200,000 was divided between the five tournaments with a rolling nine-dart finish prize of £400 per PDC Pro Tour competition. [1] [2] [5]

Tournament summary

The event began with the WCC on 26 June, which was the second of the ten non-ranking events on the 2010 calendar. [1] [6] Phil Taylor, the world number one, defeated Howard Meyers, Andy Fordham, Kirk Shepherd, Richie Burnett and Steve Beaton to reach the semi-finals, while Mark Walsh lost five only legs en route to beating Scott Kirchner, Adrian Lewis, Vincent van der Voort, Andy Hamilton and Ronnie Baxter to reach the same stage. Walsh beat Darin Young 3–1 for the first final spot and Taylor took the second with a 3–0 whitewash of Mark Dudbridge. [5] Walsh won the first two legs before Taylor took the next two to equalise at 2–2. In the final leg, Taylor secured the 20 bed before Walsh took the 19, 18, 17 and 15 beds. [7] Taylor subsequently won the match 3–2 on two bullseye rings. [3] [7] Taylor said he was "really happy" to win due to the difficulty of playing the cricket format but commented it "really makes you think and it's a great leveller." [7]

Phil Taylor won two of the five tournaments played at the festival Philtaylor.jpg
Phil Taylor won two of the five tournaments played at the festival

The second tournament was the USOPC on 27 June, which was the 27th of the 45 events in the 2010 PDC Pro Tour. [1] [6] Taylor defeated Kevin McDine, Paul Lim, Joe Cullen, Nigel Heydon, Walsh and James Wade, as Denis Ovens beat Dieter Schutsch, Shintaro Hirai, Ken MacNeil, Steve Hine, Terry Jenkins and Jelle Klaasen to set up the final; Ovens played his fourth final of the season. [7] Taylor won the first two legs and Ovens the third on the double 19 ring. Finishes on the double 18 and 20 rings put Taylor three legs ahead before Ovens used Taylor's miss on the double 16 ring in leg six to complete an 108 checkout on the double 20 ring to be 4–2 behind. Taylor took two of the next three legs with finishes on the double 8 and 20 rings to claim a 6–3 victory and a second successive tournament win. [8] Colin Lloyd won £2,000 prize money for achieving a nine-dart finish in his 6–3-second round victory over Dave Switzer, the third of his professional career. [5]

The third competition was the LVPC1 contested on 28 June, which was the 28th of the 45 competitions in the 2010 PDC Pro Tour. [1] [6] Gary Anderson qualified for the final with victories over Mark Hylton, Chris Loudon, Mark Webster, Steve Maish, Lim and Lloyd, while Simon Whitlock defeated Sean Smyth, Donny Joe, Colin Monk, Ovens, MacNeil and Chris Thompson. [9] After Whitlock won the opening leg on the double 10 ring, Anderson took three legs in a row to lead 3–1. Both players shared the next two legs before Whitlock won legs seven and eight to tie at 4–4. Finishes on the double 20 and 8 rings gave Anderson a 6–4 victory. [10] It was Anderson's third tournament win of the season, earning a provisional top 16 spot in the PDC Order of Merit, with Paul Nicholson at risk of failing to qualify for the Players Championship Finals with Heydon ahead of him in its Order of Merit. [5] [9]

The LVPC2 played on 29 June was the fourth event and the 29th of the 45 tournaments in the 2010 PDC Pro Tour. [1] [6] Co Stompé reached the final with wins over Edwin Martin, Wayne Mardle, Lewis, Beaton, Klaasen and Matt Clark, [11] joined by Wade who beat MacNeil, Tony Randell, Robert Thornton, Van der Voort, Whitlock and Lloyd. [5] Wade won the first leg before Stompe took the following four with two maximum scores for a 4–1 lead. He took the next two legs to go one leg behind before Stompe secured two more legs to win 6–3. [12] It was Stompe's first PDC Pro Tour event win since he made his PDC debut in 2008, [5] and his second of three titles following the 2008 German Darts Championship and preceding the 2010 PDC World Cup of Darts alongside Raymond van Barneveld. [11] Nicholson reached the third round to reclaim 16th place in the PDC Order of Merit and automatically qualified for the World Matchplay. [13]

The last tournament was the NADC on 30 June, the third of the ten non-ranking competitions in the 2010 season. [1] [6] Wins over Alvin Martin, Greg Lewis, Shawn Brenneman, Chris White and Gary Mawson earned John Part a place in the final opposite Young, who defeated Eddie Lawrence, Dan Lauby, Joe, Nico Depaynos and Larry Butler. Part took three of the first four legs on checkouts of 68, 111 and 84. Young took legs five and six to equalise before Part took two more legs. Part missed the double 20 ring to complete an 108 checkout for victory and Young struck the double 5 ring to win leg nine. Part made a maximum score and hit the double 4 ring to win the tournament by 6–4. [5] [14] Part called it "an emotional day and not easy to play" but felt he had played better than in previous tournaments. [15]

Results

Tournament results
No.DateVenueTournamentWinnerScoreRunner-up
126 JuneTropicana Ballroom,
Tropicana Hotel,
Las Vegas, Nevada 		Darts World Cricket Championship Flag of England.svg  Phil Taylor  (ENG)3–2Flag of England.svg  Mark Walsh  (ENG)
227 JuneUS Open Players ChampionshipFlag of England.svg  Phil Taylor  (ENG)6–3Flag of England.svg  Denis Ovens  (ENG)
328 JuneLas Vegas Players Championship 1Flag of Scotland.svg  Gary Anderson  (SCO)6–4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Simon Whitlock  (AUS)
429 JuneLas Vegas Players Championship 2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Co Stompé  (NED)6–3Flag of England.svg  James Wade  (ENG)
530 JuneNorth American Darts ChampionshipFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  John Part  (CAN)6–4Flag of the United States.svg  Darin Young  (USA)
Source: [5]

Brackets

Numbers given to the left of players' names show the seedings for four of the five tournaments. N/A indicates the competitor was not seeded for their competition. Players in bold denote match winners from the quarter-finals to the final of each event. [5]

World Cricket Championship

The WCC featured no seeds and best-of-five leg meetings. [4] [16]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Flag of England.svg  Mark Walsh  (ENG)3
Flag of England.svg  Ronnie Baxter  (ENG)1
Flag of England.svg Mark Walsh 3
Flag of the United States.svg Darin Young 1
Flag of the United States.svg  Darin Young  (USA)3
Flag of England.svg  Steve Brown  (ENG)2
Flag of England.svg Mark Walsh 2
Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 3
Flag of England.svg  Mark Dudbridge  (ENG)3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Co Stompé  (NED)1
Flag of England.svg Mark Dudbridge 0
Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 3
Flag of England.svg  Steve Beaton  (ENG)1
Flag of England.svg  Phil Taylor  (ENG)3

US Open Players Championship

The USOPC featured 32 seeds and best-of-11 leg games. [4] [17] [18]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
1 Flag of England.svg  Phil Taylor  (ENG)6
8 Flag of England.svg  Mark Walsh  (ENG)2
1 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 6
12 Flag of England.svg James Wade 1
12 Flag of England.svg  James Wade  (ENG)6
4 Flag of England.svg  Adrian Lewis  (ENG)5
1 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 6
14 Flag of England.svg Denis Ovens 3
31 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jelle Klaasen  (NED)6
7 Flag of Scotland.svg  Gary Anderson  (SCO)3
31 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jelle Klaasen 3
14 Flag of England.svg Denis Ovens 6
14 Flag of England.svg  Denis Ovens  (ENG)6
27 Flag of England.svg  Terry Jenkins  (ENG)4

Las Vegas Players Championship 1

The first LVPC had 32 seeds and best-of-11 legs matches. [4] [19] [20]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
N/A Flag of England.svg  Chris Thompson  (ENG)6
1 Flag of England.svg  Phil Taylor  (ENG)5
N/A Flag of England.svg Chris Thompson 2
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Whitlock 6
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Simon Whitlock  (AUS)6
N/A Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ken MacNeil  (CAN)5
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Whitlock 4
7 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 6
7 Flag of Scotland.svg  Gary Anderson  (SCO)6
N/A Flag of Singapore.svg  Paul Lim  (SIN)2
7 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson 6
6 Flag of England.svg Colin Lloyd 2
6 Flag of England.svg  Colin Lloyd  (ENG)6
14 Flag of England.svg  Ronnie Baxter  (ENG)2

Las Vegas Players Championship 2

The second LVPC featured 32 seeds and best-of-11 games. [4] [21] [22]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
N/A Flag of England.svg  Matt Clark  (ENG)6
1 Flag of England.svg  Phil Taylor  (ENG)5
N/A Flag of England.svg Matt Clark 0
29 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Co Stompé 6
29 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Co Stompé  (NED)6
28 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jelle Klaasen  (NED)4
29 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Co Stompé 6
10 Flag of England.svg James Wade 3
10 Flag of England.svg  James Wade  (ENG)6
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Simon Whitlock  (AUS)4
10 Flag of England.svg James Wade 6
6 Flag of England.svg Colin Lloyd 3
6 Flag of England.svg  Colin Lloyd  (ENG)6
3 Flag of England.svg  Wes Newton  (ENG)4

North American Darts Championship

The NADC featured 8 seeds and best-of-11 leg matches. [4] [23] [24]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  John Part  (CAN)6
8 Flag of the United States.svg  Chris White  (USA)4
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Part 6
4 Flag of the United States.svg Gary Mawson 5
4 Flag of the United States.svg  Gary Mawson  (USA)6
5 Flag of the United States.svg  Scott Burnett  (USA)4
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Part 6
2 Flag of the United States.svg Darin Young 4
2 Flag of the United States.svg  Darin Young  (USA)6
N/A Flag of the United States.svg Nick Depaynos (USA)3
2 Flag of the United States.svg Darin Young 6
N/A Flag of the United States.svg Larry Butler 5
N/A Flag of the United States.svg  Larry Butler  (USA)6
N/A Flag of Singapore.svg  Paul Lim  (SIN)5

Notes

  1. ↑ Two disciplines of darts were played in the competitions, 501-point matches and cricket games. [1]

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