2020 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2020 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2020 William Hill World Darts Championship)[1] was the 27th 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 13 December 2019 to 1 January 2020.[1]
| 2020 William Hill World Darts Championship | |
|---|---|
| Tournament information | |
| Dates | 13 December 2019 – 1 January 2020 |
| Venue | Alexandra Palace |
| Location | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | PDC |
| Format | Sets Final – first to 7 |
| Prize fund | £2,500,000 |
| Winner's share | £500,000 |
| High checkout | |
| Champion(s) | |
| Peter Wright | |
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, after defeating Michael Smith 7–3 in the 2019 final.
Raymond van Barneveld announced his intention to retire from professional darts with this tournament, playing his planned last match in the first round against Darin Young. He subsequently reversed this decision after a year out.
Fallon Sherrock became the first female player to win a match at a PDC World Championship, beating Ted Evetts 3–2 in the first round. She then went on to beat Mensur Suljović 3–1 in the second round, before losing 2–4 to Chris Dobey.
Peter Wright won his first World Championship, beating Van Gerwen 7–3 in the final.
Format edit
All matches were played as single in, double out; requiring the players to score 501 points to win a leg, finishing on either a double or the bullseye. Matches were played to set format, with each set being the best of five legs (first to three). For all rounds except the first, the final set had to be won by two clear legs, unless the set score went to 5–5, in which case a deciding leg would be played with the players throwing for the bull to decide who threw first.
The matches got longer as the tournament progressed:
- First round: Best of five sets (no tie-break)
- Second round: Best of five sets
- Third round: Best of seven sets
- Fourth round: Best of seven sets
- Quarter-finals: Best of nine sets
- Semi-finals: Best of eleven sets
- Finals: Best of thirteen sets[2]
Prize money edit
The prize money for the tournament was £2,500,000 in total – the same as in the previous year. The winner's share was £500,000.[3] A special prize of £100,000 was available to any player who hits two nine-dart finishes, a feat which has never previously been achieved at any World Championship.[4]
| Position (num. of players) | Prize money (Total: £2,500,000) | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £500,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £200,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £100,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £50,000 |
| Fourth round losers | (8) | £35,000 |
| Third round losers | (16) | £25,000 |
| Second round losers | (32) | £15,000 |
| First round losers | (32) | £7,500 |
Qualification edit
Qualifiers edit
The top 32 from the PDC Order of Merit began the competition in the second round. The 32 highest ranked players on the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit (not already qualified) and 32 qualifiers from around the world, including two female players, began in the first round.[5]
| Order of Merit
| Pro Tour Order of Merit
| International Qualifiers[6]
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Background edit
Michael van Gerwen, the reigning champion from the 2019 championship, who also won the 2014 and 2017 championship, was top of the two-year PDC Order of Merit and number one seed going into the tournament, having won six of the ten premier singles events held since the previous championship.[7] 2018 world champion and reigning World Matchplay and European champion Rob Cross took the second seeding.[7] As well as Van Gerwen and Cross, two other previous PDC world champions qualified as seeds, two-time champions Gary Anderson (5th seed) and Adrian Lewis (13th seed). Three-time consecutive reigning BDO world darts champion Glen Durrant took the 27th seeding on his PDC debut. As well as Durrant, 17th seed Stephen Bunting and 25th seed Steve Beaton were also previous champions of the BDO World Darts Championship.[7]
The top seeds below Van Gerwen and Cross were two-time Grand Slam of Darts winner Gerwyn Price, 2019 World Championship runner-up Michael Smith, Gary Anderson, 2018 Players Championship Finals winner Daryl Gurney and 2019 German Darts Masters champion Peter Wright. 2019 UK Open champion Nathan Aspinall was the 12th seed.[7]
2019 Czech Darts Open champion Jamie Hughes, in his first year as a full PDC tour card holder, was the highest-ranked non-seed on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit. As well as Hughes, five other qualifiers from the Pro Tour made their PDC World Championship debuts; Harry Ward, Ritchie Edhouse, Mark McGeeney, Luke Woodhouse and Ryan Meikle.[8]
2007 PDC world champion Raymond van Barneveld qualified via the Pro Tour in his final year before retirement.[9] Both Van Barneveld and fellow Dutchman Jelle Klaasen were former champions of the BDO World Darts Championship who qualified via the Pro Tour. Other players to qualify through the Pro Tour included 2019 World Grand Prix semi-finalist Chris Dobey, 2019 PDC World Youth Champion Luke Humphries and the 2019 PDC World Cup of Darts finalists from Ireland, William O'Connor and Steve Lennon.[7]
The final group of 32 qualifiers was determined by a series of international qualifiers and secondary tours. 2019 Brisbane Darts Masters champion Damon Heta, the first player to win a World Series of Darts event in their own country,[10] topped the Dartplayers Australia rankings, while Keane Barry won the Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay to qualify, having already qualified to play in the Junior Darts Corporation World Championship final held during the tournament.[11] Barry was the youngest player at the 2020 championships and the third youngest all-time.[12]
Two qualifiers were held for female players. The UK & Ireland qualifier was won by Fallon Sherrock, the 2015 BDO Women's World Championship runner-up,[13] while the Rest of the World Qualifier was won by Mikuru Suzuki, the reigning women's champion from the 2019 BDO World Darts Championship.[14] The final three places went to the three winners of a tournament between unqualified Tour Card holders, the winners being Benito van de Pas, Kevin Burness and Matthew Edgar.[15]
Fifteen international qualifiers made their debuts; Danny Baggish, Keane Barry, Matt Campbell, Damon Heta, José Justicia, Robbie King, Nico Kurz, Benjamin Pratnemer, Madars Razma, Ben Robb, Callan Rydz, Fallon Sherrock, Mikuru Suzuki, Ciarán Teehan & Yuki Yamada.[8] Razma was the first Latvian ever to qualify for the PDC World Championship.
Summary edit
The top quarter of the draw saw number one seed & reigning champion Michael van Gerwen easily reach the quarter-final, recovering from losing the first set to Jelle Klaasen in the second round to win,[16] before consecutive 4–0 victories over Ricky Evans[17] and former BDO World Champion Stephen Bunting.[18] Lithuanian Darius Labanauskas reached the quarter-final stage for the first time, knocking out seeds including world number 9 Ian White and former BDO Champion Steve Beaton.[19] In the quarter-final, Van Gerwen triumphed over Labanauskas, 5–2, to qualify for the semi-final for the seventh time in eight championships.[20]
In the second quarter, fourth seed & 2019 runner-up Michael Smith was eliminated in the second round following a 3–1 defeat to debutant Luke Woodhouse.[21] Reigning UK Open champion Nathan Aspinall reached the quarter-final with wins over Krzysztof Ratajski[22] and two-time World Champion Gary Anderson,[18] while two-time World Youth Champion Dimitri Van den Bergh defeated Woodhouse and two-time World Champion Adrian Lewis[23] to also reach the quarter-final. In that quarter-final, Aspinall won 5–3 to reach his second semi-final in two attempts at the World Championship.[20]
In the third quarter, 2018 champion Rob Cross was an early exit, losing to Kim Huybrechts in the second round without winning a set.[24] 2007 champion Raymond van Barneveld was another early faller, crashing out to American Darin Young 3–1 in the first round.[24] Van Barneveld had planned to retire after this tournament, but after sitting out the 2020 season announced his intention to return for 2021.[25] Reigning World Youth Champion Luke Humphries came through a sudden-death leg against Jermaine Wattimena in the second round[24] before defeating Nico Kurz[26] and Huybrechts[23] to reach consecutive quarter-finals. 2014 runner-up Peter Wright survived a match dart at bullseye to win a sudden-death leg against Noel Malicdem[27] in the second round, before beating Seigo Asada[28] and Jeffrey de Zwaan[23] to reach the quarter-finals, where he triumphed 5–3 over Humphries to reach the semi-final for the first time since the 2017 tournament.[20]
In the fourth quarter, Fallon Sherrock defeated Ted Evetts in the first round, becoming the first female player to win a match at the World Championships,[29] before following that win with a 3–1 victory over 11th seed Mensur Suljović in the second round.[30] Sherrock's run, which PDC chairman Barry Hearn said could be the "dawn of a new era" for darts,[31] was ended in the third round by Chris Dobey.[32] Third seed Gerwyn Price beat John Henderson[33] and Simon Whitlock[23] to reach his first World Championship quarter-final, while three-time reigning BDO World Champion Glen Durrant joined him in the quarter-final on his PDC debut with wins over sixth seed Daryl Gurney[34] and Dobey.[23] In the quarter-final Price dominated Durrant, winning 5–1 to reach his first semi-final.[20]
The first of the semi-finals, between Price and Wright, was a bad-tempered affair. Wright won the first set against the darts, tapping his opponent on the arm and making comments to him as they went off for the break. Price levelled the match after the second set and celebrated exuberantly.[35] Each player won two of the next four sets before Wright won three sets in a row to win the match and reach the second world championship final of his career.[36] There was no handshake between the two players after the match, and Price said on Twitter that he had thought Wright's actions after the first set were out of order; later apologizing for his remarks.[35]
In the second semi-final, between Van Gerwen and Aspinall, the reigning champion took the first set against the darts, before Aspinall levelled in the second. Van Gerwen broke again in the third set only for Aspinall to win the fourth set in a decider. Aspinall missed a dart to win the fifth set and Van Gerwen took the lead again, before winning the sixth set 3–0 to take a two-set lead in the match. Aspinall won the seventh set, but Van Gerwen took the next two to secure his place in the final against Wright, a repeat of the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship final.[36]
In the final, held on New Year's Day 2020, Wright held the first set with a 3–2 win after Van Gerwen missed bullseye for a set-winning 170 checkout. Wright then took a two-set lead with a 3–1 set win, before Van Gerwen broke back in the third set with a 3–0 win, and won the fourth by 3–2. Wright regained the lead in the fifth and then took a 3–0 win in the sixth set to go back to two legs clear. Again, Van Gerwen broke back with a 3–1 in the seventh; but Wright quickly regained the advantage, winning the eight set 3–2. Wright went one away from the win with a 3–2 win in the ninth set. In the tenth set, Wright won the first leg. Van Gerwen missed double-12 for a perfect nine-dart finish in the second leg, but took the leg regardless. Wright won the third leg to throw for the match; and took out double-10 to win the world championship for the first time.[37]
Schedule edit
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 1 | Jelle Klaasen | 3 – 1 | Kevin Burness | 2 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | — |
| 02 | 1 | Kim Huybrechts | 3 – 2 | Geert Nentjes | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 |
| 03 | 1 | Luke Humphries | 3 – 1 | Devon Petersen | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | — |
| 04 | 2 | Michael van Gerwen | 3 – 1 | Jelle Klaasen | 2 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | — |
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | 1 | Darius Labanauskas | 3 – 0 | Matthew Edgar | 3 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 2 | — | — |
| 06 | 1 | Ryan Meikle | 1 – 3 | Yuki Yamada | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | — |
| 07 | 1 | Luke Woodhouse | 3 – 0 | Paul Lim | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | — | — |
| 08 | 2 | Jermaine Wattimena | 2 – 3 | Luke Humphries | 3 – 0 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 5 – 6 |
| 09 | 1 | Mark McGeeney | 3 – 1 | Matt Campbell | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 2 | — |
| 10 | 1 | Jamie Hughes | 2 – 3 | Zoran Lerchbacher | 2 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 |
| 11 | 1 | Raymond van Barneveld | 1 – 3 | Darin Young | 1 – 3 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 3 | 2 – 3 | — |
| 12 | 2 | Rob Cross | 0 – 3 | Kim Huybrechts | 1 – 3 | 0 – 3 | 1 – 3 | — | — |
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | Kyle Anderson | 3 – 2 | Xiaochen Zong | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 |
| 14 | 1 | Ross Smith | 0 – 3 | Ciarán Teehan | 2 – 3 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | — | — |
| 15 | 1 | Brendan Dolan | 3 – 0 | Nitin Kumar | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | — | — |
| 16 | 2 | Ian White | 1 – 3 | Darius Labanauskas | 2 – 3 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | — |
| 17 | 1 | Arron Monk | 0 – 3 | José Justicia | 1 – 3 | 2 – 3 | 0 – 3 | — | — |
| 18 | 1 | Andy Boulton | 2 – 3 | Danny Baggish | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 |
| 19 | 1 | James Richardson | 3 – 2 | Mikuru Suzuki | 3 – 2 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 2 |
| 20 | 2 | Michael Smith | 1 – 3 | Luke Woodhouse | 1 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | — |
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | Steve Lennon | 2 – 3 | Callan Rydz | 3 – 0 | 0 – 3 | 0 – 3 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 3 |
| 22 | 1 | William O'Connor | 3 – 0 | Marko Kantele | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | — | — |
| 23 | 1 | Vincent van der Voort | 3 – 0 | Keane Barry | 3 – 2 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | — | — |
| 24 | 2 | Gary Anderson | 3 – 0 | Brendan Dolan | 3 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 0 | — | — |
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | Ryan Searle | 3 – 2 | Robbie King | 2 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 2 |
| 26 | 1 | Cristo Reyes | 3 – 2 | Lourence Ilagan | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 0 |
| 27 | 1 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | 0 – 3 | Noel Malicdem | 1 – 3 | 2 – 3 | 0 – 3 | — | — |
| 28 | 2 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 3 – 1 | Zoran Lerchbacher | 2 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | — |
| 29 | 1 | Ritchie Edhouse | 3 – 1 | Boris Koltsov | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 2 | — |
| 30 | 1 | José de Sousa | 0 – 3 | Damon Heta | 2 – 3 | 2 – 3 | 2 – 3 | — | — |
| 31 | 1 | Ted Evetts | 2 – 3 | Fallon Sherrock | 3 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 |
| 32 | 2 | Jeffrey de Zwaan | 3 – 2 | Darin Young | 1 – 3 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 |
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 1 | Ron Meulenkamp | 3 – 0 | Ben Robb | 3 – 2 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 2 | — | — |
| 34 | 1 | Mickey Mansell | 0 – 3 | Seigo Asada | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 0 – 3 | — | — |
| 35 | 1 | Harry Ward | 3 – 2 | Madars Razma | 3 – 0 | 0 – 3 | 0 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 0 |
| 36 | 2 | Stephen Bunting | 3 – 2 | José Justicia | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 6 – 4 |
| 37 | 1 | James Wilson | 1 – 3 | Nico Kurz | 0 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 3 | — |
| 38 | 1 | Josh Payne | 3 – 0 | Diogo Portela | 3 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 0 | — | — |
| 39 | 1 | Gabriel Clemens | 2 – 3 | Benito van de Pas | 2 – 3 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 3 |
| 40 | 2 | James Wade | 3 – 0 | Ritchie Edhouse | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 2 | — | — |
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 1 | Justin Pipe | 3 – 2 | Benjamin Pratnemer | 2 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 |
| 42 | 1 | Ryan Joyce | 2 – 3 | Jan Dekker | 1 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 3 |
| 43 | 2 | John Henderson | 3 – 0 | James Richardson | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 0 | — | — |
| 44 | 2 | Steve Beaton | 3 – 1 | Kyle Anderson | 3 – 1 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 2 | — |
| 45 | 2 | Chris Dobey | 3 – 2 | Ron Meulenkamp | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 4 – 2 |
| 46 | 2 | Danny Noppert | 3 – 2 | Callan Rydz | 2 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 1 |
| 47 | 2 | Dave Chisnall | 3 – 1 | Vincent van der Voort | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 3 | 3 – 1 | — |
| 48 | 2 | Gerwyn Price | 3 – 2 | William O'Connor | 3 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 4 – 2 |
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 2 | Darren Webster | 3 – 0 | Yuki Yamada | 3 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 0 | — | — |
| 50 | 2 | Mervyn King | 3 – 2 | Ciarán Teehan | 3 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 2 – 3 | 4 – 2 |
| 51 | 2 | Jonny Clayton | 3 – 0 | Jan Dekker | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 0 | — | — |
| 52 | 2 | Ricky Evans | 3 – 1 | Mark McGeeney | 3 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 0 | — |
| 53 | 2 | Nathan Aspinall | 3 – 1 | Danny Baggish | 1 – 3 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 2 | — |
| 54 | 2 | Joe Cullen | 1 – 3 | Nico Kurz | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 2 – 3 | — |
| 55 | 2 | Max Hopp | 3 – 2 | Benito van de Pas | 3 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 0 |
| 56 | 2 | Peter Wright | 3 – 2 | Noel Malicdem | 3 – 0 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 3 | 6 – 5 |
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 2 | Keegan Brown | 2 – 3 | Seigo Asada | 3 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 2 – 4 |
| 58 | 2 | Simon Whitlock | 3 – 0 | Harry Ward | 3 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 1 | — | — |
| 59 | 2 | Steve West | 0 – 3 | Ryan Searle | 2 – 3 | 2 – 3 | 2 – 3 | — | — |
| 60 | 2 | Adrian Lewis | 3 – 2 | Cristo Reyes | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 5 – 3 |
| 61 | 2 | Daryl Gurney | 3 – 0 | Justin Pipe | 3 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 1 | — | — |
| 62 | 2 | Glen Durrant | 3 – 0 | Damon Heta | 3 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 2 | — | — |
| 63 | 2 | Mensur Suljović | 1 – 3 | Fallon Sherrock | 2 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 2 – 3 | — |
| 64 | 2 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 3 – 0 | Josh Payne | 3 – 2 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 2 | — | — |
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Set 6 | Set 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | 3 | Jonny Clayton | 0 – 4 | Stephen Bunting | 0 – 3 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 2 – 3 | — | — | — |
| 66 | 3 | Darius Labanauskas | 4 – 2 | Max Hopp | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 2 | — |
| 67 | 3 | Nathan Aspinall | 4 – 3 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 3 – 1 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 0 |
| 68 | 3 | James Wade | 2 – 4 | Steve Beaton | 1 – 3 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 3 | — |
| 69 | 3 | Kim Huybrechts | 4 – 2 | Danny Noppert | 1 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 0 | — |
| 70 | 3 | Michael van Gerwen | 4 – 0 | Ricky Evans | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 2 | — | — | — |
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Set 6 | Set 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | 3 | Nico Kurz | 2 – 4 | Luke Humphries | 1 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 3 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | — |
| 72 | 3 | Adrian Lewis | 4 – 3 | Darren Webster | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 4 – 2 |
| 73 | 3 | Luke Woodhouse | 2 – 4 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 1 − 3 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 3 | — |
| 74 | 3 | Dave Chisnall | 3 – 4 | Jeffrey de Zwaan | 1 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 0 – 3 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 3 |
| 75 | 3 | Gary Anderson | 4 – 3 | Ryan Searle | 3 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 0 |
| 76 | 3 | Peter Wright | 4 – 2 | Seigo Asada | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 1 | — |
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Set 6 | Set 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | 3 | Simon Whitlock | 4 – 1 | Mervyn King | 0 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 2 | — | — |
| 78 | 3 | Daryl Gurney | 2 – 4 | Glen Durrant | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 3 | 2 – 3 | — |
| 79 | 3 | Fallon Sherrock | 2 – 4 | Chris Dobey | 3 – 1 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 0 – 3 | — |
| 80 | 3 | Gerwyn Price | 4 – 0 | John Henderson | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | — | — | — |
| 81 | 4 | Gary Anderson | 2 – 4 | Nathan Aspinall | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | — |
| 82 | 4 | Michael van Gerwen | 4 – 0 | Stephen Bunting | 3 – 2 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | — | — | — |
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Set 6 | Set 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | 4 | Steve Beaton | 2 – 4 | Darius Labanauskas | 2 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 0 | 0 – 3 | 1 – 3 | — |
| 84 | 4 | Kim Huybrechts | 1 – 4 | Luke Humphries | 3 – 2 | 0 – 3 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 0 – 3 | — | — |
| 85 | 4 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 4 – 3 | Adrian Lewis | 1 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 |
| 86 | 4 | Peter Wright | 4 – 3 | Jeffrey de Zwaan | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 2 – 3 | 5 – 3 |
| 87 | 4 | Glen Durrant | 4 – 3 | Chris Dobey | 1 – 3 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 0 |
| 88 | 4 | Gerwyn Price | 4 – 2 | Simon Whitlock | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 3 | 3 – 0 | — |
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Set 6 | Set 7 | Set 8 | Set 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | QF | Nathan Aspinall | 5 – 3 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 0 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 2 | — |
| 90 | QF | Luke Humphries | 3 – 5 | Peter Wright | 1 – 3 | 0 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 3 | — |
| 91 | QF | Michael van Gerwen | 5 – 2 | Darius Labanauskas | 2 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 2 | — | — |
| 92 | QF | Glen Durrant | 1 – 5 | Gerwyn Price | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 3 | — | — | — |
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Set 6 | Set 7 | Set 8 | Set 9 | Set 10 | Set 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | SF | Peter Wright | 6 – 3 | Gerwyn Price | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 3 – 2 | — | — |
| 94 | SF | Michael van Gerwen | 6 – 3 | Nathan Aspinall | 3 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 0 | 0 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 1 | — | — |
| Game # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Set 6 | Set 7 | Set 8 | Set 9 | Set 10 | Set 11 | Set 12 | Set 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 | F | Michael van Gerwen | 3 – 7 | Peter Wright | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 3 | 0 – 3 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 3 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 3 | — | — | — |
Draw edit
The draw took place on 25 November 2019 on Sky Sports News.[38]
Finals edit
| Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) 29 December [39] | Semi-finals (best of 11 sets) 30 December [40] | Final (best of 13 sets) 1 January | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Michael van Gerwen 99.50 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Darius Labanauskas 90.25 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Michael van Gerwen 96.34 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Nathan Aspinall 92.04 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Nathan Aspinall 95.31 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 29 | Dimitri Van den Bergh 91.12 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Michael van Gerwen 102.88 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Peter Wright 102.79 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Luke Humphries 98.65 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Peter Wright 105.86 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Peter Wright 98.39 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Gerwyn Price 89.94 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 27 | Glen Durrant 94.42 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Gerwyn Price 99.69 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Top half edit
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| First round (best of 5 sets) 13–19 December | Second round (best of 5 sets) 13–21 December | Third round (best of 7 sets) 22–27 December | Fourth round (best of 7 sets) 27–28 December | Quarter-finals (best of 9 sets) 29 December | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brendan Dolan 97.35 | 3 | 5 | Gary Anderson 93.77 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nitin Kumar 90.17 | 0 | Brendan Dolan 90.96 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Gary Anderson 99.85 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ryan Searle 95.15 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ryan Searle 87.00 | 3 | 28 | Steve West 95.12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Robbie King 80.50 | 2 | Ryan Searle 101.54 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Gary Anderson 97.42 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Nathan Aspinall 97.97 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Andy Boulton 85.12 | 2 | 12 | Nathan Aspinall 95.38 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Danny Baggish 84.94 | 3 | Danny Baggish 90.92 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Nathan Aspinall 98.45 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Krzysztof Ratajski 97.00 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Jamie Hughes 95.47 | 2 | 21 | Krzysztof Ratajski 91.35 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Zoran Lerchbacher 94.22 | 3 | Zoran Lerchbacher 92.30 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Nathan Aspinall 95.31 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Dimitri Van den Bergh 91.12 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Luke Woodhouse 96.02 | 3 | 4 | Michael Smith 95.69 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Lim 93.14 | 0 | Luke Woodhouse 97.81 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Luke Woodhouse 90.41 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.21 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Josh Payne 96.49 | 3 | 29 | Dimitri Van den Bergh 103.81 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Diogo Portela 90.46 | 0 | Josh Payne 97.52 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Dimitri Van den Bergh 96.06 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Adrian Lewis 93.70 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cristo Reyes 85.62 | 3 | 13 | Adrian Lewis 90.46 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 PDC World Darts Championship known for sponsorship reasons as the 2020 William Hill World Darts Championship 1 was the 27th 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 13 December 2019 to 1 January 2020 1 2020 William Hill World Darts ChampionshipTournament informationDates13 December 2019 1 January 2020VenueAlexandra PalaceLocationLondonCountry EnglandOrganisation s PDCFormatSetsFinal first to 7Prize fund 2 500 000Winner s share 500 000High checkout170 Gary Anderson Steve Beaton Glen Durrant Ricky Evans Ben Robb Ryan Searle Michael van Gerwen Peter WrightChampion s Peter Wright 2019 2021 Seventh seed Peter Wright won the World Championship for the first time in his career Michael van Gerwen the number one seed and reigning champion reached the fifth World Championship final of his career Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Michael Smith 7 3 in the 2019 final Raymond van Barneveld announced his intention to retire from professional darts with this tournament playing his planned last match in the first round against Darin Young He subsequently reversed this decision after a year out Fallon Sherrock became the first female player to win a match at a PDC World Championship beating Ted Evetts 3 2 in the first round She then went on to beat Mensur Suljovic 3 1 in the second round before losing 2 4 to Chris Dobey Peter Wright won his first World Championship beating Van Gerwen 7 3 in the final Contents 1 Format 2 Prize money 3 Qualification 3 1 Qualifiers 3 2 Background 4 Summary 5 Schedule 6 Draw 6 1 Finals 6 2 Top half 6 2 1 Section 1 6 2 2 Section 2 6 3 Bottom half 6 3 1 Section 3 6 3 2 Section 4 7 Final 8 Statistics 9 Top averages 10 Representation 11 Media coverage 12 ReferencesFormat editAll matches were played as single in double out requiring the players to score 501 points to win a leg finishing on either a double or the bullseye Matches were played to set format with each set being the best of five legs first to three For all rounds except the first the final set had to be won by two clear legs unless the set score went to 5 5 in which case a deciding leg would be played with the players throwing for the bull to decide who threw first The matches got longer as the tournament progressed First round Best of five sets no tie break Second round Best of five sets Third round Best of seven sets Fourth round Best of seven sets Quarter finals Best of nine sets Semi finals Best of eleven sets Finals Best of thirteen sets 2 Prize money editThe prize money for the tournament was 2 500 000 in total the same as in the previous year The winner s share was 500 000 3 A special prize of 100 000 was available to any player who hits two nine dart finishes a feat which has never previously been achieved at any World Championship 4 Position num of players Prize money Total 2 500 000 Winner 1 500 000Runner up 1 200 000Semi finalists 2 100 000Quarter finalists 4 50 000Fourth round losers 8 35 000Third round losers 16 25 000Second round losers 32 15 000First round losers 32 7 500Qualification editQualifiers edit The top 32 from the PDC Order of Merit began the competition in the second round The 32 highest ranked players on the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit not already qualified and 32 qualifiers from around the world including two female players began in the first round 5 Order of MeritSecond round seeded nbsp Michael van Gerwen runner up nbsp Rob Cross second round nbsp Gerwyn Price semi finals nbsp Michael Smith second round nbsp Gary Anderson fourth round nbsp Daryl Gurney third round nbsp Peter Wright champion nbsp James Wade third round nbsp Ian White second round nbsp Dave Chisnall third round nbsp Mensur Suljovic second round nbsp Nathan Aspinall semi finals nbsp Adrian Lewis fourth round nbsp Simon Whitlock fourth round nbsp Joe Cullen second round nbsp Jonny Clayton third round nbsp Stephen Bunting fourth round nbsp Jermaine Wattimena second round nbsp Mervyn King third round nbsp Darren Webster third round nbsp Krzysztof Ratajski third round nbsp Chris Dobey fourth round nbsp Jeffrey de Zwaan fourth round nbsp Max Hopp third round nbsp Steve Beaton fourth round nbsp Keegan Brown second round nbsp Glen Durrant quarter finals nbsp Steve West second round nbsp Dimitri Van den Bergh quarter finals nbsp John Henderson third round nbsp Danny Noppert third round nbsp Ricky Evans third round Pro Tour Order of MeritFirst round nbsp Jamie Hughes first round nbsp Jose de Sousa first round nbsp Vincent van der Voort second round nbsp Brendan Dolan second round nbsp Gabriel Clemens first round nbsp Justin Pipe second round nbsp William O Connor second round nbsp Ron Meulenkamp second round nbsp Harry Ward second round nbsp Ross Smith first round nbsp Kyle Anderson second round nbsp Kim Huybrechts fourth round nbsp Ted Evetts first round nbsp Andy Boulton first round nbsp Ryan Joyce first round nbsp Raymond van Barneveld first round nbsp Luke Humphries quarter finals nbsp Darius Labanauskas quarter finals nbsp Ryan Searle third round nbsp Arron Monk first round nbsp Ritchie Edhouse second round nbsp Mark McGeeney second round nbsp Josh Payne second round nbsp Cristo Reyes second round nbsp James Richardson second round nbsp Jelle Klaasen second round nbsp James Wilson first round nbsp Luke Woodhouse third round nbsp Steve Lennon first round nbsp Rowby John Rodriguez first round nbsp Ryan Meikle first round nbsp Mickey Mansell first round International Qualifiers 6 First round nbsp Seigo Asada third round nbsp Danny Baggish second round nbsp Keane Barry first round nbsp Kevin Burness first round nbsp Matt Campbell first round nbsp Jan Dekker second round nbsp Matthew Edgar first round nbsp Damon Heta second round nbsp Lourence Ilagan first round nbsp Jose Justicia second round nbsp Marko Kantele first round nbsp Robbie King first round nbsp Boris Koltsov first round nbsp Nitin Kumar first round nbsp Nico Kurz third round nbsp Zoran Lerchbacher second round nbsp Paul Lim first round nbsp Noel Malicdem second round nbsp Geert Nentjes first round nbsp Devon Petersen first round nbsp Diogo Portela first round nbsp Benjamin Pratnemer first round nbsp Madars Razma first round nbsp Ben Robb first round nbsp Callan Rydz second round nbsp Fallon Sherrock third round nbsp Mikuru Suzuki first round nbsp Ciaran Teehan second round nbsp Benito van de Pas second round nbsp Yuki Yamada second round nbsp Darin Young second round nbsp Xiaochen Zong first round Background edit Michael van Gerwen the reigning champion from the 2019 championship who also won the 2014 and 2017 championship was top of the two year PDC Order of Merit and number one seed going into the tournament having won six of the ten premier singles events held since the previous championship 7 2018 world champion and reigning World Matchplay and European champion Rob Cross took the second seeding 7 As well as Van Gerwen and Cross two other previous PDC world champions qualified as seeds two time champions Gary Anderson 5th seed and Adrian Lewis 13th seed Three time consecutive reigning BDO world darts champion Glen Durrant took the 27th seeding on his PDC debut As well as Durrant 17th seed Stephen Bunting and 25th seed Steve Beaton were also previous champions of the BDO World Darts Championship 7 The top seeds below Van Gerwen and Cross were two time Grand Slam of Darts winner Gerwyn Price 2019 World Championship runner up Michael Smith Gary Anderson 2018 Players Championship Finals winner Daryl Gurney and 2019 German Darts Masters champion Peter Wright 2019 UK Open champion Nathan Aspinall was the 12th seed 7 2019 Czech Darts Open champion Jamie Hughes in his first year as a full PDC tour card holder was the highest ranked non seed on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit As well as Hughes five other qualifiers from the Pro Tour made their PDC World Championship debuts Harry Ward Ritchie Edhouse Mark McGeeney Luke Woodhouse and Ryan Meikle 8 2007 PDC world champion Raymond van Barneveld qualified via the Pro Tour in his final year before retirement 9 Both Van Barneveld and fellow Dutchman Jelle Klaasen were former champions of the BDO World Darts Championship who qualified via the Pro Tour Other players to qualify through the Pro Tour included 2019 World Grand Prix semi finalist Chris Dobey 2019 PDC World Youth Champion Luke Humphries and the 2019 PDC World Cup of Darts finalists from Ireland William O Connor and Steve Lennon 7 The final group of 32 qualifiers was determined by a series of international qualifiers and secondary tours 2019 Brisbane Darts Masters champion Damon Heta the first player to win a World Series of Darts event in their own country 10 topped the Dartplayers Australia rankings while Keane Barry won the Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay to qualify having already qualified to play in the Junior Darts Corporation World Championship final held during the tournament 11 Barry was the youngest player at the 2020 championships and the third youngest all time 12 Two qualifiers were held for female players The UK amp Ireland qualifier was won by Fallon Sherrock the 2015 BDO Women s World Championship runner up 13 while the Rest of the World Qualifier was won by Mikuru Suzuki the reigning women s champion from the 2019 BDO World Darts Championship 14 The final three places went to the three winners of a tournament between unqualified Tour Card holders the winners being Benito van de Pas Kevin Burness and Matthew Edgar 15 Fifteen international qualifiers made their debuts Danny Baggish Keane Barry Matt Campbell Damon Heta Jose Justicia Robbie King Nico Kurz Benjamin Pratnemer Madars Razma Ben Robb Callan Rydz Fallon Sherrock Mikuru Suzuki Ciaran Teehan amp Yuki Yamada 8 Razma was the first Latvian ever to qualify for the PDC World Championship Summary edit nbsp 2007 champion Raymond van Barneveld pictured in 2006 lost in the first round to Darin Young He retired after the match subsequently reversing the decision The top quarter of the draw saw number one seed amp reigning champion Michael van Gerwen easily reach the quarter final recovering from losing the first set to Jelle Klaasen in the second round to win 16 before consecutive 4 0 victories over Ricky Evans 17 and former BDO World Champion Stephen Bunting 18 Lithuanian Darius Labanauskas reached the quarter final stage for the first time knocking out seeds including world number 9 Ian White and former BDO Champion Steve Beaton 19 In the quarter final Van Gerwen triumphed over Labanauskas 5 2 to qualify for the semi final for the seventh time in eight championships 20 In the second quarter fourth seed amp 2019 runner up Michael Smith was eliminated in the second round following a 3 1 defeat to debutant Luke Woodhouse 21 Reigning UK Open champion Nathan Aspinall reached the quarter final with wins over Krzysztof Ratajski 22 and two time World Champion Gary Anderson 18 while two time World Youth Champion Dimitri Van den Bergh defeated Woodhouse and two time World Champion Adrian Lewis 23 to also reach the quarter final In that quarter final Aspinall won 5 3 to reach his second semi final in two attempts at the World Championship 20 In the third quarter 2018 champion Rob Cross was an early exit losing to Kim Huybrechts in the second round without winning a set 24 2007 champion Raymond van Barneveld was another early faller crashing out to American Darin Young 3 1 in the first round 24 Van Barneveld had planned to retire after this tournament but after sitting out the 2020 season announced his intention to return for 2021 25 Reigning World Youth Champion Luke Humphries came through a sudden death leg against Jermaine Wattimena in the second round 24 before defeating Nico Kurz 26 and Huybrechts 23 to reach consecutive quarter finals 2014 runner up Peter Wright survived a match dart at bullseye to win a sudden death leg against Noel Malicdem 27 in the second round before beating Seigo Asada 28 and Jeffrey de Zwaan 23 to reach the quarter finals where he triumphed 5 3 over Humphries to reach the semi final for the first time since the 2017 tournament 20 In the fourth quarter Fallon Sherrock defeated Ted Evetts in the first round becoming the first female player to win a match at the World Championships 29 before following that win with a 3 1 victory over 11th seed Mensur Suljovic in the second round 30 Sherrock s run which PDC chairman Barry Hearn said could be the dawn of a new era for darts 31 was ended in the third round by Chris Dobey 32 Third seed Gerwyn Price beat John Henderson 33 and Simon Whitlock 23 to reach his first World Championship quarter final while three time reigning BDO World Champion Glen Durrant joined him in the quarter final on his PDC debut with wins over sixth seed Daryl Gurney 34 and Dobey 23 In the quarter final Price dominated Durrant winning 5 1 to reach his first semi final 20 The first of the semi finals between Price and Wright was a bad tempered affair Wright won the first set against the darts tapping his opponent on the arm and making comments to him as they went off for the break Price levelled the match after the second set and celebrated exuberantly 35 Each player won two of the next four sets before Wright won three sets in a row to win the match and reach the second world championship final of his career 36 There was no handshake between the two players after the match and Price said on Twitter that he had thought Wright s actions after the first set were out of order later apologizing for his remarks 35 In the second semi final between Van Gerwen and Aspinall the reigning champion took the first set against the darts before Aspinall levelled in the second Van Gerwen broke again in the third set only for Aspinall to win the fourth set in a decider Aspinall missed a dart to win the fifth set and Van Gerwen took the lead again before winning the sixth set 3 0 to take a two set lead in the match Aspinall won the seventh set but Van Gerwen took the next two to secure his place in the final against Wright a repeat of the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship final 36 In the final held on New Year s Day 2020 Wright held the first set with a 3 2 win after Van Gerwen missed bullseye for a set winning 170 checkout Wright then took a two set lead with a 3 1 set win before Van Gerwen broke back in the third set with a 3 0 win and won the fourth by 3 2 Wright regained the lead in the fifth and then took a 3 0 win in the sixth set to go back to two legs clear Again Van Gerwen broke back with a 3 1 in the seventh but Wright quickly regained the advantage winning the eight set 3 2 Wright went one away from the win with a 3 2 win in the ninth set In the tenth set Wright won the first leg Van Gerwen missed double 12 for a perfect nine dart finish in the second leg but took the leg regardless Wright won the third leg to throw for the match and took out double 10 to win the world championship for the first time 37 Schedule editFriday 13 DecemberGame Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 501 1 nbsp Jelle Klaasen 3 1 Kevin Burness nbsp 2 3 3 1 3 1 3 1 02 1 nbsp Kim Huybrechts 3 2 Geert Nentjes nbsp 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 1 3 103 1 nbsp Luke Humphries 3 1 Devon Petersen nbsp 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 1 04 2 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 3 1 Jelle Klaasen nbsp 2 3 3 2 3 1 3 1 Saturday 14 DecemberGame Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 505 1 nbsp Darius Labanauskas 3 0 Matthew Edgar nbsp 3 0 3 0 3 2 06 1 nbsp Ryan Meikle 1 3 Yuki Yamada nbsp 3 2 2 3 2 3 1 3 07 1 nbsp Luke Woodhouse 3 0 Paul Lim nbsp 3 1 3 1 3 1 08 2 nbsp Jermaine Wattimena 2 3 Luke Humphries nbsp 3 0 1 3 3 1 1 3 5 609 1 nbsp Mark McGeeney 3 1 Matt Campbell nbsp 3 1 3 1 1 3 3 2 10 1 nbsp Jamie Hughes 2 3 Zoran Lerchbacher nbsp 2 3 3 1 2 3 3 2 2 311 1 nbsp Raymond van Barneveld 1 3 Darin Young nbsp 1 3 3 0 2 3 2 3 12 2 nbsp Rob Cross 0 3 Kim Huybrechts nbsp 1 3 0 3 1 3 Sunday 15 DecemberGame Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 513 1 nbsp Kyle Anderson 3 2 Xiaochen Zong nbsp 2 3 1 3 3 1 3 1 3 114 1 nbsp Ross Smith 0 3 Ciaran Teehan nbsp 2 3 2 3 1 3 15 1 nbsp Brendan Dolan 3 0 Nitin Kumar nbsp 3 2 3 1 3 1 16 2 nbsp Ian White 1 3 Darius Labanauskas nbsp 2 3 3 0 2 3 1 3 17 1 nbsp Arron Monk 0 3 Jose Justicia nbsp 1 3 2 3 0 3 18 1 nbsp Andy Boulton 2 3 Danny Baggish nbsp 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 319 1 nbsp James Richardson 3 2 Mikuru Suzuki nbsp 3 2 3 0 2 3 1 3 3 220 2 nbsp Michael Smith 1 3 Luke Woodhouse nbsp 1 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 Monday 16 DecemberGame Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 521 1 nbsp Steve Lennon 2 3 Callan Rydz nbsp 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 2 322 1 nbsp William O Connor 3 0 Marko Kantele nbsp 3 1 3 1 3 1 23 1 nbsp Vincent van der Voort 3 0 Keane Barry nbsp 3 2 3 2 3 1 24 2 nbsp Gary Anderson 3 0 Brendan Dolan nbsp 3 0 3 1 3 0 Tuesday 17 DecemberGame Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 525 1 nbsp Ryan Searle 3 2 Robbie King nbsp 2 3 3 1 2 3 3 1 3 226 1 nbsp Cristo Reyes 3 2 Lourence Ilagan nbsp 2 3 1 3 3 2 3 1 3 027 1 nbsp Rowby John Rodriguez 0 3 Noel Malicdem nbsp 1 3 2 3 0 3 28 2 nbsp Krzysztof Ratajski 3 1 Zoran Lerchbacher nbsp 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 1 29 1 nbsp Ritchie Edhouse 3 1 Boris Koltsov nbsp 3 1 3 1 2 3 3 2 30 1 nbsp Jose de Sousa 0 3 Damon Heta nbsp 2 3 2 3 2 3 31 1 nbsp Ted Evetts 2 3 Fallon Sherrock nbsp 3 1 1 3 3 2 2 3 1 332 2 nbsp Jeffrey de Zwaan 3 2 Darin Young nbsp 1 3 3 0 2 3 3 2 3 1 Wednesday 18 DecemberGame Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 533 1 nbsp Ron Meulenkamp 3 0 Ben Robb nbsp 3 2 3 0 3 2 34 1 nbsp Mickey Mansell 0 3 Seigo Asada nbsp 2 3 1 3 0 3 35 1 nbsp Harry Ward 3 2 Madars Razma nbsp 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 2 3 036 2 nbsp Stephen Bunting 3 2 Jose Justicia nbsp 1 3 3 1 3 2 1 3 6 437 1 nbsp James Wilson 1 3 Nico Kurz nbsp 0 3 1 3 3 1 0 3 38 1 nbsp Josh Payne 3 0 Diogo Portela nbsp 3 0 3 2 3 0 39 1 nbsp Gabriel Clemens 2 3 Benito van de Pas nbsp 2 3 3 0 1 3 3 1 2 340 2 nbsp James Wade 3 0 Ritchie Edhouse nbsp 3 2 3 1 3 2 Thursday 19 DecemberGame Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 541 1 nbsp Justin Pipe 3 2 Benjamin Pratnemer nbsp 2 3 3 1 1 3 3 2 3 142 1 nbsp Ryan Joyce 2 3 Jan Dekker nbsp 1 3 1 3 3 1 3 1 2 343 2 nbsp John Henderson 3 0 James Richardson nbsp 3 2 3 1 3 0 44 2 nbsp Steve Beaton 3 1 Kyle Anderson nbsp 3 1 2 3 3 0 3 2 45 2 nbsp Chris Dobey 3 2 Ron Meulenkamp nbsp 3 1 3 1 0 3 1 3 4 246 2 nbsp Danny Noppert 3 2 Callan Rydz nbsp 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 0 3 147 2 nbsp Dave Chisnall 3 1 Vincent van der Voort nbsp 3 2 3 1 0 3 3 1 48 2 nbsp Gerwyn Price 3 2 William O Connor nbsp 3 2 1 3 1 3 3 2 4 2 Friday 20 DecemberGame Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 549 2 nbsp Darren Webster 3 0 Yuki Yamada nbsp 3 1 3 0 3 0 50 2 nbsp Mervyn King 3 2 Ciaran Teehan nbsp 3 0 3 1 1 3 2 3 4 251 2 nbsp Jonny Clayton 3 0 Jan Dekker nbsp 3 2 3 1 3 0 52 2 nbsp Ricky Evans 3 1 Mark McGeeney nbsp 3 0 3 0 2 3 3 0 53 2 nbsp Nathan Aspinall 3 1 Danny Baggish nbsp 1 3 3 0 3 2 3 2 54 2 nbsp Joe Cullen 1 3 Nico Kurz nbsp 3 2 2 3 1 3 2 3 55 2 nbsp Max Hopp 3 2 Benito van de Pas nbsp 3 2 1 3 3 2 1 3 3 056 2 nbsp Peter Wright 3 2 Noel Malicdem nbsp 3 0 2 3 3 1 2 3 6 5 Saturday 21 DecemberGame Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 557 2 nbsp Keegan Brown 2 3 Seigo Asada nbsp 3 0 3 0 1 3 1 3 2 458 2 nbsp Simon Whitlock 3 0 Harry Ward nbsp 3 1 3 0 3 1 59 2 nbsp Steve West 0 3 Ryan Searle nbsp 2 3 2 3 2 3 60 2 nbsp Adrian Lewis 3 2 Cristo Reyes nbsp 2 3 1 3 3 1 3 1 5 361 2 nbsp Daryl Gurney 3 0 Justin Pipe nbsp 3 1 3 0 3 1 62 2 nbsp Glen Durrant 3 0 Damon Heta nbsp 3 0 3 1 3 2 63 2 nbsp Mensur Suljovic 1 3 Fallon Sherrock nbsp 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 64 2 nbsp Dimitri Van den Bergh 3 0 Josh Payne nbsp 3 2 3 0 3 2 Sunday 22 DecemberGame Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 765 3 nbsp Jonny Clayton 0 4 Stephen Bunting nbsp 0 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 66 3 nbsp Darius Labanauskas 4 2 Max Hopp nbsp 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 1 3 0 3 2 67 3 nbsp Nathan Aspinall 4 3 Krzysztof Ratajski nbsp 3 1 2 3 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 068 3 nbsp James Wade 2 4 Steve Beaton nbsp 1 3 2 3 3 2 1 3 3 0 1 3 69 3 nbsp Kim Huybrechts 4 2 Danny Noppert nbsp 1 3 3 2 1 3 3 1 3 1 3 0 70 3 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 4 0 Ricky Evans nbsp 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 2 Monday 23 DecemberGame Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 771 3 nbsp Nico Kurz 2 4 Luke Humphries nbsp 1 3 3 2 3 1 0 3 2 3 1 3 72 3 nbsp Adrian Lewis 4 3 Darren Webster nbsp 2 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 4 273 3 nbsp Luke Woodhouse 2 4 Dimitri Van den Bergh nbsp 1 3 1 3 3 1 2 3 3 1 2 3 74 3 nbsp Dave Chisnall 3 4 Jeffrey de Zwaan nbsp 1 3 3 2 0 3 3 0 1 3 3 1 0 375 3 nbsp Gary Anderson 4 3 Ryan Searle nbsp 3 2 1 3 1 3 1 3 3 1 3 1 3 076 3 nbsp Peter Wright 4 2 Seigo Asada nbsp 3 2 2 3 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 1 Friday 27 DecemberGame Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 777 3 nbsp Simon Whitlock 4 1 Mervyn King nbsp 0 3 3 2 3 2 3 0 3 2 78 3 nbsp Daryl Gurney 2 4 Glen Durrant nbsp 1 3 3 1 2 3 3 1 2 3 2 3 79 3 nbsp Fallon Sherrock 2 4 Chris Dobey nbsp 3 1 2 3 3 1 0 3 1 3 0 3 80 3 nbsp Gerwyn Price 4 0 John Henderson nbsp 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 81 4 nbsp Gary Anderson 2 4 Nathan Aspinall nbsp 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 82 4 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 4 0 Stephen Bunting nbsp 3 2 3 0 3 1 3 1 Saturday 28 DecemberGame Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 783 4 nbsp Steve Beaton 2 4 Darius Labanauskas nbsp 2 3 3 2 1 3 3 0 0 3 1 3 84 4 nbsp Kim Huybrechts 1 4 Luke Humphries nbsp 3 2 0 3 2 3 1 3 0 3 85 4 nbsp Dimitri Van den Bergh 4 3 Adrian Lewis nbsp 1 3 1 3 3 1 2 3 3 1 3 1 3 186 4 nbsp Peter Wright 4 3 Jeffrey de Zwaan nbsp 3 2 3 1 3 0 2 3 1 3 2 3 5 387 4 nbsp Glen Durrant 4 3 Chris Dobey nbsp 1 3 3 0 3 2 3 2 1 3 1 3 3 088 4 nbsp Gerwyn Price 4 2 Simon Whitlock nbsp 3 2 3 1 0 3 3 1 0 3 3 0 Sunday 29 DecemberGame Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 989 QF nbsp Nathan Aspinall 5 3 Dimitri Van den Bergh nbsp 0 3 3 1 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 3 1 3 3 2 90 QF nbsp Luke Humphries 3 5 Peter Wright nbsp 1 3 0 3 3 2 1 3 1 3 3 1 3 0 1 3 91 QF nbsp Michael van Gerwen 5 2 Darius Labanauskas nbsp 2 3 3 2 3 0 3 1 1 3 3 0 3 2 92 QF nbsp Glen Durrant 1 5 Gerwyn Price nbsp 2 3 1 3 3 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 Monday 30 DecemberGame Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9 Set 10 Set 1193 SF nbsp Peter Wright 6 3 Gerwyn Price nbsp 3 2 2 3 1 3 3 0 3 2 1 3 3 2 3 1 3 2 94 SF nbsp Michael van Gerwen 6 3 Nathan Aspinall nbsp 3 2 1 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 0 0 3 3 2 3 1 Wednesday 1 JanuaryGame Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9 Set 10 Set 11 Set 12 Set 1395 F nbsp Michael van Gerwen 3 7 Peter Wright nbsp 2 3 1 3 3 0 3 2 1 3 0 3 3 1 2 3 2 3 1 3 Draw editThe draw took place on 25 November 2019 on Sky Sports News 38 Finals edit Quarter finals best of 9 sets 29 December 39 Semi finals best of 11 sets 30 December 40 Final best of 13 sets 1 January 1 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 99 505 nbsp Darius Labanauskas 90 2521 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 96 34612 nbsp Nathan Aspinall 92 04312 nbsp Nathan Aspinall 95 31529 nbsp Dimitri Van den Bergh 91 1231 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 102 8837 nbsp Peter Wright 102 797 nbsp Luke Humphries 98 6537 nbsp Peter Wright 105 8657 nbsp Peter Wright 98 3963 nbsp Gerwyn Price 89 94327 nbsp Glen Durrant 94 4213 nbsp Gerwyn Price 99 695Top half edit Section 1 edit First round best of 5 sets 13 19 December 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Second round best of 5 sets 13 21 December 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Third round best of 7 sets 22 27 December 50 51 52 Fourth round best of 7 sets 27 28 December 52 53 Quarter finals best of 9 sets 29 December 39 nbsp Jelle Klaasen 96 0231 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 96 283 nbsp Kevin Burness 92 411 nbsp Jelle Klaasen 95 0611 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 96 75432 nbsp Ricky Evans 95 810 nbsp Mark McGeeney 93 66332 nbsp Ricky Evans 95 463 nbsp Matt Campbell 88 331 nbsp Mark McGeeney 87 1011 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 104 09417 nbsp Stephen Bunting 84 710 nbsp Ryan Joyce 83 37216 nbsp Jonny Clayton 95 163 nbsp Jan Dekker 84 073 nbsp Jan Dekker 85 10016 nbsp Jonny Clayton 91 49017 nbsp Stephen Bunting 95 704 nbsp Arron Monk 82 56017 nbsp Stephen Bunting 93 493 nbsp Jose Justicia88 643 nbsp Jose Justicia 91 8721 nbsp Michael van Gerwen 99 505 nbsp Darius Labanauskas 90 252 nbsp Ritchie Edhouse 87 8338 nbsp James Wade 92 433 nbsp Boris Koltsov 84 531 nbsp Ritchie Edhouse 93 4808 nbsp James Wade 94 56225 nbsp Steve Beaton 92 954 nbsp Kyle Anderson 89 56325 nbsp Steve Beaton 91 923 nbsp Xiaochen Zong 83 162 nbsp Kyle Anderson 89 31125 nbsp Steve Beaton 90 442 nbsp Darius Labanauskas 94 254 nbsp Darius Labanauskas 94 7339 nbsp Ian White 100 331 nbsp Matthew Edgar 84 780 nbsp Darius Labanauskas 96 313 nbsp Darius Labanauskas 91 03424 nbsp Max Hopp 92 162 nbsp Gabriel Clemens 93 57224 nbsp Max Hopp 90 033 nbsp Benito van de Pas 88 643 nbsp Benito van de Pas 84 732 Section 2 edit First round best of 5 sets 13 19 DecemberSecond round best of 5 sets 13 21 DecemberThird round best of 7 sets 22 27 DecemberFourth round best of 7 sets 27 28 DecemberQuarter finals best of 9 sets 29 December nbsp Brendan Dolan 97 3535 nbsp Gary Anderson 93 773 nbsp Nitin Kumar 90 170 nbsp Brendan Dolan 90 9605 nbsp Gary Anderson 99 854 nbsp Ryan Searle 95 153 nbsp Ryan Searle 87 00328 nbsp Steve West 95 120 nbsp Robbie King 80 502 nbsp Ryan Searle 101 5435 nbsp Gary Anderson 97 42212 nbsp Nathan Aspinall 97 974 nbsp Andy Boulton 85 12212 nbsp Nathan Aspinall 95 383 nbsp Danny Baggish 84 943 nbsp Danny Baggish 90 92112 nbsp Nathan Aspinall 98 45421 nbsp Krzysztof Ratajski 97 003 nbsp Jamie Hughes 95 47221 nbsp Krzysztof Ratajski 91 353 nbsp Zoran Lerchbacher 94 223 nbsp Zoran Lerchbacher 92 30112 nbsp Nathan Aspinall 95 31529 nbsp Dimitri Van den Bergh 91 123 nbsp Luke Woodhouse 96 0234 nbsp Michael Smith 95 691 nbsp Paul Lim 93 140 nbsp Luke Woodhouse 97 813 nbsp Luke Woodhouse 90 41229 nbsp Dimitri Van den Bergh 94 214 nbsp Josh Payne 96 49329 nbsp Dimitri Van den Bergh 103 813 nbsp Diogo Portela 90 460 nbsp Josh Payne 97 52029 nbsp Dimitri Van den Bergh 96 06413 nbsp Adrian Lewis 93 703 nbsp Cristo Reyes 85 62313 nbsp Adrian Lewis 90 463, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. | |||||||||||||||||||||||