The 2011 Winmau World Masters was a major televised tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 2011. It took place from 1–4 September in the Hull Arena, which hosted the event for the first time, taking over from the nearby Hull City Hall.
| Winmau World Masters | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 1–4 September | ||
| Venue | Hull Arena | ||
| Location | East Riding of Yorkshire | ||
| Country | England | ||
| Organisation(s) | BDO | ||
| Format | Sets for men, Legs for women, boys and girls | ||
| Prize fund | £65,500 | ||
| Winner's share | £25,000 (men), £5,000 (women) | ||
| High checkout | £1k (non-televised), £2k (televised)
Highest Out Scott Waites & Christian Kist: 170 Lowest Out: Glen Durrant & Ross Montgomery: 2 | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Scott Waites (men) Lisa Ashton (women)  Jimmy Hendriks (boys)  Emily Davidson | |||
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Defending men's champion Martin Adams lost in the semi-finals to Scott Waites, who went on to win his first World Masters title beating Dean Winstanley by 7 sets to 2 in the final. Defending women's Master Julie Gore lost in the semi-finals to Trina Gulliver.
Seeds edit
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Men These were finalised on completion of the 2011 Swedish Open on 19–21 August. The men's seeds were exempt until the Last 16 stage and could not play each other until the quarter-final stage.[1] |
Women These were finalised on completion of the 2011 Swedish Open on 19–21 August. The ladies seeds entered at the start of the competition however could not play each other until the quarter-final stage. Francis Hoenselaar was scheduled to be the number 8 seed, but pulled out for personal reasons.
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There were no seedings in the boys or girls events.
Men's Draw edit
Last 24 onwards. All the below matches were televised.
Sets were best of 3 legs.
| Last 24 Best of 5 sets Losers £0 [2][3] | Last 16 Best of 5 sets Losers £1,000 | Quarter-finals Best of 5 sets Losers £1,500 | Semi-finals Best of 9 sets Losers £3,000 | Final Best of 13 sets Winner £25,000 Runner up £10,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Martin Adams (94.76)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Kevin Thomas (75.09)
| 0 | Steve Douglas (83.22)
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Douglas (78.78)
| 3 | 1 | Martin Adams (88.68)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Glen Durrant (85.83)
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | John Walton (86.81)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Glen Durrant (85.53)
| 3 | Glen Durrant (97.39)
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Craig Baxter (80.22)
| 2 | 1 | Martin Adams (100.35)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Scott Waites (102.69)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Gary Robson (84.99)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richie Howson (85.29)
| 2 | Andrew Gilding (84.30)
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Gilding (86.34)
| 3 | 5 | Gary Robson (88.95)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Scott Waites (97.32)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Scott Waites (96.39)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ewan Hyslop (96.30)
| 3 | Ewan Hyslop (91.92)
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Robert Wagner (82.26)
| 0 | 4 | Scott Waites (100.62)
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Dean Winstanley (95.85)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Dean Winstanley (78.54)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rick Hofstra (81.66)
| 3 | Rick Hofstra (73.44)
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Jim Widmayer (80.55)
| 2 | 2 | Dean Winstanley (93.18)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Tony West (89.76)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Tony West (95.73)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Radek Szagański (79.38)
| 1 | Christian Kist (93.72)
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Christian Kist (87.15)
| 3 | 2 | Dean Winstanley (83.10)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Ross Montgomery (80.94)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Ross Montgomery (88.71)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colin Fowler (86.97)
| 2 | Martin Phillips (84.03)
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Martin Phillips (87.63)
| 3 | 6 | Ross Montgomery (90.09)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Bunting (79.89)
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Robbie Green (89.31)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Bunting (82.02)
| 3 | Stephen Bunting (90.99)
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Johns (77.01)
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ladies Draw edit
Last 8 onwards. The Semi-finals and final were televised.
| Quarter-finals Best of 7 legs Losers £500 [4] | Semi-finals Best of 7 legs Losers £750 [5] | Final Best of 7 legs Winner £5,000 Runner up £2,000 | ||||||||||||
| Merryl Dennis
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Dee Bateman
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Merryl Dennis (66.39)
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Lisa Ashton (67.80)
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Zoe Jones
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Lisa Ashton
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Lisa Ashton (71.13)
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Trina Gulliver (69.48)
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Trina Gulliver
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| Jennifer Summerson
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Trina Gulliver (70.32)
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Julie Gore (65.07)
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Lorraine Farlam
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Julie Gore
| 4 | ||||||||||||
Boys Draw edit
Last 8 onwards.
| Quarter-finals Best of 7 legs | Semi-finals Best of 7 legs | Final Best of 7 legs [6] | ||||||||||||
 Kenny Neyens
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy Hendriks
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy Hendriks
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Zuijdwijk
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Jack Tweddell
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Zuijdwijk
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy Hendriks (82.14)
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Jake Jones (74.82)
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Rhys Griffin
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Sam Cankett
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Sam Cankett
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Jake Jones
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Jake Jones
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Davis
| 2 | |||||||||||||
Girls Draw edit
Last 8 onwards.
| Quarter-finals Best of 7 legs | Semi-finals Best of 7 legs | Final Best of 7 legs [7] | ||||||||||||
 Anna-Maria Schulze
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Stacey Ellis
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Stacey Ellis
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Emily Davidson
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Ann-Kathrin Wigmann
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Emily Davidson
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Emily Davidson (63.27)
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Alannah Waters (59.28)
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Joyce Schuurman
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Joyce Janssens
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Joyce Janssens
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Alannah Waters
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Stefanie Haller
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| Alannah Waters
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Television coverage edit
The tournament was shown in the UK by sports subscription channel ESPN who took over from the BBC who broadcast the last ten World Masters. ESPN broadcast the last three days of the tournament.[8] The tournament was shown in the USA for the very first time with ESPN3 broadcasting it.[9] The event was also shown on Eurosport and Eurosport Asia.[10]
References edit
- ^ "Updated Winmau World Masters Alpha Lists and Seeds". BDO. 21 August 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ^ "Mens Averages". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Mens Prize money". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Womens Prize money". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Womens Averages". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Boys Averages". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Girls Averages". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "ESPN to screen 2011 Winmau World Masters over 3 days". BDO. 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011.
- ^ "World Masters Goes Stateside". BDO. 12 August 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
- ^ "Global TV Audience for World Masters". BDO. 25 August 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.