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2011 Players Championship Finals (February)

For the event held in December, see 2011 Players Championship Finals (December).

The February 2011 Perform Players Championship Finals was the third edition of the Professional Darts Corporation tournament, the Players Championship Finals, which saw the top 32 players from the 2010 PDC Players Championship Order of Merit taking part. The tournament took place between 3–6 February 2011 and was held at the Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England, which hosted the event for the first time, after two years at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet.[1]

2011 Perform Players Championship Finals
Tournament information
Dates3–6 February 2011
VenueDoncaster Dome
LocationDoncaster
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Final – best of 25
Prize fund£250,000
Winner's share£60,000
High checkout157 England Wes Newton
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2010 December 2011»

Defending champion Paul Nicholson failed to qualify for this tournament after finishing just outside the top 32 of the 2010 Players Championship Order of Merit.

Phil Taylor regained the title after narrowly defeating Gary Anderson 13–12 in the final.

Prize money edit

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Position (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £250,000)
Winner (1) £60,000
Runner-Up (1) £24,000
Semi-finalists (2) £15,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £10,000
Last 16  (second round) (8) £6,000
Last 32  (first round) (16) £3,000

Qualification edit

The top 32 players from the PDC Players Championship Order of Merit after the last Players Championship of 2010 qualified for the event.[3]

  1.   Simon Whitlock (second round)
  2.   Gary Anderson (runner-up)
  3.   Colin Lloyd (quarter-finals)
  4.   Phil Taylor (champion)
  5.   Wes Newton (quarter-finals)
  6.   Mark Walsh (first round)
  7.   Jamie Caven (second round)
  8.   Vincent van der Voort (first round)
  9.   Adrian Lewis (first round)
  10.   Ronnie Baxter (first round)
  11.   Denis Ovens (first round)
  12.   Mark Webster (second round)
  13.   James Wade (second round)
  14.   Andy Hamilton (first round)
  15.   Wayne Jones (first round)
  16.   Mervyn King (semi-finals)
  17.   Co Stompé (first round)
  18.   Kevin Painter (second round)
  19.   Dennis Priestley (second round)
  20.   Mark Dudbridge (first round)
  21.   Alan Tabern (first round)
  22.   Colin Osborne (second round)
  23.   Andy Smith (quarter-finals)
  24.   Steve Beaton (second round)
  25.   Terry Jenkins (quarter-finals)
  26.   Barrie Bates (first round)
  27.   Steve Farmer (semi-finals)
  28.   Richie Burnett (first round)
  29.   Steve Brown (first round)
  30.   Jelle Klaasen (first round)
  31.   Justin Pipe (first round)
  32.   Tony Eccles (first round)

Draw edit

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First round (best of 11 legs)
3–4 February
[5][6] 		Second round (best of 15 legs)
5 February
[7] 		Quarter-finals (best of 17 legs)
6 February
[8] 		Semi-finals (best of 19 legs)
6 February
[9] 		Final (best of 25 legs)
6 February
[10]
               
1   Simon Whitlock 99.74 6
32   Tony Eccles 87.69 1
1   Simon Whitlock 96.78 5
16   Mervyn King 97.38 8
16   Mervyn King 92.25 6
17   Co Stompé 89.76 5
16   Mervyn King 98.52 9
25   Terry Jenkins 95.41 7
8   Vincent van der Voort 89.88 4
25   Terry Jenkins 92.27 6
25   Terry Jenkins 89.19 8
24   Steve Beaton 87.64 6
9   Adrian Lewis 93.84 4
24   Steve Beaton 93.56 6
16   Mervyn King 95.67 8
4   Phil Taylor 98.79 10
5   Wes Newton 103.14 6
28   Richie Burnett 92.91 4
5   Wes Newton 96.80 8
12   Mark Webster 90.90 7
12   Mark Webster 100.02 6
21   Alan Tabern 90.70 3
5   Wes Newton 97.34 3
4   Phil Taylor 103.01 9
4   Phil Taylor 95.87 6
29   Steve Brown 91.26 2
4   Phil Taylor 100.42 8
13   James Wade 90.73 3
13   James Wade 83.55 6
20   Mark Dudbridge 84.31 4
4   Phil Taylor 97.01 13
2   Gary Anderson 96.31 12
2   Gary Anderson 102.93 6
31   Justin Pipe 98.66 4
2   Gary Anderson 100.29 8
18   Kevin Painter 97.32 5
15   Wayne Jones 90.54 5
18   Kevin Painter 89.46 6
2   Gary Anderson 96.48 9
23   Andy Smith 100.36 5
7   Jamie Caven 95.78 6
26   Barrie Bates 89.76 1
7   Jamie Caven 86.98 4
23   Andy Smith 89.57 8
10   Ronnie Baxter 92.64 2
23   Andy Smith 100.07 6
2   Gary Anderson 93.92 10
27   Steve Farmer 87.14 7
6   Mark Walsh 89.49 1
27   Steve Farmer 94.55 6
27   Steve Farmer 93.06 8
22   Colin Osborne 89.03 6
11   Denis Ovens 93.56 5
22   Colin Osborne 90.63 6
27   Steve Farmer 94.55 9
3   Colin Lloyd 93.98 5
3   Colin Lloyd 87.18 6
30   Jelle Klaasen 88.55 4
3   Colin Lloyd 95.56 8
19   Dennis Priestley 86.40 3
14   Andy Hamilton 93.05 5
19   Dennis Priestley 91.50 6

Statistics edit

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Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout 3-dart average
  Phil Taylor Winner 5 46 28 19 105 58 12 135 99.02
  Gary Anderson Final 5 45 34 17 95 58 20 142 97.99
  Steve Farmer Semi-finals 4 30 22 10 67 35 14 148 92.33
  Mervyn King Semi-finals 4 31 27 17 73 49 12 110 95.96
  Wes Newton Quarter-finals 3 17 20 3 45 24 13 157 99.09
  Andy Smith Quarter-finals 3 19 15 6 49 33 7 101 96.67
  Terry Jenkins Quarter-finals 3 21 19 9 52 33 8 †120 92.29
  Colin Lloyd Quarter-finals 3 19 16 5 47 27 3 155 92.24
  Jamie Caven Second round 2 10 9 4 24 4 3 122 91.38
  Steve Beaton Second round 2 12 12 3 26 13 8 108 90.60
  Mark Webster Second round 2 13 11 4 32 15 5 91 95.46
  Kevin Painter Second round 2 11 13 6 28 17 7 90 93.39
  Colin Osborne Second round 2 12 13 5 25 17 3 150 89.83
  Dennis Priestley Second round 2 9 13 4 24 16 4 150 88.95
  Simon Whitlock Second round 2 11 9 3 26 10 9 110 98.26
  James Wade Second round 2 9 12 2 27 13 2 107 87.14
  Justin Pipe First round 1 4 6 4 7 9 4 124 98.66
  Barrie Bates First round 1 1 6 0 7 4 1 96 89.76
  Co Stompé First round 1 5 6 2 14 8 1 121 89.76
  Mark Walsh First round 1 1 6 0 9 6 0 56 89.49
  Andy Hamilton First round 1 5 6 3 14 5 1 121 93.05
  Richie Burnett First round 1 4 6 1 12 7 1 100 92.91
  Ronnie Baxter First round 1 2 6 0 6 6 2 44 92.64
  Steve Brown First round 1 2 6 0 7 4 3 56 91.26
  Alan Tabern First round 1 3 6 2 19 3 1 116 90.70
  Adrian Lewis First round 1 4 6 1 7 6 4 96 93.84
  Denis Ovens First round 1 5 6 2 21 3 4 130 93.56
  Wayne Jones First round 1 5 6 4 23 8 2 68 90.54
  Vincent van der Voort First round 1 4 6 1 11 5 1 102 89.88
  Jelle Klaasen First round 1 4 6 0 10 7 1 154 88.55
  Tony Eccles First round 1 1 6 0 3 4 1 36 87.69
  Mark Dudbridge First round 1 4 6 0 11 4 2 109 84.31

† = Hit twice in Round 2 match against Steve Beaton.

Live coverage edit

The tournament was broadcast live worldwide through the PDC's official website.[13]

References edit

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  2. ^ "2011 Players Championship Finals Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  3. ^ "2011 Players Championship Finals Seeds". Darts Database. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  4. ^ "2011 Players Championship Finals Fixtures With Averages". Darts Database. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Players Championship Finals Day One". PDC. 3 February 2011. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Players Championship Finals Day Two". PDC. 4 February 2011. Archived from the original on 29 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Players Championship Finals Second Round". PDC. 4 February 2011. Archived from the original on 28 August 2011.
  8. ^ "Players Championship Finals Quarter-finals". PDC. 6 February 2011. Archived from the original on 29 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Players Championship Finals Semi-finals". PDC. 6 February 2011. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011.
  10. ^ "Taylor's Back On Top!". PDC. 6 February 2011. Archived from the original on 29 August 2011.
  11. ^ "Tournament Averages". Darts Database. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  12. ^ "Tournament 180s". Darts Database. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  13. ^ "Players Championship Finals - PDCtv". Planet Darts. 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
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