2011 PDC World Darts Championship

Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	16 December 2010–3 January 2011
Venue	Alexandra Palace
Location	London
Country	England, United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs (preliminaries) Sets (from Round 1) Final – best of 13
Prize fund	£1,000,000
Winners share	£200,000
Nine dart finish	Adrian Lewis
High checkout	170 Tony Eccles 170 Terry Jenkins
Champion(s)
Adrian Lewis
«2010 2012»

The 2011 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 18th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won the 2010 tournament. He was knocked out of the tournament at the quarter final stage by Mark Webster, who in turn was defeated by Adrian Lewis in the semi-finals. Lewis went on to win the tournament, beating Gary Anderson 7–5 in the final to become only the fifth different PDC World Champion and the first to have won it without having won the rival BDO World Championship.^[1]

The event took place from 16 December 2010 until 3 January 2011, with two breaks for Christmas and New Year. The tournament was held for the fourth time at London's Alexandra Palace. A total of 72 players took part, 16 of whom began at the preliminary round stage, with the eight winners joining the remaining 56 players in the first round proper.

The final between Adrian Lewis and Gary Anderson was the last match that Sid Waddell commentated on at the PDC World Darts Championship.

Format and qualifiers

The televised stages featured 72 players from a minimum of 22 countries. The top 32 players in the PDC Order of Merit on 29 November 2010 were seeded for the tournament.^[2] They were joined by the 16 highest non qualified players in the Players Championship Order of Merit from events played on the PDC Pro Tour.

These 48 players were joined by two PDPA qualifiers (which were determined at a PDPA Qualifying event held in Derby on November 29, 2010), and 22 international players: the 4 highest names in the European Order of Merit not already qualified, the 2 highest names in the North American Order of Merit not already qualified and 16 further international qualifiers determined by the PDC and PDPA.

Some of the international players, such as the 4 from the European Order of Merit, and the top American and Australian players were entered straight into the first round, while others, having won qualifying events in their countries, were entered into the preliminary round.

1^ Rob Modra was unable to get a visa, so therefore, he was replaced by Kirk Shepherd, the next highest ranked player in the Players Championship Order of Merit.^[3]

Prize money

The 2011 World Championship featured a prize fund of £1,000,000 – the same as in the previous year. The Third Place Playoff did not take place this year.

The prize money is allocated as follows:^[2]

Schedule

Preliminary round

The preliminary round were played from Dec 16 to Dec 23 with one match per day. The format was best of 7 legs.

Player 1	Score	Player 2
Gary Mawson 92.44	4–1	Juanito Gionzon 90.81
Roland Scholten 82.15	4–2	Veijo Viinikka 75.93
Matt Padgett 83.10	2–4	Morihiro Hashimoto 87.30
Per Laursen 91.05	4–2	Boris Krčmar 84.89
Jyhan Artut 83.86	4–3	Scott MacKenzie 84.94
Michael Mansell 82.70	0–4	Preston Ridd 84.68
Devon Petersen 90.16	4–3	Norman Madhoo 82.05
Magnus Caris 80.24	4–3	Dietmar Burger 76.81

Last 64

The winner of the eight Preliminary Round matches joined 56 other players in the First Round.

The First Round draw took place on Tuesday 30 November live in the studio of Sky Sports News, and was conducted by 1983 World champion Keith Deller and Sky Sports darts' analyst and former World Matchplay champion, Rod Harrington.^[4]

	First Round (best of 5 sets) December 16–23					Second round (best of 7) December 27–29					Third round (best of 7) December 29–30					Quarter-finals (best of 9) January 1					Semi-finals (best of 11) January 2					Final (best of 13) January 3
	1	Phil Taylor 88.49	3
		Gary Mawson 77.49	0
						1	Taylor 102.09	4
							Laursen 93.19	0
	32	John Part 86.76	0
		Per Laursen 83.66	3
											1	Taylor 98.07	4
												Wright 96.56	1
	16	Paul Nicholson 97.39	3
		Steve Farmer 93.90	0
						16	Nicholson 89.93	2
							Wright 85.39	4
	17	Co Stompé 88.74	1
		Peter Wright 86.76	3
																1	Taylor 101.74	2
																25	Webster 98.01	5
	8	Ronnie Baxter 94.10	3
		Roland Scholten 90.65	0
						8	Baxter 95.00	0
						25	Webster 97.22	4
	25	Mark Webster 98.93	3
		Steve Maish 93.76	0
											25	Webster 93.25	4
												Hylton 91.81	1
	9	Colin Lloyd 84.35	3
		Andree Welge 84.65	2
						9	Lloyd 91.14	2
							Hylton 93.52	4
	24	Steve Beaton 89.79	2
		Mark Hylton 90.14	3
																					25	Webster 96.38	4
																					5	Lewis 98.48	6
	5	Adrian Lewis 94.87	3
		Tony Eccles 94.84	0
						5	Lewis 90.28	4
						28	Dudbridge 87.66	1
	28	Mark Dudbridge 92.60	3
		Alex Roy 85.70	1
											5	Lewis 101.05	4
											21	Thornton 92.23	1
	12	Andy Hamilton 79.42	3
		Dennis Smith 80.10	0
						12	Hamilton 86.49	0
						21	Thornton 90.16	4
	21	Robert Thornton 91.23	3
		Nigel Heydon 91.53	1
																5	Lewis 100.03	5
																20	van der Voort 93.17	2
	4	Simon Whitlock 90.41	3
		Steve Evans 87.35	0
						4	Whitlock 102.86	4
						29	Ovens 86.50	0
	29	Denis Ovens 88.87	3
		Jyhan Artut 80.71	1
											4	Whitlock 96.81	2
											20	van der Voort 94.95	4
	13	Wayne Jones 92.63	3
		Kirk Shepherd 85.74	1
						13	Jones 92.88	2
						20	van der Voort 93.96	4
	20	Vincent van der Voort 85.85	3
		Preston Ridd 71.29	0
																										5	Lewis 99.40	7
																										11	Anderson 99.41	5
	2	James Wade 91.53	3
		Antonio Alcinas 85.92	0
						2	Wade 89.54	2
							Suljović 88.55	4
	31	Michael van Gerwen 84.17	1
		Mensur Suljović 91.51	3
												Suljović 84.76	0
											15	Newton 97.34	4
	15	Wes Newton 87.95	3
		Darin Young 80.57	0
						15	Newton 92.63	4
							Dolan 91.07	0
	18	Kevin Painter 84.84	0
		Brendan Dolan 96.32	3
																15	Newton 91.94	4
																7	Jenkins 93.52	5
	7	Terry Jenkins 87.11	3
		Joe Cullen 81.77	2
						7	Jenkins 91.96	4
							Brown 85.50	1
	26	Jelle Klaasen 84.03	1
		Steve Brown 91.46	3
											7	Jenkins 99.05	4
											10	Walsh 91.79	0
	10	Mark Walsh 93.48	3
		Justin Pipe 91.83	1
						10	Walsh 89.33	4
						23	Tabern 87.45	3
	23	Alan Tabern 91.14	3
		Richie Burnett 86.02	2
																					7	Jenkins 97.01	2
																					11	Anderson 101.11	6
	6	Mervyn King 94.25	3
		Magnus Caris 83.68	0
						6	King 94.45	3
						27	Smith 93.05	4
	27	Andy Smith 93.26	3
		Shane Tichowitsch 87.58	1
											27	Smith 92.97	0
											11	Anderson 108.39	4
	11	Gary Anderson 103.26	3
		Morihiro Hashimoto 87.44	0
						11	Anderson 103.44	4
						22	Priestley 97.26	2
	22	Dennis Priestley 92.21	3
		Bernd Roith 83.12	0
																11	Anderson 102.75	5
																3	van Barneveld 93.79	1
	3	Raymond van Barneveld 94.28	3
		Steve Hine 85.70	1
						3	van Barneveld 98.24	4
							McDine 91.93	1
	30	Barrie Bates 78.80	1
		Kevin McDine 77.65	3
											3	van Barneveld 97.19	4
											14	Osborne 90.63	3
	14	Colin Osborne 93.02	3
		Chris Thompson 88.47	1
						14	Osborne 89.82	4
						19	Caven 88.91	0
	19	Jamie Caven 84.28	3
		Devon Petersen 79.82	1

Statistics

^[5]

Player	Played	Sets Won	Sets Lost	Legs Won	Legs Lost	100+	140+	180s	High Checkout	Average
Adrian Lewis	6	29	13	101	70	221	119	60	167	97.35
Gary Anderson	6	27	12	93	62	167	136	58	164	103.06
Mark Webster	5	20	9	73	49	148	102	24	167	96.76
Terry Jenkins	5	18	13	71	54	182	91	29	170	93.73
Phil Taylor	4	13	6	46	32	109	68	17	126	97.60
Raymond van Barneveld	4	12	10	50	43	112	79	23	156	95.88
Wes Newton	4	15	5	51	32	103	61	11	136	92.47
Vincent van der Voort	4	13	9	44	42	111	60	19	148	91.98
Simon Whitlock	3	9	4	33	17	57	46	16	164	96.69
Andy Smith	3	7	8	31	28	85	40	19	140	93.09
Mark Hylton	3	9	8	37	33	87	47	18	138	91.82
Mark Walsh	3	7	8	32	36	86	45	16	146	91.53
Robert Thornton	3	8	5	27	28	87	33	10	125	91.21
Colin Osborne	3	10	5	35	29	71	37	14	139	91.16
Mensur Suljović	3	7	7	29	31	76	32	13	136	88.27
Peter Wright	3	8	7	32	29	77	48	6	120	87.57
Dennis Priestley	2	5	4	21	17	47	28	12	111	94.74
Ronnie Baxter	2	3	4	15	15	32	27	6	118	94.55
Mervyn King	2	6	4	22	18	63	36	6	136	94.35
Brendan Dolan	2	3	4	15	14	42	20	5	108	93.70
Paul Nicholson	2	5	4	18	18	37	35	7	141	93.66
Wayne Jones	2	5	5	20	18	60	31	9	120	92.76
James Wade	2	5	4	22	17	48	28	2	121	90.54
Mark Dudbridge	2	4	5	18	21	42	19	12	107	90.13
Per Laursen	3	3	4	17	19	56	23	3	106	89.30
Alan Tabern	2	6	6	27	25	86	32	12	160	89.30
Steve Brown	2	4	5	15	19	43	19	9	126	88.48
Colin Lloyd	2	5	6	19	25	45	29	6	136	87.75
Denis Ovens	2	3	5	13	18	36	22	2	106	87.69
Jamie Caven	2	3	5	17	20	54	17	6	161	86.60
Kevin McDine	2	4	5	17	22	48	14	8	120	84.79
Andy Hamilton	2	3	4	15	15	42	10	6	106	82.96
Tony Eccles	1	0	3	6	9	13	11	8	170	94.84
Steve Farmer	1	0	3	3	9	10	15	1	161	93.90
Steve Maish	1	0	3	2	9	10	9	2	58	93.76
Justin Pipe	1	1	3	7	9	21	11	4	167	91.83
Nigel Heydon	1	1	3	8	10	30	12	2	61	91.53
Steve Beaton	1	2	3	11	13	29	14	4	75	89.79
Co Stompé	1	1	3	6	11	18	11	4	111	88.74
Chris Thompson	1	1	3	6	10	26	10	2	96	88.47
Shane Tichowitsch	1	1	3	3	11	15	12	2	40	87.58
Morihiro Hashimoto	2	0	3	4	11	19	6	4	61	87.37
Steve Evans	1	0	3	2	9	18	8	0	35	87.35
John Part	1	0	3	5	9	15	7	7	100	86.76
Roland Scholten	2	0	3	7	11	21	12	4	112	86.40
Richie Burnett	1	2	3	7	10	27	10	2	64	86.02
Antonio Alcinas	1	0	3	2	9	14	6	2	20	85.92
Kirk Shepherd	1	1	3	5	10	16	9	1	40	85.74
Steve Hine	1	1	3	7	11	29	6	1	88	85.70
Alex Roy	1	1	3	7	10	14	8	4	68	85.70
Devon Petersen	2	1	3	12	14	22	13	5	146	84.99
Gary Mawson	2	0	3	8	10	16	14	3	81	84.97
Kevin Painter	1	0	3	2	9	17	5	1	156	84.84
Andree Welge	1	2	3	9	10	25	6	3	63	84.65
Michael van Gerwen	1	1	3	6	9	12	9	4	82	84.17
Jelle Klaasen	1	1	3	5	10	13	9	2	111	84.03
Bernd Roith	1	0	3	2	9	16	7	0	96	83.12
Jyhan Artut	2	1	3	10	14	29	10	4	112	82.29
Magnus Caris	2	0	3	6	12	25	8	2	55	81.96
Joe Cullen	1	2	3	6	13	20	7	4	59	81.77
Darin Young	1	0	3	3	9	12	6	2	32	80.57
Dennis Smith	1	0	3	3	9	15	7	1	40	80.10
Barrie Bates	1	1	3	8	9	29	10	0	116	78.80
Preston Ridd	2	0	0	5	9	13	6	1	104	77.99
Juanito Gionzon	1	0	0	1	4	11	2	1	96	90.81
Scott MacKenzie	1	0	0	3	4	8	4	0	60	84.94
Boris Krcmar	1	0	0	2	4	4	4	1	76	84.89
Matt Padgett	1	0	0	2	4	6	3	0	40	83.10
Michael Mansell	1	0	0	0	4	5	5	0	—	82.70
Norman Madhoo	1	0	0	3	4	6	4	1	36	82.05
Dietmar Burger	1	0	0	3	4	12	1	0	64	76.81
Veijo Viinikka	1	0	0	2	4	6	2	1	40	75.93

Television coverage

Sky Sports broadcast all 72 matches live in high-definition in the United Kingdom. Dave Clark presented the coverage with analysis from Rod Harrington and Eric Bristow. They also commentated on matches along with Sid Waddell, John Gwynne, Nigel Pearson, Rod Studd and Stuart Pyke. This was the first PDC World Championship where Dave Lanning wasn't commentating having retired prior to the tournament. Due to the ill health of Harrington, Wayne Mardle replaced him post-Christmas and featured both commentating and co-presenting alongside Clark. Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff was also a guest commentator twice during tournament. Interviews were handled by either Clark, Bristow or Studd.

In the Netherlands SBS6 broadcast all matches live through a live stream on the SBS6 website and Sport1 broadcast all the matches on television, both with commentary provided by Jacques Nieuwlaat and Leo Oldenburger. In Germany it was broadcast live on Sport1 with co-commentary provided by Roland Scholten, and in Australia it was broadcast live on Fox Sports.

References

External links

• The official site of the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship
• 2011 World Championship NetZone; Results and Schedule
• 2011 PDC World Darts Championship at Sky Sports