2009 Premier League Darts

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2009 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts
Winner
Template:Flagicon James Wade
Runner-up
Template:Flagicon Mervyn King
Score
13–8
Date
5 February–25 May 2009
Edition
5th
Number of players
8
Venues
15
Premier League Darts
< 2008 | 2009 | 2010 >

The 2009 Whyte & Mackay Premier League was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation.

The tournament kicked off at the Echo Arena Liverpool, which hosted the biggest ever crowd for a PDC event of almost 8,000 in 2008.

New venues in Edinburgh and Exeter joined some of the UK's biggest arenas, including Belfast's Odyssey Arena, Manchester's MEN Arena, Birmingham's National Indoor Arena, the Sheffield Arena and Newcastle's Metro Radio Arena.

The tournament came to a conclusion with the play-offs on Monday 25 May at the Wembley Arena – coinciding with the Football League play-offs at the neighbouring Wembley Stadium over the same weekend. Phil Taylor was defending his Whyte & Mackay Premier League title once again, however he failed to retain it after losing to Mervyn King 10–6 in the semi-finals. James Wade beat King 13–8 in the final, to claim the £125,000 first prize and the first Premier League not to be claimed by Taylor.

Qualification

The top six players from the PDC Order of Merit following the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship were confirmed on 5 January. Jelle Klaasen and Wayne Mardle were named as the two Sky Sports wild card selections on 9 January.[1]

Qualifiers are as follows:

  1. Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor
  2. Template:Flagicon James Wade
  3. Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld
  4. Template:Flagicon John Part
  5. Template:Flagicon Terry Jenkins
  6. Template:Flagicon Mervyn King
  7. Template:Flagicon Wayne Mardle
  8. Template:Flagicon Jelle Klaasen

Venues

Fifteen venues were used in the 2009 Premier League, with the only changes from 2008 being Edinburgh and Exeter replacing Plymouth and Bournemouth. Script error: No such module "Location map/multi".

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Echo Arena Liverpool
5 February 		Royal Highland Showground
12 February 		Ricoh Arena
19 February 		Odyssey Arena
26 February 		Metro Radio Arena
5 March
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MEN Arena
12 March 		Brighton Centre
19 March 		National Indoor Arena
26 March 		SECC
2 April 		Westpoint Arena
9 April
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Trent FM Arena
16 April 		AECC
23 April 		Sheffield Arena
30 April 		Cardiff International Arena
7 May 		Wembley Arena
25 May
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Prize money

The prize fund increased again with the top prize now reaching £125,000, and the total prize fund rising to £400,000.

Stage Prize Money
Winner £125,000
Runner-up £65,000
Semi-finalists (x2) £40,000
5th place £32,500
6th place £30,000
7th place £27,500
8th place £25,000
High Checkout (per night) £1,000
Total £400,000

Results

  • Players in italics are challengers, and games involving them are best of 12 legs, not best of 14 as the regular matches, and they also don't count towards the standings.

League stage

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Notes

† – Wayne Mardle didn't play in week ten because of a virus. John Part played two matches in week ten, with Mardle due to play two matches in week eleven, giving Part the night off that week.[16] However, Mardle was rushed into hospital with mumps on 15 April, which ruled him out of week eleven.[17] This meant that Mervyn King and James Wade each played twice during week eleven, with Mardle now due to play five matches in the last three weeks. Mardle had been due to play two matches in both weeks thirteen and fourteen, which would give King the night off in Sheffield, and Wade the night off in Cardiff.[18] However, Mardle was re-admitted to hospital, ruling him out of week twelve, and in accordance with tournament regulations after missing three consecutive Premier League match nights, was removed from the tournament. Mardle's match results from the tournament were also annulled, hurting some of the remaining players more than others. Following Mardle's removal from the tournament, in order for each remaining night to have four matches, there was a series of challenge matches featuring Robert Thornton, Adrian Lewis, Dennis Priestley, Mark Webster and Gary Anderson.[19]

* – Phil Taylor's average of 116.01 was, at the time, the highest recorded three-dart average in televised darts history. He broke his own record of 114.53, set against Wes Newton during the 2008 UK Open.

Play-offs – 25 May

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Score
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Semi-finals (best of 19 legs)
Phil Taylor Template:Flagicon
95.78		 6 – 10 Template:Flagicon Mervyn King
89.86
James Wade Template:Flagicon
97.93		 10 – 8 Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld
95.26
Final (best of 25 legs)
Mervyn King Template:Flagicon
85.83		 8 – 13 Template:Flagicon James Wade
90.38
High Checkout: Mervyn King 156 (Final)

Table and Streaks

Table

Pos Name Pld W D L Pts LF LA +/- LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s A HC
1 Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor 12 7 4 1 18 88 58 +30 29 194 128 56 104.43 170
2 Template:Flagicon James Wade W 12 7 3 2 17 81 66 +15 28 181 114 43 97.44 170
3 Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld 12 5 3 4 13 76 71 +5 25 188 122 43 99.13 167
4 Template:Flagicon Mervyn King RU 12 4 4 4 12 76 70 +6 28 203 114 37 96.67 130
5 Template:Flagicon Terry Jenkins 12 2 5 5 9 74 83 −9 26 207 129 46 95.89 141
6 Template:Flagicon John Part 12 2 5 5 9 63 86 −23 18 180 72 25 92.38 150
7 Template:Flagicon Jelle Klaasen 12 1 4 7 6 66 90 −24 26 173 93 33 91.24 170

Top four qualify for Play-offs after Week 14.
NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.

Streaks

Player Week Play-offs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 SF F
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NB: W = Won; D = Drawn; L = Lost; N/A = Did Not Play; – indicates match did not count towards final standings

Player statistics

The following statistics are only for league stage games that contributed to the final standings. Annulled fixtures, challenge matches and play-offs are not included.

Phil Taylor

James Wade

  • Longest unbeaten run: 5
  • Most consecutive wins: 4
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 1
  • Longest without a win: 2
  • Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Terry Jenkins)
  • Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Mervyn King)

Raymond van Barneveld

  • Longest unbeaten run: 3
  • Most consecutive wins: 3
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 1
  • Longest without a win: 3
  • Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. John Part)
  • Biggest defeat: 2–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Mervyn King

  • Longest unbeaten run: 4
  • Most consecutive wins: 3
  • Most consecutive draws: 3
  • Most consecutive losses: 2
  • Longest without a win: 5
  • Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. James Wade)
  • Biggest defeat: 2–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Terry Jenkins

  • Longest unbeaten run: 3
  • Most consecutive wins: 1
  • Most consecutive draws: 2
  • Most consecutive losses: 3
  • Longest without a win: 5
  • Biggest victory: 8–3 (v. John Part)
  • Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. James Wade)

John Part

  • Longest unbeaten run: 2
  • Most consecutive wins: 1
  • Most consecutive draws: 2
  • Most consecutive losses: 2
  • Longest without a win: 4
  • Biggest victory: 8–5 (v. Terry Jenkins)
  • Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Raymond van Barneveld)

Jelle Klaasen

  • Longest unbeaten run: 2
  • Most consecutive wins: 1
  • Most consecutive draws: 2
  • Most consecutive losses: 3
  • Longest without a win: 6
  • Biggest victory: 8–6 (v. Terry Jenkins)
  • Biggest defeat: 2–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

References

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External links

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