The 2009 coral.co.uk Players Championship Finals was the inaugural edition of the PDC tournament, the Players Championship Finals, which saw the top 32 players from the 2008 PDC Players Championship Order of Merit taking part. The tournament took place between 30 January to 1 February 2009 and was held at the Circus Tavern, Purfleet, England – the former venue of the PDC World Darts Championship.
Prize money The 2009 Players Championship Finals featured a prize fund of £200,000. Position (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £200,000)Winner (1) £50,000Runner-Up (1) £25,000Semi-finalists (2) £12,500Quarter-finalists (4) £8,500Last 16 (second round) (8) £4,000Last 32 (first round) (16) £4,000Highest Checkout (2) £2,000
Qualification The top 32 players from the PDC Players Championship Order of Merit after the last Players Championship of 2008 qualified for the event.
Draw
Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)
Statistics Player Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average Terry Jenkins126167140101.84 Phil Taylor55017846511161100.65 Raymond van Barneveld32013414349699.79 Alan Tabern2892615412197.15 Wayne Mardle210103112611996.65 Wayne Jones21082812512796.09 Mervyn King317153732711895.31 James Wade4312876491616795.24 Andy Smith2671615316194.54 Mark Walsh14617326694.06 Tony Eccles14611925693.16 Ronnie Baxter423265431616792.82 Colin Lloyd31212251957292.49 Michael van Gerwen13613516092.10 John Part2119269510191.73 Robert Thornton5433899582015091.62 Andy Hamilton288231114490.78 Andy Jenkins14615508490.75 Dennis Priestley317174824615690.03 Kevin Painter211112817310589.02 Peter Manley126137010188.25 Vincent van der Voort2981713416188.22 Alex Roy156156211487.51 Adrian Lewis13667112186.13 Denis Ovens13613437884.80 Mark Dudbridge15612935283.97 Steve Beaton12682210683.34 Steve Maish13613607681.98 Felix McBrearty1268404081.69 Jamie Caven1168207881.23 Colin Osborne1166319279.74 Chris Mason1265425676.51
Television Coverage ITV4 screened live coverage of the tournament, becoming ITV's third televised tournament after the Grand Slam of Darts and the European Championship. Also, there was nightly highlights shown on ITV1. Again, Matt Smith presented the coverage, with analysis from Chris Mason (once he had lost to van der Voort) and Alan Warriner-Little, commentary from Mason, Stuart Pyke, John Rawling and Warriner-Little, and reports from Ned Boulting.
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