2019 Players Championship Finals

2019 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals
Tournament information
Dates22–24 November 2019
VenueButlin's Resort
LocationMinehead
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£500,000
Winner's share£100,000
Nine-dart finishNetherlands Michael van Gerwen
High checkout170 Netherlands Jelle Klaasen
170 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«2018 2020»

The 2019 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals was the twelfth edition of the PDC darts tournament, which sees the top 64 players from the 30 Players Championship events of 2019 taking part. The tournament took place from 22–24 November 2019 at Butlin's Resort in Minehead.

Daryl Gurney was the defending champion after defeating Michael van Gerwen 11–9 in the 2018 competition,[1] but he lost 6–5 in the first round to Luke Woodhouse.

Van Gerwen hit the first televised nine-dart finish in over a year in his second round victory over Adrian Lewis.

Van Gerwen went on to become Players Champion for the fifth time, beating Gerwyn Price 11–9 in the final.

Prize money

The 2019 Players Championship Finals will have a total prize fund of £500,000, an increase from the £460,000 available in 2018.[2]

The following is the breakdown of the fund:

Position (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £500,000)
Winner (1) £100,000
Runner-up (1) £50,000
Semi-finalists (2) £25,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £15,000
Last 16  (third round) (8) £10,000
Last 32  (second round) (16) £5,000
Last 64  (first round) (32) £2,500

Qualification

The top 64 players from the Players Championships Order of Merit qualify, which is solely based on prize money won in the thirty Players Championships events during the season:

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Top 64 in the Players Championship Order of Merit

01.   Wales Gerwyn Price (runner-up)
02.   England James Wade (third round)
03.   Poland Krzysztof Ratajski (second round)
04.   Scotland Peter Wright (first round)
05.   England Glen Durrant (third round)
06.   England Ian White (semi-finals)
07.   England Dave Chisnall (second round)
08.   Portugal José de Sousa (second round)
09.   Wales Jonny Clayton (first round)
10.   Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena (first round)
11.   England Michael Smith (third round)
12.   England Nathan Aspinall (first round)
13.   Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan (first round)
14.   Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney (first round)
15.   England Adrian Lewis (second round)
16.   Austria Mensur Suljović (third round)
17.   Netherlands Danny Noppert (second round)
18.   Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (champion)
19.   Germany Gabriel Clemens (third round)
20.   Scotland John Henderson (third round)
21.   England Joe Cullen (second round)
22.   Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan (second round)
23.   Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp (first round)
24.   England Harry Ward (first round)
25.   Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh (first round)
26.   England Justin Pipe (first round)
27.   Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (second round)
28.   Germany Max Hopp (second round)
29.   England Chris Dobey (semi-finals)
30.   Republic of Ireland William O'Connor (quarter-finals)
31.   England Steve Beaton (first round)
32.   England Keegan Brown (second round)
33.   England Andy Boulton (first round)
34.   England Ricky Evans (second round)
35.   England Steve West (first round)
36.   Spain Cristo Reyes (first round)
37.   Netherlands Jelle Klaasen (first round)
38.   England Arron Monk (first round)
39.   England Mervyn King (quarter-finals)
40.   England Stephen Bunting (quarter-finals)
41.   Lithuania Darius Labanauskas (second round)
42.   England Rob Cross (third round)
43.   England Ross Smith (first round)
44.   Australia Kyle Anderson (first round)
45.   England Ryan Joyce (first round)
46.   England Mark McGeeney (first round)
47.   England Luke Humphries (first round)
48.   England Ryan Searle (first round)
49.   Belgium Kim Huybrechts (first round)
50.   England Josh Payne (first round)
51.   England Luke Woodhouse (second round)
52.   Australia Simon Whitlock (second round)
53.   Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals)
54.   Germany Martin Schindler (first round)
55.   England Jamie Hughes (second round)
56.   England Ryan Meikle (third round)
57.   England James Richardson (first round)
58.   England Matthew Edgar (first round)
59.   South Africa Devon Petersen (first round)
60.   England Scott Baker (first round)
61.   England James Wilson (second round)
62.   Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon (first round)
63.   England Ted Evetts (first round)
64.   Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell (first round)

Draw

There was no draw held, all players were put in a fixed bracket by their seeding positions.

Finals

Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)
24 November
Semi-finals (best of 21 legs)
24 November
Final (best of 21 legs)
24 November
         
1 Wales Gerwyn Price 108.75 10
40 England Stephen Bunting 100.84 3
1 Wales Gerwyn Price 100.24 11
29 England Chris Dobey 95.12 8
53 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 88.36 2
29 England Chris Dobey 90.67 10
1 Wales Gerwyn Price 96.48 9
18 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 97.92 11
18 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 92.15 10
39 England Mervyn King 89.68 6
18 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 103.61 11
6 England Ian White 102.38 8
6 England Ian White 93.51 10
30 Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 94.80 9

Top half

Section 1

First round (best of 11 legs)
22 November
Second round (best of 11 legs)
23 November
Third round (best of 19 legs)
23 November
Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)
24 November
            
1 Wales Gerwyn Price 101.95 6
64 Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 96.27 3
1 Wales Gerwyn Price 94.93 6
32 England Keegan Brown 88.17 0
32 England Keegan Brown 86.34 6
33 England Andy Boulton 85.04 3
1 Wales Gerwyn Price 101.88 10
16 Austria Mensur Suljović 92.86 4
16 Austria Mensur Suljović 95.21 6
49 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 96.42 5
16 Austria Mensur Suljović 95.17 6
17 Netherlands Danny Noppert 92.38 5
17 Netherlands Danny Noppert 99.48 6
48 England Ryan Searle 91.08 5
1 Wales Gerwyn Price 108.75 10
40 England Stephen Bunting 100.84 3
8 Portugal José de Sousa 91.09 6
57 England James Richardson 91.91 3
8 Portugal José de Sousa 102.76 3
40 England Stephen Bunting 104.62 6
25 Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 89.65 2
40 England Stephen Bunting 94.55 6
40 England Stephen Bunting 107.03 10
56 England Ryan Meikle 94.68 2
9 Wales Jonny Clayton 84.61 0
56 England Ryan Meikle 90.18 6
56 England Ryan Meikle 86.97 6
41 Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 95.84 5
24 England Harry Ward 90.31 5
41 Lithuania Darius Labanauskas 90.95 6

Section 2

First round (best of 11 legs)
22 November
Second round (best of 11 legs)
23 November
Third round (best of 19 legs)
23 November
Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)
24 November
            
5 England Glen Durrant 94.45 6
60 England Scott Baker 84.31 2
5 England Glen Durrant 98.02 6
28 Germany Max Hopp 85.86 5
28 Germany Max Hopp 87.84 6
37 Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 87.11 3
5 England Glen Durrant 92.51 3
53 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 96.91 10
12 England Nathan Aspinall 96.03 2
53 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 98.90 6
53 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 98.37 6
21 England Joe Cullen 89.22 3
21 England Joe Cullen 99.78 6
44 Australia Kyle Anderson 89.76 2
53 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 88.36 2
29 England Chris Dobey 90.67 10
4 Scotland Peter Wright 97.12 5
61 England James Wilson 91.56 6
61 England James Wilson 81.71 0
29 England Chris Dobey 94.93 6
29 England Chris Dobey 94.55 6
36 Spain Cristo Reyes 86.06 1
29 England Chris Dobey 95.21 10
20 Scotland John Henderson 86.75 5
13 Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 98.29 5
52 Australia Simon Whitlock 93.96 6
52 Australia Simon Whitlock 91.30 3
20 Scotland John Henderson 96.04 6
20 Scotland John Henderson 95.75 6
45 England Ryan Joyce 93.33 5

Bottom half

Section 3

First round (best of 11 legs)
22 November
Second round (best of 11 legs)
23 November
Third round (best of 19 legs)
23 November
Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)
24 November
            
2 England James Wade 98.43 6
63 England Ted Evetts 98.26 4
2 England James Wade 96.72 6
34 England Ricky Evans 87.21 1
31 England Steve Beaton 88.71 5
34 England Ricky Evans 87.65 6
2 England James Wade 102.01 6
18 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 105.96 10
15 England Adrian Lewis 96.50 6
50 England Josh Payne 93.21 4
15 England Adrian Lewis 95.50 5
18 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 96.40 6
18 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 100.06 6
47 England Luke Humphries 97.08 3
18 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 92.15 10
39 England Mervyn King 89.68 6
7 England Dave Chisnall 93.12 6
58 England Matthew Edgar 74.19 2
7 England Dave Chisnall 95.62 4
39 England Mervyn King 93.49 6
26 England Justin Pipe 94.61 5
39 England Mervyn King 100.71 6
39 England Mervyn King 105.09 10
42 England Rob Cross 95.05 4
10 Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 92.46 3
55 England Jamie Hughes 99.95 6
55 England Jamie Hughes 98.36 4
42 England Rob Cross 101.57 6
23 Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp 79.22 2
42 England Rob Cross 90.26 6

Section 4

First round (best of 11 legs)
22 November
Second round (best of 11 legs)
23 November
Third round (best of 19 legs)
23 November
Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)
24 November
            
6 England Ian White 96.97 6
59 South Africa Devon Petersen 97.85 4
6 England Ian White 94.20 6
27 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 96.87 5
27 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 93.11 6
38 England Arron Monk 85.44 4
6 England Ian White 107.46 10
11 England Michael Smith 100.36 4
11 England Michael Smith 88.20 6
54 Germany Martin Schindler 81.49 1
11 England Michael Smith 84.82 6
22 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 79.24 4
22 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 91.45 6
43 England Ross Smith 76.90 1
6 England Ian White 93.51 10
30 Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 94.80 9
3 Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 91.66 6
62 Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon 88.19 1
3 Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 97.44 3
30 Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 96.02 6
30 Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 98.08 6
35 England Steve West 94.26 4
30 Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 95.09 10
19 Germany Gabriel Clemens 102.20 7
14 Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 92.95 5
51 England Luke Woodhouse 90.94 6
51 England Luke Woodhouse 92.27 3
19 Germany Gabriel Clemens 89.33 6
19 Germany Gabriel Clemens 93.06 6
46 England Mark McGeeney 91.38 4

References

  1. ^ Allen, Dave. "Emotional Gurney Lifts Minehead Title". PDC. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. ^ Allen, Dave. "Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019". PDC. Retrieved 15 January 2019.