2019 Players Championship Finals
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.
2019 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 22–24 November 2019 | ||
Venue | Butlin's Resort | ||
Location | Minehead | ||
Country | ![]() | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | £500,000 | ||
Winner's share | £100,000 | ||
Nine-dart finish | ![]() | ||
High checkout | 170 ![]() ![]() | ||
Champion(s) | |||
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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) | |
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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
- 1.
Gerwyn Price (runner-up)
- 2.
James Wade (third round)
- 3.
Krzysztof Ratajski (second round)
- 4.
Peter Wright (first round)
- 5.
Glen Durrant (third round)
- 6.
Ian White (semi-finals)
- 7.
Dave Chisnall (second round)
- 8.
José de Sousa (second round)
- 9.
Jonny Clayton (first round)
- 10.
Jermaine Wattimena (first round)
- 11.
Michael Smith (third round)
- 12.
Nathan Aspinall (first round)
- 13.
Jeffrey de Zwaan (first round)
- 14.
Daryl Gurney (first round)
- 15.
Adrian Lewis (second round)
- 16.
Mensur Suljović (third round)
- 17.
Danny Noppert (second round)
- 18.
Michael van Gerwen (champion)
- 19.
Gabriel Clemens (third round)
- 20.
John Henderson (third round)
- 21.
Joe Cullen (second round)
- 22.
Brendan Dolan (second round)
- 23.
Ron Meulenkamp (first round)
- 24.
Harry Ward (first round)
- 25.
Dimitri Van den Bergh (first round)
- 26.
Justin Pipe (first round)
- 27.
Vincent van der Voort (second round)
- 28.
Max Hopp (second round)
- 29.
Chris Dobey (semi-finals)
- 30.
William O'Connor (quarter-finals)
- 31.
Steve Beaton (first round)
- 32.
Keegan Brown (second round)
- 33.
Andy Boulton (first round)
- 34.
Ricky Evans (second round)
- 35.
Steve West (first round)
- 36.
Cristo Reyes (first round)
- 37.
Jelle Klaasen (first round)
- 38.
Arron Monk (first round)
- 39.
Mervyn King (quarter-finals)
- 40.
Stephen Bunting (quarter-finals)
- 41.
Darius Labanauskas (second round)
- 42.
Rob Cross (third round)
- 43.
Ross Smith (first round)
- 44.
Kyle Anderson (first round)
- 45.
Ryan Joyce (first round)
- 46.
Mark McGeeney (first round)
- 47.
Luke Humphries (first round)
- 48.
Ryan Searle (first round)
- 49.
Kim Huybrechts (first round)
- 50.
Josh Payne (first round)
- 51.
Luke Woodhouse (second round)
- 52.
Simon Whitlock (second round)
- 53.
Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals)
- 54.
Martin Schindler (first round)
- 55.
Jamie Hughes (second round)
- 56.
Ryan Meikle (third round)
- 57.
James Richardson (first round)
- 58.
Matthew Edgar (first round)
- 59.
Devon Petersen (first round)
- 60.
Scott Baker (first round)
- 61.
James Wilson (second round)
- 62.
Steve Lennon (first round)
- 63.
Ted Evetts (first round)
- 64.
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 | ||||||||||||
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Section 1
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Section 3
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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 | ||||||||||||||||
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References
- Allen, Dave. "Emotional Gurney Lifts Minehead Title". PDC. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- Allen, Dave. "Prize Money Soars Above £14m In 2019". PDC. Retrieved 15 January 2019.