2020 Players Championship Finals
The 2020 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals was the thirteenth edition of the PDC darts tournament, which saw the top 64 players from the Players Championship events of 2020 taking part. The tournament took place from 27–29 November 2020 at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, behind closed doors,[1] as it was announced on 23 September 2020 that the usual venue of Butlin's Resort in Minehead would be unavailable due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 27–29 November 2020 | ||
Venue | Ricoh Arena | ||
Location | Coventry | ||
Country | ![]() | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | £500,000 | ||
Winner's share | £100,000 | ||
High checkout | 167 ![]() ![]() | ||
Champion(s) | |||
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Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Gerwyn Price 11–9 in the 2019 final,[2] and successfully defended his title to win the tournament for a sixth time, with an 11–10 victory over Mervyn King in the final.[3]
Prize money
The 2020 Players Championship Finals will have a total prize fund of £500,000, the same amount that was available in 2019.[4]
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 Players Championships events during the season.[5]
On 18 November, it was announced that the Canadian 33rd seed Jeff Smith had withdrawn from the tournament, owing to the tough quarantine restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic in his country, so the next player on the Players Championships Order of Merit, Ryan Meikle became the new 64th seed, with the players ranked 34th-64th all moving up a place.[6]
After the draw was made, Mensur Suljović withdrew due to a family bereavement, so he was directly replaced by Darren Webster in the draw.[7]
The following players had qualified:
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Top 64 in the Players Championship Order of Merit
- 1.
Peter Wright (semi finals)
- 2.
Gerwyn Price (semi finals)
- 3.
Michael van Gerwen (winner)
- 4.
Nathan Aspinall (second round)
- 5.
Krzysztof Ratajski (first round)
- 6.
James Wade (first round)
- 7.
Ian White (third round)
- 8.
Michael Smith (quarter finals)
- 9.
José de Sousa (third round)
- 10.
Joe Cullen (quarter finals)
- 11.
Brendan Dolan (first round)
- 12.
Danny Noppert (second round)
- 13.
Damon Heta (quarter finals)
- 14.
Glen Durrant (first round)
- 15.
Jermaine Wattimena (second round)
- 16.
Ryan Searle (second round)
- 17.
Daryl Gurney (first round)
- 18.
Devon Petersen (first round)
- 19.
Mensur Suljović (withdrew)
- 20.
Stephen Bunting (first round)
- 21.
Dave Chisnall (first round)
- 22.
Ryan Joyce (first round)
- 23.
Rob Cross (second round)
- 24.
Vincent van der Voort (second round)
- 25.
Gary Anderson (second round)
- 26.
Gabriel Clemens (second round)
- 27.
Dirk van Duijvenbode (quarter finals)
- 28.
Madars Razma (second round)
- 29.
Ross Smith (third round)
- 30.
Jonny Clayton (second round)
- 31.
Ricky Evans (first round)
- 32.
Adrian Lewis (first round)
- 33.
Simon Whitlock (second round)
- 34.
Jamie Hughes (second round)
- 35.
Mickey Mansell (first round)
- 36.
Kim Huybrechts (first round)
- 37.
Chris Dobey (first round)
- 38.
William O'Connor (first round)
- 39.
Martijn Kleermaker (first round)
- 40.
Keegan Brown (first round)
- 41.
Derk Telnekes (first round)
- 42.
Jason Lowe (first round)
- 43.
Andy Boulton (second round)
- 44.
Mervyn King (runner-up)
- 45.
Ryan Murray (second round)
- 46.
Jeffrey de Zwaan (third round)
- 47.
Luke Humphries (third round)
- 48.
Callan Rydz (third round)
- 49.
Dimitri Van den Bergh (first round)
- 50.
Steve Lennon (first round)
- 51.
Wayne Jones (second round)
- 52.
Maik Kuivenhoven (first round)
- 53.
Steve Beaton (first round)
- 54.
Luke Woodhouse (third round)
- 55.
Adam Hunt (first round)
- 56.
Mike De Decker (first round)
- 57.
Boris Krčmar (first round)
- 58.
William Borland (first round)
- 59.
Niels Zonneveld (second round)
- 60.
Karel Sedláček (third round)
- 61.
Scott Waites (first round)
- 62.
Darius Labanauskas (first round)
- 63.
John Henderson (first round)
- 64.
Ryan Meikle (first round)
- 65.
Darren Webster (Alternate) (first round)
Draw
There was no draw held, all players were put in a fixed bracket by their seeding positions.[6]
Finals
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