2009 Premier League Darts

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2009 Premier League Darts
Winner
England James Wade
Runner-up
England 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, the Manchester Evening News 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. England Phil Taylor
  2. England James Wade
  3. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
  4. Canada John Part
  5. England Terry Jenkins
  6. England Mervyn King
  7. England Wayne Mardle
  8. Netherlands Jelle Klaasen

Venues

England Liverpool Scotland Edinburgh England Coventry Northern Ireland Belfast England Newcastle
Echo Arena Liverpool
5 February		 Royal Highland Showground
12 February		 Ricoh Arena
19 February		 Odyssey Arena
26 February		 Metro Radio Arena
5 March
Echo Arena Liverpool at night.jpg 150px 150px Metroradio Arena, Newcastle.jpg
England Manchester England Brighton England Birmingham Scotland Glasgow England Exeter
Manchester Evening News Arena
12 March		 The Brighton Centre
19 March		 National Indoor Arena
26 March		 Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
2 April		 Westpoint Arena
9 April
150px Brighton Centre.JPG 150px 150px 150px
England Nottingham Scotland Aberdeen England Sheffield Wales Cardiff England London
Trent FM Arena
16 April		 Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre
23 April		 Sheffield Arena
30 April		 Cardiff International Arena
7 May		 Wembley Arena
25 May
National Ice Centre - Trent FM Arena.jpg 150px The Sheffield Arena.jpg CIA Cardiff Wales 001.jpg Wembley Arena.jpg

Results

  • Matches in italics are challenge matches, and don't count towards the standings.

League Stage

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 in week eleven.[16] However, Mardle was rushed into hospital with mumps on 15 April, which ruled him out of week eleven.[17] This means that Mervyn King and James Wade played twice during week eleven, with Mardle now due to make up five matches in the last three weeks. He had been due to play two matches in both weeks thirteen and fourteen, giving King the night off in Sheffield, and Wade in Cardiff.[18] However, he was re-admitted to hospital, and in accordance with tournament regulations, was removed from the tournament. His results from the tournament so far were also annulled. 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 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

England Wembley Arena, London

Score
[20]
25 May – Semi-Finals (best of 19 legs)
Phil Taylor England
95.78		 6–10 England Mervyn King
89.86
James Wade England
97.93		 10–8 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
95.26
25 May – Final (best of 25 legs)
Mervyn King England
85.83		 8–13 England James Wade
90.38
High Checkout: Mervyn King 156 (final)

Table and Streaks

Table

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

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
England Phil Taylor W W D L D W W W W D D W W W L
England James Wade D L W W W W W D L W W D W W DNP W W
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld L D L W D W W L W L D W W D L
England Mervyn King W W W W D L L W W L D D D DNP L W L
England Terry Jenkins D D D L L L W L W D L D W D
Canada John Part D D L W W D L D L W D DNP L L L
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen D L L L L D L W L D D L L W
England Wayne Mardle L D W L D L L L L DNP DNP Withdrawn
Scotland Robert Thornton L
England Adrian Lewis L
England Dennis Priestley L
Wales Mark Webster L
Scotland Gary Anderson W

NB: W = Won D = Drawn L = Lost DNP = Did Not Play

Normal shading: Premier league match and result counted towards final standings
Lighter Shading: Premier League match but result was removed from final standings
Darker Shading: Challenge match (result 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)

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