2009 Premier League Darts


2009 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts
Winner

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.
Qualifiers are as follows:
  1. Phil Taylor
  2. James Wade
  3. Raymond van Barneveld
  4. John Part
  5. Terry Jenkins
  6. Mervyn King
  7. Wayne Mardle
  8. Jelle Klaasen

Venues

Fifteen venues were used in the 2009 Premier League, with the only changes from 2008 being Edinburgh and Exeter replacing Plymouth and Bournemouth.


Prize money

The prize fund increased again with the top prize now reaching £125,000, and the total prize fund rising to £400,000.

Results

  • Players in italics are challengers, and games involving them are best of 12 legs, not best of 14 as the regular matches, and they also don't count towards the standings.

League stage

5 February – Week 1

'''Echo Arena, Liverpool'''

12 February – Week 2

'''Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh'''

19 February – Week 3

'''Ricoh Arena, Coventry'''

26 February – Week 4

'''Odyssey Arena, Belfast'''

5 March – Week 5

'''Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne'''

12 March – Week 6

'''MEN Arena, Manchester'''

19 March – Week 7

'''Brighton Centre, Brighton'''

26 March – Week 8

'''National Indoor Arena, Birmingham'''

2 April – Week 9

'''SECC, Glasgow'''

9 April – Week 10

'''Westpoint Arena, Exeter'''

16 April – Week 11

'''Trent FM Arena, Nottingham'''

23 April – Week 12

'''AECC, Aberdeen'''

30 April – Week 13

'''Sheffield Arena, Sheffield'''

7 May – Week 14

'''Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff'''

Play-offs – 25 May

'''Wembley Arena, London'''

Table and Streaks

Table

PosNamePldWDLPtsLFLA+/-LWAT100+140+180sAHC
1

Streaks

NB: W = Won;
D = Drawn;
L = Lost;
N/A = Did Not Play;
– indicates match 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

Longest unbeaten run: 6Most consecutive wins: 3Most consecutive draws: 2Most consecutive losses: 1Longest without a win: 3Biggest victory: 8–2 Biggest defeat: 4–8

James Wade

Longest unbeaten run: 5Most consecutive wins: 4Most consecutive draws: 1Most consecutive losses: 1Longest without a win: 2Biggest victory: 8–1 Biggest defeat: 1–8

Raymond van Barneveld

Longest unbeaten run: 3Most consecutive wins: 3Most consecutive draws: 1Most consecutive losses: 1Longest without a win: 3Biggest victory: 8–1 Biggest defeat: 2–8

Mervyn King

Longest unbeaten run: 4Most consecutive wins: 3Most consecutive draws: 3Most consecutive losses: 2Longest without a win: 5Biggest victory: 8–1 Biggest defeat: 2–8

Terry Jenkins

Longest unbeaten run: 3Most consecutive wins: 1Most consecutive draws: 2Most consecutive losses: 3Longest without a win: 5Biggest victory: 8–3 Biggest defeat: 1–8

John Part

Longest unbeaten run: 2Most consecutive wins: 1Most consecutive draws: 2Most consecutive losses: 2Longest without a win: 4Biggest victory: 8–5 Biggest defeat: 1–8

Jelle Klaasen

Longest unbeaten run: 2Most consecutive wins: 1Most consecutive draws: 2Most consecutive losses: 3Longest without a win: 6Biggest victory: 8–6 Biggest defeat: 2–8