2010 Premier League Darts
Introduction The '''2010 Whyte & Mackay Premier League''' was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation; the sixth such running of the tournament.The tournament began at The O2 Arena in London on 11 February, and finished at the Wembley Arena on 24 May.Phil Taylor won in the final 10–8 against defending champion James Wade, where he also became the first player to hit two nine-dart finishes in a single match.
Qualification The top six players from the PDC Order of Merit following the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship were confirmed on 5 January. Simon Whitlock and Adrian Lewis were named as the two Sky Sports wild card selections; Whitlock being announced on 4 January and Lewis on 13 January.PlayerAppearance inPremier LeagueConsecutiveStreakPrevious best performanceOrder of MeritRanking '''WC''' '''WC''''''WC''' = Wild Card
Venues Fifteen venues were used for the 2010 Premier League, with the only change from 2009 being Bournemouth replacing Edinburgh after a one-year absence. London  Bournemouth  Belfast  Exeter  Manchester The O2 Arena11 February Bournemouth International Centre18 February Odyssey Arena25 February Westpoint Arena4 March MEN Arena11 March 150px 150px 150px 150px 150px  Brighton  Birmingham  Cardiff  Glasgow  Sheffield Brighton Centre18 March National Indoor Arena25 March Cardiff International Arena1 April SECC8 April Sheffield Arena15 April 150px 150px 150px 150px 150px  Liverpool  Aberdeen  Newcastle upon Tyne  Nottingham  London Echo Arena22 April AECC29 April Metro Radio Arena6 May Trent FM Arena13 May Wembley Arena24 May 150px 150px 150px 150px 150px
Prize money The prize money increased again with the total prize fund rising to £410,000, as a third place play-off was introduced, earning the winner of that an extra £10,000 to their £40,000 for reaching the play-offs. Stage  Prize Money '''Winner'''  £125,000 '''Runner-up'''  £65,000 '''3rd place'''  £50,000 '''4th place'''  £40,000 '''5th place'''  £32,500 '''6th place'''  £30,000 '''7th place'''  £27,500 '''8th place'''  £25,000 '''High Checkout (per night)'''  £1,000 '''Total'''  £410,000
Results ===League stage=======11 February – week 1==== '''The O2 Arena, London'''PlayerLegsPlayer  Ronnie Baxter   93.80  7–7   Terry Jenkins  91.31 '''Mervyn King'''   101.39  '''8''' – 5   Adrian Lewis  96.20   92.28  '''8''' – 5   James Wade  90.44 Simon Whitlock   84.20  3 – '''8'''   '''Phil Taylor'''  94.29 '''High Checkout:''' Mervyn King '''124'''====18 February – week 2==== '''Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth'''PlayerLegsPlayer  '''Adrian Lewis'''   105.14  '''8''' – 3   Raymond van Barneveld  99.35 Terry Jenkins   100.26 7–7   Simon Whitlock  96.37 '''Phil Taylor'''   99.67  '''8''' – 6   Ronnie Baxter  96.01 James Wade   89.83 4 – '''8'''   '''Mervyn King'''  91.26 '''High Checkout:''' Adrian Lewis '''121'''====25 February – week 3==== '''Odyssey Arena, Belfast'''PlayerLegsPlayer  Mervyn King   97.89  6 – '''8'''   '''Ronnie Baxter''' 97.11 Adrian Lewis   95.90  6 – '''8'''   '''Terry Jenkins'''  92.11 '''Simon Whitlock'''   95.56  '''8''' – 5   Raymond van Barneveld  92.32 '''Phil Taylor'''   104.44  '''8''' – 2   James Wade  96.96 '''High Checkout:''' Ronnie Baxter '''164'''====4 March – Week 4==== '''Westpoint Arena, Exeter'''PlayerLegsPlayer  James Wade   98.41  7–7   Adrian Lewis  102.98 '''Ronnie Baxter'''   97.51  '''8''' – 6   Simon Whitlock  92.34 '''Mervyn King'''   98.74  '''8''' – 5   Terry Jenkins 94.61 '''Phil Taylor'''   97.87  '''8''' – 2   Raymond van Barneveld  89.85 '''High Checkout:''' James Wade '''148'''====11 March – Week 5==== '''MEN Arena, Manchester'''PlayerLegsPlayer  James Wade   101.42  7–7   Ronnie Baxter  103.86 Phil Taylor   100.98  7–7   Mervyn King  99.45 Terry Jenkins   98.00  4 – '''8'''    106.92 Adrian Lewis   83.64  4 – '''8'''   '''Simon Whitlock'''  82.89 '''High Checkout:''' Phil Taylor '''161'''====18 March – Week 6==== '''Brighton Centre, Brighton'''PlayerLegsPlayer  '''Phil Taylor'''   106.79  '''8''' – 3   Terry Jenkins  98.40 Raymond van Barneveld   93.87  7–7   Mervyn King  92.99 Ronnie Baxter   102.52  6 – '''8'''   '''Adrian Lewis'''  101.02 Simon Whitlock   91.13  4 – '''8'''   '''James Wade'''  97.73 '''High Checkout:''' Simon Whitlock '''170'''====25 March – Week 7==== '''National Indoor Arena, Birmingham'''PlayerLegsPlayer  Mervyn King   97.70  6 – '''8'''  '''Simon Whitlock'''  102.18 '''James Wade'''   95.73 '''8''' – 5   Terry Jenkins  89.47 Raymond van Barneveld   96.09  4 – '''8'''   '''Ronnie Baxter'''  94.89 Adrian Lewis   97.89  4 – '''8'''   '''Phil Taylor'''  105.25 '''High Checkout:''' Ronnie Baxter '''164'''====1 April – Week 8==== '''Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff'''PlayerLegsPlayer  Terry Jenkins   90.24  2 – '''8'''   '''Mervyn King'''  95.08 Simon Whitlock   91.43  5 – '''8'''   '''Ronnie Baxter'''  94.10 '''Adrian Lewis'''   99.62  '''8''' – 5   James Wade  95.66 '''Phil Taylor'''   97.64  '''8''' – 2   Raymond van Barneveld  90.73 '''High Checkout:''' Ronnie Baxter '''124'''====8 April – Week 9==== '''SECC, Glasgow'''PlayerLegsPlayer  Raymond van Barneveld   94.67  6 – '''8'''   '''Adrian Lewis'''  101.64 '''Simon Whitlock'''   95.77  '''8''' – 3   Terry Jenkins  88.80 Ronnie Baxter   87.13  4 – '''8'''   '''Phil Taylor'''  94.14 Mervyn King   94.96  4 – '''8'''   '''James Wade'''  99.64 '''High Checkout:''' Mervyn King '''161'''====15 April – week 10==== '''Sheffield Arena, Sheffield'''PlayerLegsPlayer  '''Terry Jenkins'''   93.33  '''8''' – 5   Adrian Lewis  91.88 Ronnie Baxter   95.36  7–7   Mervyn King94.15 James Wade   100.51  7–7   Phil Taylor 98.92 Raymond van Barneveld   99.85  6 – '''8'''   '''Simon Whitlock'''  99.52 '''High Checkout:''' Simon Whitlock '''154'''====22 April – week 11==== '''Echo Arena, Liverpool'''PlayerLegsPlayer  '''Terry Jenkins'''   98.03  '''8''' – 4   Ronnie Baxter  95.23 '''James Wade'''   100.28  '''8''' – 3   Raymond van Barneveld  95.96 Adrian Lewis   89.04  3 – '''8'''   '''Mervyn King'''  93.71 '''Phil Taylor'''   103.62  '''8''' – 5   Simon Whitlock  102.33 '''High Checkout:''' Phil Taylor '''125'''====29 April – week 12==== '''AECC, Aberdeen'''PlayerLegsPlayer  Ronnie Baxter   87.79  7–7  James Wade  93.08 Mervyn King   89.98 1 – '''8'''   '''Phil Taylor'''  100.44   98.43  '''8''' – 6   Terry Jenkins  92.79 Simon Whitlock   97.65  7–7   Adrian Lewis  99.54 '''High Checkout:''' Terry Jenkins '''146'''=====Nine-dart finish=====The Premier League's second nine-dart finish occurred, when Raymond van Barneveld hit one during the second leg of his match against Terry Jenkins, checking out with T20, T19 and D12.Barneveld had also hit the first Premier League nine-dart finish in 2006 against Peter Manley.====6 May – week 13==== '''Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne'''PlayerLegsPlayer  Adrian Lewis   86.71  7–7   Ronnie Baxter  88.84 Mervyn King   81.27  5 – '''8'''    97.43 James Wade   98.07  4 – '''8'''   '''Simon Whitlock'''  97.84 Terry Jenkins   88.91  5 – '''8'''   '''Phil Taylor'''  100.23 '''High Checkout:''' Mervyn King '''130'''====13 May – week 14==== '''Trent FM Arena, Nottingham'''PlayerLegsPlayer  Terry Jenkins  97.78  5 – '''8'''   '''James Wade'''  95.79 Ronnie Baxter   97.97  2 – '''8'''    95.05 '''Simon Whitlock'''   104.60  '''8''' – 2   Mervyn King  90.26 '''Phil Taylor'''   98.70  '''8''' – 1  Adrian Lewis  93.61 '''High Checkout:''' Simon Whitlock '''130'''===Play-offs – 24 May=== '''Wembley Arena, London'''Score  '''Semi-finals''' (best of 15 legs) Simon Whitlock   92.69 6 – '''8'''   '''James Wade'''  95.48 '''Phil Taylor'''   107.98  '''8''' – 1   Mervyn King  90.20 '''Third place play-off''' (best of 15 legs) Simon Whitlock   96.13  7 – '''8'''   '''Mervyn King'''  94.51 '''Final''' (best of 19 legs) James Wade   100.08  8 – '''10'''   '''Phil Taylor'''  111.67 '''High Checkout:''' Phil Taylor '''164''' (Semi-Final)* The play-offs were originally scheduled for 23 May, but due to a power cut in the area surrounding the Wembley Arena, they were postponed until 24 May.====Nine dart finishes====The finals night saw the second and third nine-dart finishes of the 2010 Premier League Darts, and the third and fourth in Premier League Darts overall, in the final between Phil Taylor and James Wade.Trailing 1–0 after losing the throw in the first leg, Taylor responded with a 174 (T20, 2 T19s), 180 (3 T20s), and 147 (T20, T17, D18) to take the second leg against throw. This was Taylor's first nine-dart finish in the Premier League, having only been achieved previously by Raymond van Barneveld. This was also the first nine-dart finish in a televised final.In the 15th leg he hit the second nine dart finish of the night with two 180s and checked out on 141 (T20, T19, D12). This was the first time that the same player achieved two nine dart finishes in one match. After the second nine darter, Taylor made it 17 consecutive perfect darts, needing only T17 D18 for a 3rd nine darter and second on the trot, he missed the T17 by an inch, but still went on to win that leg in 10 darts, after then hitting T18, then returning to hit the D8 with his first dart.
Table and streaks ===Table===PosNamePldWDLPtsLFLA+/-LWAT100+140+180sAHC1 Phil Taylor '''W''' 141220'''26'''11052+584619214546100.211642 Simon Whitlock 14725'''16'''9384+9382021244795.271703 James Wade '''RU'''14545'''14'''8889−1292301235296.681484 Mervyn King 14536'''13'''8588−3341971344494.201615 Ronnie Baxter14455'''13'''8996−7362491383395.15164614518'''11'''7893−15302191074495.911417 Adrian Lewis14437'''11'''8197−16282121275696.061408 Terry Jenkins14329'''8'''76101−25262551383993.86146Top four qualified 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                    Simon Whitlock                 James Wade                  Mervyn King                 Ronnie Baxter                Raymond van Barneveld                Adrian Lewis                Terry Jenkins              NB: '''W''' = Won'''D''' = Drawn'''L''' = Lost
Player statistics The following statistics are for the league stage only. Playoffs are not included.===Phil Taylor===*'''Longest unbeaten run:''' 14*'''Most consecutive wins:''' 4*'''Most consecutive draws:''' 1*'''Most consecutive losses:''' 0*'''Longest without a win:''' 1*'''Biggest victory:''' 8-1 (''v.'' Adrian Lewis)*'''Biggest defeat:''' ''Player Undefeated''===Simon Whitlock===*'''Longest unbeaten run:''' 3*'''Most consecutive wins:''' 2*'''Most consecutive draws:''' 1*'''Most consecutive losses:''' 1*'''Longest without a win:''' 2*'''Biggest victory:''' 8-2 (''v.'' Mervyn King)*'''Biggest defeat:''' 3-8 (''v.'' Phil Taylor)===James Wade===*'''Longest unbeaten run:''' 4*'''Most consecutive wins:''' 2*'''Most consecutive draws:''' 2*'''Most consecutive losses:''' 3*'''Longest without a win:''' 5*'''Biggest victory:''' 8-3 (''v.'' Raymond van Barneveld)*'''Biggest defeat:''' 2-8 (''v.'' Phil Taylor)===Mervyn King===*'''Longest unbeaten run:''' 3*'''Most consecutive wins:''' 2*'''Most consecutive draws:''' 2*'''Most consecutive losses:''' 3*'''Longest without a win:''' 3*'''Biggest victory:''' 8-2 (''v.'' Terry Jenkins)*'''Biggest defeat:''' 1-8 (''v.'' Phil Taylor)===Ronnie Baxter===*'''Longest unbeaten run:''' 3*'''Most consecutive wins:''' 2*'''Most consecutive draws:''' 2*'''Most consecutive losses:''' 1*'''Longest without a win:''' 6*'''Biggest victory:''' 8-4 (''v.'' Raymond van Barneveld)*'''Biggest defeat:''' 2-8 (''v.'' Raymond van Barneveld)===Raymond van Barneveld===*'''Longest unbeaten run:''' 2*'''Most consecutive wins:''' 2*'''Most consecutive draws:''' 1*'''Most consecutive losses:''' 5*'''Longest without a win:''' 6*'''Biggest victory:''' 8-2 (''v.'' Ronnie Baxter)*'''Biggest defeat:''' 2-8 (''v.'' Phil Taylor (twice))===Adrian Lewis===*'''Longest unbeaten run:''' 2*'''Most consecutive wins:''' 2*'''Most consecutive draws:''' 2*'''Most consecutive losses:'''2*'''Longest without a win:''' 5*'''Biggest victory:''' 8-3 (''v.'' Raymond van Barneveld)*'''Biggest defeat:''' 1-8 (''v.'' Phil Taylor)===Terry Jenkins===*'''Longest unbeaten run:''' 3*'''Most consecutive wins:''' 2*'''Most consecutive draws:''' 2*'''Most consecutive losses:''' 6*'''Longest without a win:''' 6*'''Biggest victory:''' 8-4 (''v.'' Ronnie Baxter)*'''Biggest defeat:''' 2-8 (''v.'' Mervyn King)
References
External links * Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts