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The Masters
Tournament information
VenueMarshall Arena
LocationMilton Keynes
CountryScotland (2013–2014)
England (since 2015)
Established2013
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£220,000 (2021–present)[1]
Month(s) PlayedNovember (2013–14)
January–February (2015, 2020)
January (2016–18, 2021)
February (2019)
Current champion(s)
Scotland Peter Wright

The Masters (also known as the Ladbrokes Masters for sponsorship purposes)[2] is a non-ranking PDC darts tournament which features the top 16 darts players according to the PDC Order of Merit. The reigning champion is Peter Wright, who won his first Masters title by defeating Michael Smith 11–10.

History

The inaugural tournament, held in 2013, was won by Phil Taylor, who defeated Adrian Lewis 10–1 in the final.[3] James Wade won the following year by defeating Mervyn King 11–10 in the 2014 final.[4] Michael van Gerwen became the third different champion in 3 years when he defeated Raymond van Barneveld 11–6.[5]

In 2013 and 2014, the tournament took place in the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland and was played in early November. However, the tournament was moved to early February in 2015 and had a new venue at the Arena MK (renamed Marshall Arena in 2019) in Milton Keynes, England. The tournament has been held in late January/early February ever since.

Format

From 2013 to 2020, the tournament featured the top 16 of the Order of Merit, in a fixed draw (1 plays 16, 2 plays 15 and so on). The first round and the quarter finals are played over best of 19 legs, the semi-finals and the final are played over best of 21 legs.[6]

For the 2021 tournament, the participants increased from the Top 16 to the Top 24, with the Top 8 automatically going to the second round and the players seeded 9 to 24 playing in the best of 11 legs first round.

Masters finals

Year Champion (average in final) Score Runner-up (average in final) Prize money Sponsor Venue
Total Champion Runner-up
2013 England Phil Taylor (108.50) 10–1 England Adrian Lewis (100.03) £160,000 £50,000 £20,000 Coral Scotland Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh
2014 England James Wade (91.39) 11–10 England Mervyn King (92.15) Unibet
2015 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (112.49) 11–6 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (96.13) £200,000 £60,000 £25,000 England Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
(known as Arena MK until 2018)
2016 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (98.94) 11–6 England Dave Chisnall (96.71)
2017 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (109.42) 11–7 Scotland Gary Anderson (103.58)
2018 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (105.85) 11–9 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (100.55)
2019 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (99.82) 11–5 England James Wade (87.44) BetVictor
2020 Scotland Peter Wright (95.01) 11–10 England Michael Smith (89.71) Ladbrokes
2021 £220,000

Records and statistics

As of 2 February 2020.

Total finalist appearances

Rank Player Nationality Won Runner-up Finals Appearances
1 Michael van Gerwen Netherlands Netherlands 5 0 5 8
2 James Wade England England 1 1 2 8
3 Phil Taylor England England 1 0 1 5
Peter Wright Scotland Scotland 1 0 1 8
5 Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands Netherlands 0 2 2 6
6 Gary Anderson Scotland Scotland 0 1 1 6
Dave Chisnall England England 0 1 1 8
Mervyn King England England 0 1 1 3
Adrian Lewis England England 0 1 1 7
Michael Smith England England 0 1 1 5
  • Active players are shown in bold
  • Only players who reached the final are included
  • In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by family name

Champions by country

Country Players Total First title Last title
 Netherlands 1 5 2015 2019
 England 2 2 2013 2014
 Scotland 1 1 2020 2020

High averages

Masters highest one-match averages
Average Player Year (+ Round) Opponent Result
112.49 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 2015, Final Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 11–6
112.20 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 2016, First Round England Stephen Bunting 10–1
111.14 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 2018, Quarter-Final England James Wade 10–2
110.28 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 2015, Quarter-Final England Dave Chisnall 10–9
110.05 England Phil Taylor 2014, First Round England Wes Newton 10–4
109.74 Scotland Gary Anderson 2017, First Round Netherlands Benito van de Pas 10–3
109.42 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 2017, Final Scotland Gary Anderson 11–7
109.28 England Phil Taylor 2013, Quarter-Final England Wes Newton 8–2
108.50 England Phil Taylor 2013, Final England Adrian Lewis 10–1
108.09 England Dave Chisnall 2015, Quarter-Final Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 9–10
Masters highest one-match losing averages
Average Player Year (+ Round) Opponent Result
108.09 England Dave Chisnall 2015, Quarter-Final Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 9–10
106.95 England Adrian Lewis 2014, Quarter-Final England James Wade 6–10
106.48 England Dave Chisnall 2018, First Round Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 9–10
106.43 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 2013, First Round England Adrian Lewis 5–6
104.64 England Phil Taylor 2014, Semi-Final England James Wade 9–11
Different players with a 100+ match average (Updated 2 February 2020)
Player Total Highest Av. Year (+ Round)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 18 112.49 2015, Final
England Phil Taylor 10 110.05 2014, First Round
Scotland Gary Anderson 7 109.74 2017, First Round
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 6 103.51 2018, Quarter-Finals
England Adrian Lewis 5 107.93 2013, Quarter-Finals
England Dave Chisnall 4 108.09 2015, Quarter-Finals
Austria Mensur Suljović 4 106.12 2019, First Round
Scotland Peter Wright 3 104.36 2016, Quarter-Finals
England Michael Smith 3 101.85 2020, First Round
England James Wade 2 105.56 2014, Semi-Finals
Belgium Kim Huybrechts 1 106.43 2013, First Round
England Rob Cross 1 102.08 2018, First Round
England Justin Pipe 1 100.40 2014, First Round
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 1 100.14 2016, First Round
Masters highest tournament averages (min 3 matches)
Average Player Year Round (+result)
106.07 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 2017 Final (Won)
105.49 Scotland Gary Anderson 2017 Final (Lost)
105.41 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 2018 Final (Won)
105.38 England Phil Taylor 2013 Final (Won)
105.08 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 2016 Final (Won)

Media coverage

The Masters is broadcast by ITV4 in the United Kingdom and RTL7 in the Netherlands.[6]

References

  1. ^ "The Masters Roll of Honour".
  2. ^ Allen, Dave (19 November 2018). "Ladbrokes Agree Four-Year Multi-Event Sponsorship". PDC.
  3. ^ "2013 PDC The Masters". Mastercaller.nl. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. ^ "2014 PDC The Masters". Mastercaller.nl. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  5. ^ "2015 PDC The Masters". Mastercaller.nl. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Toernooicenter The Unibet Masters 2016". RTL 7 Darts.