The Dutch star picked up the £6,000 victory during the New Tropicana World Series of Darts Festival to celebrate his recent two-year anniversary since moving onto the PDC circuit.

He produced some outstanding darts during Tuesday’s event in Las Vegas, opening with a whitewash of Edwin Martin and then defeating Wayne Mardle, Adrian Lewis and Steve Beaton to set up an all-Dutch quarter-final with Jelle Klaasen.

After seeing off the former Lakeside Champion 6-4, Stompe whitewashed Matt Clark in the semi-finals before defeating Wade in the decider.

World number three Wade took the final’s opening leg, but Stompe hit back with four successive legs to lead 4-1, twice hitting two maximums in a leg.

Wade won the next two to reduce the gap to one leg, but Stompe crucially took the eight before securing victory in the next.

Wade’s run to the final bettered his semi-final appearance in Sunday’s PDC US Open Players Championship, as he claimed the £3,000 runner-up prize.

He had defeated Ken MacNeil, Tony Randell and Robert Thornton to reach the last 16, before picking up victories over Vincent van der Voort, Simon Whitlock and Colin Lloyd to move into the final.

Lloyd’s semi-final was his second in successive days at Las Vegas’ Tropicana Hotel, while Clark defeated Phil Taylor 6-5 in the quarter-finals to reach the last four of a PDC ProTour event for the first time in two years.

Clark had also produced a superb finale to his second round clash with Mark Dudbridge, picking off back-to-back 160 finishes to come from 5-4 down and take victory.

Jelle Klaasen, a semi-finalist on Sunday, reached the quarter-finals before losing to Stompe, while Whitlock, Taylor and Wes Newton were the other last 16 losers.

Nigel Heydon went down 6-4 to Taylor in the last 16, ending his hopes of qualifying for the StanJames.com World Matchplay in the last event which counted towards qualification for the tournament.

Paul Nicholson returned to 16th in the PDC Order of Merit after going further than Gary Anderson, who was a second round loser to Wales’ Steve Evans.

With Nicholson securing the final automatic qualifying place via the PDC Order of Merit, Anderson qualifies for the World Matchplay through the Players Championship Order of Merit alongside 15 other players.

Tony Eccles hung on to the last spot, ahead of Heydon and Monday’s semi-finalist Chris Thompson – with the pair both defeating Taylor in Las Vegas but falling short of a World Matchplay spot.

Klaasen, Steve Brown and Mark Webster all qualify for their debuts in Blackpool as a result of their performances in the 21 Players Championships staged so far this year.

The New Tropicana World Series of Darts Festival concludes on Wednesday with the North American Darts Championship, which will feature American and Canadian players battling for the £5,000 first prize.

Las Vegas Players Championship
Preliminary Round
Nick Fullwell 6-0 David Fatum
Ron Colvard 6-5 Chris Loudon
Greg Lewis 6-0 Peter Schaumann
Chris White 6-1 Scott Henning
Dan Olson 6-1 Jim McKevitt
Matt Clark 6-2 Gary Mawson
Bill Davis 6-1 Hiromasa Mochizuki
Larry Butler 6-2 Mark Blazevich
Robert Race 6-5 Sean Smyth
Gerry Convery 6-0 Martin Hulme
Wayne Mardle 6-1 Shintaro Hirai
Dieter Schutsch 6-3 Andy Relf
Stuart Brown 6-0 Gregory Coburn
Ross Snook 6-0 Josh Daynes
Scott Burnett 6-0 Tom Jackowski
Roland Scholten 6-0 Donny Joe
Jim Widmayer 6-1 Doug Meade
Isen Veljic 6-0 Dave Ahmet
Justin Pipe 6-2 Dan Lauby
Dave Honey 6-0 Dan Lauby II
Kevin McDine 6-4 Bob Sinnaeve
William O’Connor 6-0 Mark Nielsen
Par Riihonen 6-4 Steve Grubb
Darin Young 6-0 Masahiko Sano
Scott Kirchner 6-0 Joey Narvades

First Round
Phil Taylor (1) 6-0 Drazen Severin
Jayson Barlow 6-2 Andrew Penney
Chris Thompson (32) 6-3 Paul Lim
Nico Depaynos 6-3 Nick Fullwell
Andy Smith (16) 6-2 Joe Swick
Nigel Heydon 6-3 Adrian Gray
Paul Nicholson (17) 6-1 Eddie Lawrence
Ron Colvard 6-4 Greg Lewis
Mark Walsh (8) 6-5 Kirk Shepherd
Joe Cullen 6-0 Richard Hammond Jnr
Terry Jenkins (25) 6-0 Dennis Smith
Dan Olson 6-0 Chris White
Andy Hamilton (9) 6-0 Steve Barlock
Jeff Noble 6-3 Sean Downs
Brendan Dolan (24) 6-2 Dave Ladley
Matt Clark 6-5 Bill Davis
Gary Anderson (5) 6-1 Shawn Brenneman
Steve Evans 6-3 Ray Carver
Jelle Klaasen (28) 6-5 Roger Carter
Larry Butler 6-0 Bobby Peters
Ronnie Baxter (12) 6-2 Aodhagan O’Neill
Alex Roy 6-0 Paul DiCecca
Kevin Painter (21) 6-1 Colin Monk
Gerry Convery 6-1 Robert Race
Adrian Lewis (4) 6-3 Connley Litton
Darren Johnson 6-1 David Flowers
Co Stompe (29) 6-0 Edwin Martin
Wayne Mardle 6! -5 George Timpone
Steve Beaton (13) 6-0 Howard Meyers
Steve Maish 6-3 David Kendall
Barrie Bates (20) 6-1 Robert Heckman
Dieter Schutsch 6-3 Stuart Brown
Simon Whitlock (2) 6-1 Wayne Smith
Arron Monk 6-1 Frank Hernandez
Steve Hine (31) 6-3 Al Moskwyn
Ross Snook 6-3 Damien McKenna
Colin Osborne (15) 6-0 Brian Jackson
Mick McGowan 6-1 Nick Holmes
Alan Tabern (18) 6-0 Dave Switzer
Roland Scholten 6-1 Scott Burnett
Vincent van der Voort (7) 6-1 Akihiro Nagakawa
Scott Rand 6-5 John Part
Mark Webster (26) 6-5 Peter Manley
Richie Burnett 6-5 Jim Widmayer
James Wade (10) 6-4 Ken MacNeil
Tony Randell 6-1 Rick Davis
Robert Thornton (23) 6-4 Nick Rivera
Justin Pipe 6-4 Isen Veljic
Colin Lloyd (6) 6-1 Dan Zimmerman
Ryan vander Wiet 6-1 Danny Wood
Peter Wright (27) 6-1 Stephen Panuncialman
Dave Honey 6-1 Jason Roker
Jamie Caven (11) 6-3 Ian White
Martyn Turner 6-1 Jim Newman
Steve Brown (22) 6-1 Daz Maw! er
Kevin McDine 6-4 William O’Connor
Wes Newton (3) 6-1 ! Clint Cl arkson
John Kuczynski 6-1 Alvin Martin
Tony Eccles (30) 6-5 Andy Jenkins
Stacy Bromberg 6-5 Par Riihonen
Denis Ovens (14) 6-1 Andrew Bennett
Mark Hylton 6-3 Don Campos
Mark Dudbridge (19) 6-2 Ian McFarlane
Darin Young 6-2 Scott Kirchner

Second Round
Phil Taylor 6-0 Jayson Barlow
Chris Thompson 6-0 Nico Depaynos
Nigel Heydon 6-2 Andy Smith
Paul Nicholson 6-3 Ron Colvard
Joe Cullen 6-5 Mark Walsh
Terry Jenkins 6-4 Dan Olson
Andy Hamilton 6-2 Jeff Noble
Matt Clark 6-3 Brendan Dolan
Steve Evans 6-5 Gary Anderson
Jelle Klaasen 6-3 Larry Butler
Ronnie Baxter 6-3 Alex Roy
Kevin Painter 6-2 Gerry Convery
Adrian Lewis 6-2 Darren Johnson
Co Stompe 6-5 Wayne Mardle
Steve Beaton 6-4 Steve Maish
Barrie Bates 6-4 Dieter Schutsch
Simon Whitlock 6-4 Arron Monk
Ross Snook 6-5 Steve Hine
Colin Osborne 6-5 Mick McGowan
Alan Tabern 6-0 Roland Scholten
Vincent van der Voort 6-3 Scott Rand
Richie Burnett 6-3 Mark Webster
James Wade 6-2 Tony Randell
Robert Thornton 6-5 Justin Pipe
Colin Lloyd 6-0 Ryan vander Wiet
Peter Wright 6-1 Dave Honey
Jamie Caven 6-2 Martyn Turner
Kevin McDine 6-3 Steve Brown
Wes Newton 6-0 John Kuczynski
Tony E! ccles 6-0 Stacy Bromberg
Denis Ovens 6-4 Mark Hylton
Darin Young 6-5 Mark Dudbridge
Losers £200

Third Round
Phil Taylor 6-0 Chris Thompson
Nigel Heydon 6-3 Paul Nicholson
Terry Jenkins 6-4 Joe Cullen
Matt Clark 6-2 Andy Hamilton
Jelle Klaasen 6-1 Steve Evans
Ronnie Baxter 6-4 Kevin Painter
Co Stompe 6-3 Adrian Lewis
Steve Beaton 6-5 Barrie Bates
Simon Whitlock 6-3 Ross Snook
Colin Osborne 6-5 Alan Tabern
Vincent van der Voort 6-4 Richie Burnett
James Wade 6-4 Robert Thornton
Colin Lloyd 6-3 Peter Wright
Jamie Caven 6-1 Kevin McDine
Wes Newton 6-4 Tony Eccles
Darin Young 6-4 Denis Ovens
Losers £300

Fourth Round
Phil Taylor 6-4 Nigel Heydon
Matt Clark 6-4 Terry Jenkins
Jelle Klaasen 6-2 Ronnie Baxter
Co Stompe 6-2 Steve Beaton
Simon Whitlock 6-4 Colin Osborne
James Wade 6-4 Vincent van der Voort
Colin Lloyd 6-4 Jamie Caven
Wes Newton 6-4 Darin Young
Losers £500

Quarter-Finals
Matt Clark 6-5 Phil Taylor
Co Stompe 6-4 Jelle Klaasen
James Wade 6-4 Simon Whitlock
Colin Lloyd 6-4 Wes Newton
Losers £1,000

Semi-Finals
Co Stompe 6-0 Matt Clark
James Wade 6-3 Colin Lloyd
Losers £1,500

Final
Co Stompe 6-3 James Wade
Winner £6,000
Runner-Up £3,000

Anderson followed up a quarter-final appearance in Sunday’s PDC US Open Players Championship by taking the £6,000 first prize in the third of five days in the New Tropicana World Series of Darts Festival.

The victory continues a fine month for the Scot – who was the runner-up in the Rileys Darts Zones UK Open and also won a Players Championship in Barnsley.

After needing all 11 legs to defeat Mark Hylton in the first round at the Tropicana Hotel, Anderson then whitewashed fellow Scot Chris Loudon and Wales’ Mark Webster in progressing to the last 16.

Steve Maish and Paul Lim were also defeated before a 6-2 win over Colin Lloyd put him into the decider against Australian star Whitlock.

After Whitlock took the opening leg, Anderson won the next three to lead 3-1, including an 11-dart finish to break his opponent’s throw.

Whitlock won the fourth, but missed one dart at double top to level in the sixth as Anderson maintained his advantage.

Whitlock took the next two to level, but paid for three more missed doubles in leg nine, at double 18 and double nine, as Anderson took out 68 to lead 5-4 before hitting a 177 score and double eight in the next to seal the win.

“I’m really pleased to win this event,” said Anderson. “Simon played well in the final and made it tough for me, but I’m glad I got over the finishing line.”

Whitlock had been targeting his fifth Players Championship win of the year, but had been staring down the barrel of defeat in his quarter-final against Canada’s Ken MacNeil, who led 5-1 but failed to close out the game.

Whitlock then overcame Chris Thompson 6-2 in the semi-finals, and had earlier seen off Sunday’s runner-up Denis Ovens, as well as Sean Smyth, Donny Joe and Colin Monk.

Sunday’s PDC US Open champion Phil Taylor was defeated 6-5 in the quarter-finals by York-based Thompson, who avenged a whitewash loss to the 15-time World Champion earlier this year in a Players Championship semi-final with a gritty 6-5 win.

Colin Lloyd followed up Sunday’s nine-dart finish with a run to the last four on Monday, including a quarter-final defeat of Ronnie Baxter as well as a win over in-form Steve Brown.

MacNeil and American-based veteran Lim celebrated runs to the last eight with £1,000 prize money, while top US player Darin Young whitewashed Adrian Lewis on his way to the last 16.

Thompson’s run saw him close in on a qualification spot for the StanJames.com World Matchplay ahead of a potentially dramatic final Players Championship on Tuesday – after when the 16 Players Championship Order of Merit qualifiers will be confirmed.

Anderson’s win provisionally puts him inside the top 16, which would mean that Paul Nicholson could miss out on the World Matchplay, with Nigel Heydon currently ahead of him in the Players Championship Order of Merit.

Las Vegas Players Championship
Preliminary Round
Nigel Heydon 6-0 Matt Clark
Joey Narvades 6-3 Jason Roker
Greg Lewis 6-4 Jeff Noble
Chris Thompson 6-1 Kirk Shepherd
Gerry Convery 6-0 Nick Holmes
Ron Colvard 6-4 Jim Widmayer
Andy Jenkins 6-3 Arron Monk
Joe Cullen 6-4 George Timpone
John Kuczynski 6-4 Tony Randell
William O’Connor 6-0 Richard Hammond Jnr
Colin Monk 6-1 Scott Burnett
Don Campos 6-3 Dan Zimmerman
Stacy Bromberg 6-2 Eddie Lawrence
Frank Hernandez 6-1 Howard Meyers
Adrian Gray 6-0 Brian Jackson
Dan Olson 6-4 Roger Carter
Peter Schaumann 6-2 Shintaro Hirai
Connley Litton 6-0 Jim McKevitt
Mick McGowan 6-0 Scott Henning
Ross Snook 6-1 Andy Fordham
Ian McFarlane 6-1 Doug Meade
Rick Davis 6-4 Mark Blazevich
Clint Clarkson 6-5 Robert Heckman
Gary Mawson 6-0 Andy Relf
Dieter Schutsch 6-4 Chris White

First Round
Phil Taylor (1) 6-0 Dennis Smith
Stuart Brown 6-2 Dave Switzer
Steve Evans 6-3 John Part (32)
Nigel Heydon 6-3 Larry Butler
Andy Smith (16) 6-0 Joe Custer
Sean Downs 6-5 Dave Ladley
Richie Burnett 6-1 Paul Nicholson (17)
Greg Lewis 6-0 Joey Narvades
Mark Walsh (8) 6-1 Justin Pipe
Peter Manley 6-3 Joe Swick
Terry Jenkins (25) 6-4 Ian White
Chris Thompson 6-1 Gerry Convery
Andy Hamilton (9) 6-0 Damien McKenna
Daz Mawer 6-3 Akihiro Nagakawa
Brendan Dolan (24) 6-4 Aodhagan O’Neill
Andy Jenkins 6-3 Ron Colvard
Vincent van der Voort (5) 6-4 Jayson Barlow
Bill Davis 6-2 Steve Barlock
Jelle Klaasen (28) 6-0 Gregory Coburn
Joe Cullen 6-4 Nick Fullwell
Steve Beaton (12) 6-2 Hiromasa Mochizuki
Ken MacNeil 6-2 Nick Rivera
Kevin Painter (21) 6-3 Par Riihonen
William O’Connor 6-3 John Kuczynski
Simon Whitlock (4) 6-1 Sean Smyth
Donny Joe 6-0 Masahiko Sano
Tony Eccles (29) 6-3 David Flowe! rs
Colin Monk 6-0 Robert Race
Denis Ovens (13) 6-5 Darren Johnson
Roland Scholten 6-0 Drazen Severin
Barrie Bates (20) 6-1 Stephen Panuncialman
Stacy Bromberg 6-5 Don Campos
Wes Newton (2) 6-3 Scott Kirchner
Kevin McDine 6-0 Andrew Bennett
Steve Hine (31) 6-0 Bobby Peters
Paul Lim 6-0 Frank Hernandez
Scott Rand 6-5 Colin Osborne (15)
David Kendall 6-4 Danny Wood
Alan Tabern (18) 6-0 Josh Daynes
Dan Olson 6-3 Adrian Gray
Gary Anderson (7) 6-5 Mark Hylton
Chris Loudon 6-5 Nico Depaynos
Mark Webster (26) 6-5 Bob Sinnaeve
Peter Schaumann 6-3 Dan Lauby
James Wade (10) 6-1 David Fatum
Steve Maish 6-4 Jim Newman
Robert Thornton (23) 6-1 Alex Roy
Mick McGowan 6-5 Connley Litton
Colin Lloyd (6) 6-1 Dan Lauby II
Isen Veljic 6-2 Al Moskwyn
Peter Wright (27) 6-3 Wayne Mardle
Ross Snook 6-0 Edwin Martin
Jamie Caven (11) 6-0 Paul DiCecca
Dave Honey 6-1 Ryan vander Wiet
Steve Brown (22) 6-5 Steve Gr! ubb
Ian McFarlane 6-0 Rick Davis
Darin Young 6-0 Adrian ! Lewis (3 )
Shawn Brenneman 6-1 Dave Ahmet
Co Stompe (30) 6-3 Ray Carver
Clint Clarkson 6-5 Andrew Penney
Ronnie Baxter (14) 6-0 Martin Hulme
Martyn Turner 6-0 Wayne Smith
Mark Dudbridge (19) 6-1 Mark Nielsen
Gary Mawson 6-5 Dieter Schutsch

Second Round
Phil Taylor 6-0 Stuart Brown
Nigel Heydon 6-2 Steve Evans
Andy Smith 6-2 Sean Downs
Richie Burnett 6-0 Greg Lewis
Mark Walsh 6-0 Peter Manley
Chris Thompson 6-5 Terry Jenkins
Andy Hamilton 6-1 Daz Mawer
Brendan Dolan 6-1 Andy Jenkins
Vincent van der Voort 6-1 Bill Davis
Jelle Klaasen 6-1 Joe Cullen
Ken MacNeil 6-4 Steve Beaton
Kevin Painter 6-5 William O’Connor
Simon Whitlock 6-1 Donny Joe
Colin Monk 6-2 Tony Eccles
Denis Ovens 6-5 Roland Scholten
Barrie Bates 6-3 Stacy Bromberg
Kevin McDine 6-3 Wes Newton
Paul Lim 6-2 Steve Hine
Scott Rand 6-5 David Kendall
Alan Tabern 6-2 Dan Olson
Gary Anderson 6-0 Chris Loudon
Mark Webster 6-0 Peter Schaumann
Steve Maish 6-5 James Wade
Robert Thornton 6-2 Mick McGowan
Colin Lloyd 6-0 Isen Veljic
Peter Wright 6-2 Ross Snook
Jamie Caven 6-1 Dave Honey
Steve Brown 6-1 Ian McFarlane
Darin Young 6-3 Shawn Brenneman
Co Stompe 6-1 Clint! Clarkson
Ronnie Baxter 6-1 Martyn Turner
Mark Dudbridge 6-2 Gary Mawson
Losers £200

Third Round
Phil Taylor 6-2 Nigel Heydon
Andy Smith 6-3 Richie Burnett
Chris Thompson 6-5 Mark Walsh
Andy Hamilton 6-3 Brendan Dolan
Vincent van der Voort 6-4 Jelle Klaasen
Ken MacNeil 6-3 Kevin Painter
Simon Whitlock 6-2 Colin Monk
Denis Ovens 6-4 Barrie Bates
Paul Lim 6-4 Kevin McDine
Alan Tabern 6-5 Scott Rand
Gary Anderson 6-0 Mark Webster
Steve Maish 6-5 Robert Thornton
Colin Lloyd 6-2 Peter Wright
Steve Brown 6-4 Jamie Caven
Darin Young 6-4 Co Stompe
Ronnie Baxter 6-5 Mark Dudbridge
Losers £300

Fourth Round
Phil Taylor 6-5 Andy Smith
Chris Thompson 6-4 Andy Hamilton
Ken MacNeil 6-3 Vincent van der Voort
Simon Whitlock 6-3 Denis Ovens
Paul Lim 6-5 Alan Tabern
Gary Anderson 6-4 Steve Maish
Colin Lloyd 6-3 Steve Brown
Ronnie Baxter 6-4 Darin Young
Losers £500

Quarter-Finals
Chris Thompson 6-5 Phil Taylor
Simon Whitlock 6-5 Ken MacNeil
Gary Anderson 6-2 Paul Lim
Colin Lloyd 6-2 Ronnie Baxter
Losers £1,000

Semi-Finals
Simon Whitlock 6-2 Chris Thompson
Gary Anderson 6-2 Colin Lloyd
Losers £1,500

Final
Gary Anderson 6-4 Simon Whitlock
Winner £6,000
Runner-Up £3,000

Final – Leg by Leg
1-0 – Double ten gives Whitlock the early advantage
1-1 – Anderson levels with double top
1-2 – The pair trade 180s but a missed double top from Whitlock gives Anderson the chance to break, which he does with a two-dart 86 finish
1-3 – Anderson moves two legs clear on double top
2-3 – Whitlock misses the bull for a 170 finish but returns to land double four to hit back
2-4 – Double ten from Anderson makes Whitlock pay for a miss at double top for a 120 finish that would have squared the game
3-4 – Whitlock lands double eight under little pressure from Anderson to win a third leg
4-4 – Anderson is punished for missing single 18 to leave 40, with Whitlock taking out 105 against the throw to level
4-5 – Whitlock hits a 180 but misses three darts at double 18 and nine and Anderson finishes 68 on double top
4-6 – Anderson hits a 177 and then lands double eight for the match

Taylor followed up Saturday’s World Cricket Championship win by taking the £6,000 first prize in the first of three successive PDC ProTour events being held during the New Tropicana World Series of Darts Festival.

The world number one overcame Kevin McDine, Paul Lim and Joe Cullen in the early rounds before overturning a 3-0 deficit against Nigel Heydon in the last 16.

A 6-2 victory over Mark Walsh in the quarter-finals, repeating his triumph in Saturday’s final, was then followed by a 6-1 win over world number three James Wade in the semi-finals.

He kicked off the final against Ovens with a 180 in winning the first leg before taking an immediate break of throw to double his advantage.

Ovens punished two missed doubles to win the third leg, but then paid the price for missing single 18 to leave 40 in the next as Taylor stepped in on double 18.

Taylor landed a 177 in another 14-darter to move 4-1 up, and the pair traded the next two to leave the 15-time World Champion a leg away from victory.

Ovens posted a 180 in winning the eighth leg and hit another maximum in the next, but two misses at double 16 gave Taylor his chance to seal victory, which he took on double top.

Ovens’ run saw him reach a fourth final of 2010 and comes only weeks after his semi-final appearance in the Rileys Darts Zones UK Open, as he added a further £3,000 to his ever-improving status on the PDC Order of Merit.

He had overcome Jelle Klaasen in the semi-finals, with Terry Jenkins, Steve Hine, Canada’s Ken MacNeil, Japan’s Shintaro Hirai and Dieter Schutsch his other victims.

Klaasen’s semi-final run improves his hopes of qualifying for the StanJames.com World Matchplay, with just the Players Championships on Monday and Tuesday coming before the cut-off for the 16 Players Championship Order of Merit qualifiers.

The tournament also featured a nine-dart finish from Colin Lloyd, who earned a £2,000 bonus for the achievement – his third in-competition – during his second round win over Dave Switzer, although Terry Jenkins defeated him 6-5 in the next game.

Jenkins’ run to the quarter-finals was his best since February in a welcome return to form, before he eventually lost to Ovens.

Adrian Lewis missed double 14 for a 121 finish in the deciding 11th leg of his quarter-final with Wade, while Gary Anderson picked up £1,000 in reaching the last eight.

PDC US Open Players Championship
Preliminary Round
Joe Cullen 6-3 Par Riihonen
John Kuczynski 6-5 Tony Randell
Dennis Smith 6-2 Steve Maish
Bill Davis 6-5 Nick Fullwell
Colin Monk 6-2 Steve Grubb
Frank Hernandez 6-3 Joe Swick
Mark Hylton 6-0 Scott Henning
Peter Manley 6-1 Andrew Penney
Greg Lewis 6-4 Robert Heckman
Ray Carver 6-1 Richard Hammond Jnr
Shawn Brenneman 6-1 Steve Barlock
Roger Carter 6-3 Nick Rivera
Andrew Bennett 6-3 Dave Ahmet
Daz Mawer 6-1 Al Moskwyn
Martyn Turner 6-0 Eddie Lawrence
Gary Mawson 6-0 Mark Nielsen
Roland Scholten 6-5 Akihiro Nagakawa
Isen Veljic 6-0 Martin Hulme
Dan Zimmerman 6-3 Gregory Coburn
Damien McKenna 6-0 Doug Meade
Steve Evans 6-1 Jason Roker
Sean Smyth 6-4 George Timpone
Richie Burnett 6-4 William O’Connor
Dave Honey 6-2 Masahiko Sano
Ken MacNeil 6-0 Josh Daynes

First Round
Phil Taylor (1) 6-2 Kevin McDine
Paul Lim 6-5 Ron Colvard
John Part (32) 6-0 Bobby Peters
Joe Cullen 6-2 Ryan vander Wiet
Andy Smith (16) 6-4 Connley Litton
Nigel Heydon 6-1 Jayson Barlow
Paul Nicholson (17) 6-2 Andy Relf
Dennis Smith 6-3 John Kuczynski
Mark Walsh (8) 6-0 Stuart Brown
Arron Monk 6-2 David Kendall
Mark Webster (25) 6-0 Robert Race
Colin Monk 6-5 Bill Davis
Andy Hamilton (9) 6-1 Stacy Bromberg
Matt Clark 6-0 Tom Jackowski
Brendan Dolan (24) 6-3 Wayne Mardle
Mark Hylton 6-5 Frank Hernandez
Vincent van der Voort (5) 6-0 Ross Snook
Ian White 6-0 Stephen Panuncialman
Tony Eccles (28) 6-0 David Flowers
Peter Manley 6-0 Mark Blazevich
James Wade (12) 6-1 Chris White
Andy Jenkins 6-0 Brian Jackson
Kevin Painter (21) 6-1 Jim Newman
Ray Carver 6-5 Greg Lewis
Adrian Lewis (4) 6-0 Jim McKevitt
Sean Downs 6-5 Howard Meyers
Co Stompe (29) 6-0 Danny Wood
Nico Depaynos 6-4 S! hawn Brenneman
Ronnie Baxter (13) 6-3 Aodhagan O’Neill
Darren Johnson 6-0 Peter Schaumann
Barrie Bates (20) 6-2 Chris Thompson
Andrew Bennett 6-4 Roger Carter
Wes Newton (2) 6-2 Mick McGowan
Dan Olson 6-3 Dan Lauby II
Jelle Klaasen (31) 6-1 Don Campos
Ian McFarlane 6-5 Daz Mawer
Justin Pipe 6-4 Colin Osborne (15)
Scott Rand 6-3 Clint Clarkson
Alan Tabern (18) 6-2 Scott Kirchner
Gary Mawson 6-0 Martyn Turner
Gary Anderson (7) 6-3 Gerry Convery
Alex Roy 6-1 Drazen Severin
Peter Wright (26) 6-5 David Fatum
Roland Scholten 6-1 Dan Lauby
Jamie Caven (10) 6-1 Nick Holmes
Dave Ladley 6-1 Paul DiCecca
Steve Brown (23) 6-1 Jim Widmayer
Isen Veljic 6-1 Dan Zimmerman
Colin Lloyd (6) 6-0 Donny Joe
Dave Switzer 6-4 Andy Fordham
Terry Jenkins (27) 6-2 Adrian Gray
Scott Burnett 6-2 Damien McKenna
Darin Young 6-3 Steve Beaton (11)
Larry Butler 6-3 Kirk Shepherd
Robert Thornton (22) 6-0 Wayne Smith
St! eve Evans 6-3 Sean Smyth
Simon Whitlock (3) 6-0 Rick DavisBob S innaeve 6-2 Hiromasa Mochizuki
Steve Hine (30) 6-2 Jeff Noble
Richie Burnett 6-1 Alvin Martin
Denis Ovens (14) 6-4 Dieter Schutsch
Shintaro Hirai 6-3 Edwin Martin
Chris Loudon 6-4 Mark Dudbridge (19)
Ken MacNeil 6-3 Dave Honey

Second Round
Phil Taylor 6-3 Paul Lim
Joe Cullen 6-3 John Part
Nigel Heydon 6-4 Andy Smith
Dennis Smith 6-4 Paul Nicholson
Mark Walsh 6-2 Arron Monk
Mark Webster 6-1 Colin Monk
Andy Hamilton 6-3 Matt Clark
Mark Hylton 6-1 Brendan Dolan
Vincent van der Voort 6-5 Ian White
Tony Eccles 6-1 Peter Manley
James Wade 6-3 Andy Jenkins
Ray Carver 6-5 Kevin Painter
Adrian Lewis 6-0 Sean Downs
Co Stompe 6-1 Nico Depaynos
Ronnie Baxter 6-2 Darren Johnson
Barrie Bates 6-1 Andrew Bennett
Wes Newton 6-4 Dan Olson
Jelle Klaasen 6-2 Ian McFarlane
Justin Pipe 6-3 Scott Rand
Alan Tabern 6-2 Gary Mawson
Gary Anderson 6-1 Alex Roy
Roland Scholten 6-5 Peter Wright
Jamie Caven 6-3 Dave Ladley
Steve Brown 6-2 Isen Veljic
Colin Lloyd 6-3 Dave Switzer – Colin Lloyd hits nine-dart finish
Terry Jenkins 6-3 Scott Burnett
Darin Young 6-1 Larry Butler
Steve Evans 6-0 Robert Thornton
Simon Whitlock 6-1 Bob Sinnaev! e
Steve Hine 6-2 Richie Burnett
Denis Ovens 6-0 Shintaro Hirai
Ken MacNeil 6-3 Chris Loudon
Losers £200

Third Round
Phil Taylor 6-1 Joe Cullen
Nigel Heydon 6-4 Dennis Smith
Mark Walsh 6-4 Mark Webster
Mark Hylton 6-2 Andy Hamilton
Vincent van der Voort 6-1 Tony Eccles
James Wade 6-3 Ray Carver
Adrian Lewis 6-5 Co Stompe
Barrie Bates 6-4 Ronnie Baxter
Jelle Klaasen 6-5 Wes Newton
Alan Tabern 6-1 Justin Pipe
Gary Anderson 6-5 Roland Scholten
Steve Brown 6-4 Jamie Caven
Terry Jenkins 6-5 Colin Lloyd
Darin Young 6-2 Steve Evans
Steve Hine 6-1 Simon Whitlock
Denis Ovens 6-4 Ken MacNeil
Losers £300

Fourth Round
Phil Taylor 6-3 Nigel Heydon
Mark Walsh 6-2 Mark Hylton
James Wade 6-4 Vincent van der Voort
Adrian Lewis 6-5 Barrie Bates
Jelle Klaasen 6-5 Alan Tabern
Gary Anderson 6-4 Steve Brown
Terry Jenkins 6-4 Darin Young
Denis Ovens 6-4 Steve Hine
Losers £500

Quarter-Finals
Phil Taylor 6-2 Mark Walsh
James Wade 6-5 Adrian Lewis
Jelle Klaasen 6-3 Gary Anderson
Denis Ovens 6-4 Terry Jenkins
Losers £1,000

Semi-Finals
Phil Taylor 6-1 James Wade
Denis Ovens 6-3 Jelle Klaasen
Losers £1,500

Final
Phil Taylor 6-3 Denis Ovens
Winner £6,000
Runner-Up £3,000

Final – Leg by Leg
1-0 – Taylor hits a 180 and takes out 62 in two darts to open the game
2-0 – Taylor breaks in 15 darts on double top
2-1 – Ovens breaks back, punishing misses at double 16 and eight by Taylor to land double 19 for the leg
3-1 – Ovens sees a chance to level go begging when he misses single 18 to leave double top, with Taylor posting double 18 for another break
4-1 – Taylor opens with a 177 and wins the leg on double top in 14 darts
4-2 – Taylor misses double 16 for a 108 finish and Ovens lands double top for his second leg
5-2 – Taylor hits a 180 and double eight puts him a leg away from victory with another 14-dart finish
5-3 – Ovens opens up with a 180 and takes out 68 to stay in the game
6-3 – Ovens leaves 46 with a 180, but misses two darts at double 16 and Taylor seals the win on double top

Smith had been victorious on the corresponding weekend last year, in Dinslaken, Germany, and repeated his success to take the £6,000 title in Holland.

The world number 29 dropped only five legs in his opening three games, against Par Riihonen, Dennis Smith and Kevin Dowling, before whitewashing Steve Maish to reach the quarter-finals.

There, he defeated Kevin Painter 6-3 and came from 5-3 down to win in a deciding leg in the semi-finals against Steve Brown.

After securing an immediate break of throw in the final by winning the first leg, he hit a 180 in doubling his lead before Tabern got off the mark.

Tabern hit a maximum of his own in the fourth leg, but a missed bullseye allowed Smith in to take out 64 in two darts on double top.

Tabern enjoyed his best leg of the match with a 174 score and a 116 finish in pulling back to 3-2, while Smith shared the next two to remain ahead.

He then took a key eighth leg to move 5-3 up, hitting another maximum and then double four to move to the brink of victory.

Tabern landed a 180 and double ten to take the ninth, but Smith was first to a finish in the next and sealed the victory on double ten.

Tabern’s run saw him reach his first final since May 2009, and gives him hope of retaining a top 16 place for the StanJames.com World Matchplay next month.

After taking wins over Germany’s Jyhan Artut and Holland’s Mareno Michels, he defeated Denis Ovens, Simon Whitlock and Vincent van der Voort to reach the semis.

There, he pulled clear from two-all to win four successive legs in claiming a third Dutch scalp of the day, before Smith proved too strong in the final.

Brown was denied a place in his first ranking final in agonising circumstances as Smith came from 5-3 down to win 6-5 in their semi, with the Bristol man waiting on 24 in the deciding leg but never having a dart for victory.

However, the £1,000 strengthens his grip on a qualifying place for the StanJames.com World Matchplay and also improves his hopes of winning a spot in next month’s European Championship in Germany.

He defeated UK Open semi-finalist Tony Ayres, Andy Jenkins, Joe Cullen, Saturday’s runner-up Wayne Jones and Justin Pipe to reach the last four, his second PDC ProTour semi-final.

Taunton-based Pipe’s quarter-final appearance continued his recent run of form as he seeks to qualify for the World Matchplay, and included a victory over number one seed Wes Newton and defeats of the Spanish pair Carlos Rodriguez and Antonio Alcinas.

Leamington Spa’s Nigel Heydon also won through to the last eight, overcoming Steve Beaton, Arron Monk and Andy Hamilton in reaching his third PDC quarter-final.

Saturday’s champion Vincent van der Voort also reached the quarter-finals, losing to Tabern but taking his prize money for the weekend to £7,000.

Germany’s Bernd Roith made a late push for a European Championship qualifying place with his run to the last 16, which included a defeat of Paul Nicholson, while Ian White also reached that stage for the first time on the PDC ProTour.

Players Championship 18 (Sunday)
Preliminary Round
Martyn Turner 6-1 Erwin Renkema
Louis Blundell 6-1 Sven Vogelskamp
Alex Roy 6-2 Michael Schmidt
Marko Puls 6-1 Bas van Elk
Nick van Huet Bye (Vito Quintieri withdrew)
Chris Thompson 6-1 Ron de Pijpar
Dennis Smith 6-0 Barry Albers
Roland Scholten 6-1 Matthew Medhurst
Roemer Mooijman 6-5 Dave Ladley
William O’Connor 6-1 Erwin Valks
Per Laursen 6-1 Jasper Smidt
Nick Fullwell 6-3 Dennis van der Horn
Rolf Kaiser 6-4 Robbie Medhurst
Mareno Michels 6-1 Danny Lanooij

First Round
Justin Pipe 6-1 Wes Newton (1)
Carlos Rodriguez 6-5 Wouter Vaes
John Part (32) 6-2 Kevin McDine
Antonio Alcinas 6-0 Jurgen Niewohner
Paul Nicholson (16) 6-4 Anthony Urmston-Toft
Bernd Roith 6-5 Rico Dera
Mario Masurka 6-3 Mark Dudridge (17)
Martyn Turner 6-2 Maik de Wit
Gary Anderson (8) 6-4 Richie Burnett
Joe Cullen 6-3 Dylan Duo
Steve Brown (25) 6-4 Tony Ayres
Andy Jenkins 6-5 Louis Blundell
Wayne Jones (9) 6-4 John MaGowan
Kirk Shepherd 6-3 Lee White
Robert-Jan Bartels 6-4 Mark Webster (24)
Steve Grubb 6-5 Alex Roy
Colin Lloyd (5) 6-0 Maurizio Monterubbianesi
Wim Mink 6-1 Jorn Lossau
Tony Eccles (28) 6-2 Guiseppe Quintiero
Mensur Suljovic 6-3 Marko Puls
Jamie Caven (12) 6-3 Ian McFarlane
Mark Hylton 6-2 Mark Frost
Kevin Painter (21) 6-2 Bill Aitken
Ian Jopling 6-1 Nick van Huet
Mark Walsh (4) 6-1 Sebastijan Pecjak
Steve Maish 6-4 Mick McGowan
Jelle Klaasen (29) 6-5 Tony R! andell
Chris Thompson 6-0 Rudiger Lohse
Willem Kralt 6-4 Colin Osborne (13)
Kevin Dowling 6-3 Gary Eastwood
Andy Smith (20) 6-1 Par Riihonen
Dennis Smith 6-2 Tomas Seyler
Michael Rosenauer 6-5 Adrian Lewis (2)
Chris Iedema 6-0 Ryan de Vreede
Co Stompe (31) 6-0 Stephan Schaak
Matt Clark 6-0 Barry van Spelden
Mervyn King (15) 6-3 Nandor Bezzeg
Steve Evans 6-5 Maik Langendorf
Barrie Bates (18) 6-3 Dave Honey
Ian White 6-0 Roland Scholten
Andy Hamilton (7) 6-4 John Michael
Toni Restovic 6-1 Stefanie Luck
Peter Martin 6-3 Peter Wright (26)
Karsten Kornath 6-5 Roemer Mooijman
Nigel Heydon 6-3 Steve Beaton (10)
Michael Kloenhammer 6-4 Jochen Graudenz
Arron Monk 6-5 Brendan Dolan (23)
William O’Connor 6-2 Andree Welge
Vincent van der Voort (6) 6-2 Peter Hudson
Jarkko Komula 6-5 Adrian Gray
Sergio Pettarini 6-5 Michael van Gerwen (27)
Per Laursen 6-4 Scott Rand
Ronnie Baxter (11) 6-1 Lars Erkelenz!
Henry Zapata 6-5 Romano Ruggeri
Robert Thornton (22) 6-! 3 Marko Balzer
Nick Fullwell 6-2 Gilbert van der Meijden
Simon Whitlock (3) 6-0 Colin Monk
Gary Mawson 6-2 Johnny Okken
Steve Hine (30) Bye (Matt Padgett withdrew)
Andy Relf 6-4 Rolf Kaiser
Denis Ovens (14) 6-0 Tony Blundell
Vladimir Andersen 6-3 Steve Farmer
Alan Tabern (19) 6-1 Jyhan Artut
Mareno Michels 6-1 Barry Zander

Second Round
Justin Pipe 6-2 Carlos Rodriguez
Antonio Alcinas 6-3 John Part
Bernd Roith 6-3 Paul Nicholson
Martyn Turner 6-5 Mario Masurka
Joe Cullen 6-3 Gary Anderson
Steve Brown 6-4 Andy Jenkins
Wayne Jones 6-3 Kirk Shepherd
Robert-Jan Bartels 6-4 Steve Grubb
Colin Lloyd 6-3 Wim Mink
Tony Eccles 6-4 Mensur Suljovic
Mark Hylton 6-4 Jamie Caven
Kevin Painter 6-4 Ian Jopling
Steve Maish 6-3 Mark Walsh
Chris Thompson 6-5 Jelle Klaasen
Kevin Dowling 6-5 Willem Kralt
Andy Smith 6-3 Dennis Smith
Michael Rosenauer 6-5 Chris Iedema
Co Stompe 6-2 Matt Clark
Steve Evans 6-5 Mervyn King
Ian White 6-2 Barrie Bates
Andy Hamilton 6-0 Toni Restovic
Peter Martin 6-1 Karsten Kornath
Nigel Heydon 6-0 Michael Kloenhammer
Arron Monk 6-3 William O’Connor
Vincent van der Voort 6-4 Jarkko Komula
Per Laursen 6-4 Sergio Pettarini
Ronnie Baxter 6-0 Henry Zapata
Nick Fullwell 6-1 Robert Thornton
Simon ! Whitlock 6-3 Gary Mawson
Steve Hine 6-0 Andy Relf
Denis Ovens 6-2 Vladimir Andersen
Alan Tabern 6-3 Mareno Michels
Losers £200

Third Round
Justin Pipe 6-2 Antonio Alcinas
Bernd Roith 6-3 Martyn Turner
Steve Brown 6-1 Joe Cullen
Wayne Jones 6-3 Robert-Jan Bartels
Colin Lloyd 6-3 Tony Eccles
Kevin Painter 6-3 Mark Hylton
Steve Maish 6-5 Chris Thompson
Andy Smith 6-1 Kevin Dowling
Co Stompe 6-2 Michael Rosenauer
Ian White 6-5 Steve Evans
Andy Hamilton 6-1 Peter Martin
Nigel Heydon 6-4 Arron Monk
Vincent van der Voort 6-3 Per Laursen
Ronnie Baxter 6-3 Nick Fullwell
Simon Whitlock 6-1 Steve Hine
Alan Tabern 6-2 Denis Ovens
Losers £300

Fourth Round
Justin Pipe 6-1 Bernd Roith
Steve Brown 6-5 Wayne Jones
Kevin Painter 6-4 Colin Lloyd
Andy Smith 6-0 Steve Maish
Co Stompe 6-0 Ian White
Nigel Heydon 6-3 Andy Hamilton
Vincent van der Voort 6-3 Ronnie Baxter
Alan Tabern 6-4 Simon Whitlock
Losers £500

Quarter-Finals
Steve Brown 6-4 Justin Pipe
Andy Smith 6-3 Kevin Painter
Co Stompe 6-4 Nigel Heydon
Alan Tabern 6-3 Vincent van der Voort
Losers £1,000

Semi-Finals
Andy Smith 6-5 Steve Brown
Alan Tabern 6-2 Co Stompe
Losers £1,500

Final
Andy Smith 6-4 Alan Tabern
Winner £6,000
Runner-Up £3,000

The Dutchman saw off Jones to claim his maiden PDC title in March, and repeated his win to take the £6,000 title in Holland.

Van der Voort picked up early wins over Italian Sergio Pettarini, Denmark’s Vladimir Andersen in Haarlem before victories over English trio Kevin Painter, Colin Lloyd and Tony Eccles put him into the event’s semi-finals.

There, he whitewashed Mervyn King to win through to his fifth PDC final, hitting a brace of 12-darters in the process against the world number four.

While the final’s opening four legs were shared, van der Voort took command by winning the next two to lead 4-2.

Jones, though produced finishes of 102, 78 on the bullseye and 108 to move 5-4 up – before then missing two match darts at double eight in the next.

Van der Voort finished 86 on the bullseye to force a decider, where he was too strong to land double ten for the victory.

Jones finished as runner-up for a sixth time on the PDC ProTour as he continues his search for a maiden ranking title.

The Wolverhampton star’s consistent year of form continued at the Van Der Valk Hotel, where he swept past Tony Blundell, Andree Welge, Justin Pipe and Steve Evans to reach the last eight.

There, he overcame world number seven Adrian Lewis 6-4 before dropping only one leg against Gary Anderson in a comprehensive semi-final win.

King’s quarter-final victory over Antonio Alcinas ended the Spaniard’s best-ever run in a professional event, although the £1,000 prize money improves his chances of qualifying for next month’s European Championship.

Jelle Klaasen’s quarter-final appearance improved his chances of qualifying for the StanJames.com World Matchplay, with Tony Eccles’ hopes of appearing in Blackpool also looking good after he reached the last eight.

Players Championship 17
Preliminary Round
Mark Frost 6-1 Robbie Medhurst
Nigel Heydon 6-1 Dennis van der Horn
Antonio Alcinas 6-3 Jasper Smidt
Gilbert van der Mejden 6-4 Erwin Valks
Colin Monk 6-0 Roemer Mooijman
Joe Cullen 6-0 Barry van Spelden
Andy Jenkins 6-1 Ron de Pijper
Andy Relf 6-4 Nick van Huet
Robert-Jan Bartels 6-2 Bas van Elk
Steve Farmer 6-0 Michael Schmidt
Romano Ruggeri 6-2 Sven Vogelskamp
Gary Mawson 6-0 Jurgen Niewohner

First Round
Wes Newton (1) 6-4 Ian White
John MaGowan 6-5 Par Riihonen
John Part (32) 6-1 Martyn Turner
Alex Roy 6-1 Danny Lanooij
Paul Nicholson (16) 6-2 Lars Erkelenz
Barry Zander 6-4 Michael Kloenhammer
Mervyn King (17) 6-4 Louis Blundell
Mark Frost 6-2 Anthony Urmston-Toft
Steve Beaton (8) 6-1 Vito Quintieri
Rico Dera 6-4 Nandor Bezzeg
Steve Brown (25) 6-4 Mareno Michels
Nigel Heydon 6-2 Rolf Kaiser
Ronnie Baxter (9) 6-0 Rudiger Lohse
Maik Langendorf 6-4 Dylan Duo
Mark Webster (24) 6-0 Dave Honey
Antonio Alcinas 6-1 Kevin Dowling
Colin Lloyd (5) 6-2 Nick Fullwell
Arron Monk 6-1 Wouter Vaes
Kevin McDine 6-1 Steve Hine (28)
Wim Mink 6-5 Gilbert van der Mejden
Vincent van der Voort (12) 6-3 Sergio Pettarini
Vladimir Andersen 6-0 Karsten Kornath
Kevin Painter (21) 6-2 Stefanie Luck
Colin Monk 6-1 William O’Connor
Mark Walsh (4) 6-1 Sebastijan Pecjak
Ian McFarlane 6-1 Tony Randell
Tony Ec! cles (29) 6-3 Adrian Gray
Richie Burnett 6-3 Matthew Medhurst
Colin Osborne (13) 6-3 Bill Aitken
Bernd Roith 6-2 Henry Zapata
Alan Tabern (20) 6-5 Dave Ladley
Joe Cullen 6-4 Chris Iedema
Simon Whitlock (2) 6-0 Mario Masurka
Tony Ayres 6-4 Jyhan Artut
Jelle Klaasen (31) 6-0 Carlos Rodriguez
Toni Restovic 6-5 Barry Albers
Andy Smith (15) 6-4 Dennis Smith
Mensur Suljovic 6-5 Per Laursen
Mark Dudbridge (18) 6-2 Tomas Seyler
John Michael 6-5 Andy Jenkins
Gary Anderson (7) 6-0 Jorn Lossau
Scott Rand 6-3 Stephan Schaak
Peter Wright (26) 6-1 Guiseppe Quintiero
Gary Eastwood 6-3 Andy Relf
Jamie Caven (10) 6-0 Jochen Graudenz
Willem Kralt 6-2 Maik de Wit
Johnny Okken 6-5 Brendan Dolan (23)
Robert-Jan Bartels 6-5 Steve Maish
Andy Hamilton (6) 6-1 Marko Balzer
Steve Evans 6-2 Steve Grubb
Mark Hylton 6-3 Michael van Gerwen (27)
Steve Farmer 6-1 Chris Thompson
Wayne Jones (11) 6-1 Tony Blundell
Andree W! elge 6-1 Lee White
Justin Pipe 6-4 Robert Thornton (22)
! Peter Hu dson 6-2 Romano Ruggeri
Adrian Lewis (3) 6-1 Ian Jopling
Matt Padgett 6-0 Maurizio Monterubbianesi
Co Stompe (30) 6-3 Michael Rosenauer
Peter Martin 6-5 Marko Puls
Denis Ovens (14) 6-5 Matt Clark
Roland Scholten 6-3 Kirk Shepherd
Barrie Bates (19) 6-2 Mick McGowan
Gary Mawson 6-2 Jarkko Komula

Second Round
Wes Newton 6-2 John MaGowan
John Part 6-2 Alex Roy
Paul Nicholson 6-1 Barry Zander
Mervyn King 6-2 Mark Frost
Steve Beaton 6-1 Rico Dera
Steve Brown 6-4 Nigel Heydon
Maik Langendorf 6-3 Ronnie Baxter
Antonio Alcinas 6-4 Mark Webster
Colin Lloyd 6-3 Arron Monk
Kevin McDine 6-5 Wim Mink
Vincent van der Voort 6-3 Vladimir Anderson
Kevin Painter 6-1 Colin Monk
Mark Walsh 6-2 Ian McFarlane
Tony Eccles 6-2 Richie Burnett
Bernd Roith 6-4 Colin Osborne
Alan Tabern 6-1 Joe Cullen
Simon Whitlock 6-1 Tony Ayres
Jelle Klaasen 6-4 Toni Restovic
Andy Smith 6-4 Mensur Suljovic
Mark Dudbridge 6-3 John Michael
Gary Anderson 6-1 Scott Rand
Peter Wright 6-1 Gary Eastwood
Jamie Caven 6-3 Willem Kralt
Johnny Okken 6-2 Robert-Jan Bartels
Steve Evans 6-5 Andy Hamilton
Steve Farmer 6-5 Mark Hylton
Wayne Jones 6-2 Andree Welge
Justin Pipe 6-4 Peter Hudson
Adrian Lewis 6-2 Matt Padgett
Co Sto! mpe 6-3 Peter Martin
Denis Ovens 6-5 Roland Scholten
Gary Mawson 6-5 Barrie Bates
Losers £200

Third Round
John Part 6-2 Wes Newton
Mervyn King 6-1 Paul Nicholson
Steve Beaton 6-3 Steve Brown
Antonio Alcinas 6-5 Maik Langendorf
Colin Lloyd 6-3 Kevin McDine
Vincent van der Voort 6-2 Kevin Painter
Tony Eccles 6-4 Mark Walsh
Alan Tabern 6-4 Bernd Roith
Jelle Klaasen 6-5 Simon Whitlock
Andy Smith 6-4 Mark Dudbridge
Gary Anderson 6-4 Peter Wright
Jamie Caven 6-1 Johnny Okken
Steve Evans 6-2 Steve Farmer
Wayne Jones 6-4 Justin Pipe
Adrian Lewis 6-3 Co Stompe
Denis Ovens 6-3 Gary Mawson
Losers £300

Fourth Round
Mervyn King 6-3 John Part
Antonio Alcinas 6-5 Steve Beaton
Vincent van der Voort 6-5 Colin Lloyd
Tony Eccles 6-5 Alan Tabern
Jelle Klaasen 6-3 Andy Smith
Gary Anderson 6-5 Jamie Caven
Wayne Jones 6-2 Steve Evans
Adrian Lewis 6-4 Denis Ovens
Losers £500

Quarter-Finals
Mervyn King 6-5 Antonio Alcinas
Vincent van der Voort 6-4 Tony Eccles
Gary Anderson 6-2 Jelle Klaasen
Wayne Jones 6-4 Adrian Lewis
Losers £1,000

Semi-Finals
Vincent van der Voort 6-0 Mervyn King
Wayne Jones 6-1 Gary Anderson
Losers £1,500

Final
Vincent van der Voort 6-5 Wayne Jones
Winner £6,000
Runner-Up £3,000

Baxter has not reached a final since winning the Las Vegas Players Championship at the end of June 2009, but a fine display at the Barnsley Metrodome saw the Blackpool man take the £6,000 title.

He dropped only two legs in wins over Par Riihonen and Michael Smith to kick off Sunday’s event, before then going to the deciding leg in wins over Mark Dudbridge and Dennis Priestley as he reached the semi-finals.

Having already seen off one of his recent Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts rivals, Simon Whitlock, he then whitewashed Adrian Lewis in the last four to reach his maiden final of the year, hitting three 180s and a 150 checkout against the Stoke ace.

Ovens started the better in the final, breaking throw in the opening leg and doubling the lead – only for Baxter to hit back with finishes of 143 and 170 in winning three successive legs to lead 3-2.

He also won the next two to move to the brink of victory before Ovens punished missed match darts in two successive legs to pull back to 5-4, hitting a 122 checkout in the ninth.

A 180 from Baxter in the tenth left him a finish, but Ovens coolly checked out 72 in two darts to send the game to a decider.

But Baxter, who had won the pre-match bull to determine the order of throw, produced a sensational leg, hitting a 171 to leave 96 and taking out the finish in two darts for an 11-dart winning leg.

Ovens’ run to the final follows his semi-final appearance in the Rileys Darts Zones UK Open last week, and included wins over in-form stars Mark Walsh, Andy Hamilton and Wes Newton, as well as defeats of former World Champions John Part and Anastasia Dobromyslova.

Walsh backed up Saturday’s appearance in the final, where he lost to Gary Anderson, by reaching the last four on Sunday before losing 6-3 to Ovens, while Lewis’ semi-final was his second in the past month.

Bristol’s Steve Brown continued his bid to qualify for next month’s StanJames.com World Matchplay by reaching the last eight, while Yorkshire’s Dennis Priestley won through to the quarters on home soil before being edged out by Baxter in a decider.

Justin Pipe backed up his first PDC ProTour semi-final on Saturday by reaching the last 16 on Sunday, with Anderson, Joe Cullen, Roland Scholten and Vincent van der Voort also exiting at that stage.

Players Championship 16
First Round
Wes Newton (1) Bye
Jamie Atkins 6-5 Louis Blundell
Co Stompe (32) 6-0 Trevor Frost
Steve Musson 6-3 Andy Callaby
Steve Evans 6-5 Mervyn King (16)
John Part 6-1 Gary Mawson
Denis Ovens (17) 6-2 Anastasia Dobromyslova
Nigel Heydon Bye (Chris Mason withdrew)
Andy Hamilton (8) 6-2 Colin Monk
William O’Connor 6-3 Tony Martin
Jarkko Komula 6-5 Terry Jenkins (25)
Dave Smith 6-1 Adrian Gray
Steve Beaton (9) 6-0 Matt Clark
Andy Jenkins 6-2 Mick McGowan
Brendan Dolan (24) 6-2 Matt Draper
Michael Barnard 6-1 Stuart Bousfield
Mark Walsh (5) 6-3 Ian Jopling
Ian White 6-1 Mark Lawrence
Mareno Michels 6-3 Michael van Gerwen (28)
Kirk Shepherd 6-2 Peter Manley
Kevin McDine 6-4 Wayne Jones (12)
Roland Scholten 6-1 Anton Liscsey
Mark Hylton 6-5 Kevin Painter (21)
Jelle Klaasen 6-2 Harry Robinson
Gary Welding 6-5 Colin Lloyd (4)
John MaGowan 6-2 Daz Mawer !
Steve Brown (29) 6-2 Steven Pearson
Dave Honey 6-5 Lionel Sams
Vincent van der Voort (13) 6-1 Dave Ladley
Alex Roy 6-3 Mark Cox
Robert Thornton (20) 6-2 Dean Allsopp
Mark Frost 6-3 Chris Loudon
Simon Whitlock (2) Bye
Steve Grubb 6-4 Andy Hutchings
Steve Hine (31) 6-5 Kevin Dowling
Nigel Birch 6-3 Tom Martin
Ronnie Baxter (15) 6-1 Par Riihonen
Michael Smith 6-1 Paul Rowley
Mark Dudbridge (18) 6-0 Andy Relf
Peter Hudson 6-1 Geoff Whitworth
Colin Osborne (7) 6-3 Chris Thompson
Steve Farmer 6-1 Mark Tiller
Mark Webster (26) 6-0 Tommy McIntosh
Justin Pipe 6-5 Darren Johnson
Jamie Caven (10) 6-3 Scott Rand
Steve Maish 6-1 Lee Hayes
Dennis Priestley (23) 6-4 Arron Monk
Stuart Dutton 6-5 Darren Latham
Gary Anderson (6) 6-2 Gary Eastwood
Wayne Atwood 6-1 Anthony Urmston-Toft
Peter Wright (27) 6-1 Sam Allen
Darren Weaver 6-2 Kevin Harris
James Wade (11) 6-0 Jim McKevitt
Tony Ayres 6-0 Paul Hod! kin
Alan Tabern (22) 6-1 Richie Burnett
Nick Fullwell 6-! 5 Dennis Smith
Adrian Lewis (3) Bye
Matt Padgett 6-2 Tony Randell
Tony Eccles (30) 6-1 Gary Blades
Robbie Newland 6-4 Martyn Bevan
Joe Cullen 6-3 Andy Smith (14)
Martyn Turner 6-1 Ian McFarlane
Barrie Bates (19) 6-0 Andy Pearce
Stephen Hardy 6-5 Aodhagan O’Neill

Second Round
Wes Newton 6-3 Jamie Atkins
Co Stompe 6-2 Steve Musson
John Part 6-3 Steve Evans
Denis Ovens 6-1 Nigel Heydon
Andy Hamilton 6-2 William O’Connor
Dave Smith 6-5 Jarkko Komula
Andy Jenkins 6-5 Steve Beaton
Brendan Dolan 6-3 Michael Barnard
Mark Walsh 6-3 Ian White
Kirk Shepherd 6-3 Mareno Michels
Roland Scholten 6-5 Kevin McDine
Jelle Klaasen 6-3 Mark Hylton
Gary Welding 6-4 John MaGowan
Steve Brown 6-5 Dave Honey
Vincent van der Voort 6-1 Alex Roy
Robert Thornton 6-3 Mark Frost
Simon Whitlock 6-2 Steve Grubb
Steve Hine 6-0 Nigel Birch
Ronnie Baxter 6-1 Michael Smith
Mark Dudbridge 6-1 Peter Hudson
Steve Farmer 6-4 Colin Osborne
Justin Pipe 6-3 Mark Webster
Jamie Caven 6-3 Steve Maish
Dennis Priestley 6-4 Stuart Dutton
Gary Anderson 6-0 Wayne Atwood
Peter Wright 6-2 Darren Weaver
Tony Ayres 6-3 James Wade
Alan Tabern 6-4 Nick Fullwell
Adrian Lewis 6-1 Matt PadgettTony Eccles 6-0 Robbie Newland
Joe Cullen 6-5 Martyn Turner
Stephen Hardy 6-5 Barrie Bates
Losers £200

Third Round
Wes Newton 6-4 Co Stompe
Denis Ovens 6-3 John Part
Andy Hamilton 6-1 Dave Smith
Andy Jenkins 6-2 Brendan Dolan
Mark Walsh 6-4 Kirk Shepherd
Roland Scholten 6-5 Jelle Klaasen
Steve Brown 6-3 Gary Welding
Vincent van der Voort 6-4 Robert Thornton
Simon Whitlock 6-4 Steve Hine
Ronnie Baxter 6-5 Mark Dudbridge
Justin Pipe 6-2 Steve Farmer
Dennis Priestley 6-5 Jamie Caven
Gary Anderson 6-5 Peter Wright
Alan Tabern 6-4 Tony Ayres
Adrian Lewis 6-2 Tony Eccles
Joe Cullen 6-3 Stephen Hardy
Losers £300

Fourth Round
Denis Ovens 6-2 Wes Newton
Andy Hamilton 6-0 Andy Jenkins
Mark Walsh 6-3 Roland Scholten
Steve Brown 6-1 Vincent van der Voort
Ronnie Baxter 6-2 Simon Whitlock
Dennis Priestley 6-5 Justin Pipe
Alan Tabern 6-5 Gary Anderson
Adrian Lewis 6-2 Joe Cullen
Losers £500

Quarter-Finals
Denis Ovens 6-5 Andy Hamilton
Mark Walsh 6-0 Steve Brown
Ronnie Baxter 6-5 Dennis Priestley
Adrian Lewis 6-5 Alan Tabern
Losers £1,000

Semi-Finals
Denis Ovens 6-3 Mark Walsh
Ronnie Baxter 6-0 Adrian Lewis
Losers £1,500

Final
Ronnie Baxter 6-5 Denis Ovens
Winner £6,000
Runner-Up £3,000

The Scot followed up March’s UK Open Qualifier win with a fine display at the Barnsley Metrodome, backing up a run to the final of the Rileys Darts Zones UK Open last weekend to take the £6,000 title.

Anderson’s form was dominant from the start of the event, when he whitewashed Colin Monk and dropped only three legs in defeats of Jamie Atkins and Alan Tabern.

He then defeated Jamie Caven 6-2 in the last 16, dropped just one leg against Mervyn King in the quarter-finals before coming from behind to beat Justin Pipe 6-4 in the semis.

Anderson kicked off the final with a maximum in taking the opening leg in 13 darts, and finished 100 with two double tops for a 12-darter in taking the second leg.

He added another 180 in winning the third leg, and also won the next two for a 5-0 lead before Walsh finally got off the mark by winning the sixth.

Anderson, though, hit a third 180 of the final in leg seven, and double top for a 13-darter sealed the win.

Walsh had been bidding for his third PDC ProTour win of the year, with his run to the final including a comeback from 3-2 down to win 6-3 against world number three James Wade in the semis.

He also overcame Andy Hamilton – taking out a 137 finish of treble 19 and two double tops to seal victory – Denis Ovens, Tony Eccles and Steve Musson in reaching his fourth final of the year and a £3,000 prize.

Wade edged a high-quality quarter-final with Colin Lloyd to reach the last four, while Hamilton missed double 18 for a third nine-darter of 2010 in a victory over Dennis Priestley on his way to the last eight.

Pipe’s run to the semis was his best-ever run on the PDC ProTour, surpassing a quarter-final appearance he had in March, while Tony Ayres followed up last weekend’s semi-final appearance in the UK Open with a run to the last 16.

Jamie Caven won through to the last 16 with a 170 checkout in defeating Brendan Dolan 6-5, while Northern Ireland’s veteran star John MaGowan reached the last 32 in his first appearance since his wife Maggie passed away last month.

Players Championship 15
First Round
Mark Walsh (1) Bye
Steve Musson 6-4 Co Stompe
Tony Eccles (32) 6-1 Mareno Michels
Andy Callaby 6-4 Mark Hylton
Ronnie Baxter (16) 6-2 Geoff Whitworth
Gary Eastwood 6-3 Chris Mason
Denis Ovens (17) 6-5 Peter Hudson
Roland Scholten 6-2 Jimmy O’Regan
Andy Hamilton (8) 6-2 Steven Pearson
Tom Martin 6-1 Tommy McIntosh
Dennis Priestley (25) 6-3 Kevin Harris
Chris Thompson 6-3 Andy Pearce
Steve Beaton (9) 6-4 Martyn Bevan
Gary Welding 6-4 Mick McGowan
Terry Jenkins (24) 6-1 Steve Evans
Kirk Shepherd 6-1 Jim McKevitt
Colin Lloyd (5) 6-4 Dave Smith
Darren Johnson 6-2 Tony Randell
Mark Webster (28) 6-1 Gary Blades
Darren Weaver 6-2 Mark Tiller
Vincent van der Voort (12) 6-4 Darren Latham
Mark Cox 6-3 Nigel Heydon
Robert Thornton (21) 6-3 Harry Robinson
Andy Relf 6-2 Matt Draper
Adrian Gray 6-5 Adrian Lewis (4)
Jarkko Komula 6-3 Stephen Hardy
Peter W! right (29) 6-3 John Part
Arron Monk 6-3 Andy Hutchings
James Wade (13) 6-2 Steve Maish
Richie Burnett 6-3 Jelle Klaasen
Mark Frost 6-2 Barrie Bates (20)
Sam Allen 6-4 Robbie Newland
Wes Newton (2) 6-2 Nigel Birch
Steve Grubb 6-4 Aodhagan O’Neill
Dennis Smith 6-4 Steve Hine (31)
Paul Rowley 6-3 Ian Lever
Andy Smith (15) 6-2 Gary Mawson
Steve Farmer 6-1 Lionel Sams
Mervyn King (18) 6-5 Louis Blundell
Kevin McDine 6-0 Tony Martin
Jamie Caven (7) 6-2 Matt Padgett
Martyn Turner 6-5 Par Riihonen
Brendan Dolan (26) 6-2 Ian Jopling
Ian White 6-0 Daz Mawer
Gary Anderson (10) 6-0 Colin Monk
Jamie Atkins 6-5 Andy Jenkins
Alan Tabern (23) 6-2 Wayne Atwood
Anthony Urmston-Toft 6-5 Ian McFarlane
Colin Osborne (6) 6-0 Paul Hodkin
Nick Fullwell 6-2 Peter Manley
Tony Ayres 6-2 Michael van Gerwen (27)
Dean Allsopp 6-3 Lee Hayes
Wayne Jones (11) 6-4 Matt Clark
William O’Connor 6-1 Stuart Bousfield
Kev! in Painter 6-5 Mark Lawrence
Chris Loudon 6-5 Joe Cullen Simon Whitlock (3) 6-4 Scott Rand
Justin Pipe 6-3 Trevor Frost
Michael Smith 6-5 Steve Brown (30)
John MaGowan 6-3 Kevin Dowling
Paul Nicholson (14) 6-3 Dave Ladley
Dave Honey 6-5 Stuart Dutton
Mark Dudbridge (19) 6-5 Michael Barnard
Alex Roy 6-2 Anton Liscsey

Second Round
Mark Walsh 6-0 Steve Musson
Tony Eccles 6-1 Andy Callaby
Ronnie Baxter 6-1 Gary Eastwood
Denis Ovens 6-2 Roland Scholten
Andy Hamilton 6-1 Tom Martin
Dennis Priestley 6-1 Chris Thompson
Steve Beaton 6-2 Gary Welding
Kirk Shepherd 6-5 Terry Jenkins
Colin Lloyd 6-2 Darren Johnson
Mark Webster 6-2 Darren Weaver
Vincent van der Voort 6-3 Mark Cox
Robert Thornton 6-4 Andy Relf
Adrian Gray 6-3 Jarkko Komula
Peter Wright 6-2 Arron Monk
James Wade 6-4 Richie Burnett
Sam Allen 6-3 Mark Frost
Wes Newton 6-2 Steve Grubb
Dennis Smith 6-1 Paul Rowley
Andy Smith 6-1 Steve Farmer
Mervyn King 6-4 Kevin McDine
Jamie Caven 6-0 Martyn Turner
Brendan Dolan 6-3 Ian White
Gary Anderson 6-2 Jamie Atkins
Alan Tabern 6-0 Anthony Urmston-Toft
Colin Osborne 6-1 Nick Fullwell
Tony Ayres 6-4 Dean Allsopp
Wayne Jones 6-5 William O’Connor
Kevin Painter 6-3 Chris Loudon
Justin Pipe 6-5 Simon Whitlock John MaGowan 6-4 Michael Smith
Paul Nicholson 6-3 Dave Honey
Alex Roy 6-2 Mark Dudbridge
Losers £200

Third Round
Mark Walsh 6-4 Tony Eccles
Denis Ovens 6-3 Ronnie Baxter
Andy Hamilton 6-1 Dennis Priestley
Steve Beaton 6-2 Kirk Shepherd
Colin Lloyd 6-3 Mark Webster
Vincent van der Voort 6-5 Robert Thornton
Peter Wright 6-2 Adrian Gray
James Wade 6-3 Sam Allen
Wes Newton 6-0 Dennis Smith
Mervyn King 6-3 Andy Smith
Jamie Caven 6-5 Brendan Dolan
Gary Anderson 6-1 Alan Tabern
Tony Ayres 6-5 Colin Osborne
Wayne Jones 6-4 Kevin Painter
Justin Pipe 6-2 John MaGowan
Alex Roy 6-2 Paul Nicholson
Losers £300

Fourth Round
Mark Walsh 6-2 Denis Ovens
Andy Hamilton 6-3 Steve Beaton
Colin Lloyd 6-4 Vincent van der Voort
James Wade 6-4 Peter Wright
Mervyn King 6-0 Wes Newton
Gary Anderson 6-2 Jamie Caven
Wayne Jones 6-3 Tony Ayres
Justin Pipe 6-0 Alex Roy
Losers £500

Quarter-Finals
Mark Walsh 6-1 Andy Hamilton
James Wade 6-5 Colin Lloyd
Gary Anderson 6-1 Mervyn King
Justin Pipe 6-4 Wayne Jones
Losers £1,000

Semi-Finals
Mark Walsh 6-3 James Wade
Gary Anderson 6-4 Justin Pipe
Losers £1,500

Final
Gary Anderson 6-1 Mark Walsh
Winner £6,000
Runner-Up £3,000

The World number one suffered a surprise final-leg defeat to Steve Beaton but made no mistake on Sunday to claim the £6,000 first prize and deny Whitlock back-to-back victories in Austria.

The Stoke star defeated Thomas Grill and Peter Hudson with ease in his opening game before overcoming John Part 6-3 in with an average of 114.

Mervyn King and Tony Randell were dispatched by the same scoreline before he beat Colin Lloyd in the semi-finals with a whitewash victory, which was completed with a 12-dart finish that included two 180s.

The final was a superb contest which included a nine-darter from Whitlock in the opening leg!

The Australian came out of the blocks all guns blazing with back-to-back maximums. He then hit another treble 20 which was followed by accurate attempts at treble 15 and double 18, to complete a dream start for the World Championship finalist.

It was the third nine-dart finish recorded in the last four Pro Tour events – Andy Hamilton and Co Stompe having achieved the same feat in Wigan, last weekend.

The Australian moved 2-0 ahead courtesy of a 13-dart-finish, but in third leg he missed four darts at doubles to move further clear of his opponent, and Taylor took the chance to open his account.

The World Champion then won the fourth leg in 15 darts to square the game at two apiece and he then took the lead for the first time with a 74 finish to win the fifth.

Whitlock hit-back by hitting his sixth maximum of the game in an 11 darter to win the leg but Taylor regained the lead in the seventh leg to go 4-3 up. Taylor then hit fantastic ten-dart finish to break throw and move one leg away from victory.

In the next leg Taylor was waiting on 40 for the match but Whitlock managed to keep his hopes alive by recording a 112 checkout.

In the tenth leg, Whitlock had the advantage of throw but one dart at double top to take match to a deciding leg and Taylor hit the same bed to secure his fifth Pro Tour title of 2010.

Jamie Caven, who won in Salzburg last year, reached his third Pro Tour semi-final of 2010 before being defeated by Simon Whitlock for the second day in sucession.

Tony Randell improved on Saturday’s performance where he reached the last 16 by reaching the Quarter-Finals to round-off a good weekend.

Players Championship 14
Preliminary Round
Hannes Schnier 6-0 Maximilin Hubner
Osman Kijamet 6-2 Matthias Lindinger
Vladimir Anderson 6-3 Karl Binder
Dave Ladley 6-0 Emil Pylipiw
Kirk Shepherd 6-1 Sebastian Pecjak
Tony Randell 6-0 Bernd Hadjiniak
Maurizio Monterubbianesi 6-5 Peter Larondelle
Pero Ljubic 6-5 Andy Relf
Martin Kurecka 6-3 Barry Albers
Dennis Smith 6-2 Steve Maish
Stuart Dutton 6-0 Felix Losan
Peter Martin 6-0 Manfred Eisen
Rudiger Lohse 6-3 Patric Gruber
Toni Restovic 6-2 Preparim Shamoli
Mario Masurka 6-1 Stefanie Luck
Wolfgang Mayrhofer 6-1 Vito Quintieri
Wilhelm Schwingenselogl 6-3 Jorn Lossau
Krzystof Ratajski 6-5 Tomas Seyler
Adrian Gray 6-0 Markus Tillman
Boris Krcmar 6-4 Robert-Jan Bartels
Marko Puls 6-0 Pascal Hoerandtner
Andy Jenkins 6-0 Thomas Mayer
Steve Evans 6-4 Nandor Bezzag
Kevin McDine 6-5 Jyhan Artut
Joe Cullen 6-2 Dylan Duo
Mark Hylton 6-4 Tony Ayres

First Round
Phil Taylor(1) 6-0 Thomas Grill
Peter Hudson 6-0 Jochen Graudenz
John Part(32) 6-0 Gunther Schautz
Hannes Schnier 6-1 Mario Lang
Ronnie Baxter(16) 6-0 Joachim Kossler
Roland Scholten 6-1 Hannes Haim
Mervyn King(17) 6-2 Andries Sterk
Vladimir Anderson 6-4 Osman Kijamet
Dave Honey 6-3 Andy Hamilton(8)
Steve Grubb 6-4 Matt Clark
Michael van Gerwen(25) 6-2 Michael Rasztovits
Kirk Shepherd 6-2 Dave Ladley
Steve Beaton(9) 6-0 Romano Ruggeri
Peter Manley 6-1 Michael Schmidt
Scott Rand 6-5 Mark Webster
Tony Randell 6-0 Maurizio Monterubbianesi
Colin Lloyd(5) 6-2 Gary Mawson
Darren Johnson 6-0 Harold Wieleman
Tony Eccles(28) 6-0 Mensur Suljovic
Pero Ljubic 6-5 Karsten Becker
Antonio Alcinas 6-3 James Wade(12)
Carlos Rodriguez 6-1 Josef Eigl
Kevin Painter(21) 6-0 Robert Fischer
Dennis Smith 6-4 Martin Kurecka
Adrian Lewis(4) 6-0 Michael Kloenhammer
Martyn Turner 6-1 Guiseppe Quintiero
Jelle Klaasen(29) 6-3 Chris Loudon
Nick Fulwell 6-5 Stuart Dutton
Vincent van der Voort(13) 6-4 Arron Monk
Bernd Roith 6-5 Par Riihonen
Robert Thornton(20) 6-2 Jimmy Schaup
Peter Martin 6-0 Rudiger Lohse
Mark Walsh(2) 6-3 Willem Krait
Ian Jopling 6-0 Lars Erkelenz
Steve Hine(31) 6-3 Rolf Frohlic
Sergio Pettarini 6-2 Toni Restovic
Andy Smith(15) 6-2 Stefan Schaffer
Colin Monk 6-0 Andreas Riegler
Mark Dudbridge(17) 6-3 Maik Lagendorf
Mario Masurka 6-1 Wolfgang Mayrhofer
Colin Osborne(7) 6-1 Andree Welge
Nigel Heydon 6-4 John Michael
Peter Wright(26) 6-0 Johnny Okken
Krzystof Ratajski 6-3 Wilhelm Schwingenselogl
Jamie Caven(10) 6-4 Mareno Michels
Justin Pipe 6-1 Niels Heinsoe
Richie Burnett 6-2 Brendan Dolan(23)
Adrian Gray 6-1 Boris Krcmar
Simon Whitlock(6) 6-2 Mark Frost
Jason Clark 6-4 Matthew Medhurst
Steve Brown(27) 6-3 Michael Barnard
Marko Puls 6-2 Chris Mason
Wayne Jones(11) 6-3 Ian McFarlane
Mick McGowan 6-1 James Barton
Alan Tabern(22) 6-1 Swen Seifert
Andy Jenkins 6-4 Steve Evans
Wes Newton(3) 6-0 Andreas Horvath
Marko Balzer 6-0 Harald Weingartsberger
Co Stompe(30) 6-0 Wim Mink
Kevin McDine 6-5 Michael Rosenauer
Paul Nicholson(14) 6-0 Daniela Anerl
Chris Thompson 6-0 Wouter Vaes
Barrie Bates(19) 6-2 Christian Kallinger
Joe Cullen 6-2 Mark Hylton

Second Round
Phil Taylor 6-1 Peter Hudson
John Part 6-3 Hannes Schnier
Ronnie Baxter 6-0 Roland Scholten
Mervyn King 6-4 Vladimir Anderson
Steve Grubb 6-4 Dave Honey
Michael van Gerwen 6-2 Kirk Shepherd
Steve Beaton 6-1 Peter Manley
Tony Randell 6-2 Scott Rand
Colin Lloyd 6-3 Darren Johnson
Pero Ljubic 6-5 Tony Eccles
Antonio Alcinas 6-1 Carlos Rodriguez
Dennis Smith 6-5 Kevin Painter
Adrian Lewis 6-4 Martyn Turner
Jelle Klaasen 6-3 Nick Fulwell
Vincent van der Voort 6-2 Bernd Roith
Robert Thornton 6-4 Peter Martin
Mark Walsh 6-2 Ian Jopling
Steve Hine 6-0 Sergio Pettarini
Colin Monk 6-4 Andy Smith
Mark Dudbridge 6-1 Mario Masurka
Nigel Heydon 6-1 Colin Osborne
Peter Wright 6-1 Krzystof Ratajski
Jamie Caven 6-3 Justin Pipe
Adrian Gray 6-5 Richie Burnett
Simon Whitlock 6-4 Jason Clark
Marko Puls 6-5 Steve Brown
Wayne Jones 6-2 Mick McGowan
Alan Tabern 6-3 Andy Jenkins
Wes Newton 6-1 Marko Balzer
Kevin McDine 6-0 Co Stompe
Paul Nicholson 6-2 Chris Thompson
Barrie Bates 6-5 Joe Cullen
Losers £200

Third Round
Phil Taylor 6-3 John Part
Mervyn King 6-2 Ronnie Baxter
Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Steve Grubb
Tony Randell 6-4 Steve Beaton
Colin Lloyd 6-0 Pero Ljubic
Antonio Alcinas 6-2 Dennis Smith
Adrian Lewis 6-4 Jelle Klaasen
Vincent van der Voort 6-1 Robert Thornton
Steve Hine 6-1 Mark Walsh
Mark Dudbridge 6-4 Colin Monk
Nigel Heydon 6-4 Peter Wright
Jamie Caven 6-1 Adrian Gray
Simon Whitlock 6-2 Marko Puls
Wayne Jones 6-5 Alan Tabern
Wes Newton 6-4 Kevin McDine
Barrie Bates 6-4 Paul Nicholson
Losers £300

Fourth Round
Phil Taylor 6-3 Mervyn King
Tony Randell 6-5 Michael van Gerwen
Colin Lloyd 6-1 Antonio Alcinas
Adrian Lewis 6-4 Vincent van der Voort
Steve Hine 6-5 Mark Dudbridge
Jamie Caven 6-5 Nigel Heydon
Simon Whitlock 6-3 Wayne Jones
Wes Newton 6-2 Barrie Bates
Losers £500

Quarter-Finals
Phil Taylor 6-3 Tony Randell
Colin Lloyd 6-2 Adrian Lewis
Jamie Caven 6-4 Steve Hine
Simon Whitlock 6-4 Wes Newton
Losers £1,000

Semi-Finals
Phil Taylor 6-0 Colin Lloyd
Simon Whitlock 6-3 Jamie Caven
Losers £1,500

Final
Phil Taylor 6-4 Simon Whitlock *Whitlock nine-dart finish*
Winner £6,000
Runner-Up £3,000

Whitlock opened up the day with victories over Gunther Thoma, Mersad Metovic and Mensur Suljovic.

The Australian then defeated Jamie Caven and Mervyn King before overcoming Adrian Lewis with a 6-4 victory in the semi-finals.

At the start of the final Beaton held throw to win the opening leg and then doubled his lead to 2-0 after Whitlock missed six opportunities at doubles to level.

Beaton won the third leg to move further clear of his opponent after Whitlock missed another dart at double.

The Australian, who confirmed his place in the Premier League Play-Offs at Wembley, next Sunday, opened his account in the fourth and then reduced to deficit to 3-2 after Beaton was guilty of missing four chances to restore his three leg advantage.

Whitlock kept the run going by converting a 120 finish to level the game but Beaton produced a fantastic ten dart-finish in the seventh to forge ahead once again.

Whitlock squared at 4-4 with a 14-dart-finish and then won the ninth leg with a 161 finish to move one leg away from victory.

Whitlock then held throw in the next leg to seal victory and deny Beaton another victory in Salzburg.

Beaton enjoyed his best result of 2010 with an excellent run to final, falling one hurdle short of repeating his triumph in Salzburg last September.

His run to the final included a deciding-leg over Andy Hamilton in the last 16 stage and a dramatic semi-final victory over Phil Taylor – defying a three-dart average of 111 from the World Champion.

Taylor had led 4-2 thanks to 10, and 11-dart-finishes before Beaton fought back to win the next three legs to go one leg away from the match.

Taylor held throw to send the game to a deciding leg but missed two darts for the match in the deciding leg, which allowed Beaton to step in before having to settle for the second prize of £3,000.

A Second Players Championship will be held on Sunday at the Renaissance Hotel in Salzburg.

Players Championship 13
Preliminary Round
Roland Scholten 6-0 Josef Eigl
Nigel Heydon 6-0 Wilhelm Schwingenselogl
Chris Thompson 6-0 Andreas Horvarth
Justin Pipe 6-0 Christopher Stadler
Herbert Aringer 6-1 Michael Muster
Willem Krait 6-1 Mario Masurkat
Dylan Duo 6-1 Romano Ruggeri
Wouter Vaes 6-1 Michael Schmidt
Ian Jopling 6-0 Markus Rizzo
Michael Barnard 6-2 Jorn Lossau
Perparim Shamoli 6-1 Daniela Arnerl
Vladimir Anderson 6-0 Jurgen Valland
Arron Monk 6-0 Markus Tillman
Mirsad Metovic 6-0 Konrad Fauland
Simone Fegert 6-5 Josef Mitschan
Mensur Suljovic 6-1 Sebastian Pecjak
Robert Fischer 6-3 Hubert Ofer
Andries Sterk 6-3 Gunter Schautz
Peter Hudson 6-0 Ludwig Pangratz
James Barton 6-0 Manfred Eisen
Ian McFarlane 6-0 Kerstin Wolf
Alexander Rost 6-2 Rudiger Lohse
Tomas Seyler 6-0 Salvatore Attanasio
Gregor Gorjup 6-3 Kirk Shepherd
Stuart Dutton 6-1 Johnny Okken
Jason Clark 6-5 Boris Krcmar
Stefanie Luck 6-1 Frank Loitzl
Scott Rand 6-0 Michael Rasztovis
Martyn Turner 6-1 Felix Losan
Rolf Frohlich 6-2 Mario Skara
Anze Stilec 6-2 Hannes Hoch
Jyhan Artut 6-4 Matt Clark
Barry Albers 6-5 Niels Heinsoe
Bernd Roith 6-0 Manuel Fischer
Stefan Schaffer 6-3 Siegfried Grantner
Adrian Gray 6-1 Colin Monk
Martin Kapucian 6-1 Steve Grubb
Josef Untermarzoner 6-0 Pero Ljubic
Hannes Schnier 6-5 Chris Mason
Nandor Bezzag 6-2 Tadej Bozic
Marko Balzer 6-5 Gary Mawson
Peter Larondelle 6-0 Bernd Hajdinak
Martin Kurecka 6-0 Susanne Kloimwieder
Steve Maish 6-0 Krzystof Ratajski
Peter Martin 6-0 Thomas Grill
Pavel Drtil 6-2 Michael Klonhammer
Steve Evans 6-0 Emil Pylipiw
Tony Ayres 6-0 Pascal Hoerandtner
Maurizio Monterubbianesi 6-1 Manuel Lacher
Jochen Graudenz 6-5 Andy Relf
Mareno Michels 6-0 Klaus Wolhorn
Andreas Riegler 6-5 Marek Polach
Dennis Smith 6-5 Richie Burnett
Maik Lagendorf 6-2 Osman Kijamet
Bernhard Gebendorfer 6-1 Adolf Wrumec
Sergio Pettarini 6-5 Martin Degel
Christian Kallinger 6-3 Joe Cullen
Mick McGowan 6-4 Leopold Slanic
Nick Fulwell 6-0 Nader Nassiri
Matthias Lindiger 6-0 Wolfgang Mayrhofer
Patric Gruber 6-3 Hans-Peter Benseler
Karsten Becker 6-3 Tomas Kitzer
Tony Randell 6-0 Herbert Pfannenhauser
John Michael 6-0 Hannes Haim
Lars Erkelenez 6-0 Maximilian Hubner
Dave Honey 6-2 Toni Restovic
Antonio Alcinas 6-4 Christian Godl
Kevin McDine 6-1 Axel Bucher
Guiseppe Quintiero 6-0 Vito Quintieri
Mark Hylton 6-1 Milos Bedy
Michael Rosenauer 6-4 Vastimir Gavrilovic
Darren Johnson 6-0 Marcus Widmaier

First Round
Mark Walsh(1) 6-1 Manfred Hausler
Roland Scholten 6-2 Nigel Heydon
John Part(32) 6-3 Wim Mink
Chris Thompson 6-5 Justin Pipe
Ronnie Baxter(16) 6-0 Harald Schiffl
Willem Krait 6-0 Herbert Aringer
Mervyn King(17) 6-2 Dylan Duo
Ian Jopling 6-2 Wouter Vaes
Jamie Caven(8) 6-1 Mita Habjan
Michael Barnard 6-3 Perparim Shamoli
Michael van Gerwen(25) 6-1 Marko Puls
Arron Monk 6-4 Vladimir Anderson
Simon Whitlock(9) 6-0 Gunter Thoma
Mirsad Metovic 6-3 Simone Fegert
Mensur Suljovic 6-2 Mark Webster(24)
Andries Sterk 6-3 Robert Fischer
Adrian Lewis(5) 6-0 Thomas Mayer
Peter Hudson 6-4 James Barton
Jelle Klaasen(28) 6-0 Herman Putzi
Ian McFarlane 6-5 Alexander Rost
James Wade(12) 6-0 Peter Manley
Tomas Seyler 6-0 Gregor Gorjup
Kevin Painter(21) 6-2 Stuart Dutton
Jason Clark 6-2 Stefanie Luck
Colin Lloyd(4) 6-4 Joachim Kossler
Scott Rand 6-4 Martyn Turner
Tony Eccles(29) 6-0 Harald Weingartsberger
Rolf Frohlic 6-1 Anze Stilec
Wayne Jones(13) 6-2 Andy Jenkins
Jyhan Artut 6-0 Barry Albers
Bernd Roith 6-2 Robert Thornton(20)
Adrian Gray 6-0 Steffan Schaffer
Wes Newton(2) 6-3 Josef Kraus
Martin Kapucian 6-2 Josef Untermarzoner
Steve Hine(31) 6-1 Par Riihonen
Nandor Bezzag 6-5 Hannes Schnier
Mark Frost 6-2 Andy Smith(15)
Marko Balzer 6-0 Peter Larondelle
Mark Dudbridge(17) 6-1 Martin Kurecka
Peter Martin 6-2 Steve Maish
Andy Hamilton(7) 6-1 Dave Ladley
Pavel Drtil 6-4 Steve Evans
Peter Wright(26) 6-2 Chris Loudon
Tony Ayres 6-0 Maurizio Monterubbianesi
Steve Beaton(10) 6-1 Karl Binder
Jochen Graudenz 6-3 Mareno Michels
Brendan Dolan(23) 6-0 Andreas Riegler
Dennis Smith 6-3 Maik Lagendorf
Colin Osborne(6) 6-2 Robert-Jan Bartels
Sergio Pettarini 6-5 Bernhard Gebendorfer
Steve Brown(27) 6-4 Matthew Medhurst
Mick McGowan 6-0 Christian Kallinger
Vincent van der Voort(11) 6-0 Andreas Rieger
Nick Fulwell 6-1 Matthias Lindinger
Alan Tabern(22) v Patric Gruber (both players timed out)
Tony Randell 6-2 Karsten Becker
Phil Taylor(3) 6-2 Carlos Rodriguez
John Michael 6-1 Lars Erkelenz
Co Stompe(30) 6-1 Swen Seifert
Antonio Alcinas 6-5 Dave Honey
Andree Welge 6-4 Paul Nicholson(14)
Kevin McDine 6-1 Guiseppe Quintiero
Barrie Bates(19) 6-3 Mark Hylton
Darren Johnson 6-3 Michael Rosenauer

Second Round
Mark Walsh 6-5 Roland Scholten
John Part 6-5 Chris Thompson
Ronnie Baxter 6-3 Willem Krait
Mervyn King 6-0 Ian Jopling
Jamie Caven 6-5 Michael Barnard
Michael van Gerwen 6-4 Arron Monk
Simon Whitlock 6-0 Mirsad Metovic
Mensur Suljovic 6-3 Andries Sterk
Adrian Lewis 6-5 Peter Hudson
Jelle Klaasen 6-4 Ian McFarlane
James Wade 6-4 Tomas Seyler
Kevin Painter 6-5 Jason Clark
Scott Rand 6-5 Colin Lloyd
Tony Eccles 6-0 Rolf Frohlic
Wayne Jones 6-5 Jyhan Artut
Adrian Gray 6-3 Bernd Roith
Wes Newton 6-1 Martin Kapucian
Nandor Bezzag 6-5 Steve Hine
Mark Frost 6-5 Marko Balzer
Mark Dudbridge 6-2 Peter Martin
Andy Hamilton 6-4 Pavel Drtil
Peter Wright 6-2 Tony Ayres
Steve Beaton 6-1 Jochen Graudenz
Brendan Dolan 6-1 Dennis Smith
Sergio Pettarini 6-5 Colin Osborne
Steve Brown 6-1 Mick McGowan
Vincent van der Voort 6-5 Nick Fulwell
Tony Randell (Bye)
Phil Taylor 6-1 John Michael
Antonio Alcinas 6-4 Co Stompe
Kevin McDine 6-4 Andree Welge
Barrie Bates 6-2 Darren Johnson
Losers £200

Third Round
Mark Walsh 6-4 John Part
Mervyn King 6-5 Ronnie Baxter
Jamie Caven 6-5 Michael van Gerwen
Simon Whitlock 6-1 Mensur Suljovic
Adrian Lewis 6-2 Jelle Klaasen
James Wade 6-3 Kevin Painter
Tony Eccles 6-2 Scott Rand
Wayne Jones 6-3 Adrian Gray
Nandor Bezzag 6-4 Wes Newton
Mark Dudbridge 6-0 Mark Frost
Andy Hamilton 6-2 Peter Wright
Steve Beaton 6-2 Brendan Dolan
Steve Brown 6-5 Sergio Pettarini
Tony Randell 6-1 Vincent van der Voort
Phil Taylor 6-2 Antonio Alcinas
Barrie Bates 6-2 Kevin McDine
Losers £300

Fourth Round
Mervyn King 6-5 Mark Walsh
Simon Whitlock 6-1 Jamie Caven
Adrian Lewis 6-2 James Wade
Wayne Jones 6-4 Tony Eccles
Mark Dudbridge 6-4 Nandor Bezzag
Steve Beaton 6-5 Andy Hamilton
Steve Brown 6-5 Tony Randell
Phil Taylor 6-1 Barrie Bates
Losers £500

Quarter-Finals
Simon Whitlock 6-3 Mervyn King
Adrian Lewis 6-3 Wayne Jones
Steve Beaton 6-1 Mark Dudbridge
Phil Taylor 6-3 Steve Brown
Losers £1,000

Semi-Finals
Simon Whitlock 6-4 Adrian Lewis
Steve Beaton 6-5 Phil Taylor
Losers £1,500

Final
Simon Whitlock 6-4 Steve Beaton
Winner £6,000
Runner-Up: £3,000

The Australian had picked up tournament victories in Barnsley and Derby recently, and claimed a further £6,000 title in style at the Robin Park Tennis Centre.

Whitlock is currently aiming to clinch a Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts play-off place, and claimed a victory over his opponent in Thursday’s crucial clash, Mervyn King, when they met in a dress rehearsal during Saturday’s event.

Whitlock defeated King 6-4 at the last 32 stage, following up earlier wins over Anthony Urmston-Toft and Nick Fullwell, before then edging out John Part in a deciding leg to reach the quarter-finals.

He then defeated Jamie Caven 6-4 in the last eight, powered past Gary Mawson 6-1 before finishing superbly to whitewash Hamilton in the final.

Whitlock hit a nerve-settling 180 in the opening leg, which he won on double 16 to break throw immediately.

A 14-darter doubled his lead, following another maximum, while he punished a missed bullseye from Hamilton to take the third on double ten.

A third 180 of the game helped him to a 4-0 lead, and he took the fifth on double one after Hamilton had seen three darts at double 16 and double eight miss the target.

Whitlock then completed the rout with double top for a 13-dart finish to pick up his third PDC ProTour title.

Hamilton enjoyed a run to his second final of the year before running out of steam against Whitlock, but he hit a superb nine-dart finish – his second of 2010 – in reaching the decider.

He opened the day with 6-1 wins over Dave Smith and Sam Allen before landing his perfect leg in a 6-4 win over Dennis Priestley at the last 32 stage.

Further tight wins over Kevin Painter and Mark Walsh were followed by a 6-2 defeat of Welshman Mark Webster which put him into the final, earning him £3,000 to add to the £3,200 nine-dart bonus he received.

Former Lakeside Champion Webster’s run to the semi-final was his best display of the year, and only his second since joining the PDC in 2009, and increases his chances of qualifying for the summer’s StanJames.com World Matchplay.

The Welshman enjoyed wins over Colin Lloyd, Paul Nicholson and world number three James Wade on the day, while he was joined in the semi-finals by American ace Gary Mawson.

Mawson, the 2008 UK Open runner-up in nearby Bolton, reached his first semi-final since August 2008, defeating Premier League star Adrian Lewis 6-3 in the last eight as well as Jelle Klaasen and Colin Osborne on the day.

Gary Welding and newcomer Scott Rand were amongst the last 16 losers, while Wade missed double 12 for a nine-dart finish during his win over Richie Burnett en route to the quarters.

Play continues on Sunday with the eighth and final UK Open Qualifier of the year, after which the top 96 players, and ties, from the UK Open Order of Merit qualify to compete in June’s UK Open Finals at the Reebok Stadium.

Players Championship 12
Preliminary Round
Ian White 6-5 Matt Draper
Terry Temple 6-0 Harry Robinson
Joe Cullen 6-2 Jason Clark
Nick Fullwell 6-1 Robbie Newland
William O’Connor 6-0 Jimmy Dunlop
Gary Mawson 6-1 Steven Pearson

First Round
Mark Walsh (1) 6-1 Aodhagan O’Neill
Steve Grubb 6-4 Martyn Bevan
Stuart Bousfield 6-5 Co Stompe (32)
Jimmy Mann 6-3 Andy Fordham
Mark Frost 6-5 Denis Ovens (16)
Jamie Atkins 6-0 Mike Roberts
Ronnie Baxter (17) 6-2 Andy Hutchings
Ian White 6-2 Brian Startin
Andy Hamilton (8) 6-1 Dave Smith
Sam Allen 6-5 Mark Hylton
Dennis Priestley (25) 6-1 Andy Pearson
Kirk Shepherd 6-3 Kevin Dowling
Wayne Jones (9) 6-1 Kevin Harris
Steve Evans 6-2 Wayne Mardle
Kevin Painter (24) 6-1 Alex Roy
Colin Monk 6-5 Matt Clark
Gary Anderson (5) 6-4 Chris Thompson
Paul Williams 6-1 Sean White
Peter Wright (28) 6-5 Tony Martin
Daz Mawer 6-3 Anton Liscsey
James Wade (12) 6-4 Mick McGowan
Patrick Pace 6-5 Stephen Hardy
Richie Burnett 6-3 Robert Thornton (21)
Terry Temple 6-1 Jimmy O’Regan
Colin Lloyd (4) 6-1 Ian Lever
Darren Weaver 6-2 Trevor Frost
Mark Webster (29) 6-4 Steve Hine
Tony Ayres 6-0 Jon! Archer
Paul Nicholson (13) 6-0 Andy Relf
Mark Cox 6-1 Geoff Whitworth
Barrie Bates (20) 6-1 Alex Tinsley
Joe Cullen 6-3 Mareno Michels
Wes Newton (2) 6-1 Gary Eastwood
Darren Webster 6-4 Michael Smith
Steve Brown (31) 6-5 Ian McFarlane
John Part 6-0 Nigel Birch
Mervyn King (15) 6-0 Jim McKevitt
Lee White 6-1 Tony Blundell
Simon Whitlock (18) 6-0 Anthony Urmston-Toft
Nick Fullwell 6-2 Shaun Dring
Jamie Caven (7) 6-1 Lionel Sams
Mark Stephenson 6-4 Ian Jopling
Brendan Dolan (26) 6-4 Dennis Smith
Peter Hudson 6-0 Steve Maish
Steve Beaton (10) 6-3 Peter Manley
Nigel Heydon 6-4 Par Riihonen
Terry Jenkins (23) 6-2 Martyn Turner
Scott Rand 6-4 Jyhan Artut
Adrian Lewis (6) 6-0 Adrian Gray
Tony Eccles 6-2 Ron Atwill
Dave Honey 6-5 Michael van Gerwen (27)
Louis Blundell 6-4 Michael Barnard
Vincent van der Voort (11) 6-1 Arron Monk
Darren Johnson 6-3 Roland Scholten
Alan Tabern (22) 6-0 Nicholas O! gier
William O’Connor 6-1 Dave Ladley
Colin Osborne (3)! 6-1 Chr is Loudon
Andy Pearce 6-2 Anastasia Dobromyslova
Jelle Klaasen (30) 6-2 Andy Jenkins
Gary Welding 6-1 Matt Padgett
Andy Smith (14) 6-2 Mark Jones
Tony Randell 6-5 Wayne Atwood
Mark Dudbridge (19) 6-3 Paul Rowley
Gary Mawson 6-3 Dean Allsopp

Second Round
Mark Walsh 6-5 Steve Grubb
Stuart Bousfield 6-4 Jimmy Mann
Mark Frost 6-5 Jamie Atkins
Ronnie Baxter 6-5 Ian White
Andy Hamilton 6-1 Sam Allen
Dennis Priestley 6-2 Kirk Shepherd
Steve Evans 6-5 Wayne Jones
Kevin Painter 6-5 Colin Monk
Gary Anderson 6-2 Paul Williams
Peter Wright 6-0 Daz Mawer
James Wade 6-1 Patrick Pace
Richie Burnett 6-4 Terry Temple
Colin Lloyd 6-0 Darren Weaver
Mark Webster 6-5 Tony Ayres
Paul Nicholson 6-3 Mark Cox
Barrie Bates 6-5 Joe Cullen
Wes Newton 6-3 Darren Webster
John Part 6-3 Steve Brown
Mervyn King 6-1 Lee White
Simon Whitlock 6-4 Nick Fullwell
Jamie Caven 6-1 Mark Stephenson
Brendan Dolan 6-0 Peter Hudson
Steve Beaton 6-5 Nigel Heydon
Scott Rand 6-3 Terry Jenkins
Adrian Lewis 6-2 Tony Eccles
Louis Blundell 6-2 Dave Honey
Vincent van der Voort 6-1 Darren Johnson
Alan Tabern 6-3 William O’Connor
Colin Osborne 6-3 Andy Pearce
Gary Weldi! ng 6-5 Jelle Klaasen
Andy Smith 6-5 Tony Randell
Gary Mawson 6-3 Mark Dudbridge
Losers £200

Third Round
Mark Walsh 6-0 Stuart Bousfield
Ronnie Baxter 6-0 Mark Frost
Andy Hamilton 6-4 Dennis Priestley – Andy Hamilton hits Nine-Dart Finish
Kevin Painter 6-4 Steve Evans
Gary Anderson 6-1 Peter Wright
James Wade 6-0 Richie Burnett
Mark Webster 6-3 Colin Lloyd
Paul Nicholson 6-1 Barrie Bates
John Part 6-4 Wes Newton
Simon Whitlock 6-4 Mervyn King
Jamie Caven 6-4 Brendan Dolan
Scott Rand 6-4 Steve Beaton
Adrian Lewis 6-2 Louis Blundell
Vincent van der Voort 6-4 Alan Tabern
Gary Welding 6-4 Colin Osborne
Gary Mawson 6-5 Andy Smith
Losers £300

Fourth Round
Mark Walsh 6-3 Ronnie Baxter
Andy Hamilton 6-4 Kevin Painter
James Wade 6-4 Gary Anderson
Mark Webster 6-5 Paul Nicholson
Simon Whitlock 6-5 John Part
Jamie Caven 6-1 Scott Rand
Adrian Lewis 6-4 Vincent van der Voort
Gary Mawson 6-5 Gary Welding
Losers £500

Quarter-Finals
Andy Hamilton 6-5 Mark Walsh
Mark Webster 6-2 James Wade
Simon Whitlock 6-4 Jamie Caven
Gary Mawson 6-3 Adrian Lewis
Losers £1,000

Semi-Finals
Andy Hamilton 6-2 Mark Webster
Simon Whitlock 6-1 Gary Mawson
Losers £1,500

Final
Simon Whitlock 6-0 Andy Hamilton
Winner £6,000
Runner-Up £3,000