2011 World Masters (darts)

Winmau World Masters
Tournament information
Dates September 1–4
Venue Hull Arena
Location East Riding of Yorkshire
Country England
Organisation(s) BDO
Format Sets for men,
Legs for women, boys and girls
Prize fund £65,500
Winners share £25,000 (men), £5,000 (women)
High checkout £1k (non-televised), £2k (televised)
Champion(s)
England Scott Waites (men)
England Lisa Ashton (women)
Netherlands Jimmy Hendriks (boys)
Scotland Emily Davidson
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The 2011 Winmau World Masters was a major televised tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 2011. It took place from September 1–4 in the Hull Arena, which hosted the event for the first time, taking over from the nearby Hull City Hall.

Defending men's champion Martin Adams lost in the semi finals to Scott Waites, who went on to win his first World Masters title beating Dean Winstanley by 7 sets to 2 in the final. Defending women's Master Julie Gore lost in the semi finals to Trina Gulliver.

Seeds

Men

These were finalised on completion of the 2011 Swedish Open on August 19–21. The men's seeds were exempt until the Last 16 stage and could not play each other until the quarter final stage.[1]

  1. England Martin Adams
  2. England Dean Winstanley
  3. England Robbie Green
  4. England Scott Waites
  5. England Gary Robson
  6. Scotland Ross Montgomery
  7. England Tony West
  8. England John Walton

Women

These were finalised on completion of the 2011 Swedish Open on August 19–21. The ladies seeds entered at the start of the competition however could not play each other until the quarter final stage. Francis Hoenselaar was scheduled to be the number 8 seed, but pulled out for personal reasons.

  1. England Deta Hedman
  2. Wales Julie Gore
  3. England Trina Gulliver
  4. Russia Irina Armstrong
  5. England Karen Lawman
  6. Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova
  7. England Lorraine Farlam
  8. Netherlands Karin Krappen

There were no seedings in the boys or girls events.

Men's Draw

Last 24 onwards. All the below matches were televised.

Sets were best of 3 legs.

  Last 24
Best of 5 sets
Losers £0 [2] [3]
    Last 16
Best of 5 sets
Losers £1,000
    Quarter Finals
Best of 5 sets
Losers £1,500
    Semi Finals
Best of 9 sets
Losers £3,000
    Final
Best of 13 sets
Winner £25,000
Runner up £10,000
                                               
        1  England Martin Adams (94.76) 3  
   Wales Kevin Thomas (75.09) 0      England Steve Douglas (83.22) 1    
   England Steve Douglas (78.78) 3         1  England Martin Adams (88.68) 3  
     England Glen Durrant (85.83) 1    
        8  England John Walton (86.81) 1    
   England Glen Durrant (85.53) 3      England Glen Durrant (97.39) 3  
   Scotland Craig Baxter (80.22) 2       1  England Martin Adams (100.35) 3  
    4  England Scott Waites (102.69) 5    
        5  England Gary Robson (84.99) 3  
   England Richard Howson (85.29) 2      England Andrew Gilding (84.30) 1    
   England Andrew Gilding (86.34) 3         5  England Gary Robson (88.95) 2  
    4  England Scott Waites (97.32) 3  
        4  England Scott Waites (96.39) 3    
   Scotland Ewan Hyslop (96.30) 3      Scotland Ewan Hyslop (91.92) 0  
   Norway Robert Wagner (82.26) 0       4  England Scott Waites (100.62) 7
    2  England Dean Winstanley (95.85) 2
        2  England Dean Winstanley (78.54) 3  
   Netherlands Rick Hofstra (81.66) 3      Netherlands Rick Hofstra (73.44) 0    
   United States Jim Widmayer (80.55) 2         2  England Dean Winstanley (93.18) 3  
     England Tony West (89.76) 2    
        7  England Tony West (95.73) 3    
   Republic of Ireland Radek Szaganski (79.38) 1      Netherlands Christian Kist (93.72) 2  
   Netherlands Christian Kist (87.15) 3       2  England Dean Winstanley (83.10) 5  
    6  Scotland Ross Montgomery (80.94) 4  
        6  Scotland Ross Montgomery (88.71) 3  
   England Colin Fowler (86.97) 2      Wales Martin Phillips (84.03) 2    
   Wales Martin Phillips (87.63) 3         6  Scotland Ross Montgomery (90.09) 3  
     England Stephen Bunting (79.89) 0  
        3  England Robbie Green (89.31) 1    
   England Stephen Bunting (82.02) 3      England Stephen Bunting (90.99) 3  
   Wales Peter Johns (77.01) 0  

Ladies Draw

Last 8 onwards. The Semi Finals and Final were televised.

Quarter Finals
Best of 7 legs
Losers £500 [4]
Semi Finals
Best of 7 legs
Losers £750 [5]
Final
Best of 7 legs
Winner £5,000
Runner up £2,000
         
  England Merryl Dennis 4
England Dee Bateman 2
  England Merryl Dennis (66.39) 3
England Lisa Ashton (67.80) 4
  England Zoe Jones 2
England Lisa Ashton 4
England Lisa Ashton (71.13) 4
3 England Trina Gulliver (69.48) 1
3 England Trina Gulliver 4
England Jennifer Summerson 3
3 England Trina Gulliver (70.32) 4
2 Wales Julie Gore (65.07) 1
7 England Lorraine Farlam 2
2 Wales Julie Gore 4

Boys Draw

Last 8 onwards.

Quarter Finals
Best of 7 legs
Semi Finals
Best of 7 legs
Final
Best of 7 legs [6]
         
Belgium Kenny Neyens 3
Netherlands Jimmy Hendriks 4
Netherlands Jimmy Hendriks 4
Netherlands Mike Zuijdwijk 1
England Jack Tweddell 2
Netherlands Mike Zuijdwijk 4
Netherlands Jimmy Hendriks (82.14) 4
England Jake Jones (74.82) 2
Wales Rhys Griffin 3
Wales Sam Cankett 4
Wales Sam Cankett 1
England Jake Jones 4
England Jake Jones 4
England Joe Davis 2

Girls Draw

Last 8 onwards.

Quarter Finals
Best of 7 legs
Semi Finals
Best of 7 legs
Final
Best of 7 legs [7]
         
Germany Anna-Maria Schulze 0
England Stacey Ellis 4
England Stacey Ellis 1
Scotland Emily Davidson 4
Germany Ann-Kathrin Wigmann 0
Scotland Emily Davidson 4
Scotland Emily Davidson (63.27) 4
Wales Alannah Waters (59.28) 0
Netherlands Joyce Schuurman 0
Belgium Joyce Janssens 4
Belgium Joyce Janssens 1
Wales Alannah Waters 4
Germany Stefanie Haller
Wales Alannah Waters

Television coverage

The tournament was shown in the UK by sports subscription channel ESPN who took over from the BBC who broadcast the last ten World Masters. ESPN broadcast the last three days of the tournament.[8] The tournament was shown in the USA for the very first time with ESPN3 broadcasting it.[9] The event was also shown on Eurosport and Eurosport Asia.[10]

References

  1. "Updated Winmau World Masters Alpha Lists and Seeds". BDO. August 21, 2011.
  2. "Mens Averages". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. "Mens Prize money". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. "Womens Prize money". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. "Womens Averages". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  6. "Boys Averages". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  7. "Girls Averages". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  8. "ESPN to screen 2011 Winmau World Masters over 3 days". BDO. July 6, 2011.
  9. "World Masters Goes Stateside". BDO. August 12, 2011.
  10. "Global TV Audience for World Masters". BDO. August 25, 2011.
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