South African Masters (darts)

This article is about the darts tournament. For the golf tournament, see South African Masters.
Emperors Palace South African Masters
Tournament information
Venue Emperors Palace
Location Johannesburg
Country South Africa
Established 2007
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Prize fund £15,000 (2009)
Month(s) Played September
Current champion(s)
South Africa Devon Petersen

The Emperors Palace South African Masters was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation which began in 2007, so-named because it took place at the Emperors Palace entertainment resort in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Devon Petersen is the current champion.

Format and qualification

The tournament had 8 players, 4 of which were the top ranked players on the PDC Order of Merit and the semi-finalists, runner up and winner of the PDC South African Open which takes place the day before. The four players chosen by the PDC were drawn up against the qualifiers from the PDC South African Open in a knock-out tournament. In 2007, Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, James Wade and Terry Jenkins, ranked numbers one to four in the Order of Merit respectively at the time, participated in the tournament. In the following year, Taylor and Wade, returned to the tournament, being ranked numbers one and three in the world at the time. John Part, ranked number four in the world, also participated, as did Wayne Mardle, who replaced Barneveld (ranked second) due to the Dutchman's two month sabbatical from darts. Taylor, Wade, Part and Mervyn King took part in the 2009 tournament.

Matches were as follows:

Since the 2010 tournament, the event is the direct qualification tournament for the World Darts Championship for south african darts players.

Television

The tournament was broadcast live on SuperSport in South Africa. In the United Kingdom, the tournament was broadcast on Challenge in 2007, Nuts TV in 2008, and Sky Sports in 2009.

Results

2007

[1]

Quarter-finals
Best of 7 legs
Semi-finals
Best of 11 legs
Final
Best of 15 legs
England Phil Taylor 4
South Africa Mike Ryder Snr. 0 England Phil Taylor 6
England Terry Jenkins 4 England Terry Jenkins 4
South Africa Paul Meyer 0 England Phil Taylor 8
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 4 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 6
South Africa Charles Losper 1 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 6
England James Wade 4 England James Wade 5
South Africa Lodewyk Marais 0

2008

[2]

Quarter-finals
Best of 7 legs
Semi-finals
Best of 9 legs
Final
Best of 9 legs
Canada John Part 4
South Africa Mark Jackson 0 Canada John Part 5
England James Wade 4 England James Wade 1
South Africa Les Francis 1 Canada John Part 2
England Wayne Mardle 4 England Phil Taylor 5
South Africa Charles Losper 1 England Wayne Mardle 2
England Phil Taylor 4 England Phil Taylor 5
South Africa Shawn Hogan 1

2009

[3]

Quarter-finals
Best of 7 legs
Semi-finals
Best of 9 legs
Final
Best of 11 legs
England Phil Taylor 4
South Africa Christo Meiring 1 England Phil Taylor 5
Canada John Part 4 Canada John Part 2
South Africa Devon Petersen 1 England Phil Taylor 6
England James Wade 4 England James Wade 4
South Africa Wynand Havenga 1 England James Wade 5
England Mervyn King 4 England Mervyn King 4
South Africa Les Francis 1

Previous winners

Year Champion Score Runner-Up Total Prize Money Winner's Prize
2007 England Phil Taylor 8-6 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld £15,000 £5,000
2008 England Phil Taylor 5-2 Canada John Part £15,000 £5,000
2009 England Phil Taylor 6-4 England James Wade £15,000 £5,000

World Darts Championship Qualification Tournament

Year Champion Score Runner-Up Semi-finalist 1
(lost to Champion)
Semi-finalist 2
(lost to Runner-Up)
2010 South Africa Devon Petersen 5-4 South Africa Les Francis n/a n/a
2011 South Africa Devon Petersen beat South Africa n/a n/a n/a
2012 South Africa Charl Pietersen 8-1 South Africa Charles Losper n/a n/a
2013 South Africa Devon Petersen 9-3 South Africa Graham Filby n/a n/a
2014 South Africa Nolan Arendse 9-5 South Africa Devon Petersen South Africa Shawn Hogan South Africa Charl Pietersen

References

  1. "2007 Emperors Palace South African Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  2. "2008 Emperors Palace South African Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  3. "2009 Emperors Palace South African Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
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