2011 Perform Players Championship Finals
Tournament information
Dates	3–6 February 2011
Venue	Doncaster Dome
Location	Doncaster
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs Final – best of 25
Prize fund	£250,000
Winner's share	£60,000
High checkout	157 Wes Newton
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«2010 December 2011»

The February 2011 Perform Players Championship Finals was the third edition of the Professional Darts Corporation tournament, the Players Championship Finals, which saw the top 32 players from the 2010 PDC Players Championship Order of Merit taking part. The tournament took place between 3–6 February 2011 and was held at the Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England, which hosted the event for the first time, after two years at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet.^[1]

Defending champion Paul Nicholson failed to qualify for this tournament after finishing just outside the top 32 of the 2010 Players Championship Order of Merit.

Phil Taylor regained the title after narrowly defeating Gary Anderson 13–12 in the final.

Prize money

^[2]

Qualification

The top 32 players from the PDC Players Championship Order of Merit after the last Players Championship of 2010 qualified for the event.^[3]

Draw

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	First round (best of 11 legs) 3–4 February [5][6]					Second round (best of 15 legs) 5 February [7]					Quarter-finals (best of 17 legs) 6 February [8]					Semi-finals (best of 19 legs) 6 February [9]					Final (best of 25 legs) 6 February [10]
	1	Simon Whitlock 99.74	6
	32	Tony Eccles 87.69	1
						1	Simon Whitlock 96.78	5
						16	Mervyn King 97.38	8
	16	Mervyn King 92.25	6
	17	Co Stompé 89.76	5
											16	Mervyn King 98.52	9
											25	Terry Jenkins 95.41	7
	8	Vincent van der Voort 89.88	4
	25	Terry Jenkins 92.27	6
						25	Terry Jenkins 89.19	8
						24	Steve Beaton 87.64	6
	9	Adrian Lewis 93.84	4
	24	Steve Beaton 93.56	6
																16	Mervyn King 95.67	8
																4	Phil Taylor 98.79	10
	5	Wes Newton 103.14	6
	28	Richie Burnett 92.91	4
						5	Wes Newton 96.80	8
						12	Mark Webster 90.90	7
	12	Mark Webster 100.02	6
	21	Alan Tabern 90.70	3
											5	Wes Newton 97.34	3
											4	Phil Taylor 103.01	9
	4	Phil Taylor 95.87	6
	29	Steve Brown 91.26	2
						4	Phil Taylor 100.42	8
						13	James Wade 90.73	3
	13	James Wade 83.55	6
	20	Mark Dudbridge 84.31	4
																					4	Phil Taylor 97.01	13
																					2	Gary Anderson 96.31	12
	2	Gary Anderson 102.93	6
	31	Justin Pipe 98.66	4
						2	Gary Anderson 100.29	8
						18	Kevin Painter 97.32	5
	15	Wayne Jones 90.54	5
	18	Kevin Painter 89.46	6
											2	Gary Anderson 96.48	9
											23	Andy Smith 100.36	5
	7	Jamie Caven 95.78	6
	26	Barrie Bates 89.76	1
						7	Jamie Caven 86.98	4
						23	Andy Smith 89.57	8
	10	Ronnie Baxter 92.64	2
	23	Andy Smith 100.07	6
																2	Gary Anderson 93.92	10
																27	Steve Farmer 87.14	7
	6	Mark Walsh 89.49	1
	27	Steve Farmer 94.55	6
						27	Steve Farmer 93.06	8
						22	Colin Osborne 89.03	6
	11	Denis Ovens 93.56	5
	22	Colin Osborne 90.63	6
											27	Steve Farmer 94.55	9
											3	Colin Lloyd 93.98	5
	3	Colin Lloyd 87.18	6
	30	Jelle Klaasen 88.55	4
						3	Colin Lloyd 95.56	8
						19	Dennis Priestley 86.40	3
	14	Andy Hamilton 93.05	5
	19	Dennis Priestley 91.50	6

Statistics

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Player	Eliminated	Played	Legs Won	Legs Lost	LWAT	100+	140+	180s	High checkout	3-dart average
Phil Taylor	Winner	5	46	28	19	105	58	12	135	99.02
Gary Anderson	Final	5	45	34	17	95	58	20	142	97.99
Steve Farmer	Semi-finals	4	30	22	10	67	35	14	148	92.33
Mervyn King	Semi-finals	4	31	27	17	73	49	12	110	95.96
Wes Newton	Quarter-finals	3	17	20	3	45	24	13	157	99.09
Andy Smith	Quarter-finals	3	19	15	6	49	33	7	101	96.67
Terry Jenkins	Quarter-finals	3	21	19	9	52	33	8	†120	92.29
Colin Lloyd	Quarter-finals	3	19	16	5	47	27	3	155	92.24
Jamie Caven	Second round	2	10	9	4	24	4	3	122	91.38
Steve Beaton	Second round	2	12	12	3	26	13	8	108	90.60
Mark Webster	Second round	2	13	11	4	32	15	5	91	95.46
Kevin Painter	Second round	2	11	13	6	28	17	7	90	93.39
Colin Osborne	Second round	2	12	13	5	25	17	3	150	89.83
Dennis Priestley	Second round	2	9	13	4	24	16	4	150	88.95
Simon Whitlock	Second round	2	11	9	3	26	10	9	110	98.26
James Wade	Second round	2	9	12	2	27	13	2	107	87.14
Justin Pipe	First round	1	4	6	4	7	9	4	124	98.66
Barrie Bates	First round	1	1	6	0	7	4	1	96	89.76
Co Stompé	First round	1	5	6	2	14	8	1	121	89.76
Mark Walsh	First round	1	1	6	0	9	6	0	56	89.49
Andy Hamilton	First round	1	5	6	3	14	5	1	121	93.05
Richie Burnett	First round	1	4	6	1	12	7	1	100	92.91
Ronnie Baxter	First round	1	2	6	0	6	6	2	44	92.64
Steve Brown	First round	1	2	6	0	7	4	3	56	91.26
Alan Tabern	First round	1	3	6	2	19	3	1	116	90.70
Adrian Lewis	First round	1	4	6	1	7	6	4	96	93.84
Denis Ovens	First round	1	5	6	2	21	3	4	130	93.56
Wayne Jones	First round	1	5	6	4	23	8	2	68	90.54
Vincent van der Voort	First round	1	4	6	1	11	5	1	102	89.88
Jelle Klaasen	First round	1	4	6	0	10	7	1	154	88.55
Tony Eccles	First round	1	1	6	0	3	4	1	36	87.69
Mark Dudbridge	First round	1	4	6	0	11	4	2	109	84.31

† = Hit twice in Round 2 match against Steve Beaton.

Live coverage

The tournament was broadcast live worldwide through the PDC's official website.^[13]

References