2013 PDC Pro Tour

The 2013 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They were the Professional Dart Players Association Players Championships, the UK Open Qualifiers, and the European Tour events. This year there were 32 PDC Pro Tour events – 16 Players Championships, 8 UK Open Qualifiers, and 8 European Tour events.

Prize money

Prize money for each UK Open Qualifier was £34,600, unchanged from 2012.^[1] Prize money for each Players Championship has been increased from £34,600 to £50,000,^[2] and the prize money for European Tour events has been increased to £100,000.^[3][4][5]

Stage	ET	PC	UKQ	YT
Winner	£20,000	£10,000	£6,000	£500
Runner-up	£10,000	£5,000	£3,000	£300
Semi-finalists	£5,000	£2,500	£2,000	£200
Quarter-finalists	£3,000	£1,500	£1,000	£100
Last 16	£2,000	£1,000	£600	£75
Last 32	£1,000	£500	£400	£50
Last 64	£500	£250	£200	N/A
Total	£100,000	£50,000	£34,600	£3,000

PDC Pro Tour Card

128 players were granted Tour Cards, which enabled them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events.

Tour cards

The 2013 Tour Cards were awarded to:

• 63 of the top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2013 World Championship ( Devon Petersen resigned his card)
• 37 Tour Card winners from 2012 not included among the 64 Order of Merit qualifiers ( Gary Butcher, Liam Kelly, Dave Smith and Les Wallace resigned their cards)
• The two highest non-exempt players from the PDC Unicorn Youth Tour ( Chris Aubrey and Josh Payne)
• The winner of the Scandinavian Darts Corporation's Order of Merit ( Jarkko Komula)
• 25 qualifiers from a four-day Qualifying School in Wigan (four semi-finalists from each day, plus the top nine players from the Q School Order of Merit)

Q School

The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School took place at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan from January 17–20.

January 17[6][7]	January 18[8][9]	January 19[10][11]	January 20[12][13][14]
Jyhan Artut Ricky Evans Ken MacNeil Charl Pietersen	Louis Blundell Daryl Gurney Jani Haavisto Ian Walters	Marc Dewsbury Ronny Huybrechts Campbell Jackson Andree Welge	Steve Coote Royden Lam Kevin McDine Joey Palfreyman

A Q School Order of Merit was also created by using the following points system:

Stage	Points
Last 8	9
Last 16	5
Last 32	3
Last 64	2
Last 128	1

To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places were allocated down the final Qualifying School Order of Merit. The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:^[12]

1. Martyn Turner
2. David Pallett
3. Dan Russell
4. Edwin Max
5. Paul Amos
6. Ryan de Vreede
7. Kirk Shepherd
8. Kevin Dowling
9. Darren Johnson

Players Championships

(All matches – best of 11 legs)

There were 16 Players Championship events this year. The first of these was played in Wigan on 4 May 2013 and the last in Wigan on 24 November 2013.^[15] The top 32 after all events were completed qualified for the 2013 Players Championship Finals.

Players Championship 1

Players Championship 1 was contested in Wigan on 4 May. The tournament was won by Robert Thornton, who defeated Ronny Huybrechts 6–0 in the final.^[16]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Gary Anderson	6
	Michael van Gerwen	5			Gary Anderson	3
	Robert Thornton	6			Robert Thornton	6
	Dean Winstanley	1							Robert Thornton	6
	Kim Huybrechts	6							Ronny Huybrechts	0
	Simon Whitlock	3			Kim Huybrechts	1
	Ronny Huybrechts	6			Ronny Huybrechts	6
	Dave Chisnall	3

Players Championship 2

Players Championship 2 was contested in Wigan on 5 May. The tournament was won by Michael van Gerwen, who defeated Stuart Kellett 6–1 in the final.^[17]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Michael van Gerwen	6
	Peter Wright	5			Michael van Gerwen	6
	Colin Osborne	2			Dennis Smith	4
	Dennis Smith	6							Michael van Gerwen	6
	Dave Chisnall	4							Stuart Kellett	1
	Phil Taylor	6			Phil Taylor	4
	Stuart Kellett	6			Stuart Kellett	6
	Ronnie Baxter	2

Players Championship 3

Players Championship 3 was contested in Wigan on 25 May. The tournament was won by Jamie Caven, who defeated Paul Nicholson 6–4 in the final.^[18]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Mickey Mansell	4
	Paul Nicholson	6			Paul Nicholson	6
	Gary Anderson	2			Justin Pipe	3
	Justin Pipe	6							Paul Nicholson	4
	Robert Thornton	6							Jamie Caven	6
	Dennis Priestley	2			Robert Thornton	3
	Jamie Caven	6			Jamie Caven	6
	Kevin Painter	1

Players Championship 4

Players Championship 3 was contested in Wigan on 26 May. The tournament was won by Jamie Caven, who defeated Jelle Klaasen 6–4 in the final. ^[19]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Robert Thornton	1
	Jamie Caven	6			Jamie Caven	6
	Alex Roy	6			Alex Roy	3
	John Bowles	4							Jamie Caven	6
	Andy Smith	6							Jelle Klaasen	4
	Steve Beaton	3			Andy Smith	4
	Gary Anderson	1			Jelle Klaasen	6
	Jelle Klaasen	6

Players Championship 5

Players Championship 5 in Crawley on 22 June.^[20]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Michael van Gerwen	6
	Terry Jenkins	3			Michael van Gerwen	4
	Dave Chisnall	5			Wes Newton	6
	Wes Newton	6							Wes Newton	1
	Gary Anderson	0							Peter Wright	6
	Peter Wright	6			Peter Wright	6
	Terry Temple	2			Kevin Painter	3
	Kevin Painter	6

Players Championship 6

Players Championship 6 in Crawley on 23 June.^[21]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Michael van Gerwen	6
	Andy Smith	1			Michael van Gerwen	6
	Brendan Dolan	6			Brendan Dolan	5
	Wes Newton	4							Michael van Gerwen	6
	Andy Hamilton	6							Andy Hamilton	1
	Jamie Caven	4			Andy Hamilton	6
	Robert Thornton	6			Robert Thornton	2
	James Wade	3

Players Championship 7

Players Championship 7 in Barnsley on 14 September.^[22]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Michael van Gerwen	6
	Raymond van Barneveld	1			Peter Wright	6
	Peter Wright	6			Michael van Gerwen	2
	Ian White	4							Peter Wright	5
	Simon Whitlock	6							Dave Chisnall	6
	Paul Nicholson	3			Dave Chisnall	6
	Dave Chisnall	6			Simon Whitlock	1
	Mervyn King	3

Players Championship 8

Players Championship 8 in Barnsley on 15 September.^[23]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Scott Rand	6
	Paul Nicholson	4			Scott Rand	0
	Simon Whitlock	6			Simon Whitlock	6
	Mervyn King	3							Simon Whitlock	3
	Ian White	6							Ian White	6
	Joe Cullen	2			Ian White	6
	Wayne Jones	6			Wayne Jones	1
	Darren Webster	3

Players Championship 9

Players Championship 9 in Dublin on 5 October.^[24]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Justin Pipe	6
	Michael van Gerwen	5			Justin Pipe	4
	Adrian Lewis	6			Adrian Lewis	6
	Joe Cullen	5							Adrian Lewis	6
	Mark Dudbridge	6							Brendan Dolan	4
	Dave Chisnall	1			Mark Dudbridge	3
	Brendan Dolan	6			Brendan Dolan	6
	James Wade	4

Players Championship 10

Players Championship 10 in Dublin on 6 October.^[25]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Michael van Gerwen	6
	Mervyn King	3			Michael van Gerwen	4
	Peter Wright	6			Peter Wright	6
	Robert Thornton	5							Peter Wright	3
	Andrew Gilding	6							Raymond van Barneveld	6
	Adrian Gray	1			Andrew Gilding	2
	Raymond van Barneveld	6			Raymond van Barneveld	6
	Kevin Painter	1

Players Championship 11

Players Championship 11 in Killarney on 19 October.^[26]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Darren Webster	6
	John Henderson	0			Darren Webster	3
	Jamie Caven	6			Jamie Caven	6
	Steve Beaton	3							Jamie Caven	5
	Dave Chisnall	6							Robert Thornton	6
	Brendan Dolan	2			Dave Chisnall	5
	Robert Thornton	6			Robert Thornton	6
	Mark Walsh	4

Players Championship 12

Players Championship 12 in Killarney on 20 October.^[27]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Kim Huybrechts	6
	Darren Webster	1			Kim Huybrechts	6
	Steve Beaton	6			Steve Beaton	2
	Gary Anderson	4							Kim Huybrechts	6
	Michael Smith	6							Kevin Painter	0
	Peter Wright	5			Michael Smith	3
	Kevin Painter	6			Kevin Painter	6
	Wes Newton	2

Players Championship 13

Players Championship 13 in Wigan on 2 November.^[28]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Ricky Evans	6
	Jamie Caven	5			Ricky Evans	6
	Ian White	6			Ian White	1
	Mark Frost	0							Ricky Evans	3
	Mensur Suljović	6							Brendan Dolan	6
	Jamie Lewis	0			Mensur Suljović	1
	Brendan Dolan	6			Brendan Dolan	6
	Kevin McDine	5

Players Championship 14

Players Championship 14 in Wigan on 3 November.^[29]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Gary Anderson	6
	Andrew Gilding	5			Gary Anderson	0
	Ian White	6			Ian White	6
	Kevin McDine	5							Ian White	6
	Andy Jenkins	6							Andy Jenkins	3
	Andy Smith	4			Andy Jenkins	6
	Darren Webster	6			Darren Webster	4
	Steve Beaton	3

Players Championship 15

Players Championship 15 in Barnsley on 23 November.^[30]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Mark Dudbridge	6
	Kevin Painter	3			Mark Dudbridge	3
	Robert Thornton	6			Robert Thornton	6
	Justin Pipe	3							Robert Thornton	3
	Dave Chisnall	6							Dave Chisnall	6
	Michael Smith	2			Dave Chisnall	6
	Peter Wright	6			Peter Wright	4
	Darren Webster	1

Players Championship 16

Players Championship 16 in Barnsley on 24 November.^[31]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Ricky Evans	6
	Steve Beaton	2			Ricky Evans	5
	Jamie Robinson	6			Jamie Robinson	6
	Jamie Lewis	5							Jamie Robinson	1
	Brendan Dolan	6							Brendan Dolan	6
	Gary Anderson	3			Brendan Dolan	6
	Terry Jenkins	6			Terry Jenkins	2
	Paul Nicholson	3

UK Open Qualifiers

The results from the eight qualifiers shown below were collated to form the UK Open Order of Merit. The top 32 players received entry into the final stages of the 2013 UK Open, with the top 96 (plus ties) entering in the earlier rounds.^[32]

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 23 February	K2 Leisure Centre, Crawley	Michael van Gerwen	6–2	Dave Chisnall	[33][34]
2	Sunday 24 February		Michael van Gerwen	6–2	Brendan Dolan	[35][36]
3	Saturday 16 March	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan	Michael van Gerwen	6–2	Michael Smith	[37][38]
4	Sunday 17 March		Robert Thornton	6–4	Jamie Caven	[39][40][41]
5	Saturday 13 April		Simon Whitlock	6–1	Michael van Gerwen	[42][43]
6	Sunday 14 April		Michael van Gerwen	6–5	Kim Huybrechts	[44][45]
7	Saturday 27 April		Kim Huybrechts	6–2	John Part	[46][47]
8	Sunday 28 April		Michael van Gerwen	6–0	Mervyn King	[48][49]

European Tour

No.	Date	Also known as the	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	8–10 March	UK Masters	Butlins Resort, Minehead	John Part	6–4	Stuart Kellett	[50][51][52]
2	30 March–1 April	European Darts Trophy	Glaspalast, Sindelfingen	Wes Newton	6–5	Paul Nicholson	[53][54]
3	17–19 May	European Darts Open	Maritim Hotel, Düsseldorf	Michael van Gerwen	6–2	Simon Whitlock	[55][56]
4	31 May–2 June	Austrian Darts Open	Arena Nova, Wiener Neustadt	Michael van Gerwen	6–3	Mervyn King	[57][58]
5	28–30 June	Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar	Phil Taylor	6–1	Jamie Lewis	[59]
6	6–8 September	German Darts Championship	Halle 39, Hildesheim	Dave Chisnall	6–2	Peter Wright	[60]
7	20–22 September	German Darts Masters	Glaspalast, Sindelfingen	Steve Beaton	6–5	Mervyn King	[61]
8	25–27 October	Dutch Darts Masters	Koningshof Hotel, Veldhoven, Netherlands	Kim Huybrechts	6–3	Brendan Dolan	[62]

Challenge Tour

The PDC Challenge Tour was open to anyone aged between 14 and 25, who wasn't in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit. The top two in the Order of Merit received Tour Cards for 2014.

No.	Date	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 23 March	Rowby-John Rodriguez	4–1	Dirk van Duijvenbode	[63]
2	Saturday 23 March	Josh Payne	4–3	Rowby-John Rodriguez	[63]
3	Sunday 24 March	Kurt Parry	4–1	Daniel Day	[64]
4	Saturday 20 April	Adam Hunt	4–2	Ricky Evans	[65]
5	Saturday 20 April	Jamie Lewis	4–1	Chris Aubrey	[65]
6	Sunday 21 April	Ross Smith	4–1	Ricky Evans	[66]
7	Saturday 11 May	Ross Smith	4–2	Benito van de Pas	[67]
8	Saturday 11 May	Graham Hall	4–3	Ross Smith	[67]
9	Sunday 12 May	Benito van de Pas	4–2	Richard Baillie	[68]
10	Saturday 13 July	Ben Ward	4–3	Josh Jones	[69]
11	Saturday 13 July	Ross Smith	4–1	Sam Head	[69]
12	Sunday 14 July	Jan Dekker	4–3	Dirk van Duijvenbode	[70]
13	Saturday 7 September	Ben Ward	4–3	Sam Hewson	[71]
14	Saturday 7 September	Luke Woodhouse	4–1	Ben Ward	[71]
15	Sunday 8 September	Ricky Evans	4–3	Ben Ward	[72]
16	Saturday 28 September	Dimitri Van den Bergh	4–0	Reece Robinson	[73]
17	Saturday 28 September	Matthew Dennant	4–1	Max Hopp	[73]
18	Sunday 29 September	Ross Smith	4–2	Adam Hunt	[74]

Scandinavian Darts Corporation Pro Tour

The Scandinavian Pro Tour had eight events this year, with a total of €40,000 on offer. The leader of the Order of Merit after four events qualified for the 2013 European Championship. The winner after all eight events earned a place in the 2014 World Championship.^[75]

No.	Date	Also known as	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 16 February	SDC Finland	Hotel Tallukka, Vääksy, Finland	Jani Haavisto	6–0	Ulf Ceder	[76]
2	Sunday 17 February			Per Laursen	6–3	Dennis Lindskjold	[76]
3	Saturday 11 May	SDC Finland		Jani Haavisto	6–3	Per Laursen	[77]
4	Sunday 12 May			Magnus Caris	6–2	Ali Roberts	[78]
5	Saturday 3 August	SDC Denmark	Park Inn Copenhagen Airport, Copenhagen, Denmark	Jani Haavisto	6–1	Veijo Viinikka	[79]
6	Sunday 4 August			Jarkko Komula	6–0	Per Laursen	[80]
7	Saturday 28 September	SDC Denmark		Magnus Caris	6–2	Jarkko Komula	[81]
8	Sunday 29 September			Per Laursen	6–5	Per Skau	[82]

^[83] Reference for the dates, tournament names and venues in the table

North American Pro Tour

The North American Pro Tour was for players from the USA and Canada. The top player in this ranking got into the 2014 World Championship.

No.	Date	Also known as	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Sunday 7 April	New World Dart Series #2 – Las Vegas	Tuscany Suites & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Darin Young	8–6	Dan Olson	[84]
2	Sunday 16 June	North American Championship Tour #1	Powerplex, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada	Wayne Kelly	6–2	Bernie Miller	[85]
3	Sunday 14 July	North American Championship Tour #2	Ambassador Conference Resort, Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Larry Butler	6–5	John Part	[86]
4	Saturday 20 July	North American Championship Tour #3	Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Chicago, Illinois, United States	Andre Carman	6–1	Dan Olson	[87]
5	Sunday 21 July	North American Championship Tour #4	Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Chicago, Illinois, United States	Larry Butler	6–4	Darin Young	[87]
6	Sunday 25 August	North American Championship Tour #5	Hilton London Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada	Jim Long	6–2	Shaun Narain	[88]
7	Sunday 8 September	North American Championship Tour #6	Resorts Casino & Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Dan Olson	6–3	Darin Young	[89]
8	Saturday 2 November	North American Championship Tour #7	Crowne Plaza Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States	Chris White	6–3	Shaun Narain	[90]
9	Sunday 3 November	North American Championship Tour #8	Crowne Plaza Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States	Darin Young	6–4	Bernie Miller	[91]
10	Sunday 24 November	New World Dart Series #3 – New Orleans	Hilton New Orleans Airport, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States	Darin Young	?-?	Ralph McCool	[92]

^[93][94] References for the dates, tournament names and venues in the table

Australian Grand Prix Pro Tour

The Australian Grand Prix rankings are calculated from events across Australia. The top player in the rankings automatically qualifies for the 2014 World Championship.

No.	Date	Also known as	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 2 February	Mittagong RSL Open 1	Kyle Anderson	6–2	John Bunyard
2	Sunday 3 February	Mittagong RSL Open 2	Kyle Anderson	6–0	Sonny Turner
3	Saturday 16 February	DPA Australian Matchplay 1	Kyle Anderson	6–3	Bill Aitken
4	Saturday 2 March	Redcliffe Darts Open 1	Tic Bridge	6–4	Steve Duke
5	Sunday 3 March	Redcliffe Darts Open 2	Tic Bridge	6–1	Craig Gwynne
6	Saturday 16 March	Dosh Perth Open 1	David Platt	6–4	Adam Rowe
7	Sunday 17 March	Dosh Perth Open 2	Laurence Ryder	6–3	Conan Ugle
8	Saturday 7 April	Victoria Open 1	Kyle Anderson	6–3	Shane O'Connor
9	Sunday 8 April	Victoria Open 2	Kyle Anderson	6–3	Shane O'Connor
10	Saturday 11 May	Russell Stewart Classic	Gordon Mathers	6–5	Kyle Anderson
11	Sunday 12 May	DPA Australian Singles	Gordon Mathers	6–3	Kyle Anderson
12	Saturday 25 May	Redcliffe Darts Open 3	Pat Orreal	6–5	Kyle Anderson
13	Sunday 26 May	Redcliffe Darts Open 4	Russell Homer	6–2	Darren Kirk
14	Saturday 22 June	Nerang Open 1	Kyle Anderson	6–2	Tic Bridge
15	Sunday 23 June	Nerang Open 2	James Bailey	6–2	Rob Modra
16	Saturday 13 July	SID Darts Open	Gordon Mathers	6–3	Kyle Anderson
17	Sunday 14 July	Warilla Bowls Club Open	Kyle Anderson	6–5	Jamie Rundle
18	Saturday 3 August	Dosh Perth Open 3	Chad Stack	6–5	Beau Anderson
19	Sunday 4 August	Dosh Perth Open 4	Steve MacArthur	6–3	Gordon Mathers
20	Sunday 25 August	Sydney Masters Qualifier 1	Beau Anderson	6–5	Ben Gaiter
21	Monday 26 August	Sydney Masters Qualifier 2	Monty Tuhua	6–4	Kerry Whear
22	Tuesday 27 August	Sydney Masters Qualifier 3	David Platt	6–2	Raymond Kingston

Other PDC tournaments

The PDC also held a number of other tournaments during 2013. These were mainly smaller events with low prize money, and some had eligibility restrictions. All of these tournaments were non-ranking.

Date[95]	Event	Winner	Score	Runner-Up	Ref.
July 14	New Zealand Championship	Rob Szabo	3–2	Mike Day	[96][97]
August 28	Oceanic Masters	Beau Anderson	6–4	Tic Bridge	[98][99]
September 29	South African Masters	Devon Petersen	9–3	Graham Filby	[100][101]
September 29	PDC World South Asian Qualifying Event	Mohd Latif Sapup	beat	Kesava Rao	[100][102]
October 13	Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay	Colin McGarry	6–4	Connie Finnan	[103][104]
October 18	Gleneagle Irish Masters	Darren Webster	6–2	Joe Cullen	[105]
October 20	PDC World Philippines Qualifying Event	Edward Santos	beat	Alexis Toylo	[106]
October 26	PDC World China Qualifying Event	Royden Lam	5–0	Deng Yin	[107][108]
November 1	Bull's Super League Darts Iberia	Julio Barbero	10–9	Dylan Duo	[109][110]
November 3	PDJ Japanese Qualifier	Morihiro Hashimoto	6–5	Haruki Muramatsu	[111][112]
November 10	PDC World West European Qualifying Event	Gino Vos	6–3	Dick van Dijk	[113][114]
November 16	Bull's Super League Germany	Andree Welge	10–7	Maik Langendorf	[113][115]
November 16	Bull's Super League Eastern Europe	Mensur Suljović	10–4	Zoran Lerchbacher	[113][116]
November 25	PDC World Darts Championship PDPA Qualifier	Matt Clark	5–0	Ian Moss	[117][118]