2007 Premier League Darts

2007 Premier League Darts
Winner
England Phil Taylor
Runner-up
England Terry Jenkins
Score
16–6
Date
1 February – 28 May 2007
Edition
3rd
Number of players
8
Venues
15
Premier League Darts
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The 2007 Holsten Premier League was a major darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). The prize money for the 2007 event increased by almost £100,000 compared to 2006. The overall fund was £265,000 with the eventual winner taking home £75,000. The inclusion of an eighth player meant that the league expanded from 10 to 14 weeks.

Phil Taylor continued his dominance of this tournament by taking the title for the third year in a row. In fact, he remained unbeaten throughout this year's event – and extended his overall unbeaten run in the Premier League to 44 matches.

Qualifiers

The PDC awarded places in the league to the top six players in their world rankings after the SkyBet World Grand Prix in October 2006.

Terry Jenkins' semi-final victory over Peter Manley in Dublin secured the last automatic place in the Premier League at the expense of Wayne Mardle.

The remaining two places were determined by wildcards. The first was awarded after the SkyBet World Grand Prix – the PDC gave this to Raymond van Barneveld. The second wildcard awarded by host broadcaster Sky Sports to Adrian Lewis.[1]

Top six players in rankings at the end of the World Grand Prix and received automatic qualification were

1 Colin Lloyd 549
2 Phil Taylor 545
3 Dennis Priestley 446
4 Peter Manley 441
5 Roland Scholten 433
6 Terry Jenkins 430
Wildcard Raymond van Barneveld
Wildcard Adrian Lewis

The following top 10 players missed out on automatic qualification.

7 Wayne Mardle 427
8 Ronnie Baxter 424
9 Adrian Lewis 421 (Awarded Wildcard, January 2007)
10 Andy Jenkins 420

Prize money

  • Winner £75,000 (Phil Taylor)
  • Runner-up £40,000 (Terry Jenkins)
  • Semi-finalists £30,000 each (Raymond van Barneveld & Dennis Priestley)
  • Fifth place £22,500 (Colin Lloyd)
  • Sixth place £20,000 (Peter Manley)
  • Seventh place £17,500 (Adrian Lewis)
  • Eighth place £15,000 (Roland Scholten)
  • High Checkout £1,000 at each league night plus play-offs (Taylor, Jenkins & Lewis £3,000 each; Manley, Scholten & van Barneveld £2,000 each)

Results

League stage

Play-offs

England The Centre, Brighton

Score
28 May – Semi-finals
Phil Taylor England
(98.79)		11–6England Dennis Priestley
(89.20)
Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands
(89.75)		10–11England Terry Jenkins
(85.77)
28 May – Final
Phil Taylor England
(99.20)		16–8England Terry Jenkins
(90.81)
High Checkout: Terry Jenkins 161

Table and streaks

Table

[2]

Pos Name Pld W D L LF LA +/- LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s A HC Pts
1England Phil Taylor14113010952+574321410539100.8717025
2Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld147349882+16322391086796.5917017
3England Terry Jenkins146358690−4262501323893.7215715
4England Dennis Priestley145368887+1342311343692.4614013
5England Colin Lloyd146088587−2332091124194.1510812
6England Peter Manley144377396−23262291051888.4113811
7England Adrian Lewis145096996−27241761205093.2016410
8Netherlands Roland Scholten143387997−18272091524895.001469

NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.

Streaks

Player Week Play-offs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 SF F
England Phil Taylor D D W W W W W D W W W W W W W W
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld W W D D L W L W L D W W W L L
England Terry Jenkins L W L D W W W D W L L W L D W L
England Dennis Priestley W D W W W L W D L D L L L L L
England Colin Lloyd L L L W L L L W W L W L W W
England Peter Manley W L D L L W L L W D L L W D
England Adrian Lewis L W W L L L L L L W W L L W
Netherlands Roland Scholten D L L L W L W D L D L W L L

NB: W = Won D = Drawn L = Lost

Player statistics

The following statistics are for the league stage only. Playoffs are not included.

Phil Taylor

  • Longest unbeaten run: 14
  • Most consecutive wins: 6
  • Most consecutive draws: 2
  • Most consecutive losses: 0
  • Longest without a win: 2
  • Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Colin Lloyd, v. Terry Jenkins and v. Peter Manley)
  • Biggest defeat: Player Undefeated

Raymond van Barneveld

  • Longest unbeaten run: 4
  • Most consecutive wins: 3
  • Most consecutive draws: 2
  • Most consecutive losses: 1
  • Longest without a win: 3
  • Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Roland Scholten)
  • Biggest defeat: 4–8 (v. Dennis Priestley)

Terry Jenkins

  • Longest unbeaten run: 6
  • Most consecutive wins: 3
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 2
  • Longest without a win: 2
  • Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Adrian Lewis)
  • Biggest defeat: 0–8 (v. Colin Lloyd)

Dennis Priestley

  • Longest unbeaten run: 5
  • Most consecutive wins: 3
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 4
  • Longest without a win: 7
  • Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Adrian Lewis)
  • Biggest defeat: 2–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Colin Lloyd

  • Longest unbeaten run: 2
  • Most consecutive wins: 2
  • Most consecutive draws: 0
  • Most consecutive losses: 3
  • Longest without a win: 3
  • Biggest victory: 8–0 (v. Terry Jenkins)
  • Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Peter Manley

  • Longest unbeaten run: 2
  • Most consecutive wins: 1
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 2
  • Longest without a win: 4
  • Biggest victory: 8–3 (v. Dennis Priestley)
  • Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Adrian Lewis

Roland Scholten

  • Longest unbeaten run: 2
  • Most consecutive wins: 1
  • Most consecutive draws: 1
  • Most consecutive losses: 3
  • Longest without a win: 4
  • Biggest victory: 8–2 (v. Peter Manley)
  • Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Raymond van Barneveld)

References

  1. ↑ "Sky Sports hand wildcard to Lewis". Archived from the original on 17 June 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2007.
  2. ↑ "Premier League Statistics". Archived from the original on 16 February 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2007.
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