2010 PDC Pro Tour


The 2010 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. They were Professional Dart Players Association Players Championships and UK Open Qualifiers. This year there were 45 PDC Pro Tour events - 37 Players Championships and 8 UK Open Qualifiers.

Prize money

Prize money for each Players Championship and UK Open Qualifier increased from £29,600 in 2009 to £31,200 in 2010. Prize money for Australian and Canadian Players Championships remained unchanged at £21,600 per event.
StageUK/Europe/USA EventsAustralia/Canada Events
Second round£200£100
Third round£300£200
Fourth round£500£300
Quarter-finals£1,000£700
Semi-finals£1,500£1,250
Final£3,000£2,500
Winner£6,000£5,000

In addition, £400 per Pro Tour event was reserved for a nine-dart finish. Should this not be won in an event, it would be carried over to the next event, and so on until a nine-dart finish is achieved. Once the prize fund is won, it reverted to £400 for the next event.

Players Championships

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 2011 World Championship.
No.DateAlso known asWinnerLegsRunner-UpRef.
1Saturday 23 JanuaryRevesby Workers Club Open 1Simon Whitlock 6–3 Jerry Weyman
2Sunday 24 JanuaryRevesby Workers Club Open 2Shane Tichowitsch 6–5 Rod Neeson
3Saturday 6 FebruaryUnanderra Hotel Darts OpenSimon Whitlock 6–0 Barry Jouannet Jr
4Sunday 7 FebruaryDPA Australian SinglesSimon Whitlock 6–1 Rob Modra
5Saturday 13 MarchCoogee Bay Classic 1Shane Tichowitsch 6–2 Mitchell Clegg
6Sunday 14 MarchCoogee Bay Classic 2Rob Modra 6–5 Brendan McCausland
7Saturday 27 MarchNDDA Open 1Peter Machin 6–5 Brendan McCausland
8Sunday 28 MarchNDDA Open 2Danny Scally 6–3 Craig Prizeman
9Saturday 17 AprilCriterion Hotel Open 1Rob Modra 6–5 Graham Davis
10Sunday 18 AprilCriterion Hotel Open 2Rob Modra 6–5 Craig Prizeman
11Saturday 7 MayGoulburn Open 1Shane Tichowitsch 6–2 Rob Modra
12Sunday 8 MayGoulburn Open 2Barry Jouannet Jr 6–5 Shane Tichowitsch
13Saturday 22 MayQueensland Open 1Rob Modra 6–0 Bill Aitken
14Sunday 23 MayQueensland Open 2Shane Tichowitsch 6–3 Bill Aitken
15Saturday 5 JuneGaels Club Open 1Shane Tichowitsch 6–3 Brian Roach
16Sunday 6 JuneGaels Club Open 2Craig Prizeman 6–1 Rob Modra
17Saturday 19 JuneMittagong RSL Open 1Phillip Hazel 6–3 Rob Modra
18Sunday 20 JuneMittagong RSL Open 2Sean Reed 6–4 Phillip Hazel
19Saturday 17 JulySouthern Illawarra OpenBill Aitken 6–5 Barry Jouannet Jr
20Sunday 18 JulyWarilla Bowls Club OpenCraig Prizeman 6–3 Rob Modra
21Sunday 15 AugustOceanic MastersSimon Whitlock 6–5 Shane Tichowitsch
22Friday 20 AugustRevesby Workers Club Open 3Robert Thornton 6–4 Dave Muller
23Saturday 21 AugustRevesby Workers Club Open 4Tony Eccles 6–5 David Platt
24Sunday 22 AugustAustralian Open Players ChampionshipDennis Priestley 6–3 Mark Hylton
25Saturday 25 SeptemberBillabong Tavern Darts OpenRob Modra 6–4 Michael Cassar
26Sunday 26 SeptemberRussell Stewart ClassicShane Tichowitsch 6–4 Wayne Weening
27Saturday 9 OctoberDPA Australian Matchplay 1Phillip Hazel 6–3 Rob Modra
28Sunday 10 OctoberDPA Australian Matchplay 2Mitchell Clegg 6–2 Dave Breasley

Other PDC tournaments

The PDC also held a number of other tournaments during 2010. These were mainly smaller events with low prize money, and some had eligibility restrictions. All of these tournaments were non-ranking.
DateEventWinnerScoreRunner-Up
June 26World Cricket Championship Phil Taylor3 - 2 Mark Walsh
June 30North American Darts Championship John Part6 - 4 Darin Young
August 15Oceanic Masters Simon Whitlock6 - 5 Shane Tichowitsch
September 12PDC World Japan Qualifying Event Morihiro Hashimoto6 - 0 Mitsumasa Hoshino
September 25South African Masters Devon Petersen5 - 4 Les Francis
October 10Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay Michael Mansell6 - 4 Stephen Byrne
October 16Gleneagle Irish Masters Simon Whitlock6 - 4 Phil Taylor
October 30PDC World East European Qualifying Event Dietmar Burger6 - 2 Christian Kallinger
November 5PDC World Sweden Qualifying Event Magnus Caris6 - 1 Par Riihonen
November 6PDC World South European Qualifying Event Boris Krcmar6 - 4 Zdravko Antunovic
November 6Caribbean and South American Masters Norman Madhoo4 - 2 Anthony Forde
November 20PDC World Finland Qualifying Event Veijo Viinikkabeat Sami Sanssi
November 20PDC World West European Qualifying Event Roland Scholten6 - 4 Armando Jimenez
November 28PDC World Russia Qualifying Event Andrej Rashnikov8 - 1 Anastasia Dobromyslova
November 28PDC World Greater China Qualifying Event Scott MacKenziebeat Alex Hon
November 29PDC World Darts Championship PDPA Qualifier Alex Roy5 - 1 Matt Padgett