2023 World Seniors Darts Championship

2023 JENNINGSbet World Seniors Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates	9–12 February 2023
Venue	Circus Tavern
Location	Purfleet
Country	England
Organisation(s)	World Seniors Darts Tour
Format	Sets
Prize fund	£80,000
Winner's share	£30,000
High checkout	167  Kevin Painter (semi-finals)
Champion(s)
Robert Thornton
«2022 2024»

The 2023 World Seniors Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2023 JENNINGSbet World Seniors Darts Championship) was the second World Seniors Darts Championship organised by the World Seniors Darts Tour. It took place at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet between 9 and 12 February 2023. The event was open to players over the age of 50, except current PDC Tour Card holders. The tournament was expanded from 24 to 32 players.^[1]

Robert Thornton, the defending champion after winning the inaugural tournament in 2022, successfully defended his title by beating Richie Howson 5–2 in the final.

Prize money

The prize fund for the event was £80,000, with £30,000 going to the champion.^[2]

Position (no. of players)		Prize money (Total: £80,000)
Winner	(1)	£30,000
Runner-up	(1)	£13,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£4,500
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£2,000
Second round	(8)	£1,000
First round	(16)	£750

Qualifiers

The first players announced to take part in the event were Robert Thornton, Phil Taylor, Martin Adams, John Part, Trina Gulliver and Keith Deller.^[1]

Three more invited players were announced in October, Mark Dudbridge,^[3] Co Stompé^[4] and Chris Mason. Mason previously stated that he would rather qualify by the open qualifications, but after an impressive start in the MODUS Super Series tournaments, he accepted his spot as an invited player.^[5]

In early November, five more players were announced. The group of competitors has been enlarged by Roland Scholten, Peter Manley, Terry Jenkins, Ronnie Baxter and Les Wallace.^[6] Glen Durrant received an invitation to take part in this tournament after his official retirement from a professional career.^[7]

More contestants were announced in December. The invitation to participate in the tournament was accepted by Bob Anderson, Larry Butler, David Cameron, Neil Duff, Kevin Painter, Tony O'Shea and Darryl Fitton.^[8] Two days later, the seed list was announced.^[9]

Seeded players  Robert Thornton (champion)  Phil Taylor (quarter-finals)  Martin Adams (second round)  Glen Durrant (first round)  Trina Gulliver (first round)  John Part (second round)  David Cameron (first round)  Neil Duff (quarter-finals)  Keith Deller (second round)  Bob Anderson (first round)  Les Wallace (first round)  Kevin Painter (semi-finals)  Terry Jenkins (second round)  Tony O'Shea (first round)  Larry Butler (first round)  Peter Manley (first round)

Invited players  Ronnie Baxter (first round)  Mark Dudbridge (quarter-finals)  Darryl Fitton (quarter-finals)  Leonard Gates (semi-finals)  Chris Mason (first round)  Scott Mitchell (second round)  Roland Scholten (first round)  Co Stompé (first round)

Qualifiers Michael Huntley (first round)  Dennis Harbour (second round)  Richie Howson (runner-up)

World Seniors Tour ranking qualifiers  Darren Johnson (second round)  Colin McGarry (first round)  Dave Prins (first round)  Lisa Ashton (first round)  Andy Jenkins (second round)

Draw

	First round (best of 5 sets) 9–10 February [10]					Second round (best of 5 sets) 11 February [10]					Quarter-finals (best of 5 sets) 12 February [10]					Semi-finals (best of 5 sets) 12 February					Final (best of 9 sets) 12 February
	1	Robert Thornton 93.66	3
		Roland Scholten 73.55	0
						1	Robert Thornton 90.43	3
							Scott Mitchell 84.73	0
	16	Peter Manley 69.14	0
		Scott Mitchell 83.58	3
											1	Robert Thornton 98.72	3
											8	Neil Duff 89.67	1
	8	Neil Duff 88.99	3
	RQ	Lisa Ashton 87.07	2
						8	Neil Duff 88.79	3
						9	Keith Deller 75.27	0
	9	Keith Deller 75.07	3
	Q	Michael Huntley 74.41	2
																1	Robert Thornton 89.50	3
																12	Kevin Painter 80.15	0
	4	Glen Durrant 76.65	0
		Mark Dudbridge 89.08	3
							Mark Dudbridge 88.65	3
						13	Terry Jenkins 88.74	1
	13	Terry Jenkins 88.89	3
		Chris Mason 81.84	2
												Mark Dudbridge 88.63	1
											12	Kevin Painter 89.10	3
	5	Trina Gulliver 75.30	0
	Q	Dennis Harbour 85.30	3
						Q	Dennis Harbour 85.16	0
						12	Kevin Painter 86.15	3
	12	Kevin Painter 86.69	3
		Ronnie Baxter 72.32	0
																					1	Robert Thornton 90.57	5
																					Q	Richie Howson 90.97	2
	2	Phil Taylor 82.36	3
	RQ	Colin McGarry 82.80	2
						2	Phil Taylor 83.93	3
						RQ	Darren Johnson 80.13	1
	15	Larry Butler 78.49	2
	RQ	Darren Johnson 81.29	3
											2	Phil Taylor 82.27	1
											Q	Richie Howson 87.28	3
	7	David Cameron 88.41	2
	Q	Richie Howson 84.22	3
						Q	Richie Howson 86.55	3
						RQ	Andy Jenkins 78.67	1
	10	Bob Anderson 74.41	0
	RQ	Andy Jenkins 83.93	3
																Q	Richie Howson 89.47	3
																	Leonard Gates 87.99	1
	3	Martin Adams 78.62	3
	RQ	Dave Prins 77.59	1
						3	Martin Adams 87.17	0
							Leonard Gates 96.90	3
	14	Tony O'Shea 80.40	0
		Leonard Gates 85.19	3
												Leonard Gates 94.51	3
												Darryl Fitton 87.84	1
	6	John Part 73.65	3
		Co Stompé 69.31	2
						6	John Part 78.53	2
							Darryl Fitton 80.88	3
	11	Les Wallace 76.79	2
		Darryl Fitton 78.83	3

Statistics

Top averages

This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.

#	Player	Round	Average	Result
1	Robert Thornton	QF	98.72	Won
2	Leonard Gates	R2	96.90	Won
3	Leonard Gates (2)	QF	94.51	Won
4	Robert Thornton (2)	R1	93.66	Won
5	Richie Howson	F	90.97	Lost
6	Robert Thornton (3)	F	90.57	Won
7	Robert Thornton (4)	R2	90.43	Won
8	Neil Duff	QF	89.67	Lost
9	Robert Thornton (5)	SF	89.50	Won
10	Richie Howson (2)	SF	89.47	Won

Representation

This table shows the number of players by country in the 2023 World Seniors Darts Championship. A total of seven nationalities were represented.

	ENG	SCO	USA	NIR	CAN	NED	WAL	Total
Final	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Semi-finals	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
Quarter-finals	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	8
Second round	12	1	1	1	1	0	0	16
First round	21	2	2	2	2	2	1	32
Total	21	2	2	2	2	2	1	32

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