The 2013

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(PDC). It was held between 1–3 November 2013 at the

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. Phil Taylor won the title by beating

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10–1 in the final.

Qualifiers

Only the top 16 players on the PDC's Order of Merit on 20 October 2013 qualified for the event. These were: # Phil Taylor (winner) #

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''(quarter-finals)'' #

''(runner-up)'' #

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''(quarter-finals)'' #

James Wade James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player to win a major PDC title, when he won the 2007 World Matchplay at th ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

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''(first round)'' #

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''(first round)'' # Wes Newton ''(quarter-finals)'' #

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''(first round)'' #

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''(semi-finals)'' # Robert Thornton ''(quarter-finals)'' #

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''(first round)'' # Mervyn King ''(first round)'' #

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''(first round)'' # Peter Wright ''(first round)'' #

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''(first round)''

Prize money

The total prize fund was £160,000.

Draw

Statistics

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: right" , - ! Player ! Eliminated ! Played ! Legs Won ! Legs Lost ! LWAT ! 100+ ! 140+ ! 180s ! High Checkout ! 3-dart Average , - , align="left", Phil Taylor , Winner , 4 , 34 , 7 , 15 , 55 , 37 , 11 , 143 , 105.38 , - , align="left",

, Runner-up , 4 , 25 , 26 , 6 , 61 , 42 , 16 , 156 , 101.82 , - , align="left",

, Semi-finals , 3 , 23 , 19 , 6 , 46 , 37 , 13 , 143 , 98.11 , - , align="left",

, Semi-finals , 3 , 15 , 22 , 4 , 41 , 21 , 5 , 91 , 86.34 , - , align="left",

, Quarter-finals , 2 , 12 , 10 , 5 , 29 , 12 , 5 , 135 , 98.87 , - , align="left",

, Quarter-finals , 2 , 13 , 12 , 4 , 28 , 18 , 8 , 112 , 95.21 , - , align="left", Wes Newton , Quarter-finals , 2 , 8 , 13 , 4 , 22 , 17 , 5 , 65 , 95.20 , - , align="left", Robert Thornton , Quarter-finals , 2 , 8 , 12 , 3 , 30 , 10 , 5 , 70 , 94.39 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 5 , 6 , 0 , 16 , 9 , 3 , 100 , 106.43 , - , align="left", Peter Wright , First round , 1 , 2 , 6 , 1 , 11 , 6 , 3 , 125 , 99.92 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 3 , 6 , 1 , 12 , 5 , 2 , 84 , 94.06 , - , align="left", Mervyn King , First round , 1 , 4 , 6 , 1 , 12 , 7 , 1 , 121 , 93.50 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 5 , 6 , 1 , 26 , 6 , 1 , 79 , 92.93 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 4 , 6 , 1 , 7 , 5 , 5 , 61 , 89.24 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 5 , 6 , 3 , 11 , 11 , 1 , 88 , 88.26 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 3 , 6 , 1 , 16 , 5 , 0 , 120 , 86.89 , -

Broadcasting

The tournament was available on

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in the United Kingdom. It was also shown on

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in the Netherlands,

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in Germany,

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in Australia and on Sky New Zealand.

References

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