The 2013

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(PDC). It was held between 1–3 November 2013 at the Royal Highland Centre in

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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 who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number nine; he reached a peak ranking of world number two in 2010. ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

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''(first round)'' #

Dave Chisnall David Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twelve; he reached a peak ranking of world number five in ...

''(first round)'' #

Wes Newton Wesley Newton (born 27 August 1977) is an English professional darts player. Darts career Newton's first PDC major was the 2003 UK Open where he lost 8–6 to Mark Thomson in the last 32. He was beaten in the semi-finals of the Eastbourne Op ...

''(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",

, 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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