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2019 World Masters (darts)

The 2019 One80 L-style World Masters was a major tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 2019. It took place from 23 to 28 October at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex, which hosted the PDC World Darts Championship from 1994 to 2007.

Adam Smith-Neale was the reigning men's champion after defeating Glen Durrant in the previous year's final by 6 sets to 4, but lost in the Last 128 to Hannes Schnier of Austria. John O'Shea won his first major title with a 6 sets to 4 win over Scott Waites.[1] He became the third non-seeded World Master in three consecutive years. Lisa Ashton was the defending women's champion after defeating Casey Gallagher 4 legs to 2 in last year's women final. She defended her title successfully with a 5 to 4 legs final win over Anastasia Dobromyslova. The youth tournaments were won by Keane Barry and Katie Sheldon of the Republic of Ireland. It was the first time three Irish players won the Singles tournaments of the World Masters.

The tournament was beset with problems, including:[2]

These irregularities led to the BDO, a founder member of the World Darts Federation, being demoted to associate status by the WDF.

The tournament was the last World Masters organised by the BDO after the collapse of the organisation in September 2020.[3] Following the tournament, the World Darts Federation announced plans to launch the WDF World Masters in 2020,[4] but due to the COVID-19 pandemic these plans were pushed back to 2021,[5] and then 2022.[6]

Men's seeds

The seedings were finalised on 10 September. For the fourth consecutive year, there were 16 seeds (a decrease from 32 between 2012 and 2015), but with a change from last year, all seeds started playing in the Last 128.

  1. Netherlands Wesley Harms (Last 64)
  2. Netherlands Richard Veenstra (Last 32)
  3. Wales Jim Williams (Last 128)
  4. England Dave Parletti (Last 32)
  5. Netherlands Willem Mandigers (Last 16)
  6. England Scott Mitchell (Last 32)
  7. England Adam Smith-Neale (Last 128)
  8. Scotland Ryan Hogarth (Last 32)
  9. Belgium Mario Vandenbogaerde (semi-finals)
  10. England Scott Waites (runner-up)
  11. England Andy Hamilton (Last 64)
  12. England David Evans (Last 128)
  13. Scotland Gary Stone (Last 16)
  14. Poland Sebastian Steyer (Last 128)
  15. England Martin Adams (Last 128)
  16. England Simon Stainton (Last 16)

Men's draw (last 32 onwards)

Women's seeds

It was announced before the start of the event that the Ladies seeds were to rise from 8 to 16. No reason for the change was given.

  1. England Lisa Ashton (champion)
  2. Japan Mikuru Suzuki (Last 32)
  3. Netherlands Aileen de Graaf (Last 16)
  4. England Deta Hedman (quarter-finals)
  5. England Fallon Sherrock (Last 32)
  6. Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova (runner-up)
  7. England Lorraine Winstanley (semi-finals)
  8. England Laura Turner (Last 64)
  9. England Maria O'Brien (Last 16)
  10. England Casey Gallagher (Last 16)
  11. England Trina Gulliver (Last 128)
  12. England Paula Jacklin (Last 128)
  13. Australia Tori Kewish (Last 16)
  14. England Kirsty Hutchinson (Last 64)
  15. Sweden Vicky Pruim (quarter-finals)
  16. England Jo Clements (Last 128)

Women's draw (last 8 onwards)

References

  1. ^ Glennon, Michael (28 October 2019). "Master O'Shea wins to cap fine weekend for Irish darts". RTÉ.ie. Archived from the original on 2019-11-06.
  2. ^ Confusion reigns at World Masters as fake names, a redraw and a resignation blight BDO’s oldest major
  3. ^ "BDO Set to Fold. "It's All Over...." • Darts World Magazine". Archived from the original on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  4. ^ "WDF – New Ranking System and Two New Majors for 2020". World Darts Federation. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Development of World Rankings Criteria For 2021 – WDF". World Darts Federation. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  6. ^ "WORLD MASTERS CANCELLED AGAIN, NEW ATTEMPT IN DECEMBER 2022". Darts News. 3 September 2021.

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