Emperors Palace South African Masters
Tournament information
VenueEmperors Palace
LocationJohannesburg
CountrySouth Africa
Established2007
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£15,000 (2009)
Month(s) PlayedSeptember
Current champion(s)
England Phil Taylor

The Emperors Palace South African Masters was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation which began in 2007, so-named because it took place at the Emperors Palace entertainment resort in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Format and qualification

The tournament had 8 players, 4 of which were the top ranked players on the PDC Order of Merit and the semi-finalists, runner up and winner of the PDC South African Open which takes place the day before. The four players chosen by the PDC were drawn up against the qualifiers from the PDC South African Open in a knock-out tournament. In 2007, Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, James Wade and Terry Jenkins, ranked numbers one to four in the Order of Merit respectively at the time, participated in the tournament. In the following year, Taylor and Wade, returned to the tournament, being ranked numbers one and three in the world at the time. John Part, ranked number four in the world, also participated, as did Wayne Mardle, who replaced Barneveld (ranked second) due to the Dutchman's two month sabbatical from darts. Taylor, Wade, Part and Mervyn King took part in the 2009 tournament.

Matches were as follows:

  • Quarter-final: best of 7 legs
  • Semi-final: Best of 9 legs (formerly in 2007 best of 11 legs)
  • Final: Best of 11 legs (formerly in 2007 best of 15 legs, in 2008 best of 9 legs)

Since the 2010 tournament, the event is the direct qualification tournament for the World Darts Championship for South African darts players.

Television

The tournament was broadcast live on SuperSport in South Africa. In the United Kingdom, the tournament was broadcast on Challenge in 2007, Nuts TV in 2008, and Sky Sports in 2009.

Results

2007

[1]

Quarter-finals
Best of 7 legs 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 legs 		Final
Best of 15 legs
England Phil Taylor 4
South Africa Mike Ryder 0 England Phil Taylor 6
England Terry Jenkins 4 England Terry Jenkins 4
South Africa Paul Meyer 0 England Phil Taylor 8
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 4 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 6
South Africa Charles Losper 1 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 6
England James Wade 4 England James Wade 5
South Africa Lodewyk Marais 0

2008

[2]

Quarter-finals
Best of 7 legs 		Semi-finals
Best of 9 legs 		Final
Best of 9 legs
Canada John Part 4
South Africa Mark Jackson 0 Canada John Part 5
England James Wade 4 England James Wade 1
South Africa Les Francis 1 Canada John Part 2
England Wayne Mardle 4 England Phil Taylor 5
South Africa Charles Losper 1 England Wayne Mardle 2
England Phil Taylor 4 England Phil Taylor 5
South Africa Shawn Hogan 1

2009

[3]

Quarter-finals
Best of 7 legs 		Semi-finals
Best of 9 legs 		Final
Best of 11 legs
England Phil Taylor 4
South Africa Christo Meiring 1 England Phil Taylor 5
Canada John Part 4 Canada John Part 2
South Africa Devon Petersen 1 England Phil Taylor 6
England James Wade 4 England James Wade 4
South Africa Wynand Havenga 1 England James Wade 5
England Mervyn King 4 England Mervyn King 4
South Africa Les Francis 1
  • During the fifth leg of the semi-final between James Wade and Mervyn King, King hit the first ever televised nine-dart finish outside of Europe. He hit two consecutive 180s, and then used T20, T19, D12 to complete the perfect leg. King went 4–1 up as a result of that leg, but still lost the match 5–4.

Previous winners

Year Champion Score Runner-up Total prize money Winner's prize
2007 England Phil Taylor 8–6 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld £15,000 £5,000
2008 England Phil Taylor 5–2 Canada John Part £15,000 £5,000
2009 England Phil Taylor 6–4 England James Wade £15,000 £5,000


World Darts Championship Qualification Tournament

Year Champion Score Runner-up Semi-finalist 1
(lost to Champion)		 Semi-finalist 2
(lost to Runner-Up)
2006 South Africa Wynand Havenga 4–1 South Africa Paul Meyer South Africa Paul McMahon South Africa Roshan Sivraman
2007 South Africa Charles Losper 4–0 South Africa Lodewyk Marais South Africa Mike Ryder South Africa Paul Meyer
2008 South Africa Charles Losper 4–1 South Africa Mark Jackson South Africa Shawn Hogan South Africa Les Francis
2009 South Africa Les Francis 4–3 South Africa Devon Petersen South Africa Wynand Havenga South Africa Christo Meiring
2010 South Africa Devon Petersen 5–4 South Africa Les Francis South Africa Charles Losper South Africa Jeff Waterman
2011 South Africa Devon Petersen beat South Africa Nolan Arendse South Africa Brent Robertson South Africa Gary Dowman
2012 South Africa Charl Pietersen 8–1 South Africa Charles Losper South Africa Shawn Hogan South Africa Jason Hendricks
2013 South Africa Devon Petersen 9–3 South Africa Graham Filby South Africa Charles Losper South Africa Charl Petersen
2014 South Africa Nolan Arendse 9–5 South Africa Devon Petersen South Africa Shawn Hogan South Africa Charl Pietersen
2015 South Africa Warrick Scheffer 9–2 South Africa Clifford Stradling South Africa Charl Pietersen South Africa Charles Losper
2021 South Africa Cameron Carolissen 9–8 South Africa Charles Losper South Africa Carl Gabriel South Africa Warrick Scheffer
2022 South Africa Stefan Vermaak 9–8 South Africa Charles Losper South Africa Shawn Hogan South Africa Cameron Carolissen
2023 South Africa Wynand Havenga 7–0 South Africa Deon Oliver South Africa Charles Losper South Africa Stefan Vermaak

References

  1. ↑ "2007 Emperors Palace South African Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "2008 Emperors Palace South African Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "2009 Emperors Palace South African Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
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