The 2001 event saw a return to form for Canada's John Part who reached the final after a dramatic last gasp semi-final victory over Rod Harrington. Unfortunately for Part he met a rampant Phil Taylor in the final and was only able to win 3 legs during the match. Taylor averaged over 107 in the final and clocked up his 7th title in a row.
The event also saw the first woman to be invited to play with Canada's Gayl King lining up alongside the men where she won the first set against Graeme Stoddart before going down 3 sets to 1.
"Diamond" Dave Askew also put his mark on the tournament with a run to the semi-final including a leg where he missed a 9 dart finish and an accompanying £100,000 with his final dart.
Results:
First Round
Jamie Harvey 3 V 2 Peter Manley
John Lowe 3 V 1 Gary Spedding
Alex Roy 3 V 2 Steve Raw
Dave Askew 3 V 2 Mick Manning
Keith Deller 3 V 2 Dennis Priestley
Richie Burnett 3 V 2 Steve Brown (US)
Les Fitton 3 V 1 Denis Ovens
Phil Taylor 3 V 0 Nigel Justice
Roland Scholten 3 V 0 Shayne Burgess
Cliff Lazarenko 3 V 0 Steve Cummings
Graeme Stoddart 3 V 1 Gayl King
Rod Harrington 3 V 1 Bob Anderson
John Part 3 V 0 Colin Lloyd
Dennis Smith 3 V 0 Peter Evison
Paul Lim 3 V 1 Dan Lauby
Alan Warriner-Little 3 V 0 Reg Harding
2nd Round
Jamie Harvey 3 V 0 John Lowe
Dave Askew 3 V 2 Alex Roy
Keith Deller 3 V 2 Richie Burnett
Phil Taylor 3 V 1 Les Fitton
Roland Scholten 3 V 0 Cliff Lazarenko
Rod Harrington 3 V 0 Graeme Stoddart
John Part 3 V 2 Dennis Smith
Alan Warriner-Little 3 V 2 Paul Lim
Quarter Final
Dave Askew 4 V 0 Jamie Harvey
Phil Taylor 4 V 0 Keith Deller
Rod Harrington 4 V 2 Roland Scholten
John Part 4 V 1 Alan Warriner-Little
Semi Final
Phil Taylor 6 V 0 Dave Askew
John Part 6 V 5 Rod Harrington
Final
Phil Taylor 7 V 0 John Part
Prize fund £124,000
Winners share £33,000
2001 PDC World Darts Championship
Re: 2001 PDC World Darts Championship
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