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Finder Darts Masters

Field	Value
tournament_name	Finder Masters
venue	Zuiderduin Hotel
location	Egmond aan Zee
country	Netherlands
establishment	1995
organisation	WDF/BDO
format	Legs (round robin)
Sets (knock out)
month_played	December
final year	2018
Final Champion	ENG Glen Durrant (men's)
ENG Lisa Ashton (women's)
IRE Keane Barry (youth's)

Sets (knock out) ENG Lisa Ashton (women's) IRE Keane Barry (youth's)

The Finder Darts Masters was a darts tournament held in Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands, sanctioned by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation, running intermittently under several different names from 1995 to 2018.

The tournament was previously known as the Zuiderduin Masters from 2007 to 2014, as the Leendesk Masters in 2005, as the Doeland Grand Masters from 2001 to 2004, as the European Grand Masters in 2000, and as the Dutch Grand Masters in 1995 and 1996. It was held in December and was traditionally the last BDO event held before the annual World Championship. The tournament was an unranked event until 2008, when it was installed as a ranking event, along with the World Championships and the World Masters, following the cancellation of the World Darts Trophy and the International Darts League.

The organizers of the event announced in 2019 that that year's event would not take place due to the termination of the sponsorship with Dutch e-commerce company Finder, and the tournament has been discontinued.

History

1995–1996: Dutch Grand Masters

The competition began in 1995, known as the Dutch Grand Masters with Raymond van Barneveld and Francis Hoenselaar winning their first major tournament. The tournament ceased between 1997 and 1999.

2000: European Grand Masters

Following a growth in the popularity in darts in the Netherlands because of the great success of players such as Raymond van Barneveld the event returned in 2000. It returned as the "European Grand Masters" in 2000.

2001–2004: Doeland Grand Masters

The tournament became the "Doeland Grand Masters" from 2001 to 2004.

2005: Leendesk Masters

In 2005 the tournament was named the "Leendesk Masters".

2007–2014: Zuiderduin Masters

The 2006 Masters was postponed, and was to be held in March 2007, reverting to its original title "Dutch Grand Masters".

The event was later cancelled, due to lack of sponsorship, but was revived later that year when the tournament venue, the Hotel Zuidenduin, stepped in to sponsor the tournament signing a five-year contract until 2012, and it was branded the Zuiderduin Masters. Following sponsorship from the Hotel Zuiderduin, a women's competition was added in 2008 and after a demonstration tournament for juniors in 2010, a juniors competition was added in 2011. A new three-year contract was agreed in 2011 for it to remain the Zuiderduin Masters up to 2014.

The first nine-dart finish at the tournament was recorded by Darryl Fitton in 2009.

2015–2018: Finder Darts Masters

Finder, an international operating company, took over the naming rights to the tournament from the 2015 edition onwards. It was branded the Finder Darts Masters.

Format

Men

The field is made up of 24 players. Qualification is determined from the top 16 players from the Zuiderduin Masters ranking table, which is separate from the BDO/WDF World Rankings, as well four players from the International Darts Tour of the Lowlands (IDTL) before its collapse in 2010/2011, and the winner of the Netherlands Champions League of Darts, plus 3 wild cards. If an IDTL qualifier is already qualified through his ranking, an extra wild card becomes available.

From 2011, the men's winner at the MariFlex Open, a Zuiderduin Masters ranking event, gained automatic entry in to that years Zuiderduin Masters tournament. It was replaced with the Hal Open in 2014, but retained the same stipulations the MariFlex Open had. Since the 2013 Zuiderduin Masters tournament, the men's champion from the previous year was invited back to the following year's tournament.

The 24 players are split into 8 groups, with each player playing 2 matches, best of 9 legs. The top player from each group advance to the quarter-finals, which is played in set format through to the final.

Women

Following the tournament's inception as a ranking event in 2008, a women's competition was installed with an eight-player field, made up from the top five players in the Zuiderduin Masters rankings, an IDTL qualifier before its collapse, the NDB Champions League of Darts winner and a wildcard. Likewise with the men's event, an extra wildcard can also be awarded. The competition was played in a straight knockout format.

The women's competition was played in a straight knockout format up to and including the 2010 tournament before a new format was introduced in 2011. The field was shortened to six players. Two groups consist of three players playing one another once, with both group winners advancing to the final. The group stage matches are played over a legs format before the final in played in a sets format.

From 2011, the six-player field has been made up from the top two players in the Zuiderduin Masters rankings, the NDB Champions League of Darts winner, two wildcards and the MariFlex Open winner. From 2011, the women's winner at the MariFlex Open, a Zuiderduin Masters ranking event, gained automatic entry into that years Zuiderduin Masters tournament. It was replaced with the Hal Open in 2014, but retained the same stipulations the MariFlex Open had. Since the 2013 Zuiderduin Masters tournament, the women's champion from the previous year has been invited back to the following year's tournament.

Youth

The youth tournament was instigated in 2011 with the first winner being Jimmy Hendriks who in the same year also won the WDF World Youth Cup and World Youth Masters.

Venue

The tournament has been held at the Hotel Zuiderduin in Egmond aan Zee since 2001. The 2000 tournament was held in Hardenberg. In 2007, following the postponement of the 2006 event, plans were made to host the 2007 Dutch Grand Masters in Rosmalen, but after it was cancelled, the plans were aborted and it remained in Egmond.

List of tournaments

Men's

Year	Champion	Av.	Score	Runner-Up	Av.	Prize Money	Venue	Total	Ch.
1995	NED Raymond van Barneveld	n/a	4 – 3	WAL Richie Burnett	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1996	ENG Martin Adams	n/a	4 – 2	ENG Mervyn King	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2000	ENG Martin Adams (2)	97.05	5 – 4	ENG Steve Beaton	92.70	€25,500	€5,000	€2,500	Evenementenhal, Hardenberg
2001	NED Raymond van Barneveld (2)	n/a	5 – 1	ENG Andy Fordham	n/a	€25,500	€5,000	€2,500	Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee
2002	AUS Tony David	96.03	6 – 4	ENG Mervyn King	95.07	€25,500	€5,000	€2,500
2003	NED Raymond van Barneveld (3)	94.23	6 – 1	ENG Mervyn King	88.05	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2004	NED Raymond van Barneveld (4)	94.17	5 – 1	ENG Ted Hankey	81.21	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2005	ENG Mervyn King	99.30	5 – 4	ENG Martin Adams	99.48	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2007	SCO Gary Anderson	100.32	5 – 4	WAL Mark Webster	96.45	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2008	SCO Gary Anderson (2)	99.21	5 – 4	ENG Scott Waites	93.75	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2009	ENG Darryl Fitton	93.94	5 – 2	ENG Martin Adams	97.00	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2010	SCO Ross Montgomery	94.17	5 – 4	ENG Robbie Green	93.81	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2011	ENG Scott Waites	99.62	5 – 4	ENG Darryl Fitton	97.91	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2012	ENG Stephen Bunting	97.62	5 – 0	ENG Alan Norris	92.67	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2013	ENG James Wilson	91.10	5 – 1	ENG Stephen Bunting	88.45	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2014	ENG Jamie Hughes	96.12	5 – 0	ENG Gary Robson	86.22	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2015	ENG Glen Durrant	100.83	5 – 2	ENG Martin Adams	97.35	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2016	ENG Glen Durrant (2)	97.33	5 – 3	ENG Jamie Hughes	89.53	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2017	NED Danny Noppert	95.03	5 – 3	WAL Jim Williams	86.97	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500
2018	ENG Glen Durrant (3)	100.60	5 – 3	NED Richard Veenstra	92.11	€33,500	€5,000	€2,500

Women's

Year	Champion	Av.	Score	Runner-Up	Av.	Prize Money	Venue	Total	Ch.
1995	NED Francis Hoenselaar	n/a	3 – 2	ENG Mandy Solomons	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1996	ENG Deta Hedman	n/a	3 – 1	NED Francis Hoenselaar	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2008	ENG Lisa Ashton	78.42	2 – 0	ENG Trina Gulliver	65.91	€6,100	€1,750	€1,250	Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee
2009	WAL Julie Gore	86.07	2 – 0	ENG Tricia Wright	81.75	€6,100	€1,750	€1,250
2010	ENG Trina Gulliver	78.60	2 – 1	NED Francis Hoenselaar	71.79	€6,100	€1,750	€1,250
2011	ENG Deta Hedman (2)	81.99	2 – 0	NED Aileen de Graaf	68.25	€5,300	€1,750	€1,250
2012	RUS Anastasia Dobromyslova	74.34	2 – 1	NED Aileen de Graaf	84.69	€5,300	€1,750	€1,250
2013	NED Aileen de Graaf	74.34	2 – 0	RUS Anastasia Dobromyslova	73.74	€5,300	€1,750	€1,250
2014	RUS Anastasia Dobromyslova (2)	78.09	2 – 1	NED Aileen de Graaf	71.88	€5,300	€1,750	€1,250
2015	ENG Fallon Sherrock	88.41	2 – 0	RUS Anastasia Dobromyslova	73.95	€5,300	€1,750	€1,250
2016	RUS Anastasia Dobromyslova (3)	77.60	2 – 1	NED Aileen de Graaf	70.71	€5,300	€1,750	€1,250
2017	NED Aileen de Graaf (2)	75.78	2 – 0	ENG Deta Hedman	66.31	€5,300	€1,750	€1,250
2018	ENG Lisa Ashton (2)	88.68	2 – 1	ENG Fallon Sherrock	84.58	€5,300	€1,750	€1,250

Youth's

Year	Champion	Av.	Score	Runner-up	Av.	Venue
2011	NED Jimmy Hendriks	n/a	2 – 1	NED Mike Zuydwijk	n/a	Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee
2012	NED Quin Wester	n/a	2 – 0	BEL Kenny Neyens	n/a
2013	NED Colin Roelofs	n/a	2 – 0	NED Berry van Peer	n/a
2014	ENG Callan Rydz	n/a	2 – 0	NED Mike van Duivenbode	n/a
2015	NED Justin van Tergouw	n/a	2 – 0	NED Maikel Verberk	n/a
2016	NED Justin van Tergouw (2)	n/a	2 – 0	ENG Owen Maiden	n/a
2017	ENG Jarred Cole	86.16	2 – 0	SCO Nathan Girvan	77.50
2018	IRL Keane Barry	80.52	2 – 0	NED Levy Frauenfelder	75.47

Finalists

Player	1st	2nd
NLD Raymond van Barneveld	4	0
ENG Glen Durrant	3	0
ENG Martin Adams	2	3
SCO Gary Anderson	2	0
ENG Mervyn King	1	3
ENG Stephen Bunting	1	1
ENG Darryl Fitton	1	1
ENG Jamie Hughes	1	1
ENG Scott Waites	1	1
AUS Tony David	1	0
SCO Ross Montgomery	1	0
NED Danny Noppert	1	0
ENG James Wilson	1	0
ENG Steve Beaton	0	1
ENG Andy Fordham	0	1
ENG Robbie Green	0	1
ENG Ted Hankey	0	1
ENG Alan Norris	0	1
ENG Gary Robson	0	1
NED Richard Veenstra	0	1
WAL Mark Webster	0	1
WAL Jim Williams	0	1
WAL Richie Burnett	0	1

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