The schedule for the 2020 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals has been confirmed with Simon Whitlock set to close the opening session in a match with former finalist Adrian Lewis on the main stage.
Whitlock comes into the tournament in a rich vein of form after an impressive run at the Grand Slam of Darts, where the Wizard set a new Grand Slam record of twenty 180’s in a match.
William O’Connor also features in Friday’s opening session, The Magpie facing Dutchman Dirk van Duivenbode in first game on the main stage.
The 64-player tournament is being staged from November 27-29 at the Ricoh Arena, as qualifiers from the year's 23 Players Championship events do battle for the £100,000 top prize.
Reigning champion Michael van Gerwen will headline the Main Stage action on Friday evening as he opens his title defence against Darius Labanauskas.
Former two-time Lakeside World Champion Scott Waites makes his Players Championship Finals debut against Nathan Aspinall in the evening session, whilst Dutch duo Vincent van der Voort and Danny Noppert face Derk Telnekes and Steve Beaton respectively.
Daryl Gurney, Mervyn King, Brendan Dolan and William Borland all feature on Stage Two of the afternoon session, with King facing the pick of the matches against Dave Chisnall.
The Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals is being broadcast live on ITV4, as well as through the PDC's international broadcast partners including RTL7 and DAZN and for PDCTV Rest of the World Subscribers.
The action on Stage Two on Friday and Saturday will be broadcast worldwide for all PDCTV Subscribers.
Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals
Schedule of Play
Friday November 27
First Round
Afternoon Session (1245 GMT)
Main Stage
Dirk van Duijvenbode v William O'Connor
Michael Smith v Boris Krcmar
Rob Cross v Jason Lowe
Joe Cullen v Adam Hunt
Devon Petersen v Luke Humphries
Ryan Searle v Dimitri Van den Bergh
Adrian Lewis v Simon Whitlock
Stage Two
Brendan Dolan v Luke Woodhouse
Ryan Joyce v Andy Boulton
Stephen Bunting v Ryan Murray
Krzysztof Ratajski v Karel Sedlacek
Gabriel Clemens v Martijn Kleermaker
Ian White v William Borland
Jonny Clayton v Mickey Mansell
Daryl Gurney v Callan Rydz
Dave Chisnall v Mervyn King
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Main Stage
Nathan Aspinall v Scott Waites
Gary Anderson v Keegan Brown
James Wade v Niels Zonneveld
Peter Wright v Ryan Meikle
Michael van Gerwen v Darius Labanauskas
Gerwyn Price v John Henderson
Jose De Sousa v Mike De Decker
Stage Two
Vincent van der Voort v Derk Telnekes
Ricky Evans v Jamie Hughes
Ross Smith v Kim Huybrechts
Damon Heta v Maik Kuivenhoven
Jermaine Wattimena v Steve Lennon
Madars Razma v Chris Dobey
Glen Durrant v Wayne Jones
Darren Webster v Jeffrey de Zwaan
Danny Noppert v Steve Beaton
Saturday November 28
Afternoon Session (1245 GMT)
16 x Round Two (two stages)
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
8 x Round Three (two stages)
Sunday November 29
Afternoon Session (1245 GMT)
Quarter-Finals (one stage)
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Semi-Finals & Final (one stage)
Plus
PDC World Youth Championship Final
Joe Davis v Bradley Brooks
Best of 11 legs
