Rogg wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:52 am
Is 8 sets the fewest ever lost on the way to winning at Ally Pally?
No. It's 4, by Phil Taylor in 2009 and 2010.
Winners' runs at Ally Pally:
2008 - John Part
R64: John Part 3-1 Charles Losper
R32: John Part 4-1 Mensur Suljovic
R16: John Part 4-0 Alex Roy
QF: John Part 5-4 James Wade
SF: John Part 6-2 Kevin Painter
FR: John Part 7-2 Kirk Shepherd
10 sets dropped by John Part in 2008.
2009 - Phil Taylor
R64: Phil Taylor 3-0 Steve Grubb
R32: Phil Taylor 4-0 Michael van Gerwen
R16: Phil Taylor 4-1 Kevin Painter
QF: Phil Taylor 5-0 Co Stompe
SF: Phil Taylor 6-2 Mervyn King
FR: Phil Taylor 7-1 Raymond van Barneveld
4 sets dropped by Phil Taylor in 2009.
2010 - Phil Taylor
R64: Phil Taylor 3-0 Colin Monk
R32: Phil Taylor 4-0 Steve Hine
R16: Phil Taylor 4-1 Robert Thornton
QF: Phil Taylor 5-0 Adrian Lewis
SF: Phil Taylor 6-0 Mark Webster
FR: Phil Taylor 7-3 Simon Whitlock
4 sets dropped by Phil Taylor in 2010.
2011 - Adrian Lewis
R64: Adrian Lewis 3-0 Tony Eccles
R32: Adrian Lewis 4-1 Mark Dudbridge
R16: Adrian Lewis 4-1 Robert Thornton
QF: Adrian Lewis 5-2 Vincent van der Voort
SF: Adrian Lewis 6-4 Mark Webster
FR: Adrian Lewis 7-5 Gary Anderson
13 sets dropped by Adrian Lewis in 2011.
2012 - Adrian Lewis
R64: Adrian Lewis 3-2 Nigel Heydon
R32: Adrian Lewis 4-2 Robert Thornton
R16: Adrian Lewis 4-0 Wayne Jones
QF: Adrian Lewis 5-3 Terry Jenkins
SF: Adrian Lewis 6-5 James Wade
FR: Adrian Lewis 7-3 Andy Hamilton
15 sets dropped by Adrian Lewis in 2012.
2013 - Phil Taylor
R64: Phil Taylor 3-0 Michael Mansell
R32: Phil Taylor 4-1 Jerry Hendriks
R16: Phil Taylor 4-0 Robert Thornton
QF: Phil Taylor 5-0 Andy Hamilton
SF: Phil Taylor 6-4 Raymond van Barneveld
FR: Phil Taylor 7-4 Michael van Gerwen
9 sets dropped by Phil Taylor in 2013.
2014 - Michael van Gerwen
R64: Michael van Gerwen 3-0 Zoran Lerchbacher
R32: Michael van Gerwen 4-1 Kevin McDine
R16: Michael van Gerwen 4-3 Gary Anderson
QF: Michael van Gerwen 5-3 Mark Webster
SF: Michael van Gerwen 6-0 Adrian Lewis
FR: Michael van Gerwen 7-4 Peter Wright
11 sets dropped by Michael van Gerwen in 2014.
2015 - Gary Anderson
R64: Gary Anderson 3-1 Scott Kirchner
R32: Gary Anderson 4-3 Jelle Klaasen
R16: Gary Anderson 4-1 Cristo Reyes
QF: Gary Anderson 5-1 Peter Wright
SF: Gary Anderson 6-3 Michael van Gerwen
FR: Gary Anderson 7-6 Phil Taylor
15 sets dropped by Gary Anderson in 2015.
2016 - Gary Anderson
R64: Gary Anderson 3-0 Andy Boulton
R32: Gary Anderson 4-1 Daryl Gurney
R16: Gary Anderson 4-0 Vincent van der Voort
QF: Gary Anderson 5-1 James Wade
SF: Gary Anderson 6-0 Jelle Klaasen
FR: Gary Anderson 7-5 Adrian Lewis
7 sets dropped by Gary Anderson in 2016.
2017 - Michael van Gerwen
R64: Michael van Gerwen 3-0 Kim Viljanen
R32: Michael van Gerwen 4-2 Cristo Reyes
R16: Michael van Gerwen 4-1 Darren Webster
QF: Michael van Gerwen 5-1 Daryl Gurney
SF: Michael van Gerwen 6-2 Raymond van Barneveld
FR: Michael van Gerwen 7-3 Gary Anderson
9 sets dropped by Michael van Gerwen in 2017.
2018 - Rob Cross
R64: Rob Cross 3-0 Seigo Asada
R32: Rob Cross 4-3 Michael Smith
R16: Rob Cross 4-1 John Henderson
QF: Rob Cross 5-4 Dimitri van den Bergh
SF: Rob Cross 6-5 Michael van Gerwen
FR: Rob Cross 7-2 Phil Taylor
15 sets dropped by Rob Cross in 2018.
2019 - Michael van Gerwen
R64: Michael van Gerwen 3-1 Alan Tabern
R32: Michael van Gerwen 4-1 Max Hopp
R16: Michael van Gerwen 4-1 Adrian Lewis
QF: Michael van Gerwen 5-1 Ryan Joyce
SF: Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Gary Anderson
FR: Michael van Gerwen 7-3 Michael Smith
8 sets dropped by Michael van Gerwen in 2019.