PDC Summer Series 2020 Day One Draw: First Round line-up for Players Championship Nine

The draw for the opening PDC Summer Series event has been confirmed, with 128 players set to do battle in Milton Keynes.

A total of 117 PDC Tour Card Holders will compete in the first of five consecutive days at Marshall Arena, along with 11 Associate Members from the Challenge Tour Order of Merit.

The PDC Summer Series, which takes place from July 8-12, will feature ranked Players Championship events on consecutive days.

They will form the final events to count towards qualification for the Betfred World Matchplay, which will be held at the same venue later in the month.

As with all previous Players Championship events, prize money will stand at £75,000 per event, with all winnings counting towards the PDC Order of Merit, ProTour Order of Merit and Players Championship Order of Merit.

World number one Michael van Gerwen returns to competitive action, having opted out of the PDC Home Tour, as does Daryl Gurney.

World Champion Peter Wright, World Cup winner Gary Anderson, former UK Open champion Nathan Aspinall and Premier League leader Glen Durrant are among a strong field.

Play commences at 2.30pm GMT, with matches up to and including the Quarter-Finals to be contested over the best of 11 legs, while Semi-Finals are best of 13 and the final is best of 15.

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Players Championship Nine Draw

Wednesday July 8

First Round

Board One
Gerwyn Price v Jelle Klassen
Martijn Kleermaker v Geert Nentjes
Steve West v Mickey Mansell
Peter Jacques v Stephen Bunting

Board Two
Danny Noppert v Darius Labanauskas
Madars Razma v Andrew Gilding
Jose De Sousa v Mike De Decker
Cameron Menzies v Ross Smith

Board Three
Michael van Gerwen v Ciaran Teehan
Michael Barnard v William Borland
Keegan Brown v Matthew Edgar
Callan Rydz v Ryan Joyce

Board Four
James Wade v William O’Connor
Adam Hunt v Joe Murnan
Jamie Hughes v Martin Atkins (Wigan)
Jonathan Worsley v Jeff Smith

Board Five
Mensur Suljovic v Mark McGeeney
Luke Humphries v Chris Dobey
Vincent van der Voort v Conan Whitehead
Carl Wilkinson v James Hubbard

Board Six
Daryl Gurney v Andy Boulton
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Steve Brown
Jeffrey De Zwaan v Robert Thornton
Darren Webster v Ted Evetts

Board Seven
Ian White v Nathan Derry
Jan Dekker v Rowby-John Rodriguez
Steve Beaton v Kai Fan Leung
Luke Woodhouse v Arjan Konterman

Board Eight
Brendan Dolan v Adrian Gray
Robert Collins v Harald Leitinger
Gabriel Clemens v Nick Kenny
Vincent Van der Meer v Lisa Ashton

Board Nine
Peter Wright v Ron Meulenkamp
Derk TeInekes v Harry Ward
Kim Huybrechts v Jitse Van der Wal
James Wilson v Gary Blades

Board Ten
Rob Cross v Boris Krcmar
Bradley Brooks v Max Hopp
Jermaine Wattimena v Josh Payne
Simon Whitlock v Christian Bunse

Board 11
Joe Cullen v Kirk Shepherd
Maik Kuivenhoven v Jason Lowe
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Andy Hamilton
Mike van Duivenbode v Karel Sedlacek

Board 12
Glen Durrant v Steve Lennon
Alan Tabern v Scott Mitchell
Justin Pipe v Darren Penhall
Scott Waites v Benito van de Pas

Board 13
Krzysztof Ratajski v Simon Stevenson
John Henderson v Krzysztof Kciuk
Ryan Searle v Aaron Beeney
Matthew Dennant v Martin Schindler

Board 14
Michael Smith v Ryan Murray
Nathan Rafferty v Mervyn King
Adrian Lewis v Eddie Lovely
David Pallett v Gavin Carlin

Board 15
Nathan Aspinall v Niels Zonneveld
Graham Usher v Ricky Evans
Gary Anderson v Matt Clark
Scott Baker v Richard North

Board 16
Dave Chisnall v Jamie Lewis
Devon Petersen v Barrie Bates
Jonny Clayton v Ryan Meikle
Reece Robinson v Wayne Jones