2009 BDO World Darts Championship 2009 BDO World Darts Championship The 2009 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 32nd World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation. Mark Webster was the defending men's champion having won the title for the first time in the 2008 final against Simon Whitlock, but he was eliminated 4–0 by John Walton in the second round. The title was eventually won by 2000 champion Ted Hankey, who won 7–6 against Tony O'Shea, in a match which lasted just under two and a half hours. The defending women's champion, Anastasia Dobromyslova, was due to defend her championship, having beaten seven-time
2011 Grand Slam of Darts event, with the finalists from the PDC Women's World Darts Championship no longer being invited. On August 4, it was announced that the 2007–2011 winners of the PDC and BDO world championships, along with the 2010 PDC World Cup of Darts finalists, would receive invitations. Simon Whitlock withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Ian White from the wildcard qualifier. The 32 qualifiers were: "all matches first-to-5/best of 9. NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; RQ = Ranking Qualifier; Q = Qualifier<br> NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF =