Simon Whitlock quarter-finals. He then beat Brian Woods to reach the final, where he lost to the number one seed Mark Webster 7–5. He was the first Australian to reach the final since Tony David won the tournament in 2002. Whitlock entered the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship as the number 12 seed and reached the second round by beating Mark Barilli, but lost to Darryl Fitton. After many weeks of speculation, Whitlock returned to the PDC on 19 March 2009. He began playing in the AGP circuit where he won eight tournaments. He qualified for the Las Vegas Desert Classic but
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 =