He was knocked out of the tournament at the quarter-final stage by Mark Webster, who in turn was defeated by Adrian Lewis in the semi-finals.

It was the last match that Sid Waddell commentated on at the PDC World Darts Championship before his death in 2012.

The first round draw took place on Tuesday 30 November live in the studio of Sky Sports News, and was conducted by 1983 World champion Keith Deller and Sky Sports darts' analyst and former World Matchplay champion, Rod Harrington.

Dave Clark presented the coverage with analysis from Rod Harrington and Eric Bristow.

This was the first PDC World Championship where Dave Lanning wasn't commentating having retired prior to the tournament.

Due to the ill health of Harrington, Wayne Mardle replaced him post-Christmas and featured both commentating and co-presenting alongside Clark.