2010 World Matchplay (darts)

Stan James World Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates	17–25 July 2010
Venue	Empress Ballroom
Location	Blackpool
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs Final – best of 35
Prize fund	£400,000
Winners share	£100,000
Nine dart finish	Raymond van Barneveld
High checkout	160 Mark Walsh
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«2009 2011»

The 2010 Stan James World Matchplay was the 17th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from 17–25 July.

Phil Taylor successfully defended his title, defeating Raymond van Barneveld in the final to win his eleventh World Matchplay.

3D

The semi-finals and final of the World Matchplay were shown in 3D for the first time ever in darts. Over 1,000 venues in the UK broadcast the matches in 3D via Sky Sports. Commentator Sid Waddell was quoted as saying: "It's a revolution in darts TV broadcasting".

Prize money

For the second consecutive World Matchplay, the prize fund was £400,000.

Stage	Prize Money
First round	£5,000
Second round	£7,500
Quarter-finals	£15,000
Semi-finals	£25,000
Final	£50,000
Winner	£100,000
9 dart finish	£5,000

Qualification

The qualification is the top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit qualify automatically and a further 16 have to qualify for the tournament by being in the top 16 of the Players Championships order of merit.

The participants are:

PDC Top 16 Phil Taylor Raymond van Barneveld James Wade Mervyn King Terry Jenkins Ronnie Baxter Adrian Lewis Mark Walsh Colin Lloyd Andy Hamilton Colin Osborne Simon Whitlock Robert Thornton Dennis Priestley Alan Tabern Paul Nicholson

PDPA Players Championship qualifiers Vincent van der Voort Andy Smith Wayne Jones Jamie Caven Co Stompé Mark Webster Wes Newton Denis Ovens Gary Anderson Jelle Klaasen Tony Eccles Steve Brown Kevin Painter Mark Dudbridge Steve Beaton Barrie Bates

Draw

	Round 1, 17–20 July, best of 19[1][2][3][4]					Round 2, 21–22 July, best of 25[5][6]					Quarter Finals, 23 July, best of 31[7]					Semi Finals, 24 July, best of 33[8]					Final, 25 July, best of 35[9]
	1	Phil Taylor 114.99	10
		Barrie Bates 93.20	6
						1	Phil Taylor 104.60	13
							Steve Beaton 92.38	4
	16	Paul Nicholson 84.07	3
		Steve Beaton 89.75	10
											1	Phil Taylor 103.31	16
												Kevin Painter 96.77	4
	8	Mark Walsh 90.46	12
		Mark Dudbridge 89.62	10
						8	Mark Walsh 91.91	12
							Kevin Painter 91.75	14
	9	Colin Lloyd 84.71	9
		Kevin Painter 88.89	11
																1	Phil Taylor 103.46	17
																12	Simon Whitlock 94.45	4
	4	Mervyn King 93.26	4
		Jelle Klaasen 94.15	10
							Jelle Klaasen 86.24	14
							Gary Anderson 87.84	12
	13	Robert Thornton 92.79	0
		Gary Anderson 98.24	10
												Jelle Klaasen 92.51	8
											12	Simon Whitlock 93.27	16
	5	Terry Jenkins 88.57	6
		Steve Brown 87.45	10
							Steve Brown 93.19	10
						12	Simon Whitlock 94.59	13
	12	Simon Whitlock 94.86	10
		Tony Eccles 88.85	1
																					1	Phil Taylor 105.16	18
																					2	Raymond van Barneveld 100.11	12
	2	Raymond van Barneveld 97.63	10
		Denis Ovens 84.70	1
						2	Raymond van Barneveld 103.85	13
						15	Alan Tabern 96.47	5
	15	Alan Tabern 90.01	12
		Wes Newton 88.54	10
											2	Raymond van Barneveld 95.89	16
												Co Stompé 90.26	12
	7	Adrian Lewis 90.88	9
		Mark Webster 90.86	11
							Mark Webster 85.61	9
							Co Stompé 92.16	13
	10	Andy Hamilton 89.65	10
		Co Stompé 90.17	12
																2	Raymond van Barneveld 99.42	17
																3	James Wade 96.00	8
	3	James Wade 89.14	10
		Andy Smith 87.63	8
						3	James Wade 92.34	13
							Vincent van der Voort 94.98	10
	14	Dennis Priestley 90.62	6
		Vincent van der Voort 92.21	10
											3	James Wade 97.93	16
												Wayne Jones 95.52	12
	6	Ronnie Baxter 93.02	10
		Jamie Caven 88.15	7
						6	Ronnie Baxter 89.52	9
							Wayne Jones 90.29	13
	11	Colin Osborne 87.61	8
		Wayne Jones 87.98	10

Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)

All games had to be won by 2 clear legs (e.g. in Rd 1 there couldn't be a 10–9 scoreline it had to be 11–9 or 10–8)

Statistics

Player	Eliminated	Played	Legs Won	Legs Lost	LWAT	100+	140+	180s	High Checkout	3-dart Average
Phil Taylor	Winner	5	74	30	26	125	92	36	136	106.31
Raymond van Barneveld*	Final	5	68	44	26	164	80	19	142	99.38
James Wade	Semi-finals	4	47	47	20	131	63	24	145	95.27
Simon Whitlock	Semi-finals	4	43	36	14	108	57	15	126	94.30
Kevin Painter	Quarter-finals	3	29	37	11	78	55	8	112	92.47
Co Stompé	Quarter-finals	3	37	35	15	95	35	15	130	90.86
Wayne Jones	Quarter-finals	3	35	33	14	119	47	14	128	91.26
Jelle Klaasen	Quarter-finals	3	32	32	13	83	28	12	148	90.97
Vincent van der Voort	Second round	2	20	19	7	49	26	6	157	93.60
Steve Brown	Second round	2	20	19	7	60	26	5	149	90.32
Alan Tabern	Second round	2	17	23	5	63	22	10	156	93.24
Mark Webster	Second round	2	20	22	5	56	23	3	122	88.24
Gary Anderson	Second round	2	22	14	10	54	27	5	81	93.04
Ronnie Baxter	Second round	2	19	20	6	48	25	8	88	91.27
Mark Walsh	Second round	2	24	24	10	79	34	9	160	91.18
Steve Beaton	Second round	2	14	16	5	26	27	6	136	91.07
Adrian Lewis	First round	1	9	11	4	18	11	6	82	90.88
Dennis Priestley	First round	1	6	10	2	16	13	4	98	90.62
Andy Hamilton	First round	1	10	12	3	33	5	2	81	89.65
Mark Dudbridge	First round	1	10	12	4	27	13	3	144	89.62
Tony Eccles	First round	1	1	10	0	20	6	1	40	88.85
Terry Jenkins	First round	1	6	10	3	21	10	3	96	88.57
Wes Newton	First round	1	10	12	3	26	12	5	107	88.54
Jamie Caven	First round	1	7	10	2	22	6	2	72	88.15
Andy Smith	First round	1	8	10	2	18	17	3	151	87.63
Colin Osborne	First round	1	8	10	3	21	11	2	97	87.61
Colin Lloyd	First round	1	9	11	5	19	16	1	80	84.71
Denis Ovens	First round	1	1	10	0	13	7	1	32	84.70
Mervyn King	First round	1	4	10	2	12	13	2	80	93.26
Robert Thornton	First round	1	0	10	0	11	9	1	—	92.79
Barrie Bates	First round	1	6	10	1	27	12	0	96	93.20
Paul Nicholson	First round	1	3	10	0	17	8	1	108	84.07

• Raymond van Barneveld achieved a 9-darter in his 1st round match against Denis Ovens.

References

1. "StanJames.com World Matchplay Day One". PDC. 17 July 2010.
2. "StanJames.com World Matchplay Day Two". PDC. 18 July 2010.
3. "StanJames.com World Matchplay Day Three". PDC. 19 July 2010.
4. "StanJames.com World Matchplay Day Four". PDC. 20 July 2010.
5. "World Matchplay Day Five". PDC. 21 July 2010.
6. "World Matchplay Day Six". PDC. 22 July 2010.
7. "StanJames.com World Matchplay Quarter Finals". PDC. 23 July 2010.
8. "StanJames.com World Matchplay Semi-Finals". PDC. 24 July 2010.
9. "Brilliant Taylor Retains Title". PDC. 25 July 2010.

External links

• World Matchplay at dartsdatabase.com
• World Matchplay at PDC.tv