The 1994 Proton Cars World Matchplay was the inaugural staging of the World Matchplay darts tournament, and was held in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens,

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between 1–8 August 1994. This was the first World Matchplay tournament to be held at Winter Gardens, and was sponsored by

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. The tournament was won by Larry Butler, who became the first, and so far only player from the United States of America to win a PDC televised title. He defeated the reigning WDC World Champion Dennis Priestley in the final; Priestley would go onto lose the next two World Matchplay finals in addition to this.

Prize money

The prize fund was £42,400.

Seeds

# Dennis Priestley # Peter Evison # Bob Anderson # Steve Brown # Rod Harrington #

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Results

References

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