The 2012 Betfair World Matchplay was the 19th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the

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. The tournament took place from 21 to 29 July 2012 at the Winter Gardens,

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. Phil Taylor was the defending champion, and retained his title for the fifth successive time and thirteenth in total with an 18–15 win over

James Wade James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number nine; he reached a peak ranking of world number two in 2010. ...

in the final. Two

nine-dart finish A nine-dart finish, also known as a nine-darter, is a perfect leg or single game in the sport of darts. The object of the game is to score a set number of points, most commonly 501; in order to win, a player must reach the target total exactly a ...

es were made during the tournament.

Michael van Gerwen Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player, who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number three; he was ranked world number one from 20 ...

recorded the first during his second round victory over

Steve Beaton Steve Beaton (born 5 April 1964) is an English former professional darts player who competes in World Seniors Darts (WSD) events. Nicknamed "the Bronzed Adonis", Beaton formerly formerly competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO), World Dart ...

. Wes Newton repeated the feat a day later, during his second round loss against

Justin Pipe Justin Pipe (born 9 November 1971) is an English former professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won six PDC titles. Playing career Pipe was a Boxing, boxer in his youth, and, as a staunch anti- ...

. This was the third consecutive year that at least one nine-dart finish was thrown in the Matchplay.

Prize money

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

Qualification

The top 16 in the

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qualified as seeded players. The other 16 places went to the top 16 non-qualified players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit who are unseeded players.

PDC Top 16

# Phil Taylor (winner) #

Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis (born 21 January 1985) is an English professional darts player who formerly competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "Jackpot", he is a two-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2011 and 2012. ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

''(runner-up)'' # Gary Anderson ''(first round)'' #

Wes Newton Wesley Newton (born 27 August 1977) is an English professional darts player. Darts career Newton's first PDC major was the 2003 UK Open where he lost 8–6 to Mark Thomson in the last 32. He was beaten in the semi-finals of the Eastbourne Op ...

''(second round)'' #

Simon Whitlock Simon Whitlock (born 3 March 1969) is an Australian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, having previously competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. Nicknamed "The Wizard", he won th ...

''(first round)'' #

Raymond van Barneveld Raymond van Barneveld (born 20 April 1967) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he was ranked world number one from January 2008 to June 2008. Nicknamed "Barney", he is a five-t ...

''(second round)'' #

Andy Hamilton Andrew Neil Hamilton (born 28 May 1954) is a British comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter, radio dramatist, novelist and actor. Early life and education Hamilton was born in Fulham, West London. He was educa ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Mark Webster ''(second round)'' #

Terry Jenkins Terry Jenkins (born 26 September 1963) is an English former professional darts player who was nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the name "Tucker" for his matches. He reached a peak ranking of world number three in the darts world ranki ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

Kevin Painter Kevin Painter (born 12 July 1967) is an English former professional darts player who competes in World Seniors Darts (WSD) events. He competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments from 1992 to 2001, before switching to the Profession ...

''(first round)'' #

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Dave Chisnall David Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twelve; he reached a peak ranking of world number five in ...

''(first round)'' # Mark Walsh ''(second round)'' # Paul Nicholson ''(first round)'' #

Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort (born 18 December 1975) is a Dutch former professional darts player who played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) then Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is nicknamed the "Dutch Destroyer", although he used ...

''(first round)''

PDC ProTour qualifiers

Kim Huybrechts Kim Huybrechts (born 16 November 1985) is a Belgian professional darts player competing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was runner-up in the 2012 Players Championship Finals, losing to Phil Taylor 13–6. He also made the fin ...

''(first round)'' #

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Ronnie Baxter Ronnie Baxter (born 5 February 1961) is an English former professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He used the nickname "The Rocket" for his matches. Baxter was known for his fast robotic throwing a ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

Colin Lloyd Colin Edward Lloyd (born 7 August 1973), nicknamed Jaws, is an English former professional darts player. He formerly competed in Professional Darts Corporation events, where he was ranked world number one from April 2005 to January 2007 (except ...

''(first round)'' # Andy Smith ''(second round)'' # Ian White ''(second round)'' #

Brendan Dolan Brendan Gabriel Dolan (born 2 August 1973) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the first player to hit a nine-dart finish in a "double-to-start" event (where a pla ...

''(first round)'' # Michael Smith ''(first round)'' #

Richie Burnett Richard Mark Burnett (born 7 February 1967), nicknamed Prince of Wales, is a Welsh professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Seniors Darts (WSD) events. He was formerly ranked BDO world number one. ...

''(first round)'' # Mervyn King ''(first round)'' # Robert Thornton ''(first round)'' #

Colin Osborne Colin Osborne (born 19 June 1975) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2009, he won the Championship League and reached the final of the UK Open. Darts career Osborne has won two ...

''(first round)'' # James Hubbard ''(first round)'' #

Dean Winstanley Dean Winstanley (born 10 February 1981) is an English professional darts player. He first took up darts as a two-year-old, stopped playing at the age of 12, and then started playing again when he was 22. He turned professional in 2008 and won ...

''(second round)'' #

''(second round)'' # Joe Cullen ''(first round)''

Draw

Statistics

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: right" , - ! Player ! Eliminated ! Played ! Legs Won ! Legs Lost ! LWAT ! 100+ ! 140+ ! 180s ! High checkout ! 3-dart average , - , align="left", Phil Taylor , Winner , 5 , 74 , 47 , 29 , 158 , 81 , 28 , 170 (x2) , 100.44 , - , align="left",

, Final , 5 , 71 , 55 , 29 , 179 , 95 , 29 , 164 , 98.57 , - , align="left",

, Semi-finals , 4 , 55 , 48 , 19 , 139 , 90 , 24 , 140 , 94.95 , - , align="left",

, Semi-finals , 4 , 49 , 43 , 16 , 133 , 63 , 19 , 150 , 94.33 , - , align="left",

, Quarter-finals , 3 , 36 , 31 , 14 , 94 , 47 , 14 , 141 , 101.14 , - , align="left",

, Quarter-finals , 3 , 35 , 23 , 12 , 75 , 36 , 19 , 149 , 96.26 , - , align="left",

, Quarter-finals , 3 , 34 , 30 , 11 , 83 , 47 , 19 , 132 , 93.55 , - , align="left",

, Quarter-finals , 3 , 34 , 29 , 14 , 62 , 33 , 22 , 127 , 95.25 , - , align="left",

, Second round , 2 , 19 , 19 , 5 , 58 , 20 , 9 , 90 , 98.23 , - , align="left",

, Second round , 2 , 20 , 18 , 8 , 38 , 31 , 12 , 144 , 97.61 , - , align="left",

, Second round , 2 , 20 , 17 , 6 , 54 , 25 , 11 , 109 , 94.67 , - , align="left",

, Second round , 2 , 21 , 24 , 7 , 50 , 33 , 17 , 127 , 94.31 , - , align="left", Ian White , Second round , 2 , 13 , 18 , 2 , 36 , 22 , 8 , 164 , 92.09 , - , align="left", Andy Smith , Second round , 2 , 17 , 19 , 5 , 51 , 24 , 6 , 100 , 89.40 , - , align="left", Mark Walsh , Second round , 2 , 14 , 21 , 6 , 57 , 23 , 7 , 126 , 88.80 , - , align="left", Mark Webster , Second round , 2 , 16 , 19 , 7 , 44 , 15 , 6 , 116 , 87.16 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 9 , 11 , 2 , 35 , 15 , 4 , 167 , 98.69 , - , align="left", Mervyn King , First round , 1 , 8 , 10 , 1 , 26 , 12 , 8 , 101 , 97.54 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 7 , 10 , 4 , 21 , 7 , 7 , 170 , 95.49 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 5 , 10 , 2 , 20 , 12 , 4 , 76 , 95.09 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 6 , 10 , 2 , 23 , 8 , 3 , 115 , 92.08 , - , align="left", Gary Anderson , First round , 1 , 11 , 13 , 4 , 22 , 16 , 8 , 120 , 89.77 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 8 , 10 , 4 , 25 , 8 , 2 , 96 , 88.66 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 7 , 10 , 1 , 23 , 12 , 1 , 117 , 85.60 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 5 , 10 , 0 , 14 , 9 , 4 , 84 , 92.86 , - , align="left", James Hubbard , First round , 1 , 5 , 10 , 2 , 22 , 4 , 5 , 88 , 90.21 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 6 , 10 , 1 , 23 , 12 , 1 , 160 , 88.01 , - , align="left", Joe Cullen , First round , 1 , 4 , 10 , 1 , 16 , 8 , 4 , 170 , 92.91 , - , align="left", Michael Smith , First round , 1 , 4 , 10 , 0 , 15 , 8 , 3 , 126 , 90.70 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 6 , 10 , 3 , 19 , 9 , 3 , 140 , 84.80 , - , align="left", Paul Nicholson , First round , 1 , 6 , 10 , 2 , 23 , 6 , 3 , 100 , 83.85 , - , align="left", Robert Thornton , First round , 1 , 0 , 10 , 0 , 17 , 3 , 1 , – , 88.17

References

External links

Official site
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World Matchplay (darts) The World Matchplay, also known as the Betfred World Matchplay for sponsorship purposes, is a professional darts tournament and one of three legs of the Triple Crown. It is played in a legs format, and is run by the Professional Darts Corp ...