The 2013

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World Matchplay was the 20th annual staging of the darts tournament, the World Matchplay, organised by the

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. The tournament took place from 20 to 28 July 2013 at the Winter Gardens,

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. Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won the last five stagings of the event, and he won his sixth consecutive World Matchplay title and 14th in total by defeating

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18–13 in the final. His average of 111.23 in the final is the highest ever in a World Matchplay final. For the first time since the 2009 Las Vegas Desert Classic, the top four players in the world all reached the semi-final stage.

Prize money

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

Format

In the previous stagings of the event all games had to be won by two clear legs with no sudden-death legs. However, this year, after consulting the host broadcaster

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, the PDC decided that games will now only proceed for a maximum of six extra legs before a tie-break leg is required. For example, in a best of 19 legs first round match, if the score reaches 12–12 then the 25th leg will be the decider.

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) #

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 ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

''(runner-up)'' #

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. ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

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 ...

''(quarter-finals)'' #

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)'' #

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 ...

''(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)'' #

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- ...

''(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 ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Robert Thornton ''(first round)'' #

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 ...

''(second round)'' # Mervyn King ''(first 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 ...

''(second round)'' #

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)'' #

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 ...

''(second round)''

PDC ProTour qualifiers

Jamie Caven Jamie Robert Caven (born 10 March 1976) is an English former professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation and British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. He won seven PDC Pro Tour titles, including two in the same we ...

''(second round)'' # Peter Wright ''(second round)'' #

John Part John Part (born 29 June 1966) is a Canadian former professional darts player and current commentator, who competes in World Seniors events. Nicknamed "Darth Maple", he is a three-time World Champion, having won the 1994 BDO World Darts Champions ...

''(first round)'' #

Stuart Kellett Stuart Kellett (born 12 August 1981) is an English darts player. BDO career Kellett reached the last 16 of the 2007 Winmau World Masters, having beaten Andy Fordham among others on the way to the televised stages. He lost 1-3 in sets to the ...

''(first round)'' # Paul Nicholson ''(first round)'' # Gary Anderson ''(second round)'' #

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 ...

''(first round)'' #

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)'' #

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 ...

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

Jelle Klaasen Jelle Klaasen (born 17 October 1984), nicknamed the Cobra, is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously participated in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments, where in 2006 ...

''(first round)'' #

Jamie Lewis Jamie Lewis (born 8 November 1991) is a Welsh professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. His biggest achievement to date was reaching the semi-finals of the 201 ...

''(first round)'' #

Ronny Huybrechts Ronny Huybrechts (born 20 July 1965) is a Belgian professional darts player. Career Ronny and his brother Kim Huybrechts became the first brothers to play in the World Cup of Darts in February 2013 and advanced from Group H courtesy of a 5– ...

''(first round)'' #

Mensur Suljović Mensur Suljović (Serbian Cyrillic: Менсур Суљовић; born 5 March 1972) is a Serbian-Austrian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he reached a peak ranking of world number five ...

''(first round)'' # Mark Webster ''(first round)''

Draw

Statistics

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, Final , 5 , 72 , 60 , 25 , 152 , 92 , 56 , 161 , 97.52 , - , align="left",

, Semi-finals , 4 , 54 , 38 , 18 , 96 , 78 , 26 , 164 , 102.06 , - , align="left",

, Semi-finals , 4 , 53 , 50 , 21 , 122 , 82 , 24 , 146 , 97.76 , - , align="left",

, Quarter-finals , 3 , 40 , 27 , 14 , 81 , 41 , 17 , 170 , 96.39 , - , align="left",

, Quarter-finals , 3 , 39 , 36 , 16 , 90 , 57 , 19 , 130 , 96.34 , - , align="left",

, Quarter-finals , 3 , 33 , 29 , 12 , 88 , 31 , 23 , 170 , 96.19 , - , align="left",

, Quarter-finals , 3 , 34 , 34 , 12 , 87 , 51 , 21 , 144 , 96.13 , - , align="left",

, Second round , 2 , 22 , 17 , 9 , 37 , 35 , 16 , 118 , 95.99 , - , align="left", Gary Anderson , Second round , 2 , 19 , 18 , 10 , 51 , 25 , 4 , 121 , 95.55 , - , align="left", Peter Wright , Second round , 2 , 13 , 17 , 4 , 45 , 19 , 6 , 96 , 95.40 , - , align="left",

, Second round , 2 , 19 , 17 , 8 , 49 , 26 , 7 , 121 , 94.70 , - , align="left", Ian White , Second round , 2 , 17 , 16 , 5 , 34 , 25 , 7 , 125 , 92.85 , - , align="left",

, Second round , 2 , 20 , 21 , 7 , 44 , 24 , 10 , 109 , 92.14 , - , align="left",

, Second round , 2 , 15 , 21 , 8 , 51 , 28 , 5 , 170 , 91.90 , - , align="left",

, Second round , 2 , 20 , 20 , 7 , 51 , 20 , 10 , 164 , 91.56 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 8 , 10 , 2 , 23 , 12 , 6 , 87 , 97.35 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 7 , 10 , 2 , 22 , 12 , 3 , 120 , 93.92 , - , align="left", Robert Thornton , First round , 1 , 3 , 10 , 1 , 20 , 8 , 3 , 60 , 92.59 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 4 , 10 , 1 , 14 , 9 , 1 , 62 , 91.59 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 4 , 10 , 2 , 22 , 5 , 1 , 120 , 89.56 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 1 , 10 , 0 , 17 , 3 , 0 , 76 , 88.87 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 8 , 10 , 2 , 16 , 7 , 4 , 104 , 88.28 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 7 , 10 , 2 , 20 , 5 , 4 , 104 , 88.14 , - , align="left", Mervyn King , First round , 1 , 5 , 10 , 2 , 20 , 8 , 1 , 61 , 87.56 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 8 , 10 , 4 , 17 , 12 , 3 , 158 , 87.30 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 8 , 10 , 5 , 29 , 8 , 0 , 118 , 87.04 , - , align="left", Mark Webster , First round , 1 , 4 , 10 , 1 , 17 , 4 , 3 , 101 , 86.39 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 5 , 10 , 2 , 14 , 10 , 2 , 80 , 85.03 , - , align="left", Andy Smith , First round , 1 , 3 , 10 , 2 , 21 , 7 , 0 , 116 , 84.90 , - , align="left", Paul Nicholson , First round , 1 , 8 , 10 , 3 , 27 , 9 , 1 , 80 , 84.71 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 1 , 10 , 0 , 7 , 3 , 2 , 18 , 75.82 , -

References

External links

Official website
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