The 2015
BetVictor
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History
The company was founded ...
World Matchplay was the 22nd annual staging of the
World Matchplay, organised by the
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is a professional darts organisation in the United Kingdom, established in 1992 when a group of leading players split from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form what was initially called the Wor ...
. The tournament took place at the
Winter Gardens,
Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool ...
, from 18 to 26 July 2015.
Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won the last seven editions of the event and he reached the semi-finals, where his 38-game unbeaten run came to the end against
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. ...
.
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 ...
won his first World Matchplay title by defeating Wade 18–12 in the final.
Prize money
The prize fund was increased to £450,000 after being £400,000 for the previous five editions of this event.
Format
In previous stagings of the event all games had to be won by two clear legs with no sudden-death legs. However, in 2013 after consulting the host broadcaster
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is a group of British broadcasting of sports events, subscription sports channels operated by the satellite television, satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television ...
, 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 on the
PDC Order of Merit
The PDC Order of Merit is a world ranking system used by one of the darts organisations, the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded ...
qualified as
seeded players. The other 16 places went to the top 16 non-qualified players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit who were unseeded players. The field was confirmed on 5 July following Players Championship 14.
PDC Order of Merit Top 16
#
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 ...
(winner)
#
Phil Taylor ''(semi-finals)''
#
Gary Anderson ''(second round)''
#
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. ...
''(second round)''
#
Peter Wright ''(semi-finals)''
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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. ...
''(runner-up)''
#
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)''
#
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 ...
''(second round)''
#
Ian White ''(quarter-finals)''
#
Robert Thornton ''(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)''
#
Mervyn King ''(first round)''
#
Michael Smith ''(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 ...
''(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 ...
''(first 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- ...
''(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)''
#
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)''
#
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)''
#
Benito van de Pas
Benito van de Pas (born 18 January 1993) is a former Dutch professional darts player who formerly competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Van de Pas obtained a PDC Tour Card in 2014 and won three ranking Players Championship e ...
''(first round)''
#
Stephen Bunting
Stephen Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number four. Nicknamed "the Bullet", Bunting formerly competed in Brit ...
''(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 ...
''(quarter-finals)''
#
Gerwyn Price
Gerwyn Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. He competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world ...
''(quarter-finals)''
#
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)''
#
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 ...
''(first round)''
#
John Henderson ''(first round)''
#
Keegan Brown
Keegan Brown (born 5 November 1992) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He has won two ranking PDC Players Championship titles. Brown reached the quarter-finals at the 2014 Gran ...
''(second round)''
#
Andrew Gilding
Andrew Gilding (born 7 December 1970) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty-eight. Nicknamed "Goldfinger", Gilding won his maiden PDC ...
''(second 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 ...
''(second round)''
#
Joe Murnan
Joe Murnan (born 28 September 1983) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Murnan reached the last 40 of the 2010 Winmau World Masters, losing 3–0 to Filipino Ronald L. Briones.
Murn ...
''(first round)''
#
Kyle Anderson ''(first 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 ...
''(second round)''
Draw
Statistics
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, -
! Player
! Eliminated
! Played
! Legs Won
! Legs Lost
! LWAT
! 100+
! 140+
! 180s
! High checkout
! 3-dart average
! Checkout success
, -
, align="left",
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 ...
, Winner
, 5
,
,
,
,
,
,
, 156
, 102.81
, 46.25%
, -
, align="left",
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. ...
, Final
, 5
,
,
,
,
,
,
, 150
, 97.34
, 41.98%
, -
, align="left",
Peter Wright
, Semi-finals
, 4
,
,
,
,
,
,
, 161
, 101.12
, 45.54%
, -
, align="left",
Phil Taylor
, Semi-finals
, 4
,
,
,
,
,
,
, 161
, 100.27
, 39.85%
, -
, align="left",
Ian White
, Quarter-finals
, 3
,
,
,
,
,
,
, 127
, 99.01
, 37.11%
, -
, align="left",
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
, 3
,
,
,
,
,
,
, 136
, 97.87
, 31.19%
, -
, align="left",
Gerwyn Price
Gerwyn Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. He competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world ...
, Quarter-finals
, 3
,
,
,
,
,
,
, 120
, 92.88
, 41.10%
, -
, align="left",
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 ...
, Quarter-finals
, 3
,
,
,
,
,
,
, 128
, 91.54
, 35.71%
, -
, align="left",
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. ...
, Second round
, 2
,
,
,
,
,
,
, 136
, 99.13
, 44.44%
, -
, align="left",
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 ...
, Second round
, 2
,
,
,
,
,
,
, 128
, 95.65
, 50%
, -
, align="left",
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 ...
, Second round
, 2
,
,
,
,
,
,
, 78
, 95.44
, 41.30%
, -
, align="left",
Gary Anderson
, Second round
, 2
,
,
,
,
,
,
, 118
, 94.94
, 33.93%
, -
, align="left",
Andrew Gilding
Andrew Gilding (born 7 December 1970) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty-eight. Nicknamed "Goldfinger", Gilding won his maiden PDC ...
, Second round
, 2
,
,
,
,
,
,
, 121
, 93.76
, 42.50%
, -
, align="left",
Keegan Brown
Keegan Brown (born 5 November 1992) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He has won two ranking PDC Players Championship titles. Brown reached the quarter-finals at the 2014 Gran ...
, Second round
, 2
,
,
,
,
,
,
, 114
, 93.32
, 43.75%
, -
, align="left",
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 ...
, Second round
, 2
,
,
,
,
,
,
, 158
, 92.66
, 34.78%
, -
, align="left",
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
, 2
,
,
,
,
,
,
, 170
, 89.70
, 32.14%
, -
, align="left",
Stephen Bunting
Stephen Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number four. Nicknamed "the Bullet", Bunting formerly competed in Brit ...
, First round
, 1
, 6
, 10
, 1
, 18
, 6
, 9
, 49
, 101.62
, 33.33%
, -
, align="left",
Kyle Anderson
, First round
, 1
, 7
, 10
, 3
, 26
, 5
, 9
, 124
, 99.06
, 30.43%
, -
, align="left",
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
, 1
, 5
, 10
, 1
, 30
, 6
, 1
, 101
, 95.82
, 41.67%
, -
, align="left",
Mervyn King
, First round
, 1
, 8
, 10
, 3
, 14
, 12
, 6
, 90
, 94.99
, 42.11%
, -
, align="left",
Joe Murnan
Joe Murnan (born 28 September 1983) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Murnan reached the last 40 of the 2010 Winmau World Masters, losing 3–0 to Filipino Ronald L. Briones.
Murn ...
, First round
, 1
, 7
, 10
, 3
, 21
, 13
, 2
, 86
, 93.79
, 41.18%
, -
, align="left",
Benito van de Pas
Benito van de Pas (born 18 January 1993) is a former Dutch professional darts player who formerly competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Van de Pas obtained a PDC Tour Card in 2014 and won three ranking Players Championship e ...
, First round
, 1
, 4
, 10
, 3
, 12
, 8
, 3
, 66
, 93.62
, 40.00%
, -
, align="left",
Robert Thornton
, First round
, 1
, 7
, 10
, 2
, 21
, 14
, 4
, 81
, 92.90
, 41.18%
, -
, align="left",
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
, 1
, 6
, 10
, 3
, 25
, 9
, 4
, 68
, 92.78
, 26.09%
, -
, align="left",
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 ...
, First round
, 1
, 11
, 13
, 2
, 42
, 11
, 3
, 60
, 92.70
, 37.93%
, -
, align="left",
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
, 1
, 4
, 10
, 1
, 20
, 3
, 3
, 108
, 91.46
, 40.00%
, -
, align="left",
Michael Smith
, First round
, 1
, 4
, 10
, 1
, 13
, 11
, 1
, 121
, 91.17
, 33.33%
, -
, align="left",
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 ...
, First round
, 1
, 9
, 11
, 4
, 28
, 16
, 6
, 140
, 90.24
, 28.13%
, -
, align="left",
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- ...
, First round
, 1
, 7
, 10
, 1
, 26
, 10
, 5
, 116
, 90.08
, 26.92%
, -
, align="left",
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
, 1
, 4
, 10
, 2
, 21
, 9
, 1
, 40
, 89.7
, 16.67%
, -
, align="left",
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 ...
, First round
, 1
, 7
, 10
, 2
, 22
, 12
, 3
, 96
, 89.08
, 33.33%
, -
, align="left",
John Henderson
, First round
, 1
, 2
, 10
, 1
, 22
, 1
, 2
, 26
, 81.86
, 33.33%
, -
References
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