The 2015

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World Matchplay was the 22nd annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the

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. The tournament took place at the Winter Gardens,

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, 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.

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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

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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 on the PDC Order of Merit 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

(winner) # Phil Taylor ''(semi-finals)'' # Gary Anderson ''(second round)'' #

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''(second round)'' # Peter Wright ''(semi-finals)'' # James Wade ''(runner-up)'' #

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''(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)'' #

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''(second round)'' # Mervyn King ''(first round)'' # Michael Smith ''(first round)'' # Terry Jenkins ''(first round)'' #

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''(first round)'' #

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''(first round)''

PDC ProTour qualifiers

# Kim Huybrechts ''(first round)'' # Jelle Klaasen ''(first round)'' # Vincent van der Voort ''(first round)'' # Benito van de Pas ''(first round)'' # Stephen Bunting ''(first round)'' # Mensur Suljović ''(quarter-finals)'' #

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''(quarter-finals)'' # Steve Beaton ''(first round)'' # Jamie Caven ''(first round)'' # John Henderson ''(first round)'' #

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''(second round)'' # Andrew Gilding ''(second round)'' # Jamie Lewis ''(second round)'' # Joe Murnan ''(first round)'' # Kyle Anderson ''(first round)'' # Andy Hamilton ''(second 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 ! Checkout success , - , align="left",

, Winner , 5 , , , , , , , 156 , 102.81 , 46.25% , - , align="left", James Wade , 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",

, Quarter-finals , 3 , , , , , , , 136 , 97.87 , 31.19% , - , align="left",

, Quarter-finals , 3 , , , , , , , 120 , 92.88 , 41.10% , - , align="left", Mensur Suljović , Quarter-finals , 3 , , , , , , , 128 , 91.54 , 35.71% , - , align="left",

, Second round , 2 , , , , , , , 136 , 99.13 , 44.44% , - , align="left", Jamie Lewis , Second round , 2 , , , , , , , 128 , 95.65 , 50% , - , align="left",

, Second round , 2 , , , , , , , 78 , 95.44 , 41.30% , - , align="left", Gary Anderson , Second round , 2 , , , , , , , 118 , 94.94 , 33.93% , - , align="left", Andrew Gilding , Second round , 2 , , , , , , , 121 , 93.76 , 42.50% , - , align="left",

, Second round , 2 , , , , , , , 114 , 93.32 , 43.75% , - , align="left", Andy Hamilton , Second round , 2 , , , , , , , 158 , 92.66 , 34.78% , - , align="left",

, Second round , 2 , , , , , , , 170 , 89.70 , 32.14% , - , align="left", Stephen Bunting , 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 , 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 , First round , 1 , 7 , 10 , 3 , 21 , 13 , 2 , 86 , 93.79 , 41.18% , - , align="left", Benito van de Pas , 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 , First round , 1 , 6 , 10 , 3 , 25 , 9 , 4 , 68 , 92.78 , 26.09% , - , align="left", Jamie Caven , First round , 1 , 11 , 13 , 2 , 42 , 11 , 3 , 60 , 92.70 , 37.93% , - , align="left", Jelle Klaasen , 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 , First round , 1 , 9 , 11 , 4 , 28 , 16 , 6 , 140 , 90.24 , 28.13% , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 7 , 10 , 1 , 26 , 10 , 5 , 116 , 90.08 , 26.92% , - , align="left", Steve Beaton , First round , 1 , 4 , 10 , 2 , 21 , 9 , 1 , 40 , 89.7 , 16.67% , - , align="left",

, 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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