1999 World Matchplay

1999 World Matchplay 25–31 July 1999 Winter Gardens Blackpool PDC Legs £58,000 £14,000 170 ENG Peter Evison170 ENG Colin Lloyd ENG Rod Harrington 1998 2000 The 1999 World Matchplay was a darts tournament held in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool between 25–31 July 1999. The tournament was won for the second year in a row by Rod Harrington, who defeated Peter Manley in the final. With his victory, Harrington became the first player to retain the World Matchplay title. In the 30th leg of the final Manley missed a shot at bullseye which, had he hit it would have been the first televised PDC 9 dart finish. This was the first time that the first round was best of 19 legs, instead of best of 15 legs used from the 1994 World Matchplay to the 1998 World Matchplay. Prize money The prize fund was £58,000.World Matchplay 1999 https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/1999 Mastercaller 5 February 2024 Position (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £58,000)Winner (1) £14,000Runner-Up (1) £7,000Semi-finalists (2) £3,500Quarter-finalists (4) £2,000Second round (8) £1,250First round (16) £750 Seeds There were eight seeds for the World Matchplay. ENG Rod Harrington ENG Peter Manley ENG Phil Taylor ENG Shayne Burgess ENG Dennis Priestley CAN John Part ENG Alan Warriner ENG Keith Deller Results Players in bold denote match winners.1999 World Matchplay Results http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=253 Darts Database 5 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20120914020113/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=253 14 September 2012 deadResults of World Matchplay 1999 https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/1999/results Mastercaller 5 February 2024World Matchplay 1999 – Bracket https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/1999/bracket Mastercaller 5 February 2024 First round (best of 19 legs)25–27 July Second round (best of 25 legs)27–28 July Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)29 July Semi-finals (best of 33 legs)30 July Final (best of 35 legs)31 July 200 1 ENG Rod Harrington 99.30 10 ENG John Lowe 88.50 7   ENG Cliff Lazarenko 73.95 6 ENG Steve Raw 78.46 10 8 ENG Keith Deller 84.00 10 ENG Bob Anderson 84.48 12   ENG Peter Evison 85.29 12 ENG Dean Allsop 82.92 10 5 ENG Dennis Priestley 95.28 10 USA Paul Lim 82.11 6   ENG Dennis Smith 85.08 10 USA Gary Mawson 83.43 12 4 ENG Shayne Burgess 97.56 10 ENG Kevin Spiolek 81.42 1   ENG Mick Manning 89.67 10 ENG Eric Bristow 83.01 2 2 ENG Peter Manley 94.41 10 WAL Richie Burnett 91.71 4   USA Dan Lauby 84.06 5 SCO Jamie Harvey 90.96 10 7 ENG Alan Warriner 85.29 10 ENG John Ferrell 78.09 4   CAN Scott Cummings 84.05 8 ENG Colin Lloyd 89.52 10 6 CAN John Part 89.46 3 ENG Chris Mason 97.89 10   ENG Graeme Stoddart 83.01 5 USA Steve Brown 87.26 10 3 ENG Phil Taylor 96.18 10 ENG Ronnie Baxter 91.38 5   ENG Reg Harding 89.39 10 USA Gerald Verrier 83.46 6 1 ENG Rod Harrington 87.03 13 ENG Steve Raw 79.32 7   ENG Bob Anderson 83.12 8 ENG Peter Evison 89.41 13 5 ENG Dennis Priestley 91.04 13 USA Gary Mawson 88.26 8 4 ENG Shayne Burgess 102.03 13 ENG Mick Manning 88.14 1 2 ENG Peter Manley 89.73 13 SCO Jamie Harvey 85.41 7 7 ENG Alan Warriner 82.85 2 ENG Colin Lloyd 89.40 13   ENG Chris Mason 97.17 13 USA Steve Brown 91.98 11 3 ENG Phil Taylor 99.81 13 ENG Reg Harding 94.38 10 1 ENG Rod Harrington 89.49 16 ENG Peter Evison 81.85 9 5 ENG Dennis Priestley 92.82 16 4 ENG Shayne Burgess 94.50 12 2 ENG Peter Manley 89.43 16 ENG Colin Lloyd 88.80 8 ENG Chris Mason 91.14 11 3 ENG Phil Taylor 100.23 16 1 ENG Rod Harrington 93.83 17 5 ENG Dennis Priestley 93.81 10 2 ENG Peter Manley 91.70 17 3 ENG Phil Taylor 95.01 14 1 ENG Rod Harrington 85.94 19 2 ENG Peter Manley 86.92 17 References Category:World Matchplay (darts) Category:1990s in Lancashire World Matchplay Darts Category:July 1999 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1999 in English sport