2009 World Matchplay

June 2011 2009 Stan James World Matchplay 19–26 July 2009 Winter Gardens Blackpool, England Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) LegsFinal – best of 35 £400,000 £100,000 157 Alan Tabern Phil Taylor ENG 2008 2010 The 2009 Stan James World Matchplay was the 16th annual staging of the World Matchplay tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from 19 to 26 July 2009. As usual it was staged at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. World number one Phil Taylor successfully defended his title, beating Terry Jenkins in the final to win his tenth World Matchplay. Prize fund The prize fund was increased to £400,000, which was £100,000 more than the last World Matchplay. Position (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £400,000)Winner (1) £100,000Runner-Up (1) £50,000Semi-finalists (2) £25,000Quarter-finalists (4) £15,000Second round (8) £7,500First round (16) £5,000Nine-dart finish (0) £10,000 Qualification The qualification process for the World Matchplay differed this year. The top 16 in the PDC Order of the Merit after the 2009 UK Open qualified automatically as the 16 seeds. The other 16 places would be made up of the 16 highest ranked players (not already in the top 16) from the 2009 Players Championship Order of Merit - decided by the various Player Championship events taking place on the PDC Pro Tour from January 2009 - the cutoff point was the Las Vegas Players Championship just before the 2009 Las Vegas Desert Classic.2009 Order of Merit explanation https://web.archive.org/web/20110525012932/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PlayersChampionshipOrderofMerit/0,,10180,00.html 2011-05-25 obtained 6 July 2009 Thus, the participants were: PDC Top 16 ENG Phil Taylor (winner) ENG James Wade (quarter-finals) NED Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals) CAN John Part (first round) ENG Mervyn King (semi-finals) ENG Terry Jenkins (runner-up) ENG Ronnie Baxter (semi-finals) ENG Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals) ENG Colin Lloyd (second round) ENG Alan Tabern (second round) ENG Dennis Priestley (first round) ENG Colin Osborne (first round) ENG Wayne Mardle (second round) ENG Mark Walsh (second round) ENG Andy Hamilton (first round) ENG Kevin Painter (second round) PDPA Players Championship qualifiers SCO Gary Anderson (second round) SCO Robert Thornton (first round) ENG Andy Smith (first round) ENG Wayne Jones (first round) ENG Mark Dudbridge (first round) NED Michael van Gerwen (first round) ENG Steve Beaton (second round) NED Vincent van der Voort (quarter-finals) ENG Jamie Caven (first round) ENG Denis Ovens (second round) NED Jelle Klaasen (first round) NED Co Stompé (first round) ENG Tony Eccles (first round) SCO Peter Wright (first round) ENG Andy Jenkins (first round) ENG Wes Newton (first round) Draw First round (best of 19 legs)19–22 Julystanjames.com World Matchplay Draw obtained 8 July 2009 Second round (best of 25 legs)22–23 July Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)24 July Semi-finals (best of 33 legs)25 July Final (best of 35 legs)26 July 200 1 ENG Phil Taylor 97.19 10 SCO Robert Thornton 88.88 4 16 ENG Kevin Painter 101.02 10 ENG Wes Newton 91.92 3 8 ENG Adrian Lewis 93.41 10 NED Co Stompé 95.84 7 9 ENG Colin Lloyd 87.56 10 ENG Wayne Jones 90.06 7 5 ENG Mervyn King 91.84 10 ENG Mark Dudbridge 88.28 7 12 ENG Colin Osborne 89.18 7 ENG Steve Beaton 92.86 10 4 CAN John Part 86.62 6 NED Vincent van der Voort 90.63 10 13 ENG Wayne Mardle 91.26 10 ENG Tony Eccles 86.22 1 2 ENG James Wade 93.32 10 ENG Jamie Caven 86.95 3 15 ENG Andy Hamilton 91.18 6 SCO Gary Anderson 99.74 10 7 ENG Ronnie Baxter 92.30 10 NED Jelle Klaasen 92.19 8 10 ENG Alan Tabern 98.95 10 ENG Andy Smith 95.29 5 6 ENG Terry Jenkins 96.93 10 SCO Peter Wright 89.39 4 11 ENG Dennis Priestley 89.06 5 ENG Denis Ovens 90.77 10 3 NED Raymond van Barneveld 99.73 10 NED Michael van Gerwen 91.26 3 14 ENG Mark Walsh 89.60 10 ENG Andy Jenkins 85.31 5 1 ENG Phil Taylor 109.47 13 16 ENG Kevin Painter 92.39 3 8 ENG Adrian Lewis 95.39 13 9 ENG Colin Lloyd 84.80 5 5 ENG Mervyn King 96.90 13 ENG Steve Beaton 92.30 8 NED Vincent van der Voort 92.34 13 13 ENG Wayne Mardle 83.28 6 2 ENG James Wade 96.29 13 SCO Gary Anderson 96.22 7 7 ENG Ronnie Baxter 90.20 16 10 ENG Alan Tabern 86.41 14 6 ENG Terry Jenkins 92.06 14 ENG Denis Ovens 90.48 12 3 NED Raymond van Barneveld 94.81 13 14 ENG Mark Walsh 94.44 11 1 ENG Phil Taylor 109.42 16 8 ENG Adrian Lewis 92.27 3 5 ENG Mervyn King 100.96 16 NED Vincent van der Voort 94.75 6 2 ENG James Wade 97.57 10 7 ENG Ronnie Baxter 96.73 16 6 ENG Terry Jenkins 97.57 16 3 NED Raymond van Barneveld 99.76 12 1 ENG Phil Taylor 106.54 17 5 ENG Mervyn King 95.51 6 7 ENG Ronnie Baxter 94.18 12 6 ENG Terry Jenkins 91.54 17 1 ENG Phil Taylor 106.05 18 6 ENG Terry Jenkins 92.32 4 Statistics Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average ENG Phil TaylorWinner57420341307744144105.73 ENG Terry JenkinsFinal5615820157802613194.08 ENG Mervyn KingSemi-finals4453816112661814796.30 ENG Ronnie BaxterSemi-finals4544918142491913293.35 NED Raymond van BarneveldQuarter-finals33530985431712698.10 NED Vincent van der VoortQuarter-finals32928971421313192.57 ENG James WadeQuarter-finals333261075471215395.73 ENG Adrian LewisQuarter-finals326281363401315693.69 ENG Wayne MardleSecond round2161463622411587.27 SCO Gary AndersonSecond round21719442281015197.98 ENG Kevin PainterSecond round2131653218813096.71 ENG Alan TabernSecond round2242186632715792.68 ENG Steve BeatonSecond round2182085223511092.58 ENG Colin LloydSecond round215208461756286.18 ENG Mark WalshSecond round2211894926912192.02 ENG Denis OvensSecond round22219126432512590.63 ENG Andy HamiltonFirst round16102217412091.18 ENG Wayne JonesFirst round171042612412190.06 ENG Jamie CavenFirst round13100136212086.95 CAN John PartFirst round1610219547686.62 NED Jelle KlaasenFirst round1810224447192.19 ENG Tony EcclesFirst round11100111007686.22 NED Co StompéFirst round17102269412795.84 SCO Peter WrightFirst round1410117929689.39 ENG Colin OsborneFirst round171041813211689.18 ENG Dennis PriestleyFirst round15103221328489.06 SCO Robert ThorntonFirst round1410117935688.88 ENG Mark DudbridgeFirst round171051710310988.28 ENG Andy SmithFirst round151011915111295.29 ENG Wes NewtonFirst round1310116359691.92 NED Michael van GerwenFirst round13100146112691.26 ENG Andy JenkinsFirst round15104151019685.31 References 30em Category:World Matchplay (darts) Category:2000s in Lancashire World Matchplay Darts World Matchplay Darts Category:2009 in English sport