2014 World Matchplay

2014 BetVictor World Matchplay 19–27 July 2014 Winter Gardens Blackpool, England Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Legs £450,000 £100,000 Phil Taylor 167 Stephen Bunting Phil Taylor ENG 2013 2015 The 2014 BetVictor World Matchplay was the 21st annual staging of the darts tournament, the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, from 19–27 July 2014. Phil Taylor won the event for the seventh consecutive year and 15th in total by beating Michael van Gerwen 18–9 in the final.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/darts/28515961 World Matchplay: Phil Taylor beats Michael van Gerwen in final BBC Sport 27 July 2014 Taylor also threw the event's only nine-dart finish which he did in the second round against Michael Smith.http://www1.skysports.com/darts/news/12040/9392375/world-matchplay-darts-phil-taylor-hits-nine-darter-in-blackpool-against-michael-smith World Matchplay Darts: Phil Taylor hits nine-darter in Blackpool against Michael Smith Sky Sports 28 July 2014 Prize money The prize fund was increased to £450,000 after being £400,000 for the previous five editions of this event.http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/x8j56hdz8y961h0jdoq3fx4h4/title/pdc-prize-fund-increases-confirmed PDC Prize Fund Increases Confirmed PDC 30 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140703062147/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/x8j56hdz8y961h0jdoq3fx4h4/title/pdc-prize-fund-increases-confirmed 2014-07-03 dead The bonus for a nine-dart finish stood at £10,000 and was won by Phil Taylor. Position (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £450,000)Winner (1) £100,000Runner-Up (1) £50,000Semi-finalists (2) £27,000Quarter-finalists (4) £17,500Second round (8) £10,000First round (16) £6,000Nine-dart finish (1) £10,000 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, 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 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 are unseeded players.http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1oovafd22rkdr1ijpkmr7hpn79/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-field-confirmed BetVictor World Matchplay Field PDC 30 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140703132543/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1oovafd22rkdr1ijpkmr7hpn79/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-field-confirmed 3 July 2014 dead dmy-all PDC Top 16 NED Michael van Gerwen (runner-up) ENG Phil Taylor (winner) ENG Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals) AUS Simon Whitlock (semi-finals) ENG James Wade (quarter-finals) SCO Peter Wright (first round) SCO Robert Thornton (first round) ENG Andy Hamilton (second round) ENG Dave Chisnall (quarter-finals) ENG Wes Newton (quarter-finals) SCO Gary Anderson (semi-finals) NIR Brendan Dolan (first round) NED Raymond van Barneveld (second round) ENG Mervyn King (second round) ENG Justin Pipe (first round) ENG Ian White (second round) PDC ProTour qualifiers BEL Kim Huybrechts (first round) ENG Steve Beaton (first round) NED Vincent van der Voort (first round) ENG Jamie Caven (first round) ENG Michael Smith (second round) ENG Terry Jenkins (first round) ENG Dean Winstanley (first round) ENG Ronnie Baxter (first round) ENG Kevin Painter (first round) ENG Stephen Bunting (second round) ENG Darren Webster (first round) ENG Andrew Gilding (first round) ENG Wayne Jones (first round) ENG Andy Smith (first round) AUS Paul Nicholson (second round) WAL Richie Burnett (second round) Draw http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1eongd7opep6r1luf3yo1rpqeu/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-draw BetVictor World Matchplay Draw PDC 30 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140703132533/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1eongd7opep6r1luf3yo1rpqeu/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-draw 2014-07-03 dead First round (best of 19 legs)19–21 Julyhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1349vvydqt44n150duop0f00w1/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-night-one BetVictor World Matchplay Night One PDC 20 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140722233016/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1349vvydqt44n150duop0f00w1/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-night-one 22 July 2014 dead dmy-all http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1fu0vrp5cgcxv1snurnem2s8wi/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-day-two BetVictor World Matchplay Day Two PDC 20 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140722230459/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1fu0vrp5cgcxv1snurnem2s8wi/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-day-two 22 July 2014 dead dmy-all http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/qkzg7aalf3ag13lpby9k4r4v7/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-night-three https://web.archive.org/web/20140723140008/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/qkzg7aalf3ag13lpby9k4r4v7/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-night-three dead July 23, 2014 BetVictor World Matchplay Night Three PDC 21 July 2014 Second round (best of 25 legs)22–23 Julyhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1ifm1avzgf6y61bmj6r04ef3j5/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-night-four BetVictor World Matchplay Night Four PDC 22 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140725110747/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1ifm1avzgf6y61bmj6r04ef3j5/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-night-four 2014-07-25 dead http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1sgjx6c09fzf01f236w5tmgfhq/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-night-five BetVictor World Matchplay Night Five PDC 23 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140725110750/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1sgjx6c09fzf01f236w5tmgfhq/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-night-five 2014-07-25 dead Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)24–25 Julyhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1up192u2vzxoj1r16rt91lqpcv/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-night-six BetVictor World Matchplay Night Six PDC 24 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140727010728/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1up192u2vzxoj1r16rt91lqpcv/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-night-six 2014-07-27 dead http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1bh94at65pwkz1xlf222su5gfj/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-night-seven BetVictor World Matchplay Night Seven PDC 25 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141205130032/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1bh94at65pwkz1xlf222su5gfj/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-night-seven 2014-12-05 dead Semi-finals (best of 33 legs)26 Julyhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/17xbslzcikv4uzqbbzy1nuh10/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-semi-finals BetVictor World Matchplay Semi-finals PDC 26 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140728114333/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/17xbslzcikv4uzqbbzy1nuh10/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-semi-finals 2014-07-28 dead Final (best of 35 legs)27 Julyhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1lgtrfv0sn2tb1c3l6vn76sps5/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-final Amazing Taylor's 15th Triumph PDC 27 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140801045631/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1lgtrfv0sn2tb1c3l6vn76sps5/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-final 2014-08-01 dead 200 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 98.85 10 ENG Steve Beaton 92.77 7 16 ENG Ian White 101.37 10 ENG Terry Jenkins 91.28 4 8 ENG Andy Hamilton 94.42 10 ENG Wayne Jones 82.45 3 9 ENG Dave Chisnall 98.96 10 ENG Dean Winstanley 94.43 4 5 ENG James Wade 93.01 10 ENG Andy Smith 89.67 5 12 NIR Brendan Dolan 88.91 4 WAL Richie Burnett 93.85 10 4 AUS Simon Whitlock 93.88 10 ENG Kevin Painter 90.86 6 13 NED Raymond van Barneveld 92.79 10 NED Vincent van der Voort 89.10 4 2 ENG Phil Taylor 101.79 10 ENG Darren Webster 96.58 4 15 ENG Justin Pipe 96.66 8 ENG Michael Smith 98.87 10 7 SCO Robert Thornton 97.06 8 AUS Paul Nicholson 94.95 10 10 ENG Wes Newton 81.99 11 ENG Ronnie Baxter 81.62 9 6 SCO Peter Wright 89.12 6 ENG Stephen Bunting 92.36 10 11 SCO Gary Anderson 94.47 10 ENG Jamie Caven 92.03 8 3 ENG Adrian Lewis 110.51 10 ENG Andrew Gilding 92.55 0 14 ENG Mervyn King 101.06 10 BEL Kim Huybrechts 92.53 4 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 96.75 13 16 ENG Ian White 92.58 4 8 ENG Andy Hamilton 97.54 10 9 ENG Dave Chisnall 95.19 13 5 ENG James Wade 95.42 13 WAL Richie Burnett 87.42 2 4 AUS Simon Whitlock 93.54 13 13 NED Raymond van Barneveld 86.78 8 2 ENG Phil Taylor 105.64 13 ENG Michael Smith 100.44 6 AUS Paul Nicholson 83.94 13 10 ENG Wes Newton 86.62 15 ENG Stephen Bunting 99.37 8 11 SCO Gary Anderson 104.41 13 3 ENG Adrian Lewis 99.61 13 14 ENG Mervyn King 89.59 8 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 102.72 16 9 ENG Dave Chisnall 99.46 12 5 ENG James Wade 96.88 10 4 AUS Simon Whitlock 96.26 16 2 ENG Phil Taylor 99.70 16 10 ENG Wes Newton 89.16 6 11 SCO Gary Anderson 100.63 16 3 ENG Adrian Lewis 95.00 8 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 99.75 17 4 AUS Simon Whitlock 96.67 13 2 ENG Phil Taylor 105.27 17 11 SCO Gary Anderson 105.68 15 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 101.49 9 2 ENG Phil Taylor 107.19 18 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 |- |align="left"| ENG Phil Taylor | Winner | 5 | 74 | 40 | 29 | 148 | 94 | 30 | 160 | 103.92 |- |align="left"| NED Michael van Gerwen | Final | 5 | 65 | 54 | 22 | 153 | 75 | 36 | 145 | 99.91 |- |align="left"| SCO Gary Anderson | Semi-finals | 4 | 54 | 41 | 18 | 124 | 75 | 33 | 145 | 101.30 |- |align="left"| AUS Simon Whitlock | Semi-finals | 4 | 52 | 41 | 23 | 108 | 73 | 32 | 154 | 95.09 |- |align="left"| ENG Adrian Lewis | Quarter-finals | 3 | 31 | 28 | 12 | 78 | 36 | 13 | 113 | 101.71 |- |align="left"| ENG Dave Chisnall | Quarter-finals | 3 | 35 | 30 | 12 | 71 | 50 | 24 | 134 | 97.87 |- |align="left"| ENG James Wade | Quarter-finals | 3 | 33 | 23 | 16 | 77 | 48 | 11 | 114 | 95.04 |- |align="left"| ENG Wes Newton | Quarter-finals | 3 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 73 | 51 | 11 | 160 | 85.92 |- |align="left"| ENG Michael Smith | Second round | 2 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 14 | 112 | 99.66 |- |align="left"| ENG Ian White | Second round | 2 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 7 | 160 | 96.98 |- |align="left"| ENG Andy Hamilton | Second round | 2 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 40 | 27 | 10 | 160 | 95.98 |- |align="left"| ENG Stephen Bunting | Second round | 2 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 46 | 32 | 5 | 167 | 95.87 |- |align="left"| ENG Mervyn King | Second round | 2 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 7 | 101 | 95.33 |- |align="left"| WAL Richie Burnett | Second round | 2 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 52 | 19 | 4 | 121 | 90.64 |- |align="left"| NED Raymond van Barneveld | Second round | 2 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 38 | 30 | 10 | 132 | 89.79 |- |align="left"| AUS Paul Nicholson | Second round | 2 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 57 | 31 | 6 | 142 | 89.45 |- |align="left"| SCO Robert Thornton | First round | 1 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 112 | 97.06 |- |align="left"| ENG Justin Pipe | First round | 1 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 127 | 96.66 |- |align="left"| ENG Darren Webster | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 92 | 96.58 |- |align="left"| ENG Dean Winstanley | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 66 | 94.43 |- |align="left"| ENG Steve Beaton | First round | 1 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 122 | 92.77 |- |align="left"| ENG Andrew Gilding | First round | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | – | 92.55 |- |align="left"| BEL Kim Huybrechts | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 72 | 92.53 |- |align="left"| ENG Jamie Caven | First round | 1 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 132 | 92.03 |- |align="left"| ENG Terry Jenkins | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 60 | 91.28 |- |align="left"| ENG Kevin Painter | First round | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 92 | 90.86 |- |align="left"| ENG Andy Smith | First round | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 120 | 89.67 |- |align="left"| SCO Peter Wright | First round | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 84 | 89.12 |- |align="left"| NED Vincent van der Voort | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 75 | 89.10 |- |align="left"| NIR Brendan Dolan | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 91 | 88.91 |- |align="left"| ENG Wayne Jones | First round | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 96 | 82.45 |- |align="left"| ENG Ronnie Baxter | First round | 1 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 81 | 81.62 |- Match reports from the draw. 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