2015 World Matchplay

2015 BetVictor World Matchplay 18–26 July 2015 Winter Gardens Blackpool, England Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Legs £450,000 £100,000 170 Brendan Dolan Michael van Gerwen NED 2014 2016 The 2015 BetVictor World Matchplay was the 22nd annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the Winter Gardens, 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. Michael van Gerwen won his first World Matchplay title by defeating Wade 18–12 in the final.http://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/9925847/van-gerwen-beats-james-wade-to-win-world-matchplay-title Michael van Gerwen wins World Matchplay title for the first time after defeating James Wade Sky Sports 26 July 2015 Prize money The prize fund was increased to £450,000 after being £400,000 for the previous five editions of this event.http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventPrizeFund.aspx?EventKey=6109 2015 World Matchplay Prize Money Darts Database 8 July 2015 9 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150709061116/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventPrizeFund.aspx?EventKey=6109 dead 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) £6,000 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 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.http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/ccanmf10cxty1w87m01ge1xy5/title/2015-betvictor-world-matchplay-field 2015 BetVictor World Matchplay Field PDC 5 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150706024312/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/ccanmf10cxty1w87m01ge1xy5/title/2015-betvictor-world-matchplay-field 2015-07-06 dead PDC Order of Merit Top 16 NED Michael van Gerwen (winner) ENG Phil Taylor (semi-finals) SCO Gary Anderson (second round) ENG Adrian Lewis (second round) SCO Peter Wright (semi-finals) ENG James Wade (runner-up) ENG Dave Chisnall (quarter-finals) AUS Simon Whitlock (second round) ENG Ian White (quarter-finals) SCO Robert Thornton (first round) NIR Brendan Dolan (second round) ENG Mervyn King (first round) ENG Michael Smith (first round) ENG Terry Jenkins (first round) NED Raymond van Barneveld (first round) ENG Justin Pipe (first round) PDC ProTour qualifiers BEL Kim Huybrechts (first round) NED Jelle Klaasen (first round) NED Vincent van der Voort (first round) NED Benito van de Pas (first round) ENG Stephen Bunting (first round) AUT Mensur Suljović (quarter-finals) WAL Gerwyn Price (quarter-finals) ENG Steve Beaton (first round) ENG Jamie Caven (first round) SCO John Henderson (first round) ENG Keegan Brown (second round) ENG Andrew Gilding (second round) WAL Jamie Lewis (second round) ENG Joe Murnan (first round) AUS Kyle Anderson (first round) ENG Andy Hamilton (second round) Draw http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1cpqv8qqa1l4216b7xh1800bek/title/taylor-draws-henderson-for-betvictor-world-matchplay-opener 2015 BetVictor World Matchplay Draw PDC 7 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150707174918/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1cpqv8qqa1l4216b7xh1800bek/title/taylor-draws-henderson-for-betvictor-world-matchplay-opener 7 July 2015 dead dmy-all http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/FixtureList.aspx?EventKey=6109 2015 World Matchplay Fixtures Darts Database 19 July 2015http://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/9905797/world-matchplay-darts-fixtures-and-results World Matchplay Darts fixtures and results Sky Sports 19 July 2015 First round (best of 19 legs)18–20 Julyhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/17miodydq0bvx17wz9osojyehm/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-day-one BetVictor World Matchplay Day One PDC 20 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150720224157/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/17miodydq0bvx17wz9osojyehm/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-day-one 2015-07-20 dead http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/lld8j7p1tqt16htf4958nlfv/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-day-two BetVictor World Matchplay Day Two PDC 20 July 2015 21 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150721210732/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/lld8j7p1tqt16htf4958nlfv/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-day-two dead http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1do7ftjjl6v2n170sf3hz7tfc4/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-day-three BetVictor World Matchplay Day Three PDC 21 July 2015 25 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150725125246/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1do7ftjjl6v2n170sf3hz7tfc4/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-day-three dead Second round (best of 25 legs)21–22 Julyhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/jpu8gs13s6rzxyf7r2o0le7/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-day-four BetVictor World Matchplay Day Four PDC 23 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150722175146/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/jpu8gs13s6rzxyf7r2o0le7/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-day-four 2015-07-22 dead http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/ph1nlerefkj41xwy7d7ypsgut/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-day-five BetVictor World Matchplay Day Five PDC 23 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150725015056/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/ph1nlerefkj41xwy7d7ypsgut/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-day-five 2015-07-25 dead Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)23–24 Julyhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/9qebu4ssafh813t8bqp5406jd/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-day-six BetVictor World Matchplay Day Six PDC 24 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150726042133/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/9qebu4ssafh813t8bqp5406jd/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-day-six 2015-07-26 dead http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/jcay068ub4zx1pi9uzpfn5mx4/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-day-seven BetVictor World Matchplay Day Seven PDC 24 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150725070445/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/jcay068ub4zx1pi9uzpfn5mx4/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-day-seven 2015-07-25 dead Semi-finals (best of 33 legs)25 Julyhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1qjh3ady09bes11rwsbyb49px6/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-semi-finals BetVictor World Matchplay Semi-finals PDC 25 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150727235629/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1qjh3ady09bes11rwsbyb49px6/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-semi-finals 2015-07-27 dead Final (best of 35 legs)26 Julyhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1u90r0pfmc9ip1jkmknv53jjod/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-final Matchplay Glory For Mighty Mike PDC 26 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150728205014/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1u90r0pfmc9ip1jkmknv53jjod/title/betvictor-world-matchplay-final 2015-07-28 dead 200 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 99.19 10 NED Benito van de Pas 93.62 4 16 ENG Justin Pipe 90.08 7 WAL Jamie Lewis 92.43 10 8 AUS Simon Whitlock 98.45 10 NED Jelle Klaasen 91.46 4 9 ENG Ian White 103.51 10 ENG Stephen Bunting 101.62 6 5 SCO Peter Wright 108.13 10 BEL Kim Huybrechts 95.82 5 12 ENG Mervyn King 94.99 8 ENG Andrew Gilding 96.72 10 4 ENG Adrian Lewis 99.06 10 ENG Joe Murnan 93.79 7 13 ENG Michael Smith 91.17 4 WAL Gerwyn Price 92.59 10 2 ENG Phil Taylor 95.30 10 SCO John Henderson 81.86 2 15 NED Raymond van Barneveld 89.08 7 ENG Andy Hamilton 95.90 10 7 ENG Dave Chisnall 94.63 13 ENG Jamie Caven 92.57 11 10 SCO Robert Thornton 92.90 7 ENG Keegan Brown 97.00 10 6 ENG James Wade 103.59 10 AUS Kyle Anderson 99.06 7 11 NIR Brendan Dolan 88.52 10 NED Vincent van der Voort 92.78 6 3 SCO Gary Anderson 95.59 10 ENG Steve Beaton 89.70 4 14 ENG Terry Jenkins 90.24 9 AUT Mensur Suljović 89.57 11 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 110.93 13 WAL Jamie Lewis 98.86 2 8 AUS Simon Whitlock 92.43 9 9 ENG Ian White 97.11 13 5 SCO Peter Wright 95.65 13 ENG Andrew Gilding 90.79 7 4 ENG Adrian Lewis 99.20 10 WAL Gerwyn Price 97.88 13 2 ENG Phil Taylor 99.37 13 ENG Andy Hamilton 89.71 6 7 ENG Dave Chisnall 96.04 13 ENG Keegan Brown 89.63 11 6 ENG James Wade 94.67 13 11 NIR Brendan Dolan 90.87 8 3 SCO Gary Anderson 94.29 9 AUT Mensur Suljović 92.58 13 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 102.04 16 9 ENG Ian White 96.42 13 5 SCO Peter Wright 98.27 16 WAL Gerwyn Price 88.17 7 2 ENG Phil Taylor 102.68 16 7 ENG Dave Chisnall 102.94 8 6 ENG James Wade 100.20 16 AUT Mensur Suljović 92.48 11 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 101.96 17 5 SCO Peter Wright 102.44 12 2 ENG Phil Taylor 103.69 14 6 ENG James Wade 97.85 17 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 99.91 18 6 ENG James Wade 90.37 12 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"| NED Michael van Gerwen | Winner | 5 | | | | | | | 156 | 102.81 | 46.25% |- |align="left"| ENG James Wade | Final | 5 | | | | | | | 150 | 97.34 | 41.98% |- |align="left"| SCO Peter Wright | Semi-finals | 4 | | | | | | | 161 | 101.12 | 45.54% |- |align="left"| ENG Phil Taylor |Semi-finals | 4 | | | | | | | 161 | 100.27 | 39.85% |- |align="left"| ENG Ian White | Quarter-finals | 3 | | | | | | | 127 | 99.01 | 37.11% |- |align="left"| ENG Dave Chisnall |Quarter-finals | 3 | | | | | | | 136 | 97.87 | 31.19% |- |align="left"| WAL Gerwyn Price | Quarter-finals | 3 | | | | | | | 120 | 92.88 | 41.10% |- |align="left"| AUT Mensur Suljović |Quarter-finals | 3 | | | | | | | 128 | 91.54 | 35.71% |- |align="left"| ENG Adrian Lewis | Second round | 2 | | | | | | | 136 | 99.13 | 44.44% |- |align="left"| WAL Jamie Lewis | Second round | 2 | | | | | | | 128 | 95.65 | 50% |- |align="left"| AUS Simon Whitlock | Second round | 2 | | | | | | | 78 | 95.44 | 41.30% |- |align="left"| SCO Gary Anderson | Second round | 2 | | | | | | | 118 | 94.94 | 33.93% |- |align="left"| ENG Andrew Gilding |Second round | 2 | | | | | | | 121 | 93.76 | 42.50% |- |align="left"| ENG Keegan Brown |Second round | 2 | | | | | | | 114 | 93.32 | 43.75% |- |align="left"| ENG Andy Hamilton | Second round | 2 | | | | | | | 158 | 92.66 | 34.78% |- |align="left"| NIR Brendan Dolan |Second round | 2 | | | | | | | 170 | 89.70 | 32.14% |- |align="left"| ENG Stephen Bunting | First round | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 101.62 | 33.33% |- |align="left"| AUS Kyle Anderson | First round | 1 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 124 | 99.06 | 30.43% |- |align="left"| BEL Kim Huybrechts | First round | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 101 | 95.82 | 41.67% |- |align="left"| ENG Mervyn King | First round | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 90 | 94.99 | 42.11% |- |align="left"| ENG Joe Murnan | First round | 1 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 86 | 93.79 | 41.18% |- |align="left"| NED Benito van de Pas | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 66 | 93.62 | 40.00% |- |align="left"| SCO Robert Thornton | First round | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 81 | 92.90 | 41.18% |- |align="left"| NED Vincent van der Voort | First round | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 68 | 92.78 | 26.09% |- |align="left"| ENG Jamie Caven | First round | 1 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 60 | 92.70 | 37.93% |- |align="left"| NED Jelle Klaasen | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 108 | 91.46 | 40.00% |- |align="left"| ENG Michael Smith | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 121 | 91.17 | 33.33% |- |align="left"| ENG Terry Jenkins | First round | 1 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 140 | 90.24 | 28.13% |- |align="left"| ENG Justin Pipe | First round | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 116 | 90.08 | 26.92% |- |align="left"| ENG Steve Beaton | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 40 | 89.7 | 16.67% |- |align="left"| NED Raymond van Barneveld | First round | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 96 | 89.08 | 33.33% |- |align="left"| SCO John Henderson | First round | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 81.86 | 33.33% |- Match reports from the draw. 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