2012 World Matchplay

April 2022 January 2013 2012 Betfair World Matchplay 21–29 July 2012 Winter Gardens Blackpool, England Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) LegsFinal – best of 35 £400,000 £100,000 Michael van GerwenWes Newton 170 Phil Taylor (×2) Dave Chisnall Joe Cullen Phil Taylor ENG 2011 2013 The 2012 Betfair World Matchplay was the 19th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from 21 to 29 July 2012 at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool. Phil Taylor was the defending champion,https://www.bbc.com/sport/darts/14273625 Taylor wins World Matchplay title BBC Sport and retained his title for the fifth successive time and thirteenth in total with an 18–15 win over James Wade in the final.http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/5vyds4sz8jht17tt70hpyuu8o/title/brilliant-taylor-takes-13th-title Brilliant Taylor Takes 13th Title PDC 29 July 2012 16 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130727002938/http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/5vyds4sz8jht17tt70hpyuu8o/title/brilliant-taylor-takes-13th-title 27 July 2013 dead Two nine-dart finishes were made during the tournament. Michael van Gerwen recorded the first during his second round victory over Steve Beaton. Wes Newton repeated the feat a day later, during his second round loss against Justin Pipe. This was the third consecutive year that at least one nine-dart finish was thrown in the Matchplay. Prize money For the fourth consecutive World Matchplay, the prize fund was £400,000. 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 (2) £2,500 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.dartsdatabase.co.uk/QualifyingList.aspx?EventKey=3833 2012 World Matchplay Qualifiers Darts Database 19 June 2012 16 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120316014142/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/QualifyingList.aspx?EventKey=3833 dead PDC Top 16 http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/1nb9x1r018nhv14s6sewipixpa/title/betfair-world-matchplay-field Betfair World Matchplay Field PDC 8 July 2012 16 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20150723223342/http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/1nb9x1r018nhv14s6sewipixpa/title/betfair-world-matchplay-field 23 July 2015 dead ENG Phil Taylor (winner) ENG Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals) ENG James Wade (runner-up) SCO Gary Anderson (first round) ENG Wes Newton (second round) AUS Simon Whitlock (first round) NED Raymond van Barneveld (second round) ENG Andy Hamilton (quarter-finals) WAL Mark Webster (second round) ENG Terry Jenkins (semi-finals) ENG Kevin Painter (first round) ENG Justin Pipe (quarter-finals) ENG Dave Chisnall (first round) ENG Mark Walsh (second round) AUS Paul Nicholson (first round) NED Vincent van der Voort (first round) PDC ProTour qualifiers BEL Kim Huybrechts (first round) NED Michael van Gerwen (quarter-finals) ENG Ronnie Baxter (semi-finals) ENG Colin Lloyd (first round) ENG Andy Smith (second round) ENG Ian White (second round) NIR Brendan Dolan (first round) ENG Michael Smith (first round) WAL Richie Burnett (first round) ENG Mervyn King (first round) SCO Robert Thornton (first round) ENG Colin Osborne (first round) ENG James Hubbard (first round) ENG Dean Winstanley (second round) ENG Steve Beaton (second round) ENG Joe Cullen (first round) Draw http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/kryo4yoizrb219rjt4v69aekm/title/betfair-world-matchplay-draw Betfair World Matchplay Draw PDC 9 July 2012 16 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20150724205016/http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/kryo4yoizrb219rjt4v69aekm/title/betfair-world-matchplay-draw 24 July 2015 dead First round (best of 19 legs)21–24 July http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/1sy9wxe01dyi91oattyd32yqfa/title/betfair-world-matchplay-night-one Betfair World Matchplay – Night One PDC 21 July 2012 16 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060210/http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/1sy9wxe01dyi91oattyd32yqfa/title/betfair-world-matchplay-night-one 4 March 2016 dead http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/9usni9afd72c12rs4eu63byzj/title/betfair-world-matchplay-night-two Betfair World Matchplay – Night Two PDC 23 July 2012 16 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060952/http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/9usni9afd72c12rs4eu63byzj/title/betfair-world-matchplay-night-two 4 March 2016 dead http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/i1wvlt6gt45t1fblgv24e34nw/title/betfair-world-matchplay-night-three Betfair World Matchplay – Night Three PDC 24 July 2012 16 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063547/http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/i1wvlt6gt45t1fblgv24e34nw/title/betfair-world-matchplay-night-three 4 March 2016 dead http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/y2jwjr6l1qpa1vnaj52wb01au/title/betfair-world-matchplay-night-four Betfair World Matchplay – Night Four PDC 25 July 2012 16 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065317/http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/y2jwjr6l1qpa1vnaj52wb01au/title/betfair-world-matchplay-night-four 4 March 2016 dead Second round (best of 25 legs)25–26 Julyhttp://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/1av6sxsh84ouy17jp1uto8gx8a/title/betfair-world-matchplay-night-five https://web.archive.org/web/20131214222053/http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/1av6sxsh84ouy17jp1uto8gx8a/title/betfair-world-matchplay-night-five dead 14 December 2013 Betfair World Matchplay – Night Five PDC 26 July 2012http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/1eo7myfrwn1rn1gjjb08hcbc08/title/betfair-world-matchplay-night-six Betfair World Matchplay – Night Six PDC 27 July 2012 16 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20131214230616/http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/1eo7myfrwn1rn1gjjb08hcbc08/title/betfair-world-matchplay-night-six 14 December 2013 dead Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)27 Julyhttp://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/5ujc9sgmrjxu19pnas9holdmj/title/betfair-world-matchplay-quarter-finals Betfair World Matchplay Quarter-finals PDC 27 July 2012 16 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040317/http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/5ujc9sgmrjxu19pnas9holdmj/title/betfair-world-matchplay-quarter-finals 4 March 2016 dead Semi-finals (best of 33 legs)28 Julyhttp://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/6z7v1wozgdp41dr4pq2lyamqq/title/betfair-world-matchplay-semi-finals Betfair World Matchplay Semi-finals PDC 29 July 2012 16 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130726223844/http://www.pdc.tv/world-matchplay/article/6z7v1wozgdp41dr4pq2lyamqq/title/betfair-world-matchplay-semi-finals 26 July 2013 dead Final (best of 35 legs)29 July 200 1 ENG Phil Taylor 103.10 10 ENG Mervyn King 97.54 8 16 NED Vincent van der Voort 92.86 5 ENG Ian White 95.40 10 8 ENG Andy Hamilton 90.42 10 NIR Brendan Dolan 85.60 7 9 WAL Mark Webster 86.69 10 ENG Colin Lloyd 84.80 6 5 ENG Wes Newton 98.23 10 ENG James Hubbard 90.21 5 12 ENG Justin Pipe 95.15 10 ENG Joe Cullen 92.91 4 4 SCO Gary Anderson 89.77 11 ENG Dean Winstanley 95.02 13 13 ENG Dave Chisnall 95.49 7 ENG Ronnie Baxter 94.52 10 2 ENG Adrian Lewis 100.87 10 SCO Robert Thornton 88.17 0 15 AUS Paul Nicholson 83.85 6 ENG Andy Smith 89.65 10 7 NED Raymond van Barneveld 97.93 10 ENG Michael Smith 90.70 4 10 ENG Terry Jenkins 96.88 11 BEL Kim Huybrechts 98.69 9 6 AUS Simon Whitlock 92.08 6 NED Michael van Gerwen 98.74 10 11 ENG Kevin Painter 88.01 6 ENG Steve Beaton 95.57 10 3 ENG James Wade 97.24 10 WAL Richie Burnett 95.09 5 14 ENG Mark Walsh 89.59 10 ENG Colin Osborne 88.66 8 1 ENG Phil Taylor 91.71 13 ENG Ian White 88.78 3 8 ENG Andy Hamilton 95.62 13 9 WAL Mark Webster 87.72 6 5 ENG Wes Newton 96.98 10 12 ENG Justin Pipe 94.02 13   ENG Dean Winstanley 93.60 8 ENG Ronnie Baxter 93.23 13 2 ENG Adrian Lewis 94.58 13 ENG Andy Smith 89.14 7 7 NED Raymond van Barneveld 91.41 10 10 ENG Terry Jenkins 92.86 13   NED Michael van Gerwen 104.36 13 ENG Steve Beaton 100.88 9 3 ENG James Wade 99.72 13 14 ENG Mark Walsh 88.00 4 1 ENG Phil Taylor 105.05 16 8 ENG Andy Hamilton 99.72 11 12 ENG Justin Pipe 91.47 11 ENG Ronnie Baxter 97.05 16 2 ENG Adrian Lewis 93.34 12 10 ENG Terry Jenkins 96.94 16 NED Michael van Gerwen 100.31 13 3 ENG James Wade 102.54 16 1 ENG Phil Taylor 103.39 17 ENG Ronnie Baxter 92.53 10 10 ENG Terry Jenkins 93.12 15 3 ENG James Wade 97.45 17 1 ENG Phil Taylor 98.97 18 3 ENG James Wade 95.92 15 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 | 47 | 29 | 158 | 81 | 28 | 170 (x2) | 100.44 |- |align="left"| ENG James Wade | Final | 5 | 71 | 55 | 29 | 179 | 95 | 29 | 164 | 98.57 |- |align="left"| ENG Terry Jenkins | Semi-finals | 4 | 55 | 48 | 19 | 139 | 90 | 24 | 140 | 94.95 |- |align="left"| ENG Ronnie Baxter | Semi-finals | 4 | 49 | 43 | 16 | 133 | 63 | 19 | 150 | 94.33 |- |align="left"| NED Michael van Gerwen | Quarter-finals | 3 | 36 | 31 | 14 | 94 | 47 | 14 | 141 | 101.14 |- |align="left"| ENG Adrian Lewis | Quarter-finals | 3 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 75 | 36 | 19 | 149 | 96.26 |- |align="left"| ENG Justin Pipe | Quarter-finals | 3 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 83 | 47 | 19 | 132 | 93.55 |- |align="left"| ENG Andy Hamilton | Quarter-finals | 3 | 34 | 29 | 14 | 62 | 33 | 22 | 127 | 95.25 |- |align="left"| ENG Steve Beaton | Second round | 2 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 58 | 20 | 9 | 90 | 98.23 |- |align="left"| ENG Wes Newton | Second round | 2 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 38 | 31 | 12 | 144 | 97.61 |- |align="left"| NED Raymond van Barneveld | Second round | 2 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 54 | 25 | 11 | 109 | 94.67 |- |align="left"| ENG Dean Winstanley | Second round | 2 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 17 | 127 | 94.31 |- |align="left"| ENG Ian White | Second round | 2 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 164 | 92.09 |- |align="left"| ENG Andy Smith | Second round | 2 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 51 | 24 | 6 | 100 | 89.40 |- |align="left"| ENG Mark Walsh | Second round | 2 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 57 | 23 | 7 | 126 | 88.80 |- |align="left"| WAL Mark Webster | Second round | 2 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 116 | 87.16 |- |align="left"| BEL Kim Huybrechts | First round | 1 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 167 | 98.69 |- |align="left"| ENG Mervyn King | First round | 1 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 101 | 97.54 |- |align="left"| ENG Dave Chisnall | First round | 1 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 170 | 95.49 |- |align="left"| WAL Richie Burnett | First round | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 76 | 95.09 |- |align="left"| AUS Simon Whitlock | First round | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 115 | 92.08 |- |align="left"| SCO Gary Anderson | First round | 1 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 120 | 89.77 |- |align="left"| ENG Colin Osborne | First round | 1 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 96 | 88.66 |- |align="left"| NIR Brendan Dolan | First round | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 117 | 85.60 |- |align="left"| NED Vincent van der Voort | First round | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 84 | 92.86 |- |align="left"| ENG James Hubbard | First round | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 88 | 90.21 |- |align="left"| ENG Kevin Painter | First round | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 160 | 88.01 |- |align="left"| ENG Joe Cullen | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 170 | 92.91 |- |align="left"| ENG Michael Smith | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 126 | 90.70 |- |align="left"| ENG Colin Lloyd | First round | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 140 | 84.80 |- |align="left"| AUS Paul Nicholson | First round | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 100 | 83.85 |- |align="left"| SCO Robert Thornton | First round | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 1 | – | 88.17 Match reports from the draw. July 2012 References External links Official site Category:World Matchplay (darts) Category:2010s in Lancashire World Matchplay Darts World Matchplay (darts) World Matchplay (darts)