2014 World Matchplay
| 2014 BetVictor World Matchplay | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 19–27 July 2014 | ||
| Venue | Winter Gardens | ||
| Location | Blackpool, England | ||
| Organisation(s) | Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £450,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £100,000 | ||
| Nine-dart finish | |||
| High checkout | 167 | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
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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.[1] Taylor also threw the event's only nine-dart finish which he did in the second round against Michael Smith.[2]
Prize money
[edit | edit source]The prize fund was increased to £450,000 after being £400,000 for the previous five editions of this event.[3] 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) | £100,000 |
| Runner-Up | (1) | £50,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £27,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £17,500 |
| Second round | (8) | £10,000 |
| First round | (16) | £6,000 |
| Nine-dart finish | (1) | £10,000 |
Format
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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.[4]
Draw
[edit | edit source]Statistics
[edit | edit source]| Player | Eliminated | Played | Legs Won | Legs Lost | LWAT | 100+ | 140+ | 180s | High checkout | 3-dart average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 5 | 74 | 40 | 29 | 148 | 94 | 30 | 160 | 103.92 | |
| Error creating thumbnail: Michael van Gerwen | Final | 5 | 65 | 54 | 22 | 153 | 75 | 36 | 145 | 99.91 |
| Scotland Gary Anderson | Semi-finals | 4 | 54 | 41 | 18 | 124 | 75 | 33 | 145 | 101.30 |
| Australia Simon Whitlock | Semi-finals | 4 | 52 | 41 | 23 | 108 | 73 | 32 | 154 | 95.09 |
| Quarter-finals | 3 | 31 | 28 | 12 | 78 | 36 | 13 | 113 | 101.71 | |
| Quarter-finals | 3 | 35 | 30 | 12 | 71 | 50 | 24 | 134 | 97.87 | |
| Quarter-finals | 3 | 33 | 23 | 16 | 77 | 48 | 11 | 114 | 95.04 | |
| Quarter-finals | 3 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 73 | 51 | 11 | 160 | 85.92 | |
| Second round | 2 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 14 | 112 | 99.66 | |
| Second round | 2 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 7 | 160 | 96.98 | |
| Second round | 2 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 40 | 27 | 10 | 160 | 95.98 | |
| Second round | 2 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 46 | 32 | 5 | 167 | 95.87 | |
| Second round | 2 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 7 | 101 | 95.33 | |
| Wales Richie Burnett | Second round | 2 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 52 | 19 | 4 | 121 | 90.64 |
| Error creating thumbnail: Raymond van Barneveld | Second round | 2 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 38 | 30 | 10 | 132 | 89.79 |
| Australia Paul Nicholson | Second round | 2 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 57 | 31 | 6 | 142 | 89.45 |
| Scotland Robert Thornton | First round | 1 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 112 | 97.06 |
| First round | 1 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 127 | 96.66 | |
| First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 92 | 96.58 | |
| First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 66 | 94.43 | |
| First round | 1 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 122 | 92.77 | |
| First round | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | – | 92.55 | |
| Belgium Kim Huybrechts | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 72 | 92.53 |
| First round | 1 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 132 | 92.03 | |
| First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 60 | 91.28 | |
| First round | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 92 | 90.86 | |
| First round | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 120 | 89.67 | |
| Scotland Peter Wright | First round | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 84 | 89.12 |
| Error creating thumbnail: Vincent van der Voort | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 75 | 89.10 |
| Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 91 | 88.91 |
| First round | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 96 | 82.45 | |
| First round | 1 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 81 | 81.62 |
Source: Match reports from the draw.
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