2015 World Matchplay
| 2015 BetVictor World Matchplay | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 18–26 July 2015 | ||
| Venue | Winter Gardens | ||
| Location | Blackpool, England | ||
| Organisation(s) | Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £450,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £100,000 | ||
| High checkout | 170 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Netherlands Michael van Gerwen | |||
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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.[1]
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.[2]
| 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 |
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 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.[3]
Draw
[edit | edit source]Statistics
[edit | edit source]| Player | Eliminated | Played | Legs Won | Legs Lost | LWAT | 100+ | 140+ | 180s | High checkout | 3-dart average | Checkout success |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands Michael van Gerwen | Winner | 5 | 74 | 43 | 28 | 127 | 98 | 39 | 156 | 102.81 | 46.25% |
| England James Wade | Final | 5 | 68 | 58 | 25 | 195 | 103 | 17 | 150 | 97.34 | 41.98% |
| Scotland Peter Wright | Semi-finals | 4 | 51 | 36 | 18 | 118 | 81 | 29 | 161 | 101.12 | 45.54% |
| England Phil Taylor | Semi-finals | 4 | 53 | 33 | 24 | 112 | 59 | 26 | 161 | 100.27 | 39.85% |
| England Ian White | Quarter-finals | 3 | 36 | 31 | 10 | 76 | 46 | 25 | 127 | 99.01 | 37.11% |
| England Dave Chisnall | Quarter-finals | 3 | 34 | 38 | 9 | 84 | 43 | 29 | 136 | 97.87 | 31.19% |
| Wales Gerwyn Price | Quarter-finals | 3 | 30 | 30 | 13 | 81 | 34 | 16 | 120 | 92.88 | 41.10% |
| Austria Mensur Suljović | Quarter-finals | 3 | 35 | 34 | 16 | 111 | 54 | 10 | 128 | 91.54 | 35.71% |
| England Adrian Lewis | Second round | 2 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 37 | 31 | 16 | 136 | 99.13 | 44.44% |
| Wales Jamie Lewis | Second round | 2 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 40 | 30 | 4 | 128 | 95.65 | 50% |
| Australia Simon Whitlock | Second round | 2 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 78 | 95.44 | 41.30% |
| Scotland Gary Anderson | Second round | 2 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 38 | 26 | 13 | 118 | 94.94 | 33.93% |
| England Andrew Gilding | Second round | 2 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 51 | 25 | 6 | 121 | 93.76 | 42.50% |
| England Keegan Brown | Second round | 2 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 51 | 26 | 9 | 114 | 93.32 | 43.75% |
| England Andy Hamilton | Second round | 2 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 43 | 24 | 5 | 158 | 92.66 | 34.78% |
| Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan | Second round | 2 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 43 | 22 | 7 | 170 | 89.70 | 32.14% |
| England Stephen Bunting | First round | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 101.62 | 33.33% |
| Australia Kyle Anderson | First round | 1 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 124 | 99.06 | 30.43% |
| Belgium Kim Huybrechts | First round | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 101 | 95.82 | 41.67% |
| England Mervyn King | First round | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 90 | 94.99 | 42.11% |
| England Joe Murnan | First round | 1 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 86 | 93.79 | 41.18% |
| Netherlands Benito van de Pas | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 66 | 93.62 | 40.00% |
| Scotland Robert Thornton | First round | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 81 | 92.90 | 41.18% |
| Netherlands Vincent van der Voort | First round | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 68 | 92.78 | 26.09% |
| England Jamie Caven | First round | 1 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 60 | 92.70 | 37.93% |
| Netherlands Jelle Klaasen | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 108 | 91.46 | 40.00% |
| England Michael Smith | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 121 | 91.17 | 33.33% |
| England Terry Jenkins | First round | 1 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 140 | 90.24 | 28.13% |
| England Justin Pipe | First round | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 116 | 90.08 | 26.92% |
| England Steve Beaton | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 40 | 89.7 | 16.67% |
| Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld | First round | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 96 | 89.08 | 33.33% |
| Scotland John Henderson | First round | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 81.86 | 33.33% |
Source: Match reports from the draw.
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