2009 World Matchplay (darts)

Stan James World Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates 19-26 July 2009
Venue Winter Gardens
Location Blackpool
Country England
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Final – best of 35
Prize fund £400,000
Winners share £100,000
High checkout 157 Alan Tabern
Round 2
vs Ronnie Baxter
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor

The 2009 Stan James World Matchplay was the 16th annual staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from Sunday 19 July to Sunday 26 July. As usual it was staged at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.

World number one Phil Taylor successfully defended his title, beating Terry Jenkins in the final to win his tenth World Matchplay.

Contents

Prize fund

A total of £400,000 was available for the players, divided based on the following performances:

Winner - £100,000
Runner-up - £50,000
Semi-finalists - £25,000
Quarter-finalists - £15,000
Second round losers - £7,500
First round losers - £5,000

Nine-dart jackpot - £10,000

Qualification

The qualification process for the World Matchplay differed this year. The top 16 in the PDC Order of the Merit after the 2009 UK Open qualified automatically as the 16 seeds. The other 16 places would be made up of the 16 highest ranked players (not already in the top 16) from the 2009 Players Championship Order of Merit - decided by the various Player Championship events taking place on the PDC Pro Tour from January 2009 - the cutoff point was the Las Vegas Players Championship just before the 2009 Las Vegas Desert Classic.[1]

Thus, the participants were:

PDC Top 16

PDPA Players Championship qualifiers

Draw

1st Round[2], 19-22 July,
best of 19, losers £5,000		   2nd Round, 22-23 July,
best of 25, losers £7,500		   Quarter Finals, 24 July,
best of 31, losers £15,000		   Semi Finals, 25 July,
best of 33, losers £25,000		   Final, 26 July, best of 35
£100,000 / £50,000
1   Phil Taylor 97.19 10  
  Robert Thornton 88.88 4     1   Phil Taylor 109.47 13  
16   Kevin Painter 101.02 10   16   Kevin Painter 92.39 3  
  Wes Newton 91.92 3       1   Phil Taylor 109.42 16  
8   Adrian Lewis 93.41 10       8   Adrian Lewis 92.27 3  
  Co Stompé 95.84 7     8   Adrian Lewis 95.39 13
9   Colin Lloyd 87.56 10   9   Colin Lloyd 84.80 5  
  Wayne Jones 90.06 7       1   Phil Taylor 106.54 17  
5   Mervyn King 91.84 10       5   Mervyn King 95.51 6  
  Mark Dudbridge 88.28 7     5   Mervyn King 96.90 13  
12   Colin Osborne 89.18 7     Steve Beaton 92.30 8  
  Steve Beaton 92.86 10       5   Mervyn King 100.96 16
4   John Part 86.62 6         Vincent van der Voort 94.75 6  
  Vincent van der Voort 90.63 10       Vincent van der Voort 92.34 13
13   Wayne Mardle 91.26 10   13   Wayne Mardle 83.28 6  
  Tony Eccles 86.22 1       1   Phil Taylor 106.05 18
2   James Wade 93.32 10       6   Terry Jenkins 92.32 4
  Jamie Caven 86.95 3     2   James Wade 96.29 13  
15   Andy Hamilton 91.18 6     Gary Anderson 96.22 7  
  Gary Anderson 99.74 10       2   James Wade 97.57 10  
7   Ronnie Baxter 92.30 10       7   Ronnie Baxter 96.73 16  
  Jelle Klaasen 92.19 8     7   Ronnie Baxter 90.20 16
10   Alan Tabern 98.95 10   10   Alan Tabern 86.41 14  
  Andy Smith 95.29 5       7   Ronnie Baxter 94.18 12
6   Terry Jenkins 96.93 10       6   Terry Jenkins 91.54 17  
  Peter Wright 89.39 4     6   Terry Jenkins 92.06 14  
11   Dennis Priestley 89.06 5     Denis Ovens 90.48 12  
  Denis Ovens 90.77 10       6   Terry Jenkins 97.57 16
3   Raymond van Barneveld 99.73 10       3   Raymond van Barneveld 99.76 12  
  Michael van Gerwen 91.26 3     3   Raymond van Barneveld 94.81 13
14   Mark Walsh 89.60 10   14   Mark Walsh 94.44 11  
  Andy Jenkins 85.31 5  

Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)

All games had to be won by 2 clear legs (e.g. in Rd 1 there couldn't be a 10-9 scoreline it had to be 11-9 or 10-8)

Statistics

Player Played Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
Phil Taylor 5 74 20 34 130 77 44 144 105.73
Raymond van Barneveld 3 35 30 9 85 43 17 126 98.10
Gary Anderson 2 17 19 4 42 28 10 151 97.98
Kevin Painter 2 13 16 5 32 18 8 130 96.71
Mervyn King 4 45 38 16 112 66 18 147 96.30
Co Stompé 1 7 10 2 26 9 4 127 95.84
James Wade 3 33 26 10 75 47 12 153 95.73
Andy Smith 1 5 10 1 19 15 1 112 95.29
Terry Jenkins 5 61 58 20 157 80 26 131 94.08
Adrian Lewis 3 26 28 13 63 40 13 156 93.69
Ronnie Baxter 4 54 49 18 142 49 19 132 93.35
Alan Tabern 2 24 21 8 66 32 7 157 92.68
Steve Beaton 2 18 20 8 52 23 5 110 92.58
Vincent van der Voort 3 29 28 9 71 42 13 131 92.57
Jelle Klaasen 1 8 10 2 24 4 4 71 92.19
Mark Walsh 2 21 18 9 49 26 9 121 92.02
Wes Newton 1 3 10 1 16 3 5 96 91.92
Michael van Gerwen 1 3 10 0 14 6 1 126 91.26
Andy Hamilton 1 6 10 2 21 7 4 120 91.18
Denis Ovens 2 22 19 12 64 32 5 125 90.63
Wayne Jones 1 7 10 4 26 12 4 121 90.06
Peter Wright 1 4 10 1 17 9 2 96 89.39
Colin Osborne 1 7 10 4 18 13 2 116 89.18
Dennis Priestley 1 5 10 3 22 13 2 84 89.06
Robert Thornton 1 4 10 1 17 9 3 56 88.88
Mark Dudbridge 1 7 10 5 17 10 3 109 88.28
Wayne Mardle 2 16 14 6 36 22 4 115 87.27
Jamie Caven 1 3 10 0 13 6 2 120 86.95
John Part 1 6 10 2 19 5 4 76 86.62
Tony Eccles 1 1 10 0 11 10 0 76 86.22
Colin Lloyd 2 15 20 8 46 17 5 62 86.18
Andy Jenkins 1 5 10 4 15 10 1 96 85.31

References

  1. ^ 2009 Order of Merit explanation obtained 6 July 2009
  2. ^ stanjames.com World Matchplay Draw obtained 8 July 2009
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