2011 World Matchplay (darts)

World Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates 16–24 July
Venue Winter Gardens
Location Blackpool
Country England
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Prize fund £400,000
Winners share £100,000
Nine dart finish John Part
Round 1
vs Mark Webster
High checkout 170
Adrian Lewis
Round 2
vs Vincent van der Voort
James Wade
Semi Final
vs Adrian Lewis
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor

The 2011 World Matchplay was the 18th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from 16–24 July. It was sponsored by Skybet (who had previously sponsored the UK Open and the World Grand Prix) who took over from Stan James after 10 years.[1]

Phil Taylor successfully defended his title, defeating James Wade 18-8 in the final to win his twelfth World Matchplay crown and his fourth in successive years.

In the quarter-final Andy Hamilton produce a remarkable comeback. Trailing 8–15 to Simon Whitlock, Hamilton won nine consecutive legs to advance to the semi-finals.[2]

Contents

Prize money

Stage Prize Money
Winner £100,000
Runner Up £50,000
Semi Finalists £25,000
Quarter Finalists £15,000
Round 2 £7,500
Round 1 £5,000

Qualification

The top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit qualified automatically and were also seeded players. The other 16 places went to the top 16 non-qualified players from the Players Championships Order of Merit.

These were the participants.

PDC Top 16

PDPA Players Championship qualifiers

Draw

  Round 1 July 16–19,
best of 19 legs[3][4][5][6]		 Round 2, July 20–21,
best of 25 legs[7][8]		 Quarter Finals, July 22
best of 31 legs[9]		 Semi Finals, 23 July,
best of 33 legs[10]		 Final, 24 July,
best of 35 legs[11]
                                               
1   Phil Taylor 101.66 10  
  Mark Hylton 99.56 8  
  1   Phil Taylor 108.01 13  
  16   Wayne Jones 97.89 7  
16   Wayne Jones 90.83 10
  Scott Rand 88.99 6  
  1   Phil Taylor 108.39 16  
  8   Wes Newton 95.80 5  
8   Wes Newton 90.80 10  
  Andy Smith 84.12 2  
  8   Wes Newton 99.41 13
    Justin Pipe 96.24 8  
9   Mervyn King 84.22 6
  Justin Pipe 93.46 10  
  1   Phil Taylor 105.59 17  
    Andy Hamilton 99.43 9  
5   Simon Whitlock 93.91 10  
  Peter Wright 92.28 7  
  5   Simon Whitlock 96.93 13
    Denis Ovens 88.06 1  
12   Ronnie Baxter 84.88 8
  Denis Ovens 87.59 10  
  5   Simon Whitlock 96.14 15
    Andy Hamilton 96.49 17  
4   Gary Anderson 98.04 6  
  Andy Hamilton 95.97 10  
    Andy Hamilton 90.45 13
    John Henderson 86.11 11  
13   Colin Lloyd 84.92 7
  John Henderson 91.11 10  
1   Phil Taylor 103.84 18
3   James Wade 98.84 8
2   Adrian Lewis 98.07 14  
  Kevin Painter 92.91 12  
  2   Adrian Lewis 100.30 13  
  15   Vincent van der Voort 93.00 5  
15   Vincent van der Voort 86.45 10
  Alan Tabern 87.38 7  
  2   Adrian Lewis 94.76 16  
  10   Mark Webster 92.05 12  
7   Terry Jenkins 86.10 3  
  Steve Beaton 100.97 10  
    Steve Beaton 90.40 7
  10   Mark Webster 93.70 13  
10   Mark Webster 88.95 10
  John Part 90.75 8  
  2   Adrian Lewis 91.54 10
  3   James Wade 95.37 17  
6   Raymond van Barneveld 95.56 10  
  Steve Brown 91.02 3  
  6   Raymond van Barneveld 95.67 13
  11   Paul Nicholson 92.35 9  
11   Paul Nicholson 95.89 12
  Colin Osborne 95.86 10  
  6   Raymond van Barneveld 95.17 11
  3   James Wade 94.50 16  
3   James Wade 87.38 10  
  Jamie Caven 82.00 0  
  3   James Wade 98.08 13
  14   Mark Walsh 95.41 11  
14   Mark Walsh 94.44 10
  Dave Chisnall 93.73 3  

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

Statistics

Player Played Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
Phil Taylor 5 74 37 30 164 80 22 150 105.49
Adrian Lewis 4 53 46 19 118 66 28 170 96.16
James Wade 5 64 50 23 162 91 23 170 94.83
Gary Anderson 1 6 10 1 27 7 10 104 98.04
Raymond van Barneveld 3 34 28 13 79 48 16 126 95.46
Simon Whitlock 3 38 25 12 66 48 15 154 95.66
Terry Jenkins 1 3 10 2 17 6 3 118 90.06
Wes Newton 3 28 26 12 62 43 12 170 95.33
Mervyn King 1 6 10 3 17 10 1 120 84.33
Mark Webster 3 35 31 13 96 36 7 158 91.56
Paul Nicholson 2 21 23 8 55 24 12 164 94.12
Ronnie Baxter 1 8 10 3 17 10 3 146 84.88
Colin Lloyd 1 7 10 3 25 8 3 128 84.92
Mark Walsh 2 21 16 5 46 22 12 121 94.92
Vincent van der Voort 2 15 20 6 44 21 6 90 89.72
Wayne Jones 2 17 19 6 43 32 9 161 94.36
John Part* 1 8 10 3 27 8 5 141 90.75
Andy Smith 1 2 10 0 20 5 1 121 84.12
Jamie Caven 1 0 10 0 12 4 1 — 82.00
Justin Pipe 2 18 19 8 46 28 9 116 94.84
Dave Chisnall 1 3 10 1 14 9 5 121 93.73
Peter Wright 1 7 10 2 27 8 6 123 92.28
Alan Tabern 1 7 10 4 31 9 3 81 87.38
Mark Hylton 1 8 10 2 18 15 7 119 99.57
Steve Brown 1 3 10 0 18 8 4 121 91.02
Denis Ovens 2 11 21 4 45 20 5 132 87.82
John Henderson 2 21 20 7 46 30 11 120 88.61
Kevin Painter 1 12 14 5 39 15 5 102 92.91
Scott Rand 1 6 10 2 17 10 3 69 88.99
Colin Osborne 1 10 12 3 29 11 5 126 95.86
Steve Beaton 2 17 16 8 49 24 3 140 95.68
Andy Hamilton 4 49 49 13 111 60 25 147 95.58

Broadcasters

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the tournament was broadcast by Sky Sports for the 18th consecutive time.
In the Netherlands, RTL7 broadcased the tournament for the very first time through an internet livestream, and in highlights on friday, saturday and sunday on television.
The tournament was broadcast in Australia for the first time with Fox Sports.[12]

References

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  2. ^ "Andy Hamilton stunned by comeback at World Matchplay". BBC. 22 July 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/darts/14254754.stm. Retrieved 1 January 2012. 
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  4. ^ "StanJames.com World Matchplay Day Two". PDC. July 17 2011. http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2394830,00.html. 
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  8. ^ "Sky Bet Mobile World Matchplay - Night Six". PDC. July 22 2011. http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldMatchplayDetail/0,,10180~2398888,00.html. 
  9. ^ "Sky Bet Mobile World Matchplay Quarter-Finals". PDC. July 22 2011. http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldMatchplayDetail/0,,10180~2399774,00.html. 
  10. ^ "Sky Bet Mobile World Matchplay Semi-Finals". PDC. July 23 2011. http://www.pdc.tv/page/WorldMatchplayDetail/0,,10180~2400415,00.html. 
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