2014 World Matchplay

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.

2014 BetVictor World Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates19–27 July 2014
VenueWinter Gardens
LocationBlackpool
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£450,000
Winner's share£100,000
Nine-dart finish Phil Taylor
High checkout167 Stephen Bunting
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«2013 2015»

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

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

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

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

[5]

First round (best of 19 legs)
19–21 July[6][7][8] 		Second round (best of 25 legs)
22–23 July[9][10] 		Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
24–25 July[11][12] 		Semi-finals (best of 33 legs)
26 July[13] 		Final (best of 35 legs)
27 July[14]
               
1 Michael van Gerwen 98.85 10
Steve Beaton 92.77 7
1 Michael van Gerwen 96.75 13
16 Ian White 92.58 4
16 Ian White 101.37 10
Terry Jenkins 91.28 4
1 Michael van Gerwen 102.72 16
9 Dave Chisnall 99.46 12
8 Andy Hamilton 94.42 10
Wayne Jones 82.45 3
8 Andy Hamilton 97.54 10
9 Dave Chisnall 95.19 13
9 Dave Chisnall 98.96 10
Dean Winstanley 94.43 4
1 Michael van Gerwen 99.75 17
4 Simon Whitlock 96.67 13
5 James Wade 93.01 10
Andy Smith 89.67 5
5 James Wade 95.42 13
Richie Burnett 87.42 2
12 Brendan Dolan 88.91 4
Richie Burnett 93.85 10
5 James Wade 96.88 10
4 Simon Whitlock 96.26 16
4 Simon Whitlock 93.88 10
Kevin Painter 90.86 6
4 Simon Whitlock 93.54 13
13 Raymond van Barneveld 86.78 8
13 Raymond van Barneveld 92.79 10
Vincent van der Voort 89.10 4
1 Michael van Gerwen 101.49 9
2 Phil Taylor 107.19 18
2 Phil Taylor 101.79 10
Darren Webster 96.58 4
2 Phil Taylor 105.64 13
Michael Smith 100.44 6
15 Justin Pipe 96.66 8
Michael Smith 98.87 10
2 Phil Taylor 99.70 16
10 Wes Newton 89.16 6
7 Robert Thornton 97.06 8
Paul Nicholson 94.95 10
Paul Nicholson 83.94 13
10 Wes Newton 86.62 15
10 Wes Newton 81.99 11
Ronnie Baxter 81.62 9
2 Phil Taylor 105.27 17
11 Gary Anderson 105.68 15
6 Peter Wright 89.12 6
Stephen Bunting 92.36 10
Stephen Bunting 99.37 8
11 Gary Anderson 104.41 13
11 Gary Anderson 94.47 10
Jamie Caven 92.03 8
11 Gary Anderson 100.63 16
3 Adrian Lewis 95.00 8
3 Adrian Lewis 110.51 10
Andrew Gilding 92.55 0
3 Adrian Lewis 99.61 13
14 Mervyn King 89.59 8
14 Mervyn King 101.06 10
Kim Huybrechts 92.53 4

Statistics
Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
Phil Taylor Winner 5 74 40 29 148 94 30 160 103.92
Michael van Gerwen Final 5 65 54 22 153 75 36 145 99.91
Gary Anderson Semi-finals 4 54 41 18 124 75 33 145 101.30
Simon Whitlock Semi-finals 4 52 41 23 108 73 32 154 95.09
Adrian Lewis Quarter-finals 3 31 28 12 78 36 13 113 101.71
Dave Chisnall Quarter-finals 3 35 30 12 71 50 24 134 97.87
James Wade Quarter-finals 3 33 23 16 77 48 11 114 95.04
Wes Newton Quarter-finals 3 32 38 12 73 51 11 160 85.92
Michael Smith Second round 2 16 21 5 34 27 14 112 99.66
Ian White Second round 2 14 17 3 47 21 7 160 96.98
Andy Hamilton Second round 2 20 16 8 40 27 10 160 95.98
Stephen Bunting Second round 2 18 19 5 46 32 5 167 95.87
Mervyn King Second round 2 18 17 7 30 33 7 101 95.33
Richie Burnett Second round 2 12 17 6 52 19 4 121 90.64
Raymond van Barneveld Second round 2 18 17 10 38 30 10 132 89.79
Paul Nicholson Second round 2 23 23 10 57 31 6 142 89.45
Robert Thornton First round 1 8 10 4 31 13 4 112 97.06
Justin Pipe First round 1 8 10 1 29 9 6 127 96.66
Darren Webster First round 1 4 10 1 19 11 3 92 96.58
Dean Winstanley First round 1 4 10 2 21 12 2 66 94.43
Steve Beaton First round 1 7 10 3 18 11 3 122 92.77
Andrew Gilding First round 1 0 10 0 11 7 2 – 92.55
Kim Huybrechts First round 1 4 10 1 16 6 1 72 92.53
Jamie Caven First round 1 8 10 1 27 9 2 132 92.03
Terry Jenkins First round 1 4 10 0 15 9 4 60 91.28
Kevin Painter First round 1 6 10 3 18 14 3 92 90.86
Andy Smith First round 1 5 10 2 27 11 0 120 89.67
Peter Wright First round 1 6 10 0 20 13 4 84 89.12
Vincent van der Voort First round 1 4 10 2 12 7 7 75 89.10
Brendan Dolan First round 1 4 10 1 18 9 1 91 88.91
Wayne Jones First round 1 3 10 2 13 8 2 96 82.45
Ronnie Baxter First round 1 9 11 3 23 7 3 81 81.62

Source: Match reports from the draw.

References
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