2012 World Matchplay

The 2012 Betfair World Matchplay was the 19th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from 21–29 July 2012 at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool.

2012 Betfair World Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates21–29 July 2012
VenueWinter Gardens
LocationBlackpool
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£400,000
Winner's share£100,000
Nine-dart finish Michael van Gerwen
Wes Newton
High checkout170 Phil Taylor (2x)
170 Dave Chisnall
170 Joe Cullen
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«2011 2013»

Phil Taylor was the defending champion,[1] and retained his title for the fifth successive time and thirteenth in total with an 18–15 win over James Wade in the final.[2]

Two nine-dart finishes were made during the tournament. Michael van Gerwen recorded the first during his second round victory over Steve Beaton. Wes Newton repeated the feat a day later, during his second round loss against Justin Pipe.

Prize money

For the fourth consecutive World Matchplay, the prize fund was £400,000.

Position (no. of players) Prize Money
(Total: £400,000)
Winner (1) £100,000
Runner-Up (1) £50,000
Semi-finalists (2) £25,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £15,000
Second round (8) £7,500
First round (16) £5,000
Nine-dart finish (2) £2,500

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.[3]

Draw

[5]

First round (best of 19 legs)
21–24 July
[6][7][8][9] 		Second round (best of 25 legs)
25–26 July
[10][11] 		Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
27 July
[12] 		Semi-finals (best of 33 legs)
28 July
[13] 		Final (best of 35 legs)
29 July
[2]
               
1 Phil Taylor 103.10 10
Mervyn King 97.54 8
1 Phil Taylor 91.71 13
Ian White 88.78 3
16 Vincent van der Voort 92.86 5
Ian White 95.40 10
1 Phil Taylor 105.05 16
8 Andy Hamilton 99.72 11
8 Andy Hamilton 90.42 10
Brendan Dolan 85.60 7
8 Andy Hamilton 95.62 13
9 Mark Webster 87.72 6
9 Mark Webster 86.69 10
Colin Lloyd 84.80 6
1 Phil Taylor 103.39 17
Ronnie Baxter 92.53 10
5 Wes Newton 98.23 10
James Hubbard 90.21 5
5 Wes Newton 96.98 10
12 Justin Pipe 94.02 13
12 Justin Pipe 95.15 10
Joe Cullen 92.91 4
12 Justin Pipe 91.47 11
Ronnie Baxter 97.05 16
4 Gary Anderson 89.77 11
Dean Winstanley 95.02 13
  Dean Winstanley 93.60 8
Ronnie Baxter 93.23 13
13 Dave Chisnall 95.49 7
Ronnie Baxter 94.52 10
1 Phil Taylor 98.97 18
3 James Wade 95.92 15
2 Adrian Lewis 100.87 10
Robert Thornton 88.17 0
2 Adrian Lewis 94.58 13
Andy Smith 89.14 7
15 Paul Nicholson 83.85 6
Andy Smith 89.65 10
2 Adrian Lewis 93.34 12
10 Terry Jenkins 96.94 16
7 Raymond van Barneveld 97.93 10
Michael Smith 90.70 4
7 Raymond van Barneveld 91.41 10
10 Terry Jenkins 92.86 13
10 Terry Jenkins 96.88 11
Kim Huybrechts 98.69 9
10 Terry Jenkins 93.12 15
3 James Wade 97.45 17
6 Simon Whitlock 92.08 6
Michael van Gerwen 98.74 10
  Michael van Gerwen 104.36 13
Steve Beaton 100.88 9
11 Kevin Painter 88.01 6
Steve Beaton 95.57 10
Michael van Gerwen 100.31 13
3 James Wade 102.54 16
3 James Wade 97.24 10
Richie Burnett 95.09 5
3 James Wade 99.72 13
14 Mark Walsh 88.00 4
14 Mark Walsh 89.59 10
Colin Osborne 88.66 8

Statistics
Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
Phil Taylor Winner 5 74 47 29 158 81 28 170 (x2) 100.44
James Wade Final 5 71 55 29 179 95 29 164 98.57
Terry Jenkins Semi-finals 4 55 48 19 139 90 24 140 94.95
Ronnie Baxter Semi-finals 4 49 43 16 133 63 19 150 94.33
Michael van Gerwen Quarter-finals 3 36 31 14 94 47 14 141 101.14
Adrian Lewis Quarter-finals 3 35 23 12 75 36 19 149 96.26
Justin Pipe Quarter-finals 3 34 30 11 83 47 19 132 93.55
Andy Hamilton Quarter-finals 3 34 29 14 62 33 22 127 95.25
Steve Beaton Second round 2 19 19 5 58 20 9 90 98.23
Wes Newton Second round 2 20 18 8 38 31 12 144 97.61
Raymond van Barneveld Second round 2 20 17 6 54 25 11 109 94.67
Dean Winstanley Second round 2 21 24 7 50 33 17 127 94.31
Ian White Second round 2 13 18 2 36 22 8 164 92.09
Andy Smith Second round 2 17 19 5 51 24 6 100 89.40
Mark Walsh Second round 2 14 21 6 57 23 7 126 88.80
Mark Webster Second round 2 16 19 7 44 15 6 116 87.16
Kim Huybrechts First round 1 9 11 2 35 15 4 167 98.69
Mervyn King First round 1 8 10 1 26 12 8 101 97.54
Dave Chisnall First round 1 7 10 4 21 7 7 170 95.49
Richie Burnett First round 1 5 10 2 20 12 4 76 95.09
Simon Whitlock First round 1 6 10 2 23 8 3 115 92.08
Gary Anderson First round 1 11 13 4 22 16 8 120 89.77
Colin Osborne First round 1 8 10 4 25 8 2 96 88.66
Brendan Dolan First round 1 7 10 1 23 12 1 117 85.60
Vincent van der Voort First round 1 5 10 0 14 9 4 84 92.86
James Hubbard First round 1 5 10 2 22 4 5 88 90.21
Kevin Painter First round 1 6 10 1 23 12 1 160 88.01
Joe Cullen First round 1 4 10 1 16 8 4 170 92.91
Michael Smith First round 1 4 10 0 15 8 3 126 90.70
Colin Lloyd First round 1 6 10 3 19 9 3 140 84.80
Paul Nicholson First round 1 6 10 2 23 6 3 100 83.85
Robert Thornton First round 1 0 10 0 17 3 1 – 88.17

Source: Match reports from the draw.

References
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