World Matchplay 2010

World Matchplay 2010
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Winter Gardens , Blackpool
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Phil Taylor
Attendees	32
Opening game	July 17, 2010
Endgame	July 25, 2010
Prize money (total)	£  400,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 100,000
winner	Phil Taylor
statistics
highest finish	160 points from Mark Walsh
Nine dart finish	Raymond van Barneveld
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The Stan James World Matchplay 2010 was a major tournament in darts and was organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was held from July 17th to 25th, 2010 in Blackpool's Winter Gardens .

The defending champion Phil Taylor won the tournament for the eleventh time by beating the Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld in the final .

Prize money

The total prize money awarded was £ 400,000 .

winner	£ 100,000
Second finalist	£ 50,000
Semifinals	£ 25,000
Quarter finals	£ 15,000
Round of 16	£ 7,500
1 round	£ 5,000

qualification

The following players were qualified for the World Matchplay 2010:

• The 16 first placed players of the Order of Merit (seeded)
• The first 16 players of the Players Championships Order of Merit who were not already eligible to participate via the Order of Merit (unset)

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Phil Taylor victory 02. Raymond van Barneveld final 03. James Wade Semifinals 04th Mervyn King 1 round 05. Terry Jenkins 1 round 06th Ronnie Baxter Round of 16 07th Adrian Lewis 1 round 08th. Mark Walsh Round of 16

No. player Round reached 09. Colin Lloyd 1 round 10. Andy Hamilton 1 round 11. Colin Osborne 1 round 12. Simon Whitlock Semifinals 13. Robert Thornton 1 round 14th Dennis Priestley 1 round 15th Alan Tabern Round of 16 16. Paul Nicholson 1 round

Tournament schedule

	1st round Best of 19 legs					Round of 16 best of 25 legs					Quarterfinals Best of 31 Legs					Semi-finals Best of 33 Legs					Final Best of 35 Legs
	1	Phil Taylor 114.99	10
		Barrie Bates 93.20	6th
						1	Phil Taylor 104.60	13
							Steve Beaton 92.38	4th
	16	Paul Nicholson 84.07	3
		Steve Beaton 89.75	10
											1	Phil Taylor 103.31	16
												Kevin Painter 96.77	4th
	8th	Mark Walsh 90.46	12
		Mark Dudbridge 89.62	10
						8th	Mark Walsh 91.91	12
							Kevin Painter 91.75	14th
	9	Colin Lloyd 84.71	9
		Kevin Painter 88.89	11
																1	Phil Taylor 103.46	17th
																12	Simon Whitlock 94.45	4th
	4th	Mervyn King 93.26	4th
		Jelle Klaasen 94.15	10
							Jelle Klaasen 86.24	14th
							Gary Anderson 87.84	12
	13	Robert Thornton 92.79	0
		Gary Anderson 98.24	10
												Jelle Klaasen 92.51	8th
											12	Simon Whitlock 93.27	16
	5	Terry Jenkins 88.57	6th
		Steve Brown 87.45	10
							Steve Brown 93.19	10
						12	Simon Whitlock 94.59	13
	12	Simon Whitlock 94.86	10
		Tony Eccles 88.85	1
																					1	Phil Taylor 105.16	18th
																					2	Raymond van Barneveld 100.11	12
	2	Raymond van Barneveld 97.62	10
		Denis Ovens 84.70	1
						2	Raymond van Barneveld 103.85	13
						15th	Alan Tabern 96.47	5
	15th	Alan Tabern 90.01	12
		Wes Newton 88.54	10
											2	Raymond van Barneveld 95.89	16
												Co Stompé 90.26	12
	7th	Adrian Lewis 90.88	9
		Mark Webster 90.86	11
							Mark Webster 85.61	9
							Co Stompé 92.16	13
	10	Andy Hamilton 89.65	10
		Co Stompé 90.17	12
																2	Raymond van Barneveld 99.42	17th
																3	James Wade 96.00	8th
	3	James Wade 89.14	10
		Andy Smith 87.63	8th
						3	James Wade 92.34	13
							Vincent van der Voort 94.98	10
	14th	Dennis Priestley 90.62	6th
		Vincent van der Voort 92.21	10
											3	James Wade 97.93	16
												Wayne Jones 95.52	12
	6th	Ronnie Baxter 93.02	10
		Jamie Caven 88.15	7th
						6th	Ronnie Baxter 89.52	9
							Wayne Jones 90.29	13
	11	Colin Osborne 87.61	8th
		Wayne Jones 87.98	10

Web links

• Report on darts1.de
• Report on dartsdatabase.co.uk