World Matchplay 2014

World Matchplay 2014
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Winter Gardens , Blackpool
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Phil Taylor
Attendees	32
Opening game	19th July 2014
Endgame	July 27, 2014
Prize money (total)	£  450,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 100,000
winner	Phil Taylor
statistics
highest finish	167 points by Stephen Bunting
Nine dart finish	Phil Taylor
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The World Matchplay 2014 was a major tournament in darts and was organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was held from July 19-27, 2014 in Blackpool's Winter Gardens .

The defending champion Phil Taylor won the tournament for the 15th time by beating the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen in the final .

Prize money

The total prize money awarded was £ 450,000 . This means that £ 50,000 more was paid out than in previous years.

winner	£ 100,000
Second finalist	£ 50,000
Semifinals	£ 27,000
Quarter finals	£ 17,500
Round of 16	£ 10,000
1 round	£ 6,000

qualification

The following players were qualified for the World Matchplay 2014:

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

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Michael van Gerwen final 02. Phil Taylor victory 03. Adrian Lewis Quarter finals 04th Simon Whitlock Semifinals 05. James Wade Quarter finals 06th Peter Wright 1 round 07th Robert Thornton 1 round 08th. Andy Hamilton Round of 16

No. player Round reached 09. Dave Chisnall Quarter finals 10. Wes Newton Quarter finals 11. Gary Anderson Semifinals 12. Brendan Dolan 1 round 13. Raymond van Barneveld Round of 16 14th Mervyn King Round of 16 15th Justin Pipe 1 round 16. Ian White Round of 16

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	Michael van Gerwen 98.85	10
		Steve Beaton 92.77	7th
						1	Michael van Gerwen 96.75	13
						16	Ian White 92.58	4th
	16	Ian White 101.37	10
		Terry Jenkins 91.28	4th
											1	Michael van Gerwen 102.72	16
											9	Dave Chisnall 99.46	12
	8th	Andy Hamilton 94.42	10
		Wayne Jones 82.45	3
						8th	Andy Hamilton 97.54	10
						9	Dave Chisnall 95.19	13
	9	Dave Chisnall 98.96	10
		Dean Winstanley 94.43	4th
																1	Michael van Gerwen 99.75	17th
																4th	Simon Whitlock 96.67	13
	5	James Wade 93.01	10
		Andy Smith 89.67	5
						5	James Wade 95.24	13
							Richie Burnett 87.42	2
	12	Brendan Dolan 88.91	4th
		Richie Burnett 93.85	10
											5	James Wade 96.88	10
											4th	Simon Whitlock 96.26	16
	4th	Simon Whitlock 93.88	10
		Kevin Painter 90.86	6th
						4th	Simon Whitlock 93.54	13
						13	Raymond van Barneveld 86.78	8th
	13	Raymond van Barneveld 92.79	10
		Vincent van der Voort 89.10	4th
																					1	Michael van Gerwen 101.49	9
																					2	Phil Taylor 107.19	18th
	2	Phil Taylor 101.79	10
		Darren Webster 96.58	4th
						2	Phil Taylor 105.64	13
							Michael Smith 100.44	6th
	15th	Justin Pipe 96.66	8th
		Michael Smith 98.87	10
											2	Phil Taylor 99.70	16
											10	Wes Newton 89.16	6th
	7th	Robert Thornton 97.06	8th
		Paul Nicholson 94.95	10
							Paul Nicholson 83.94	13
						10	Wes Newton 86.62	15th
	10	Wes Newton 81.99	11
		Ronnie Baxter 81.62	9
																2	Phil Taylor 105.27	17th
																11	Gary Anderson 105.68	15th
	6th	Peter Wright 89.12	6th
		Stephen Bunting 92.36	10
							Stephen Bunting 99.37	8th
						11	Gary Anderson 104.41	13
	11	Gary Anderson 94.47	10
		Jamie Caven 92.03	8th
											11	Gary Anderson 100.63	16
											3	Adrian Lewis 95.00	8th
	3	Adrian Lewis 110.51	10
		Andrew Gilding 92.55	0
						3	Adrian Lewis 99.61	13
						14th	Mervyn King 89.59	8th
	14th	Mervyn King 101.06	10
		Kim Huybrechts 92.53	4th

Trivia

• The players were accompanied on stage by the "walk-on girls" Daniela Allfree, Sammi Marsh and Sophie May Jarvis.
• In the second round against Michael Smith, Phil Taylor threw the only nine-darter in the tournament when he won the ninth leg with only nine darts. For this he received prize money of £ 10,000.

Web links

• Report on dartsdatabase.co.uk

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Matchplay 2014. (No longer available online.) In: walkongirls.net. June 22, 2014, archived from the original on April 11, 2016 ; accessed on March 29, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ World Matchplay Darts 2014: Phil Taylor nine-darter hailed by Rod Harrington. In: http://www.skysports.com/ . July 25, 2014, accessed March 30, 2016 .