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1995 World Matchplay

Field	Value
tournament_name	1995 Webster's World Matchplay
dates	31 July–5 August 1995
venue	Winter Gardens
location	Blackpool
country
organisation	PDC
format	Legs
prize_fund	£42,800
winners_share	£10,000
winner	ENG Phil Taylor
prev	1994
next	1996

The 1995 Webster's World Matchplay was the second annual World Matchplay darts tournament organised by the World Darts Council (WDC, which became the Professional Darts Corporation in 1997). The Winter Gardens, Blackpool played host to the event for the second year running, and it took place between 31 July–5 August 1995.

Seven former world champions were in the field. Defending champion Larry Butler beat one of them, Eric Bristow, in the first round. Butler's title defence ended with a quarter-final defeat to Dennis Priestley, the man he beat to win the title the previous year.

Jocky Wilson made what turned out to be his last appearance in a televised tournament at this event. The two-time former World Champion beat Rod Harrington in the first round, but then lost to Nigel Justice in the second round.

Phil Taylor and Dennis Priestley continued their rivalry when they met in another major final. This time it was Taylor who came out on top by 16 legs to 11 to claim his first World Matchplay title.

Prize money

The prize fund was £42,400.

Position (no. of players)	Prize money
(Total: £42,400)
Winner	(1)
Runner-Up	(1)
Third place	(1)
Fourth place	(1)
Quarter-finalists	(4)
Second round	(8)
First round	(16)

Seeds

There were eight seeds for the competition.

ENG Rod Harrington
ENG Phil Taylor
ENG Bob Anderson
ENG Dennis Priestley
ENG Peter Evison
ENG Kevin Spiolek
ENG Alan Warriner
ENG Shayne Burgess

Results

Players in bold denote match winners.

31 July–1 August 2 August 3 August 4 August 5 August 5 August | team-width=200 | RD1-seed01=1 | RD1-team01=ENG Rod Harrington 77.04 | RD1-score01=4 | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=SCO Jocky Wilson 77.85 | RD1-score02=8 | RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=BEL Jef Scheyltjens 84.03 | RD1-score03=4 | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=ENG Nigel Justice 84.72 | RD1-score04=8 | RD1-seed05=8 | RD1-team05=ENG Shayne Burgess 89.97 | RD1-score05=8 | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=ENG John Russell 86.40 | RD1-score06=5 | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=ENG Dennis Smith 76.56 | RD1-score07=6 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=ENG Cliff Lazarenko 78.72 | RD1-score08=8 | RD1-seed09=5 | RD1-team09=ENG Peter Evison 90.27 | RD1-score09=8 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=ENG Graeme Stoddart 84.15 | RD1-score10=1 | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=ENG Eric Bristow 78.36 | RD1-score11=5 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=USA Larry Butler 91.41 | RD1-score12=8 | RD1-seed13=4 | RD1-team13=ENG Dennis Priestley 86.37 | RD1-score13=8 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=ENG Mick Manning 81.15 | RD1-score14=5 | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=USA Steve Brown 80.01 | RD1-score15=8 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=ENG Ritchie Gardner 70.62 | RD1-score16=5 | RD1-seed17=2 | RD1-team17=ENG Phil Taylor 90.24 | RD1-score17=8 | RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18=USA Gary Mawson 81.87 | RD1-score18=5 | RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19=SCO Jamie Harvey 90.81 | RD1-score19=8 | RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20=USA Jerry Umberger 75.51 | RD1-score20=3 | RD1-seed21=7 | RD1-team21=ENG Alan Warriner 79.98 | RD1-score21=8 | RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22=USA Gerald Verrier 78.09 | RD1-score22=4 | RD1-seed23= | RD1-team23=USA Paul Lim 80.76 | RD1-score23=12 | RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24=ENG Kevin Burrows 79.74 | RD1-score24=10 | RD1-seed25=6 | RD1-team25=ENG Kevin Spiolek 75.09 | RD1-score25=10 | RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26=USA Dave Kelly 71.43 | RD1-score26=8 | RD1-seed27= | RD1-team27=ENG Steve Raw 87.39 | RD1-score27=3 | RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28=ENG Keith Deller 87.54 | RD1-score28=8 | RD1-seed29=3 | RD1-team29=ENG Bob Anderson 80.37 | RD1-score29=8 | RD1-seed30= | RD1-team30=ENG John Lowe 86.97 | RD1-score30=10 | RD1-seed31= | RD1-team31=USA Sean Downs 74.91 | RD1-score31=6 | RD1-seed32= | RD1-team32=IRE Tom Kirby 79.47 | RD1-score32=8 | RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=SCO Jocky Wilson 74.19 | RD2-score01=5 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=ENG Nigel Justice 83.46 | RD2-score02=8 | RD2-seed03=8 | RD2-team03=ENG Shayne Burgess 75.42 | RD2-score03=5 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=ENG Cliff Lazarenko 79.41 | RD2-score04=8 | RD2-seed05=5 | RD2-team05=ENG Peter Evison 83.79 | RD2-score05=5 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=USA Larry Butler 85.56 | RD2-score06=8 | RD2-seed07=4 | RD2-team07=ENG Dennis Priestley 93.21 | RD2-score07=8 | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=USA Steve Brown 84.45 | RD2-score08=3 | RD2-seed09=2 | RD2-team09=ENG Phil Taylor 92.70 | RD2-score09=8 | RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10=SCO Jamie Harvey 90.81 | RD2-score10=6 | RD2-seed11=7 | RD2-team11=ENG Alan Warriner 85.62 | RD2-score11=5 | RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12=USA Paul Lim 90.12 | RD2-score12=8 | RD2-seed13=6 | RD2-team13=ENG Kevin Spiolek 72.30 | RD2-score13=2 | RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14=ENG Keith Deller 81.48 | RD2-score14=8 | RD2-seed15= | RD2-team15=ENG John Lowe 91.17 | RD2-score15=8 | RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16=IRE Tom Kirby 87.96 | RD2-score16=5 | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=ENG Nigel Justice 80.64 | RD3-score01=6 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=ENG Cliff Lazarenko 82.02 | RD3-score02=11 | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=USA Larry Butler 85.26 | RD3-score03=8 | RD3-seed04=4 | RD3-team04=ENG Dennis Priestley 85.41 | RD3-score04=11 | RD3-seed05=2 | RD3-team05=ENG Phil Taylor 100.38 | RD3-score05=11 | RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06=USA Paul Lim 86.19 | RD3-score06=4 | RD3-seed07= | RD3-team07=ENG Keith Deller 82.95 | RD3-score07=10 | RD3-seed08= | RD3-team08=ENG John Lowe 90.18 | RD3-score08=12 | RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=ENG Cliff Lazarenko 86.28 | RD4-score01=10 | RD4-seed02=4 | RD4-team02=ENG Dennis Priestley 85.02 | RD4-score02=13 | RD4-seed03=2 | RD4-team03=ENG Phil Taylor 92.88 | RD4-score03=13 | RD4-seed04= | RD4-team04=ENG John Lowe 84.45 | RD4-score04=4 | RD5-seed01=4 | RD5-team01=ENG Dennis Priestley 87.63 | RD5-score01=11 | RD5-seed02=2 | RD5-team02=ENG Phil Taylor 90.72 | RD5-score02=16 | RD5b-seed01= | RD5b-team01=ENG Cliff Lazarenko | RD5b-score01=3 | RD5b-seed02= | RD5b-team02=ENG John Lowe | RD5b-score02=11

References

References

"1995 World Matchplay Player Prize Money". Darts Database.
"World Matchplay 1995". Mastercaller.
"1995 World Matchplay Results". Darts Database.
"Results of World Matchplay 1995". Mastercaller.
"World Matchplay 1995 – Bracket". Mastercaller.

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