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2012 World Matchplay

FieldValue
tournament_name2012 Betfair World Matchplay
dates21–29 July 2012
venueWinter Gardens
locationBlackpool, England
organisationProfessional Darts Corporation (PDC)
formatLegs
Final – best of 35
prize_fund£400,000
winners_share£100,000
nine_dartMichael van Gerwen
Wes Newton
high_checkout
winnerPhil Taylor
prev2011
next2013

Final – best of 35 Wes Newton 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 to 29 July 2012 at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool.

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

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. This was the third consecutive year that at least one nine-dart finish was thrown in the Matchplay.

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)
Runner-Up(1)
Semi-finalists(2)
Quarter-finalists(4)
Second round(8)
First round(16)
Nine-dart finish(2)

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.

PDC Top 16

  1. ENG Phil Taylor (winner)
  2. ENG Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals)
  3. ENG James Wade (runner-up)
  4. SCO Gary Anderson (first round)
  5. ENG Wes Newton (second round)
  6. AUS Simon Whitlock (first round)
  7. NED Raymond van Barneveld (second round)
  8. ENG Andy Hamilton (quarter-finals)
  9. WAL Mark Webster (second round)
  10. ENG Terry Jenkins (semi-finals)
  11. ENG Kevin Painter (first round)
  12. ENG Justin Pipe (quarter-finals)
  13. ENG Dave Chisnall (first round)
  14. ENG Mark Walsh (second round)
  15. AUS Paul Nicholson (first round)
  16. NED Vincent van der Voort (first round)

PDC ProTour qualifiers

  1. BEL Kim Huybrechts (first round)
  2. NED Michael van Gerwen (quarter-finals)
  3. ENG Ronnie Baxter (semi-finals)
  4. ENG Colin Lloyd (first round)
  5. ENG Andy Smith (second round)
  6. ENG Ian White (second round)
  7. NIR Brendan Dolan (first round)
  8. ENG Michael Smith (first round)
  9. WAL Richie Burnett (first round)
  10. ENG Mervyn King (first round)
  11. SCO Robert Thornton (first round)
  12. ENG Colin Osborne (first round)
  13. ENG James Hubbard (first round)
  14. ENG Dean Winstanley (second round)
  15. ENG Steve Beaton (second round)
  16. ENG Joe Cullen (first round)

Draw

21–24 July

25–26 July

27 July

28 July

29 July

| seed-width= | team-width=200 | score-width=

| RD1-seed01=1 | RD1-team01=ENG Phil Taylor 103.10 | RD1-score01=10 | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=ENG Mervyn King 97.54 | RD1-score02=8

| RD1-seed03=16 | RD1-team03= | RD1-score03= 5 | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=ENG Ian White 95.40 | RD1-score04=10

| RD1-seed05=8 | RD1-team05=ENG Andy Hamilton 90.42 | RD1-score05=10 | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=NIR Brendan Dolan 85.60 | RD1-score06=7

| RD1-seed07=9 | RD1-team07=WAL Mark Webster 86.69 | RD1-score07=10 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=ENG Colin Lloyd 84.80 | RD1-score08=6

| RD1-seed09=5 | RD1-team09=ENG Wes Newton 98.23 | RD1-score09=10 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=ENG James Hubbard 90.21 | RD1-score10=5

| RD1-seed11=12 | RD1-team11=ENG Justin Pipe 95.15 | RD1-score11=10 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=ENG Joe Cullen 92.91 | RD1-score12=4

| RD1-seed13=4 | RD1-team13=SCO Gary Anderson 89.77 | RD1-score13=11 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=ENG Dean Winstanley 95.02 | RD1-score14=13

| RD1-seed15=13 | RD1-team15=ENG Dave Chisnall 95.49 | RD1-score15=7 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=ENG Ronnie Baxter 94.52 | RD1-score16=10

| RD1-seed17=2 | RD1-team17=ENG Adrian Lewis 100.87 | RD1-score17=10 | RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18=SCO Robert Thornton 88.17 | RD1-score18=0

| RD1-seed19=15 | RD1-team19=AUS Paul Nicholson 83.85 | RD1-score19=6 | RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20=ENG Andy Smith 89.65 | RD1-score20=10

| RD1-seed21=7 | RD1-team21= | RD1-score21=10 | RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22=ENG Michael Smith 90.70 | RD1-score22=4

| RD1-seed23=10 | RD1-team23=ENG Terry Jenkins 96.88 | RD1-score23=11 | RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24=BEL Kim Huybrechts 98.69 | RD1-score24=9

| RD1-seed25=6 | RD1-team25=AUS Simon Whitlock 92.08 | RD1-score25=6 | RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26=NED Michael van Gerwen 98.74 | RD1-score26=10

| RD1-seed27=11 | RD1-team27=ENG Kevin Painter 88.01 | RD1-score27= 6 | RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28=ENG Steve Beaton 95.57 | RD1-score28= 10

| RD1-seed29=3 | RD1-team29=ENG James Wade 97.24 | RD1-score29=10 | RD1-seed30= | RD1-team30=WAL Richie Burnett 95.09 | RD1-score30=5

| RD1-seed31=14 | RD1-team31=ENG Mark Walsh 89.59 | RD1-score31=10 | RD1-seed32= | RD1-team32=ENG Colin Osborne 88.66 | RD1-score32=8

| RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=ENG Phil Taylor 91.71 | RD2-score01=13 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=ENG Ian White 88.78 | RD2-score02=3

| RD2-seed03=8 | RD2-team03=ENG Andy Hamilton 95.62 | RD2-score03=13 | RD2-seed04=9 | RD2-team04=WAL Mark Webster 87.72 | RD2-score04=6

| RD2-seed05=5 | RD2-team05=ENG Wes Newton 96.98 | RD2-score05=10 | RD2-seed06=12 | RD2-team06=ENG Justin Pipe 94.02 | RD2-score06=13

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=ENG Dean Winstanley 93.60 | RD2-score07=8 | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=ENG Ronnie Baxter 93.23 | RD2-score08=13

| RD2-seed09=2 | RD2-team09=ENG Adrian Lewis 94.58 | RD2-score09=13 | RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10=ENG Andy Smith 89.14 | RD2-score10=7

| RD2-seed11=7 | RD2-team11= | RD2-score11=10 | RD2-seed12=10 | RD2-team12=ENG Terry Jenkins 92.86 | RD2-score12=13

| RD2-seed13= | RD2-team13=NED Michael van Gerwen 104.36 | RD2-score13=13 | RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14=ENG Steve Beaton 100.88 | RD2-score14=9

| RD2-seed15=3 | RD2-team15=ENG James Wade 99.72 | RD2-score15=13 | RD2-seed16=14 | RD2-team16=ENG Mark Walsh 88.00 | RD2-score16=4

| RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=ENG Phil Taylor 105.05 | RD3-score01=16 | RD3-seed02=8 | RD3-team02=ENG Andy Hamilton 99.72 | RD3-score02=11

| RD3-seed03=12 | RD3-team03=ENG Justin Pipe 91.47 | RD3-score03=11 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=ENG Ronnie Baxter 97.05 | RD3-score04=16

| RD3-seed05=2 | RD3-team05=ENG Adrian Lewis 93.34 | RD3-score05=12 | RD3-seed06=10 | RD3-team06=ENG Terry Jenkins 96.94 | RD3-score06=16

| RD3-seed07= | RD3-team07= | RD3-score07=13 | RD3-seed08= 3 | RD3-team08=ENG James Wade 102.54 | RD3-score08=16

| RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team01=ENG Phil Taylor 103.39 | RD4-score01=17 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=ENG Ronnie Baxter 92.53 | RD4-score02=10

| RD4-seed03=10 | RD4-team03=ENG Terry Jenkins 93.12 | RD4-score03=15 | RD4-seed04=3 | RD4-team04=ENG James Wade 97.45 | RD4-score04=17

| RD5-seed01=1 | RD5-team01=ENG Phil Taylor 98.97 | RD5-score01=18 | RD5-seed02=3 | RD5-team02=ENG James Wade 95.92 | RD5-score02=15

Statistics

References

  1. "Taylor wins World Matchplay title". BBC Sport.
  2. (29 July 2012). "Brilliant Taylor Takes 13th Title". PDC.
  3. "2012 World Matchplay Qualifiers". Darts Database.
  4. (8 July 2012). "Betfair World Matchplay Field". PDC.
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  7. (23 July 2012). "Betfair World Matchplay – Night Two". PDC.
  8. (24 July 2012). "Betfair World Matchplay – Night Three". PDC.
  9. (25 July 2012). "Betfair World Matchplay – Night Four". PDC.
  10. (26 July 2012). "Betfair World Matchplay – Night Five". PDC.
  11. (27 July 2012). "Betfair World Matchplay – Night Six". PDC.
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