2009 World Matchplay (darts)
| Stan James World Matchplay | |||
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| Dates | 19–26 July 2009 | ||
| Venue | Winter Gardens | ||
| Location | Blackpool | ||
| Country | England | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs Final – best of 35 |
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| Prize fund | £400,000 | ||
| Winners share | £100,000 | ||
| High checkout |
157  Alan Tabern
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| Champion(s) | |||
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Phil Taylor
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The 2009 Stan James World Matchplay was the 16th annual staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from Sunday 19 July to Sunday 26 July. As usual it was staged at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.
World number one Phil Taylor successfully defended his title, beating Terry Jenkins in the final to win his tenth World Matchplay.
The prize fund was increased to £400,000. £100,000 more than the last World Matchplay.
Winner - £100,000 (up by £40,000)
Runner-up - £50,000 (up by £20,000)
Semi-finalists - £25,000 (up by £8,000)
Quarter-finalists - £15,000 (up by £3,000)
Second round losers - £7,500 (down by £500)
First round losers - £5,000 (up by £1,000)
Nine-dart jackpot - £10,000
The qualification process for the World Matchplay differed this year. The top 16 in the PDC Order of the Merit after the 2009 UK Open qualified automatically as the 16 seeds. The other 16 places would be made up of the 16 highest ranked players (not already in the top 16) from the 2009 Players Championship Order of Merit - decided by the various Player Championship events taking place on the PDC Pro Tour from January 2009 - the cutoff point was the Las Vegas Players Championship just before the 2009 Las Vegas Desert Classic.
Thus, the participants were:
Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)
All games had to be won by 2 clear legs (e.g. in Rd 1 there couldn't be a 10-9 scoreline it had to be 11-9 or 10-8)
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