The 2019 Betfred World Matchplay was the 26th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the

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. The tournament took place at the Winter Gardens,

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, from 20–28 July 2019. Gary Anderson was the defending champion, after defeating Mensur Suljović 21–19 after extra time in the longest final in the tournament's history. However, he lost 11–8 to Mervyn King in the second round. Rob Cross won his first World Matchplay title with an 18–13 win over Michael Smith in the final. He also became just the fourth player in history to win both the PDC World Championship and the World Matchplay.

Prize money

The prize fund rose from £500,000 to £700,000, with the winner's earnings being up from £115,000 in 2018 to £150,000.

Format

In previous stagings of the event all games had to be won by two clear legs with no sudden-death legs. However, after consulting the host broadcaster

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in 2013, the PDC decided that games will now only proceed for a maximum of six extra legs before a tie-break leg is required. For example, in a first to 10 legs first round match, if the score reaches 12-12 then the 25th leg will be the decider.

Qualification

The top 16 players on the PDC Order of Merit as of 30 June 2019 were seeded for the tournament. The top 16 players on the ProTour Order of Merit, not to have already qualified on the cut-off date were unseeded. The following players qualified for the tournament:

PDC Order of Merit

# Michael van Gerwen ''(Second round)'' # Rob Cross (Champion) # Daryl Gurney ''(Semi-finals)'' # Gary Anderson ''(Second round)'' # Michael Smith ''(Runner-Up)'' # Peter Wright ''(Quarter-finals)'' # Gerwyn Price ''(First round)'' #

James Wade James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player to win a major PDC title, when he won the 2007 World Matchplay at the ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' # Mensur Suljović ''(Second round)'' # Ian White ''(Second round)'' # Simon Whitlock ''(Second round)'' # Dave Chisnall ''(First round)'' # Nathan Aspinall ''(First round)'' #

Jonny Clayton Jonny Clayton (born 4 October 1974) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed The Ferret, he was half of the Welsh team that won the 2020 PDC World Cup of Darts before winning his ...

''(First round)'' # Darren Webster ''(First round)'' # Adrian Lewis ''(First round)''

PDC ProTour Qualifiers

# Krzysztof Ratajski ''(Second round)'' # Ricky Evans ''(First round)'' # Glen Durrant ''(Semi-finals)'' # Joe Cullen ''(First round)'' # Steve Beaton ''(First round)'' # Stephen Bunting ''(Quarter-finals)'' #

Jermaine Wattimena Jermaine Wattimena (born 9 March 1988) is a Dutch darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments. Career Wattimena won the first event he entered as he claimed the 2008 Malta Open by beating Vincent Busuttil in th ...

''(First round)'' # Jamie Hughes ''(First round)'' #

Jeffrey de Zwaan Jeffrey de Zwaan (born 26 March 1996) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career De Zwaan progressed through to the last 16 of the 2014 World Masters, where he lost 3–0 to Glen ...

''(First round)'' # Chris Dobey ''(First round)'' #

Danny Noppert Danny Noppert (born 31 December 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former BDO World Darts Championship finalist, as well as being a Finder Darts Masters champion in 2017, b ...

''(First round)'' # Max Hopp ''(Second round)'' # Mervyn King ''(Quarter-finals)'' # John Henderson ''(First round)'' #

Keegan Brown Keegan Brown (born 5 November 1992) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2014 PDC World Youth Championship. Career Early career Brown began playing darts at the age of ni ...

''(Second round)'' # Vincent van der Voort ''(First round)''

Draw

Statistics

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References

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