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 Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2014, 2 ...

recorded the first during his second round victory over

Steve Beaton Steve Beaton (born 5 April 1964) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the BDO World Darts Championship in 1996 and is a former World No. 1. Background Beaton was born in Co ...

. Wes Newton repeated the feat a day later, during his second round loss against

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. 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.

Qualification

The top 16 in the

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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

# Phil Taylor (winner) #

Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis (born 21 January 1985) is an English professional darts player currently playing in the PDC. He is a two-time PDC World Darts Champion, winning in 2011 and 2012. He is nicknamed Jackpot, as he won a jackpot gambling in Las Vegas ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # James Wade ''(runner-up)'' # Gary Anderson ''(first round)'' #

Wes Newton Wesley Newton (born 27 August 1977) is an English professional darts player. Darts career Newton's first PDC major was the 2003 UK Open where he lost 8–6 to Mark Thomson in the last 32. He was beaten in the semi-finals of the Eastbourne Ope ...

''(second round)'' #

Simon Whitlock Simon Whitlock (born 3 March 1969) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments, having also played in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) between 2004 and 2009. He uses the nickname ...

''(first round)'' # Raymond van Barneveld ''(second round)'' #

Andy Hamilton Andrew Neil Hamilton (born 28 May 1954) is a British comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter, radio dramatist, novelist and actor. Early life and education Hamilton was born in Fulham, southwest London. He ...

''(quarter-finals)'' # Mark Webster ''(second round)'' #

Terry Jenkins Terry Jenkins (born 26 September 1963) is an English former professional darts player who was nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the name "Tucker" for his matches. He reached number three in the world rankings and was a runner-up in nin ...

''(semi-finals)'' #

Kevin Painter Kevin Painter (born 12 July 1967) is an English retired darts player, known as "The Artist". He is arguably most famous for finishing as the runner-up to Phil Taylor in the 2004 PDC World Championship final, now widely credited as one of the ...

''(first round)'' #

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Dave Chisnall Dave Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He began his career in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and was the runner-up in their World Champion ...

''(first round)'' # Mark Walsh ''(second round)'' # Paul Nicholson ''(first round)'' #

Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort (born 18 December 1975) is a Dutch professional darts player on the PDC circuit. As of the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, his nickname is the "Dutch Destroyer", although he used to go by "Grease Lightning". He is bes ...

''(first round)''

PDC ProTour qualifiers

Kim Huybrechts Kim Huybrechts (born 16 November 1985) is a Belgian professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He made the final of a major TV event, the 2012 Players Championship Finals, losing to Phil Taylor 1 ...

''(first round)'' #

''(quarter-finals)'' #

Ronnie Baxter Ronnie Baxter (born 5 February 1961) is an English former professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He used the nickname "The Rocket" for his matches. Baxter was known for his fast robotic throwing a ...

''(semi-finals)'' # Colin Lloyd ''(first round)'' # Andy Smith ''(second round)'' # Ian White ''(second round)'' #

Brendan Dolan Brendan Gabriel Dolan (born 2 August 1973) is a Northern Irish professional darts player from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is best known for becoming the first player to hit a ...

''(first round)'' # Michael Smith ''(first round)'' # Richie Burnett ''(first round)'' # Mervyn King ''(first round)'' # Robert Thornton ''(first round)'' #

Colin Osborne Colin Osborne (born 19 June 1975) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2009, he won the Championship League and reached the final of the UK Open. Darts career Osborne has won tw ...

''(first round)'' # James Hubbard ''(first round)'' #

Dean Winstanley Dean Winstanley (born 10 February 1981) is an English professional darts player. He first took up darts as a two-year-old, stopped playing at the age of 12, and then started playing again when he was 22. He turned professional in 2008 and won ...

''(second round)'' #

''(second round)'' # Joe Cullen ''(first round)''

Draw

Statistics

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: right" , - ! Player ! Eliminated ! Played ! Legs Won ! Legs Lost ! LWAT ! 100+ ! 140+ ! 180s ! High Checkout ! 3-dart Average , - , align="left", Phil Taylor , Winner , 5 , 74 , 47 , 29 , 158 , 81 , 28 , 170 (x2) , 100.44 , - , align="left", James Wade , Final , 5 , 71 , 55 , 29 , 179 , 95 , 29 , 164 , 98.57 , - , align="left",

, Semi-finals , 4 , 55 , 48 , 19 , 139 , 90 , 24 , 140 , 94.95 , - , align="left",

, Semi-finals , 4 , 49 , 43 , 16 , 133 , 63 , 19 , 150 , 94.33 , - , align="left",

, Quarter-finals , 3 , 36 , 31 , 14 , 94 , 47 , 14 , 141 , 101.14 , - , align="left",

, Quarter-finals , 3 , 35 , 23 , 12 , 75 , 36 , 19 , 149 , 96.26 , - , align="left",

, Quarter-finals , 3 , 34 , 30 , 11 , 83 , 47 , 19 , 132 , 93.55 , - , align="left",

, Quarter-finals , 3 , 34 , 29 , 14 , 62 , 33 , 22 , 127 , 95.25 , - , align="left",

, Second round , 2 , 19 , 19 , 5 , 58 , 20 , 9 , 90 , 98.23 , - , align="left",

, Second round , 2 , 20 , 18 , 8 , 38 , 31 , 12 , 144 , 97.61 , - , align="left", Raymond van Barneveld , Second round , 2 , 20 , 17 , 6 , 54 , 25 , 11 , 109 , 94.67 , - , align="left",

, Second round , 2 , 21 , 24 , 7 , 50 , 33 , 17 , 127 , 94.31 , - , align="left", Ian White , Second round , 2 , 13 , 18 , 2 , 36 , 22 , 8 , 164 , 92.09 , - , align="left", Andy Smith , Second round , 2 , 17 , 19 , 5 , 51 , 24 , 6 , 100 , 89.40 , - , align="left", Mark Walsh , Second round , 2 , 14 , 21 , 6 , 57 , 23 , 7 , 126 , 88.80 , - , align="left", Mark Webster , Second round , 2 , 16 , 19 , 7 , 44 , 15 , 6 , 116 , 87.16 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 9 , 11 , 2 , 35 , 15 , 4 , 167 , 98.69 , - , align="left", Mervyn King , First round , 1 , 8 , 10 , 1 , 26 , 12 , 8 , 101 , 97.54 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 7 , 10 , 4 , 21 , 7 , 7 , 170 , 95.49 , - , align="left", Richie Burnett , First round , 1 , 5 , 10 , 2 , 20 , 12 , 4 , 76 , 95.09 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 6 , 10 , 2 , 23 , 8 , 3 , 115 , 92.08 , - , align="left", Gary Anderson , First round , 1 , 11 , 13 , 4 , 22 , 16 , 8 , 120 , 89.77 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 8 , 10 , 4 , 25 , 8 , 2 , 96 , 88.66 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 7 , 10 , 1 , 23 , 12 , 1 , 117 , 85.60 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 5 , 10 , 0 , 14 , 9 , 4 , 84 , 92.86 , - , align="left", James Hubbard , First round , 1 , 5 , 10 , 2 , 22 , 4 , 5 , 88 , 90.21 , - , align="left",

, First round , 1 , 6 , 10 , 1 , 23 , 12 , 1 , 160 , 88.01 , - , align="left", Joe Cullen , First round , 1 , 4 , 10 , 1 , 16 , 8 , 4 , 170 , 92.91 , - , align="left", Michael Smith , First round , 1 , 4 , 10 , 0 , 15 , 8 , 3 , 126 , 90.70 , - , align="left", Colin Lloyd , First round , 1 , 6 , 10 , 3 , 19 , 9 , 3 , 140 , 84.80 , - , align="left", Paul Nicholson , First round , 1 , 6 , 10 , 2 , 23 , 6 , 3 , 100 , 83.85 , - , align="left", Robert Thornton , First round , 1 , 0 , 10 , 0 , 17 , 3 , 1 , – , 88.17

References

External links

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