2005 World Matchplay

World Matchplay
World Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates	24 July-30 July
Venue	Winter Gardens
Location	Blackpool
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£119,250
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Colin Lloyd
Champion(s)
	Colin Lloyd
«2004	2006»

The 2005 Stan James World Matchplay was the 12th staging of the major darts tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool between July 24 and July 30, 2005.

Colin Lloyd, the PDC world number one since April 2005, secured his second major televised title adding to his World Grand Prix title from the previous October. He beat John Part in the final. Part had earlier knocked out World Champion Phil Taylor in the quarter-finals which ended Taylor's successful run at Blackpool. Taylor had won the Matchplay title for five successive years. Taylor had also won the first four major titles of 2005 and was just two tournaments short of an incredible Grand Slam of televised PDC titles.

Lloyd had to overcome a tough quarter-final against rising star Adrian Lewis. Lewis, a qualifier and protégé of Phil Taylor, led 13-11 before Lloyd won five successive legs to clinch a place in the semi-final where he also came from behind from 3-7 to beat Ronnie Baxter 17-11.

The final saw Lloyd hit 15 maximum 180s and led all the way through the match although Part did manage to peg him back from 0-3 to 4-5 in the early stages. Lloyd stretched his lead to 12-6 and then took five out of six legs to go with one of victory. Although Part took three legs in a row he was too far behind to stage a comeback and Lloyd checked out the highest possible finish of 170 to take the title in style.

Seeds

1

Prize money

Winner £25,000

Runner-Up £12,500

Semi-Finals £7,250

Quarter-Finals £5,000

Last 16 £2,500

Last 32 £1,750

Total £120,000

Draw

First Round (best of 19 legs)			Second Round (best of 25 legs)			Quarter-Finals (best of 31 legs)			Semi-Finals (best of 33 legs)			Final (best of 35 legs)

1	Colin Lloyd	10

	Paul Williams	7
			1	Colin Lloyd	13

			16	Mark Walsh	4
16	Mark Walsh	10

	Mick Manning	4
						1	Colin Lloyd	16

							Adrian Lewis	13
8	Denis Ovens	10

	Steve Beaton	6
			9	Denis Ovens	14

				Adrian Lewis	16
9	Kevin Painter	4

	Adrian Lewis	10
									1	Colin Lloyd	17

									5	Ronnie Baxter	13
5	Ronnie Baxter	10

	Colin Osborne	5
			5	Ronnie Baxter	13

				Dave Askew	6
12	Alan Warriner	7

	Dave Askew	10
						5	Ronnie Baxter	16

						13	Dennis Smith	10
4	Roland Scholten	10

	Matt Clark	7
			4	Roland Scholten	10

			13	Dennis Smith	13
13	Dennis Smith	10

	Ian Whillis	7
												1	Colin Lloyd	18

												7	John Part	12
2	Phil Taylor	10

	Jamie Harvey	4
			2	Phil Taylor	15

			15	Dennis Priestley	13
15	Dennis Priestley	10

	Alex Roy	3
						2	Phil Taylor	11

						7	John Part	16
7	John Part	10

	Kelvin Painter	4
			7	John Part	13

			10	Andy Jenkins	8
10	Andy Jenkins	10

	Darren Webster	6
									7	John Part	18

									3	Peter Manley	16
6	Wayne Mardle	10

	Lionel Sams	2
			6	Wayne Mardle	13

			11	Mark Dudbridge	10
11	Mark Dudbridge	10

	Alan Caves	7
						6	Wayne Mardle	14

						3	Peter Manley	16
3	Peter Manley	10

	Bob Anderson	8
			3	Peter Manley	13

			14	Terry Jenkins	10
14	Terry Jenkins	10

	Keith Deller	8