2009 World Matchplay

Template:Refimprove Template:Short description The 2009 Stan James World Matchplay was the 16th annual staging of the World Matchplay tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from 19–26 July 2009. 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.

Prize fund

The prize fund was increased to £400,000, which was £100,000 more than the last World Matchplay.

Position (no. of players)		Prize money (Total: £400,000)
Winner	(1)	£100,000
Runner-Up	(1)	£50,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£25,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£15,000
Second round	(8)	£7,500
First round	(16)	£5,000
Nine-dart finish	(0)	£10,000

Qualification

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:

PDC Top 16

1. Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor (winner)
2. Template:Flagicon James Wade (quarter-finals)
3. Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals)
4. Template:Flagicon John Part (first round)
5. Template:Flagicon Mervyn King (semi-finals)
6. Template:Flagicon Terry Jenkins (runner-up)
7. Template:Flagicon Ronnie Baxter (semi-finals)
8. Template:Flagicon Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals)
9. Template:Flagicon Colin Lloyd (second round)
10. Template:Flagicon Alan Tabern (second round)
11. Template:Flagicon Dennis Priestley (first round)
12. Template:Flagicon Colin Osborne (first round)
13. Template:Flagicon Wayne Mardle (second round)
14. Template:Flagicon Mark Walsh (second round)
15. Template:Flagicon Andy Hamilton (first round)
16. Template:Flagicon Kevin Painter (second round)

PDPA Players Championship qualifiers

1. Template:Flagicon Gary Anderson (second round)
2. Template:Flagicon Robert Thornton (first round)
3. Template:Flagicon Andy Smith (first round)
4. Template:Flagicon Wayne Jones (first round)
5. Template:Flagicon Mark Dudbridge (first round)
6. Template:Flagicon Michael van Gerwen (first round)
7. Template:Flagicon Steve Beaton (second round)
8. Template:Flagicon Vincent van der Voort (quarter-finals)
9. Template:Flagicon Jamie Caven (first round)
10. Template:Flagicon Denis Ovens (second round)
11. Template:Flagicon Jelle Klaasen (first round)
12. Template:Flagicon Co Stompé (first round)
13. Template:Flagicon Tony Eccles (first round)
14. Template:Flagicon Peter Wright (first round)
15. Template:Flagicon Andy Jenkins (first round)
16. Template:Flagicon Wes Newton (first round)

Statistics

Player	Eliminated	Played	Legs Won	Legs Lost	LWAT	100+	140+	180s	High Checkout	3-dart Average
Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	Winner	5	74	20	34	130	77	44	144	105.73
Template:Flagicon Terry Jenkins	Final	5	61	58	20	157	80	26	131	94.08
Template:Flagicon Mervyn King	Semi-finals	4	45	38	16	112	66	18	147	96.30
Template:Flagicon Ronnie Baxter	Semi-finals	4	54	49	18	142	49	19	132	93.35
Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld	Quarter-finals	3	35	30	9	85	43	17	126	98.10
Template:Flagicon Vincent van der Voort	Quarter-finals	3	29	28	9	71	42	13	131	92.57
Template:Flagicon James Wade	Quarter-finals	3	33	26	10	75	47	12	153	95.73
Template:Flagicon Adrian Lewis	Quarter-finals	3	26	28	13	63	40	13	156	93.69
Template:Flagicon Wayne Mardle	Second round	2	16	14	6	36	22	4	115	87.27
Template:Flagicon Gary Anderson	Second round	2	17	19	4	42	28	10	151	97.98
Template:Flagicon Kevin Painter	Second round	2	13	16	5	32	18	8	130	96.71
Template:Flagicon Alan Tabern	Second round	2	24	21	8	66	32	7	157	92.68
Template:Flagicon Steve Beaton	Second round	2	18	20	8	52	23	5	110	92.58
Template:Flagicon Colin Lloyd	Second round	2	15	20	8	46	17	5	62	86.18
Template:Flagicon Mark Walsh	Second round	2	21	18	9	49	26	9	121	92.02
Template:Flagicon Denis Ovens	Second round	2	22	19	12	64	32	5	125	90.63
Template:Flagicon Andy Hamilton	First round	1	6	10	2	21	7	4	120	91.18
Template:Flagicon Wayne Jones	First round	1	7	10	4	26	12	4	121	90.06
Template:Flagicon Jamie Caven	First round	1	3	10	0	13	6	2	120	86.95
Template:Flagicon John Part	First round	1	6	10	2	19	5	4	76	86.62
Template:Flagicon Jelle Klaasen	First round	1	8	10	2	24	4	4	71	92.19
Template:Flagicon Tony Eccles	First round	1	1	10	0	11	10	0	76	86.22
Template:Flagicon Co Stompé	First round	1	7	10	2	26	9	4	127	95.84
Template:Flagicon Peter Wright	First round	1	4	10	1	17	9	2	96	89.39
Template:Flagicon Colin Osborne	First round	1	7	10	4	18	13	2	116	89.18
Template:Flagicon Dennis Priestley	First round	1	5	10	3	22	13	2	84	89.06
Template:Flagicon Robert Thornton	First round	1	4	10	1	17	9	3	56	88.88
Template:Flagicon Mark Dudbridge	First round	1	7	10	5	17	10	3	109	88.28
Template:Flagicon Andy Smith	First round	1	5	10	1	19	15	1	112	95.29
Template:Flagicon Wes Newton	First round	1	3	10	1	16	3	5	96	91.92
Template:Flagicon Michael van Gerwen	First round	1	3	10	0	14	6	1	126	91.26
Template:Flagicon Andy Jenkins	First round	1	5	10	4	15	10	1	96	85.31