1995 World Matchplay

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1995 Webster's World Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates31 July–5 August 1995
Venue Winter Gardens
Location Blackpool
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund £42,800
Winner's share£10,000
Champion(s)
Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor
«1994 1996»

The 1995 Webster's World Matchplay was the second annual World Matchplay darts tournament organised by the World Darts Council (WDC, which became the Professional Darts Corporation in 1997). The Winter Gardens, Blackpool played host to the event for the second year running, and it took place between 31 July–5 August 1995.

Contents

Seven former world champions were in the field. Defending champion Larry Butler beat one of them, Eric Bristow, in the first round. Butler's title defence ended with a quarter-final defeat to Dennis Priestley, the man he beat to win the title the previous year.

Jocky Wilson made what turned out to be his last appearance in a televised tournament at this event. The two-time former World Champion beat Rod Harrington in the first round, but then lost to Nigel Justice in the second round.

Phil Taylor and Dennis Priestley continued their rivalry when they met in another major final. This time it was Taylor who came out on top by 16 legs to 11 to claim his first World Matchplay title.

Prize money

The prize fund was £42,400. [1]

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £42,400)
Winner(1)£10,000
Runner-Up(1)£6,000
Third place(1)£3,250
Fourth place(1)£2,750
Quarter-finalists(4)£1,500
Second round(8)£800
First round(16)£500

Seeds

There were eight seeds for the competition. [2]

  1. Flag of England.svg Rod Harrington
  2. Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor
  3. Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson
  4. Flag of England.svg Dennis Priestley
  5. Flag of England.svg Peter Evison
  6. Flag of England.svg Kevin Spiolek
  7. Flag of England.svg Alan Warriner
  8. Flag of England.svg Shayne Burgess

Results

Players in bold denote match winners. [3] [4] [5]

First round(best of 15 legs)
31 July–1 August
Second round(best of 15 legs)
2 August
Quarter-finals(best of 21 legs)
3 August
Semi-finals(best of 25 legs)
4 August
Final(best of 31 legs)
5 August
               
1 Flag of England.svg Rod Harrington 77.044
Flag of Scotland.svg Jocky Wilson 77.858
  Flag of Scotland.svg Jocky Wilson 74.195
Flag of England.svg Nigel Justice 83.468
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jef Scheyltjens 84.034
Flag of England.svg Nigel Justice 84.728
  Flag of England.svg Nigel Justice 80.646
Flag of England.svg Cliff Lazarenko 82.0211
8 Flag of England.svg Shayne Burgess 89.978
Flag of England.svg John Russell 86.405
8 Flag of England.svg Shayne Burgess 75.425
Flag of England.svg Cliff Lazarenko 79.418
  Flag of England.svg Dennis Smith 76.566
Flag of England.svg Cliff Lazarenko 78.728
Flag of England.svg Cliff Lazarenko 86.2810
4 Flag of England.svg Dennis Priestley 85.0213
5 Flag of England.svg Peter Evison 90.278
Flag of England.svg Graeme Stoddart 84.151
5 Flag of England.svg Peter Evison 83.795
Flag of the United States.svg Larry Butler 85.568
  Flag of England.svg Eric Bristow 78.365
Flag of the United States.svg Larry Butler 91.418
Flag of the United States.svg Larry Butler 85.268
4 Flag of England.svg Dennis Priestley 85.4111
4 Flag of England.svg Dennis Priestley 86.378
Flag of England.svg Mick Manning 81.155
4 Flag of England.svg Dennis Priestley 93.218
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Brown 84.453
  Flag of the United States.svg Steve Brown 80.018
Flag of England.svg Ritchie Gardner 70.625
4 Flag of England.svg Dennis Priestley 87.6311
2 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 90.7216
2 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 90.248
Flag of the United States.svg Gary Mawson 81.875
2 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 92.708
Flag of Scotland.svg Jamie Harvey 90.816
  Flag of Scotland.svg Jamie Harvey 90.818
Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Umberger 75.513
2 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 100.3811
Flag of the United States.svg Paul Lim 86.194
7 Flag of England.svg Alan Warriner 79.988
Flag of the United States.svg Gerald Verrier 78.094
7 Flag of England.svg Alan Warriner 85.625
Flag of the United States.svg Paul Lim 90.128
  Flag of the United States.svg Paul Lim 80.7612
Flag of England.svg Kevin Burrows 79.7410
2 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 92.8813
Flag of England.svg John Lowe 84.454
6 Flag of England.svg Kevin Spiolek 75.0910
Flag of the United States.svg Dave Kelly 71.438
6 Flag of England.svg Kevin Spiolek 72.302
Flag of England.svg Keith Deller 81.488
  Flag of England.svg Steve Raw 87.393 Third place playoff(best of 21 legs)
5 August
Flag of England.svg Keith Deller 87.548
  Flag of England.svg Keith Deller 82.9510 Flag of England.svg Cliff Lazarenko 3
Flag of England.svg John Lowe 90.1812 Flag of England.svg John Lowe 11
3 Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson 80.378
Flag of England.svg John Lowe 86.9710
  Flag of England.svg John Lowe 91.178
Flag of Ireland.svg Tom Kirby 87.965
  Flag of the United States.svg Sean Downs 74.916
Flag of Ireland.svg Tom Kirby 79.478

References

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  2. "World Matchplay 1995". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. "1995 World Matchplay Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  4. "Results of World Matchplay 1995". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  5. "World Matchplay 1995 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.