2007 World Matchplay

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2007 Stan James World Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates22–28 July 2007
Venue Winter Gardens
Location Blackpool
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund £200,000
Winner's share£50,000
High checkout170 Flag of England.svg Kevin Painter
Champion(s)
Flag of England.svg James Wade
«2006 2008»

The 2007 Stan James World Matchplay was the 14th annual staging of the World Matchplay darts tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at its traditional home, the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, between 22 and 28 July 2007. James Wade won his first major title, defeating Terry Jenkins 18–7 in the final.

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Defending and eight times champion, Phil Taylor suffered a semi-final defeat to Jenkins, meaning that he had surrendered both the World Championship and World Matchplay titles for the first time since the PDC began in 1994. Raymond van Barneveld, who went into this event having won the first three Sky TV majors of the year (World Championship, UK Open and Las Vegas Desert Classic) saw his hopes of the clean-sweep evaporate with a quarter-final defeat to Adrian Lewis. Barneveld was making his debut in the event having failed to qualify in 2006.

Both Lewis and Jenkins suffered hangovers from their victories over the two favourites as they lost their next matches - with James Wade capitalising. He beat Lewis in the semi-final and Jenkins in the final. Wade became the youngest winner of a PDC televised title at the age of 24 and also rose to number three in the world rankings.

Prize fund

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £200,000)
Winner(1)£50,000
Runner-Up(1)£20,000
Semi-finalists(2)£10,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£7,500
Second round(8)£5,000
First round(16)£2,500
Nine-dart finish (0)£10,000

Qualification

Draw

First round(best of 19 legs)
22–24 July [1] [2] 		Second round(best of 25 legs)
24–25 July 		Quarter-finals(best of 31 legs)
26 July 		Semi-finals(best of 33 legs)
27 July 		Final(best of 35 legs)
28 July
               
1 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 97.8910
Flag of England.svg Wes Newton 84.072
1 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 101.1513
16 Flag of England.svg Kevin Painter 95.406
16 Flag of England.svg Kevin Painter 89.7812
Flag of England.svg Adrian Gray 84.7910
1 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 97.0616
9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roland Scholten 85.331
8 Flag of England.svg Wayne Mardle 89.3810
Flag of England.svg Mark Dudbridge 87.097
8 Flag of England.svg Wayne Mardle 94.406
9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roland Scholten 93.2513
9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roland Scholten 90.5813
Flag of England.svg Chris Mason 88.6311
1 Flag of England.svg Phil Taylor 98.4411
5 Flag of England.svg Terry Jenkins 96.3317
5 Flag of England.svg Terry Jenkins 95.2310
Flag of England.svg Alan Tabern 92.795
5 Flag of England.svg Terry Jenkins 92.9813
12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Part 91.838
12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Part 94.6210
Flag of England.svg Alan Warriner-Little 85.005
5 Flag of England.svg Terry Jenkins 91.6116
13 Flag of England.svg Ronnie Baxter 87.0313
4 Flag of England.svg Peter Manley 79.579
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 88.0011
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 87.8112
13 Flag of England.svg Ronnie Baxter 87.7514
13 Flag of England.svg Ronnie Baxter 85.6110
Flag of England.svg Bob Anderson 84.786
5 Flag of England.svg Terry Jenkins 91.627
11 Flag of England.svg James Wade 96.8318
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld 95.6210
Flag of England.svg Denis Ovens 94.817
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld 100.5313
15 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Barrie Bates 83.275
15 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Barrie Bates 92.3610
Flag of England.svg Andy Smith 85.328
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond van Barneveld 94.2514
7 Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis 96.8116
7 Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis 90.0010
Flag of England.svg Steve Beaton 83.244
7 Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis 100.4513
10 Flag of England.svg Andy Hamilton 93.429
10 Flag of England.svg Andy Hamilton 79.6310
Flag of Ireland.svg Mick McGowan 73.686
7 Flag of England.svg Adrian Lewis 101.267
11 Flag of England.svg James Wade 101.9017
6 Flag of England.svg Dennis Priestley 93.1310
Flag of England.svg Colin Osborne 92.315
6 Flag of England.svg Dennis Priestley 90.8914
11 Flag of England.svg James Wade 86.6716
11 Flag of England.svg James Wade 88.8810
Flag of England.svg Wayne Jones 87.407
11 Flag of England.svg James Wade 89.5316
Flag of England.svg Mervyn King 88.5811
3 Flag of England.svg Colin Lloyd 89.624
Flag of England.svg Mervyn King 92.0810
Flag of England.svg Mervyn King 96.8513
14 Flag of England.svg Andy Jenkins 91.884
14 Flag of England.svg Andy Jenkins 88.8910
Flag of England.svg Mark Walsh 89.586

Television coverage

Sky Sports broadcast the event live in the UK & Ireland for the 14th year running. The final between Wade & Jenkins achieved viewing figures of 183,000 - although that was surpassed by the quarter-finals on Thursday (188,000) and the semi-finals on Friday received the highest viewing figures with 240,000 (the third highest-rated programme on Sky Sports 1 for that week) [3]

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  2. ↑ "Seeds". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  3. ↑ BARB viewing summary Archived 2007-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
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