2021 World Matchplay

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2021 Betfred World Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates17–25 July 2021
Venue Winter Gardens
Location Blackpool, England
Organisation(s) Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
FormatLegs
Prize fund £700,000
Winner's share£150,000
High checkout170 Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz
(second round)
Champion(s)
Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright
«2020 2022»

The 2021 Betfred World Matchplay was the 28th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament returned to the Winter Gardens, from 17 to 25 July 2021, with the 2020 staging of the event having been moved to the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contents

Dimitri Van den Bergh was the defending champion, after beating Gary Anderson 18–10 in the 2020 final. [1] However he was defeated by Peter Wright 18–9 in the final. Wright won his first World Matchplay, and became the fifth player to win both the PDC World Championship and the World Matchplay. [2]

Prize money

The prize fund remained at £700,000, with the winner's earnings being £150,000. [3]

Position (no. of players)Prize money
(Total: £700,000)
Winner(1)£150,000
Runner-up(1)£70,000
Semi-finalists(2)£50,000
Quarter-finalists(4)£25,000
Second round(8)£15,000
First round(16)£10,000

Format

All games have to be won by two clear legs, with a game being extended if necessary for a maximum of six extra legs before a tie-break leg is required. For example, in a first to 10 legs first round match, if the score reaches 12–12 then the 25th leg will be the decider.

The first round is played first to 10 legs, second round first to 11 legs, quarter-finals first to 16 legs, semi-finals first to 17 legs and final first to 18 legs.

Qualification

The top 16 players on the PDC Order of Merit at the cut-off point on 10 July were seeded for the tournament. The top 16 players on the ProTour Order of Merit, not to have already qualified on the cut-off date were unseeded. The ProTour Order of Merit took all events from the 2020 Players Championship 14 on 11 September 2020 up until 2021 Players Championship 20 on 9 July 2021. [4]

Mensur Suljović originally qualified through the ProTour Order of Merit, but withdrew for medical reasons. Jermaine Wattimena replaced him. [5]

The following players qualified for the tournament:

Schedule

Saturday, 17 July
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Break 1Break 2
011 Flag of England.svg   Dave Chisnall 10 – 8 Vincent van der Voort   Flag of the Netherlands.svg 3 – 26 – 4
021 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton 10 – 7 Dirk van Duijvenbode   Flag of the Netherlands.svg 3 – 25 – 5
031 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 10 – 4 Jermaine Wattimena   Flag of the Netherlands.svg 3 – 26 – 4
041 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 10 – 5 Devon Petersen   Flag of South Africa.svg 3 – 27 – 3
Sunday, 18 July
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Break 1Break 2
051 Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 10 – 4 Brendan Dolan   Ulster Banner.svg 3 – 27 – 3
061 Flag of England.svg   Glen Durrant 6 – 10 Callan Rydz   Flag of England.svg 0 – 53 – 7
071 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 10 – 8 Ross Smith   Flag of England.svg 2 – 37 – 3
081 Flag of England.svg   James Wade 3 – 10 Luke Humphries   Flag of England.svg 1 – 42 – 8
091 Flag of England.svg   Joe Cullen 10 – 8 Chris Dobey   Flag of England.svg 3 – 25 – 5
101 Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith 10 – 7 Ryan Searle   Flag of England.svg 3 – 27 – 3
111 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 10 – 2 Danny Noppert   Flag of the Netherlands.svg 4 – 18 – 2
121 Flag of Portugal.svg   José de Sousa 10 – 2 Gabriel Clemens   Flag of Germany.svg 5 – 09 – 1
Monday, 19 July
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Break 1Break 2
131 Ulster Banner.svg   Daryl Gurney 7 – 10 Ian White   Flag of England.svg 2 – 33 – 7
141 Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 10 – 6 Mervyn King   Flag of England.svg 4 – 16 – 4
151 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 10 – 7 Damon Heta   Flag of Australia (converted).svg 3 – 24 – 6
161 Flag of Scotland.svg   Gary Anderson 10 – 5 Stephen Bunting   Flag of England.svg 3 – 27 – 3
Tuesday, 20 July
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Break 1Break 2
172 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 8 – 11 Callan Rydz   Flag of England.svg 3 – 25 – 5
182 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 5 – 11 Krzysztof Ratajski   Flag of Poland.svg 1 – 44 – 6
192 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 11 – 3 Jonny Clayton   Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg 3 – 27 – 3
202 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 11 – 8 Dave Chisnall   Flag of England.svg 3 – 26 – 4
Wednesday, 21 July
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Break 1Break 2Break 3
212 Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith 13 – 11 José de Sousa   Flag of Portugal.svg 3 – 25 – 510 – 10
222 Flag of Scotland.svg   Gary Anderson 9 – 11 Nathan Aspinall   Flag of England.svg 2 – 34 – 6
232 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 11 – 8 Ian White   Flag of England.svg 2 – 35 – 5
242 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 11 – 5 Joe Cullen   Flag of England.svg 3 – 27 – 3
Thursday, 22 July
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Break 1Break 2Break 3Break 4
25QF Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 16 – 8 Callan Rydz   Flag of England.svg 3 – 27 – 310 – 513 – 7
26QF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 9 – 16 Dimitri Van den Bergh   Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 2 – 34 – 67 – 88 – 12
Friday, 23 July
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Break 1Break 2Break 3Break 4
27QF Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 16 – 7 Michael Smith   Flag of England.svg 3 – 26 – 411 – 413 – 7
28QF Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 16 – 9 Nathan Aspinall   Flag of England.svg 3 – 26 – 410 – 513 – 7
Saturday, 24 July
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Break 1Break 2Break 3Break 4
29SF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 17 – 9 Krzysztof Ratajski   Flag of Poland.svg 1 – 44 – 69 – 611 – 9
30SF Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 17 – 10 Michael van Gerwen   Flag of the Netherlands.svg 4 – 16 – 410 – 511 – 9
Sunday, 25 July
Game #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2Break 1Break 2Break 3Break 4Break 5
31F Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 9 – 18 Peter Wright   Flag of Scotland.svg 1 – 42 – 85 – 108 – 128 – 17

Draw

First round(best of 19 legs)
17–19 July

[6]
Second round(best of 21 legs)
20–21 July
Quarter-finals(best of 31 legs)
22–23 July
Semi-finals(best of 33 legs)
24 July
Final(best of 35 legs)
25 July
               
1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 96.5710
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jermaine Wattimena 84.904
1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 101.1111
16 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton 96.913
16 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton 96.0010
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Dirk van Duijvenbode 92.727
1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 98.199
8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 102.2716
8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.6010
Flag of South Africa.svg   Devon Petersen 84.055
8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 103.6811
9 Flag of England.svg   Dave Chisnall 95.888
9 Flag of England.svg   Dave Chisnall 97.7210
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Vincent van der Voort 94.378
8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 98.5117
13 Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 96.569
4 Flag of England.svg   James Wade 93.483
Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 101.0810
  Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 98.235
13 Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 99.9411
13 Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 101.5710
Ulster Banner.svg   Brendan Dolan 96.084
13 Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 97.3416
Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz 88.118
5 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 100.2210
Flag of England.svg   Ross Smith 91.488
5 Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 94.738
Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz 92.4211
12 Flag of England.svg   Glen Durrant 84.036
Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz 82.0410
8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 100.889
2 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 105.9018
2 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 99.7510
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert 92.142
2 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 105.4611
15 Flag of England.svg   Joe Cullen 90.125
15 Flag of England.svg   Joe Cullen 98.0710
Flag of England.svg   Chris Dobey 97.068
2 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 100.3716
7 Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith 99.237
7 Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith 92.4610
Flag of England.svg   Ryan Searle 92.007
7 Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith 99.7313
10 Flag of Portugal.svg   José de Sousa 97.7211
10 Flag of Portugal.svg   José de Sousa 97.4510
Flag of Germany.svg   Gabriel Clemens 92.082
2 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 110.3717
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 101.3410
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 95.6910
Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Damon Heta 90.227
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 100.6811
Flag of England.svg   Ian White 93.838
14 Ulster Banner.svg   Daryl Gurney 94.347
Flag of England.svg   Ian White 94.0610
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 94.7216
11 Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 90.219
6 Flag of Scotland.svg   Gary Anderson 94.4210
Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting 84.425
6 Flag of Scotland.svg   Gary Anderson 97.389
11 Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 98.9811
11 Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall 94.5910
Flag of England.svg   Mervyn King 92.386

Statistics

General

PlayerEliminatedPlayedLegs WonLegs Lost100+140+180sHigh checkoutCheckout Av.%Average
Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright Winner57233145904114948.00104.37
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh Runner-up56349120804912835.5999.99
Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski Semi-final44634102542214036.8098.85
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen Semi-final4474195641812741.2398.11
Flag of England.svg   Michael Smith Quarter-finals3303486511213643.4897.14
Flag of England.svg   Nathan Aspinall Quarter-finals3303180411713025.0094.59
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price Quarter-finals3302386301313238.9698.62
Flag of England.svg   Callan Rydz Quarter-finals329306324917045.3187.52
Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries Second round2151424271412130.6199.66
Flag of Portugal.svg   José de Sousa Second round2211543251211640.3897.63
Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross Second round218195526613233.3397.48
Flag of England.svg   Dave Chisnall Second round218193714916164.2996.79
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Jonny Clayton Second round218195130416135.1496.39
Flag of Scotland.svg   Gary Anderson Second round219164827614937.2596.07
Flag of England.svg   Joe Cullen Second round21519381989251.7294.43
Flag of England.svg   Ian White Second round218185425511737.2593.94
Flag of England.svg   Chris Dobey First round1810381487840.0097.06
Ulster Banner.svg   Brendan Dolan First round14103112112133.3396.08
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Vincent van der Voort First round18103517612934.7894.37
Ulster Banner.svg   Daryl Gurney First round17104517413036.8494.34
Flag of England.svg   James Wade First round13102714214821.4393.48
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Dirk van Duijvenbode First round17103113716433.3392.72
Flag of England.svg   Mervyn King First round1610321756228.5792.38
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Danny Noppert First round1210241024015.3892.14
Flag of Germany.svg   Gabriel Clemens First round121028925220.0092.08
Flag of England.svg   Ryan Searle First round1710321539838.8992.00
Flag of England.svg   Ross Smith First round1810331578147.0691.48
Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Damon Heta First round1710391028443.7590.22
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jermaine Wattimena First round1410209111633.3384.90
Flag of England.svg   Stephen Bunting First round1510261026041.6784.42
Flag of South Africa.svg   Devon Petersen First round1510301207235.7184.05
Flag of England.svg   Glen Durrant First round1610321229017.1484.03

Source: Match reports from the draw.

Top averages

This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.

#PlayerRoundAverageResult
1 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright SF110.37Won
2 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright F105.90Won
3 Flag of Scotland.svg   Peter Wright 2105.46Won
4 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh 2103.29Won
5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh QF102.27Won
6 Flag of Poland.svg   Krzysztof Ratajski 1101.57Won
7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen SF101.34Lost
8 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 2101.11Won
9 Flag of England.svg   Luke Humphries 1101.08Won
10 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Dimitri Van den Bergh F100.88Lost

Representation

This table shows the number of players by country in the 2021 World Matchplay. A total of 11 nationalities are represented.

Flag of Scotland.svg
SCO
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
BEL
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
NED
Flag of Poland.svg
POL
Flag of England.svg
ENG
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg
WAL
Flag of Portugal.svg
POR
Ulster Banner.svg
NIR
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
AUS
Flag of Germany.svg
GER
Flag of South Africa.svg
RSA
Total
Final112
Semi-final11114
Quarter-final1111318
Round 2211182116
Round 121511521211132
Total21511521211132

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