2005 World Matchplay

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

2005 Stan James World Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates	24–30 July 2005
Venue	Winter Gardens
Location	Blackpool
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£120,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Colin Lloyd
Champion(s)
Colin Lloyd
«2004 2006»

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.

Prize money

Position (no. of players)		Prize money (Total: £120,000)
Winner	(1)	£25,000
Runner-Up	(1)	£12,500
Semi-finalists	(2)	£7,250
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£5,000
Second round	(8)	£2,500
First round	(16)	£1,750

Seeds

The event featured sixteen seeds.

1. Colin Lloyd
2. Phil Taylor
3. Peter Manley
4. Roland Scholten
5. Ronnie Baxter
6. Wayne Mardle
7. John Part
8. Kevin Painter
9. Denis Ovens
10. Andy Jenkins
11. Mark Dudbridge
12. Alan Warriner
13. Dennis Smith
14. Terry Jenkins
15. Dennis Priestley
16. Mark Walsh

Draw

Players in bold denote match winners.

	First round (best of 19 legs) 24–26 July					Second round (best of 25 legs) 26–27 July					Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 28 July					Semi-finals (best of 33 legs) 29 July					Final (best of 35 legs) 30 July
	1	Colin Lloyd 92.04	10
		Paul Williams 90.38	7
						1	Colin Lloyd 102.57	13
						16	Mark Walsh 93.48	4
	16	Mark Walsh 91.26	10
		Mick Manning 84.88	4
											1	Colin Lloyd 95.88	16
												Adrian Lewis 95.55	13
	8	Kevin Painter 80.43	4
		Adrian Lewis 85.86	10
							Adrian Lewis 95.58	16
						9	Denis Ovens 91.53	14
	9	Denis Ovens 87.18	10
		Steve Beaton 86.04	6
																1	Colin Lloyd 90.78	17
																5	Ronnie Baxter 92.16	13
	5	Ronnie Baxter 93.18	10
		Colin Osborne 85.44	5
						5	Ronnie Baxter 90.00	13
							Dave Askew 80.94	6
	12	Alan Warriner-Little 84.33	7
		Dave Askew 86.70	10
											5	Ronnie Baxter 92.52	16
											13	Dennis Smith 90.96	10
	4	Roland Scholten 92.44	10
		Matt Clark 95.13	7
						4	Roland Scholten 89.52	10
						13	Dennis Smith 87.90	13
	13	Dennis Smith 83.38	10
		Ian Whillis 83.53	7
																					1	Colin Lloyd 97.89	18
																					7	John Part 94.53	12
	2	Phil Taylor 102.09	10
		Jamie Harvey 87.52	4
						2	Phil Taylor 98.43	15
						15	Dennis Priestley 93.69	13
	15	Dennis Priestley 86.46	10
		Alex Roy 84.13	3
											2	Phil Taylor 99.39	11
											7	John Part 97.05	16
	7	John Part 93.06	10
		Kelvin Painter 82.46	4
						7	John Part 94.02	13
						10	Andy Jenkins 91.86	8
	10	Andy Jenkins 82.48	10
		Darren Webster 83.01	6
																7	John Part 89.22	18
																3	Peter Manley 89.40	16
	6	Wayne Mardle 97.64	10
		Lionel Sams 78.67	2
						6	Wayne Mardle 93.99	13
						11	Mark Dudbridge 88.71	10
	11	Mark Dudbridge 91.02	10
		Alan Caves 87.19	7
											6	Wayne Mardle 92.70	14
											3	Peter Manley 89.16	16
	3	Peter Manley 89.63	10
		Bob Anderson 95.67	8
						3	Peter Manley 87.69	13
						14	Terry Jenkins 86.73	10
	14	Terry Jenkins 84.03	10
		Keith Deller 84.14	8