2007 World Matchplay

2007 Stan James World Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates22–28 July 2007
VenueWinter Gardens
LocationBlackpool
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£200,000
Winner's share£50,000
High checkout170 England Kevin Painter
Champion(s)
England 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.

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

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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

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Draw

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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 England Phil Taylor 97.89 10
England Wes Newton 84.07 2
1 England Phil Taylor 101.15 13
16 England Kevin Painter 95.40 6
16 England Kevin Painter 89.78 12
England Adrian Gray 84.79 10
1 England Phil Taylor 97.06 16
9 Netherlands Roland Scholten 85.33 1
8 England Wayne Mardle 89.38 10
England Mark Dudbridge 87.09 7
8 England Wayne Mardle 94.40 6
9 Netherlands Roland Scholten 93.25 13
9 Netherlands Roland Scholten 90.58 13
England Chris Mason 88.63 11
1 England Phil Taylor 98.44 11
5 England Terry Jenkins 96.33 17
5 England Terry Jenkins 95.23 10
England Alan Tabern 92.79 5
5 England Terry Jenkins 92.98 13
12 Canada John Part 91.83 8
12 Canada John Part 94.62 10
England Alan Warriner-Little 85.00 5
5 England Terry Jenkins 91.61 16
13 England Ronnie Baxter 87.03 13
4 England Peter Manley 79.57 9
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 88.00 11
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 87.81 12
13 England Ronnie Baxter 87.75 14
13 England Ronnie Baxter 85.61 10
England Bob Anderson 84.78 6
5 England Terry Jenkins 91.62 7
11 England James Wade 96.83 18
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 95.62 10
England Denis Ovens 94.81 7
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 100.53 13
15 Wales Barrie Bates 83.27 5
15 Wales Barrie Bates 92.36 10
England Andy Smith 85.32 8
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 94.25 14
7 England Adrian Lewis 96.81 16
7 England Adrian Lewis 90.00 10
England Steve Beaton 83.24 4
7 England Adrian Lewis 100.45 13
10 England Andy Hamilton 93.42 9
10 England Andy Hamilton 79.63 10
Republic of Ireland Mick McGowan 73.68 6
7 England Adrian Lewis 101.26 7
11 England James Wade 101.90 17
6 England Dennis Priestley 93.13 10
England Colin Osborne 92.31 5
6 England Dennis Priestley 90.89 14
11 England James Wade 86.67 16
11 England James Wade 88.88 10
England Wayne Jones 87.40 7
11 England James Wade 89.53 16
England Mervyn King 88.58 11
3 England Colin Lloyd 89.62 4
England Mervyn King 92.08 10
England Mervyn King 96.85 13
14 England Andy Jenkins 91.88 4
14 England Andy Jenkins 88.89 10
England Mark Walsh 89.58 6

Television coverage

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "Averages all the way". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Seeds". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  3. ^ BARB viewing summary Archived 2007-10-16 at the Wayback Machine