• The 2019 Betfred World Matchplay was the 26th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took...
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    The World Matchplay, also known as the Betfred World Matchplay for sponsorship purposes, is a professional darts tournament and one of three legs of the...
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    Rob Cross (category World Matchplay (darts) champions)
    2018 World Championship final after turning professional less than a year beforehand. He has won three other PDC major titles: the 2019 World Matchplay and...
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  • The 2020 Betfred World Matchplay was the 27th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took...
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  • The 2018 BetVictor World Matchplay was the 25th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament...
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  • The 1994 Proton Cars World Matchplay was the inaugural staging of the World Matchplay darts tournament, and was held in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter...
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  • and concluded 2015 as world No. 1, but Day's continued good form took him back to number one after winning the WGC Matchplay in March 2016. On February...
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    Stephen Bunting (category BDO world darts champions)
    quarter-finals of both the 2019 World Matchplay and the 2019 Players Championship Finals. After three years without a win at the World Championship, he made...
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    Michael Smith (darts player) (category PDC world darts champions)
    Smith was defeated in the final, 7–3. He reached the final of the 2019 World Matchplay, where he faced Rob Cross. Smith lost the first 9 legs of the match...
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  • The 2002 Stan James World Matchplay was a professional darts tournament held from 28 July to 3 August 2002 at the Empress Ballroom in the Winter Gardens...
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  •  Ireland, 3–1 July 20 – 28: 2019 World Matchplay in Blackpool Rob Cross defeated Michael Smith, 18–13 October 6 – 12: 2019 World Grand Prix in Dublin Michael...
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  • Crazy Nights". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved August 9, 2019. "World Matchplay: Wes Newton inspired by Blackpool crowd". BBC. July 19, 2012. Retrieved...
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    Luke Humphries (category World Matchplay (darts) champions)
    World Grand Prix, Grand Slam and Players Championship Finals in 2023, the World Matchplay and Players Championship Finals in 2024, and the 2025 World...
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  • Championship, which converted to stroke play format in 1958, and the British PGA Matchplay Championship which faced a slow decline after the introduction of the...
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    Nathan Aspinall (category World Matchplay (darts) champions)
    2023 World Matchplay and 2019 UK Open. Aspinall has finished as runner-up at four other major televised events: the 2020 Premier League, 2022 World Grand...
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    Michael van Gerwen (category World Matchplay (darts) champions)
    Premier League titles, three titles in the World Matchplay, Grand Slam and UK Open respectively, six World Grand Prix titles, the Players Championship...
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    Beau Greaves (category WDF world darts champions)
    occasions. She is also the reigning two-time back-to-back PDC Women's World Matchplay champion, having won the event in 2023 and 2024. Greaves has won five...
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  • 2011. Everton, Clive (October 2019). "Snooker 1945–1957: from boom to bust". Snooker Scene. Birmingham. pp. 19–23. ""World" Snooker Draw". The Glasgow Herald...
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    Danny Noppert (category PDC World Cup of Darts Dutch team)
    clash". Metro. Retrieved 5 February 2025. Hammer, Chris (20 July 2019). "World Matchplay darts results: Gary Anderson progresses but Gerwyn Price and Nathan...
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    Premier League Darts and World Matchplay, it is part of the Triple Crown. The PDC championship began in 1994 as the WDC World Darts Championship as one...
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  • Jocky Wilson (category BDO world darts champions)
    1994 World Matchplay, losing to eventual champion Larry Butler. Wilson's final appearance in a televised tournament came in the 1995 World Matchplay. He...
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    reigning 2024 PDC World Champion, the World Matchplay, and Players Championship Finals champion, and the Premier League, UK Open, and World Grand Prix runner-up...
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    last eight at the 2019 PDC World Championship. In 2014 he reached the Last 48 of the World Masters. He took part in the 2016 BDO World Trophy, he was knocked...
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    Adrian Lewis (category PDC world darts champions)
    quarter-final in the 2005 World Matchplay, where he lost to Colin Lloyd. This result saw him break into the top 32 in the world for the first time. He then...
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  • Professional Darts Corporation Triple Crown (category World Matchplay (darts))
    tournaments in the Professional Darts Corporation: the World Championship, the World Matchplay and the Premier League. Players who win all three tournaments...
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    annual PDC World Darts Championship, the World Matchplay, World Grand Prix, UK Open, Premier League, and Grand Slam. It also runs its own world rankings...
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    com World Matchplay Day One". PDC. 17 July 2010. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013. "2010 World Matchplay Player...
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    for the World Matchplay for the first time and was beaten 10–4 by van Gerwen in the opening round. Van de Pas also made his debut at the World Grand Prix...
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  • Mair, Lewine (23 June 2008). "Matchplay's 44-year run at Wentworth ends". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 May 2020. "Volvo World Match Play - Qualification Criteria"...
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    Vincent van der Voort (category PDC World Cup of Darts Dutch team)
    Chris Dobey 3-4. His consistent results on the 2019 tour allowed him a spot at the 2019 World Matchplay, qualifying for Blackpool again after three years...
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