2005 World Matchplay (darts)

World Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates	24 July-30 July
Venue	Winter Gardens
Location	Blackpool
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£119,250
Winners share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Colin Lloyd
Champion(s)
Colin Lloyd
«2004 2006»

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

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.

Seeds

1

Prize money

Winner £25,000

Runner-Up £12,500

Semi-Finals £7,250

Quarter-Finals £5,000

Last 16 £2,500

Last 32 £1,750

Total £120,000

Draw

	First Round (best of 19 legs)					Second Round (best of 25 legs)					Quarter-Finals (best of 31 legs)					Semi-Finals (best of 33 legs)					Final (best of 35 legs)
	1	Colin Lloyd	10
		Paul Williams	7
						1	Colin Lloyd	13
						16	Mark Walsh	4
	16	Mark Walsh	10
		Mick Manning	4
											1	Colin Lloyd	16
												Adrian Lewis	13
	8	Denis Ovens	10
		Steve Beaton	6
						9	Denis Ovens	14
							Adrian Lewis	16
	9	Kevin Painter	4
		Adrian Lewis	10
																1	Colin Lloyd	17
																5	Ronnie Baxter	13
	5	Ronnie Baxter	10
		Colin Osborne	5
						5	Ronnie Baxter	13
							Dave Askew	6
	12	Alan Warriner	7
		Dave Askew	10
											5	Ronnie Baxter	16
											13	Dennis Smith	10
	4	Roland Scholten	10
		Matt Clark	7
						4	Roland Scholten	10
						13	Dennis Smith	13
	13	Dennis Smith	10
		Ian Whillis	7
																					1	Colin Lloyd	18
																					7	John Part	12
	2	Phil Taylor	10
		Jamie Harvey	4
						2	Phil Taylor	15
						15	Dennis Priestley	13
	15	Dennis Priestley	10
		Alex Roy	3
											2	Phil Taylor	11
											7	John Part	16
	7	John Part	10
		Kelvin Painter	4
						7	John Part	13
						10	Andy Jenkins	8
	10	Andy Jenkins	10
		Darren Webster	6
																7	John Part	18
																3	Peter Manley	16
	6	Wayne Mardle	10
		Lionel Sams	2
						6	Wayne Mardle	13
						11	Mark Dudbridge	10
	11	Mark Dudbridge	10
		Alan Caves	7
											6	Wayne Mardle	14
											3	Peter Manley	16
	3	Peter Manley	10
		Bob Anderson	8
						3	Peter Manley	13
						14	Terry Jenkins	10
	14	Terry Jenkins	10
		Keith Deller	8