Dates 17–25 July 2010 Location Blackpool Organisation(s) PDC | Venue Empress Ballroom Country England | |
Format Legs
Final – best of 35 | ||
The 2010 Stan James World Matchplay was the 17th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from 17–25 July.
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Phil Taylor successfully defended his title, defeating Raymond van Barneveld in the final to win his eleventh World Matchplay.
3D
The semi-finals and final of the World Matchplay were shown in 3D for the first time ever in darts. Over 1,000 venues in the UK broadcast the matches in 3D via Sky Sports. Commentator Sid Waddell was quoted as saying: "It's a revolution in darts TV broadcasting".
Prize money
For the second consecutive World Matchplay, the prize fund was £400,000.
Qualification
The qualification is the top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit qualify automatically and a further 16 have to qualify for the tournament by being in the top 16 of the Players Championships order of merit.
The participants are:
Draw
Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)
All games had to be won by 2 clear legs (e.g. in Rd 1 there couldn't be a 10–9 scoreline it had to be 11–9 or 10–8)