2005 World Matchplay

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

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.

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