2000 World Matchplay

The 2000 Stan James World Matchplay was a darts tournament held in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool. This was the first World Matchplay tournament to be sponsored by UK bookmaker Stan James.

2000 Stan James World Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates	23–29 July 2000
Venue	Winter Gardens
Location	Blackpool
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£58,000
Winner's share	£14,000
High checkout	170 Alex Roy 170 Steve Brown
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«1999 2001»

The tournament ran from 23 to 29 July 2000, and was won by Phil Taylor.

Paul Lim Had to pull out of this tournament due to visa issues his place was taken by Alex Roy, The opening night of action was not televised by Sky Sports

Prize money

The prize fund was £58,000.^[1]

Position (no. of players)		Prize money (Total: £58,000)
Winner	(1)	£14,000
Runner-Up	(1)	£7,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£3,500
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£2,000
Second round	(8)	£1,250
First round	(16)	£750

Seeds

There were eight seeds for the competition.^[1]

1. Phil Taylor
2. Peter Manley
3. Shayne Burgess
4. Rod Harrington
5. Dennis Priestley
6. Alan Warriner
7. John Part
8. Keith Deller

Results

Players in bold denote match winners.^[2][3][4]

	First round (best of 19 legs) 23–25 July					Second round (best of 25 legs) 25–26 July					Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 27 July					Semi-finals (best of 33 legs) 28 July					Final (best of 35 legs) 29 July
	1	Phil Taylor 101.01	10
		Jamie Harvey 88.71	2
						1	Phil Taylor 96.51	13
							Nigel Justice 79.36	3
		Colin Lloyd 87.96	7
		Nigel Justice 84.33	10
											1	Phil Taylor 95.91	16
												John Lowe 83.53	4
	8	Keith Deller 80.46	7
		John Lowe 81.24	10
							John Lowe 89.81	13
							Chris Mason 96.82	11
		Chris Mason 84.39	10
		Gary Mawson 76.86	4
																1	Phil Taylor 102.15	17
																	Richie Burnett 97.08	9
	5	Dennis Priestley 90.69	10
		Steve Raw 80.22	1
						5	Dennis Priestley 95.43	12
							Richie Burnett 93.36	14
		Richie Burnett 86.67	10
		Les Fitton 83.22	7
												Richie Burnett 92.40	16
											4	Rod Harrington 94.38	13
	4	Rod Harrington 87.65	11
		Roland Scholten 84.65	9
						4	Rod Harrington 92.83	13
							Bob Anderson 90.85	7
		Bob Anderson 86.61	10
		Graeme Stoddart 75.72	1
																					1	Phil Taylor 100.32	18
																					6	Alan Warriner 97.14	12
	2	Peter Manley 90.84	6
		Ronnie Baxter 94.65	10
							Ronnie Baxter 94.26	13
							Denis Ovens 88.08	3
		Dave Askew 83.58	3
		Denis Ovens 90.35	10
												Ronnie Baxter 91.65	16
												Steve Brown 86.46	5
	7	John Part 93.57	8
		Dennis Smith 86.52	10
							Dennis Smith 87.10	11
							Steve Brown 89.64	13
		Steve Brown 76.78	10
		John Ferrell 67.89	2
																	Ronnie Baxter 90.45	7
																6	Alan Warriner 97.86	17
	6	Alan Warriner 92.07	10
		Reg Harding 83.67	8
						6	Alan Warriner 93.39	13
							Mick Manning 89.82	8
		Mick Manning 83.76	15
		Andy Jenkins 87.90	13
											6	Alan Warriner 88.70	16
												Alex Roy 80.58	10
	3	Shayne Burgess 94.19	15
		Martin Adams 92.09	13
						3	Shayne Burgess 89.37	16
							Alex Roy 90.30	18
		Alex Roy 85.71	10
		Peter Evison 83.94	4