1995 World Matchplay

The 1995 Webster's World Matchplay was the second annual World Matchplay darts tournament organised by the World Darts Council (WDC, which became the Professional Darts Corporation in 1997). The Winter Gardens, Blackpool played host to the event for the second year running, and it took place between 31 July–5 August 1995.

1995 Webster's World Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates	31 July–5 August 1995
Venue	Winter Gardens
Location	Blackpool
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£42,800
Winner's share	£10,000
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«1994 1996»

Seven former world champions were in the field. Defending champion Larry Butler beat one of them, Eric Bristow, in the first round. Butler's title defence ended with a quarter-final defeat to Dennis Priestley, the man he beat to win the title the previous year.

Jocky Wilson made what turned out to be his last appearance in a televised tournament at this event. The two-time former World Champion beat Rod Harrington in the first round, but then lost to Nigel Justice in the second round.

Phil Taylor and Dennis Priestley continued their rivalry when they met in another major final. This time it was Taylor who came out on top by 16 legs to 11 to claim his first World Matchplay title.

Prize money

The prize fund was £42,400.

Position (no. of players)		Prize money (Total: £42,400)
Winner	(1)	£10,000
Runner-Up	(1)	£6,000
Third place	(1)	£3,250
Fourth place	(1)	£2,750
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£1,500
Second round	(8)	£800
First round	(16)	£500

Seeds

There were eight seeds for the competition.

1. Rod Harrington
2. Phil Taylor
3. Bob Anderson
4. Dennis Priestley
5. Peter Evison
6. Kevin Spiolek
7. Alan Warriner
8. Shayne Burgess

Results

Players in bold denote match winners.

	First round (best of 15 legs) 31 July–1 August					Second round (best of 15 legs) 2 August					Quarter-finals (best of 21 legs) 3 August					Semi-finals (best of 25 legs) 4 August					Final (best of 31 legs) 5 August
	1	Rod Harrington 77.04	4
		Jocky Wilson 77.85	8
							Jocky Wilson 74.19	5
							Nigel Justice 83.46	8
		Jef Scheyltjens 84.03	4
		Nigel Justice 84.72	8
												Nigel Justice 80.64	6
												Cliff Lazarenko 82.02	11
	8	Shayne Burgess 89.97	8
		John Russell 86.40	5
						8	Shayne Burgess 75.42	5
							Cliff Lazarenko 79.41	8
		Dennis Smith 76.56	6
		Cliff Lazarenko 78.72	8
																	Cliff Lazarenko 86.28	10
																4	Dennis Priestley 85.02	13
	5	Peter Evison 90.27	8
		Graeme Stoddart 84.15	1
						5	Peter Evison 83.79	5
							Larry Butler 85.56	8
		Eric Bristow 78.36	5
		Larry Butler 91.41	8
												Larry Butler 85.26	8
											4	Dennis Priestley 85.41	11
	4	Dennis Priestley 86.37	8
		Mick Manning 81.15	5
						4	Dennis Priestley 93.21	8
							Steve Brown 84.45	3
		Steve Brown 80.01	8
		Ritchie Gardner 70.62	5
																					4	Dennis Priestley 87.63	11
																					2	Phil Taylor 90.72	16
	2	Phil Taylor 90.24	8
		Gary Mawson 81.87	5
						2	Phil Taylor 92.70	8
							Jamie Harvey 90.81	6
		Jamie Harvey 90.81	8
		Jerry Umberger 75.51	3
											2	Phil Taylor 100.38	11
												Paul Lim 86.19	4
	7	Alan Warriner 79.98	8
		Gerald Verrier 78.09	4
						7	Alan Warriner 85.62	5
							Paul Lim 90.12	8
		Paul Lim 80.76	12
		Kevin Burrows 79.74	10
																2	Phil Taylor 92.88	13
																	John Lowe 84.45	4
	6	Kevin Spiolek 75.09	10
		Dave Kelly 71.43	8
						6	Kevin Spiolek 72.30	2
							Keith Deller 81.48	8
		Steve Raw 87.39	3																		Third place playoff (best of 21 legs) 5 August
		Keith Deller 87.54	8
												Keith Deller 82.95	10								Cliff Lazarenko		3
												John Lowe 90.18	12								John Lowe		11
	3	Bob Anderson 80.37	8
		John Lowe 86.97	10
							John Lowe 91.17	8
							Tom Kirby 87.96	5
		Sean Downs 74.91	6
		Tom Kirby 79.47	8