2005 World Matchplay

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 protege 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.

1st Round
best of 19 legs (must win by 2 clear legs)

Kevin Painter - Adrian Lewis 4 - 10
Mark Walsh - Mick Manning 10 - 4
Denis Ovens - Steve Beaton 10 - 6
Alan Warriner - Dave Askew 7 - 10
Dennis Smith - Ian Whillis 10 - 7
Ronnie Baxter - Colin Osborne 10 - 5
John Part - Kelvin Painter 10 - 4
Colin Lloyd - Paul Williams 10 - 7
Roland Scholten - Matt Clark 10 - 7
Phil Taylor - Jamie Harvey 10 - 4
Wayne Mardle - Lionel Sams 10 - 2
Dennis Priestley - Alex Roy 10 - 3
Andy Jenkins - Darren Webster 10 - 6
Mark Dudbridge - Alan Caves 10 - 7
Terry Jenkins - Keith Deller 10 - 8
Peter Manley - Bob Anderson 10 - 8

2nd Round
best of 25 legs (must win by 2 clear legs)

Adrian Lewis - Denis Ovens 16 - 14
Ronnie Baxter - Dave Askew 13 - 6
Colin Lloyd - Mark Walsh 13 - 4
Roland Scholten - Dennis Smith 13 - 10
John Part - Andy Jenkins 13 - 8
Wayne Mardle - Mark Dudbridge 13 - 10
Phil Taylor - Dennis Priestley 15 - 13
Peter Manley - Terry Jenkins 13 - 10

Quarter Finals
best of 31 legs (must win by 2 clear legs)

Ronnie Baxter - Dennis Smith 16 - 10
Wayne Mardle - Peter Manley 14 - 16
Colin Lloyd - Adrian Lewis 16 - 13
Phil Taylor - John Part 11 - 16

Semi Finals
best of 33 legs (must win by 2 clear legs)

Colin Lloyd - Ronnie Baxter 17 - 11
John Part - Peter Manley 18 - 16

Final
best of 35 legs (must win by 2 clear legs)

Colin Lloyd - John Part 18 - 12

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