| Tournament Name: | 2010 Stanjames.com World Matchplay |
| Dates: | 17–25 July 2010 |
| Venue: | Winter Gardens |
| Location: | Blackpool |
| Organisation: | PDC |
| Format: | Legs Final – best of 35 |
| Prize Fund: | £400,000 |
| Winners Share: | £150,000 |
| Nine Dart: | Raymond van Barneveld |
| Winner: | Phil Taylor |
| Prev: | 2009 |
| Next: | 2011 |
The 2010 Stanjames.com World Matchplay was the 17th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from 17 to 25 July 2010.
Phil Taylor successfully defended his title, defeating Raymond van Barneveld in the final to win his eleventh World Matchplay. Van Barneveld also hit only the second ever nine-dart finish at the World Matchplay in his first round victory over Denis Ovens.
The final of the 2010 PDC Women's World Darts Championship took place at this event, with Stacy Bromberg defeating Tricia Wright by a score of 6 legs to 5.
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".
For the second consecutive World Matchplay, the prize fund was £400,000.
| Position (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £400,000) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | align=center | (1) | align=center | £150,000 | |
| Runner-Up | align=center | (1) | align=center | £75,000 | |
| Semi-finalists | align=center | (2) | align=center | £50,000 | |
| Quarter-finalists | align=center | (4) | align=center | £20,000 | |
| Second round | align=center | (8) | align=center | £6,500 | |
| First round | align=center | (16) | align=center | £4,000 | |
| Nine-dart finish | align=center | (1) | align=center | £1,000 | |
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:
Simon Whitlock (semi-finals) Paul Nicholson (first round)| Player | Eliminated | Played | Legs Won | Legs Lost | LWAT | 100+ | 140+ | 180s | High checkout | 3-dart average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Taylor | Winner | 5 | 74 | 30 | 26 | 125 | 92 | 36 | 136 | 106.31 | |
| Raymond van Barneveld | Final | 5 | 68 | 44 | 26 | 164 | 80 | 19 | 142 | 99.38 | |
| James Wade | Semi-finals | 4 | 47 | 47 | 20 | 131 | 63 | 24 | 145 | 95.27 | |
| Simon Whitlock | Semi-finals | 4 | 43 | 36 | 14 | 108 | 57 | 15 | 126 | 94.30 | |
| Kevin Painter | Quarter-finals | 3 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 78 | 55 | 8 | 112 | 92.47 | |
| Co Stompé | Quarter-finals | 3 | 37 | 35 | 15 | 95 | 35 | 15 | 130 | 90.86 | |
| Wayne Jones | Quarter-finals | 3 | 35 | 33 | 14 | 119 | 47 | 14 | 128 | 91.26 | |
| Jelle Klaasen | Quarter-finals | 3 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 83 | 28 | 12 | 148 | 90.97 | |
| Vincent van der Voort | Second round | 2 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 49 | 26 | 6 | 157 | 93.60 | |
| Steve Brown | Second round | 2 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 60 | 26 | 5 | 149 | 90.32 | |
| Alan Tabern | Second round | 2 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 63 | 22 | 10 | 156 | 93.24 | |
| Mark Webster | Second round | 2 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 56 | 23 | 3 | 122 | 88.24 | |
| Gary Anderson | Second round | 2 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 54 | 27 | 5 | 81 | 93.04 | |
| Ronnie Baxter | Second round | 2 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 48 | 25 | 8 | 88 | 91.27 | |
| Mark Walsh | Second round | 2 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 79 | 34 | 9 | 160 | 91.18 | |
| Steve Beaton | Second round | 2 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 6 | 136 | 91.07 | |
| Adrian Lewis | First round | 1 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 82 | 90.88 | |
| Dennis Priestley | First round | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 98 | 90.62 | |
| Andy Hamilton | First round | 1 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 81 | 89.65 | |
| Mark Dudbridge | First round | 1 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 144 | 89.62 | |
| Tony Eccles | First round | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 88.85 | |
| Terry Jenkins | First round | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 96 | 88.57 | |
| Wes Newton | First round | 1 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 107 | 88.54 | |
| Jamie Caven | First round | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 72 | 88.15 | |
| Andy Smith | First round | 1 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 151 | 87.63 | |
| Colin Osborne | First round | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 97 | 87.61 | |
| Colin Lloyd | First round | 1 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 80 | 84.71 | |
| Denis Ovens | First round | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 84.70 | |
| Mervyn King | First round | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 80 | 93.26 | |
| Robert Thornton | First round | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 1 | — | 92.79 | |
| Barrie Bates | First round | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 96 | 93.20 | |
| Paul Nicholson | First round | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 108 | 84.07 |