1999 World Matchplay

The 1999 World Matchplay was a darts tournament held in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool between 25–31 July 1999. The tournament was won for the second year in a row by Rod Harrington, who defeated Peter Manley in the final. In the 30th leg of the final Manley missed a shot at bullseye which, had he hit it would have been the first televised PDC 9 dart finish.

1999 World Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates	25–31 July 1999
Venue	Winter Gardens
Location	Blackpool
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£58,000
Winner's share	£14,000
High checkout	170 Peter Evison 170 Colin Lloyd
Champion(s)
Rod Harrington
«1998 2000»

This was the first time that the first round was best of 19 legs, instead of best of 15 legs used from the 1994 World Matchplay to the 1998 World Matchplay.

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 World Matchplay.^[1]

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

Results

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

	First round (best of 19 legs) 25–27 July					Second round (best of 25 legs) 27–28 July					Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 29 July					Semi-finals (best of 33 legs) 30 July					Final (best of 35 legs) 31 July
	1	Rod Harrington 99.30	10
		John Lowe 88.50	7
						1	Rod Harrington 87.03	13
							Steve Raw 79.32	7
		Cliff Lazarenko 73.95	6
		Steve Raw 78.46	10
											1	Rod Harrington 89.49	16
												Peter Evison 81.85	9
	8	Keith Deller 84.00	10
		Bob Anderson 84.48	12
							Bob Anderson 83.12	8
							Peter Evison 89.41	13
		Peter Evison 85.29	12
		Dean Allsop 82.92	10
																1	Rod Harrington 93.83	17
																5	Dennis Priestley 93.81	10
	5	Dennis Priestley 95.28	10
		Paul Lim 82.11	6
						5	Dennis Priestley 91.04	13
							Gary Mawson 88.26	8
		Dennis Smith 85.08	10
		Gary Mawson 83.43	12
											5	Dennis Priestley 92.82	16
											4	Shayne Burgess 94.50	12
	4	Shayne Burgess 97.56	10
		Kevin Spiolek 81.42	1
						4	Shayne Burgess 102.03	13
							Mick Manning 88.14	1
		Mick Manning 89.67	10
		Eric Bristow 83.01	2
																					1	Rod Harrington 85.94	19
																					2	Peter Manley 86.92	17
	2	Peter Manley 94.41	10
		Richie Burnett 91.71	4
						2	Peter Manley 89.73	13
							Jamie Harvey 85.41	7
		Dan Lauby 84.06	5
		Jamie Harvey 90.96	10
											2	Peter Manley 89.43	16
												Colin Lloyd 88.80	8
	7	Alan Warriner 85.29	10
		John Ferrell 78.09	4
						7	Alan Warriner 82.85	2
							Colin Lloyd 89.40	13
		Scott Cummings 84.05	8
		Colin Lloyd 89.52	10
																2	Peter Manley 91.70	17
																3	Phil Taylor 95.01	14
	6	John Part 89.46	3
		Chris Mason 97.89	10
							Chris Mason 97.17	13
							Steve Brown 91.98	11
		Graeme Stoddart 83.01	5
		Steve Brown 87.26	10
												Chris Mason 91.14	11
											3	Phil Taylor 100.23	16
	3	Phil Taylor 96.18	10
		Ronnie Baxter 91.38	5
						3	Phil Taylor 99.81	13
							Reg Harding 94.38	10
		Reg Harding 89.39	10
		Gerald Verrier 83.46	6

References

1. "World Matchplay 1999". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
2. . Darts Database. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
3. "Results of World Matchplay 1999". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
4. "World Matchplay 1999 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.