The 2010 Stan James World Matchplay will be the 17th staging of the PDC darts tournament and will take place from Saturday 17th July to Sunday 25th July. The tournament will be staged at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.

Phil Taylor is the defending champion.

Prize Fund

A total prize fund of £400 000 is available for the players and is divided as follows ^[1]:

• Winner - £100,000
• Runner-Up - £50,000
• Semi-finalists - £25,000
• Quarter-finalists - £15,000
• 2nd Round Losers - £7,500
• 1st Round Losers - £5,000
• Nine Dart Jackpot - £5,000

Qualfication

The cut off date for qualification was the 30th of June. The top 16 players in the PDC Order of Merit made up the seeds whilst the top 16 players from the Players Championship Order of Merit, who had not already qualified, made up the rest of the field.

The Qualifiers were as follows:

Draw

The draw was made on the 30th of June 2010. ^[2]

1st Round, 17-20 July, best of 19, losers £5,000

2nd Round, 21-22 July, best of 25, losers £7,500

Quarter Finals, 23 July, best of 31, losers £15,000

Semi Finals, 24 July, best of 33, losers £25,000

Final, 25 July, best of 35 £100,000 / £50,000

1

Phil Taylor

Barrie Bates

16

Paul Nicholson

Steve Beaton

8

Mark Walsh

Mark Dudbridge

9

Colin Lloyd

Kevin Painter

5

Terry Jenkins

Steve Brown

12

Simon Whitlock

Tony Eccles

4

Mervyn King

Jelle Klaasen

13

Robert Thornton

Gary Anderson

2

Raymond van Barneveld

Dennis Ovens

15

Alan Tabern

Wes Newton

7

Adrian Lewis

Mark Webster

10

Andy Hamilton

Co Stompe

6

Ronnie Baxter

Jamie Caven

11

Colin Osborne

Wayne Jones

3

James Wade

Andy Smith

14

Dennis Priestley

Vincent van der Voort

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