Majors

1995 World Matchplay

About the Majors

The big televised events: the World Championship (December–January, Alexandra Palace, London), the World Matchplay (July, Blackpool), the UK Open, the World Grand Prix, the Grand Slam, the Players Championship Finals, the European Championship, the World Masters and the World Cup (a team event between nations). Field sizes vary from 32 players to 128 at the World Championship. Guide ›

Dates

Mon 31 Jul 1995 – Sat 5 Aug 1995

Venue

Blackpool

Field

33 players

Talking points

Final

Phil Taylor 16–11 Dennis Priestley

Asian players

Paul Lim Quarter-final

TVTelevised 32 matches Last verified: 4 days ago

Results

Winner

Phil Taylor

Runner-up

£6,000

Dennis Priestley

3rd Place Playoff

£2,750

Cliff Lazarenko John Lowe

Matches

Final1

Dennis Priestley 11–16 Phil Taylor

3rd Place Playoff1

Cliff Lazarenko 3–11 John Lowe

Semi-final2

Cliff Lazarenko 10–13 Dennis Priestley

Phil Taylor 13–4 John Lowe

Quarter-final4

Nigel Justice 6–11 Cliff Lazarenko

Larry Butler 8–11 Dennis Priestley

Phil Taylor 11–4 Paul Lim

Keith Deller 10–12 John Lowe

Last 168

Dennis Priestley 8–3 Steve Brown (US)

Shayne Burgess 5–8 Cliff Lazarenko

Kevin Spiolek 2–8 Keith Deller

John Lowe 8–5 Tom Kirby

John (Jocky) Wilson 5–8 Nigel Justice

Phil Taylor 8–6 Jamie Harvey

Alan Warriner-Little 5–8 Paul Lim

Peter Evison 5–8 Larry Butler

Last 3216

Steve Brown (US) 8–5 Ritchie Gardner

Eric Bristow 5–8 Larry Butler

Bob Anderson 8–10 John Lowe

Shayne Burgess 8–5 John Russell

Paul Lim 12–10 Kevin Burrows

Steve Raw 3–8 Keith Deller

Sean Downs 6–8 Tom Kirby

Peter Evison 8–1 Graeme Stoddart

Rod Harrington 4–8 John (Jocky) Wilson

Jamie Harvey 8–3 Jerry Umberger

Jeff Scheyltjens 4–8 Nigel Justice

Dennis Smith 6–8 Cliff Lazarenko

Kevin Spiolek 10–8 Dave Kelly (US)

Alan Warriner-Little 8–4 Gerald Verrier

Phil Taylor 8–5 Gary Mawson

Dennis Priestley 8–5 Mick Manning

Venue location

Winter Gardens, Blackpool

Winter Gardens, 97, Church Street, Foxhall, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, FY1 1HU, United Kingdom

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