Majors

2003 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

Sun 27 Jul 2003 – Sat 2 Aug 2003

Venue

Blackpool

Field

32 players

Talking points

Final

Phil Taylor 18–12 Wayne Mardle

TVTelevised 31 matches Last verified: 4 days ago

Results

Winner

Phil Taylor

Runner-up

£8,000

Wayne Mardle

Semi-final

£5,000

Colin Lloyd Peter Manley

Quarter-final

£2,750

Alan Warriner-Little Dennis Smith Peter Evison Alex Roy

Matches

Final1

Phil Taylor 18–12 Wayne Mardle

Semi-final2

Wayne Mardle 17–11 Colin Lloyd

Phil Taylor 17–10 Peter Manley

Quarter-final4

Alex Roy 5–16 Peter Manley

Colin Lloyd 16–11 Peter Evison

Wayne Mardle 16–8 Alan Warriner-Little

Phil Taylor 16–7 Dennis Smith

Last 168

Phil Taylor 13–3 Jamie Harvey

Bob Anderson 11–13 Alex Roy

Dennis Smith 15–13 Denis Ovens

Peter Manley 13–11 Keith Deller

Alan Warriner-Little 13–8 Andy Jenkins

Colin Lloyd 13–10 Richie Burnett

John Part 14–16 Wayne Mardle

Peter Evison 13–11 Mark Dudbridge

Last 3216

Jamie Harvey 10–3 Simon Whatley

Denis Ovens 11–9 Steve Beaton

Phil Taylor 10–0 Les Fitton

Dennis Smith 10–3 Steve Brown (US)

Kevin Painter 10–12 Alex Roy

John Lowe 3–10 Keith Deller

Andy Jenkins 14–12 Mick Manning

Ronnie Baxter 4–10 Bob Anderson

Peter Manley 10–1 Mark Holden

John Part 10–8 Dennis Priestley

Wayne Mardle 10–7 Paul Williams

Alan Warriner-Little 10–7 Mark Walsh

Colin Lloyd 10–8 Terry Jenkins

Richie Burnett 10–3 Cliff Lazarenko

Dave Askew 7–10 Mark Dudbridge

Roland Scholten 5–10 Peter Evison

Venue location

Winter Gardens, Blackpool

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

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