2019 World Matchplay

The 2019 Betfred World Matchplay was the 26th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, from 20–28 July 2019.

Gary Anderson was the defending champion, after defeating Mensur Suljović 21–19 after extra time in the longest final in the tournament's history. However, he lost to Mervyn King 11–8 in the second round.

Rob Cross won his first World Matchplay title with an 18–13 win over Michael Smith in the final. He also became just the fourth player in history to win both the PDC World Championship and the World Matchplay.

The prize fund rose from £500,000 to £700,000, with the winner's earnings being up from £115,000 in 2018 to £150,000.

In previous stagings of the event all games had to be won by two clear legs with no sudden-death legs. However, after consulting the host broadcaster Sky Sports in 2013, the PDC decided that games would now only proceed for a maximum of six extra legs before a tie-break leg is required. For example, in a first to 10 legs first round match, if the score reached 12-12 then the 25th leg would be the decider.

The top 16 players on the PDC Order of Merit as of 30 June 2019 were seeded for the tournament. The top 16 players on the ProTour Order of Merit, not to have already qualified on the cut-off date were unseeded.

The following players qualified for the tournament:

	First round (best of 19 legs) 20–22 July					Second round (best of 21 legs) 23–24 July					Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 25–26 July					Semi-finals (best of 33 legs) 27 July					Final (best of 35 legs) 28 July
	1	Michael van Gerwen 93.00	10
		Steve Beaton 89.86	6
						1	Michael van Gerwen 98.67	11
							Glen Durrant 99.33	13
	16	Adrian Lewis 94.69	4
		Glen Durrant 101.05	10
												Glen Durrant 92.84	16
											8	James Wade 85.68	7
	8	James Wade 96.16	13
		Jeffrey de Zwaan 95.26	12
						8	James Wade 93.86	13
						9	Mensur Suljović 92.91	11
	9	Mensur Suljović 96.76	10
		Jermaine Wattimena 82.02	1
																	Glen Durrant 94.16	10
																5	Michael Smith 100.77	17
	5	Michael Smith 98.78	10
		Jamie Hughes 97.54	7
						5	Michael Smith 96.72	12
							Max Hopp 92.98	10
	12	Dave Chisnall 97.69	9
		Max Hopp 94.71	11
											5	Michael Smith 96.54	16
												Mervyn King 88.37	11
	4	Gary Anderson 93.75	10
		Danny Noppert 87.77	6
						4	Gary Anderson 94.95	8
							Mervyn King 94.88	11
	13	Nathan Aspinall 102.96	5
		Mervyn King 100.55	10
																					5	Michael Smith 95.91	13
																					2	Rob Cross 95.16	18
	2	Rob Cross 100.60	10
		Chris Dobey 91.34	3
						2	Rob Cross 98.47	11
							Krzysztof Ratajski 94.45	5
	15	Darren Webster 88.61	5
		Krzysztof Ratajski 89.23	10
											2	Rob Cross 101.83	16
												Stephen Bunting 96.08	14
	7	Gerwyn Price 92.02	12
		Stephen Bunting 95.11	13
							Stephen Bunting 92.82	14
						10	Ian White 94.63	12
	10	Ian White 98.24	10
		Joe Cullen 88.63	0
																2	Rob Cross 96.64	17
																3	Daryl Gurney 92.46	15
	6	Peter Wright 102.04	10
		Vincent van der Voort 97.40	5
						6	Peter Wright 103.01	11
						11	Simon Whitlock 87.42	2
	11	Simon Whitlock 94.99	10
		John Henderson 101.33	8
											6	Peter Wright 104.57	13
											3	Daryl Gurney 101.86	16
	3	Daryl Gurney 96.34	10
		Ricky Evans 89.33	7
						3	Daryl Gurney 93.44	11
							Keegan Brown 92.44	9
	14	Jonny Clayton 93.46	8
		Keegan Brown 95.59	10