1995 World Matchplay
{{Infobox individual darts tournament
|tournament_name = 1995 Webster's World Matchplay
|image =
|dates = 31 July–5 August 1995
|venue = Winter Gardens
|location = Blackpool
|country = {{ENG}}
|organisation = PDC
|format = Legs
|prize_fund = £42,800
|winners_share = £10,000
|nine_dart =
|high_checkout =
|winner = {{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor
|prev = 1994
|next = 1996
}}
The 1995 Webster's World Matchplay was the second annual World Matchplay darts tournament organised by the World Darts Council (WDC, which became the Professional Darts Corporation in 1997). The Winter Gardens, Blackpool played host to the event for the second year running, and it took place between 31 July–5 August 1995.
Seven former world champions were in the field. Defending champion Larry Butler beat one of them, Eric Bristow, in the first round. Butler's title defence ended with a quarter-final defeat to Dennis Priestley, the man he beat to win the title the previous year.
Jocky Wilson made what turned out to be his last appearance in a televised tournament at this event. The two-time former World Champion beat Rod Harrington in the first round, but then lost to Nigel Justice in the second round.
Phil Taylor and Dennis Priestley continued their rivalry when they met in another major final. This time it was Taylor who came out on top by 16 legs to 11 to claim his first World Matchplay title.
Prize money
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=2 | Position (no. of players)
! Prize money |
|---|
| Winner
| align=center | (1) | align=center | £10,000 |
| Runner-Up
| align=center | (1) | align=center | £6,000 |
| Third place
| align=center | (1) | align=center | £3,250 |
| Fourth place
| align=center | (1) | align=center | £2,750 |
| Quarter-finalists
| align=center | (4) | align=center | £1,500 |
| Second round
| align=center | (8) | align=center | £800 |
| First round
| align=center | (16) | align=center | £500 |
Seeds
There were eight seeds for the competition.{{cite web|title=World Matchplay 1995|url=https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/1995|work=Mastercaller|access-date=5 February 2024}}
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Harrington
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Bob Anderson
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Priestley
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Evison
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Kevin Spiolek
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Warriner
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Shayne Burgess
Results
Players in bold denote match winners.{{cite web|title=1995 World Matchplay Results|url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=257|work=Darts Database|access-date=5 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914020029/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=257|archive-date=14 September 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Results of World Matchplay 1995|url=https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/1995/results|work=Mastercaller|access-date=5 February 2024}}{{cite web|title=World Matchplay 1995 – Bracket|url=https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/1995/bracket|work=Mastercaller|access-date=5 February 2024}}
{{32TeamBracket
| RD1={{Nowrap|First round (best of 15 legs)
31 July–1 August}}
| RD2={{Nowrap|Second round (best of 15 legs)
2 August}}
| RD3={{Nowrap|Quarter-finals (best of 21 legs)
3 August}}
| RD4={{Nowrap|Semi-finals (best of 25 legs)
4 August}}
| RD5={{Nowrap|Final (best of 31 legs)
5 August}}
| RD5b={{Nowrap|Third place playoff (best of 21 legs)
5 August}}
| team-width=200
| RD1-seed01=1
| RD1-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Harrington 77.04
| RD1-score01=4
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02={{flagicon|SCO}} Jocky Wilson 77.85
| RD1-score02=8
| RD1-seed03=
| RD1-team03={{flagicon|BEL}} Jef Scheyltjens 84.03
| RD1-score03=4
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Justice 84.72
| RD1-score04=8
| RD1-seed05=8
| RD1-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Shayne Burgess 89.97
| RD1-score05=8
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} John Russell 86.40
| RD1-score06=5
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Smith 76.56
| RD1-score07=6
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} Cliff Lazarenko 78.72
| RD1-score08=8
| RD1-seed09=5
| RD1-team09={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Evison 90.27
| RD1-score09=8
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10={{flagicon|ENG}} Graeme Stoddart 84.15
| RD1-score10=1
| RD1-seed11=
| RD1-team11={{flagicon|ENG}} Eric Bristow 78.36
| RD1-score11=5
| RD1-seed12=
| RD1-team12={{flagicon|USA}} Larry Butler 91.41
| RD1-score12=8
| RD1-seed13=4
| RD1-team13={{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Priestley 86.37
| RD1-score13=8
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14={{flagicon|ENG}} Mick Manning 81.15
| RD1-score14=5
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|USA}} Steve Brown 80.01
| RD1-score15=8
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16={{flagicon|ENG}} Ritchie Gardner 70.62
| RD1-score16=5
| RD1-seed17=2
| RD1-team17={{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor 90.24
| RD1-score17=8
| RD1-seed18=
| RD1-team18={{flagicon|USA}} Gary Mawson 81.87
| RD1-score18=5
| RD1-seed19=
| RD1-team19={{flagicon|SCO}} Jamie Harvey 90.81
| RD1-score19=8
| RD1-seed20=
| RD1-team20={{flagicon|USA}} Jerry Umberger 75.51
| RD1-score20=3
| RD1-seed21=7
| RD1-team21={{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Warriner 79.98
| RD1-score21=8
| RD1-seed22=
| RD1-team22={{flagicon|USA}} Gerald Verrier 78.09
| RD1-score22=4
| RD1-seed23=
| RD1-team23={{flagicon|USA}} Paul Lim 80.76
| RD1-score23=12
| RD1-seed24=
| RD1-team24={{flagicon|ENG}} Kevin Burrows 79.74
| RD1-score24=10
| RD1-seed25=6
| RD1-team25={{flagicon|ENG}} Kevin Spiolek 75.09
| RD1-score25=10
| RD1-seed26=
| RD1-team26={{flagicon|USA}} Dave Kelly 71.43
| RD1-score26=8
| RD1-seed27=
| RD1-team27={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Raw 87.39
| RD1-score27=3
| RD1-seed28=
| RD1-team28={{flagicon|ENG}} Keith Deller 87.54
| RD1-score28=8
| RD1-seed29=3
| RD1-team29={{flagicon|ENG}} Bob Anderson 80.37
| RD1-score29=8
| RD1-seed30=
| RD1-team30={{flagicon|ENG}} John Lowe 86.97
| RD1-score30=10
| RD1-seed31=
| RD1-team31={{flagicon|USA}} Sean Downs 74.91
| RD1-score31=6
| RD1-seed32=
| RD1-team32={{flagicon|IRE}} Tom Kirby 79.47
| RD1-score32=8
| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|SCO}} Jocky Wilson 74.19
| RD2-score01=5
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Justice 83.46
| RD2-score02=8
| RD2-seed03=8
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Shayne Burgess 75.42
| RD2-score03=5
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Cliff Lazarenko 79.41
| RD2-score04=8
| RD2-seed05=5
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Evison 83.79
| RD2-score05=5
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Larry Butler 85.56
| RD2-score06=8
| RD2-seed07=4
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Priestley 93.21
| RD2-score07=8
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|USA}} Steve Brown 84.45
| RD2-score08=3
| RD2-seed09=2
| RD2-team09={{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor 92.70
| RD2-score09=8
| RD2-seed10=
| RD2-team10={{flagicon|SCO}} Jamie Harvey 90.81
| RD2-score10=6
| RD2-seed11=7
| RD2-team11={{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Warriner 85.62
| RD2-score11=5
| RD2-seed12=
| RD2-team12={{flagicon|USA}} Paul Lim 90.12
| RD2-score12=8
| RD2-seed13=6
| RD2-team13={{flagicon|ENG}} Kevin Spiolek 72.30
| RD2-score13=2
| RD2-seed14=
| RD2-team14={{flagicon|ENG}} Keith Deller 81.48
| RD2-score14=8
| RD2-seed15=
| RD2-team15={{flagicon|ENG}} John Lowe 91.17
| RD2-score15=8
| RD2-seed16=
| RD2-team16={{flagicon|IRE}} Tom Kirby 87.96
| RD2-score16=5
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Justice 80.64
| RD3-score01=6
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Cliff Lazarenko 82.02
| RD3-score02=11
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Larry Butler 85.26
| RD3-score03=8
| RD3-seed04=4
| RD3-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Priestley 85.41
| RD3-score04=11
| RD3-seed05=2
| RD3-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor 100.38
| RD3-score05=11
| RD3-seed06=
| RD3-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Paul Lim 86.19
| RD3-score06=4
| RD3-seed07=
| RD3-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Keith Deller 82.95
| RD3-score07=10
| RD3-seed08=
| RD3-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} John Lowe 90.18
| RD3-score08=12
| RD4-seed01=
| RD4-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Cliff Lazarenko 86.28
| RD4-score01=10
| RD4-seed02=4
| RD4-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Priestley 85.02
| RD4-score02=13
| RD4-seed03=2
| RD4-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor 92.88
| RD4-score03=13
| RD4-seed04=
| RD4-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} John Lowe 84.45
| RD4-score04=4
| RD5-seed01=4
| RD5-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Priestley 87.63
| RD5-score01=11
| RD5-seed02=2
| RD5-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor 90.72
| RD5-score02=16
| RD5b-seed01=
| RD5b-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Cliff Lazarenko
| RD5b-score01=3
| RD5b-seed02=
| RD5b-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} John Lowe
| RD5b-score02=11
}}