1999 World Matchplay
{{Infobox individual darts tournament
|tournament_name = 1999 World Matchplay
|image =
|dates = 25–31 July 1999
|venue = Winter Gardens
|location = Blackpool
|country = {{ENG}}
|organisation = PDC
|format = Legs
|prize_fund = £58,000
|winners_share = £14,000
|nine_dart =
|high_checkout = 170 {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Evison
{{0|170 }}{{flagicon|ENG}} Colin Lloyd
|winner = {{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Harrington
|prev = 1998
|next = 2000
}}
The 1999 World Matchplay was a darts tournament held in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool between 25–31 July 1999. The tournament was won for the second year in a row by Rod Harrington, who defeated Peter Manley in the final. In the 30th leg of the final Manley missed a shot at bullseye which, had he hit it would have been the first televised PDC 9 dart finish.
This was the first time that the first round was best of 19 legs, instead of best of 15 legs used from the 1994 World Matchplay to the 1998 World Matchplay.
Prize money
The prize fund was £58,000.{{cite web|title=World Matchplay 1999|url=https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/1999|work=Mastercaller|access-date=5 February 2024}}
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=2 | Position (no. of players)
! Prize money |
|---|
| Winner
| align=center | (1) | align=center | £14,000 |
| Runner-Up
| align=center | (1) | align=center | £7,000 |
| Semi-finalists
| align=center | (2) | align=center | £3,500 |
| Quarter-finalists
| align=center | (4) | align=center | £2,000 |
| Second round
| align=center | (8) | align=center | £1,250 |
| First round
| align=center | (16) | align=center | £750 |
Seeds
There were eight seeds for the World Matchplay.
{{columns-list|
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Harrington
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Manley
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Shayne Burgess
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Priestley
- {{flagicon|CAN}} John Part
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Warriner
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Keith Deller
}}
Results
Players in bold denote match winners.{{cite web|title=1999 World Matchplay Results|url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=253|work=Darts Database|access-date=5 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914020113/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=253|archive-date=14 September 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Results of World Matchplay 1999|url=https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/1999/results|work=Mastercaller|access-date=5 February 2024}}{{cite web|title=World Matchplay 1999 – Bracket|url=https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/1999/bracket|work=Mastercaller|access-date=5 February 2024}}
{{32TeamBracket
| RD1=First round (best of 19 legs)
25–27 July
| RD2=Second round (best of 25 legs)
27–28 July
| RD3=Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
29 July
| RD4=Semi-finals (best of 33 legs)
30 July
| RD5=Final (best of 35 legs)
31 July
| team-width=200
| RD1-seed01=1
| RD1-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Harrington 99.30
| RD1-score01=10
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} John Lowe 88.50
| RD1-score02=7
| RD1-seed03=
| RD1-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Cliff Lazarenko 73.95
| RD1-score03=6
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Raw 78.46
| RD1-score04=10
| RD1-seed05=8
| RD1-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Keith Deller 84.00
| RD1-score05=10
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} Bob Anderson 84.48
| RD1-score06=12
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Evison 85.29
| RD1-score07=12
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} Dean Allsop 82.92
| RD1-score08=10
| RD1-seed09=5
| RD1-team09={{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Priestley 95.28
| RD1-score09=10
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10={{flagicon|USA}} Paul Lim 82.11
| RD1-score10=6
| RD1-seed11=
| RD1-team11={{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Smith 85.08
| RD1-score11=10
| RD1-seed12=
| RD1-team12={{flagicon|USA}} Gary Mawson 83.43
| RD1-score12=12
| RD1-seed13=4
| RD1-team13={{flagicon|ENG}} Shayne Burgess 97.56
| RD1-score13=10
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14={{flagicon|ENG}} Kevin Spiolek 81.42
| RD1-score14=1
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|ENG}} Mick Manning 89.67
| RD1-score15=10
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16={{flagicon|ENG}} Eric Bristow 83.01
| RD1-score16=2
| RD1-seed17=2
| RD1-team17={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Manley 94.41
| RD1-score17=10
| RD1-seed18=
| RD1-team18={{flagicon|WAL}} Richie Burnett 91.71
| RD1-score18=4
| RD1-seed19=
| RD1-team19={{flagicon|USA}} Dan Lauby 84.06
| RD1-score19=5
| RD1-seed20=
| RD1-team20={{flagicon|SCO}} Jamie Harvey 90.96
| RD1-score20=10
| RD1-seed21=7
| RD1-team21={{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Warriner 85.29
| RD1-score21=10
| RD1-seed22=
| RD1-team22={{flagicon|ENG}} John Ferrell 78.09
| RD1-score22=4
| RD1-seed23=
| RD1-team23={{flagicon|CAN}} Scott Cummings 84.05
| RD1-score23=8
| RD1-seed24=
| RD1-team24={{flagicon|ENG}} Colin Lloyd 89.52
| RD1-score24=10
| RD1-seed25=6
| RD1-team25={{flagicon|CAN}} John Part 89.46
| RD1-score25=3
| RD1-seed26=
| RD1-team26={{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Mason 97.89
| RD1-score26=10
| RD1-seed27=
| RD1-team27={{flagicon|ENG}} Graeme Stoddart 83.01
| RD1-score27=5
| RD1-seed28=
| RD1-team28={{flagicon|USA}} Steve Brown 87.26
| RD1-score28=10
| RD1-seed29=3
| RD1-team29={{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor 96.18
| RD1-score29=10
| RD1-seed30=
| RD1-team30={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie Baxter 91.38
| RD1-score30=5
| RD1-seed31=
| RD1-team31={{flagicon|ENG}} Reg Harding 89.39
| RD1-score31=10
| RD1-seed32=
| RD1-team32={{flagicon|USA}} Gerald Verrier 83.46
| RD1-score32=6
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Harrington 87.03
| RD2-score01=13
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Raw 79.32
| RD2-score02=7
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Bob Anderson 83.12
| RD2-score03=8
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Evison 89.41
| RD2-score04=13
| RD2-seed05=5
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Priestley 91.04
| RD2-score05=13
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Gary Mawson 88.26
| RD2-score06=8
| RD2-seed07=4
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Shayne Burgess 102.03
| RD2-score07=13
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} Mick Manning 88.14
| RD2-score08=1
| RD2-seed09=2
| RD2-team09={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Manley 89.73
| RD2-score09=13
| RD2-seed10=
| RD2-team10={{flagicon|SCO}} Jamie Harvey 85.41
| RD2-score10=7
| RD2-seed11=7
| RD2-team11={{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Warriner 82.85
| RD2-score11=2
| RD2-seed12=
| RD2-team12={{flagicon|ENG}} Colin Lloyd 89.40
| RD2-score12=13
| RD2-seed13=
| RD2-team13={{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Mason 97.17
| RD2-score13=13
| RD2-seed14=
| RD2-team14={{flagicon|USA}} Steve Brown 91.98
| RD2-score14=11
| RD2-seed15=3
| RD2-team15={{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor 99.81
| RD2-score15=13
| RD2-seed16=
| RD2-team16={{flagicon|ENG}} Reg Harding 94.38
| RD2-score16=10
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Harrington 89.49
| RD3-score01=16
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Evison 81.85
| RD3-score02=9
| RD3-seed03=5
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Priestley 92.82
| RD3-score03=16
| RD3-seed04=4
| RD3-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Shayne Burgess 94.50
| RD3-score04=12
| RD3-seed05=2
| RD3-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Manley 89.43
| RD3-score05=16
| RD3-seed06=
| RD3-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} Colin Lloyd 88.80
| RD3-score06=8
| RD3-seed07=
| RD3-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Mason 91.14
| RD3-score07=11
| RD3-seed08=3
| RD3-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor 100.23
| RD3-score08=16
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Harrington 93.83
| RD4-score01=17
| RD4-seed02=5
| RD4-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Priestley 93.81
| RD4-score02=10
| RD4-seed03=2
| RD4-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Manley 91.70
| RD4-score03=17
| RD4-seed04=3
| RD4-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor 95.01
| RD4-score04=14
| RD5-seed01=1
| RD5-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Harrington 85.94
| RD5-score01=19
| RD5-seed02=2
| RD5-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Manley 86.92
| RD5-score02=17
}}