2000 World Matchplay
{{Infobox individual darts tournament
|tournament_name = 2000 Stan James World Matchplay
|image =
|dates = 23–29 July 2000
|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}} Alex Roy
{{0|170 }}{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Brown
|winner = {{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor
|prev = 1999
|next = 2001
}}
The 2000 Stan James World Matchplay was a darts tournament held in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool. This was the first World Matchplay tournament to be sponsored by UK bookmaker Stan James.
The tournament ran from 23 to 29 July 2000, and was won by Phil Taylor.
Paul Lim Had to pull out of this tournament due to visa issues his place was taken by Alex Roy, The opening night of action was not televised by Sky Sports
Prize money
The prize fund was £58,000.{{cite web|title=World Matchplay 2000|url=https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/2000|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 competition.
{{columns-list|
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Manley
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Shayne Burgess
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Harrington
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Priestley
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Warriner
- {{flagicon|CAN}} John Part
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Keith Deller
}}
Results
Players in bold denote match winners.{{cite web|title=2000 World Matchplay Results|url=http://dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=252|work=Darts Database|access-date=5 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404220531/http://dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=252|archive-date=4 April 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Results of World Matchplay 2000|url=https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/2000/results|work=Mastercaller|access-date=5 February 2024}}{{cite web|title=World Matchplay 2000 – Bracket|url=https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-matchplay/2000/bracket|work=Mastercaller|access-date=5 February 2024}}
{{32TeamBracket
| RD1=First round (best of 19 legs)
23–25 July
| RD2=Second round (best of 25 legs)
25–26 July
| RD3=Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
27 July
| RD4=Semi-finals (best of 33 legs)
28 July
| RD5=Final (best of 35 legs)
29 July
| team-width=200
| RD1-seed01=1
| RD1-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor 101.01
| RD1-score01=10
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02={{flagicon|SCO}} Jamie Harvey 88.71
| RD1-score02=2
| RD1-seed03=
| RD1-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Colin Lloyd 87.96
| RD1-score03=7
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Justice 84.33
| RD1-score04=10
| RD1-seed05=8
| RD1-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Keith Deller 80.46
| RD1-score05=7
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} John Lowe 81.24
| RD1-score06=10
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Mason 84.39
| RD1-score07=10
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|USA}} Gary Mawson 76.86
| RD1-score08=4
| RD1-seed09=5
| RD1-team09={{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Priestley 90.69
| RD1-score09=10
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Raw 80.22
| RD1-score10=1
| RD1-seed11=
| RD1-team11={{flagicon|WAL}} Richie Burnett 86.67
| RD1-score11=10
| RD1-seed12=
| RD1-team12={{flagicon|ENG}} Les Fitton 83.22
| RD1-score12=7
| RD1-seed13=4
| RD1-team13={{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Harrington 87.65
| RD1-score13=11
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14={{flagicon|NED}} Roland Scholten 84.65
| RD1-score14=9
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|ENG}} Bob Anderson 86.61
| RD1-score15=10
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16={{flagicon|ENG}} Graeme Stoddart 75.72
| RD1-score16=1
| RD1-seed17=2
| RD1-team17={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Manley 90.84
| RD1-score17=6
| RD1-seed18=
| RD1-team18={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie Baxter 94.65
| RD1-score18=10
| RD1-seed19=
| RD1-team19={{flagicon|ENG}} Dave Askew 83.58
| RD1-score19=3
| RD1-seed20=
| RD1-team20={{flagicon|ENG}} Denis Ovens 90.35
| RD1-score20=10
| RD1-seed21=7
| RD1-team21={{flagicon|CAN}} John Part 93.57
| RD1-score21=8
| RD1-seed22=
| RD1-team22={{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Smith 86.52
| RD1-score22=10
| RD1-seed23=
| RD1-team23={{flagicon|USA}} Steve Brown 76.78
| RD1-score23=10
| RD1-seed24=
| RD1-team24={{flagicon|ENG}} John Ferrell 67.89
| RD1-score24=2
| RD1-seed25=6
| RD1-team25={{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Warriner 92.07
| RD1-score25=10
| RD1-seed26=
| RD1-team26={{flagicon|ENG}} Reg Harding 83.67
| RD1-score26=8
| RD1-seed27=
| RD1-team27={{flagicon|ENG}} Mick Manning 83.76
| RD1-score27=15
| RD1-seed28=
| RD1-team28={{flagicon|ENG}} Andy Jenkins 87.90
| RD1-score28=13
| RD1-seed29=3
| RD1-team29={{flagicon|ENG}} Shayne Burgess 94.19
| RD1-score29=15
| RD1-seed30=
| RD1-team30={{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Adams 92.09
| RD1-score30=13
| RD1-seed31=
| RD1-team31={{flagicon|ENG}} Alex Roy 85.71
| RD1-score31=10
| RD1-seed32=
| RD1-team32={{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Evison 83.94
| RD1-score32=4
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor 96.51
| RD2-score01=13
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Justice 79.36
| RD2-score02=3
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} John Lowe 89.81
| RD2-score03=13
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Mason 96.82
| RD2-score04=11
| RD2-seed05=5
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Priestley 95.43
| RD2-score05=12
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06={{flagicon|WAL}} Richie Burnett 93.36
| RD2-score06=14
| RD2-seed07=4
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Harrington 92.83
| RD2-score07=13
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} Bob Anderson 90.85
| RD2-score08=7
| RD2-seed09=
| RD2-team09={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie Baxter 94.26
| RD2-score09=13
| RD2-seed10=
| RD2-team10={{flagicon|ENG}} Denis Ovens 88.08
| RD2-score10=3
| RD2-seed11=
| RD2-team11={{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Smith 87.10
| RD2-score11=11
| RD2-seed12=
| RD2-team12={{flagicon|USA}} Steve Brown 89.64
| RD2-score12=13
| RD2-seed13=6
| RD2-team13={{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Warriner 93.39
| RD2-score13=13
| RD2-seed14=
| RD2-team14={{flagicon|ENG}} Mick Manning 89.82
| RD2-score14=8
| RD2-seed15=3
| RD2-team15={{flagicon|ENG}} Shayne Burgess 89.37
| RD2-score15=16
| RD2-seed16=
| RD2-team16={{flagicon|ENG}} Alex Roy 90.30
| RD2-score16=18
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor 95.91
| RD3-score01=16
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} John Lowe 83.53
| RD3-score02=4
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|WAL}} Richie Burnett 92.40
| RD3-score03=16
| RD3-seed04=4
| RD3-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Harrington 94.38
| RD3-score04=13
| RD3-seed05=
| RD3-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie Baxter 91.65
| RD3-score05=16
| RD3-seed06=
| RD3-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Steve Brown 86.46
| RD3-score06=5
| RD3-seed07=6
| RD3-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Warriner 88.70
| RD3-score07=16
| RD3-seed08=
| RD3-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} Alex Roy 80.58
| RD3-score08=10
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor 102.15
| RD4-score01=17
| RD4-seed02=
| RD4-team02={{flagicon|WAL}} Richie Burnett 97.08
| RD4-score02=9
| RD4-seed03=
| RD4-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie Baxter 90.45
| RD4-score03=7
| RD4-seed04=6
| RD4-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Warriner 97.86
| RD4-score04=17
| RD5-seed01=1
| RD5-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Phil Taylor 100.32
| RD5-score01=18
| RD5-seed02=6
| RD5-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Warriner 97.14
| RD5-score02=12
}}