1995 WDC World Darts Championship

1995 Proton Cars World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates27 December 1994 – 2 January 1995
VenueCircus Tavern
LocationPurfleet
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC (WDC)
FormatSets
Final – best of 11
Prize fund£55,000
Winner's share£12,000
High checkout161  John Lowe
Champion(s)
 Phil Taylor
«1994 1996»

The 1995 Proton Cars World Darts Championship was the second world championship organised by the World Darts Council (now the Professional Darts Corporation). It was held between 27 December 1994 and 2 January 1995.

Phil Taylor emerged as champion, overcoming John Lowe 5–4 in the semi-final before beating Rod Harrington 6–2 in the final to claim his first WDC World Championship title, and his third World Championship in all.

Seeds

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There were eight seeds in the World Championship.[1]

  1. England Dennis Priestley
  2. England Rod Harrington
  3. England Peter Evison
  4. England Phil Taylor
  5. England Bob Anderson
  6. England Kevin Spiolek
  7. Scotland Jamie Harvey
  8. England Alan Warriner

Prize money

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Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £55,000)[2]
Winner (1) £12,000
Runner-Up (1) £6,000
Third place (1) £4,000
Fourth place (1) £3,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £2,000
Second place in group (8) £1,500
Third place in group (8) £1,250

Results

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Group stage

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Players in bold denote match winners.[3][4]

Knockout stages

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Players in bold denote match winners.[4][5][6]

Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets)
29–30 December
Semi-finals (best of 9 sets)
1 January
Final (best of 11 sets)
2 January
         
A1 England Peter Evison (3) 88.61 4
B1 England Kevin Spiolek (6) 82.85 1
A1 England Peter Evison (3) 82.43 1
D1 England Rod Harrington (2) 82.29 5
C1 Scotland Jamie Harvey (7) 87.42 2
D1 England Rod Harrington (2) 91.40 4
D1 England Rod Harrington (2) 87.15 2
F1 England Phil Taylor (4) 94.12 6
E1 England Bob Anderson (5) 84.44 1
F1 England Phil Taylor (4) 89.70 4
F1 England Phil Taylor (4) 96.22 5 Third place play-off (best of 7 sets)
H1 England John Lowe 90.86 4
G1 England Dennis Smith 89.23 0 A1 England Peter Evison (3) 84.95 2
H1 England John Lowe 96.77 4 H1 England John Lowe 82.81 4

References

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  1. ^ "PDC World Championship 1995". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. ^ "1995 PDC World Championship Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Groupstage of PDC World Championship 1995". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  4. ^ a b "1995 PDC World Championship Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Results of PDC World Championship 1995". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  6. ^ "PDC World Championship 1995 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 5 February 2024.