1995 WDC World Darts Championship

 John Lowe

 Phil Taylor

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

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

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

Prize money

Results

Group stage

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

Group A Pos Player P W L SF SA +/- Pts 1 (3) Peter Evison 2 2 0 6 2 +4 4 2 Cliff Lazarenko 2 1 1 3 5 −2 2 3 Graeme Stoddart 2 0 2 4 6 −2 0 26 December 82.84 (3) Peter Evison 3 – 2 Graeme Stoddart 86.81 27 December 82.54 Cliff Lazarenko 3 – 2 Graeme Stoddart 80.55 28 December 92.94 (3) Peter Evison 3 – 0 Cliff Lazarenko 85.34

Group B Pos Player P W L SF SA +/- Pts 1 (6) Kevin Spiolek 2 2 0 6 1 +5 4 2 Larry Butler 2 1 1 3 4 –1 2 3 Keith Deller 2 0 2 2 6 –4 0 26 December 82.22 (6) Kevin Spiolek 3 – 1 Keith Deller 82.54 27 December 86.70 Larry Butler 3 – 1 Keith Deller 83.96 28 December 79.07 (6) Kevin Spiolek 3 – 0 Larry Butler 79.15

Group C Pos Player P W L SF SA +/- Pts 1 (7) Jamie Harvey 2 2 0 6 3 +3 4 2 Steve Brown 2 1 1 4 3 +1 2 3 Jim Watkins 2 0 2 2 6 −4 0 26 December 88.84 (7) Jamie Harvey 3 – 1 Steve Brown 87.15 27 December 78.50 Jim Watkins 0 – 3 Steve Brown 83.26 28 December 85.14 (7) Jamie Harvey 3 – 2 Jim Watkins 79.54

Group D Pos Player P W L SF SA +/- Pts 1 (2) Rod Harrington 2 2 0 6 2 +4 4 2 Shayne Burgess 2 1 1 5 3 +2 2 3 Eric Bristow 2 0 2 0 6 −6 0 26 December 85.87 (2) Rod Harrington 3 – 0 Eric Bristow 82.19 27 December 91.01 Shayne Burgess 3 – 0 Eric Bristow 88.31 28 December 85.63 (2) Rod Harrington 3 – 2 Shayne Burgess 83.05

Group E Pos Player P W L SF SA +/- Pts 1 (5) Bob Anderson 2 2 0 6 2 +4 4 2 Ritchie Gardner 2 1 1 4 4 0 2 3 Jerry Umberger 2 0 2 2 6 −4 0 26 December 92.55 (5) Bob Anderson 3 – 1 Jerry Umberger 80.56 27 December 84.06 Ritchie Gardner 3 – 1 Jerry Umberger 80.00 28 December 91.04 (5) Bob Anderson 3 – 1 Ritchie Gardner 81.90

Group F Pos Player P W L SF SA +/- Pts 1 (4) Phil Taylor 2 2 0 6 3 +3 4 2 Sean Downs 2 1 1 4 3 +1 2 3 Gerald Verrier 2 0 2 2 6 −4 0 26 December 78.63 (4) Phil Taylor 3 – 2 Gerald Verrier 79.24 27 December 72.28 Gerald Verrier 0 – 3 Sean Downs 76.33 28 December 92.99 (4) Phil Taylor 3 – 1 Sean Downs 84.43

Group G Pos Player P W L SF SA +/- Pts 1 Dennis Smith 2 2 0 6 2 +4 4 2 (8) Alan Warriner 2 1 1 4 5 −1 2 3 Tom Kirby 2 0 2 3 6 −3 0 26 December 87.16 (8) Alan Warriner 1 – 3 Dennis Smith 82.80 27 December 87.69 (8) Alan Warriner 3 – 2 Tom Kirby 89.25 28 December 80.94 Dennis Smith 3 – 1 Tom Kirby 77.41

Group H Pos Player P W L SF SA +/- Pts 1 John Lowe 2 2 0 6 0 +6 4 2 (1) Dennis Priestley 2 1 1 3 5 –2 2 3 Jocky Wilson 2 0 2 2 6 −4 0 26 December 80.76 (1) Dennis Priestley 0 – 3 John Lowe 87.84 27 December 86.96 (1) Dennis Priestley 3 – 2 Jocky Wilson 81.25 28 December 93.52 John Lowe 3 – 0 Jocky Wilson 75.55

Knockout stages

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

Peter Evison (3) 88.61

4

B1

Kevin Spiolek (6) 82.85

1

A1

Peter Evison (3) 82.43

1

D1

Rod Harrington (2) 82.29

5

C1

Jamie Harvey (7) 87.42

2

D1

Rod Harrington (2) 91.40

4

D1

Rod Harrington (2) 87.15

2

F1

Phil Taylor (4) 94.12

6

E1

Bob Anderson (5) 84.44

1

F1

Phil Taylor (4) 89.70

4

F1

Phil Taylor (4) 96.22

5

Third place play-off (best of 7 sets)

H1

John Lowe 90.86

4

G1

Dennis Smith 89.23

0

A1

Peter Evison (3) 84.95

2

H1

John Lowe 96.77

4

H1

John Lowe 82.81

4

References