Littler & Greaves win Matchplay titles - results & prize money
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The 2026 World Matchplay Darts started on Saturday, 18 July and ran until Sunday, 26 July at Winter Gardens in Blackpool with 19-year-old Luke Littler winning the Phil Taylor Trophy and a first prize of £225,000.
Two-time world champion Littler produced a record-breaking performance to defeat Gerwyn Price 18-9 in the final.
The 32-player event is one of the Professional Darts Corporation's (PDC) eight major events of the darting calendar.
Littler was the defending champion after winning his first Phil Taylor Trophy 12 months ago. The teenage world number one has now won the first four majors in 2026.
There was also a women's event played on the final day of the tournament on Sunday, 26 July and it was won by three-time women's world champion Beau Greaves, who defeated Fallon Sherrock 6-5 in the final to claim the trophy for the third time.
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How does the World Matchplay work?
Luke Littler averaged a record 111.04 across the tournament
The tournament consists of 32 players. They are made up of the 16 highest-ranked players from the PDC's Order of Merit and the 16 best players from this year's ProTour Order of Merit who had not yet qualified.
The draw was seeded, with the top 16-ranked players all kept apart in the opening round.
In the women's tournament, the best eight players from the Women's Series tour qualify.
Both competitions were straight knockout events, meaning winners progress and losers are eliminated.
What was the prize money?
The trophy is named after Phil Taylor, who is the World Matchplay's most successful player ever with 16 title wins
For the World Matchplay competition, the prize money has increased by £200,000 in total to £1m. In 2025, the total prize pot was at £800,000.
As winner, Littler won £225,000 in prize money, an increase of £25,000 from 12 months ago.
World Matchplay prize money
Winner - £225,000
Runner-up - £125,000
Semi-final losers - £65,000
Quarter-final losers - £35,000
Second round losers - £22,500
First round losers - £12,000
The prize pool for the women's competition was significantly increased from £25,000 to £40,000, with Greaves taking £15,000 as winner.
Through winning the tournament, Greaves also qualified for the 2026 Grand Slam of Darts and the 2027 PDC World Darts Championship.
Women's World Matchplay prize money
Winner - £15,000
Runner-up - £8,000
Semi-final losers - £4,500
Quarter-final losers - £2,000
World Matchplay Darts results
Final
(1) Luke Littler 18-9 Gerwyn Price (7)
Report: Littler wins Matchplay and smashes Taylor record
Semi-final results
(7) Gerwyn Price 17-10 Gian van Veen (3)
(1) Luke Littler 17-5 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Quarter-final results
Dirk van Duijvenbode 16-13 Gary Anderson (12)
(1) Luke Littler 16-7 Josh Rock (8)
(15) Ross Smith 12-16 Gerwyn Price (7)
(3) Gian van Veen 16-13 James Wade (6)
Round two results
(5) Jonny Clayton 7-11 Gary Anderson (12)
(4) Michael van Gerwen 12-14 Dirk van Duijvenbode
(1) Luke Littler 11-8 Nathan Aspinall (16)
(8) Josh Rock 11-6 Stephen Bunting (9)
Cameron Menzies 1-2 Ross Smith (15) - Smith progresses after Menzies withdraws with illness
(3) Gian van Veen 14-12 Wessel Nijman (14)
(7) Gerwyn Price 11-5 Rob Cross
(6) James Wade 11-8 Ryan Searle (11)
Round one results
(8) Josh Rock 10-4 Luke Woodhouse
(9) Stephen Bunting 13-12 Niels Zonneveld
(1) Luke Littler 10-6 Niko Springer
(16) Nathan Aspinall 10-5 Joe Cullen
(13) Chris Dobey 11-13 Dirk van Duijvenbode
(12) Gary Anderson 10-2 Ryan Joyce
(4) Michael van Gerwen 10-6 Andrew Gilding
(5) Jonny Clayton 10-7 Damon Heta
(11) Ryan Searle 10-6 William O'Connor
(6) James Wade 10-7 Jermaine Wattimena
(3) Gian van Veen 10-6 Krzysztof Ratajski
(14) Wessel Nijman 10-5 Dave Chisnall
(15) Ross Smith 10-6 Kevin Doets
(7) Gerwyn Price 11-9 Martin Schindler
(2) Luke Humphries 7-10 Cameron Menzies
(10) Danny Noppert 3-10 Rob Cross
Women's World Matchplay results
Beau Greaves has won the Women's World Matchplay in three of the past four years
Sunday, 26 July
Quarter-finals
(1) Beau Greaves 5-1 Kirsi Viinikainen (8)
(4) Gemma Hayter 5-4 Vicky Pruim (5)
(2) Lisa Ashton 5-2 Rhian O'Sullivan (7)
(3) Fallon Sherrock 5-0 Deta Hedman (6)
Semi-finals
(1) Beau Greaves 5-4 Gemma Hayter (4)
(2) Lisa Ashton 1-5 Fallon Sherrock (3)
Final
(1) Beau Greaves 6-5 Fallon Sherrock (3)
Report: Greaves wins Women's Matchplay in last-leg decider
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