2024 World Matchplay

The 2024 Betfred World Matchplay was the 31st annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, from 13 to 21 July 2024.

Nathan Aspinall was the defending champion, having defeated Jonny Clayton 18–6 in the 2023 final, but was eliminated in the second round, losing 8–11 to James Wade.

The 2024 Women's World Matchplay also took place during the event, being held on the afternoon of 21 July.

Luke Humphries won his first World Matchplay title, beating Michael van Gerwen 18–15 in the final.

Prize money
The prize fund is expected to remain at £800,000, with £200,000 going to the winner.

Format
All games have to be won by two clear legs, with a game being extended if necessary for a maximum of six extra legs before a tie-break leg is required. For example, in a first to 10 legs first round match, if the score reaches 12–12 then the 25th leg will be the decider.

The first round is played first to 10 legs, second round first to 11 legs, quarter-finals first to 16 legs, semi-finals first to 17 legs and final first to 18 legs.

Qualification
The top 16 players on the PDC Order of Merit at the cut-off point on 7 July will be seeded for the tournament. The top 16 players on the ProTour Order of Merit, not to have already qualified on the cut-off date will be unseeded.

Gian van Veen, Luke Littler, Ricardo Pietreczko, Ritchie Edhouse and Luke Woodhouse will make their World Matchplay debuts.

The following players qualified for the tournament:

PDC Order of Merit

 * 1)  (champion)
 * 2)  (runner-up)
 * 3)  (semi-finals)
 * 4)  (second round)
 * 5)  (second round)
 * 6)  (quarter-finals)
 * 7)  (first round)
 * 8)  (second round)
 * 9)  (quarter-finals)
 * 10)  (first round)
 * 11)  (first round)
 * 12)  (first round)
 * 13)  (quarter-finals)
 * 14)  (second round)
 * 15)  (second round)
 * 16)  (second round)

PDC ProTour Qualifiers

 * 1)  (first round)
 * 2)  (first round)
 * 3)  (second round)
 * 4)  (first round)
 * 5)  (first round)
 * 6)  (first round)
 * 7)  (first round)
 * 8)  (first round)
 * 9)  (first round)
 * 10)  (first round)
 * 11)  (first round)
 * 12)  (first round)
 * 13)  (second round)
 * 14)  (first round)
 * 15)  (quarter-finals)
 * 16)  (semi-finals)

Top averages
The table lists all players who achieved an average of at least 100 in a match. In the case one player has multiple records, this is indicated by the number in brackets.