The 2023 World Matchplay (known as the 2023 Betfred World Matchplay), was the 30th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, from 15 to 23 July 2023.
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, after winning his third World Matchplay title in 2022, defeating Gerwyn Price 18–14, but was eliminated in the first round, losing 7–10 to Brendan Dolan.
Nathan Aspinall won his first World Matchplay title and second Premier title overall, defeating Jonny Clayton 18–6 in the final.
The 2023 Women's World Matchplay also took place during the event, as Beau Greaves won her first televised championship by defeating Mikuru Suzuki 6–1 in the final.
Prize money
The prize fund remained at £800,000, with £200,000 going to the winner.
Format
All matches had to be won by two clear legs, with a match 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 had reached 12–12 then the 25th leg would have been the decider.
Qualification
The top 16 players on the PDC Order of Merit at the cut-off point on 11 July were seeded for the tournament. The top 16 players on the ProTour Order of Merit, not to have already qualified on the cut-off date were unseeded.
The following players qualified for the tournament:
PDC Order of Merit
(second round) (second round) (first round) (second round) (first round) (semi-finals) (runner-up) (second round) (champion) (second round) (second round) (first round) (semi-finals) (quarter-finals) (quarter-finals) (first round)
PDC ProTour Qualifiers
(first round) (first round) (first round) (first round) (first round) (first round) (second round) (first round) (first round) (quarter-finals) (first round) (quarter-finals) (first round) (first round) (second round) (first round)
Schedule
Draw
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.