The Facts
- Rock is ranked World Ranking: 8. Joyce is ranked World Ranking: 25.
- Both players have been playing unpredictably.
- Rock may have a physical advantage due to more rest days in recent times.
- Rock might have a minor edge in this game.
- In the last 4 head-to-head matches, Rock won 3 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 1 match, and goals 14:10. (average 3.5:2.5).
Draw
1/16-finals
| 1 | Littler L. (1) | Woodhouse L. | 1 : 2 |
| 2 | Aspinall N. (16) | Doets K. | 2 : 1 |
| 3 | Noppert D. (8) | Springer N. | 2 : 1 |
| 4 | van Gerwen M. (9) | Joyce R. | 1 : 2 |
| 5 | Price G. (4) | Bialecki S. | 2 : 0 |
| 6 | Smith R. (13) | Menzies C. | 2 : 1 |
| 7 | Clayton J. (5) | Ratajski K. | 2 : 1 |
| 8 | Nijman W. (12) | Cross R. | 2 : 0 |
| 9 | Humphries L. (2) | Chisnall D. | 2 : 0 |
| 10 | Dobey C. (15) | Wattimena J. | 0 : 2 |
| 11 | Rock J. (7) | Zonneveld N. | 1 : 2 |
| 12 | Anderson G. (10) | Heta D. | 2 : 1 |
| 13 | van Veen G. (3) | van Duijvenbode D. | 2 : 0 |
| 14 | Searle R. (14) | O'Connor W. | 2 : 1 |
| 15 | Wade J. (6) | Cullen J. | 2 : 1 |
| 16 | Bunting S. (11) | Gilding A. | 2 : 1 |
1/8-finals
Quarter-finals
| 1 | Aspinall N. (16) | Joyce R. | 3 : 0 |
| 2 | Price G. (4) | Clayton J. (5) | 3 : 2 |
| 3 | Humphries L. (2) | Zonneveld N. | 3 : 0 |
| 4 | van Veen G. (3) | Wade J. (6) | 0 : 3 |
Semi-finals
| 1 | Aspinall N. (16) | Price G. (4) | 2 : 5 |
| 2 | Humphries L. (2) | Wade J. (6) | 5 : 3 |
Final
| 1 | Price G. (4) | Humphries L. (2) | 4 : 6 |






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