World Grand Prix (Darts)
World Grand Prix | |
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sport | darts |
organizer | PDC |
Tournament type | Ranking tournament |
venue | Citywest Hotel , Dublin |
Competition period | October |
Record winner | Phil Taylor (11 ×) |
reigning winner | Michael van Gerwen |
Last event | World Grand Prix 2019 |
Next event | World Grand Prix 2020 |
The World Grand Prix is one of the major tournaments in darts. It has been organized annually by the Professional Darts Corporation since 1998 . The venue has been the Citywest Hotel in Dublin since 2001 - with an interruption in 2020 .
Previously, the Casino Rooms in Rochester, Kent (in 1998 and 1999) and the Crosbie Cedars Hotel in County Wexford (in 2000) hosted the World Grand Prix.
The current title holder is the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen , who won the final against the Englishman Dave Chisnall with 5: 2 sets in October 2019 .
format
The tournament has been played in the knockout system since 2000 . This was also the case in 1998. In 1999 a group stage was played before the knockout system. In 2000 there was also a preliminary round before the final round. The tournament usually lasts around a calendar week.
Each leg is played in 501 double-in-double-out mode. This means that the respective player can only score points in each leg if he hits a double field and can only win the leg if he brings his 501 points with a double field to exactly 0 points.
In the first edition of the tournament, the tournament was played in the best of legs game mode . Since 1999 it has been consistently held in the best of sets mode.
Prize money
The prize money earned in the tournament is taken into account when calculating the Order of Merit .
It increased continuously over the years and was distributed among the participants from the round of 16 as follows:
Final results
year | winner | Result | opponent |
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1998 | Phil Taylor |
13 : 8 (legs) |
Rod Harrington |
1999 | Phil Taylor | 6 : 1 | Shayne Burgess |
2000 | Phil Taylor | 6 : 1 | Alan Warriner |
2001 | Alan Warriner | 8 : 2 | Roland Scholten |
2002 | Phil Taylor | 7 : 3 | John Part |
2003 | Phil Taylor | 7 : 2 | John Part |
2004 | Colin Lloyd | 7 : 3 | Alan Warriner |
2005 | Phil Taylor | 7 : 1 | Colin Lloyd |
2006 | Phil Taylor | 7 : 4 | Terry Jenkins |
2007 | James Wade | 6 : 3 | Terry Jenkins |
2008 | Phil Taylor | 6 : 2 | Raymond van Barneveld |
2009 | Phil Taylor | 6 : 3 | Raymond van Barneveld |
2010 | James Wade | 6 : 3 | Adrian Lewis |
2011 | Phil Taylor | 6 : 3 | Brendan Dolan |
2012 | Michael van Gerwen | 6 : 4 | Mervyn King |
2013 | Phil Taylor | 6 : 0 | Dave Chisnall |
2014 | Michael van Gerwen | 5 : 3 | James Wade |
2015 | Robert Thornton | 5 : 4 | Michael van Gerwen |
2016 | Michael van Gerwen | 5 : 2 | Gary Anderson |
2017 | Daryl Gurney | 5 : 4 | Simon Whitlock |
2018 | Michael van Gerwen | 5 : 2 | Peter Wright |
2019 | Michael van Gerwen | 5 : 2 | Dave Chisnall |
2020 |
With his eleven titles, Phil Taylor is the current record winner of the World Grand Prix.