World Grand Prix 2009 (Darts)

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World Grand Prix 2009

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Tournament status

Tournament type Ranking tournament
organizer PDC
venue Citywest Hotel , Dublin
Tournament dates
Defending champion EnglandEngland Phil Taylor
Attendees 32
Opening game October 5, 2009
Endgame October 11, 2009
Prize money (total) £ 350,000
Prize money (winner) £ 100,000
winner EnglandEngland Phil Taylor
statistics

highest
finish
167 points from Adrian Lewis
EnglandEngland
2008
 
2010

The World Grand Prix was a major tournament in darts and was held from October 5th to 11th, 2009 for the twelfth time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). The venue for the ninth time was the Citywest Hotel in Dublin .

The defending champion was Phil Taylor , who won the tournament again for the ninth time.

format

The tournament was played in a knockout system . Game mode in the 1st round was a best of 3 sets . In the final a best of 11 sets . Each leg was played in 501 double-in-double-out mode.

Prize money

A total of £ 350,000 in prize money was distributed, £ 100,000 more than last year. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players) Prize money
winner (1) £ 100,000
finalist (1) £ 40,000
Semi-finalists (2) £ 20,000
Quarter finalists (4) £ 12,500
Round of 16 players (8th) £ 7,000
1st round loser (16) £ 4,000
£ 350,000

qualification

The following players were qualified for the World Grand Prix 2009:

  • The first 16 players of the Order of Merit , of which the first 8 were seeded
  • The first 12 players in the PDPA Players Championships Order of Merit who were not already eligible to participate via the Order of Merit
  • The 4 best-placed players in the PDPA Players Championships Order of Merit from Ireland and Northern Ireland who did not meet either of the above criteria and who had participated in at least six Players Championships tournaments

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. EnglandEngland Phil Taylor victory
02. EnglandEngland James Wade 1 round
03. NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld final
04th CanadaCanada John Part 1 round
No. player Round reached
05. EnglandEngland Terry Jenkins Semifinals

06th EnglandEngland Ronnie Baxter 1 round

07th EnglandEngland Mervyn King Round of 16

08th. EnglandEngland Adrian Lewis Quarter finals

Results

  1st round 5-6 Oct. 2009
best of 3 sets
Round of 16 7th – 8th Oct. 2009
best of 5 sets
Quarterfinals Oct. 9, 2009
best of 7 sets
Semi-finals Oct. 10, 2009
best of 9 sets
Finale October 11, 2009
best of 11 sets
                                               
1  EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 98.33 2                
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Brendan Dolan 86.01 0  
1  EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 99.37 3
   EnglandEngland Wayne Jones 89.31 0  
 EnglandEngland Wayne Jones 85.64 2
 AustraliaAustralia Paul Nicholson 82.92 1  
1  EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 98.59 4th
  8th  EnglandEngland Adrian Lewis 89.29 0  
8th  EnglandEngland Adrian Lewis 89.15 2    
 ScotlandScotland Robert Thornton 74.41 0  
8th  EnglandEngland Adrian Lewis 90.86 3
   ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 85.81 2  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland John MaGowan 82.44 0
 ScotlandScotland Gary Anderson 96.86 2  
1  EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 99.76 5
  5  EnglandEngland Terry Jenkins 85.67 2  
5  EnglandEngland Terry Jenkins 88.39 2
 EnglandEngland Wayne Mardle 69.63 0  
5  EnglandEngland Terry Jenkins 93.47 3
   EnglandEngland Mark Dudbridge 89.97 1  
 EnglandEngland Denis Ovens 83.76 1
 EnglandEngland Mark Dudbridge 89.24 2  
5  EnglandEngland Terry Jenkins 86.04 4th
   EnglandEngland Andy Smith 87.00 0  
4th  CanadaCanada John Part 86.44 0    
 EnglandEngland Colin Lloyd 94.63 2  
 EnglandEngland Colin Lloyd 87.62 2
   EnglandEngland Andy Smith 81.92 3  
 EnglandEngland Andy Smith 83.83 2
 NetherlandsNetherlands Vincent van der Voort 84.59 1  
1  EnglandEngland Phil Taylor 97.07 6th
3  NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 86.62 3
2  EnglandEngland James Wade 92.17 1
 EnglandEngland Dennis Priestley 96.47 2  
 EnglandEngland Dennis Priestley 79.61 1
   EnglandEngland Kevin Painter 79.83 3  
 EnglandEngland Kevin Painter 80.36 2
 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van Gerwen 79.23 0  
 EnglandEngland Kevin Painter 85.76 1
   EnglandEngland Andy Hamilton 87.05 4th  
7th  EnglandEngland Mervyn King 85.34 2    
 EnglandEngland Colin Osborne 81.60 0  
7th  EnglandEngland Mervyn King 84.38 0
   EnglandEngland Andy Hamilton 89.51 3  
 EnglandEngland Andy Hamilton 89.53 2
 EnglandEngland Mark Walsh 87.55 1  
 EnglandEngland Andy Hamilton 88.29 2
  3  NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 87.72 5  
6th  EnglandEngland Ronnie Baxter 73.97 0
 EnglandEngland Steve Beaton 79.59 2  
 EnglandEngland Steve Beaton 77.74 2
   IrelandIreland Jason Barry 80.13 3  
 IrelandIreland Jason Barry 77.45 2
 IrelandIreland Mick McGowan 72.33 0  
 IrelandIreland Jason Barry 76.44 0
  3  NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 90.85 4th  
3  NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 87.06 2    
 EnglandEngland Alan Tabern 81.56 1  
3  NetherlandsNetherlands Raymond van Barneveld 84.79 3
   EnglandEngland Wes Newton 82.23 2  
 EnglandEngland Wes Newton 94.65 2
 EnglandEngland Jamie Caven 85.55 0  

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. World Grand Prix 2009 (Darts) in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)