World Grand Prix 2017 (Darts)

World Grand Prix 2017
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Citywest Hotel , Dublin
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Michael van Gerwen
Attendees	32
Opening game	October 1, 2017
Endgame	October 7, 2017
Prize money (total)	£ 400,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 100,000
winner	Daryl Gurney
statistics
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The World Grand Prix 2017 is a major tournament in darts and was organized for the 20th time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from October 1st to 7th . The venue for the 17th time was the Citywest Hotel in Dublin .

The tournament was won by Northern Irishman Daryl Gurney , who prevailed in the final with 5: 4 sets against Australian Simon Whitlock .

format

The tournament was played in the knockout system in sets , which in turn were divided into a best of five legs mode. The number of sets to be won increased per round. Game mode in the 1st round was a best of 3 sets . By the finale, the mode rose to best of 9 sets . Each leg was played in 501 double-in-double-out mode.

Prize money

As in the previous year, a total of £ 400,000 in prize money was distributed. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 100,000
finalist	(1)	£ 45,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 23,500
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 15,000
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 8,500
1st round loser	(16)	£ 5,000
		£ 400,000

Attendees

The following players were eligible to participate in the World Grand Prix 2017 (deadline: September 11th, after the German Darts Grand Prix 2017 ):

• The first 16 players of the Order of Merit , of which the first 8 were seeded ¹
• The first 16 players in the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit who were not already eligible to participate via the Order of Merit

PDC Order of Merit

1. Michael van Gerwen
2. Mark Webster ²
3. Peter Wright
4. Adrian Lewis
5. Dave Chisnall
6. Scale length Suljović
7. Michael Smith
8. Raymond van Barneveld
9. Jelle Klaasen
10. James Wade
11. Daryl Gurney
12. Kim Huybrechts
13. Ian White
14. Benito van de Pas
15. Simon Whitlock
16. Robert Thornton

Pro Tour Order of Merit

1. Rob Cross
2. Alan Norris
3. Joe Cullen
4. Mervyn King
5. Gerwyn Price
6. Steve Beaton
7. Kyle Anderson
8. Cristo Reyes
9. Darren Webster
10. Stephen Bunting
11. Christian Kist
12. John Henderson
13. Justin Pipe
14. Steve West
15. Richard North
16. Ronny Huybrechts

¹The originally qualified Phil Taylor withdrew his participation due to his imminent end of career, Robert Thornton moved up for him.

² Gary Anderson canceled the tournament at short notice due to the birth of his child and was replaced by Mark Webster.

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01. Michael van Gerwen 1 round 02. Mark Webster 1 round 03. Peter Wright Quarter finals 04th Adrian Lewis 1 round

No. player Round reached 05. Dave Chisnall Round of 16 06th Scale length Suljović Semifinals 07th Michael Smith 1 round 08th. Raymond van Barneveld Quarter finals

Results

	Round 1 1st – 2nd Oct. 2017 best of 3 sets					Round of 16 3rd – 4th Oct. 2017 best of 5 sets					Quarterfinals Oct. 5, 2017 best of 5 sets					Semi-finals Oct. 6, 2017 best of 7 sets					Finale October 7, 2017 best of 9 sets
	1	Michael van Gerwen 87.64	1
		John Henderson 76.08	2
							John Henderson 87.1	3
							Alan Norris 82.78	1
		Alan Norris 81.72	2
		Justin Pipe 81.53	1
												John Henderson 81.83	3
											8th	Raymond van Barneveld 83.33	1
	8th	Raymond van Barneveld 90.21	2
		Kyle Anderson 86.6	0
						8th	Raymond van Barneveld 84.95	3
							Steve Beaton 78.79	0
		Steve Beaton 89.59	2
		Rob Cross 85.59	0
																	John Henderson 83.88	1
																	Daryl Gurney 83.42	4th
	5	Dave Chisnall 101.1	2
		Jelle Klaasen 84.05	0
							Dave Chisnall 90.98	2
							Robert Thornton 91.02	3
		Robert Thornton 78.93	2
		Kim Huybrechts 85.82	1
												Robert Thornton 82.1	2
												Daryl Gurney 86.47	3
	4th	Adrian Lewis 87.49	1
		Daryl Gurney 90.09	2
							Daryl Gurney 89.13	3
							Joe Cullen 85.39	1
		Joe Cullen 91.62	2
		Darren Webster 87.16	1
																						Daryl Gurney 88.5	5
																						Simon Whitlock 83.53	4th
	2	Mark Webster 78.41	0
		Richard North 75.21	2
							Richard North 83.77	0
							Simon Whitlock 86.1	3
		Simon Whitlock 89.31	2
		Christian Kist 81.65	1
												Simon Whitlock 86.98	3
												Benito van de Pas 76.88	0
	7th	Michael Smith 80.7	1
		Gerwyn Price 86.36	2
							Gerwyn Price 91.14	0
							Benito van de Pas 95.13	3
		Benito van de Pas 83.59	2
		Cristo Reyes 84.47	1
																	Simon Whitlock 86.03	4th
																6th	Scale length Suljović 92.92	3
	6th	Scale length Suljović 85.89	2
		Ian White 85.34	1
						6th	Scale length Suljović 87.83	3
							Steve West 84.66	0
		Steve West 85.08	2
		James Wade 85.67	0
											6th	Scale length Suljović 90.89	3
											3	Peter Wright 91.74	1
	3	Peter Wright 95.9	2
		Stephen Bunting 83.58	1
						3	Peter Wright 94.0	3
							Mervyn King 85.66	1
		Mervyn King 85.36	2
		Ronny Huybrechts 81.83	0

transmission

In German-speaking countries, the broadcaster DAZN broadcast the tournament.

Internationally, all games were also broadcast directly by the PDC on livepdc.tv.

Web links

• World Grand Prix at Dartn

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Grand Prix 2017 (Darts) in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
2. ↑ Report on pdc.tv accessed on September 12, 2017