| Skybet World Grand Prix | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 5–11 October 2009 |
| Venue | Citywest International Event & Convention Centre |
| Location | Dublin |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| Organisation(s) | PDC |
| Format | Sets "double in, double out" Final – best of 11 |
| Prize fund | £350,000 |
| Winners share | £100,000 |
| High checkout | 167 Adrian Lewis Round 2 vs Gary Anderson |
| Champion(s) | |
| Phil Taylor | |
The 2009 Skybet World Grand Prix was the twelfth instance of the darts tournament held by the Professional Darts Corporation, the World Grand Prix. It was held from October 5 to October 11. It was staged at the Citywest International Event & Convention Centre in Dublin.[1] The event featured a tournament record prize fund of £350,000 with £100,000 going to the winner.
Phil Taylor successfully defended his title, beating Raymond van Barneveld 6-3 in the final to win the World Grand Prix for the ninth time.
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The tournament's usual format was in play with the usual 501 legs double-in double-out format (the World Grand Prix remains the only televised darts tournament to use the double-in format). The first round's games were best of 3 sets - the quickfire nature of this round means shocks are frequent in this round, not least involving eight-time champion Phil Taylor who, three times, has gone out the in first round here. Second round games were best of 5 sets, the quarter finals best of 7 sets, the semi finals best of 9 sets, and the final was best of 11 sets. All sets were best of 5 legs/first to three legs.[2]
A tournament record prize fund of £350,000 was available to the participants, divided based on the following performances:
Champion - £100,000
Runner-up - £40,000
Semi-finalists - £20,500
Quarter-finalists - £12,500
Second round losers - £7,000
First round losers - £4,000
The field of 32 players was mostly made up from the top 16 players in the PDC Order of Merit on September 7, following the two Players Championship events in Salzburg, Austria. The top 8 from these rankings were also the seeded players. The remaining 16 places went to the top 12 non-qualified players from the 2009 Players Championship Order of Merit, and then to the top 4 non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from the 2009 Players Championship Order of Merit who have competed in at least six Players Championship events.
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| First Round | Second Round | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | |||||||||||
| Best of 3 sets | Best of 5 sets | Best of 7 sets | Best of 9 sets | |||||||||||
| Phil Taylor (98.33) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Brendan Dolan (86.01) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Phil Taylor (99.37) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Wayne Jones (89.31) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Wayne Jones (85.64) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Paul Nicholson (82.92) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Phil Taylor (98.59) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Adrian Lewis (89.29) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Adrian Lewis (89.15) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Thornton (74.41) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Adrian Lewis (90.86) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Anderson (85.81) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| John MaGowan (82.44) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Anderson (96.86) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Phil Taylor (99.76) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Jenkins (85.67) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Jenkins (88.39) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Wayne Mardle (69.63) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Jenkins (93.47) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Dudbridge (89.97) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Denis Ovens (83.76) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Dudbridge (89.24) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Jenkins (86.04) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Andy Smith (87.00) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Part (86.44) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Colin Lloyd (94.63) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Colin Lloyd (87.62) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Andy Smith (81.92) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Andy Smith (83.83) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Vincent van der Voort (84.59) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| James Wade (92.17) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Priestley (96.47) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Priestley (79.61) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Kevin Painter (79.83) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Kevin Painter (80.36) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Michael van Gerwen (79.23) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kevin Painter (85.76) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Andy Hamilton (87.05) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Mervyn King (85.34) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Colin Osborne (81.60) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mervyn King (84.38) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Andy Hamilton (89.51) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Andy Hamilton (89.53) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Walsh (87.55) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Andy Hamilton (88.29) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Raymond van Barneveld (87.72) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie Baxter (73.97) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Beaton (79.59) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Beaton (77.74) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Jacko Barry (80.13) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Jacko Barry (77.45) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Mick McGowan (72.33) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jacko Barry (76.44) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Raymond van Barneveld (90.85) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Raymond van Barneveld (87.06) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Alan Tabern (81.56) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Raymond van Barneveld (84.79) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Wes Newton (82.23) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Wes Newton (94.65) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Jamie Caven (85.55) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Final (Best of 11 sets) Sunday October 11th | ||
| (97.07) Phil Taylor | 6-3 | Raymond van Barneveld (86.62) |
| Highest Checkout: | Highest Checkout: | |
| Phil Taylor wins the 2009 World Grand Prix | ||
Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)
NB: Due to the double-in format of the tournament, the averages were lower than would normally be expected meaning player performance can not be as accurately inferred.
| Player | Played | Sets Won | Sets Lost | Legs Won | Legs Lost | LWAT | 100+ | 140+ | 180s | High Checkout | 3-dart Average |
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| Phil Taylor | 5 | 20 | 5 | 68 | 36 | 21 | 143 | 88 | 28 | 164 | 98.62 |
| James Wade | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 76 | 92.17 |
| Gary Anderson | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 40 | 18 | 12 | 100 | 91.34 |
| Colin Lloyd | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 45 | 23 | 3 | 156 | 91.13 |
| Adrian Lewis | 3 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 62 | 25 | 13 | 167 | 89.77 |
| Mark Dudbridge | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 33 | 15 | 13 | 88 | 89.61 |
| Andy Hamilton | 4 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 34 | 15 | 92 | 42 | 11 | 149 | 88.60 |
| Wes Newton | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 6 | 141 | 88.44 |
| Terry Jenkins | 4 | 11 | 6 | 39 | 32 | 15 | 103 | 49 | 17 | 116 | 88.39 |
| Dennis Priestley | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 4 | 125 | 88.04 |
| Mark Walsh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 84 | 87.55 |
| Wayne Jones | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 2 | 114 | 87.48 |
| Raymond van Barneveld | 5 | 17 | 11 | 59 | 59 | 17 | 149 | 58 | 24 | 130 | 87.41 |
| John Part | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 79 | 86.44 |
| Brendan Dolan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 86.01 |
| Jamie Caven | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 65 | 85.55 |
| Mervyn King | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 76 | 84.86 |
| Vincent van der Voort | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 136 | 84.59 |
| Andy Smith | 3 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 25 | 59 | 25 | 12 | 105 | 84.25 |
| Denis Ovens | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 66 | 83.76 |
| Paul Nicholson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 120 | 82.92 |
| John Magowan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 100 | 82.44 |
| Kevin Painter | 3 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 13 | 140 | 81.98 |
| Colin Osborne | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 78 | 81.60 |
| Alan Tabern | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 92 | 81.56 |
| Michael van Gerwen | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 79.23 |
| Steve Beaton | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 141 | 78.67 |
| Jacko Barry | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 63 | 24 | 4 | 92 | 78.01 |
| Robert Thornton | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 72 | 74.41 |
| Ronnie Baxter | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 73.97 |
| Mick McGowan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 72.33 |
| Wayne Mardle | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 69.63 |
As usual and since its inception the tournament was screened by Sky Sports.
The tournament was sponsored for the last time by Sky Bet after five years.
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