2011 World Grand Prix (darts)

PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates October 3 – 9
Venue Citywest Hotel
Location Dublin
Country Republic of Ireland
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Sets

"double in, double out"
Prize fund £350,000
Nine dart finish Brendan Dolan
Semi Final
vs James Wade
High checkout 170 Jamie Caven
Round 1
vs Denis Ovens

The 2011 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the fourteenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from October 3 to 9.

James Wade was the defending champion. However he lost in the semi finals to Brendan Dolan who had the unique achievement of becoming the first player to achieve a televised nine dart finish during a leg in which the players had to start on a double.[1] The tournament was won by Phil Taylor for the tenth time.[2][3]

Contents

Prize money

The total prize fund was £350,000. This was the same for the third World Grand Prix tournament. The following was the breakdown of the fund:[4]

Champion – £100,000
Runner-up – £40,000
Semi-finalists – £20,000
Quarter-finalists – £12,500
Second round losers – £7,000
First round losers – £4,000
Nine-Dart-finish – £5,000

Qualification

The field of 32 players were mostly made up from the top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit on September 19, two weeks after the two Players Championships in Derby. The top 8 from these rankings were also the seeded players. The remaining 16 places went to the top 14 non-qualified players from the Players Championship Order of Merit (which was increased by two,) and then to the top 2 non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from the 2011 Players Championship Order of Merit who competed in at least six Players Championship events (reduced by two).[5]

PDC Top 16
  1. Phil Taylor
  2. Adrian Lewis
  3. James Wade
  4. Gary Anderson
  5. Simon Whitlock
  6. Raymond van Barneveld
  7. Wes Newton
  8. Mark Webster
  9. Paul Nicholson
  10. Terry Jenkins
  11. Andy Hamilton
  12. Mervyn King
  13. Mark Walsh
  14. Colin Lloyd
  15. Wayne Jones
  16. Ronnie Baxter
PDPA Players Championship qualifiers
  1. John Part
  2. Vincent van der Voort
  3. Justin Pipe
  4. Jamie Caven
  5. Andy Smith
  6. Peter Wright
  7. Dave Chisnall
  8. Kevin Painter
  9. Denis Ovens
  10. Richie Burnett
  11. Alan Tabern
  12. Steve Brown
  13. Mark Hylton
  14. John Henderson
Irish qualifiers
  1. Brendan Dolan
  2. William O'Connor

Draw

  Round 1 (best of 3 sets)
October 3 – 4		 Round 2 (best of 5 sets)
5 – 6 October		 Quarter Finals (best of 7 sets)
October 7		 Semi Finals (best of 9 sets)
October 8		 Final (best of 11 sets)
October 9
                                               
1   Phil Taylor 2  
  Peter Wright 1  
  1   Phil Taylor 3  
    Paul Nicholson 0  
  Ronnie Baxter 0
  Paul Nicholson 2  
  1   Phil Taylor 4  
  8   Mark Webster 0  
8   Mark Webster 2  
  Andy Hamilton 1  
  8   Mark Webster 3
    Alan Tabern 1  
  Dave Chisnall 1
  Alan Tabern 2  
  1   Phil Taylor 5  
    Richie Burnett 2  
5   Simon Whitlock 2  
  Terry Jenkins 1  
  5   Simon Whitlock 1
    Mark Hylton 3  
  Mark Hylton 2
  Mark Walsh 1  
    Mark Hylton 1
    Richie Burnett 4  
4   Gary Anderson 1  
  Richie Burnett 2  
    Richie Burnett 3
    Denis Ovens 1  
  Jamie Caven 0
  Denis Ovens 2  
1   Phil Taylor 6
  Brendan Dolan 3
2   Adrian Lewis 1  
  John Part 2  
    John Part 1  
    Brendan Dolan 3  
  Brendan Dolan 2
  Wayne Jones 0  
    Brendan Dolan 4  
    John Henderson 1  
7   Wes Newton 2  
  Colin Lloyd 1  
  7   Wes Newton 2
    John Henderson 3  
  Justin Pipe 0
  John Henderson 2  
    Brendan Dolan 5
  3   James Wade 2  
6   Raymond van Barneveld 2  
  Mervyn King 0  
  6   Raymond van Barneveld 1
    Andy Smith 3  
  William O'Connor 0
  Andy Smith 2  
    Andy Smith 2
  3   James Wade 4  
3   James Wade 2  
  Steve Brown 0  
  3   James Wade 3
    Vincent van der Voort 2  
  Vincent van der Voort 2
  Kevin Painter 0  

Statistics

Player Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
Phil Taylor 2 5 1 16 8 6 33 19 5 164 97.56
Peter Wright 1 1 2 5 7 2 14 8 5 115 93.05
Ronnie Baxter 1 0 2 2 6 2 6 9 1 85 87.91
Paul Nicholson 2 2 3 9 11 3 25 14 4 71 90.68
Mark Webster 2 5 2 18 9 6 44 10 3 142 89.20
Andy Hamilton 1 1 2 5 8 0 13 7 1 74 79.89
Dave Chisnall 1 1 2 7 7 1 10 11 8 105 88.87
Alan Tabern 2 3 4 11 17 2 33 14 1 101 77.07
Simon Whitlock 2 3 4 15 14 6 28 22 7 158 85.28
Terry Jenkins 1 1 2 4 8 1 22 4 2 36 85.19
Mark Hylton 2 5 2 16 12 7 37 21 6 106 83.97
Mark Walsh 1 1 2 5 6 2 20 5 1 121 79.03
Gary Anderson 1 1 2 6 6 1 14 10 5 125 92.78
Richie Burnett 2 5 2 17 13 5 30 23 6 101 86.55
Jamie Caven 1 0 2 3 6 2 8 8 2 170 77.25
Denis Ovens 2 3 3 13 14 5 32 23 3 86 81.79
Adrian Lewis 1 1 2 6 6 2 17 9 1 100 86.30
John Part 2 3 4 12 15 4 27 19 3 130 83.35
Brendan Dolan 3 9 2 27 18 11 61 32 11 161 89.11
Wayne Jones 1 0 2 3 6 1 7 3 3 74 80.14
Wes Newton 2 4 4 19 14 10 31 19 8 110 85.13
Colin Lloyd 1 1 2 3 8 1 15 7 0 20 80.45
Justin Pipe 1 0 2 4 6 1 16 5 2 110 76.34
John Henderson 3 6 6 26 27 13 71 36 7 160 80.83
Raymond van Barneveld 2 3 3 12 12 3 27 16 4 160 84.66
Mervyn King 1 0 2 3 6 0 14 6 0 116 85.59
William O'Connor 1 0 2 2 6 1 11 6 0 40 84.46
Andy Smith 2 5 1 15 8 6 31 17 6 83 85.13
James Wade 2 5 2 19 10 9 35 21 3 142 81.82
Steve Brown 1 0 2 1 6 0 8 6 0 74 76.77
Vincent van der Voort 2 4 3 15 15 8 33 23 5 105 88.06
Kevin Painter 1 0 2 2 6 1 11 7 1 60 82.82

Television coverage and sponsorship

The tournament was be screened by Sky Sports in high definition.

PartyPoker.com sponsored the event for the first time, taking over from Bodog after just one year.

References

  1. ^ "PartyPoker.com WGP Semi-Finals". PDC.tv. 8 October 2011. http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2476279,00.html. Retrieved 9 October 2011. 
  2. ^ "Taylor Claims Tenth Dublin Title". PDC.tv. 9 October 2011. http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2476918,00.html. Retrieved 9 October 2011. 
  3. ^ "Phil Taylor wins 10th World Grand Prix darts title". BBC Sport. 10 October 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/darts/15236466.stm. Retrieved 10 October 2011. 
  4. ^ "PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix NetZone". PDC.tv. http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~2468515,00.html. Retrieved 9 October 2011. 
  5. ^ "World Grand Prix Draw Made". PDC.tv. 26 September 2011. http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~2462751,00.html. Retrieved 9 October 2011. 

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