2014 World Grand Prix (darts)

PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates 6–12 October
Venue Citywest Hotel
Location Dublin
Country Republic of Ireland
Organisation(s) PDC
Format

Sets

"double in, double out"
Prize fund £400,000
Winners share £100,000
Nine dart finish England James Wade
Scotland Robert Thornton
High checkout 170 Belgium Kim Huybrechts
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«2013 2015»

The 2014 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the seventeenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from October 6 to 12 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin. After discussion with broadcaster Sky the semi-finals and final format has been shortened to best of 7 and best of 9, instead of 9 and 11.[1]

Phil Taylor was the defending champion having won his 11th Grand Prix title with a 6–0 defeat over Dave Chisnall, but he lost 3–1 to James Wade in the quarter-finals.[2] Wade threw the second ever double-start nine-dart finish in his second round match against Robert Thornton. Incredibly, Thornton repeated the feat a few legs later with the two players becoming the first to both hit nine darters in the same match in the history of darts.[3] Michael van Gerwen won his second World Grand Prix title by defeating Wade 5–3 in the final.[4]

Prize money

The total prize money was increased to £400,000 after being £350,000 for the previous five editions of this event. The following is the breakdown of the fund:[5]

Position (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £100,000
Runner-up (1) £45,000
Semi-finalist (2) £23,500
Quarter-finalist (4) £15,000
Second round losers (8) £8,500
First round losers (16) £5,000
Nine-dart finish (2) £5,000

Qualification

The field of 32 players were made up from the top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit on September 16. The remaining 16 places went to the top 14 non-qualified players from the ProTour Order of Merit and then to the top 2 non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from the 2014 ProTour Order of Merit. The top eight players were seeded in the tournament.

PDC Top 16
  1. Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (Winner)
  2. England Phil Taylor (Quarter-finals)
  3. England Adrian Lewis (Second round)
  4. Scotland Peter Wright (Second round)
  5. Australia Simon Whitlock (First round)
  6. Scotland Gary Anderson (Semi-finals)
  7. England James Wade (Final)
  8. England Dave Chisnall (First round)
  9. Scotland Robert Thornton (Second round)
  10. England Mervyn King (Quarter-finals)
  11. England Andy Hamilton (First round)
  12. England Wes Newton (First round)
  13. Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan (First round)
  14. England Justin Pipe (First round)
  15. Belgium Kim Huybrechts (First round)
  16. England Ian White (First round)
PDPA Players Championship qualifiers
  1. England Michael Smith (First round)
  2. Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (First round)
  3. England Steve Beaton (First round)
  4. England Jamie Caven (First round)
  5. England Terry Jenkins (Second round)
  6. England Stephen Bunting (Semi-finals)
  7. England Dean Winstanley (Second round)
  8. England Kevin Painter (Quarter-finals)
  9. England Ronnie Baxter (First round)
  10. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (Second round)
  11. England Darren Webster (First round)
  12. England Andrew Gilding (Second round)
  13. England Andy Smith (First round)
  14. Wales Richie Burnett (Quarter-finals)
Irish qualifiers
  1. Northern Ireland Michael Mansell (Second round)
  2. Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney (First round)

Draw

The draw was made on 21 September 2014.[6]

First round (best of 3 sets)

6–7 October
[7][8]

Second round (best of 5 sets)

8–9 October
[9][10]

Quarter-finals (best of 5 sets)

10 October
[11]

Semi-finals (best of 7 sets)

11 October
[12]

Final (best of 9 sets)

12 October
[13]

               
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 94.51 2
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 84.36 0
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 98.06 3
England Dean Winstanley 91.82 1
  England Michael Smith 82.81 1
England Dean Winstanley 93.00 2
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 89.48 3
England Mervyn King 86.04 2
8 England Dave Chisnall 89.36 1
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 93.69 2
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 71.54 1
  England Mervyn King 80.18 3
  England Wes Newton 83.00 1
England Mervyn King 79.71 2
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 93.80 4
England Stephen Bunting 86.20 0
5 Australia Simon Whitlock 85.98 1
Wales Richie Burnett 83.17 2
Wales Richie Burnett 92.61 3
  England Terry Jenkins 88.40 1
  Belgium Kim Huybrechts 86.62 0
England Terry Jenkins 95.12 2
  Wales Richie Burnett 83.30 1
England Stephen Bunting 93.83 3
4 Scotland Peter Wright 95.25 2
England Jamie Caven 78.51 1
4 Scotland Peter Wright 95.04 2
England Stephen Bunting 93.30 3
  England Ronnie Baxter 76.99 0
England Stephen Bunting 81.87 2
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 90.81 5
7 England James Wade 89.26 3
2 England Phil Taylor 85.84 2
England Steve Beaton 74.67 0
2 England Phil Taylor 92.21 3
England Andrew Gilding 83.76 1
  England Darren Webster 86.71 0
England Andrew Gilding 85.11 2
2 England Phil Taylor 93.88 1
7 England James Wade 90.39 3
7 England James Wade 94.14 2
England Andy Smith 85.68 0
7 England James Wade 92.53 3
Scotland Robert Thornton 94.11 2
  Scotland Robert Thornton 88.13 2
England Justin Pipe 80.43 0
7 England James Wade 94.03 4
6 Scotland Gary Anderson 93.66 3
6 Scotland Gary Anderson 98.54 2
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 91.87 0
6 Scotland Gary Anderson 93.06 3
Northern Ireland Michael Mansell 81.95 1
  England Ian White 80.72 0
Northern Ireland Michael Mansell 80.80 2
6 Scotland Gary Anderson 92.55 3
  England Kevin Painter 90.87 2
3 England Adrian Lewis 88.00 2
Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 85.65 1
3 England Adrian Lewis 89.76 2
England Kevin Painter 87.56 3
  England Andy Hamilton 80.34 1
England Kevin Painter 79.04 2

References

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