2011 World Grand Prix (darts)

The 2011 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the fourteenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from 3–9 October 2011 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.

2011 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates3–9 October 2011
VenueCitywest Hotel
LocationDublin
Country Ireland
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets
"double in, double out"
Prize fund£350,000
Winner's share£100,000
Nine-dart finish Brendan Dolan
High checkout170 Jamie Caven
170 Brendan Dolan
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«2010 2012»

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] However, he lost the final to Phil Taylor, who won the World Grand Prix for the tenth time.[2][3]

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]

Position (num. of players) Prize Money
(Total: £350,000)
Winner (1) £100,000
Runner-Up (1) £40,000
Semi-finalists (2) £20,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £12,500
Second round losers (8) £7,000
First round losers (16) £4,000
Nine-dart finish (1) £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 (Winner)
  2. Adrian Lewis (First round)
  3. James Wade (Semi-finals)
  4. Gary Anderson (First round)
  5. Simon Whitlock (Second round)
  6. Raymond van Barneveld (Second round)
  7. Wes Newton (Second round)
  8. Mark Webster (Quarter-finals)
  9. Paul Nicholson (Second round)
  10. Terry Jenkins (First round)
  11. Andy Hamilton (First round)
  12. Mervyn King (First round)
  13. Mark Walsh (First round)
  14. Colin Lloyd (First round)
  15. Wayne Jones (First round)
  16. Ronnie Baxter (First round)
PDPA Players Championship qualifiers
  1. John Part (Second round)
  2. Vincent van der Voort (Second round)
  3. Justin Pipe (First round)
  4. Jamie Caven (First round)
  5. Andy Smith (Quarter-finals)
  6. Peter Wright (First round)
  7. Dave Chisnall (First round)
  8. Kevin Painter (First round)
  9. Denis Ovens (Second round)
  10. Richie Burnett (Semi-finals)
  11. Alan Tabern (Second round)
  12. Steve Brown (First round)
  13. Mark Hylton (Quarter-finals)
  14. John Henderson (Quarter-finals)
Irish qualifiers
  1. Brendan Dolan (Runner-Up)
  2. William O'Connor (First round)

Draw
First round (best of 3 sets)
3–4 October [6] 		Second round (best of 5 sets)
5–6 October 		Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets)
7 October 		Semi-finals (best of 9 sets)
8 October 		Final (best of 11 sets)
9 October
               
1 Phil Taylor 102.26 2
Peter Wright 93.05 1
1 Phil Taylor 92.87 3
Paul Nicholson 89.64 0
  Ronnie Baxter 87.91 0
Paul Nicholson 91.72 2
1 Phil Taylor 101.08 4
8 Mark Webster 88.98 0
8 Mark Webster 90.90 2
Andy Hamilton 79.89 1
8 Mark Webster 87.50 3
Alan Tabern 76.43 1
  Dave Chisnall 88.87 1
Alan Tabern 77.27 2
1 Phil Taylor 103.02 5
Richie Burnett 88.15 2
5 Simon Whitlock 84.85 2
Terry Jenkins 85.19 1
5 Simon Whitlock 85.71 1
Mark Hylton 85.61 3
  Mark Hylton 82.34 2
Mark Walsh 79.03 1
  Mark Hylton 85.70 1
Richie Burnett 85.98 4
4 Gary Anderson 92.78 1
Richie Burnett 84.75 2
  Richie Burnett 88.38 3
Denis Ovens 81.17 1
  Jamie Caven 77.25 0
Denis Ovens 82.42 2
1 Phil Taylor 90.29 6
Brendan Dolan 84.68 3
2 Adrian Lewis 86.30 1
John Part 81.94 2
  John Part 84.77 1
Brendan Dolan 87.12 3
  Brendan Dolan 90.11 2
Wayne Jones 80.14 0
  Brendan Dolan 90.11 4
John Henderson 83.46 1
7 Wes Newton 89.77 2
Colin Lloyd 80.45 1
7 Wes Newton 80.50 2
John Henderson 77.59 3
  Justin Pipe 76.34 0
John Henderson 81.44 2
Brendan Dolan 87.58 5
3 James Wade 86.73 2
6 Raymond van Barneveld 87.04 2
Mervyn King 85.59 0
6 Raymond van Barneveld 82.28 1
Andy Smith 84.05 3
  William O'Connor 86.21 0
Andy Smith 86.21 2
Andy Smith 85.78 2
3 James Wade 88.19 4
3 James Wade 75.02 2
Steve Brown 76.77 0
3 James Wade 88.62 3
Vincent van der Voort 89.70 2
  Vincent van der Voort 86.42 2
Kevin Painter 82.82 0

Television coverage and sponsorship

The tournament was 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. Archived from the original on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  2. "Taylor Claims Tenth Dublin Title". PDC.tv. 9 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  3. "Phil Taylor wins 10th World Grand Prix darts title". BBC Sport. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  4. "PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix NetZone". PDC.tv. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  5. "World Grand Prix Draw Made". PDC.tv. 26 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  6. "Averages for all rounds". Darts Database. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.