2009 World Grand Prix (darts)

December 2011 2009 Skybet World Grand Prix 5–11 October 2009 Citywest Hotel Dublin, Ireland Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Sets"double in, double out"Final – best of 11 £350,000 £100,000 167 Adrian Lewis Phil Taylor ENG 2008 2010 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 5 to 11 October 2009. It was staged at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.Venue Boost For World Grand Prix https://web.archive.org/web/20090911190548/http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1790581,00.html 2009-09-11 obtained 02-10-2009 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. Format 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 in the 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.Skybet World Grand Prix Schedule of Play https://web.archive.org/web/20090923210343/http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1799196,00.html 2009-09-23 obtained 02-10-2009 Prize money A tournament record prize fund of £350,000 was available to the participants, divided based on the following performances: Position (num. of players) Prize money(Total: £350,000)Winner (1) £100,000Runner-Up (1) £40,000Semi-finalists (2) £20,000Quarter-finalists (4) £12,500Second round losers (8) £7,000First round losers (16) £4,000 Qualification 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.Skybet World Grand Prix Field http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1790276,00.html Planet Darts September 7, 2009 January 21, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20091126174458/http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1790276,00.html November 26, 2009 dead PDC Top 16 ENG Phil Taylor (winner) ENG James Wade (first round) NED Raymond van Barneveld (runner-up) CAN John Part (first round) ENG Terry Jenkins (semi-finals) ENG Ronnie Baxter (first round) ENG Mervyn King (second round) ENG Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals) ENG Colin Lloyd (second round) ENG Dennis Priestley (second round) ENG Alan Tabern (first round) ENG Colin Osborne (first round) ENG Mark Walsh (first round) ENG Wayne Mardle (first round) ENG Kevin Painter (quarter-finals) ENG Andy Hamilton (semi-finals)PDPA Players Championship qualifiers SCO Gary Anderson (second round) SCO Robert Thornton (first round) ENG Jamie Caven (first round) ENG Steve Beaton (second round) ENG Wayne Jones (second round) ENG Andy Smith (quarter-finals) NED Vincent van der Voort (first round) ENG Mark Dudbridge (second round) NED Michael van Gerwen (first round) AUS Paul Nicholson (first round) ENG Wes Newton (second round) ENG Denis Ovens (first round)Irish qualifiers NIR Brendan Dolan (first round) NIR John MaGowan (first round) IRE Mick McGowan (first round) IRE Jacko Barry (quarter-finals) Draw First round (best of 3 sets)5–6 OctoberSkybet World Grand Prix - Monday http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1818765,00.html Planet Darts October 5, 2009 January 22, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20091128082856/http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1818765,00.html November 28, 2009 deadSkybet World Grand Prix - Tuesday http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1819570,00.html Planet Darts October 6, 2009 January 22, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20091228021609/http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1819570,00.html December 28, 2009 dead Second round (best of 5 sets)7–8 OctoberSkybet World Grand Prix - Weds http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1820667,00.html Planet Darts October 7, 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120916222339/http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0%2C%2C10180~1820667%2C00.html September 16, 2012 Skybet World Grand Prix - Thurs http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1821645,00.html Planet Darts October 8, 2009 January 22, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20091126015016/http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1821645,00.html November 26, 2009 dead Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets)9 OctoberSkybet World Grand Prix - Friday http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1822529,00.html Planet Darts October 9, 2009 January 22, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20091129062858/http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1822529,00.html November 29, 2009 dead Semi-finals (best of 9 sets)10 OctoberSkybet World Grand Prix Semis http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1823157,00.html Planet Darts October 10, 2009 January 22, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20091228040103/http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1823157,00.html December 28, 2009 dead Final (best of 11 sets)11 OctoberBattling Taylor's Dublin Joy http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1823584,00.html Planet Darts October 11, 2009 January 22, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20100331125129/http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1823584,00.html March 31, 2010 dead 200 1 England Phil Taylor 98.33 2 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 86.01 0   England Wayne Jones 85.64 2 Australia Paul Nicholson 82.92 1 8 England Adrian Lewis 89.15 2 Scotland Robert Thornton 74.41 0   Northern Ireland John MaGowan 82.44 0 Scotland Gary Anderson 96.86 2 5 England Terry Jenkins 88.39 2 England Wayne Mardle 69.63 0   England Denis Ovens 83.76 1 England Mark Dudbridge 89.24 2 4 Canada John Part 86.44 0 England Colin Lloyd 94.63 2   England Andy Smith 83.83 2 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 84.59 1 2 England James Wade 92.17 1 England Dennis Priestley 96.47 2   England Kevin Painter 80.36 2 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 79.23 0 7 England Mervyn King 85.34 2 England Colin Osborne 81.60 0   England Andy Hamilton 89.53 2 England Mark Walsh 87.55 1 6 England Ronnie Baxter 73.97 0 England Steve Beaton 79.59 2   Republic of Ireland Jacko Barry 77.45 2 Republic of Ireland Mick McGowan 72.33 0 3 NED Raymond van Barneveld 87.06 2 England Alan Tabern 81.56 1   England Wes Newton 94.65 2 England Jamie Caven 85.55 0 1 England Phil Taylor 99.37 3 England Wayne Jones 89.31 0 8 England Adrian Lewis 90.86 3 Scotland Gary Anderson 85.81 2 5 England Terry Jenkins 93.47 3 England Mark Dudbridge 89.97 1   England Colin Lloyd 87.62 2 England Andy Smith 81.92 3   England Dennis Priestley 79.61 1 England Kevin Painter 79.83 3 7 England Mervyn King 84.38 0 England Andy Hamilton 89.51 3   England Steve Beaton 77.74 2 Republic of Ireland Jacko Barry 80.13 3 3 NED Raymond van Barneveld 84.79 3 England Wes Newton 82.23 2 1 England Phil Taylor 98.59 4 8 England Adrian Lewis 89.29 0 5 England Terry Jenkins 86.04 4 England Andy Smith 87.00 0   England Kevin Painter 85.76 1 England Andy Hamilton 87.05 4 Republic of Ireland Jacko Barry 76.44 0 3 NED Raymond van Barneveld 90.85 4 1 England Phil Taylor 99.76 5 5 England Terry Jenkins 85.67 2 England Andy Hamilton 88.29 2 3 NED Raymond van Barneveld 87.72 5 1 England Phil Taylor 97.07 6 3 NED Raymond van Barneveld 86.62 3 Statistics Player Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average ENG Phil Taylor5205683621143882816498.62 ENG James Wade11267217947692.17 SCO Gary Anderson2431713840181210091.34 ENG Colin Lloyd243171364523315691.13 ENG Adrian Lewis35625241062251316789.77 ENG Mark Dudbridge234151453315138889.61 ENG Andy Hamilton411742341592421114988.60 ENG Wes Newton243181353619614188.44 ENG Terry Jenkins4116393215103491711688.39 ENG Dennis Priestley234121634521412588.04 ENG Mark Walsh11268223908487.55 ENG Wayne Jones224111433518211487.48 NED Raymond van Barneveld51711595917149582413087.41 CAN John Part1022628517986.44 NIR Brendan Dolan1022608525586.01 ENG Jamie Caven1022617516585.55 ENG Mervyn King2238133191447684.86 NED Vincent van der Voort112773226213684.59 ENG Andy Smith35723302559251210584.25 ENG Denis Ovens11247114146683.76 AUS Paul Nicholson112581154412082.92 NIR John Magowan102161124110082.44 ENG Kevin Painter36525211035351314081.98 ENG Colin Osborne10246211717881.60 ENG Alan Tabern11266117819281.56 NED Michael van Gerwen10236111515079.23 ENG Steve Beaton243151253315414178.67 IRL Jacko Barry35622257632449278.01 SCO Robert Thornton1021608317274.41 ENG Ronnie Baxter10216011114073.97 IRL Mick McGowan10246211703872.33 ENG Wayne Mardle1022616514869.63 Television coverage and sponsorship 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. References 2 External links World Grand Prix page on the PDC's official website Category:World Grand Prix (darts) Category:2000s in Dublin (city) Category:International sports competitions in Dublin (city) World Grand Prix Darts Category:October 2009 sports events in Europe Category:October 2009 in Ireland Category:2009 in Irish sport