2011 World Grand Prix (darts)

2011 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix 3–9 October 2011 Citywest Hotel Dublin, Ireland Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Sets"double in, double out" £350,000 £100,000 Brendan Dolan 170 Jamie Caven Brendan Dolan Phil Taylor ENG 2010 2012 The 2011 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the fourteenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from 3 to 9 October 2011 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. 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.PartyPoker.com WGP Semi-finals http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2476279,00.html PDC.tv 9 October 2011 8 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111010051335/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0%2C%2C10180~2476279%2C00.html 2011-10-10 dead However, he lost the final to Phil Taylor, who won the World Grand Prix for the tenth time.Taylor Claims Tenth Dublin Title http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2476918,00.html PDC.tv 9 October 2011 9 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111010051421/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2476918,00.html 2011-10-10 deadhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/darts/15236466.stm Phil Taylor wins 10th World Grand Prix darts title 10 October 2011 BBC Sport 10 October 2011 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:PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix NetZone http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~2468515,00.html PDC.tv 9 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111004133242/http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0%2C%2C10180~2468515%2C00.html 2011-10-04 dead 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) £4,000Nine-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).World Grand Prix Draw Made https://www.pdc.tv/news/2011/09/25/world-grand-prix-draw-made PDC.tv 9 October 2011 25 September 2011February 2026 medicmedic PDC Top 16 ENG Phil Taylor (winner) ENG Adrian Lewis (first round) ENG James Wade (semi-finals) SCO Gary Anderson (first round) AUS Simon Whitlock (second round) NED Raymond van Barneveld (second round) ENG Wes Newton (second round) WAL Mark Webster (quarter-finals) AUS Paul Nicholson (second round) ENG Terry Jenkins (first round) ENG Andy Hamilton (first round) ENG Mervyn King (first round) ENG Mark Walsh (first round) ENG Colin Lloyd (first round) ENG Wayne Jones (first round) ENG Ronnie Baxter (first round)PDPA Players Championship qualifiers CAN John Part (second round) NED Vincent van der Voort (second round) ENG Justin Pipe (first round) ENG Jamie Caven (first round) ENG Andy Smith (quarter-finals) SCO Peter Wright (first round) ENG Dave Chisnall (first round) ENG Kevin Painter (first round) ENG Denis Ovens (second round) WAL Richie Burnett (semi-finals) ENG Alan Tabern (second round) ENG Steve Brown (first round) ENG Mark Hylton (quarter-finals) SCO John Henderson (quarter-finals)Irish qualifiers NIR Brendan Dolan (runner-up) IRL William O'Connor (first round) Draw First round (best of 3 sets)3–4 October Averages for all rounds http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=3284&showAverages=Y Darts Database 21 December 2014 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 200 1 ENG Phil Taylor 102.26 2 SCO Peter Wright 93.05 1   ENG Ronnie Baxter 87.91 0 AUS Paul Nicholson 91.72 2 8 WAL Mark Webster 90.90 2 ENG Andy Hamilton 79.89 1   ENG Dave Chisnall 88.87 1 ENG Alan Tabern 77.27 2 5 AUS Simon Whitlock 84.85 2 ENG Terry Jenkins 85.19 1   ENG Mark Hylton 82.34 2 ENG Mark Walsh 79.03 1 4 SCO Gary Anderson 92.78 1 WAL Richie Burnett 84.75 2   ENG Jamie Caven 77.25 0 ENG Denis Ovens 82.42 2 2 ENG Adrian Lewis 86.30 1 CAN John Part 81.94 2   NIR Brendan Dolan 90.11 2 ENG Wayne Jones 80.14 0 7 ENG Wes Newton 89.77 2 ENG Colin Lloyd 80.45 1   ENG Justin Pipe 76.34 0 SCO John Henderson 81.44 2 6 NED Raymond van Barneveld 87.04 2 ENG Mervyn King 85.59 0   IRL William O'Connor 86.21 0 ENG Andy Smith 86.21 2 3 ENG James Wade 75.02 2 ENG Steve Brown 76.77 0   NED Vincent van der Voort 86.42 2 ENG Kevin Painter 82.82 0 1 ENG Phil Taylor 92.87 3 AUS Paul Nicholson 89.64 0 8 WAL Mark Webster 87.50 3 ENG Alan Tabern 76.43 1 5 AUS Simon Whitlock 85.71 1 ENG Mark Hylton 85.61 3   WAL Richie Burnett 88.38 3 ENG Denis Ovens 81.17 1   CAN John Part 84.77 1 NIR Brendan Dolan 87.12 3 7 ENG Wes Newton 80.50 2 SCO John Henderson 77.59 3 6 NED Raymond van Barneveld 82.28 1 ENG Andy Smith 84.05 3 3 ENG James Wade 88.62 3 NED Vincent van der Voort 89.70 2 1 ENG Phil Taylor 101.08 4 8 WAL Mark Webster 88.98 0   ENG Mark Hylton 85.70 1 WAL Richie Burnett 85.98 4   NIR Brendan Dolan 90.11 4 SCO John Henderson 83.46 1 ENG Andy Smith 85.78 2 3 ENG James Wade 88.19 4 1 ENG Phil Taylor 103.02 5 WAL Richie Burnett 88.15 2 NIR Brendan Dolan 87.58 5 3 ENG James Wade 86.73 2 1 ENG Phil Taylor 90.29 6 NIR Brendan Dolan 84.68 3 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 External links 2011 World grand Prix Netzone Category:World Grand Prix (darts) Category:2010s in Dublin (city) Category:International sports competitions in Dublin (city) World Grand Prix World Grand Prix (darts) Category:October 2011 sports events in Europe Category:October 2011 in Ireland