2014 World Grand Prix (darts)

2014 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix 6–12 October 2014 Citywest Hotel Dublin, Ireland Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Sets"double in, double out" £400,000 £100,000 James WadeRobert Thornton 170 Kim Huybrechts Michael van Gerwen NED 2013 2015 The 2014 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the seventeenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from 6 to 12 October 2014 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. After discussion with broadcaster Sky, the semi-finals and final format were shortened to the best of 7 and best of 9 sets, instead of 9 and 11 sets respectively.http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/6y3ey5duzh481h3vbvnu9hy2h/title/partypokercom-world-grand-prix-schedule partypoker.com World Grand Prix Schedule PDC 23 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140923110842/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/6y3ey5duzh481h3vbvnu9hy2h/title/partypokercom-world-grand-prix-schedule 2014-09-23 dead 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.http://www1.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/8971508/world-grand-prix-ruthless-phil-taylor-blasts-dave-chisnall-6-0-in-dublin-to-win-11th-title World Grand Prix: Ruthless Phil Taylor blasts Dave Chisnall 6-0 in Dublin to win 11th title Sky Sports 14 October 2013 Michael van Gerwen won his second World Grand Prix title by defeating Wade 5–3 in the final.http://www1.skysports.com/darts/news/12040/9514899/world-grand-prix-michael-van-gerwen-beats-james-wade-5-3-after-see-saw-final-in-dublin World Grand Prix: Michael van Gerwen beats James Wade 5-3 after see-saw final in Dublin Sky Sports 12 October 2014 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.http://www1.skysports.com/darts/news/12040/9509420/world-grand-prix-darts-james-wade-and-robert-thornton-both-hit-nine-darters World Grand Prix darts: James Wade and Robert Thornton both hit nine-darters Sky Sports 8 October 2014 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:http://www.pdc.tv/world-grand-prix/article/x8j56hdz8y961h0jdoq3fx4h4/title/pdc-prize-fund-increases-confirmed PDC Prize Fund Increases Confirmed PDC 18 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141019094531/http://www.pdc.tv/world-grand-prix/article/x8j56hdz8y961h0jdoq3fx4h4/title/pdc-prize-fund-increases-confirmed 2014-10-19 dead Position (num. of players) Prize money(Total: £400,000)Winner (1) £100,000Runner-Up (1) £45,000Semi-finalists (2) £23,500Quarter-finalists (4) £15,000Second round losers (8) £8,500First round losers (16) £5,000Nine-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 NED Michael van Gerwen (winner) ENG Phil Taylor (quarter-finals) ENG Adrian Lewis (second round) SCO Peter Wright (second round) AUS Simon Whitlock (first round) SCO Gary Anderson (semi-finals) ENG James Wade (runner-up) ENG Dave Chisnall (first round) SCO Robert Thornton (second round) ENG Mervyn King (quarter-finals) ENG Andy Hamilton (first round) ENG Wes Newton (first round) NIR Brendan Dolan (first round) ENG Justin Pipe (first round) BEL Kim Huybrechts (first round) ENG Ian White (first round)PDPA Players Championship qualifiers ENG Michael Smith (first round) NED Vincent van der Voort (first round) ENG Steve Beaton (first round) ENG Jamie Caven (first round) ENG Terry Jenkins (second round) ENG Stephen Bunting (semi-finals) ENG Dean Winstanley (second round) ENG Kevin Painter (quarter-finals) ENG Ronnie Baxter (first round) NED Raymond van Barneveld (second round) ENG Darren Webster (first round) ENG Andrew Gilding (second round) ENG Andy Smith (first round) WAL Richie Burnett (quarter-finals)Irish qualifiers NIR Mickey Mansell (second round) NIR Daryl Gurney (first round) Draw The draw was made on 21 September 2014.http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/pmqh8f96ee4712zcddcc716em/title/partypokercom-world-grand-prix-draw https://web.archive.org/web/20140923103249/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/pmqh8f96ee4712zcddcc716em/title/partypokercom-world-grand-prix-draw dead September 23, 2014 partypoker.com World Grand Prix Draw PDC 21 September 2014 First round (best of 3 sets) 6–7 Octoberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/y8kzxp2k3ob21xe6en76crrc7/title/partypokercom-wgp-day-one https://web.archive.org/web/20141007233034/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/y8kzxp2k3ob21xe6en76crrc7/title/partypokercom-wgp-day-one dead October 7, 2014 partypoker.com WGP Day One PDC 6 October 2014http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/3w5zdktjvu0m1ulxijob4x16y/title/partypokercom-wgp-day-two partypoker.com WGP Day Two PDC 7 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141009013440/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/3w5zdktjvu0m1ulxijob4x16y/title/partypokercom-wgp-day-two 2014-10-09 dead Second round (best of 5 sets) 8–9 Octoberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1t8c4cy93qmd61bxjogrpz10sr/title/partypokercom-wgp-day-three https://web.archive.org/web/20141010095934/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1t8c4cy93qmd61bxjogrpz10sr/title/partypokercom-wgp-day-three dead October 10, 2014 partypoker.com WGP Day Three PDC 8 October 2014http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/r3soeffq7gct1hhq5f4nc2mw2/title/partypokercom-wgp-day-four partypoker.com WGP Day Four PDC 9 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141010202246/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/r3soeffq7gct1hhq5f4nc2mw2/title/partypokercom-wgp-day-four 2014-10-10 dead Quarter-finals (best of 5 sets) 10 Octoberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/116xeg9wqboet1uiwxtvguiell/title/partypokercom-wgp-quarter-finals partypoker.com WGP Quarter-finals PDC 10 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141012120541/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/116xeg9wqboet1uiwxtvguiell/title/partypokercom-wgp-quarter-finals 2014-10-12 dead Semi-finals (best of 7 sets) 11 Octoberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/13gk7pprk4a4t1tp5pw5f11j6q/title/partypokercom partypoker.com WGP Semi-finals PDC 11 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141013150231/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/13gk7pprk4a4t1tp5pw5f11j6q/title/partypokercom 2014-10-13 dead Final (best of 9 sets) 12 Octoberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/17bcfsyn0n24s1as9e0c9slncl/title/partypokercom-wgp-final partypoker.com WGP Final PDC 12 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141014204123/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/17bcfsyn0n24s1as9e0c9slncl/title/partypokercom-wgp-final 2014-10-14 dead 200 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 94.51 2 NED Vincent van der Voort 84.36 0   ENG Michael Smith 82.81 1 ENG Dean Winstanley 93.00 2 8 ENG Dave Chisnall 88.86 1 NED Raymond van Barneveld 93.69 2   ENG Wes Newton 83.00 1 ENG Mervyn King 79.71 2 5 AUS Simon Whitlock 85.98 1 WAL Richie Burnett 83.17 2   BEL Kim Huybrechts 86.62 0 ENG Terry Jenkins 95.12 2 4 SCO Peter Wright 95.25 2 ENG Jamie Caven 78.51 1   ENG Ronnie Baxter 76.99 0 ENG Stephen Bunting 81.87 2 2 ENG Phil Taylor 85.84 2 ENG Steve Beaton 74.67 0   ENG Darren Webster 86.71 0 ENG Andrew Gilding 85.11 2 7 ENG James Wade 94.14 2 ENG Andy Smith 85.68 0   SCO Robert Thornton 88.13 2 ENG Justin Pipe 80.43 0 6 SCO Gary Anderson 98.54 2 NIR Brendan Dolan 91.87 0   ENG Ian White 80.72 0 NIR Mickey Mansell 80.80 2 3 ENG Adrian Lewis 88.00 2 NIR Daryl Gurney 85.65 1   ENG Andy Hamilton 80.34 1 ENG Kevin Painter 79.04 2 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 98.06 3 ENG Dean Winstanley 91.82 1 NED Raymond van Barneveld 71.54 1   ENG Mervyn King 80.18 3 WAL Richie Burnett 92.61 3   ENG Terry Jenkins 88.40 1 4 SCO Peter Wright 95.04 2 ENG Stephen Bunting 93.30 3 2 ENG Phil Taylor 92.21 3 ENG Andrew Gilding 83.76 1 7 ENG James Wade 92.53 3 SCO Robert Thornton 94.11 2 6 SCO Gary Anderson 93.06 3 NIR Mickey Mansell 81.95 1 3 ENG Adrian Lewis 89.76 2 ENG Kevin Painter 87.56 3 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 89.48 3 ENG Mervyn King 86.04 2   WAL Richie Burnett 83.30 1 ENG Stephen Bunting 93.83 3 2 ENG Phil Taylor 93.88 1 7 ENG James Wade 90.39 3 6 SCO Gary Anderson 92.55 3   ENG Kevin Painter 90.87 2 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 93.80 4 ENG Stephen Bunting 86.20 0 7 ENG James Wade 94.03 4 6 SCO Gary Anderson 93.66 3 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 90.81 5 7 ENG James Wade 89.26 3 References 2 Category:World Grand Prix (darts) Category:International sports competitions in Dublin (city) World Grand Prix World Grand Prix (darts) World Grand Prix (darts), 2014