2007 World Grand Prix (darts)

The 2007 Sky Bet World Grand Prix was the tenth staging of the PDC World Grand Prix which took place between 8–14 October 2007. It was the seventh year that the event was being staged at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Ireland. Phil Taylor went into the event as defending champion having won it for the previous two years - and seven times in all, but suffered a surprise first round defeat to Adrian Gray.

2007 Sky Bet World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates8–14 October 2007
VenueCitywest Hotel
LocationDublin
Country Ireland
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets
"double in, double out"
Prize fund£200,000
Winner's share£50,000
High checkout156 England Andy Hamilton
Champion(s)
England James Wade
«2006 2008»

James Wade followed up his success at the 2007 World Matchplay by adding this title to his collection. He beat World Champion Raymond van Barneveld in the semi-final and Terry Jenkins in the final. Jenkins suffered his fifth televised final defeat in twelve months as his search for his first major title continued.

The top 24 players in the PDC Order of Merit qualified automatically. There were four further qualifiers from the PDPA Players Championship Order of Merit (the best performers from up to 20 non-televised events during the year) and there were four PDPA Irish qualifiers. The All-Ireland qualifiers were held on 16 September.

As in previous years, the format of the tournament features much shorter first round matches (best of three sets) and players must start each leg on a double, as well as finish on a double.

Prize money

The 2007 event has an increased prize fund of £200,000.

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £200,000)
Winner (1) £50,000
Runner-Up (1) £20,000
Semi-finalists (2) £10,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £7,500
Second round losers (8) £5,000
First round losers (16) £2,500

Qualification

PDC Top 16
  1. England Phil Taylor (first round)
  2. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (semi-finals)
  3. England James Wade (winner)
  4. England Terry Jenkins (runner-up)
  5. England Peter Manley (first round)
  6. England Colin Lloyd (quarter-finals)
  7. England Adrian Lewis (quarter-finals)
  8. England Andy Hamilton (first round)
  9. England Dennis Priestley (first round)
  10. Netherlands Roland Scholten (second round)
  11. England Wayne Mardle (second round)
  12. Canada John Part (semi-finals)
  13. Wales Barrie Bates (first round)
  14. England Kevin Painter (first round)
  15. England Ronnie Baxter (first round)
  16. England Andy Jenkins (second round)
PDPA Players Championship qualifiers
  1. England Mark Dudbridge (quarter-finals)
  2. England Denis Ovens (first round)
  3. England Colin Osborne (first round)
  4. England Chris Mason (second round)
  5. England Alan Tabern (second round)
  6. England Wayne Jones (first round)
  7. England Andy Smith (second round)
  8. England Wes Newton (first round)
  9. England Mervyn King (second round)
  10. England Alex Roy (second round)
  11. Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (first round)
  12. England Adrian Gray (quarter-finals)
Irish qualifiers
  1. Republic of Ireland Jason Barry (first round)
  2. Republic of Ireland James Keogh (first round)
  3. Northern Ireland John Elder (first round)
  4. Republic of Ireland Billy Matthews (first round)

Race for the Premier League

The World Grand Prix is the cut-off point for qualification for the 2008 Premier League. The top six players in the world rankings after this tournament will seal automatic qualification for the lucrative event. Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, James Wade, Terry Jenkins and Peter Manley all looked assured of a place - but a good run at this tournament for any number of players could have stolen the last guaranteed place in the league. Adrian Lewis secured the spot when John Part lost in the semi-finals. Part needed to win the event to climb to sixth in the rankings. Two further players will receive a wildcard at a later date.

Draw

First round (best of 3 sets)
8–9 October
Second round (best of 5 sets)
10–11 October
Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets)
12 October
Semi-finals (best of 9 sets)
13 October
Final (best of 11 sets)
14 October
               
1 England Phil Taylor 87.69 0
England Adrian Gray 89.14 2
  England Adrian Gray 78.98 3
England Andy Smith 78.69 1
  England Ronnie Baxter 68.94 1
England Andy Smith 78.00 2
  England Adrian Gray 86.62 2
Canada John Part 80.48 4
8 England Andy Hamilton 74.45 1
England Wayne Mardle 82.88 2
  England Wayne Mardle 81.09 0
Canada John Part 87.83 3
  Canada John Part 80.51 2
Republic of Ireland Billy Matthews 73.06 0
Canada John Part 83.71 3
4 England Terry Jenkins 90.36 5
5 England Peter Manley 80.07 1
England Mark Dudbridge 76.22 2
  England Mark Dudbridge 81.86 3
England Andy Jenkins 75.96 2
  Republic of Ireland Jacko Barry 74.21 1
England Andy Jenkins 81.66 2
England Mark Dudbridge 82.78 1
4 England Terry Jenkins 85.57 4
4 England Terry Jenkins 83.45 2
England Wayne Jones 83.05 1
4 England Terry Jenkins 81.62 3
England Chris Mason 84.31 2
  England Chris Mason 85.57 2
England Colin Osborne 87.00 0
4 England Terry Jenkins 84.58 3
3 England James Wade 86.03 6
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 89.07 2
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 74.96 1
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 84.91 3
England Mervyn King 79.65 0
  Northern Ireland John Elder 83.91 0
England Mervyn King 82.30 2
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 92.48 4
7 England Adrian Lewis 83.39 3
7 England Adrian Lewis 83.35 2
Republic of Ireland James Keogh 70.31 0
7 England Adrian Lewis 82.44 3
Netherlands Roland Scholten 76.49 1
  England Kevin Painter 71.51 1
Netherlands Roland Scholten 76.36 2
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 84.00 1
3 England James Wade 90.43 5
6 England Colin Lloyd 87.04 2
England Dennis Priestley 90.14 0
6 England Colin Lloyd 89.52 3
England Alan Tabern 84.14 0
  England Alan Tabern 81.60 2
Wales Barrie Bates 70.07 1
6 England Colin Lloyd 79.17 0
3 England James Wade 82.81 4
3 England James Wade 94.80 2
England Denis Ovens 81.00 0
3 England James Wade 76.60 3
England Alex Roy 72.62 1
  England Alex Roy 79.23 2
England Wes Newton 77.53 1

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