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 finishNorthern Ireland Brendan Dolan
High checkout170 England Jamie Caven
170 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
Champion(s)
England 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. England Phil Taylor (winner)
  2. England Adrian Lewis (first round)
  3. England James Wade (semi-finals)
  4. Scotland Gary Anderson (first round)
  5. Australia Simon Whitlock (second round)
  6. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (second round)
  7. England Wes Newton (second round)
  8. Wales Mark Webster (quarter-finals)
  9. Australia Paul Nicholson (second round)
  10. England Terry Jenkins (first round)
  11. England Andy Hamilton (first round)
  12. England Mervyn King (first round)
  13. England Mark Walsh (first round)
  14. England Colin Lloyd (first round)
  15. England Wayne Jones (first round)
  16. England Ronnie Baxter (first round)
PDPA Players Championship qualifiers
  1. Canada John Part (second round)
  2. Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (second round)
  3. England Justin Pipe (first round)
  4. England Jamie Caven (first round)
  5. England Andy Smith (quarter-finals)
  6. Scotland Peter Wright (first round)
  7. England Dave Chisnall (first round)
  8. England Kevin Painter (first round)
  9. England Denis Ovens (second round)
  10. Wales Richie Burnett (semi-finals)
  11. England Alan Tabern (second round)
  12. England Steve Brown (first round)
  13. England Mark Hylton (quarter-finals)
  14. Scotland John Henderson (quarter-finals)
Irish qualifiers
  1. Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan (runner-up)
  2. Republic of Ireland 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 England Phil Taylor 102.26 2
Scotland Peter Wright 93.05 1
1 England Phil Taylor 92.87 3
Australia Paul Nicholson 89.64 0
  England Ronnie Baxter 87.91 0
Australia Paul Nicholson 91.72 2
1 England Phil Taylor 101.08 4
8 Wales Mark Webster 88.98 0
8 Wales Mark Webster 90.90 2
England Andy Hamilton 79.89 1
8 Wales Mark Webster 87.50 3
England Alan Tabern 76.43 1
  England Dave Chisnall 88.87 1
England Alan Tabern 77.27 2
1 England Phil Taylor 103.02 5
Wales Richie Burnett 88.15 2
5 Australia Simon Whitlock 84.85 2
England Terry Jenkins 85.19 1
5 Australia Simon Whitlock 85.71 1
England Mark Hylton 85.61 3
  England Mark Hylton 82.34 2
England Mark Walsh 79.03 1
  England Mark Hylton 85.70 1
Wales Richie Burnett 85.98 4
4 Scotland Gary Anderson 92.78 1
Wales Richie Burnett 84.75 2
  Wales Richie Burnett 88.38 3
England Denis Ovens 81.17 1
  England Jamie Caven 77.25 0
England Denis Ovens 82.42 2
1 England Phil Taylor 90.29 6
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 84.68 3
2 England Adrian Lewis 86.30 1
Canada John Part 81.94 2
  Canada John Part 84.77 1
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 87.12 3
  Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 90.11 2
England Wayne Jones 80.14 0
  Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 90.11 4
Scotland John Henderson 83.46 1
7 England Wes Newton 89.77 2
England Colin Lloyd 80.45 1
7 England Wes Newton 80.50 2
Scotland John Henderson 77.59 3
  England Justin Pipe 76.34 0
Scotland John Henderson 81.44 2
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 87.58 5
3 England James Wade 86.73 2
6 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 87.04 2
England Mervyn King 85.59 0
6 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 82.28 1
England Andy Smith 84.05 3
  Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 86.21 0
England Andy Smith 86.21 2
England Andy Smith 85.78 2
3 England James Wade 88.19 4
3 England James Wade 75.02 2
England Steve Brown 76.77 0
3 England James Wade 88.62 3
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 89.70 2
  Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 86.42 2
England 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.
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