2012 World Grand Prix (darts)

The 2012 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the fifteenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from 8–14 October 2012 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.

2012 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates8–14 October 2012
VenueCitywest Hotel
LocationDublin
Country Ireland
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets
"double in, double out"
Prize fund£350,000
Winner's share£100,000
High checkout170 England Adrian Lewis
170 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
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Phil Taylor was the defending champion, but he lost 2–3 to Robert Thornton in the second round.[1]

The final was won by Michael van Gerwen, who won his first major title by defeating Mervyn King 6–4.

Prize money

The total prize fund is £350,000. The following is the breakdown of the fund:

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

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 2012 ProTour Order of Merit.[2]

PDC Top 16
  1. England Phil Taylor (second round)
  2. England Adrian Lewis (second round)
  3. England James Wade (first round)
  4. Scotland Gary Anderson (first round)
  5. England Wes Newton (semi-finals)
  6. England Andy Hamilton (quarter-finals)
  7. Australia Simon Whitlock (first round)
  8. England Terry Jenkins (first round)
  9. Wales Mark Webster (first round)
  10. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (first round)
  11. England Justin Pipe (quarter-finals)
  12. England Kevin Painter (second round)
  13. England Dave Chisnall (second round)
  14. England Ronnie Baxter (first round)
  15. England Mark Walsh (first round)
  16. Australia Paul Nicholson (quarter-finals)
PDPA Players Championship qualifiers
  1. Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (winner)
  2. England Ian White (second round)
  3. Belgium Kim Huybrechts (first round)
  4. England Colin Lloyd (first round)
  5. Wales Richie Burnett (first round)
  6. England Mervyn King (runner-up)
  7. England Andy Smith (first round)
  8. Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan (semi-finals)
  9. Scotland Robert Thornton (quarter-finals)
  10. Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (second round)
  11. England Michael Smith (first round)
  12. England Colin Osborne (second round)
  13. England Dean Winstanley (first round)
  14. England Steve Beaton (second round)
Irish qualifiers
  1. Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell (first round)
  2. Republic of Ireland William O'Connor (first round)

Draw

The draw was made on 23 September 2012.[3][4] The distance in the quarter-finals were reduced from best of 7 sets to best of 5 sets to end the night earlier.

First round (best of 3 sets)
8–9 October
[5][6] 		Second round (best of 5 sets)
10–11 October
[7][8] 		Quarter-finals (best of 5 sets)
12 October
[9] 		Semi-finals (best of 9 sets)
13 October
[10] 		Final (best of 11 sets)
14 October
[11]
               
1 England Phil Taylor 100.73 2
England Michael Smith 91.91 0
1 England Phil Taylor 95.71 2
Scotland Robert Thornton 96.67 3
  England Mark Walsh 78.55 1
Scotland Robert Thornton 94.60 2
  Scotland Robert Thornton 91.25 0
England Mervyn King 84.67 3
8 England Terry Jenkins 85.34 1
England Mervyn King 85.14 2
  England Mervyn King 93.89 3
England Dave Chisnall 92.53 1
  England Dean Winstanley 79.87 1
England Dave Chisnall 86.23 2
  England Mervyn King 88.60 5
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 83.53 2
5 Australia Simon Whitlock 87.69 1
England Justin Pipe 81.37 2
  England Justin Pipe 81.85 3
England Kevin Painter 84.71 2
  England Kevin Painter 83.50 2
Belgium Kim Huybrechts 76.37 0
  England Justin Pipe 87.07 1
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 85.53 3
4 Scotland Gary Anderson 86.82 0
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 84.97 2
  Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 89.68 3
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 84.55 1
  Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 76.46 2
Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 78.94 1
  England Mervyn King 81.96 4
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 87.53 6
2 England Adrian Lewis 79.73 2
Wales Richie Burnett 74.82 1
2 England Adrian Lewis 80.37 1
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 85.60 3
  Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 88.80 2
England Colin Lloyd 86.11 1
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 85.22 3
7 England Andy Hamilton 83.67 2
7 England Andy Hamilton 84.92 2
Wales Mark Webster 77.31 0
7 England Andy Hamilton 93.25 3
England Steve Beaton 88.23 2
  England Andy Smith 83.80 0
England Steve Beaton 94.49 2
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 95.04 5
6 England Wes Newton 82.33 1
6 England Wes Newton 89.55 2
England Ronnie Baxter 85.28 1
6 England Wes Newton 82.39 3
England Ian White 87.30 1
  Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 73.79 0
England Ian White 87.33 2
6 England Wes Newton 75.60 3
Australia Paul Nicholson 82.79 2
3 England James Wade 74.01 1
England Colin Osborne 76.91 2
  England Colin Osborne 82.58 1
Australia Paul Nicholson 83.67 3
  Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell 64.48 0
Australia Paul Nicholson 86.91 2

Television coverage and sponsorship

The tournament was screened by Sky Sports in high definition.

PartyPoker.com sponsored the event for the second time.

References
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