2009 World Grand Prix (darts)

Skybet World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates 5–11 October 2009
Venue Citywest International Event & Convention Centre
Location Dublin
Country Republic of Ireland
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Sets
"double in, double out"
Final – best of 11
Prize fund £350,000
Winners share £100,000
High checkout 167 England Adrian Lewis
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2008 2010»

The 2009 Skybet World Grand Prix was the twelfth instance of the darts tournament held by the Professional Darts Corporation, the World Grand Prix. It was held from October 5 to October 11. It was staged at the Citywest International Event & Convention Centre in Dublin.[1] The event featured a tournament record prize fund of £350,000 with £100,000 going to the winner.

Phil Taylor successfully defended his title, beating Raymond van Barneveld 6-3 in the final to win the World Grand Prix for the ninth time.

Format

The tournament's usual format was in play with the usual 501 legs double-in double-out format (the World Grand Prix remains the only televised darts tournament to use the double-in format). The first round's games were best of 3 sets - the quickfire nature of this round means shocks are frequent in this round, not least involving eight-time champion Phil Taylor who, three times, has gone out the in first round here. Second round games were best of 5 sets, the quarter finals best of 7 sets, the semi finals best of 9 sets, and the final was best of 11 sets. All sets were best of 5 legs/first to three legs.[2]

Prize money

A tournament record prize fund of £350,000 was available to the participants, divided based on the following performances:

Champion - £100,000
Runner-up - £40,000
Semi-finalists - £20,500
Quarter-finalists - £12,500
Second round losers - £7,000
First round losers - £4,000

Qualification

The field of 32 players was mostly made up from the top 16 players in the PDC Order of Merit on September 7, following the two Players Championship events in Salzburg, Austria. The top 8 from these rankings were also the seeded players. The remaining 16 places went to the top 12 non-qualified players from the 2009 Players Championship Order of Merit, and then to the top 4 non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from the 2009 Players Championship Order of Merit who have competed in at least six Players Championship events.[3]

PDC Top 16
  1. England Phil Taylor
  2. England James Wade
  3. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
  4. Canada John Part
  5. England Terry Jenkins
  6. England Ronnie Baxter
  7. England Mervyn King
  8. England Adrian Lewis
  9. England Colin Lloyd
  10. England Dennis Priestley
  11. England Alan Tabern
  12. England Colin Osborne
  13. England Mark Walsh
  14. England Wayne Mardle
  15. England Kevin Painter
  16. England Andy Hamilton
PDPA Players Championship qualifiers
  1. Scotland Gary Anderson
  2. Scotland Robert Thornton
  3. England Jamie Caven
  4. England Steve Beaton
  5. England Wayne Jones
  6. England Andy Smith
  7. Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
  8. England Mark Dudbridge
  9. Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
  10. Australia Paul Nicholson
  11. England Wes Newton
  12. England Denis Ovens
Irish qualifiers
  1. Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
  2. Northern Ireland John MaGowan
  3. Republic of Ireland Mick McGowan
  4. Republic of Ireland Jacko Barry

Draw

Round One
Best of 3 sets[4][5] 		Round Two
Best of 5 sets[6][7] 		Quarter Finals
Best of 7 sets[8] 		Semi Finals
Best of 9 sets[9] 		Final
Best of 11 sets[10]
               
1 England Phil Taylor (98.33) 2
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan (86.01) 0
1 England Phil Taylor (99.37) 3
England Wayne Jones (89.31) 0
  England Wayne Jones (85.64) 2
Australia Paul Nicholson (82.92) 1
1 England Phil Taylor (98.59) 4
8 England Adrian Lewis (89.29) 0
8 England Adrian Lewis (89.15) 2
Scotland Robert Thornton (74.41) 0
8 England Adrian Lewis (90.86) 3
Scotland Gary Anderson (85.81) 2
  Northern Ireland John MaGowan (82.44) 0
Scotland Gary Anderson (96.86) 2
1 England Phil Taylor (99.76) 5
5 England Terry Jenkins (85.67) 2
5 England Terry Jenkins (88.39) 2
England Wayne Mardle (69.63) 0
5 England Terry Jenkins (93.47) 3
England Mark Dudbridge (89.97) 1
  England Denis Ovens (83.76) 1
England Mark Dudbridge (89.24) 2
5 England Terry Jenkins (86.04) 4
England Andy Smith (87.00) 0
4 Canada John Part (86.44) 0
England Colin Lloyd (94.63) 2
  England Colin Lloyd (87.62) 2
England Andy Smith (81.92) 3
  England Andy Smith (83.83) 2
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (84.59) 1
1 England Phil Taylor (97.07) 6
3 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (86.62) 3
2 England James Wade (92.17) 1
England Dennis Priestley (96.47) 2
  England Dennis Priestley (79.61) 1
England Kevin Painter (79.83) 3
  England Kevin Painter (80.36) 2
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (79.23) 0
  England Kevin Painter (85.76) 1
England Andy Hamilton (87.05) 4
7 England Mervyn King (85.34) 2
England Colin Osborne (81.60) 0
7 England Mervyn King (84.38) 0
England Andy Hamilton (89.51) 3
  England Andy Hamilton (89.53) 2
England Mark Walsh (87.55) 1
England Andy Hamilton (88.29) 2
3 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (87.72) 5
6 England Ronnie Baxter (73.97) 0
England Steve Beaton (79.59) 2
  England Steve Beaton (77.74) 2
Republic of Ireland Jacko Barry (80.13) 3
  Republic of Ireland Jacko Barry (77.45) 2
Republic of Ireland Mick McGowan (72.33) 0
Republic of Ireland Jacko Barry (76.44) 0
3 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (90.85) 4
3 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (87.06) 2
England Alan Tabern (81.56) 1
3 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (84.79) 3
England Wes Newton (82.23) 2
  England Wes Newton (94.65) 2
England Jamie Caven (85.55) 0

Statistics

Player Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
England Phil Taylor 5 20 5 68 36 21 143 88 28 164 98.62
England James Wade 1 1 2 6 7 2 17 9 4 76 92.17
Scotland Gary Anderson 2 4 3 17 13 8 40 18 12 100 91.34
England Colin Lloyd 2 4 3 17 13 6 45 23 3 156 91.13
England Adrian Lewis 3 5 6 25 24 10 62 25 13 167 89.77
England Mark Dudbridge 2 3 4 15 14 5 33 15 13 88 89.61
England Andy Hamilton 4 11 7 42 34 15 92 42 11 149 88.60
England Wes Newton 2 4 3 18 13 5 36 19 6 141 88.44
England Terry Jenkins 4 11 6 39 32 15 103 49 17 116 88.39
England Dennis Priestley 2 3 4 12 16 3 45 21 4 125 88.04
England Mark Walsh 1 1 2 6 8 2 23 9 0 84 87.55
England Wayne Jones 2 2 4 11 14 3 35 18 2 114 87.48
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 5 17 11 59 59 17 149 58 24 130 87.41
Canada John Part 1 0 2 2 6 2 8 5 1 79 86.44
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 1 0 2 2 6 0 8 5 2 55 86.01
England Jamie Caven 1 0 2 2 6 1 7 5 1 65 85.55
England Mervyn King 2 2 3 8 13 3 19 14 4 76 84.86
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 1 1 2 7 7 3 22 6 2 136 84.59
England Andy Smith 3 5 7 23 30 25 59 25 12 105 84.25
England Denis Ovens 1 1 2 4 7 1 14 1 4 66 83.76
Australia Paul Nicholson 1 1 2 5 8 1 15 4 4 120 82.92
Northern Ireland John Magowan 1 0 2 1 6 1 12 4 1 100 82.44
England Kevin Painter 3 6 5 25 21 10 35 35 13 140 81.98
England Colin Osborne 1 0 2 4 6 2 11 7 1 78 81.60
England Alan Tabern 1 1 2 6 6 1 17 8 1 92 81.56
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 1 0 2 3 6 1 11 5 1 50 79.23
England Steve Beaton 2 4 3 15 12 5 33 15 4 141 78.67
Republic of Ireland Jacko Barry 3 5 6 22 25 7 63 24 4 92 78.01
Scotland Robert Thornton 1 0 2 1 6 0 8 3 1 72 74.41
England Ronnie Baxter 1 0 2 1 6 0 11 1 1 40 73.97
Republic of Ireland Mick McGowan 1 0 2 4 6 2 11 7 0 38 72.33
England Wayne Mardle 1 0 2 2 6 1 6 5 1 48 69.63

Television coverage and sponsorship

As usual and since its inception the tournament was screened by Sky Sports.

The tournament was sponsored for the last time by Sky Bet after five years.

References

  1. ↑ Venue Boost For World Grand Prix obtained 02-10-2009
  2. ↑ Skybet World Grand Prix Schedule of Play obtained 02-10-2009
  3. ↑ "Skybet World Grand Prix Field". Planet Darts. September 7, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Skybet World Grand Prix - Monday". Planet Darts. October 5, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Skybet World Grand Prix - Tuesday". Planet Darts. October 6, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Skybet World Grand Prix - Weds". Planet Darts. October 7, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-09-16.
  7. ↑ "Skybet World Grand Prix - Thurs". Planet Darts. October 8, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Skybet World Grand Prix - Friday". Planet Darts. October 9, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Skybet World Grand Prix Semis". Planet Darts. October 10, 2009.
  10. ↑ "Battling Taylor's Dublin Joy". Planet Darts. October 11, 2009.

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