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2011 World Grand Prix (darts)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tournament_name | 2011 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix |
| dates | 3–9 October 2011 |
| venue | Citywest Hotel |
| location | Dublin |
| country | |
| organisation | PDC |
| format | Sets |
| "double in, double out" | |
| prize_fund | £350,000 |
| winners_share | £100,000 |
| nine_dart | NIR Brendan Dolan |
| high_checkout | 170 ENG Jamie Caven |
| NIR Brendan Dolan | |
| winner | ENG Phil Taylor |
| prev | 2010 |
| next | 2012 |
"double in, double out" NIR Brendan Dolan 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.
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. However, he lost the final to Phil Taylor, who won the World Grand Prix for the tenth time.
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:
| Position (num. of players) | Prize money |
|---|---|
| (Total: £350,000) | |
| Winner | (1) |
| Runner-Up | (1) |
| Semi-finalists | (2) |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) |
| Second round losers | (8) |
| First round losers | (16) |
| Nine-dart finish | (1) |
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).
Draw
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| RD1-seed01=1 | RD1-team01= ENG Phil Taylor 102.26 | RD1-score01=2 | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02= SCO Peter Wright 93.05 | RD1-score02=1
| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03= ENG Ronnie Baxter 87.91 | RD1-score03=0 | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04= AUS Paul Nicholson 91.72 | RD1-score04=2
| RD1-seed05=8 | RD1-team05= WAL Mark Webster 90.90 | RD1-score05=2 | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06= ENG Andy Hamilton 79.89 | RD1-score06=1
| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07= ENG Dave Chisnall 88.87 | RD1-score07=1 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08= ENG Alan Tabern 77.27 | RD1-score08=2
| RD1-seed09=5 | RD1-team09= AUS Simon Whitlock 84.85 | RD1-score09=2 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10= ENG Terry Jenkins 85.19 | RD1-score10=1
| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11= ENG Mark Hylton 82.34 | RD1-score11=2 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12= ENG Mark Walsh 79.03 | RD1-score12=1
| RD1-seed13=4 | RD1-team13= SCO Gary Anderson 92.78 | RD1-score13=1 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14= WAL Richie Burnett 84.75 | RD1-score14=2
| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15= ENG Jamie Caven 77.25 | RD1-score15=0 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16= ENG Denis Ovens 82.42 | RD1-score16=2
| RD1-seed17=2 | RD1-team17= ENG Adrian Lewis 86.30 | RD1-score17=1 | RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18= CAN John Part 81.94 | RD1-score18=2
| RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19= NIR Brendan Dolan 90.11 | RD1-score19=2 | RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20= ENG Wayne Jones 80.14 | RD1-score20=0
| RD1-seed21=7 | RD1-team21= ENG Wes Newton 89.77 | RD1-score21=2 | RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22= ENG Colin Lloyd 80.45 | RD1-score22=1
| RD1-seed23= | RD1-team23= ENG Justin Pipe 76.34 | RD1-score23=0 | RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24= SCO John Henderson 81.44 | RD1-score24=2
| RD1-seed25=6 | RD1-team25= | RD1-score25=2 | RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26= ENG Mervyn King 85.59 | RD1-score26=0
| RD1-seed27= | RD1-team27= IRL William O'Connor 86.21 | RD1-score27=0 | RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28= ENG Andy Smith 86.21 | RD1-score28=2
| RD1-seed29=3 | RD1-team29= ENG James Wade 75.02 | RD1-score29=2 | RD1-seed30= | RD1-team30= ENG Steve Brown 76.77 | RD1-score30=0
| RD1-seed31= | RD1-team31= NED Vincent van der Voort 86.42 | RD1-score31=2 | RD1-seed32= | RD1-team32= ENG Kevin Painter 82.82 | RD1-score32=0
| RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01= ENG Phil Taylor 92.87 | RD2-score01=3 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02= AUS Paul Nicholson 89.64 | RD2-score02=0
| RD2-seed03=8 | RD2-team03= WAL Mark Webster 87.50 | RD2-score03=3 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04= ENG Alan Tabern 76.43 | RD2-score04=1
| RD2-seed05=5 | RD2-team05= AUS Simon Whitlock 85.71 | RD2-score05=1 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06= ENG Mark Hylton 85.61 | RD2-score06=3
| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07= WAL Richie Burnett 88.38 | RD2-score07=3 | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08= ENG Denis Ovens 81.17 | RD2-score08=1
| RD2-seed09= | RD2-team09= CAN John Part 84.77 | RD2-score09=1 | RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10= NIR Brendan Dolan 87.12 | RD2-score10=3
| RD2-seed11=7 | RD2-team11= ENG Wes Newton 80.50 | RD2-score11=2 | RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12= SCO John Henderson 77.59 | RD2-score12=3
| RD2-seed13=6 | RD2-team13= | RD2-score13=1 | RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14= ENG Andy Smith 84.05 | RD2-score14=3
| RD2-seed15=3 | RD2-team15= ENG James Wade 88.62 | RD2-score15=3 | RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16= NED Vincent van der Voort 89.70 | RD2-score16=2
| RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01= ENG Phil Taylor 101.08 | RD3-score01=4 | RD3-seed02=8 | RD3-team02= WAL Mark Webster 88.98 | RD3-score02=0
| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03= ENG Mark Hylton 85.70 | RD3-score03=1 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04= WAL Richie Burnett 85.98 | RD3-score04=4
| RD3-seed05= | RD3-team05= NIR Brendan Dolan 90.11 | RD3-score05=4 | RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06= SCO John Henderson 83.46 | RD3-score06=1
| RD3-seed07= | RD3-team07= ENG Andy Smith 85.78 | RD3-score07=2 | RD3-seed08=3 | RD3-team08= ENG James Wade 88.19 | RD3-score08=4
| RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team01= ENG Phil Taylor 103.02 | RD4-score01=5 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02= WAL Richie Burnett 88.15 | RD4-score02=2
| RD4-seed03= | RD4-team03= NIR Brendan Dolan 87.58 | RD4-score03=5 | RD4-seed04=3 | RD4-team04= ENG James Wade 86.73 | RD4-score04=2
| RD5-seed01=1 | RD5-team01= ENG Phil Taylor 90.29 | RD5-score01=6 | RD5-seed02= | RD5-team02= NIR Brendan Dolan 84.68 | RD5-score02=3
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
References
- (8 October 2011). "PartyPoker.com WGP Semi-finals". PDC.tv.
- (9 October 2011). "Taylor Claims Tenth Dublin Title". PDC.tv.
- (10 October 2011). "Phil Taylor wins 10th World Grand Prix darts title". BBC Sport.
- "PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix NetZone". PDC.tv.
- (25 September 2011). "World Grand Prix Draw Made". PDC.tv.
- "Averages for all rounds". Darts Database.
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