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Bodog.com World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates4-10 October 2010
VenueCitywest Hotel
LocationDublin
CountryRepublic of Ireland
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets

"double in, double out"

Final – best of 11
Prize fund£350,000
Winner's share£100,000

The 2010 Bodog.com World Grand Prix will be the 13th staging of the World Grand Prix. It will take place from October 4 to October 10.

The reigning champion is Phil Taylor, who will be aiming to win his tenth World Grand Prix.

Prize money

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

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
[1]

Qualification

The field of 32 players is mostly made up from the top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit on September 20, following the two Players Championships in Nuland, Netherlands. The top 8 from these rankings were also the seeded players. The remaining 16 places will go to the top 12 non-qualified players from the Players Championship Order of Merit, and then to the top 4 non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from the 2010 Players Championship Order of Merit who have competed in at least six Players Championship events.

PDC Top 16
  1. England Phil Taylor
  2. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
  3. England James Wade
  4. England Mervyn King
  5. England Terry Jenkins
  6. Australia Simon Whitlock
  7. England Colin Lloyd
  8. England Ronnie Baxter
  9. England Adrian Lewis
  10. England Mark Walsh
  11. England Andy Hamilton
  12. England Colin Osborne
  13. Scotland Gary Anderson
  14. England Wayne Jones
  15. Australia Paul Nicholson
  16. England Kevin Painter
Irish qualifiers
  1. Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
  2. Republic of Ireland Mick McGowan
  3. Republic of Ireland William O'Connor
  4. Northern Ireland John MaGowan
PDPA Players Championship qualifiers
  1. Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
  2. England Jamie Caven
  3. England Denis Ovens
  4. England Wes Newton
  5. England Andy Smith
  6. England Mark Dudbridge
  7. Netherlands Co Stompé
  8. England Alan Tabern
  9. Wales Barrie Bates
  10. England Steve Farmer
  11. England Steve Brown
  12. England Dennis Priestley

Television coverage and sponsorship

The whole tournament will be screened by Sky Sports in high definition.

Bodog will sponsor the tournament for the first time.[2]

Draw

First round (best of 3)
4–5 October 		Second round (best of 5)
6–7 October 		Quarter-finals (best of 7)
8 October 		Semi-finals (best of 9)
9 October 		Final (best of 11)
10 October
               
1 England Phil Taylor
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
 
England Andy Smith
England Andy Smith 2
England Jamie Caven 1
 
 
8 England Ronnie Baxter
Scotland Gary Anderson
 
England
England Kevin Painter
England Mark Dudbridge
 
 
5 England Terry Jenkins 2
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 0
5 England Terry Jenkins
England Adrian Lewis
England Adrian Lewis 82.59 2
England Alan Tabern 82.29 1
England
England
4 England Mervyn King
England Wayne Jones
England
England Steve Brown
England Steve Brown 2
England Steve Farmer 1
 
 
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Northern Ireland John MaGowan
 
England
England Denis Ovens
England Mark Walsh
 
 
7 England Colin Lloyd
England Wes Newton
England
 
Republic of Ireland William O'Connor
Wales Barrie Bates
 
 
6 Australia Simon Whitlock
Australia Paul Nicholson
Australia
England
England Dennis Priestley
England Andy Hamilton
 
 
3 England James Wade
Republic of Ireland Mick McGowan
 
 
England Colin Osborne
Netherlands Co Stompé

Statistics

Player Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average

References

  1. ^ "2010 World Grand Prix Prize Money". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Bodog.com World Grand Prix". PDC.tv. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
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