2013 World Grand Prix (darts)
| PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 7–13 October | ||
| Venue | Citywest Hotel | ||
| Location | Dublin | ||
| Country | Republic of Ireland | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Sets "double in, double out" | ||
| Prize fund | £350,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £100,000 | ||
| High checkout | 164  Phil Taylor | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Phil Taylor | |||
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The 2013 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the sixteenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from October 7 to 13 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin.
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion having won his first major PDC ranking title in 2012 with a 6–4 defeat over Mervyn King.[1] However, he lost in the quarter-finals to Dave Chisnall.[2] Chisnall went on to reach his first major PDC final but lost 6–0 to Phil Taylor, who claimed his 11th Grand Prix title.[3]
Prize money
The total prize fund was £350,000. The following is the breakdown of the fund:[4]
| Position (num. of players) | Prize money | |
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| Winner | (1) | £100,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £40,000 |
| Semi-finalist | (2) | £20,000 |
| Quarter-finalist | (4) | £12,500 |
| Second round losers | (8) | £7,000 |
| First round losers | (16) | £4,000 |
| Nine-dart finish | (0) | £10,000 |
Qualification
The field of 32 players were made up from the top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit on September 23. 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 2013 ProTour Order of Merit.[5]
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Draw
The draw was made on 22 September 2013.[6]
References
- ^ "Michael van Gerwen beats Mervyn King to win World Grand Prix". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ a b "partypoker.com World Grand Prix QFs". PDC. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ^ "World Grand Prix: Ruthless Phil Taylor blasts Dave Chisnall 6-0 in Dublin to win 11th title". Sky Sports. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ "2013 World Grand Prix Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ "2013 World Grand Prix Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ "partypoker.com World Grand Prix Draw". PDC. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ "partypoker.com World Grand Prix Day One". PDC. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ "partypoker.com World Grand Prix Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "partypoker.com World Grand Prix Day Three". PDC. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ^ "partypoker.com World Grand Prix Day Four". PDC. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ "partypoker.com World Grand Prix Semis". PDC. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ "Amazing Taylor Reclaims Dublin Title". PDC. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.