The 2011 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the fourteenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from October 3 to 9.

James Wade

James Wade

James Wade is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation . He became the youngest player ever to win a major PDC title at the World Matchplay in July 2007...

 was the defending champion. However he lost in the semi finals to Brendan Dolan

Brendan Dolan

Brendan Dolan is a Irish darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.After two early exits in the 2003 and 2004 UK Open, his first major run came in the 2004 World Grand Prix where he qualified through the All Ireland qualifiers, winning one of four places...

 who had the unique achievement of becoming the first player to achieve a televised nine dart finish

Nine dart finish

A nine-dart finish is the ultimate checkout in the game of darts, constituting a perfect game. It is notoriously difficult to achieve, even by the game's top professionals...

 during a leg in which the players had to start on a double. The tournament was won by Phil Taylor 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:

Champion – £100,000

Runner-up – £40,000

Semi-finalists – £20,000

Quarter-finalists – £12,500

Second round losers – £7,000

First round losers – £4,000

Nine-Dart-finish – £5,000

Qualification

The field of 32 players were mostly made up from the top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit

PDC order of merit

The PDC Order of Merit is a world ranking system used by one of the darts organisations, the Professional Darts Corporation . Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments.-Previous world...

 on September 19, two weeks after the two Players Championships in Derby

Derby

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. 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

Republic of Ireland

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 and Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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 from the 2011 Players Championship Order of Merit who competed in at least six Players Championship events (reduced by two).

PDC Top 16   Phil Taylor   Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...   James Wade James Wade James Wade is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation . He became the youngest player ever to win a major PDC title at the World Matchplay in July 2007...   Gary Anderson Gary Anderson (darts player) Gary Anderson is a Scottish professional darts player from Eyemouth, Scottish Borders, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation, and a former BDO and WDF world number one. His nickname is The Flying Scotsman...   Simon Whitlock Simon Whitlock Simon Whitlock is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, although he did have a spell playing in the rival organisation, the British Darts Organisation. He uses the nickname The Wizard for his matches...   Raymond van Barneveld Raymond van Barneveld Raymond van Barneveld , nickname Barney is a professional darts player. He is a five time World Darts Champion, and two time UK Open Champion. From January to June 2008, he was the PDC world number one ranked player...   Wes Newton Wes Newton Wesley "Wes" Newton is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments.-Darts career:...   Mark Webster Mark Webster (darts player) Mark Webster is a left-handed Welsh darts player who lives in Denbigh. Known as Webby, he plays in Professional Darts Corporation events, having previously won the 2008 BDO World Championship. Mark became a full time professional in 2009, having previously been a fully qualified Gas registered...   Paul Nicholson Paul Nicholson (darts player) Paul Nicholson is a British born darts player, who holds Australian nationality. He aims to project the image of the 'bad boy of darts'- 2008-2009 :...   Terry Jenkins Terry Jenkins Terry Jenkins is an English professional darts player who is nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the nickname "Tucker" for his matches...   Andy Hamilton Andy Hamilton (darts player) Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....   Mervyn King   Mark Walsh   Colin Lloyd Colin Lloyd Colin Lloyd , nicknamed Jaws, is an English professional darts player on the Professional Darts Corporation circuit. He is a former world number one ranked player and he has won two major television titles in the PDC - the 2004 World Grand Prix and 2005 World Matchplay...   Wayne Jones Wayne Jones (darts player) Wayne Alan Jones is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He uses the nickname The Wanderer for his matches....   Ronnie Baxter Ronnie Baxter Ronnie Baxter is an English darts player. He uses the nickname The Rocket for his matches. Baxter is known for his fast, robotic throwing action...

PDPA Players Championship qualifiers   John Part John Part John Part is a Canadian professional darts player, who is nicknamed Darth Maple.Part is one of only five players in darts history to be a three time World Champion...   Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort is a professional darts player.-Playing style:Vincent is well known for his spasmodic style and machine-gun speed of play which has gained him a reputation in both the BDO and the PDC for being one of the more erratic throwers in the darting world...   Justin Pipe Justin Pipe Justin Pipe is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.Pipe first emerged at the 2008 UK Open as a pub qualifier. He defeated Geoff Wylie and Lionel Sams before losing 3-9 to James Wade in the third round...   Jamie Caven Jamie Caven Jamie Robert Caven is an English darts player. He uses the nickname Jabba for his matches and is sponsored by Unicorn....   Andy Smith Andy Smith (darts player) Andrew Smith is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Pieman for his matches...   Peter Wright Peter Wright (darts player) Peter Wright is a Scottish darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He currently resides in Lowestoft and uses the nickname Snakebite for his matches. He represents Scotland due to Scottish grandparentage.He is known for having a mo-hawk hairstyle which changes colour...   Dave Chisnall Dave Chisnall Dave Chisnall is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.- Personal Life :In September 2011 his girlfriend Michaela gave birth to his first daughter...   Kevin Painter Kevin Painter Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...   Denis Ovens Denis Ovens Denis Ovens is an English darts player currently ranked number 29 in the PDC Order of Merit. He is nicknamed The Heat and is now based in Stevenage. Ovens is widely regarded as one of the most consistent players in the circuit, though he has as yet failed to convert his form from the circuit to...   Richie Burnett Richie Burnett Richie Burnett is a Welsh darts player who was the 1995 Embassy World Darts Champion and currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. His nickname is The Prince of Wales.-BDO career:...   Alan Tabern Alan Tabern Alan Tabern is an English darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, where he is also known as "The Saint" and "Tabby"...   Steve Brown   Mark Hylton Mark Hylton (darts player) Mark Hylton is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.Hylton has played darts for over 30 years. He has played super league for many years and earned over 80 caps for Staffordshire....   John Henderson John Henderson (darts player) John Henderson is a Scottish darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.-Darts career:Henderson briefly played in the Professional Darts Corporation, playing one tournament in Scotland and then the 2003 UK Open where he lost in the first round having won his Preliminary match...

Irish qualifiers   Brendan Dolan Brendan Dolan Brendan Dolan is a Irish darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.After two early exits in the 2003 and 2004 UK Open, his first major run came in the 2004 World Grand Prix where he qualified through the All Ireland qualifiers, winning one of four places...   William O'Connor William O'Connor (darts player) William O'Connor is an Irish darts player. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.He first came to prominence in the 2010 UK Open when he impressively defeated Stuart Monaghan in the First Round by 6 legs to 0...

Draw

Statistics

Player	Played	Sets Won	Sets Lost	Legs Won	Legs Lost	LWAT	100+	140+	180s	High Checkout	3-dart Average
Phil Taylor	2	5	1	16	8	6	33	19	5	164	97.56
Peter Wright	1	1	2	5	7	2	14	8	5	115	93.05
Ronnie Baxter	1	0	2	2	6	2	6	9	1	85	87.91
Paul Nicholson	2	2	3	9	11	3	25	14	4	71	90.68
Mark Webster	2	5	2	18	9	6	44	10	3	142	89.20
Andy Hamilton	1	1	2	5	8	0	13	7	1	74	79.89
Dave Chisnall	1	1	2	7	7	1	10	11	8	105	88.87
Alan Tabern	2	3	4	11	17	2	33	14	1	101	77.07
Simon Whitlock	2	3	4	15	14	6	28	22	7	158	85.28
Terry Jenkins	1	1	2	4	8	1	22	4	2	36	85.19
Mark Hylton	2	5	2	16	12	7	37	21	6	106	83.97
Mark Walsh	1	1	2	5	6	2	20	5	1	121	79.03
Gary Anderson	1	1	2	6	6	1	14	10	5	125	92.78
Richie Burnett	2	5	2	17	13	5	30	23	6	101	86.55
Jamie Caven	1	0	2	3	6	2	8	8	2	170	77.25
Denis Ovens	2	3	3	13	14	5	32	23	3	86	81.79
Adrian Lewis	1	1	2	6	6	2	17	9	1	100	86.30
John Part	2	3	4	12	15	4	27	19	3	130	83.35
Brendan Dolan	3	9	2	27	18	11	61	32	11	161	89.11
Wayne Jones	1	0	2	3	6	1	7	3	3	74	80.14
Wes Newton	2	4	4	19	14	10	31	19	8	110	85.13
Colin Lloyd	1	1	2	3	8	1	15	7	0	20	80.45
Justin Pipe	1	0	2	4	6	1	16	5	2	110	76.34
John Henderson	3	6	6	26	27	13	71	36	7	160	80.83
Raymond van Barneveld	2	3	3	12	12	3	27	16	4	160	84.66
Mervyn King	1	0	2	3	6	0	14	6	0	116	85.59
William O'Connor	1	0	2	2	6	1	11	6	0	40	84.46
Andy Smith	2	5	1	15	8	6	31	17	6	83	85.13
James Wade	2	5	2	19	10	9	35	21	3	142	81.82
Steve Brown	1	0	2	1	6	0	8	6	0	74	76.77
Vincent van der Voort	2	4	3	15	15	8	33	23	5	105	88.06
Kevin Painter	1	0	2	2	6	1	11	7	1	60	82.82

Television coverage and sponsorship

The tournament was be screened by Sky Sports

Sky Sports

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 in high definition.

PartyPoker.com sponsored the event for the first time, taking over from Bodog

Bodog

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after just one year.

External links

• 2011 World grand Prix Netzone