2010 World Grand Prix (darts)

2010 Bodog.com World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates4–10 October 2010
VenueCitywest Hotel
LocationDublin
Country Ireland
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets
"double in, double out"
Final – best of 11
Prize fund£350,000
Winner's share£100,000
High checkout170 Australia Simon Whitlock
170 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
170 England Phil Taylor
Champion(s)
England James Wade
«2009 2011»

The 2010 Bodog.com World Grand Prix was the thirteenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from 4–10 October 2010 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.

James Wade won his second World Grand Prix title, defeating Adrian Lewis in the final. Defending champion Phil Taylor was aiming to win his tenth World Grand Prix, but was beaten by Lewis in the semi-finals.

Prize money

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The total prize fund was £350,000.[1] This was the same as the 2009 tournament.

The following is the breakdown of the fund:

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £350,000)
Winner (1) £100,000
Runner-Up (1) £40,000
Semi-finalists (2) £20,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £12,500
Second round losers (8) £7,000
First round losers (16) £4,000

Qualification

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The field of 32 players was 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 went 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 (semi-finals)
  2. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (semi-finals)
  3. England James Wade (winner)
  4. England Mervyn King (first round)
  5. England Terry Jenkins (second round)
  6. Australia Simon Whitlock (second round)
  7. England Colin Lloyd (first round)
  8. England Ronnie Baxter (first round)
  9. England Adrian Lewis (runner-up)
  10. England Mark Walsh (second round)
  11. England Andy Hamilton (quarter-finals)
  12. England Colin Osborne (second round)
  13. Scotland Gary Anderson (quarter-finals)
  14. England Wayne Jones (quarter-finals)
  15. Australia Paul Nicholson (first round)
  16. England Kevin Painter (second round)
PDPA Players Championship qualifiers
  1. Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (first round)
  2. England Jamie Caven (first round)
  3. England Denis Ovens (first round)
  4. England Wes Newton (second round)
  5. England Andy Smith (second round)
  6. England Mark Dudbridge (first round)
  7. Netherlands Co Stompé (first round)
  8. England Alan Tabern (first round)
  9. Wales Barrie Bates (quarter-finals)
  10. England Steve Farmer (first round)
  11. England Steve Brown (second round)
  12. England Dennis Priestley (first round)
Irish qualifiers
  1. Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan (first round)
  2. Republic of Ireland Mick McGowan (first round)
  3. Republic of Ireland William O'Connor (first round)
  4. Northern Ireland John MaGowan (first round)

Television coverage and sponsorship

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The whole tournament was screened by Sky Sports in high definition.

Bodog sponsored the tournament for the first time.[2]

Draw

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First round (best of 3 sets)
4–5 October[3][4] 		Second round (best of 5 sets)
6–7 October[5][6] 		Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets)
8 October[7] 		Semi-finals (best of 9 sets)
9 October[8] 		Final (best of 11 sets)
10 October[9]
               
1 England Phil Taylor 102.48 2
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 83.48 0
1 England Phil Taylor 101.75 3
England Andy Smith 93.72 0
  England Andy Smith 82.46 2
England Jamie Caven 80.09 1
1 England Phil Taylor 99.82 4
Scotland Gary Anderson 95.00 3
8 England Ronnie Baxter 83.67 1
Scotland Gary Anderson 89.29 2
  Scotland Gary Anderson 89.89 3
England Kevin Painter 81.27 2
  England Kevin Painter 77.55 2
England Mark Dudbridge 78.81 1
1 England Phil Taylor 92.88 4
England Adrian Lewis 91.76 5
5 England Terry Jenkins 83.46 2
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 78.08 0
5 England Terry Jenkins 82.67 2
England Adrian Lewis 78.65 3
  England Adrian Lewis 82.59 2
England Alan Tabern 82.29 1
  England Adrian Lewis 84.14 4
England Wayne Jones 87.04 1
4 England Mervyn King 89.18 1
England Wayne Jones 88.47 2
  England Wayne Jones 84.38 3
England Steve Brown 77.19 0
  England Steve Brown 76.06 2
England Steve Farmer 83.25 1
England Adrian Lewis 89.33 3
3 England James Wade 88.76 6
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 78.16 2
Northern Ireland John MaGowan 77.93 0
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 91.20 3
England Mark Walsh 92.09 1
  England Denis Ovens 85.37 0
England Mark Walsh 92.56 2
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 87.61 4
Wales Barrie Bates 79.21 1
7 England Colin Lloyd 72.97 0
England Wes Newton 88.75 2
  England Wes Newton 83.20 2
Wales Barrie Bates 81.65 3
  Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 66.83 0
Wales Barrie Bates 76.05 2
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 85.95 1
3 England James Wade 87.95 5
6 Australia Simon Whitlock 89.54 2
Australia Paul Nicholson 78.00 0
6 Australia Simon Whitlock 91.67 2
England Andy Hamilton 91.55 3
  England Dennis Priestley 79.75 0
England Andy Hamilton 88.36 2
England Andy Hamilton 85.29 1
3 England James Wade 82.29 4
3 England James Wade 83.00 2
Republic of Ireland Mick McGowan 67.52 0
3 England James Wade 83.44 3
England Colin Osborne 87.00 1
  England Colin Osborne 76.90 2
Netherlands Co Stompé 70.69 1

Statistics

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Player Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout 3-dart average
England James Wade 5 20 6 67 39 27 148 72 11 154 85.09
England Adrian Lewis 5 17 14 61 63 27 168 76 33 161 85.30
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 4 10 7 38 31 18 84 33 8 170 85.73
England Phil Taylor 4 13 8 51 32 21 126 41 17 170 99.23
England Wayne Jones 3 6 5 26 22 9 60 37 6 124 86.63
England Andy Hamilton 3 6 6 22 26 10 46 39 6 154 88.40
Wales Barrie Bates 3 6 6 24 23 9 57 24 6 104 78.97
Scotland Gary Anderson 3 8 7 31 31 12 72 38 22 120 91.39
England Wes Newton 2 4 3 15 13 7 32 22 3 91 85.98
England Colin Osborne 2 3 1 11 17 6 37 15 4 100 81.95
Australia Simon Whitlock 2 4 3 17 11 6 34 22 5 170 90.61
England Mark Walsh 2 3 3 13 11 6 46 19 1 135 92.33
England Kevin Painter 2 4 4 16 15 6 38 12 4 147 79.41
England Andy Smith 2 2 4 9 15 1 28 17 4 120 88.09
England Terry Jenkins 2 4 3 16 11 8 46 23 4 158 83.07
England Steve Brown 2 2 4 12 15 3 29 19 4 74 76.63
Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 1 0 2 1 6 0 5 3 0 32 66.83
Australia Paul Nicholson 1 0 2 2 6 1 10 3 1 72 78.00
Northern Ireland John MaGowan 1 0 2 1 6 1 9 3 0 36 77.93
Republic of Ireland Mick McGowan 1 0 2 2 6 1 11 1 0 55 67.52
England Colin Lloyd 1 0 2 1 6 0 6 6 0 40 72.97
Netherlands Co Stompe 1 1 2 6 6 3 9 7 3 110 70.69
England Denis Ovens 1 0 2 2 6 1 12 7 0 60 85.37
England Dennis Priestley 1 0 2 3 6 1 9 7 2 100 79.75
England Mervyn King 1 1 2 6 8 2 13 11 2 118 89.18
England Mark Dudbridge 1 1 2 5 8 0 15 4 0 100 78.81
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 1 0 2 0 6 0 13 3 0 — 83.48
England Ronnie Baxter 1 1 2 6 8 2 14 13 2 130 83.67
England Alan Tabern 1 1 2 4 6 2 12 4 2 56 82.29
England Steve Farmer 1 1 2 6 8 1 21 8 2 68 83.25
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 1 0 2 3 6 1 10 4 1 56 78.08
England Jamie Caven 1 1 2 6 7 1 16 7 2 58 80.09

References

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  1. ^ "2010 World Grand Prix Prize Money". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Bodog.com World Grand Prix". PDC. Archived from the original on 5 September 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Bodog.com WGP - Night One". PDC. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  4. ^ "Bodog.com WGP - Night Two". PDC. October 5, 2010. Archived from the original on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  5. ^ "Bodog.com WGP - Night Three". PDC. October 6, 2010. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  6. ^ "Bodog.com WGP - Night Four". PDC. October 7, 2010. Archived from the original on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  7. ^ "Bodog.com WGP - Quarter-finals". PDC. October 8, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-10-11. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  8. ^ "Bodog.com WGP - Semi-finals". PDC. October 9, 2010. Archived from the original on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  9. ^ "Wade's Delight with Bodog.com WGP Title". PDC. October 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
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