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
James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player to win a major PDC title, when he won the 2007 World Matchplay at the ...
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
A nine-dart finish, also known as a nine-darter, is a perfect leg or single game in the sport of darts. The object of the game is to score a set number of points, most commonly 501; in order to win, a player must reach the target total exactly an ...
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:
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
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
External links
2011 World grand Prix Netzone
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