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

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, Ireland. James Wade won his second World Grand Prix title, defeating

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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

The total prize fund was £350,000. This was the same as the 2009 tournament. The following is the breakdown of the fund:

Qualification

The field of 32 players was mostly made up from the top 16 in the

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on September 20, following the two Players Championships in

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. 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

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and

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from the 2010 Players Championship Order of Merit who have competed in at least six Players Championship events.

Television coverage and sponsorship

The whole tournament was screened by

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in high definition. Bodog sponsored the tournament for the first time.

Draw

Statistics

References

External links

World Grand Prix page on the PDC's official website2010 World Grand Prix on Dartsdatabase
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