2007 World Grand Prix Darts

The 2007 SkyBet World Grand Prix was the tenth staging of a PDC darts tournament which took place between October 8 and October 14. It was the seventh year that the event was being staged at the Citywest Hotel, Saggart, Dublin. Phil Taylor went into the event as defending champion having won it for the previous two years - and seven times in all, but suffered a surprise first round defeat to Adrian Gray.

James Wade followed up his success at the 2007 World Matchplay by adding this title to his collection. He beat World Champion Raymond van Barneveld in the semi-final and Terry Jenkins in the final. Jenkins suffered his fifth televised final defeat in twelve months as his search for his first major title continued.

The top 24 players in the PDC Order of Merit qualified automatically. There were four further qualifiers from the PDPA Players Championship Order of Merit (the best performers from up to 20 non-televised events during the year) and there were four PDPA Irish qualifiers. The All-Ireland qualifiers were held on September 16.

As in previous years, the format of the tournament features much shorter first round matches (best of three sets) and players must start each leg on a double, as well as finish on a double.

History

For history of event and previous winners "see main article: World Grand Prix"

Prize money

The 2007 event has an increased prize fund of £200,000
*Winner: £50,000
*Runner-up: £20,000
*Semi-Final: £10,000
*Quarter Final: £7,500
*2nd Round: £5,000
*1st Round: £2,500

Race for the Premier League

The World Grand Prix is the cut-off point for qualification for the 2008 Premier League. The top six players in the world rankings after this tournament will seal automatic qualification for the lucrative event. Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, James Wade, Terry Jenkins and Peter Manley all looked assured of a place - but a good run at this tournament for any number of players could have stole the last guaranteed place in the league. Adrian Lewis secured the spot when John Part lost in the semi-finals. Part needed to win the event to climb to sixth in the rankings. Two further players will receive a wildcard at a later date.

Results

32TeamBracket-Compact | RD1= 1st Round
best of 3 sets
losers £2,500
RD2= 2nd Round
best of 5 sets
losers £5,000
RD3= Quarter Finals
best of 7 sets
losers £7,500
RD4= Semi Finals
best of 9 sets
losers £10,000
RD5= Final
best of 11 sets
loser £20,000
winner £50,000

score-width=20

RD1-seed01=1
RD1-team01=Phil Taylor
RD1-score01=0
RD1-seed02=
RD1-team02=Adrian Gray
RD1-score02=2

RD1-seed03=
RD1-team03=Ronnie Baxter
RD1-score03=1
RD1-seed04=
RD1-team04=Andy Smith
RD1-score04=2

RD1-seed05=8
RD1-team05=Andy Hamilton
RD1-score05=1
RD1-seed06=
RD1-team06=Wayne Mardle
RD1-score06=2

RD1-seed07=
RD1-team07=John Part
RD1-score07=2
RD1-seed08=qual
RD1-team08=Billy Matthews
RD1-score08=0

RD1-seed09=5
RD1-team09=Peter Manley
RD1-score09=1
RD1-seed10=
RD1-team10=Mark Dudbridge
RD1-score10=2

RD1-seed11=qual
RD1-team11=Jason Barry
RD1-score11=1
RD1-seed12=
RD1-team12=Andy Jenkins
RD1-score12=2

RD1-seed13=4
RD1-team13=Terry Jenkins
RD1-score13=2
RD1-seed14=
RD1-team14=Wayne Jones
RD1-score14=1

RD1-seed15=
RD1-team15=Chris Mason
RD1-score15=2
RD1-seed16=
RD1-team16=Colin Osborne
RD1-score16=0

RD1-seed17=2
RD1-team17=Raymond van Barneveld
RD1-score17=2
RD1-seed18=
RD1-team18=Vincent van der Voort
RD1-score18=1

RD1-seed19=qual
RD1-team19=John Elder
RD1-score19=0
RD1-seed20=
RD1-team20=Mervyn King
RD1-score20=2

RD1-seed21=7
RD1-team21=Adrian Lewis
RD1-score21=2
RD1-seed22=qual
RD1-team22=James Keogh
RD1-score22=0

RD1-seed23=
RD1-team23=Kevin Painter
RD1-score23=1
RD1-seed24=
RD1-team24=Roland Scholten
RD1-score24=2

RD1-seed25=6
RD1-team25=Colin Lloyd
RD1-score25=2
RD1-seed26=
RD1-team26=Dennis Priestley
RD1-score26=0

RD1-seed27=
RD1-team27=Alan Tabern
RD1-score27=2
RD1-seed28=
RD1-team28=Barrie Bates
RD1-score28=1

RD1-seed29=3
RD1-team29=James Wade
RD1-score29=2
RD1-seed30=
RD1-team30=Denis Ovens
RD1-score30=0

RD1-seed31=
RD1-team31=Alex Roy
RD1-score31=2
RD1-seed32=
RD1-team32=Wes Newton
RD1-score32=1

RD2-seed01=
RD2-team01=Gray
RD2-score01=3
RD2-seed02=
RD2-team02=A.Smith
RD2-score02=1

RD2-seed03=
RD2-team03=Mardle
RD2-score03=0
RD2-seed04=
RD2-team04=Part
RD2-score04=3

RD2-seed05=
RD2-team05=Dudbridge
RD2-score05=3
RD2-seed06=
RD2-team06=A.Jenkins
RD2-score06=2

RD2-seed07=4
RD2-team07=T.Jenkins
RD2-score07=3
RD2-seed08=
RD2-team08=Mason
RD2-score08=2

RD2-seed09=2
RD2-team09=van Barneveld
RD2-score09=3
RD2-seed10=
RD2-team10=King
RD2-score10=0

RD2-seed11=7
RD2-team11=Lewis
RD2-score11=3
RD2-seed12=
RD2-team12=Scholten
RD2-score12=1

RD2-seed13=6
RD2-team13=Lloyd
RD2-score13=3
RD2-seed14=
RD2-team14=Tabern
RD2-score14=0

RD2-seed15=3
RD2-team15=Wade
RD2-score15=3
RD2-seed16=
RD2-team16=Roy
RD2-score16=1

RD3-seed01=
RD3-team01=Gray
RD3-score01=2
RD3-seed02=
RD3-team02=Part
RD3-score02=4

RD3-seed03=
RD3-team03=Dudbridge
RD3-score03=1
RD3-seed04=4
RD3-team04=T.Jenkins
RD3-score04=4

RD3-seed05=2
RD3-team05=van Barneveld
RD3-score05=4
RD3-seed06=7
RD3-team06=Lewis
RD3-score06=3

RD3-seed07=6
RD3-team07=Lloyd
RD3-score07=0
RD3-seed08=3
RD3-team08=Wade
RD3-score08=4

RD4-seed01=
RD4-team01=Part
RD4-score01=3
RD4-seed02=4
RD4-team02=T.Jenkins
RD4-score02=5

RD4-seed03=2
RD4-team03=van Barneveld
RD4-score03=1
RD4-seed04=3
RD4-team04=Wade
RD4-score04=5

RD5-seed01=4
RD5-team01=T.Jenkins
RD5-score01=3
RD5-seed02=3
RD5-team02=Wade
RD5-score02=6

External links

* [http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/GrandPrixDetail/0,,10180~1127194,00.html World Grand Prix results & reports] Planetdarts.tv