2021 World Grand Prix (darts)

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2021 BoyleSports World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates3–9 October 2021
VenueMorningside Arena
LocationLeicester
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets
"Double in, Double out"
Prize fund£450,000
Winner's share£110,000
High checkout170  Jonny Clayton (x2)
170  Ryan Searle
Champion(s)
 Jonny Clayton
«2020 »

The 2021 BoyleSports World Grand Prix was a darts tournament and the 24th staging of the World Grand Prix. It was held from 3–9 October 2021 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was held away from the Citywest Hotel in Dublin for the second consecutive year.[1]

Gerwyn Price was the defending champion, after defeating Dirk van Duijvenbode 5–2 in the 2020 final,[2] but lost 5–1 to Jonny Clayton in the first all-Welsh major ranking final in PDC history. This was also Clayton's first PDC ranking major title win, as his previous three wins (the 2020 PDC World Cup of Darts (alongside Price), the 2021 Masters and the 2021 Premier League Darts) were all in non-ranking events.[3]

Prize money[]

The prize fund will remain at £450,000, with the winner's earnings being £110,000.[4]

The following is the breakdown of the fund:

Position (num. of players) Prize Money
(Total: £450,000)
Winner (1) £110,000
Runner-Up (1) £50,000
Semi-finalists (2) £25,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £16,000
Second round losers (8) £10,000
First round losers (16) £6,000

Qualification[]

The field of 32 players consists of the top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit and the top 16 non-qualified players from the ProTour Order of Merit as of 26 September 2021. Only the top eight players on the Order of Merit are seeded for the tournament.[5]

The following players have qualified for the tournament:

Schedule[]

Sunday, 3 October
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
01 1  Martijn Kleermaker 0 – 2 Mervyn King  2 – 3 1 – 3
02 1  Dirk van Duijvenbode 0 – 2 Luke Humphries  1 – 3 2 – 3
03 1  Stephen Bunting 2 – 0 Daryl Gurney  3 – 1 3 – 1
05 1  Joe Cullen 0 – 2 Ross Smith  0 – 3 1 – 3
04 1  Dave Chisnall 2 – 1 Mensur Suljović  3 – 0 2 – 3 3 – 1
06 1  James Wade 2 – 1 Damon Heta  3 – 2 1 – 3 3 – 2
07 1  Gerwyn Price 2 – 0 Michael Smith  3 – 1 3 – 2
08 1  Dimitri Van den Bergh 1 – 2 Ryan Searle  2 – 3 3 – 1 2 – 3
Monday, 4 October
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
09 1  Darius Labanauskas 2 – 1 Brendan Dolan  3 – 2 0 – 3 3 – 0
10 1  Callan Rydz 0 – 2 Jonny Clayton  1 – 3 0 – 3
11 1  Vincent van der Voort 2 – 0 Gabriel Clemens  3 – 2 3 – 2
12 1  Nathan Aspinall 1 – 2 Krzysztof Ratajski  3 – 2 2 – 3 1 – 3
13 1  Gary Anderson 1 – 2 Ian White  2 – 3 3 – 2 2 – 3
14 1  Peter Wright 0 – 2 Rob Cross  1 – 3 2 – 3
15 1  Michael van Gerwen 0 – 2 Danny Noppert  2 – 3 2 – 3
16 1  José de Sousa 2 – 0 Glen Durrant  3 – 0 3 – 1
Tuesday, 5 October
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
17 2  Ryan Searle 3 – 1 Luke Humphries  3 – 2 3 – 0 2 – 3 3 – 2
18 2  James Wade 1 – 3 Stephen Bunting  0 – 3 3 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3
19 2  Gerwyn Price 3 – 1 Mervyn King  1 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 1
20 2  Dave Chisnall 3 – 2 Ross Smith  0 – 3 1 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 1
Wednesday, 6 October
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
21 2  Ian White 3 – 2 Darius Labanauskas  0 – 3 0 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 2
22 2  Rob Cross 1 – 3 Krzysztof Ratajski  0 – 3 3 – 0 1 – 3 1 – 3
23 2  Danny Noppert 3 – 0 Vincent van der Voort  3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 2
24 2  José de Sousa 1 – 3 Jonny Clayton  3 – 2 2 – 3 0 – 3 1 – 3
Thursday, 7 October
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
25 QF  Danny Noppert 3 – 1 Ian White  3 – 0 2 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 1
26 QF  Krzysztof Ratajski 2 – 3 Jonny Clayton  1 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3
27 QF  Gerwyn Price 3 – 0 Dave Chisnall  3 – 0 3 – 2 3 – 1
28 QF  Stephen Bunting 3 – 1 Ryan Searle  1 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 2
Friday, 8 October
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
29 SF  Jonny Clayton 4 – 1 Danny Noppert  3 – 1 1 – 3 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 0
30 SF  Gerwyn Price 4 – 2 Stephen Bunting  1 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 2 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 0
Saturday, 9 October
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9
31 F  Gerwyn Price 1 – 5 Jonny Clayton  1 – 3 2 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 2 1 – 3 1 – 3

Draw[]

First round
(best of 3 sets)
3–4 October 		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
5–6 October 		Quarter-finals
(best of 5 sets)
7 October 		Semi-finals
(best of 7 sets)
8 October 		Final
(best of 9 sets)
9 October
               
1  Gerwyn Price 100.82 2
 Michael Smith 88.38 0
1  Gerwyn Price 93.19 3
 Mervyn King 82.65 1
   Martijn Kleermaker 76.45 0
 Mervyn King 75.62 2
1  Gerwyn Price 87.58 3
8  Dave Chisnall 87.23 0
8  Dave Chisnall 84.37 2
 Mensur Suljović 83.76 1
8  Dave Chisnall 91.79 3
 Ross Smith 85.47 2
   Joe Cullen 73.54 0
 Ross Smith 91.45 2
1  Gerwyn Price 88.99 4
 Stephen Bunting 88.18 2
4  James Wade 87.12 2
 Damon Heta 89.49 1
4  James Wade 85.77 1
 Stephen Bunting 86.63 3
   Stephen Bunting 99.05 2
 Daryl Gurney 77.14 0
   Stephen Bunting 87.08 3
 Ryan Searle 82.54 1
5  Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.14 1
 Ryan Searle 90.73 2
   Ryan Searle 92.87 3
 Luke Humphries 87.55 1
   Dirk van Duijvenbode 80.69 0
 Luke Humphries 82.51 2
1  Gerwyn Price 92.47 1
 Jonny Clayton 94.44 5
2  Peter Wright 84.69 0
 Rob Cross 85.62 2
   Rob Cross 86.86 1
 Krzysztof Ratajski 88.04 3
   Nathan Aspinall 88.72 1
 Krzysztof Ratajski 94.26 2
   Krzysztof Ratajski 88.28 2
 Jonny Clayton 91.44 3
7  José de Sousa 78.07 2
 Glen Durrant 58.02 0
7  José de Sousa 92.55 1
 Jonny Clayton 94.95 3
   Callan Rydz 72.72 0
 Jonny Clayton 95.10 2
   Jonny Clayton 94.82 4
 Danny Noppert 89.47 1
3  Michael van Gerwen 90.55 0
 Danny Noppert 96.72 2
   Danny Noppert 91.24 3
 Vincent van der Voort 87.14 0
   Vincent van der Voort 90.47 2
 Gabriel Clemens 84.53 0
   Danny Noppert 95.57 3
 Ian White 91.94 1
6  Gary Anderson 77.73 1
 Ian White 78.12 2
   Ian White 88.29 3
 Darius Labanauskas 87.53 2
   Darius Labanauskas 85.85 2
 Brendan Dolan 90.03 1

Representation[]

This table shows the number of players by country in the 2021 World Grand Prix. A total of 12 nationalities are represented.

England
ENG 		Netherlands
NED 		Northern Ireland
NIR 		Scotland
SCO 		Wales
WAL 		Australia
AUS 		Austria
AUT 		Belgium
BEL 		Germany
GER 		Lithuania
LTU 		Poland
POL 		Portugal
POR 		Total
Final 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Semi-final 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Quarter-final 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8
Round 2 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 16
Round 1 14 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 32
Total 14 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 32

References[]

  1. ^ Allen, Dave. "BoyleSports World Grand Prix heading to Leicester in October". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Price defeats Van Duijvenbode to win World Grand Prix". Professional Darts Corporation. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Clinical Clayton claims BoyleSports World Grand Prix glory". Professional Darts Corporation. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  4. ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  5. ^ Allen, Dave. "Rankings update ahead of BoyleSports World Grand Prix". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

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