The 2010 Bodog.com World Grand Prix was the thirteenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from 4 to 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 The total prize fund was £350,000. 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) £100,000Runner-Up (1) £40,000Semi-finalists (2) £20,000Quarter-finalists (4) £12,500Second round losers (8) £7,000First round losers (16) £4,000
Qualification 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 Phil Taylor (semi-finals) Raymond van Barneveld (semi-finals) James Wade (winner) Mervyn King (first round) Terry Jenkins (second round) Simon Whitlock (second round) Colin Lloyd (first round) Ronnie Baxter (first round) Adrian Lewis (runner-up) Mark Walsh (second round) Andy Hamilton (quarter-finals) Colin Osborne (second round) Gary Anderson (quarter-finals) Wayne Jones (quarter-finals) Paul Nicholson (first round) Kevin Painter (second round)PDPA Players Championship qualifiers Vincent van der Voort (first round) Jamie Caven (first round) Denis Ovens (first round) Wes Newton (second round) Andy Smith (second round) Mark Dudbridge (first round) Co Stompé (first round) Alan Tabern (first round) Barrie Bates (quarter-finals) Steve Farmer (first round) Steve Brown (second round) Dennis Priestley (first round)Irish qualifiers Brendan Dolan (first round) Mick McGowan (first round) William O'Connor (first round) John MaGowan (first round)
Television coverage and sponsorship The whole tournament was screened by Sky Sports in high definition.
Bodog sponsored the tournament for the first time.
Draw
Statistics Player Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout 3-dart average James Wade5206673927148721115485.09 Adrian Lewis51714616327168763316185.30 Raymond van Barneveld41073831188433817085.73 Phil Taylor4138513221126411717099.23 Wayne Jones365262296037612486.63 Andy Hamilton3662226104639615488.40 Barrie Bates366242395724610478.97 Gary Anderson38731311272382212091.39 Wes Newton24315137322239185.98 Colin Osborne231111763715410081.95 Simon Whitlock243171163422517090.61 Mark Walsh233131164619113592.33 Kevin Painter 244161563812414779.41 Andy Smith22491512817412088.09 Terry Jenkins243161184623415883.07 Steve Brown22412153291947476.63 William O'Connor1021605303266.83 Paul Nicholson 10226110317278.00 John MaGowan1021619303677.93 Mick McGowan10226111105567.52 Colin Lloyd1021606604072.97 Co Stompe11266397311070.69 Denis Ovens 10226112706085.37 Dennis Priestley10236197210079.75 Mervyn King1126821311211889.18 Mark Dudbridge112580154010078.81 Brendan Dolan1020601330—83.48 Ronnie Baxter1126821413213083.67 Alan Tabern11246212425682.29 Steve Farmer 11268121826883.25 Vincent van der Voort10236110415678.08 Jamie Caven11267116725880.09
References
External links World Grand Prix page on the PDC's official website 2010 World Grand Prix on Dartsdatabase