The 2011 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the fourteenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from 3 to 9 October 2011 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.
James Wade 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 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:
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) £4,000Nine-dart finish (1) £5,000
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).
PDC Top 16 Phil Taylor (winner) Adrian Lewis (first round) James Wade (semi-finals) Gary Anderson (first round) Simon Whitlock (second round) Raymond van Barneveld (second round) Wes Newton (second round) Mark Webster (quarter-finals) Paul Nicholson (second round) Terry Jenkins (first round) Andy Hamilton (first round) Mervyn King (first round) Mark Walsh (first round) Colin Lloyd (first round) Wayne Jones (first round) Ronnie Baxter (first round)PDPA Players Championship qualifiers John Part (second round) Vincent van der Voort (second round) Justin Pipe (first round) Jamie Caven (first round) Andy Smith (quarter-finals) Peter Wright (first round) Dave Chisnall (first round) Kevin Painter (first round) Denis Ovens (second round) Richie Burnett (semi-finals) Alan Tabern (second round) Steve Brown (first round) Mark Hylton (quarter-finals) John Henderson (quarter-finals)Irish qualifiers Brendan Dolan (runner-up) William O'Connor (first round)
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