The 2023 BoyleSports World Grand Prix was a darts tournament and the 26th staging of the World Grand Prix. It was held from 2 to 8 October 2023 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England.
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Nathan Aspinall 5–3 in the 2022 final, but he lost 3–2 in the second round to Chris Dobey.
Luke Humphries won his first major TV title, defeating Gerwyn Price 5–2 in the final.
Format All matches were played as double in, double out; requiring the players to score 501 points to win a leg, beginning with as well as finishing on either a double or the bullseye. Matches were played to set format, with each set being the best of five legs (first to three).
This is the only "double in" tournament on the PDC circuit, and along with the World Championship the only tournament which uses the set format.
The matches got longer as the tournament progressed: RoundBest of (sets)First to (sets)First 3 2Second 5 3Quarter-finals 5 3Semi-finals 7 4Final 9 5
Prize money The following is the breakdown of the fund:
Position (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £600,000)Winner (1) £120,000Runner-up (1) £60,000Semi-finalists (2) £40,000Quarter-finalists (4) £25,000Second round losers (8) £15,000First round losers (16) £7,500
Qualification The field of 32 players consisted 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 25 September 2023. The top eight players on the Order of Merit were seeded for the tournament.
The following players qualified for the tournament:
PDC Order of Merit (semi-finals) (second round) (quarter-finals) (runner-up) (first round) (champion) (first round) (first round) (first round) (first round) (semi-finals) (first round) (first round) (first round) (second round) (first round)
PDC ProTour qualifiers (first round) (second round) (quarter-finals) (second round) (second round) (quarter-finals) (first round) (second round) (first round) (first round) (first round) (second round) (first round) (quarter-finals) (first round) (second round)
Schedule
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 01 1 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 09 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 17 2 18 19 20
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 21 2 22 23 24
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 25 QF 26 27 28
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 29 SF 30
Match # 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
Final Best of 9 sets Referee: Huw WareMorningside Arena, Leicester, England, 8 October 2023 (4) 2–5 (6) 3–0, 1–3, 1–3, 0–3, 3–2, 2–3, 2–391.00 Average (3 darts) 93.30 49 100+ scores 45 13 140+ scores 17 3 180 scores 8 117 Highest checkout 170 1 Checkouts 100+ 3 12/23 (52.2%) Checkout summary 17/42 (40.5%) 29/58 (50%) Double in summary 29/57 (50.8%)
Draw The draw was made on 25 September.
References
External links Tournament website