2012 World Grand Prix (darts)

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PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates October 8 – 14
Venue Citywest Hotel
Location Dublin
Country Republic of Ireland
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Sets
"double in, double out"
Prize fund £350,000
High checkout 170 England Adrian Lewis
170 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
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The 2012 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the fifteenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from October 8 to 14 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion, but he lost 2–3 to Robert Thornton in the second round.[1]

The final took place on 14 October and was won by Michael van Gerwen, who defeated Mervyn King 6–4.

Prize money

The total prize fund is £350,000. The following is the breakdown of the fund:

Stage Prize Money
Winner £100,000
Runner-Up £40,000
Semi-finalists £20,000
Quarter-finalists £12,500
Last 16 £7,000
Last 32 £4,000
Nine-dart finish £5,000

Qualification

The field of 32 players were made up from the top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit on September 16. The remaining 16 places went to the top 14 non-qualified players from the ProTour Order of Merit and then to the top 2 non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from the 2012 ProTour Order of Merit.[2]

PDC Top 16
  1. England Phil Taylor (Round 2)
  2. England Adrian Lewis (Round 2)
  3. England James Wade (Round 1)
  4. Scotland Gary Anderson (Round 1)
  5. England Wes Newton (Semi-finals)
  6. England Andy Hamilton (Quarter-finals)
  7. Australia Simon Whitlock (Round 1)
  8. England Terry Jenkins (Round 1)
  9. Wales Mark Webster (Round 1)
  10. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (Round 1)
  11. England Justin Pipe (Quarter-finals)
  12. England Kevin Painter (Round 2)
  13. England Dave Chisnall (Round 2)
  14. England Ronnie Baxter (Round 1)
  15. England Mark Walsh (Round 1)
  16. Australia Paul Nicholson (Quarter-finals)
PDPA Players Championship qualifiers
  1. Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (Winner)
  2. England Ian White (Round 2)
  3. Belgium Kim Huybrechts (Round 1)
  4. England Colin Lloyd (Round 1)
  5. Wales Richie Burnett (Round 1)
  6. England Mervyn King (Runner-Up)
  7. England Andy Smith (Round 1)
  8. Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan (Semi-finals)
  9. Scotland Robert Thornton (Quarter-finals)
  10. Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (Round 2)
  11. England Michael Smith (Round 1)
  12. England Colin Osborne (Round 2)
  13. England Dean Winstanley (Round 1)
  14. England Steve Beaton (Round 2)
Irish qualifiers
  1. Northern Ireland Michael Mansell (Round 1)
  2. Republic of Ireland William O'Connor (Round 1)

Draw

The draw was made on 23 September 2012.[3][4] The distance in the quarter-finals were reduced from best of 7 sets to best of 5 sets to end the night earlier.

Round 1 (best of 3 sets)
October 8 – 9
[5][6]
Round 2 (best of 5 sets)
October 10 – 11
[7][8]
Quarter-finals (best of 5 sets)
October 12
[9]
Semi-finals (best of 9 sets)
October 13
[10]
Final (best of 11 sets)
October 14
[11]
                             
1 England Phil Taylor 100.73 2
England Michael Smith 91.91 0
1 England Phil Taylor 95.71 2
Scotland Robert Thornton 96.67 3
  England Mark Walsh 78.55 1
Scotland Robert Thornton 94.60 2
  Scotland Robert Thornton 91.25 0
England Mervyn King 84.67 3
8 England Terry Jenkins 85.34 1
England Mervyn King 85.14 2
  England Mervyn King 93.89 3
England Dave Chisnall 92.53 1
  England Dean Winstanley 79.87 1
England Dave Chisnall 86.23 2
  England Mervyn King 88.60 5
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 83.53 2
5 Australia Simon Whitlock 87.69 1
England Justin Pipe 81.37 2
  England Justin Pipe 81.85 3
England Kevin Painter 84.71 2
  England Kevin Painter 83.50 2
Belgium Kim Huybrechts 76.37 0
  England Justin Pipe 87.07 1
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 85.53 3
4 Scotland Gary Anderson 86.82 0
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 84.97 2
  Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 89.68 3
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 84.55 1
  Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 76.46 2
Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 78.94 1
  England Mervyn King 81.96 4
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 87.53 6
2 England Adrian Lewis 79.73 2
Wales Richie Burnett 74.82 1
2 England Adrian Lewis 80.37 1
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 85.60 3
  Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 88.80 2
England Colin Lloyd 86.11 1
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 85.00 3
7 England Andy Hamilton 83.67 2
7 England Andy Hamilton 84.92 2
Wales Mark Webster 77.31 0
7 England Andy Hamilton 93.25 3
England Steve Beaton 88.23 2
  England Andy Smith 83.80 0
England Steve Beaton 94.49 2
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 95.04 5
6 England Wes Newton 82.33 1
6 England Wes Newton 89.55 2
England Ronnie Baxter 85.28 1
6 England Wes Newton 82.39 3
England Ian White 87.30 1
  Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 73.79 0
England Ian White 87.33 2
6 England Wes Newton 75.60 3
Australia Paul Nicholson 82.79 2
3 England James Wade 74.01 1
England Colin Osborne 76.91 2
  England Colin Osborne 82.58 1
Australia Paul Nicholson 83.67 3
  Northern Ireland Michael Mansell 64.48 0
Australia Paul Nicholson 86.91 2

Television coverage and sponsorship

The tournament was screened by Sky Sports in high definition.

PartyPoker.com sponsored the event for the second time.

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