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2020 World Grand Prix (darts)

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2020 BoyleSports World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates6–12 October 2020
VenueRicoh Arena
LocationCoventry
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets
"Double in, Double out"
Prize fund£450,000
Winner's share£110,000
High checkout164 Wales Gerwyn Price (quarter-finals)
Champion(s)
Wales Gerwyn Price
«2019 2021»

The 2020 BoyleSports World Grand Prix was a darts tournament and the 23rd staging of the World Grand Prix. It was held from 6–12 October 2020 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England, behind closed doors. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was held away from the Citywest Hotel in Dublin for the first time since 2001.[1]

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, after defeating Dave Chisnall 5–2 in the 2019 final, to win his second consecutive and fifth overall World Grand Prix title.[2] However, he was eliminated in the quarter-finals, after losing 3–0 to Simon Whitlock of Australia.

Gerwyn Price went on to beat Dirk van Duijvenbode 5–2 in the final to win the tournament for the first time.[3]

This event saw the most seeds knocked out in the first round in the history of the tournament, with 6 of the 8 seeds eliminated, leaving only Van Gerwen and Price to make it into the second round.

By reaching the final, van Duijvenbode became the first person (other than Phil Taylor and Rod Harrington in the inaugural tournament in 1998) to reach the final on his debut in the tournament.

Prize money

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The prize fund remained 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

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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 27 September 2020; the top eight players on the Order of Merit are seeded for the tournament.[5]

Prior to the tournament, Adrian Lewis and Stephen Bunting tested positive for COVID-19 and withdrew. They were replaced by Simon Whitlock and Jeffrey de Zwaan respectively, the next-ranked players on the Orders of Merit that they had qualified from.[6]

The qualified field is as follows:

Draw

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First round
(best of 3 sets)
6–7 October
Second round
(best of 5 sets)
8–9 October
Quarter-finals
(best of 5 sets)
10 October
Semi-finals
(best of 7 sets)
11 October
Final
(best of 9 sets)
12 October
               
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 98.64 2
Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 85.08 1
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 96.28 3
South Africa Devon Petersen 91.48 0
  Portugal José de Sousa 93.46 0
South Africa Devon Petersen 87.83 2
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 96.84 0
Alt Australia Simon Whitlock 100.29 3
8 England James Wade 78.94 0
England Mervyn King 86.76 2
England Mervyn King 85.27 2
Alt Australia Simon Whitlock 85.24 3
Alt Australia Simon Whitlock 101.12 2
England Chris Dobey 77.33 0
Alt Australia Simon Whitlock 79.48 1
Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 88.17 4
4 England Michael Smith 87.89 0
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 96.40 2
  Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.35 1
Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 89.82 3
  Austria Mensur Suljović 71.43 1
Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 72.98 2
  Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 94.29 3
Scotland Gary Anderson 88.02 1
5 England Rob Cross 77.46 0
Scotland Gary Anderson 89.14 2
  Scotland Gary Anderson 92.72 3
Netherlands Danny Noppert 82.33 0
  Netherlands Danny Noppert 89.01 2
England Ryan Searle 82.15 1
Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 87.07 2
3 Wales Gerwyn Price 88.19 5
2 Scotland Peter Wright 82.06 0
England Ryan Joyce 96.61 2
  England Ryan Joyce 88.22 2
England Dave Chisnall 91.37 3
  England Dave Chisnall 102.85 2
England Glen Durrant 78.26 0
  England Dave Chisnall 87.50 3
England Joe Cullen 81.65 2
7 Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 82.09 1
England Joe Cullen 92.01 2
  England Joe Cullen 92.13 3
Wales Jonny Clayton 84.32 2
  Wales Jonny Clayton 85.16 2
England Ian White 88.93 1
England Dave Chisnall 94.40 3
3 Wales Gerwyn Price 92.38 4
3 Wales Gerwyn Price 84.02 2
Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena 79.10 0
3 Wales Gerwyn Price 95.42 3
Belgium Kim Huybrechts 85.59 0
  Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 91.32 1
Belgium Kim Huybrechts 86.91 2
3 Wales Gerwyn Price 90.08 3
Alt Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 82.33 1
6 England Nathan Aspinall 86.71 0
Germany Gabriel Clemens 86.52 2
Germany Gabriel Clemens 78.92 0
Alt Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 92.88 3
England Jamie Hughes 84.33 1
Alt Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan 84.65 2

References

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  1. ^ Allen, Dave. "BoyleSports World Grand Prix moves to Coventry in 2020". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  2. ^ "World Grand Prix darts final: Leg-by-leg report and highlights from Michael van Gerwen 5-2 Dave Chisnall". Sporting Life. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Price defeats Van Duijvenbode to win World Grand Prix". Professional Darts Corporation. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  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.
  6. ^ Allen, Dave. "Lewis and Bunting to miss BoyleSports World Grand Prix". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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