2021 World Grand Prix (darts)

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Dates3–9 October 2021
VenueLeicester Arena
LocationLeicester, England
Organisation(s)Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
2021 BoyleSports World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates3–9 October 2021
VenueLeicester Arena
LocationLeicester, England
Organisation(s)Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
FormatSets
"Double in, Double out"
Prize fund£450,000
Winner's share£110,000
High checkout
Champion(s)
 Jonny Clayton (WAL)
«2020 2022»

The 2021 BoyleSports World Grand Prix was a darts tournament and the 24th staging of the World Grand Prix. It was held from 3 to 9 October 2021 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was held away from the Citywest Hotel in Dublin for the second consecutive year.[1]

Gerwyn Price was the defending champion, after defeating Dirk van Duijvenbode 5–2 in the 2020 final,[2] but lost to Jonny Clayton 5–1 in the first all-Welsh major ranking final in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) history. It was also Clayton's first PDC ranking major title win, as his previous three wins (the 2020 PDC World Cup of Darts (alongside Price), the 2021 Masters and the 2021 Premier League Darts) were all in non-ranking events.[3]

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:

Round Best of (sets) First to (sets)
First32
Second53
Quarter-finals53
Semi-finals74
Final95

Prize money

The prize fund will remain 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

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 26 September 2021. Only the top eight players on the Order of Merit are seeded for the tournament.[5]

The following players have qualified for the tournament:

Schedule

Sunday, 3 October
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
011 Martijn Kleermaker 0–2Mervyn King  2–31–3N/a
02 Dirk van Duijvenbode 0–2Luke Humphries  1–32–3N/a
03 Stephen Bunting 2–0Daryl Gurney  3–13–1N/a
04 Joe Cullen 0–2Ross Smith  0–31–3N/a
05 Dave Chisnall 2–1Mensur Suljović  3–02–33–1
06 James Wade 2–1Damon Heta  3–21–33–2
07 Gerwyn Price 2–0Michael Smith  3–13–2N/a
08 Dimitri Van den Bergh 1–2Ryan Searle  2–33–12–3
Monday, 4 October
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
091 Darius Labanauskas 2–1Brendan Dolan  3–20–33–0
10 Callan Rydz 0–2Jonny Clayton  1–30–3N/a
11 Vincent van der Voort 2–0Gabriel Clemens  3–23–2N/a
12 Nathan Aspinall 1–2Krzysztof Ratajski  3–22–31–3
13 Gary Anderson 1–2Ian White  2–33–22–3
14 Peter Wright 0–2Rob Cross  1–32–3N/a
15 Michael van Gerwen 0–2Danny Noppert  2–32–3N/a
16 José de Sousa 2–0Glen Durrant  3–03–1N/a
Tuesday, 5 October
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
172 Ryan Searle 3–1Luke Humphries  3–23–02–33–2N/a
18 James Wade 1–3Stephen Bunting  0–33–20–31–3N/a
19 Gerwyn Price 3–1Mervyn King  1–33–13–23–1N/a
20 Dave Chisnall 3–2Ross Smith  0–31–33–13–13–1
Wednesday, 6 October
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
212 Ian White 3–2Darius Labanauskas  0–30–33–13–13–2
22 Rob Cross 1–3Krzysztof Ratajski  0–33–01–31–3N/a
23 Danny Noppert 3–0Vincent van der Voort  3–23–13–2N/a
24 José de Sousa 1–3Jonny Clayton  3–22–30–31–3N/a
Thursday, 7 October
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
25QF Danny Noppert 3–1Ian White  3–02–33–23–1N/a
26 Krzysztof Ratajski 2–3Jonny Clayton  1–33–23–20–31–3
27 Gerwyn Price 3–0Dave Chisnall  3–03–23–1N/a
28 Stephen Bunting 3–1Ryan Searle  1–33–13–23–2N/a
Friday, 8 October
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
29SF Jonny Clayton 4–1Danny Noppert  3–11–33–13–23–0N/a
30 Gerwyn Price 4–2Stephen Bunting  1–32–33–23–13–23–0N/a
Saturday, 9 October
Game # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9
31F Gerwyn Price 1–5Jonny Clayton  1–32–32–33–21–31–3N/a

Draw

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