2023 World Grand Prix (darts)

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Dates2–8 October 2023
VenueLeicester Arena
LocationLeicester, England
Organisation(s)Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
2023 BoyleSports World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates2–8 October 2023
VenueLeicester Arena
LocationLeicester, England
Organisation(s)Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
FormatSets
"Double in, Double out"
Prize fund£600,000
Winner's share£120,000
High checkout170 Luke Humphries
(final)
Champion(s)
 Luke Humphries (ENG)
«2022 2024»

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,[1] but he lost 3–2 in the second round to Chris Dobey.[2]

Luke Humphries won his first major TV title, defeating Gerwyn Price 5–2 in the final.[3][4]

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 following is the breakdown of the fund:[5]

Position (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £600,000)
Winner (1) £120,000
Runner-up (1) £60,000
Semi-finalists (2) £40,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £25,000
Second round losers (8) £15,000
First 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:

Schedule

Monday, 2 October
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
011 Dirk van Duijvenbode 84.931–2 Brendan Dolan 84.603–01–30–3
02 José de Sousa 95.171–2 Gary Anderson 95.413–20–32–3
03 Krzysztof Ratajski 80.782–1 James Wade 83.701–33–03–2
04 Martin Schindler 83.222–1 Raymond van Barneveld 76.693–22–33–1
05 Nathan Aspinall 81.011–2 Stephen Bunting 84.351–33–22–3
06 Gerwyn Price 88.232–0 Danny Noppert 89.213–23–0N/a
07 Michael Smith 96.142–0 Callan Rydz 82.743–03–1N/a
08 Rob Cross 74.251–2 Andrew Gilding 74.933–01–32–3
Tuesday, 3 October
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
091 Joe Cullen 92.072–0 Mike De Decker 80.813–23–1N/a
10 Dave Chisnall 94.620–2 Luke Woodhouse 95.961–32–3N/a
11 Damon Heta 86.461–2 Ryan Searle 86.943–20–32–3
12 Dimitri Van den Bergh 84.780–2 Chris Dobey 91.132–32–3N/a
13 Peter Wright 89.492–0 Gabriel Clemens 84.473–13–1N/a
14 Michael van Gerwen 95.742–0 Josh Rock 73.443–13–0N/a
15 Jonny Clayton 81.850–2 Ross Smith 87.681–32–3N/a
16 Luke Humphries 86.642–0 Daryl Gurney 85.223–13–2N/a
Wednesday, 4 October
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
172 Andrew Gilding 80.203–2 Gary Anderson 83.090–33–20–33–03–1
18 Stephen Bunting 91.642–3 Martin Schindler 87.063–01–31–33–21–3
19 Gerwyn Price 85.133–0 Krzysztof Ratajski 80.783–23–23–2N/aN/a
20 Michael Smith 90.573–0 Brendan Dolan 76.833–13–13–0N/aN/a
Thursday, 5 October
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
212 Luke Humphries 84.853–0 Luke Woodhouse 82.843–23–23–2N/aN/a
22 Peter Wright 87.303–1 Ryan Searle 87.131–33–13–23–0N/a
23 Michael van Gerwen 87.022–3 Chris Dobey 91.871–33–03–22–30–3
24 Ross Smith 88.211–3 Joe Cullen 94.640–33–22–32–3N/a
Friday, 6 October
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
25QF Gerwyn Price 90.733–0 Martin Schindler 79.773–03–03–1N/aN/a
26 Michael Smith 87.693–0 Andrew Gilding 83.983–13–03–2N/aN/a
27 Peter Wright 90.922–3 Luke Humphries 92.323–13–21–32–32–3
28 Chris Dobey 82.982–3 Joe Cullen 86.810–33–13–11–31–3
Saturday, 7 October
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
29SF Michael Smith 83.942–4 Gerwyn Price 85.082–33–23–00–31–30–3N/a
30 Joe Cullen 80.060–4 Luke Humphries 85.961–31–31–32–3N/aN/aN/a
Sunday, 8 October
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
31F Gerwyn Price 91.002–5 Luke Humphries 93.303–01–31–30–33–22–32–3N/aN/a

Final

Best of 9 sets
Referee: Huw Ware
Morningside Arena, Leicester, England, 8 October 2023
Gerwyn Price  (4) 2–5  Luke Humphries (6)
3–0, 1–3, 1–3, 0–3, 3–2, 2–3, 2–3
91.00 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

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