2014 World Grand Prix

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The **2014 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix** was the seventeenth staging of the World Grand Prix darts tournament held by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was played from 6–12 October 2014 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion having won his 11th Grand Prix title with a 6–0 defeat over Dave Chisnall in the 2013 final, but he lost 3–1 to James Wade in the quarter-finals.

Michael van Gerwen won his second World Grand Prix title by defeating Wade 5–3 in the final.

Wade threw the second ever double-start nine-dart finish in his second round match against Robert Thornton. Incredibly, Thornton repeated the feat a few legs later with the two players becoming the first to both hit nine darters in the same match in the history of darts.

## 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:

 Second
 Semi-finals
 Final

## Prize money

The total prize money was increased to £400,000 after being £350,000 for the previous five editions of this event.

The following is the breakdown of the fund:

## Qualification

The field of 32 players were made up from the top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit on 21 September. The top 8 from these rankings were also seeded.

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 ProTour Order of Merit.

1. **Michael van Gerwen**  **(Champion)**
2. Phil Taylor  *(Quarter-finals)*
3. Adrian Lewis  *(Second round)*
4. Peter Wright  *(Second round)*
5. Simon Whitlock  *(First round)*
6. Gary Anderson  *(Semi-finals)*
7. James Wade  *(Runner-up)*
8. Dave Chisnall  *(First round)*
9. Robert Thornton  *(Second round)*
10. Mervyn King  *(Quarter-finals)*
11. Andy Hamilton  *(First round)*
12. Wes Newton  *(First round)*
13. Brendan Dolan  *(First round)*
14. Justin Pipe  *(First round)*
15. Kim Huybrechts  *(First round)*
16. Ian White  *(First round)*
1. Michael Smith  *(First round)*
2. Vincent van der Voort  *(First round)*
3. Steve Beaton  *(First round)*
4. Jamie Caven  *(First round)*
5. Terry Jenkins  *(Second round)*
6. Stephen Bunting  *(Semi-finals)*
7. Dean Winstanley  *(Second round)*
8. Kevin Painter  *(Quarter-finals)*
9. Ronnie Baxter  *(First round)*
10. Raymond van Barneveld  *(Second round)*
11. Darren Webster  *(First round)*
12. Andrew Gilding  *(Second round)*
13. Andy Smith  *(First round)*
14. Richie Burnett  *(Quarter-finals)*
1. Mickey Mansell  *(Second round)*
2. Daryl Gurney  *(First round)*

## References

1. ↑ Amazing Taylor Reclaims Dublin Title. PDC.
2. ↑ Mighty Mike Seals Dublin Double!. PDC.
3. ↑ World Grand Prix darts: James Wade and Robert Thornton both hit nine-darters. Sky Sports. Retrieved on September 25, 2023.
4. ↑ PDC Prize Fund Increases Confirmed. PDC. Retrieved on September 25, 2023.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 partypoker.com World Grand Prix Draw. PDC. Retrieved on September 25, 2023.