World Grand Prix winner Gerwyn Price and runner-up Dirk van Duijvenbode (Picture: Lawrence Lustig/PDC)
World Grand Prix winner Gerwyn Price and runner-up Dirk van Duijvenbode (Picture: Lawrence Lustig/PDC)

World Grand Prix darts 2020: Draw, schedule, betting odds, results & live Sky Sports TV coverage details


The full results from the Boylesports World Grand Prix, which took place at the Ricoh Arena from October 6-12.

The famous double-start set-play tournament, which was first staged in 1998, took place behind closed doors in Coventry after the coronavirus pandemic prevented it from being held for a 20th time at Dublin's Citywest Convention Centre.

Nevertheless, there wasn't any less drama and shocks than usual during the PDC's third-longest running major, which requires players to start and finish all legs with a double.

Five-time champion Michael van Gerwen, who was bidding to win it for the third year in a row, crashed out after being thrashed by Simon Whitlock but the Wizard was then stunned by Dirk van Duijvenbode as the 200/1 pre-tournament outsider became the first debutant to reach the final.

In the end the aubergine farmer fell short of a momentous achievement as a ruthless Gerwyn Price picked up his first World Grand Prix crown and the fifth TV title of his career.

Here's everything you need to know including the draw, schedule, results, details of how to watch, odds and past winners.

World Grand Prix: Draw & tournament bracket

ROUND ONE

  • (1) Michael van Gerwen 2-1 Krzysztof Ratajski (3-0, 1-3, 3-2)
  • Devon Petersen 2-0 Jose De Sousa (3-1, 3-2)
  • Mervyn King 2-0 James Wade (8) (3-1, 3-1)
  • Simon Whitlock* 2-0 Chris Dobey (3-0, 3-1)
  • Dimitri Van den Bergh 2-0 Michael Smith (4) (3-2, 3-2)
  • Dirk van Duijvenbode 2-1 Mensur Suljovic (3-1, 0-3, 3-1)
  • Gary Anderson 2-0 Rob Cross (5) (3-2, 3-1)
  • Danny Noppert 2-1 Ryan Searle (0-3, 3-0, 3-1)
  • Ryan Joyce 2-0 Peter Wright (2) (3-1, 3-2)
  • Dave Chisnall 2-0 Glen Durrant (3-1, 3-0)
  • Joe Cullen 2-1 Daryl Gurney (7) (3-0, 2-3, 3-2)
  • Jonny Clayton 2-1 Ian White (3-1, 1-3, 3-1)
  • Gerwyn Price (3) 2-0 Jermaine Wattimena (3-2, 3-2)
  • Kim Huybrechts 2-1 Brendan Dolan (1-3, 3-2, 3-1)
  • Gabriel Clemens 2-0 Nathan Aspinall (6) (3-1, 3-2)
  • Jeffrey de Zwaan* 2-1 Jamie Hughes (3-1, 1-3, 3-0)

* Simon Whitlock and Jeffrey de Zwaan replaced Adrian Lewis and Stephen Bunting in the draw respectively after the duo withdrew due to positive tests for Covid 19

ROUND TWO

  • Michael van Gerwen 3-0 Devon Petersen (3-2, 3-2, 3-1)
  • Simon Whitlock 3-2 Mervyn King (2-3, 3-2, 2-3, 3-2, 3-2)
  • Dirk van Duijvenbode 3-1 Dimitri Van den Bergh (3-2, 3-2, 2-3, 3-2)
  • Gary Anderson 3-0 Danny Noppert (3-0, 3-2, 3-2)
  • Dave Chisnall 3-2 Ryan Joyce (1-3, 2-3, 3-2, 3-2, 3-0)
  • Joe Cullen 3-2 Jonny Clayton (3-0, 3-1, 2-3, 1-3, 3-2)
  • Gerwyn Price 3-0 Kim Huybrechts (3-2, 3-1, 3-0)
  • Jeffrey de Zwaan 3-0 Gabriel Clemens (3-0, 3-2, 3-0)

QUARTER-FINALS

  • Simon Whitlock 3-0 Michael van Gerwen (3-1, 3-0, 3-1)
  • Dirk van Duijvenbode 3-1 Gary Anderson (3-2, 3-1, 2-3, 3-1)
  • Dave Chisnall 3-2 Joe Cullen (2-3, 2-3, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2)
  • Gerwyn Price 3-1 Jeffrey de Zwaan (3-0, 3-2, 1-3, 3-1)

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SEMI-FINALS

  • Dirk van Duijvenbode 4-1 Simon Whitlock (3-0, 1-3, 3-0, 3-1, 3-0)
  • Gerwyn Price 4-3 Dave Chisnall (3-2, 0-3, 3-2, 3-2, 1-3, 1-3, 3-2)

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FINAL: 8pm Sky Sports, Monday October 12

  • Dirk van Duijvenbode 2-5 Gerwyn Price (0-3, 2-3, 3-1, 0-3, 2-3, 3-2, 2-3)

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Gerwyn Price and his family on the big screen after winning the World Grand Prix

World Grand Prix: Daily schedule & results

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Tuesday October 6 (7pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
First Round (Best of three sets)

  • Danny Noppert 2-1 Ryan Searle (0-3, 3-0, 3-1)
  • Dirk van Duijvenbode 2-1 Mensur Suljovic (3-1, 0-3, 3-1)
  • Devon Petersen 2-0 Jose De Sousa (3-1, 3-2)
  • Mervyn King 2-0 James Wade (3-1, 3-1)
  • Gary Anderson 2-0 Rob Cross (3-2, 3-1)
  • Michael van Gerwen 2-1 Krzysztof Ratajski (3-0, 1-3, 3-2)
  • Dimitri Van den Bergh 2-0 Michael Smith (3-2, 3-2)

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Wednesday October 7 (7pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
First Round (Best of three sets)

  • Kim Huybrechts 2-1 Brendan Dolan (1-3, 3-2, 3-1)
  • Jonny Clayton 2-1 Ian White (3-1, 1-3, 3-1)
  • Dave Chisnall 2-0 Glen Durrant (3-1, 3-0)
  • Joe Cullen 2-1 Daryl Gurney (3-0, 2-3, 3-2)
  • Ryan Joyce 2-0 Peter Wright (3-1, 3-2)
  • Gerwyn Price 2-0 Jermaine Wattimena (3-2, 3-2)
  • Gabriel Clemens 2-0 Nathan Aspinall (3-1, 3-2)
  • Simon Whitlock 2-0 Chris Dobey (3-0, 3-1)
  • Jeffrey de Zwaan 2-1 Jamie Hughes (3-1, 1-3, 3-0)

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Thursday October 8 (7pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Second Round (Best of five sets)

  • Dirk van Duijvenbode 3-1 Dimitri Van den Bergh (3-2, 3-2, 2-3, 3-2)
  • Simon Whitlock 3-2 Mervyn King (2-3, 3-2, 2-3, 3-2, 3-2)
  • Gary Anderson 3-0 Danny Noppert (3-0, 3-2, 3-2)
  • Michael van Gerwen 3-0 Devon Petersen (3-2, 3-2, 3-1)

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Friday October 9 (7pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Second Round (Best of five sets)

  • Dave Chisnall 3-2 Ryan Joyce (1-3, 2-3, 3-2, 3-2, 3-0)
  • Jeffrey de Zwaan 3-0 Gabriel Clemens (3-0, 3-2, 3-0)
  • Gerwyn Price 3-0 Kim Huybrechts (3-2, 3-1, 3-0)
  • Joe Cullen 3-2 Jonny Clayton (3-0, 3-1, 2-3, 1-3, 3-2)

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Saturday October 10 (7pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Quarter-Finals (Best of five sets)

  • Dirk van Duijvenbode 3-1 Gary Anderson (3-2, 3-1, 2-3, 3-1)
  • Dave Chisnall 3-2 Joe Cullen (2-3, 2-3, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2)
  • Simon Whitlock 3-0 Michael van Gerwen (3-1, 3-0, 3-1)
  • Gerwyn Price 3-1 Jeffrey de Zwaan (3-0, 3-2, 1-3, 3-1)

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Sunday October 11 (7pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Semi-Finals (Best of seven sets)

  • Dirk van Duijvenbode 4-1 Simon Whitlock (3-0, 1-3, 3-0, 3-1, 3-0)
  • Gerwyn Price 4-3 Dave Chisnall (3-2, 0-3, 3-2, 3-2, 1-3, 1-3, 3-2)

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Monday October 12 (8pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Final (Best of nine sets)

  • Dirk van Duijvenbode 2-5 Gerwyn Price (0-3, 2-3, 3-1, 0-3, 2-3, 3-2, 2-3)

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What TV channel is the World Grand Prix on?

This is one of the majors broadcast live on Sky Sports, whose coverage begins at 1900 BST every night.

World Grand Prix: Sky Bet odds

Michael van Gerwen is favourite to win his sixth World Grand Prix title and is followed closely by Peter Wright and Gerwyn Price.

  • Michael van Gerwen - 10/3
  • Peter Wright - 5/1
  • Gerwyn Price - 5/1
  • Nathan Aspinall - 10/1
  • Gary Anderson - 14/1
  • Glen Durrant - 18/1
  • Michael Smith - 18/1
  • Devon Petersen - 25/1
  • Rob Cross - 28/1
  • Daryl Gurney - 33/1
  • Krzysztof Ratajski - 40/1
  • James Wade - 40/1
  • Mensur Suljovic - 40/1
  • Chris Dobey - 50/1
  • Dave Chisnall - 50/1
  • Ian White - 50/1
  • Jose De Sousa - 50/1
  • Dimitri Van den Bergh - 66/1
  • Gabriel Clemens - 66/1
  • Jeffrey de Zwaan - 50/1
  • Jonny Clayton - 66/1
  • Adrian Lewis - 80/1
  • Danny Noppert - 80/1
  • Joe Cullen - 80/1
  • Jamie Hughes - 100/1
  • Stephen Bunting - 100/1
  • Mervyn King - 125/1
  • Ryan Searle - 125/1
  • Dirk van Duijvenbode - 200/1
  • Ryan Joyce - 250/1
  • Jermaine Wattimena - 250/1
  • Brendan Dolan - 250/1
  • Kim Huybrechts - 250/1

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World Grand Prix: Seedings and qualifiers

The world's top 16 players qualified by right alongside 16 qualifiers from the one-year ProTour Order of Merit to compete in Coventry.

Only the top eight from the Order of Merit have been seeded, with the other eight ing the 16 ProTour qualifiers in the otherwise random draw.

Order Or Merit

  1. Michael van Gerwen ยฃ1,530,000
  2. Peter Wright ยฃ914,500
  3. Gerwyn Price ยฃ805,500
  4. Michael Smith ยฃ557,500
  5. Rob Cross ยฃ546,000
  6. Nathan Aspinall ยฃ486,750
  7. Daryl Gurney ยฃ448,250
  8. James Wade ยฃ432,750
  9. Gary Anderson ยฃ388,250
  10. Dave Chisnall ยฃ375,250
  11. Dimitri Van den Bergh ยฃ339,250
  12. Ian White ยฃ332,250
  13. Glen Durrant ยฃ306,250
  14. Krzysztof Ratajski ยฃ287,500
  15. Mensur Suljovic ยฃ282,500
  16. Adrian Lewis ยฃ249,750 *

* Adrian Lewis was replaced in the draw by 17th placed Simon Whitlock after he tested positive for Covid 19

ProTour Qualifiers (Money earned over past 12 months of Pro Tour events)

  1. Devon Petersen ยฃ48,000
  2. Danny Noppert ยฃ42,250
  3. Jose De Sousa ยฃ36,000
  4. Brendan Dolan ยฃ31,500
  5. Joe Cullen ยฃ28,250
  6. Jonny Clayton ยฃ26,500
  7. Ryan Searle ยฃ23,500
  8. Jermaine Wattimena ยฃ23,500
  9. Gabriel Clemens ยฃ22,500
  10. Mervyn King ยฃ22,000
  11. Stephen Bunting ยฃ21,250 *
  12. Ryan Joyce ยฃ21,000
  13. Jamie Hughes ยฃ20,000
  14. Dirk van Duijvenbode ยฃ19,000
  15. Chris Dobey ยฃ18,500
  16. Kim Huybrechts ยฃ17,750

* Stephen Bunting was replaced in the draw by 17th placed Jeffrey de Zwaan after he tested positive for Covid 19

World Grand Prix Prize Money

  • Winner - ยฃ110,000
  • Runner-up - ยฃ50,000
  • Semi-finalists - ยฃ25,000
  • Quarter-finalists - ยฃ16,000
  • Second round - ยฃ10,000
  • First round - ยฃ6,000

Tournament Format

  • All Sets are the best of five legs. There will be no tie-break in any set.
  • All legs must begin and end with a double, meaning that a player must hit a double before he can begin scoring in each leg.
  • First Round - Best of three sets
  • Second Round - Best of five sets
  • Quarter-Finals - Best of five sets
  • Semi-Finals - Best of seven sets
  • Final - Best of nine sets

World Grand Prix History

The World Grand Prix is one of the PDC tour's major events and takes place in Dublin every October. It is the only televised event in which players must start and finish each leg on a double or the bullseye.

Its unique format adds an extra dimension when it comes to betting, with darts punters often preferring to back who they feel is a better 'finisher' rather than those renowned for heavy scoring.

The World Grand Prix was first held in Rochester, Kent in 1998 before switching to County Wexford two years later but in 2001 the event moved to its current home at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin.

Phil Taylor is the most successful player in the history of the straight knockout competition with 11 titles to his name but the 'Power' has also suffered four defeats in the first-round, which all came as relief to the bookies.

Daryl Gurney (2017), Alan Warriner (2001), Colin Lloyd (2004), James Wade (2007 & 2010), Michael van Gerwen (2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 & 2019) and Robert Thornton, who upset the odds to beat 'Mighty Mike' in 2015, are the other champions of the World Grand Prix.

World Grand Prix Past Finals

  • Final scores in sets
  • 1998 - Phil Taylor 13-8 Rod Harrington
  • 1999 - Phil Taylor 6-1 Shayne Burgess
  • 2000 - Phil Taylor 6-1 Shayne Burgess
  • 2001 - Alan Warriner 8-2 Roland Scholten
  • 2002 - Phil Taylor 7-3 John Part
  • 2003 - Phil Taylor 7-2 John Part
  • 2004 - Colin Lloyd 7-3 Alan Warriner
  • 2005 - Phil Taylor 7-1 Colin Lloyd
  • 2006 - Phil Taylor 7-4 Terry Jenkins
  • 2007 - James Wade 6-3 Terry Jenkins
  • 2008 - Phil Taylor 6-2 Raymond van Barneveld
  • 2009 - Phil Taylor 6-3 Raymond van Barneveld
  • 2010 - James Wade 6-3 Adrian Lewis
  • 2011 - Phil Taylor 6-3 Brendan Dolan
  • 2012 - Michael van Gerwen 6-4 Mervyn King
  • 2013 - Phil Taylor 6-0 Dave Chisnall
  • 2014 - Michael van Gerwen 5-3 James Wade
  • 2015 - Robert Thornton 5-4 Michael van Gerwen
  • 2016 - Michael van Gerwen 5-2 Gary Anderson
  • 2017: Daryl Gurney 5-4 Simon Whitlock
  • 2018: Michael van Gerwen 5-2 Peter Wright
  • 2019: Michael van Gerwen 5-1 Dave Chisnall

World Grand Prix Most Titles

  • Phil Taylor - 11
  • Michael van Gerwen - 5
  • James Wade - 2
  • Daryl Gurney - 1
  • Colin Lloyd - 1
  • Alan Warriner - 1
  • Robert Thornton - 1

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