2017 World Grand Prix (darts)

The 2017 Unibet World Grand Prix was the 20th staging of the World Grand Prix. It was held from 1–7 October 2017 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.

2017 Unibet World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates1–7 October 2017
VenueCitywest Hotel
LocationDublin
Country Ireland
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets
"Double in, Double out"
Prize fund£400,000
Winner's share£100,000
High checkout170 Justin Pipe
Champion(s)
Daryl Gurney
«2016 2018»

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Gary Anderson 5–2 in the 2016 final, but lost to John Henderson 2–1 in the first round. This was the first time since December 2011 that van Gerwen lost in the first round of a major ranking tournament.

Daryl Gurney won his first major televised title after beating Simon Whitlock 5–4 in the final.[1][2]

For the first time in PDC history, no English player made the quarter-final stages of a televised tournament. Gurney's success also marked the first time that a televised darts tournament was won by a Northern Irish player.

Prize money

The total prize money remained at £400,000. The following is the breakdown of the fund:[3]

Position (num. of players) Prize Money
(Total: £400,000)
Winner (1) £100,000
Runner-Up (1) £45,000
Semi-finalists (2) £23,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £15,000
Second round losers (8) £8,500
First round losers (16) £5,000

Qualification

The field of 32 players was made up from the top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit on September 11 and the top 16 non-qualified players from the ProTour Order of Merit. In a change to qualification from recent years, the top two non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland now no longer get an automatic qualification spot. The top eight players were seeded in the tournament.[4]

Phil Taylor (who would have been the #4 seed) opted not to enter the tournament, moving the rest of the top 16 up a place, thus meaning 17th placed Robert Thornton (the 2015 champion who would not have qualified otherwise) took his place. Number two seed Gary Anderson withdrew shortly before the tournament began due to the impending birth of his child, with Mark Webster, the highest-ranked player from the PDC Order of Merit not to have qualified, replacing him in the draw, with the seedings not being adjusted.[5] Four players, Rob Cross, Ronny Huybrechts, Christian Kist and Richard North made their World Grand Prix debuts.[6]

The following players qualified for the tournament:[6]

Draw

[7]

First round (best of 3 sets)
1–2 October
[8][9] 		Second round (best of 5 sets)
3–4 October
[10][11] 		Quarter-finals (best of 5 sets)
5 October
[12] 		Semi-finals (best of 7 sets)
6 October
[13] 		Final (best of 9 sets)
7 October
[14]
               
1 Michael van Gerwen 87.64 1
  John Henderson 76.08 2
  John Henderson 87.10 3
  Alan Norris 82.78 1
  Alan Norris 81.72 2
  Justin Pipe 81.53 1
  John Henderson 81.83 3
8 Raymond van Barneveld 83.33 1
8 Raymond van Barneveld 90.21 2
  Kyle Anderson 86.60 0
8 Raymond van Barneveld 84.95 3
  Steve Beaton 78.79 0
  Rob Cross 85.59 0
  Steve Beaton 89.59 2
  John Henderson 83.88 1
  Daryl Gurney 83.42 4
4 Adrian Lewis 87.49 1
  Daryl Gurney 90.09 2
  Daryl Gurney 89.13 3
Joe Cullen 85.39 1
Joe Cullen 91.62 2
  Darren Webster 87.16 1
  Daryl Gurney 86.47 3
  Robert Thornton 82.10 2
5 Dave Chisnall 101.10 2
  Jelle Klaasen 84.05 0
5 Dave Chisnall 90.98 2
  Robert Thornton 91.02 3
  Kim Huybrechts 85.82 1
  Robert Thornton 78.93 2
  Daryl Gurney 88.50 5
  Simon Whitlock 83.53 4
Alt Mark Webster 78.41 0
  Richard North 75.21 2
  Richard North 83.77 0
  Simon Whitlock 86.10 3
  Simon Whitlock 89.31 2
  Christian Kist 81.65 1
  Simon Whitlock 86.98 3
  Benito van de Pas 76.88 0
7 Michael Smith 80.70 1
  Gerwyn Price 86.36 2
  Gerwyn Price 91.14 0
  Benito van de Pas 95.13 3
  Benito van de Pas 83.59 2
  Cristo Reyes 84.47 1
  Simon Whitlock 86.03 4
6 Mensur Suljović 92.92 3
3 Peter Wright 95.90 2
  Stephen Bunting 83.58 1
3 Peter Wright 94.00 3
  Mervyn King 85.66 1
  Mervyn King 85.36 2
  Ronny Huybrechts 81.83 0
3 Peter Wright 91.74 1
6 Mensur Suljović 90.89 3
6 Mensur Suljović 85.89 2
  Ian White 85.34 1
6 Mensur Suljović 87.83 3
  Steve West 84.66 0
  James Wade 85.67 0
  Steve West 85.08 2

    References
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    2. "Daryl Gurney makes Irish darts history with Grand Prix win". RTE Sport. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
    3. "PDC Prize Funds". PDC. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
    4. "PDC Order of Merit". PDC. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
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    6. "2017 Unibet World Grand Prix Field". PDC. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
    7. "Unibet World Grand Prix Draw". PDC. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
    8. "Unibet World Grand Prix Day One". PDC. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
    9. "Unibet World Grand Prix Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
    10. "Unibet World Grand Prix Day Three". PDC. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
    11. "Unibet World Grand Prix Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
    12. "Unibet World Grand Prix Quarter-Finals". PDC. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
    13. "Unibet World Grand Prix Semi-Finals". PDC. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
    14. "Unibet World Grand Prix Final". PDC. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
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