2024 World Grand Prix (darts)
2024 BoyleSports World Grand Prix | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 7–13 October 2024 | ||
Venue | Mattioli Arena | ||
Location | Leicester | ||
Country | England | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Sets "Double in, Double out" | ||
Prize fund | £600,000 | ||
Winner's share | £120,000 | ||
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The 2024 BoyleSports World Grand Prix will be a darts tournament and the 27th staging of the World Grand Prix. It will be held from 7–13 October 2024 at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester, England.
Luke Humphries is the defending champion after defeating Gerwyn Price 5–2 in the 2023 final.[1]
Format
[edit]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).[citation needed]
This is the only "double in" tournament on the PDC circuit, and along with the PDC World Darts Championship the only tournament which uses the set format.[citation needed]
On 25 April, it was announced that the semi-finals and final had been extended to best of 9 and best of 11 sets respectively.[2]
Round | Best of (sets) | First to (sets) |
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First | 3 | 2 |
Second | 5 | 3 |
Quarter-finals | ||
Semi-finals | 9 | 5 |
Final | 11 | 6 |
Prize money
[edit]The prize fund is expected to remain at £600,000.[3]
The following is the breakdown of the fund:
Position (num. of players) | Prize Money (Total: £600,000) | |
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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
[edit]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 30 September. The top eight players on the Order of Merit will be seeded for the tournament.
As of 22 September, the qualified field is as follows:
PDC Order of Merit[edit] |
PDC ProTour Qualifiers[edit]
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Draw
[edit]First round (best of 3 sets) 7–8 October | Second round (best of 5 sets) 9–10 October | Quarter-finals (best of 5 sets) 11 October | Semi-finals (best of 9 sets) 12 October | Final (best of 11 sets) 13 October | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Luke Humphries | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Rob Cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Michael Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Michael van Gerwen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Brilliant Humphries claims BoyleSports World Grand Prix glory". Professional Darts Corporation. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ "Format expansion & ticket prices confirmed for BoyleSports World Grand Prix". Professional Darts Corporation. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "2022 BoyleSports World Grand Prix preview". PDC.tv. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2023.