2010 World Grand Prix Darts
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The 2010 Bodog.com World Grand Prix was the thirteenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from 4 October to 10 October.

James Wade
James Wade
James Wade is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation . He became the youngest player ever to win a major PDC title at the World Matchplay in July 2007...

 won his second World Grand Prix title, defeating Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

 in the final. Defending champion Phil Taylor was aiming to win his tenth World Grand Prix, but was beaten by Lewis in the semi-finals.

Prize money

The total prize fund was £350,000. This was the same as the 2009
2009 World Grand Prix Darts
The 2009 Skybet World Grand Prix was the twelfth instance of the darts tournament held by the Professional Darts Corporation, the World Grand Prix. It was held from October 5 to October 11. It was staged at the Citywest International Event & Convention Centre in Dublin...

 tournament. The following is the breakdown of the fund:

Champion – £100,000

Runner-up £40,000

Semi-finalists – £20,000

Quarter-finalists – £12,500

Second round losers – £7,000

First round losers – £4,000

Qualification

The field of 32 players was mostly made up from the top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit
PDC order of merit
The PDC Order of Merit is a world ranking system used by one of the darts organisations, the Professional Darts Corporation . Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded for performances in ranking tournaments.-Previous world...

 on September 20, following the two Players Championships in Nuland
Nuland
Nuland is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Maasdonk, about 8 km east of 's-Hertogenbosch....

, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

. The top 8 from these rankings were also the seeded players. The remaining 16 places went to the top 12 non-qualified players from the Players Championship Order of Merit, and then to the top 4 non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

 and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 from the 2010 Players Championship Order of Merit who have competed in at least six Players Championship events.
PDC Top 16
  1.   Phil Taylor
  2.   Raymond van Barneveld
    Raymond van Barneveld
    Raymond van Barneveld , nickname Barney is a professional darts player. He is a five time World Darts Champion, and two time UK Open Champion. From January to June 2008, he was the PDC world number one ranked player...

  3.   James Wade
    James Wade
    James Wade is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation . He became the youngest player ever to win a major PDC title at the World Matchplay in July 2007...

  4.   Mervyn King
  5.   Terry Jenkins
    Terry Jenkins
    Terry Jenkins is an English professional darts player who is nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the nickname "Tucker" for his matches...

  6.   Simon Whitlock
    Simon Whitlock
    Simon Whitlock is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, although he did have a spell playing in the rival organisation, the British Darts Organisation. He uses the nickname The Wizard for his matches...

  7.   Colin Lloyd
    Colin Lloyd
    Colin Lloyd , nicknamed Jaws, is an English professional darts player on the Professional Darts Corporation circuit. He is a former world number one ranked player and he has won two major television titles in the PDC - the 2004 World Grand Prix and 2005 World Matchplay...

  8.   Ronnie Baxter
    Ronnie Baxter
    Ronnie Baxter is an English darts player. He uses the nickname The Rocket for his matches. Baxter is known for his fast, robotic throwing action...

  9.   Adrian Lewis
    Adrian Lewis
    Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

  10.   Mark Walsh
  11.   Andy Hamilton
    Andy Hamilton (darts player)
    Andy Hamilton is a full time professional English darts player widely known for his "aggressive" style of play. He is nicknamed The Hammer and is currently ranked 12th on the PDC Order of Merit....

  12.   Colin Osborne
    Colin Osborne
    Colin Osborne is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.-Darts career:Osborne has won two PDC Pro Tour events and he also managed to hit two perfect nine dart finishes in 2005...

  13.   Gary Anderson
    Gary Anderson (darts player)
    Gary Anderson is a Scottish professional darts player from Eyemouth, Scottish Borders, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation, and a former BDO and WDF world number one. His nickname is The Flying Scotsman...

  14.   Wayne Jones
    Wayne Jones (darts player)
    Wayne Alan Jones is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He uses the nickname The Wanderer for his matches....

  15.   Paul Nicholson
    Paul Nicholson (darts player)
    Paul Nicholson is a British born darts player, who holds Australian nationality. He aims to project the image of the 'bad boy of darts'- 2008-2009 :...

  16.   Kevin Painter
    Kevin Painter
    Kevin Painter is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, where he is known as "The Artist"...

Irish qualifiers
  1.   Brendan Dolan
    Brendan Dolan
    Brendan Dolan is a Irish darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.After two early exits in the 2003 and 2004 UK Open, his first major run came in the 2004 World Grand Prix where he qualified through the All Ireland qualifiers, winning one of four places...

  2. Mick McGowan
    Mick McGowan
    Mick McGowan is an Irish darts player. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events, where he is Ireland's top ranked player...

  3. William O'Connor
    William O'Connor (darts player)
    William O'Connor is an Irish darts player. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.He first came to prominence in the 2010 UK Open when he impressively defeated Stuart Monaghan in the First Round by 6 legs to 0...

  4.   John MaGowan
    John MaGowan
    John MaGowan is a Northern Irish darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He is nicknamed Mr. Magoo.-BDO career:...

PDPA Players Championship qualifiers
  1.   Vincent van der Voort
    Vincent van der Voort
    Vincent van der Voort is a professional darts player.-Playing style:Vincent is well known for his spasmodic style and machine-gun speed of play which has gained him a reputation in both the BDO and the PDC for being one of the more erratic throwers in the darting world...

  2.   Jamie Caven
    Jamie Caven
    Jamie Robert Caven is an English darts player. He uses the nickname Jabba for his matches and is sponsored by Unicorn....

  3.   Denis Ovens
    Denis Ovens
    Denis Ovens is an English darts player currently ranked number 29 in the PDC Order of Merit. He is nicknamed The Heat and is now based in Stevenage. Ovens is widely regarded as one of the most consistent players in the circuit, though he has as yet failed to convert his form from the circuit to...

  4.   Wes Newton
    Wes Newton
    Wesley "Wes" Newton is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments.-Darts career:...

  5.   Andy Smith
    Andy Smith (darts player)
    Andrew Smith is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Pieman for his matches...

  6.   Mark Dudbridge
    Mark Dudbridge
    Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...

  7.   Co Stompé
    Co Stompé
    Jacobus Wilhelm "Co" Stompé , is a Dutch professional darts player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. Stompé is nicknamed The Matchstick because of his almost bald head and very thin appearance making him look like a matchstick...

  8.   Alan Tabern
    Alan Tabern
    Alan Tabern is an English darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, where he is also known as "The Saint" and "Tabby"...

  9.   Barrie Bates
    Barrie Bates
    Barrie Bates is a darts player currently residing in Bedlinog, Mid-Glamorgan. He plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is a regular on the circuit. His nickname is "Batesy"....

  10.   Steve Farmer
    Steve Farmer (darts player)
    Steve Farmer is an English darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation.Farmer's first big run came in the 2006 Winmau World Masters, reaching the semi-finals with wins over Tony Eccles, Michael Rosenauer and John Walton before losing 6-0 in sets to Martin Adams. He then reached...

  11.   Steve Brown
  12.   Dennis Priestley
    Dennis Priestley
    Dennis Priestley is an English professional darts player. He has won two world championships, and was the first player to win both the BDO and WDC world championships, in 1991 and 1994 respectively...


Television coverage and sponsorship

The whole tournament was screened by Sky Sports
Sky Sports
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 in high definition.

Bodog
Bodog
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sponsored the tournament for the first time.

Draw

Statistics

Player Played Sets Won Sets Lost Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
  James Wade 5 20 6 67 39 27 148 72 11 154 85.09
  Adrian Lewis 5 17 14 61 63 27 168 76 33 161 85.30
  Raymond van Barneveld 4 10 7 38 31 18 84 33 8 170 85.73
  Phil Taylor 4 13 8 51 32 21 126 41 17 170 99.23
  Wayne Jones 3 6 5 26 22 9 60 37 6 124 86.63
  Andy Hamilton 3 6 6 22 26 10 46 39 6 154 88.40
  Barrie Bates 3 6 6 24 23 9 57 24 6 104 78.97
  Gary Anderson 3 8 7 31 31 12 72 38 22 120 91.39
  Wes Newton 2 4 3 15 13 7 32 22 3 91 85.98
  Colin Osborne 2 3 1 11 17 6 37 15 4 100 81.95
  Simon Whitlock 2 4 3 17 11 6 34 22 5 170 90.61
  Mark Walsh 2 3 3 13 11 6 46 19 1 135 92.33
  Kevin Painter 2 4 4 16 15 6 38 12 4 147 79.41
  Andy Smith 2 2 4 9 15 1 28 17 4 120 88.09
  Terry Jenkins 2 4 3 16 11 8 46 23 4 158 83.07
  Steve Brown 2 2 4 12 15 3 29 19 4 74 76.63
  William O'Connor 1 0 2 1 6 0 5 3 0 32 66.83
  Paul Nicholson 1 0 2 2 6 1 10 3 1 72 78.00
  John MaGowan 1 0 2 1 6 1 9 3 0 36 77.93
  Mick McGowan 1 0 2 2 6 1 11 1 0 55 67.52
  Colin Lloyd 1 0 2 1 6 0 6 6 0 40 72.97
  Co Stompe 1 1 2 6 6 3 9 7 3 110 70.69
  Denis Ovens 1 0 2 2 6 1 12 7 0 60 85.37
  Dennis Priestley 1 0 2 3 6 1 9 7 2 100 79.75
  Mervyn King 1 1 2 6 8 2 13 11 2 118 89.18
  Mark Dudbridge 1 1 2 5 8 0 15 4 0 100 78.81
  Brendan Dolan 1 0 2 0 6 0 13 3 0 83.48
  Ronnie Baxter 1 1 2 6 8 2 14 13 2 130 83.67
  Alan Tabern 1 1 2 4 6 2 12 4 2 56 82.29
  Steve Farmer 1 1 2 6 8 1 21 8 2 68 83.25
  Vincent van der Voort 1 0 2 3 6 1 10 4 1 56 78.08
  Jamie Caven 1 1 2 6 7 1 16 7 2 58 80.09

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