Jonny Clayton is the World Grand Prix champion (Picture: Lawrence Lustig/PDC)

World Grand Prix darts 2021: Draw, schedule, betting odds, results & live Sky Sports TV coverage details

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Sat October 09, 2021 · 3y ago

The full results and round-ups from the Boylesports World Grand Prix, which took place at the Morningside Arena in Leicester from October 3-9.

The famous double-start set-play tournament, which was first staged in 1998, is is over as Jonny Clayton won his maiden ranking major by defeating the defending champion Gerwyn Price in the final.

Here's everything you need to know including all the results, links to each day's review and highlights plus details of the past winners.

World Grand Prix: Draw & tournament bracket

FINAL

(1) Gerwyn Price 1-5 Jonny Clayton (1-3, 2-3, 2-3, 3-2, 1-3, 1-3)

CLICK HERE FOR FINAL REPORT, STATS AND HIGHLIGHTS

SEMI-FINALS

(1) Gerwyn Price 4-2 Stephen Bunting (1-3, 2-3, 3-2, 3-1, 3-2, 3-0)
Jonny Clayton 4-1 Danny Noppert (3-1, 1-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-0)

QUARTER-FINALS

(1) Gerwyn Price 3-0 Dave Chisnall (8) (3-0, 3-2, 3-1)
Stephen Bunting 3-1 Ryan Searle (1-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-2)
Krzysztof Ratajski 2-3 Jonny Clayton (1-3, 3-2, 3-2, 0-3, 1-3)
Danny Noppert 3-1 Ian White (3-0, 2-3, 3-2, 3-1)

ROUND TWO

(1) Gerwyn Price 3-1 Mervyn King (1-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-1)
(8) Dave Chisnall 3-2 Ross Smith (0-3, 1-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1)
(4) James Wade 1-3 Stephen Bunting (0-3, 3-2, 0-3, 1-3)
Ryan Searle 3-1 Luke Humphries (3-2, 3-0, 2-3, 3-2)
Rob Cross 1-3 Krzysztof Ratajski (0-3, 3-0, 1-3, 1-3)
(7) Jose de Sousa 1-3 Jonny Clayton (3-2, 2-3, 0-3, 1-3)
Danny Noppert 3-0 Vincent van der Voort (3-2, 3-1, 3-2)
Ian White 3-2 Darius Labanauskas (0-3, 0-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-2)

ROUND ONE

(1) Gerwyn Price 2-0 Michael Smith (3-1, 3-2)
Martijn Kleermaker 0-2 Mervyn King (2-3, 1-3)
(8) Dave Chisnall 2-1 Mensur Suljovic (3-0, 2-3, 3-1)
Joe Cullen 0-2 Ross Smith (0-3, 1-3)
(4) James Wade 2-1 Damon Heta (3-2, 1-3, 3-2)
Stephen Bunting 2-0 Daryl Gurney (3-1, 3-1)
(5) Dimitri Van den Bergh 1-2 Ryan Searle (2-3, 3-1, 2-3)
Dirk van Duijvenbode 0-2 Luke Humphries (1-3, 2-3)
(2) Peter Wright 0-2 Rob Cross (1-3, 2-3)
Nathan Aspinall 1-2 Krzysztof Ratajski (3-2, 2-3, 1-3)
(7) Jose de Sousa 2-0 Glen Durrant (3-0, 3-1)
Callan Rydz 0-2 Jonny Clayton (1-3, 0-3)
(3) Michael van Gerwen 0-2 Danny Noppert (2-3, 2-3)
Vincent van der Voort 2-0 Gabriel Clemens (3-2, 3-2)
(6) Gary Anderson 1-2 Ian White (2-3, 3-2, 2-3)
Darius Labanauskas 2-1 Brendan Dolan (3-2, 0-3, 3-0)

CLICK HERE FOR PLAYER-BY-PLAYER GUIDE

World Grand Prix: Daily schedule & results

Sunday October 3 (6pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
First Round (Best of three sets)

Mervyn King 2-0 Martijn Kleermaker (3-2, 3-1)
Luke Humphries 2-0 Dirk van Duijvenbode (3-1, 3-2)
Stephen Bunting 2-0 Daryl Gurney (3-1, 3-1)
Ross Smith 2-0 Joe Cullen (3-0, 3-1)
Dave Chisnall 2-1 Mensur Suljovic (3-0, 2-3, 3-1)
James Wade 2-1 Damon Heta (3-2, 1-3, 3-2)
Gerwyn Price 2-0 Michael Smith (3-1, 3-2)
Dimitri Van den Bergh 1-2 Ryan Searle (2-3, 3-1, 2-3)

CLICK HERE FOR NIGHT ONE REVIEW

Monday October 4 (6pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
First Round (Best of three sets)

Darius Labanauskas 2-1 Brendan Dolan (3-2, 0-3, 3-0)
Jonny Clayton 2-0 Callan Rydz (3-1, 3-0)
Vincent van der Voort 2-0 Gabriel Clemens (3-2, 3-2)
Krzysztof Ratajski 2-1 Nathan Aspinall (2-3, 3-2, 3-1)
Ian White 2-1 Gary Anderson (3-2, 2-3, 3-2)
Rob Cross 2-0 Peter Wright (3-1, 3-2)
Danny Noppert 2-0 Michael van Gerwen (3-2, 3-2)
Jose de Sousa 2-0 Glen Durrant (3-0, 3-1)

CLICK HERE FOR NIGHT TWO REVIEW

Tuesday October 5 (7pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Second Round (Best of five sets)

Ryan Searle 3-1 Luke Humphries (3-2, 3-0, 2-3, 3-2)
Stephen Bunting 3-1 James Wade (3-0, 2-3, 3-0, 3-1)
Gerwyn Price 3-1 Mervyn King (1-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-1)
Dave Chisnall 3-2 Ross Smith (0-3, 1-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1)

CLICK HERE FOR NIGHT THREE REVIEW

Wednesday October 6 (7pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Second Round (Best of five sets)

Ian White 3-2 Darius Labanauskas (0-3, 0-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-2)
Krzysztof Ratajski 3-1 Rob Cross (3-0, 0-3, 3-1, 3-1)
Danny Noppert 3-0 Vincent van der Voort (3-2, 3-1, 3-2)
Jonny Clayton 3-1 Jose de Sousa (2-3, 3-2, 3-0, 3-1)

CLICK HERE FOR NIGHT FOUR REVIEW

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

Danny Noppert 3-1 Ian White (3-0, 2-3, 3-2, 3-1)
Jonny Clayton 3-2 Krzysztof Ratajski (3-1, 2-3, 2-3, 3-0, 3-1)
Gerwyn Price 3-0 Dave Chisnall (3-0, 3-2, 3-1)
Stephen Bunting 3-1 Ryan Searle (1-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-2)

CLICK HERE FOR NIGHT FIVE REVIEW

Friday October 8 (7pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Semi-Finals (Best of seven sets)

Jonny Clayton 4-1 Danny Noppert (3-1, 1-3, 3-1, 3-2, 3-0)
Gerwyn Price 4-2 Stephen Bunting (1-3, 2-3, 3-2, 3-1, 3-2, 3-0)

CLICK HERE FOR SEMI-FINAL REVIEW

Saturday October 9 (8.30pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Final (Best of nine sets)

Jonny Clayton 5-1 Gerwyn Price (3-1, 3-2, 3-2, 2-3, 3-1, 3-1)

CLICK HERE FOR FINAL REPORT, STATS AND HIGHLIGHTS

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: Odds

Gerwyn Price is favourite to defend the title while Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright closely follow.

4/1 Gerwyn Price
5/1 Peter Wright, Michael van Gerwen
10/1 Jose de Sousa
14/1 Dimitri van den Bergh
16/1 Jonny Clayton
25/1 Nathan Aspinall, Gary Anderson
28/1 James Wade, Dave Chisnall
33/1 Michael Smith, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Joe Cullen
40/1 Krzysztof Ratajski, Rob Cross, Daryl Gurney
50/1 Damon Heta, Brendan Dolan
66/1 Mensur Suljovic, Luke Humphries
80/1 Ryan Searle, Danny Noppert, Ian White, Gabriel Clemens
100/1 Stephen Bunting, Ross Smith, Mervyn King
150/1 Vincent van der Voort, Callan Rydz
200/1 Martijn Kleermaker, Darius Labanauskas
300/1 Glen Durrant

Click here for all Sky Bet's World Grand Prix odds

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 Leicester.

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

Order Or Merit

(1) Gerwyn Price
(2) Peter Wright
(3) Michael van Gerwen
(4) James Wade
(5) Dimitri Van den Bergh
(6) Gary Anderson
(7) Jose de Sousa
(8) Dave Chisnall
(9) Michael Smith
(10) Nathan Aspinall
(11) Rob Cross
(12) Krzysztof Ratajski
(13) Joe Cullen
(14) Jonny Clayton
(15) Glen Durrant
(16) Stephen Bunting

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

Brendan Dolan
Damon Heta
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Luke Humphries
Ryan Searle
Danny Noppert
Ross Smith
Gabriel Clemens
Mensur Suljovic
Vincent van der Voort
Callan Rydz
Martijn Kleermaker
Ian White
Daryl Gurney
Mervyn King
Darius Labanauskas

World Grand Prix Prize Money

Winner - £110,000
Runner-up - £50,000
Semi-finalists - £25,000
Quarter-finalists - £16,000
Second round - £10,000
First round - £6,000

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.

Gerwyn Price (2020), 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