2023 World Grand Prix (darts)

The 2023 BoyleSports World Grand Prix was a darts tournament and the 26th staging of the World Grand Prix. It was held from 2–8 October 2023 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England.

2023 BoyleSports World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates2–8 October 2023
VenueMorningside Arena
LocationLeicester, England
Organisation(s)Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
FormatSets
"Double in, Double out"
Prize fund£600,000
Winner's share£120,000
High checkout170  Luke Humphries
(final)
Champion(s)
 Luke Humphries
«2022 2024»

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Nathan Aspinall 5–3 in the 2022 final,[1] but he lost 3–2 in the second round to Chris Dobey.[2]

Luke Humphries won his first World Grand Prix title, defeating Gerwyn Price 5–2 in the final.[3]

Format

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).

This is the only "double in" tournament on the PDC circuit, and along with the World Championship the only tournament which uses the set format.

The matches got longer as the tournament progressed:

Round Best of (sets) First to (sets)
First 3 2
Second 5 3
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals 7 4
Final 9 5

Prize money

The following is the breakdown of the fund:[4]

Position (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £600,000)
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

The field of 32 players consisted 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 25 September 2023. The top eight players on the Order of Merit were seeded for the tournament.

The following players qualified for the tournament:

Schedule
Monday, 2 October
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
011 Dirk van Duijvenbode 84.931–2 Brendan Dolan 84.603–01–30–3
021 José de Sousa 95.171–2 Gary Anderson 95.413–20–32–3
031 Krzysztof Ratajski 80.782–1 James Wade 83.701–33–03–2
041 Martin Schindler 83.222–1 Raymond van Barneveld 76.693–22–33–1
051 Nathan Aspinall 81.011–2 Stephen Bunting 84.351–33–22–3
061 Gerwyn Price 88.232–0 Danny Noppert 89.213–23–0—
071 Michael Smith 96.142–0 Callan Rydz 82.743–03–1—
081 Rob Cross 74.251–2 Andrew Gilding 74.933–01–32–3
Tuesday, 3 October
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
091 Joe Cullen 92.072–0 Mike De Decker 80.813–23–1—
101 Dave Chisnall 94.620–2 Luke Woodhouse 95.961–32–3—
111 Damon Heta 86.461–2 Ryan Searle 86.943–20–32–3
121 Dimitri Van den Bergh 84.780–2 Chris Dobey 91.132–32–3—
131 Peter Wright 89.492–0 Gabriel Clemens 84.473–13–1—
141 Michael van Gerwen 95.742–0 Josh Rock 73.443–13–0—
151 Jonny Clayton 81.850–2 Ross Smith 87.681–32–3—
161 Luke Humphries 86.642–0 Daryl Gurney 85.223–13–2—
Wednesday, 4 October
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
172 Andrew Gilding 80.203–2 Gary Anderson 83.090–33–20–33–03–1
182 Stephen Bunting 91.642–3 Martin Schindler 87.063–01–31–33–21–3
192 Gerwyn Price 85.133–0 Krzysztof Ratajski 80.783–23–23–2——
202 Michael Smith 90.573–0 Brendan Dolan 76.833–13–13–0——
Thursday, 5 October
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
212 Luke Humphries 84.853–0 Luke Woodhouse 82.843–23–23–2——
222 Peter Wright 87.303–1 Ryan Searle 87.131–33–13–23–0—
232 Michael van Gerwen 87.022–3 Chris Dobey 91.871–33–03–22–30–3
242 Ross Smith 88.211–3 Joe Cullen 94.640–33–22–32–3—
Friday, 6 October
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
25QF Gerwyn Price 90.733–0 Martin Schindler 79.773–03–03–1——
26QF Michael Smith 87.693–0 Andrew Gilding 83.983–13–03–2——
27QF Peter Wright 90.922–3 Luke Humphries 92.323–13–21–32–32–3
28QF Chris Dobey 82.982–3 Joe Cullen 86.810–33–13–11–31–3
Saturday, 7 October
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
29SF Michael Smith 83.942–4 Gerwyn Price 85.082–33–23–00–31–30–3—
30SF Joe Cullen 80.060–4 Luke Humphries 85.961–31–31–32–3———
Sunday, 8 October
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9
31F Gerwyn Price 91.002–5 Luke Humphries 93.303–01–31–30–33–22–32–3——

Draw

Final
Best of 9 sets
Referee: Huw Ware
Morningside Arena, Leicester, England, 8 October 2023
Gerwyn Price  (4) 2–5  Luke Humphries (6)
3–0, 1–3, 1–3, 0–3, 3–2, 2–3, 2–3
91.00 Average (3 darts) 93.30
49 100+ scores 45
13 140+ scores 17
3 180 scores 8
117 Highest checkout 170
1 Checkouts 100+ 3
12/23 (52.2%) Checkout summary 17/42 (40.5%)
29/58 (50%) Double in summary 29/57 (50.8%)

Draw bracket

The draw was made on 25 September.[5]

First round
(best of 3 sets)
2–3 October 		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
4–5 October 		Quarter-finals
(best of 5 sets)
6 October 		Semi-finals
(best of 7 sets)
7 October 		Final
(best of 9 sets)
8 October
               
1  Michael Smith 96.14 2
 Callan Rydz 82.74 0
1  Michael Smith 90.57 3
   Brendan Dolan 76.83 0
   Dirk van Duijvenbode 84.93 1
 Brendan Dolan 84.60 2
1  Michael Smith 87.69 3
 Andrew Gilding 83.98 0
8  Rob Cross 74.25 1
 Andrew Gilding 74.93 2
   Andrew Gilding 80.20 3
 Gary Anderson 83.09 2
   José de Sousa 95.17 1
 Gary Anderson 95.41 2
1  Michael Smith 83.94 2
4  Gerwyn Price 85.08 4
4  Gerwyn Price 88.23 2
 Danny Noppert 89.21 0
4  Gerwyn Price 85.13 3
 Krzysztof Ratajski 80.78 0
   Krzysztof Ratajski 80.78 2
 James Wade 83.70 1
4  Gerwyn Price 90.73 3
 Martin Schindler 79.77 0
5  Nathan Aspinall 81.01 1
 Stephen Bunting 84.35 2
   Stephen Bunting 92.06 2
 Martin Schindler 88.21 3
   Martin Schindler 83.22 2
 Raymond van Barneveld 76.69 1
4  Gerwyn Price 91.00 2
6  Luke Humphries 93.30 5
2  Michael van Gerwen 95.74 2
 Josh Rock 73.44 0
2  Michael van Gerwen 87.02 2
 Chris Dobey 91.87 3
   Dimitri Van den Bergh 84.78 0
 Chris Dobey 91.13 2
   Chris Dobey 82.98 2
 Joe Cullen 86.81 3
7  Jonny Clayton 81.85 0
 Ross Smith 87.68 2
   Ross Smith 88.21 1
 Joe Cullen 94.64 3
   Joe Cullen 92.07 2
 Mike De Decker 80.81 0
 Joe Cullen 80.06 0
6  Luke Humphries 85.96 4
3  Peter Wright 89.49 2
 Gabriel Clemens 84.47 0
3  Peter Wright 87.30 3
 Ryan Searle 87.13 1
   Damon Heta 86.46 1
 Ryan Searle 86.94 2
3  Peter Wright 90.92 2
6  Luke Humphries 92.32 3
6  Luke Humphries 86.64 2
 Daryl Gurney 85.22 0
6  Luke Humphries 84.85 3
 Luke Woodhouse 82.84 0
   Dave Chisnall 94.62 0
 Luke Woodhouse 95.96 2

Representation

This table shows the number of players by country in the 2023 World Grand Prix. A total of 10 nationalities are represented.

England
ENG		 Wales
WAL		 Germany
GER		 Scotland
SCO		 Netherlands
NED		 Poland
POL		 Northern Ireland
NIR		 Belgium
BEL		 Australia
AUS		 Portugal
POR		 Total
Final 11————————2
Semi-final 31————————4
Quarter-final 5111——————8
Round 2 9112111———16
Round 1 1422241321132
Total 14222413211 32

    References
    1. "Brilliant Van Gerwen scoops sixth BoyleSports World Grand Prix title". Professional Darts Corporation. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
    2. "Inspired Dobey dumps out reigning champion Van Gerwen on Day Four". Professional Darts Corporation. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
    3. "Brilliant Humphries claims BoyleSports World Grand Prix glory". Professional Darts Corporation. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
    4. "PDC Order of Merit Rules: Prize Fund Breakdowns". PDC. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
    5. "2023 BoyleSports World Grand Prix draw". Professional Darts Corporation. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
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