2018 World Grand Prix (darts)


The 2018 Unibet World Grand Prix, was the 21st staging of the World Grand Prix. It was held from 30 September–6 October 2018 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
The defending champion Daryl Gurney lost to Michael van Gerwen 1–4 in the semi-finals.
Notably during the tournament, Dave Chisnall hit the highest ever losing average in a World Grand Prix match, when he averaged 97.78 in his 3–1 defeat in the quarter-finals to Michael van Gerwen.
Van Gerwen went on to lift his fourth World Grand Prix title, defeating Peter Wright 5–2 in the final.

Prize money

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

Qualification

The field of 32 players was made up from the top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit and the top 16 non-qualified players from the ProTour Order of Merit. The top eight players were seeded in the tournament. The following players qualified for the tournament:
PDC Order of Merit '
  1. Michael van Gerwen
  2. Peter Wright '
  3. Rob Cross '
  4. Gary Anderson '
  5. Daryl Gurney '
  6. Mensur Suljović '
  7. Simon Whitlock '
  8. Dave Chisnall '
  9. Michael Smith '
  10. James Wade '
  11. Ian White '
  12. Gerwyn Price '
  13. Raymond van Barneveld '
  14. Darren Webster '
  15. Joe Cullen '
  16. Adrian Lewis '
Pro Tour
  1. Jonny Clayton '
  2. James Wilson '
  3. Stephen Bunting '
  4. Max Hopp '
  5. Mervyn King '
  6. Steve West '
  7. Jermaine Wattimena '
  8. Kim Huybrechts '
  9. John Henderson '
  10. Steve Beaton '
  11. Steve Lennon '
  12. Danny Noppert '
  13. Ricky Evans '
  14. Josh Payne '
  15. Jeffrey de Zwaan '
  16. Ron Meulenkamp '

    Draw