2001 World Grand Prix (darts) explained

Tournament Name:2001 Paddy Power World Grand Prix
Dates:24–28 October 2001
Venue:Citywest Hotel
Location:Dublin
Organisation:PDC
Format:Sets
"double in, double out"
Prize Fund:£78,000
Winners Share:£15,000
High Checkout:164 Roland Scholten
Winner: Alan Warriner
Prev:2000
Next:2002

The 2001 Paddy Power World Grand Prix was the fourth staging of the World Grand Prix darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland, between 24–28 October 2001. This was the first World Grand Prix to be held at the Citywest Hotel, while Paddy Power was the tournament's first sponsor.

Phil Taylor, the winner of the three previous stagings of the tournament, lost to Kevin Painter in the first round; this was Painter's sole win against Taylor in 33 professional meetings.[1] The final was contested between Alan Warriner and Roland Scholten, with Warriner winning 8–2. In his first-round win over Andy Jenkins, Warriner averaged 106.45 – a record for a televised match with a double start, which still stands to this day.

Prize money

Position (num. of players)Prize money
(Total: £78,000)[2]
Winneralign=center (1)align=center £15,000
Runner-Upalign=center (1)align=center £7,500
Semi-finalistsalign=center (2)align=center £4,350
Quarter-finalistsalign=center (4)align=center £3,000
Second round losersalign=center (8)align=center £1,850
First round losersalign=center (16)align=center £1,250

Seeds

There were eight seeds for the competition.[3]

Draw

Players in bold denote match winners.[4] [5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kevin Painter V Phil Taylor Head to Head.
  2. Web site: 2001 World Grand Prix Player Prize Money. Darts Database. 6 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20141023205844/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResultsPrize.aspx?EventKey=262. 23 October 2014. dead.
  3. Web site: World Grand Prix 2001. Mastercaller. 6 February 2024.
  4. Web site: Results of World Grand Prix 2001. Mastercaller. 6 February 2024.
  5. Web site: World Grand Prix 2001 – Bracket. Mastercaller. 6 February 2024.
  6. Web site: 2001 World Grand Prix Results. Darts Database. 6 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20141017103653/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=262&showAverages=Y. 17 October 2014. dead.