2001 World Grand Prix (darts)

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.

2001 Paddy Power World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates	24–28 October 2001
Venue	Citywest Hotel
Location	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Sets "double in, double out"
Prize fund	£78,000
Winner's share	£15,000
High checkout	164 Roland Scholten
Champion(s)
Alan Warriner
«2000 2002»

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]
Winner	(1)	£15,000
Runner-Up	(1)	£7,500
Semi-finalists	(2)	£4,350
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£3,000
Second round losers	(8)	£1,850
First round losers	(16)	£1,250

Seeds

There were eight seeds for the competition.^[3]

1. Peter Manley
2. Alan Warriner
3. Phil Taylor
4. Rod Harrington
5. John Part
6. Dennis Priestley
7. Dave Askew
8. Steve Beaton

Results

Players in bold denote match winners.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

	First round (best of 3 sets) 24–25 October					Second round (best of 5 sets) 26 October					Quarter-finals (best of 11 sets) 27 October					Semi-finals (best of 13 sets) 28 October					Final (best of 15 sets) 28 October
	1	Peter Manley 84.70	1
		Martin Adams 91.24	2
							Martin Adams 95.35	3
							Alex Roy 69.71	0
		Alex Roy 81.35	2
		Steve Brown 75.80	1
												Martin Adams 85.46	5
												John Lowe 82.82	6
	8	Steve Beaton 90.06	2
		Ronnie Baxter 87.25	1
						8	Steve Beaton 85.61	1
							John Lowe 86.27	3
		John Lowe 81.25	2
		Cliff Lazarenko 75.88	1
																	John Lowe 80.17	1
																	Roland Scholten 85.24	7
	5	John Part 84.51	2
		Colin Lloyd 74.58	0
						5	John Part 94.14	3
							Denis Ovens 90.43	1
		Denis Ovens 69.13	2
		George McLean 56.09	0
											5	John Part 86.87	3
												Roland Scholten 87.65	6
	4	Rod Harrington 74.06	0
		Roland Scholten 83.79	2
							Roland Scholten 86.00	3
							Mick Manning 80.15	0
		Kit Young 68.29	0
		Mick Manning 78.08	2
																						Roland Scholten	2
																					2	Alan Warriner	8
	2	Alan Warriner 97.92	2
		Andy Jenkins 82.38	0
						2	Alan Warriner 89.91	3
							Shayne Burgess 81.13	1
		Shayne Burgess 79.66	2
		Peter Evison 78.31	1
											2	Alan Warriner 78.32	6
												Dave Askew 70.76	2
	7	Dave Askew 80.83	2
		Keith Rooney 76.63	0
						7	Dave Askew 87.36	3
							Ian Cullingworth 77.98	0
		Ian Cullingworth 75.58	2
		Chris Bowring 73.51	0
																2	Alan Warriner 81.50	7
																	Dennis Smith 82.78	5
	6	Dennis Priestley 87.47	0
		Dennis Smith 82.79	2
							Dennis Smith 80.65	3
							Keith Deller 77.26	0
		Francis McMahon 52.02	0
		Keith Deller 69.18	2
												Dennis Smith 88.22	6
												Kevin Painter 80.40	1
	3	Phil Taylor 82.61	1
		Kevin Painter 87.41	2
							Kevin Painter 90.85	3
							Richie Burnett 79.50	0
		Doug McCarthy 68.82	0
		Richie Burnett 85.31	2