2005 World Grand Prix (darts)

The 2005 Sky Bet World Grand Prix was the eighth 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 24–30 October 2005.

2005 Sky Bet World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates	24–30 October 2005
Venue	Citywest Hotel
Location	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Sets "double in, double out"
Prize fund	£100,000
Winner's share	£20,000
High checkout	170 Dave Askew
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«2004 2006»

Phil Taylor won his sixth Grand Prix title, defeating defending champion Colin Lloyd in the final by a score of 7 sets to 1.

Prize money

Position (num. of players)		Prize money (Total: £100,000)[1]
Winner	(1)	£20,000
Runner-Up	(1)	£10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£6,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£4,000
Second round losers	(8)	£2,250
First round losers	(16)	£1,500

Seeds

There were eight seeds for the tournament.^[2]

1. Colin Lloyd
2. Phil Taylor
3. Ronnie Baxter
4. Roland Scholten
5. Wayne Mardle
6. Peter Manley
7. Kevin Painter
8. John Part

Draw

Players in bold denote match winners.^[3][4][5][6]

	First round (best of 3 sets) 24–25 October					Second round (best of 5 sets) 26–27 October					Quarter-finals (best of 7 sets) 28 October					Semi-finals (best of 11 sets) 29 October					Final (best of 13 sets) 30 October
	1	Colin Lloyd 77.91	2
		Tom Kirby 76.70	1
						1	Colin Lloyd 82.80	3
							Wes Newton 81.48	0
		Wes Newton 79.39	2
		Steve Hine 73.17	1
											1	Colin Lloyd 81.15	4
												Steve Beaton 76.92	3
	8	John Part 72.85	0
		Steve Beaton 79.23	2
							Steve Beaton 71.49	3
							Gary Welding 71.58	1
		Kevin J Harris 70.93	0
		Gary Welding 76.93	2
																1	Colin Lloyd 83.22	6
																	Dennis Priestley 82.65	4
	5	Wayne Mardle 84.52	2
		Lionel Sams 74.45	0
						5	Wayne Mardle 78.12	3
							Alex Roy 72.87	1
		Alex Roy 81.19	2
		Alan Warriner 73.75	0
											5	Wayne Mardle 78.27	1
												Dennis Priestley 83.61	4
	4	Roland Scholten 82.66	0
		Dennis Priestley 80.92	2
							Dennis Priestley 77.28	3
							Keith Rooney 73.32	2
		James Wade 71.96	1
		Keith Rooney 72.34	2
																					1	Colin Lloyd 82.05	1
																					2	Phil Taylor 90.75	7
	2	Phil Taylor 81.29	2
		Joe Collins 85.93	0
						2	Phil Taylor 89.82	3
							Andy Jenkins 79.11	0
		Bob Anderson 71.83	1
		Andy Jenkins 83.14	2
											2	Phil Taylor 98.07	4
												Mark Dudbridge 82.77	0
	7	Kevin Painter 82.72	2
		Terry Jenkins 79.19	0
						7	Kevin Painter 82.92	2
							Mark Dudbridge 85.74	3
		Dave Askew 81.29	0
		Mark Dudbridge 85.93	2
																2	Phil Taylor 94.92	6
																	Dennis Smith 73.44	0
	6	Peter Manley 83.27	2
		Denis Ovens 78.98	1
						6	Peter Manley 78.66	1
							John Magowan 78.45	3
		Alan Caves 70.27	1
		John Magowan 77.93	2
												John Magowan 69.90	0
												Dennis Smith 75.63	4
	3	Ronnie Baxter 86.38	2
		Jamie Harvey 80.71	0
						3	Ronnie Baxter 85.14	2
							Dennis Smith 80.46	3
		Dennis Smith 79.71	2
		Mark Walsh 80.04	1