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, Ireland.

2018 Unibet World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates	30 September–6 October 2018
Venue	Citywest Hotel
Location	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Sets "Double in, Double out"
Prize fund	£400,000
Winner's share	£100,000
High checkout	164 Raymond van Barneveld
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«2017 2019»

The defending champion Daryl Gurney^[1][2] 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.^[3]

Prize money

The total prize money remained at £400,000. The following is the breakdown of the fund:^[4]

Position (num. of players)		Prize money (Total: £400,000)
Winner	(1)	£100,000
Runner-up	(1)	£45,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£23,500
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£15,000
Second round losers	(8)	£8,500
First round losers	(16)	£5,000

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:^[5]

PDC Order of Merit (1–16) (Top 8 seeded) Michael van Gerwen (champion) Peter Wright (runner-up) Rob Cross (first round) Gary Anderson (quarter-finals) Daryl Gurney (semi-finals) Mensur Suljović (semi-finals) Simon Whitlock (first round) Dave Chisnall (quarter-finals) Michael Smith (first round) James Wade (first round) Ian White (second round) Gerwyn Price (quarter-finals) Raymond van Barneveld (second round) Darren Webster (second round) Joe Cullen (first round) Adrian Lewis (second round)

Pro Tour Jonny Clayton (first round) James Wilson (quarter-finals) Stephen Bunting (first round) Max Hopp (first round) Mervyn King (first round) Steve West (first round) Jermaine Wattimena (second round) Kim Huybrechts (first round) John Henderson (first round) Steve Beaton (second round) Steve Lennon (first round) Danny Noppert (first round) Ricky Evans (first round) Josh Payne (first round) Jeffrey de Zwaan (second round) Ron Meulenkamp (second round)

Draw

	First round (best of 3 sets) 30 September–1 October					Second round (best of 5 sets) 2–3 October					Quarter-finals (best of 5 sets) 4 October					Semi-finals (best of 7 sets) 5 October					Final (best of 9 sets) 6 October
	1	Michael van Gerwen 92.97	2
		Steve Lennon 77.84	0
						1	Michael van Gerwen 91.84	3
							Darren Webster 82.32	0
		Darren Webster 98.02	2
		Stephen Bunting 82.38	0
											1	Michael van Gerwen 101.54	3
											8	Dave Chisnall 97.78	1
	8	Dave Chisnall 92.03	2
		Max Hopp 80.34	0
						8	Dave Chisnall 87.05	3
							Raymond van Barneveld 76.76	0
		Ricky Evans 78.89	1
		Raymond van Barneveld 91.91	2
																1	Michael van Gerwen 97.06	4
																5	Daryl Gurney 87.75	1
	5	Daryl Gurney 88.36	2
		John Henderson 87.94	0
						5	Daryl Gurney 89.20	3
							Ron Meulenkamp 87.41	2
		Ron Meulenkamp 85.88	2
		Joe Cullen 78.54	1
											5	Daryl Gurney 92.72	3
											4	Gary Anderson 78.99	0
	4	Gary Anderson 88.91	2
		Jonny Clayton 79.12	0
						4	Gary Anderson 90.91	3
							Jeffrey de Zwaan 80.74	0
		Jeffrey de Zwaan 97.87	2
		Kim Huybrechts 88.45	0
																					1	Michael van Gerwen 88.85	5
																					2	Peter Wright 91.61	2
	2	Peter Wright 98.02	2
		Steve West 89.07	0
						2	Peter Wright 91.64	3
							Jermaine Wattimena 77.67	0
		Jermaine Wattimena 82.10	2
		Mervyn King 73.84	0
											2	Peter Wright 87.64	3
												James Wilson 85.79	2
	7	Simon Whitlock 87.60	1
		James Wilson 86.46	2
							James Wilson 82.12	3
							Adrian Lewis 78.63	2
		Michael Smith 89.35	1
		Adrian Lewis 89.61	2
																2	Peter Wright 93.38	4
																6	Mensur Suljović 92.74	3
	6	Mensur Suljović 84.27	2
		James Wade 76.76	0
						6	Mensur Suljović 92.42	3
							Ian White 89.29	0
		Josh Payne 81.70	0
		Ian White 83.01	2
											6	Mensur Suljović 91.19	3
												Gerwyn Price 84.41	2
	3	Rob Cross 76.98	0
		Steve Beaton 84.27	2
							Steve Beaton 82.32	1
							Gerwyn Price 85.56	3
		Danny Noppert 76.55	0
		Gerwyn Price 79.15	2