The 2013 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the sixteenth staging of the
World Grand Prix. It was played from 7–13 October 2013 at the
Citywest Hotel in
Dublin
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, Ireland.
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player, who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number three; he was ranked world number one from 20 ...
was the defending champion having won his first major PDC ranking title in 2012 with a 6–4 defeat over
Mervyn King. However, he lost in the quarter-finals to
Dave Chisnall.
Chisnall went on to reach his first major PDC final but lost 6–0 to
Phil Taylor, who claimed his 11th and final Grand Prix title.
Prize money
The total prize fund was £350,000. The following is the breakdown of the fund:
Qualification
The field of 32 players were made up from the top 16 in the
PDC Order of Merit on September 23. The remaining 16 places went to the top 14 non-qualified players from the
ProTour Order of Merit and then to the top 2 non-qualified residents of the
Republic of Ireland
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and
Northern Ireland
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from the 2013 ProTour Order of Merit.
Draw
The draw was made on 22 September 2013.
References
External links
Official website
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October 2013 sports events in Ireland