2007 World Grand Prix

The 2007 SkyBet World Grand Prix was the tenth staging of a PDC darts tournament which took place between October 8 and October 14. It was the seventh year that the event was being staged at the Citywest Hotel, Saggart, Dublin. Phil Taylor went into the event as defending champion having won it for the previous two years - and seven times in all, but suffered a surprise first round defeat to Adrian Gray.

James Wade followed up his success at the 2007 World Matchplay by adding this title to his collection. He beat World Champion Raymond van Barneveld in the semi-final and Terry Jenkins in the final. Jenkins suffered his fifth televised final defeat in twelve months as his search for his first major title continued.

The top 24 players in the PDC Order of Merit qualified automatically. There were four further qualifiers from the PDPA Players Championship Order of Merit (the best performers from up to 20 non-televised events during the year) and there were four PDPA Irish qualifiers. The All-Ireland qualifiers were held on September 16.

As in previous years - the format of the tournament features much shorter first round matches (best of three sets) and players must start each leg on a double, as well as finish on a double.

First Round

Phil Taylor 0 - 2 Adrian Gray
Ronnie Baxter 1 - 2 Andy Smith
Andy Hamilton 1 - 2 Wayne Mardle
John Part 2 - 0 Billy Matthews
Peter Manley 1 - 2 Mark Dudbridge
Jason Barry 1 - 2 Andy Jenkins
Terry Jenkins 2 - 1 Wayne Jones
Chris Mason 2 - 0 Colin Osborne
Raymond van Barneveld 2 - 1 Vincent van der Voort
John Elder 0 - 2 Mervyn King
Adrian Lewis 2 - 0 James Keogh
Kevin Painter 1 - 2 Roland Scholten
Colin Lloyd 2 - 0 Dennis Priestley
Alan Tabern 2 - 1 Barrie Bates
James Wade 2 - 0 Denis Ovens
Alex Roy 2 - 1 Wes Newton
Second Round

Gray 3 - 1 A. Smith
Mardle 0 - 3 Part
Dudbridge 3 - 2 A.Jenkins
T.Jenkins 3 - 2 Mason
Van Barneveld 3 - 0 King
Lewis 3 - 1 Scholten
Lloyd 3 - 0 Tabern
Wade 3 - 1 Roy

Quarter Finals

Gray 2 - 4 Part
Dudbridge 1 - 4 T.Jenkins
Van Barneveld 4 - 3 Lewis
Lloyd 0 - 4 Wade
Semi Finals

Part 3 - 5 T.Jenkins
Van Barneveld 1 - 5 Wade
Final

T.Jenkins 3 - 6 Wade

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