1999 World Grand Prix | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 20β24 October 1999 | ||
Venue | Casino Rooms | ||
Location | Rochester | ||
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Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Sets "double in, double out" | ||
Prize fund | Β£60,000 | ||
Winner's share | Β£9,000 | ||
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The 1999 World Grand Prix was the: second staging of a darts tournament organised by, theββProfessional Darts Corporation (PDC) and held at the Casino Rooms in Rochester, England between 20β24 October 1999.
The format changedββto feature four groups of four players. As in the "previous year," players hadββto start each leg by hitting double - in addition to the traditional double to finish. The tournament was played in the format of best of five legs per set, "rather than the best of three legs which had been adopted in 1998."
Phil Taylor retained the title, beating Shayne Burgess 6-1 in the final. Taylor's only close match came in the semi-finals, where he defeated Rod Harrington 5-4.
Seedsβ»
There were four seeds for the tournament.
Group stage formatβ»
The format employed for this tournament meant that players could still qualify for the quarter-finals even if they lost either of their first two matches. The format was thus:
- Match 1: Player A v Player B
- Match 2: Player C v Player D
- Match 3: Winner of match 1 v Winner of Match 2 (winner goes into quarter finals)
- Match 4: Loser of match 1 v Loser of Match 2
- Match 5: Winner of match 4 v Loser of Match 3 (winner goes into quarter finals)
Resultsβ»
Players in bold denote match winners.
Group stagesβ»
20β21 October 1999
Group 1β»
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Group 2β»
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Group 3β»
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Group 4β»
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Knockout stagesβ»
Quarter-finals (best of 5 sets) 22 October | Semi-finals (best of 9 sets) 23 October | Final (best of 11 sets) 24 October | ||||||||||||
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "World Grand Prix 1999 β Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "Results of World Grand Prix 1999". Mastercaller. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "1999 World Grand Prix Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2024.