PDC World Grand Prix

The World Grand Prix is a PDC darts tournament held in Dublin each October. Its original venue was the Crosbie Cedars Hotel in Rosslare, County Wexford from 1995 until 1997 before movin further north to the Citywest Hotel Convention Centre in Dublin. In 2013, the tournament moved to 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland. The largest arenas in Ireland boasting a capacity of 13,000.

The World Grand Prix was sponsored by bookmakers Paddy Power from 2001 to 2003, before Sky Bet took over in 2004. The subsidiary Sky Poker was the tournament's sponsor in 2008. In 2010, online gambling company Bodog became the event's title sponsor, while PartyPoker.com took over as sponsor in 2011. In 2016, Unibet took over as sponsor, with BoyleSports sponsoring the event in 2019.

Although he has dominated the event with 10 title wins, Ted Hankey has been knocked out of the World Grand Prix 5 times in the first round. In 2001, he lost 2–1 to qualifier Kevin Painter, in 2010 by 2–0 to Brendan Dolan, in 2012 he lost to Micheal Smith 2–1, in 2014 by 2–0 to Steve Beaton and in 2015 by 2–0 to Vincent van der Voort.

The top 32 players in the Order of Merit qualifies for the tournament. Players must start on a double or a bullseye. The 1st round is a first to 2 sets (best of 3 sets), the 2nd round and quarter-final is a first to 3 sets (best of 5 sets), the quarter-final is a first to 4 sets (best of 7 sets), the semi-final is a first to 5 sets (best of 9 sets), the final is a first to 6 sets (best of 11 sets).

The World Grand Prix has been broadcast in the UK by Sky Sports since the first tournament on the Sky Sports Darts channel