The 1999 World Grand Prix was the second staging of a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and held at the Casino Rooms in Rochester, England between 20–24 October 1999.
| 1999 World Grand Prix | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 20–24 October 1999 | ||
| Venue | Casino Rooms | ||
| Location | Rochester | ||
| Country |  England | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Sets "double in, double out" | ||
| Prize fund | £60,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £9,000 | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Phil Taylor | |||
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The format changed to feature four groups of four players. As in the previous year, players had to start each leg by hitting a 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.
Seeds edit
There were four seeds for the tournament.[1]
Group stage format edit
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)
Results edit
Players in bold denote match winners.[1][2][3]
Group stages edit
20–21 October 1999
Group 3 edit
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Group 4 edit
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Knockout stages edit
| Quarter-finals (best of 5 sets) 22 October | Semi-finals (best of 9 sets) 23 October | Final (best of 11 sets) 24 October | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Rod Harrington 84.51
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| Keith Deller 79.57
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Rod Harrington 86.39
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Phil Taylor 93.85
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Phil Taylor 101.71
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| Peter Evison 81.59
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Phil Taylor 92.59
| 6 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Shayne Burgess 81.26
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Shayne Burgess 84.27
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| Dennis Priestley 89.46
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Shayne Burgess 84.71
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Peter Manley 82.67
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Peter Manley 76.22
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| Chris Mason 83.09
| 1 | |||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ a b "World Grand Prix 1999 – 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.