Tournament Name: | 1999 World Grand Prix |
Dates: | 20–24 October 1999 |
Venue: | Casino Rooms |
Location: | Rochester |
Organisation: | PDC |
Format: | Sets "double in, double out" |
Prize Fund: | £60,000 |
Winners Share: | £9,000 |
Winner: | Phil Taylor |
Prev: | 1998 |
Next: | 2000 |
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.
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.
There were four seeds for the tournament.[1]
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:
Players in bold denote match winners.[1] [2] [3]
20–21 October 1999
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90.15 (3) Phil Taylor | 3 – 0 | Dennis Priestley 77.17 | |||
80.05 Alan Warriner | 3 – 0 | Gary Mawson 81.13 | |||
98.21 (3) Phil Taylor | 3 – 0 | Alan Warriner 89.99 | |||
85.58 Dennis Priestley | 3 – 0 | Gary Mawson 76.29 | |||
2 – 3 | Dennis Priestley 93.72 |
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85.51 (2) Peter Manley | 3 – 0 | Keith Deller 79.65 | |||
86.97 John Part | 3 – 0 | Graeme Stoddart 77.05 | |||
87.30 (2) Peter Manley | 3 – 0 | John Part 77.85 | |||
78.75 Keith Deller | 3 – 2 | Graeme Stoddart 69.15 | |||
74.39 Keith Deller | 3 – 0 | John Part 74.79 |
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89.62 (1) Rod Harrington | 3 – 2 | Bob Anderson 78.99 | |||
88.35 Chris Mason | 3 – 1 | Paul Lim 85.07 | |||
86.88 (1) Rod Harrington | 3 – 2 | Chris Mason 85.18 | |||
83.61 Bob Anderson | 3 – 2 | Paul Lim 80.80 | |||
90.35 Chris Mason | 3 – 0 | Bob Anderson 79.57 |