World Grand Prix Darts 2024: The Most Exciting Tournament
Let’s find out who will be the champion.
The World Grand Prix Darts 2024 starts on Monday, October 7. This tournament is thought to be the most unusual in the professional darts schedule due to its format. Only the strongest darts players can participate in the event. Below you will find some information about the favourites on World Grand Prix Darts 2024, predictions and betting odds.
Who will win the World Grand Prix 2024?
The tournament will see 32 participants, with 16 of them representing the top PDC rating. The other 16 players have qualified via the PDC Pro Tour.
World Grand Prix Darts 2024 Winner Odds
The main favourite of the tournament is Luke Littler. Aged 17, he has qualified for the tournament via the PDC Pro Tour. This year, he has won the World Series of Darts Finals and the Premier League. He also finished as runner-up of the World Darts Championship. You can bet on him to win the 2024 World Grand Prix Darts at
7/2
The second best candidate to win is Luke Humphries, the current champion of the tournament and #1 in the world rankings. You can bet on him to get the title at
9/2
Luke Littler
Luke Littler is starting the World Grand Prix Darts 2024 as key favourite. It’s not surprising as he confidently won the World Series of Darts Finals 2024 and performed quite well in some non-televised tournaments. Littler is currently 20th in the PDC rankings. He can improve his position in case of winning the World Grand Prix. Littler will face Rob Cross in the First round, who is unlikely to stop the young player. Luke Littler has a good chance to win the tournament this year or at least to reach the final.
Luke Humphries
The current World Grand Prix champion is the candidate to win in the opinion of the UK betting sites. His performance is not as phenomenal as it was a year ago. It’s not perfect now. However, he may just make his opponents believe that he’s getting weaker only to beat everyone at the end of the year. The World Grand Prix Darts 2024 is the best chance for Luke Humphries to show his great skills. He has to take it to defend the title. Humphries may potentially face Littler in the semi-finals, which is going to be an exciting match.
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen is the next candidate to win the World Grand Prix Darts 2024. It’s quite hard to say if he can really get the title as he’s in the top contenders only because of his previous performance. Michael van Gerwen has been gradually recovering after a surgery. However, there’s no guarantee that he can win the tournament. The only thing that will make his path easier is a pretty simple schedule until the quarter-finals, with only Dave Chisnall representing the PDC top 10. The World Grand Prix Darts 2024 can be a point of revival for van Gerwen but he has to work hard to reach it.
Gary Anderson
Gary Anderson can perform well in this tournament. The best times of the 53-years-old Scottish player seemed to fade. However, Anderson has been reviving recently. The way he performed in the Players Championship games proves it well. Anderson had some amazing averages, easily beating almost all his opponents. If he manages to do the same in the televised competition, he will be a tough opponent for any player.
Gerwyn Price
Surprisingly, Gerwyn Price is still listed among the favourites. His form has been very unstable, with a little number of wins this season only proving that he has some problems. It’s hard to say what can help him to succeed. Will it be his previous performance? Or his shouting at the audience? Or a good performance in the game after all? It’s hard to say. Betting sites still believe he’s one of the favourites, which is definitely not true.
Stephen Bunting
Stephen Bunting is outside the top 5 contenders to win. However, prior to the World Grand Prix Darts 2024 he performed very well in three consecutive Players Championship tournaments, reaching the final on each occasion. Yes, there was an obvious lack of strength and luck time after time for him to become the champion. However, his performance and three finals in a row worth mentioning. He was unlucky with a draw, though. The first opponent he will face in this tournament is Luke Humphries. But what if Bunting manages to show his best skills in tough circumstances?
World Grand Prix Darts 2024: Daily schedule & results
Monday October 7 (6pm)
First Round (Best of three sets)
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Josh Rock v Ryan Joyce
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Brendan Dolan v Martin Schindler
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Jonny Clayton v Ritchie Edhouse
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Nathan Aspinall v Ryan Searle
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Raymond van Barneveld v Ricardo Pietreczko
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Luke Humphries v Stephen Bunting
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Rob Cross v Luke Littler
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Gian van Veen v Ross Smith
Tuesday October 8 (6pm)
First Round (Best of three sets)
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Dave Chisnall v Cameron Menzies
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Luke Woodhouse v Dimitri Van den Bergh
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Mike De Decker v Damon Heta
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Peter Wright v James Wade
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Gerwyn Price v Danny Noppert
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Michael Smith v Gary Anderson
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Michael van Gerwen v Daryl Gurney
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Chris Dobey v Joe Cullen
Wednesday October 9 (7pm)
Second Round (Best of five sets)
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Humphries/Bunting v Van Barneveld/Pietreczko
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Clayton/Edhouse v Van Veen/R Smith
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Cross/Littler v Dolan/Schindler
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Aspinall/Searle v Rock/Joyce
Thursday October 10 (7pm)
Second Round (Best of five sets)
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M Smith/Anderson v De Decker/Heta
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Price/Noppert v Wright/Wade
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Van Gerwen/Gurney v Dobey/Cullen
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Chisnall/Menzies v Woodhouse/Van den Bergh
Friday October 11 (7pm)
Quarter-Finals (Best of five sets)
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Four Matches
Saturday October 12 (7pm)
Semi-Finals (Best of seven sets)
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Two Matches
Sunday October 13 (7pm)
Final (Best of nine sets)
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Winner SF 1 v Winner SF 2
FAQ
The World Grand Prix Darts 2024 will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK, through the PDC's worldwide broadcast partners including DAZN and Viaplay, and on PDCTV (excluding UK, Germany, Austria & Switzerland based subscribers).
Winner — £120,000
Runner-up — £60,000
Semi-finalists — £40,000
Quarter-finalists — £25,000
Second round — £15,000
First round — £7,500
The tournament will be held from October 7 to October 13 at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester. The capacity is 3000.
The unique thing of the World Grand Prix Darts 2024 tournament is that a player should hit either a double or the bullseye beginning a leg. The points are counted only after a double is hit. In case of a failure, a player is to repeat his try until managing to hit a double. To finish a leg, a player is to hit a double, too as it is in the other tournaments.
Matches are played to set format. To win a set a player is supposed to win three legs.
Luke Humphries won the World Grand Prix Darts 2023. He beat Gerwyn Price (5-2) in the final. It was the first win for Humphries in his professional TV career.
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