2025 World Grand Prix double-start at Leicester Oct 6-12

The 2025 World Grand Prix will stage a week of high-stakes, double-start darts at Leicester's Mattioli Arena from Monday, October 6 to Sunday, October 12, with 32 players competing for a 600,000 prize fund and the winner’s share of 120,000. The tournament, unique among major PDC events for its double in, double out format, opens with a 16-match first round on October 6 and 7 before moving through rounds to a final scheduled for October 12.

Players must begin and finish each leg on a double, a requirement that has defined the World Grand Prix since its inception in 1998 and is widely credited with producing unpredictable results and early upsets. The field comprises the top 16 players on the PDC Order of Merit and 16 qualifiers from the ProTour or one-year Order of Merit who had not already secured places. World No. 1 and top seed Luke Humphries is among the favourites, while reigning champion Mike De Decker returns to defend the title he won in 2024. Other leading entrants include Luke Littler, six-time champion Michael van Gerwen, James Wade, Gerwyn Price, Josh Rock and two-time world champion Peter Wright.

The tournament format progresses from best of three sets in the first...