[1] Phil Taylor was the defending champion having won his 11th Grand Prix title with a 6–0 defeat over Dave Chisnall, but he lost 3–1 to James Wade in the quarter-finals.

[2] Michael van Gerwen won his second World Grand Prix title by defeating Wade 5–3 in the final.

[3] Wade threw the second ever double-start nine-dart finish in his second round match against Robert Thornton.

Incredibly, Thornton repeated the feat a few legs later with the two players becoming the first to both hit nine darters in the same match in the history of darts.

The following is the breakdown of the fund:[5] The field of 32 players were made up from the top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit on September 16.