James Wade was the defending champion. However he lost in the semi finals to Brendan Dolan who had the unique achievement of becoming the first player to achieve a televised nine dart finish during a leg in which the players had to start on a double. However, he lost to Phil Taylor, who won the World Grand Prix for the tenth time.

The total prize fund was £350,000. This was the same for the third World Grand Prix tournament. The following was the breakdown of the fund:

Champion – £100,000
Runner-up – £40,000
Semi-finalists – £20,000
Quarter-finalists – £12,500
Second round losers – £7,000
First round losers – £4,000
Nine-Dart-finish – £5,000

The field of 32 players were mostly made up from the top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit on September 19, two weeks after the two Players Championships in Derby. The top 8 from these rankings were also the seeded players. The remaining 16 places went to the top 14 non-qualified players from the Players Championship Order of Merit (which was increased by two,) and then to the top 2 non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from the 2011 Players Championship Order of Merit who competed in at least six Players Championship events (reduced by two).

The tournament was screened by Sky Sports in high definition.

PartyPoker.com sponsored the event for the first time, taking over from Bodog after just one year.

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