The 2022 BoyleSports World Grand Prix was a darts tournament and the 25th staging of the World Grand Prix. It was held from 3 to 9 October 2022 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was held away from the Citywest Hotel in Dublin for the third consecutive year.
Jonny Clayton was the defending champion after defeating Gerwyn Price 5âÂÂ1 in the 2021 final, but he lost to Dimitri Van den Bergh 3âÂÂ2 in the second round.
Michael van Gerwen won his sixth World Grand Prix title, defeating Nathan Aspinall 5âÂÂ3 in the final.
All matches were played as double in, double out; requiring the players to score 501 points to win a leg, beginning with as well as finishing on either a double or the bullseye. Matches were played to set format, with each set being the best of five legs (first to three).
This is the only "double in" tournament on the PDC circuit, and along with the World Championship the only tournament which uses the set format.
The matches got longer as the tournament progressed:
The prize fund was due to increase from ã450,000 to ã550,000, but on 1 July 2022, it was announced that it was going to increase to ã600,000, with the winner earning themselves ã120,000.
The following is the breakdown of the fund:
The field of 32 players consisted of the top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit and the top 16 non-qualified players from the ProTour Order of Merit as of 26 September 2022. The top eight players on the Order of Merit were seeded for the tournament.
31 of the 32 players also qualified for the 2022 World Matchplay held two months earlier, with the only change being Ross Smith in place of Rowby-John Rodriguez.
The following players qualified:
The draw was made on 26 September by Barry Hearn.