| Tournament Name: | 2018 Unibet World Grand Prix |
| Venue: | Citywest Hotel |
| Location: | Dublin |
| Organisation: | PDC |
| Format: | Sets "Double in, Double out" |
| Prize Fund: | £400,000 |
| Winners Share: | £100,000 |
| High Checkout: | 164 Raymond van Barneveld |
| Winner: | Michael van Gerwen |
| Prev: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The 2018 Unibet World Grand Prix was the 21st staging of the World Grand Prix. It was held from 30 September–6 October 2018 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.
The defending champion Daryl Gurney[1] [2] lost to Michael van Gerwen 1–4 in the semi-finals.
Notably during the tournament, Dave Chisnall hit the highest ever losing average in a World Grand Prix match, when he averaged 97.78 in his 3–1 defeat in the quarter-finals to Michael van Gerwen.
Van Gerwen went on to lift his fourth World Grand Prix title, defeating Peter Wright 5–2 in the final.[3]
The total prize money remained at £400,000. The following is the breakdown of the fund:[4]
| Position (num. of players) | Prize money (Total: £400,000) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | align=center | (1) | align=center | £100,000 |
| Runner-up | align=center | (1) | align=center | £45,000 |
| Semi-finalists | align=center | (2) | align=center | £23,500 |
| Quarter-finalists | align=center | (4) | align=center | £15,000 |
| Second round losers | align=center | (8) | align=center | £8,500 |
| First round losers | align=center | (16) | align=center | £5,000 |
The field of 32 players was made up from the top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit and the top 16 non-qualified players from the ProTour Order of Merit. The top eight players were seeded in the tournament. The following players qualified for the tournament:[5]
PDC Order of Merit (1–16) (Top 8 seeded)
Mensur Suljović (semi-finals)
Simon Whitlock (first round)Pro Tour
Kim Huybrechts (first round)
Steve Lennon (first round)