World Grand Prix Draw

The 32-player event features the unique format of players needing to both begin and end every leg with a double, adding extra pressure throughout in Dublin.

Reigning champion Michael van Gerwen - who followed up his 2012 win by defeating James Wade in last year's final - will take on 2014 World Youth Champion Keegan Brown in their opening fixture.

World Champion Gary Anderson will face an all-Scottish first round tie with John Henderson, as the number two seed looks to better last year's run to the semi-finals at the Citywest Hotel.

Number four seed Peter Wright faces a tough first round opponent in Dave Chisnall, the 2013 World Grand Prix runner-up and current world number nine.

Number five seed Adrian Lewis will take on another former World Grand Prix finalist, Raymond van Barneveld, in another tasty tie, while two-time champion Wade is up against Austria's Mensur Suljovic.

Robert Thornton - who shared nine-darters with Wade in a historic second round tie last year - will play Northern Ireland's Daryl Gurney, while number eight seed Michael Smith has drawn Welsh debutant Gerwyn Price.

In-form Jelle Klaasen, who won Sunday's Players Championship in Barnsley, will meet Northern Irish star Brendan Dolan, a former World Grand Prix finalist who hit the event's first-ever double-start nine-darter in 2011.

Belgium's Kim Huybrechts takes on top Dutch youngster Benito van de Pas, Ireland's William O'Connor will meet Welshman Jamie Lewis and former Lakeside Champions Mark Webster and Stephen Bunting also clash.

Two former World Grand Prix finalists clash as Mervyn King meets Terry Jenkins - who celebrated his 52nd birthday with a Players Championship win on Saturday - while 2004 Dublin semi-finalist Steve Beaton drew Justin Pipe.

Australian star Simon Whitlock meets Andrew Gilding, while Ian White is up against Jamie Caven, who only booked his place in the World Grand Prix - at the expense of Joe Murnan - on the final weekend of Players Championship events ahead of the cut-off.

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