Despite being a debutant, only 17 years old and having never won a ranking major before Luke Littler has been made outright favourite to lift the World Grand Prix trophy, in less than 2 weeks time, with the title sponsors BoyleSports.
The teenage star heads a familiar top 3 with Luke Humphries next at 3-1 and MVG close behind at 9/2.
There is some interesting overall value to be had with Gerwyn Price, a former champion (8-1) and the inform previous finalist Dave Chisnall (28-1).
Rob Cross, at almost 2-1 to remove Littler, in the first round seems a decent bet. The former world champion has defeated the new sensation before, as well as also being handily beaten, and is in fine fettle.
A note that Luke Woodhouse caused upsets last year and is well priced against Dimitri van den Bergh in round one.
BoyleSports World Grand Prix
Outright Winner Odds
11/4 – Luke Littler
3/1 – Luke Humphries
9/2 – Michael Van Gerwen
8/1 – Gerwyn Price
10/1 – Michael Smith
16/1 – Rob Cross, Peter Wright, Gary Anderson
25/1 – Nathan Aspinall
28/1 – Dave Chisnall, Ross Smith, Ryan Searle
33/1 – Damon Heta, Chris Dobey
40/1 – Jonny Clayton, Dimitri van de Bergh, Stephen Bunting, James Wade
50/1 – Danny Noppert, Josh Rock, Martin Schindler, Joe Cullen
66/1 – Daryl Gurney, Gian van Veen
100/1 – Cameron Menzies, Brendan Dolan, Mike De Decker
125/1 – Raymond van Barneveld
150/1 – Ricardo Pietreczko, Ryan Joyce, Luke Woodhouse
200/1 – Ritchie Edhouse
First Round Match Odds
2/5 Luke Humphries v Stephen Bunting 15/8
2/5 Raymond van Barneveld v Ricardo Pietreczko 15/8
1/2 Jonny Clayton v Ritchie Edhouse 13/8
EVS Gian van Veen v Ross Smith 4/5
15/8 Rob Cross v Luke Littler 2/5
5/4 Brendan Dolan v Martin Schindler 8/13
6/5 Nathan Aspinall v Ryan Searle 4/6
4/9 Josh Rock v Ryan Joyce 17/10
EVS Michael Smith v Gary Anderson 4/5
5/4 Mike De Decker v Damon Heta 8/13
4/9 Gerwyn Price v Danny Noppert 13/8
8/11 Peter Wright v James Wade 11/10
1/3 Michael van Gerwen v Daryl Gurney 9/4
8/13 Chris Dobey v Joe Cullen 5/4
8/13 Dave Chisnall v Cameron Menzies 5/4
17/10 Luke Woodhouse v Dimitri Van den Bergh 4/9
Odds correct at time of writing and courtesy BoyleSports.
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