Price and Clayton play Monday: World Grand Prix opponents and TV guide
Archive article. Published on Sun 27 Sept, 14:06. Conditions may have changed since this reporting.
Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton begin their World Grand Prix campaigns on Monday 28 September, in an opening session that starts at 6pm BST on Sky Sports. Clayton faces Krzysztof Ratajski in the fourth match; Price follows against Sebastian Bialecki in the fifth. Those are running-order positions, not fixed start times.
The Welsh route
- Clayton · first round
- Ratajski, Monday fourth match
- Price · first round
- Bialecki, Monday fifth match
- Session starts
- 28 September, 6pm BST
- Price’s next opponent if he wins
- Smith or Menzies
- Clayton’s next opponent if he wins
- Nijman or Cross
- Earliest Welsh meeting
- Semi-final
Two Polish opponents, two different tests
Price, the fourth seed and 2020 champion, meets a tournament debutant in Bialecki. Fifth seed Clayton faces Polish number one Ratajski. The Welsh pair’s confirmed route leads to a quarter-final meeting on 2 October. The winner of Price’s opener will face Ross Smith or Cameron Menzies in round two. Clayton or Ratajski will play Wessel Nijman or Rob Cross. Both of those second-round ties are scheduled for Wednesday 30 September, with the order still to be confirmed.
Why the first double matters
Players must hit a double to start scoring in each leg as well as to finish it. The opening round is best of three sets, leaving less room to recover than round two and the quarter-finals, which are best of five. The 32-player event runs at Leicester’s Mattioli Arena until Sunday 4 October. The semi-finals are best of nine sets; the final is best of 11.
How to watch in Wales
Sky Sports carries the tournament live in the UK. The PDC’s own streaming coverage excludes UK-based subscribers, so a PDCTV subscription is not a substitute for the UK broadcaster. Monday’s session has eight matches, beginning with Danny Noppert against Niko Springer.
Correction, 30 September 2026: this preview originally said Price and Clayton were in different quarters and could meet in the semi-finals. The PDC’s confirmed quarter-final fixture pairs them on 2 October. The draw-path sentence has been corrected; the remaining preview describes the position before the opening round.
Background and supporting figures
Where this sits
Price is seeded fourth and faces debutant Bialecki; Clayton is seeded fifth and faces Polish number one Ratajski.
The opening round is best of three sets, compared with best of five in round two and the quarter-finals.