Gerwyn Price and Michael Smith will meet in round one of the 2021 BoyleSports World Grand Prix.

The Iceman, the defending champion at this event, will meet The Bully Boy in a rematch of the 2021 Hungarian Darts Trophy final.

Elsewhere, a stacked opening round draw sees World Matchplay Champion Peter Wright face off against Rob Cross, while Michael van Gerwen plays Danny Noppert.

Other standout ties include:

• James Wade playing Damon Heta
• Nathan Aspinall taking on Krzysztof Ratajski
• Finalist from 2020 Dirk van Duijvenbode playing Luke Humphries

The unique tournament, where players have to start and end their leg on a double, is scheduled to take place from Sunday 3 October to Saturday 9 October at the Morningside Arena in Leicester.

The schedule of play for the event will be confirmed in due course.

2021 BoyleSports World Grand Prix Draw

(1) Gerwyn Price v Michael Smith

Martijn Kleermaker v Mervyn King

(8) Dave Chisnall v Mensur Suljovic

Joe Cullen v Ross Smith

(4) James Wade v Damon Heta

Stephen Bunting v Daryl Gurney

(5) Dimitri Van den Bergh v Ryan Searle

Dirk van Duijvenbode v Luke Humphries

(2) Peter Wright v Rob Cross

Nathan Aspinall v Krzysztof Ratajski

(7) Jose De Sousa v Glen Durrant

Callan Rydz v Jonny Clayton

(3) Michael van Gerwen v Danny Noppert

Vincent van der Voort v Gabriel Clemens

(6) Gary Anderson v Ian White

Darius Labanauskas v Brendan Dolan

2021 BoyleSports World Grand Prix event schedule

Sunday 3 October (1800 BST)

8 x first round

Monday 4 October (1800 BST)

8 x first round

Tuesday 5 October (1900 BST)

4 x second round

Wednesday 6 October (1900 BST)

4 x second round

Thursday 7 October (1900 BST)

4 x quarter finals

Friday 8 October (1900 BST)

2 x semi finals

Saturday 9 October (2030 BST)

Final

 

First round – first to two sets

Second round – first to three sets

Quarter finals – first to three sets

Semi finals – first to four sets

Final – first to five sets