2011 Grand Slam of Darts

Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates November 12–20
Venue Civic Hall
Location Wolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Prize fund £400,000
Winners share £100,000
High checkout 161 England James Wade
161 England Ted Hankey
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2010 2012»

The 2011 Grand Slam of Darts, the fifth staging of the darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation was known as the William Hill Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes.[1] The event took place from 12–20 November 2011 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. For the first time, Sky Sports has given the television coverage of the Grand Slam after taking over from ITV Sport as the event's broadcaster.[2] The title was won by Phil Taylor.[3][4]

Prize Money

Stage Prize Money
(Total-£400,000)
Winner £100,000
Runner Up £50,000
Semi Final £25,000
Quarter Final £15,000
Last 16 £7,500
3rd in Group £5,000
4th in Group £2,500
Group Winner Bonus £2,500

Qualifying

There were numerous tournaments that provided qualifying opportunities to players. Most tournaments offered a qualifying position for the winner and runner-up of the tournament, however the World Championships and the Grand Slams offered a place in the tournament to all semi-finalists. There were also various other ways of qualifying for overseas players, including those from Europe and the United States, as well as a wildcard qualifying event open to any darts player. The qualifying criteria was changed this year, extending the dates back 5 years for respective World Champions to receive an invite.

Qualifying tournaments

Players in italics have already qualified for the event.

PDC

Tournament Year Position Player
Grand Slam of Darts 2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Scott Waites
Semi-Finalist 1 England Terry Jenkins
Semi-Finalist 2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
2010 Winner England Scott Waites
Runner-Up England James Wade
Semi-Finalist 1 England Steve Beaton
Semi-Finalist 2 England Wayne Jones
World Championship 2007 Winner Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
2008 Winner Canada John Part
2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
2010 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Australia Simon Whitlock
Third Wales Mark Webster
Fourth Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
2011 Winner England Adrian Lewis
Runner-Up Scotland Gary Anderson
Semi-Finalist 1 England Terry Jenkins
Semi-Finalist 2 Wales Mark Webster
World Matchplay 2010 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
2011 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England James Wade
World Grand Prix 2010 Winner England James Wade
Runner-Up England Adrian Lewis
2011 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
UK Open 2010 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Scotland Gary Anderson
2011 Winner England James Wade
Runner-Up England Wes Newton
Premier League 2010 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England James Wade
2011 Winner Scotland Gary Anderson
Runner-Up England Adrian Lewis
European Championship 2010 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Wayne Jones
2011 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Adrian Lewis
Championship League Darts 2010 Winner England James Wade
Runner-Up England Phil Taylor
2011 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Australia Paul Nicholson
Players Championship Finals 2010 Winner Australia Paul Nicholson
Runner-Up England Mervyn King
2011 (1) Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Scotland Gary Anderson
World Cup of Darts 2010 Winners Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Netherlands Co Stompé
Runners-Up Wales Mark Webster
Wales Barrie Bates
World Youth Championship 2011 Winner England Arron Monk
2012 Finalist Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Finalist England James Hubbard

BDO

Tournament Year Position Player
World Championship 2007 Winner England Martin Adams
2008 Winner Wales Mark Webster
2009 Winner England Ted Hankey
2010 Winner England Martin Adams
Runner-Up England Dave Chisnall
Semi-Finalist 1 England Tony O'Shea
Semi-Finalist 2 Wales Martin Phillips
2011 Winner England Martin Adams
Runner-Up England Dean Winstanley
Semi-Finalist 1 Netherlands Jan Dekker
Semi-Finalist 2 Wales Martin Phillips

Note: Players in italics have already qualified for the tournament.
The PDC have decided to no longer invite Martin Adams to the Grand Slam due to his decision to turn down three consecutive invitations in 2007, 2008 and 2009.[5]

Other Methods of Qualification

Additional invitations to compete in the 2010 Grand Slam of Darts were awarded on November 4 to:

Grand Slam of Darts Wildcards

The Grand Slam of Darts Wildcard qualifier was held at the K2 Cente in Crawley on November 4. Any darts player was able to enter and the two finalists received invitations to the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts.[6] The qualifiers were Nigel Heydon and Magnus Caris. There were also two reserves. The first was Ian White and second was Keith Rooney.[7]

PDC Order of Merit

Mark Walsh was the highest non-qualified player from the PDC Order of Merit.[8]

Players Championship Order of Merit

The Players Championship Order of Merit ranks all PDC players by their winnings in 2011 PDC Pro Tour Players Championships.

Justin Pipe was the highest non-qualified player from the Players Championship Order of Merit.[8]

European Order of Merit

The European Order of Merit ranks all the European dart players based on the amount of prize money that they have won from tournaments held in continental Europe.

Vincent van der Voort was the highest non-qualified player from the European Order of Merit.[8]

Qualified Players

Qualification changed from the 2010 event, with the finalists from the PDC Women's World Darts Championship no longer being invited. On August 4, it was announced that the 2007–2011 winners of the PDC and BDO world championships, along with the 2010 PDC World Cup of Darts finalists, would receive invitations.[6]

Simon Whitlock withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Ian White from the wildcard qualifier.[9] The 32 qualifiers were:

Professional Darts Corporation

British Darts Organisation

Pools

[10]

Seeded Players Pool B Pool C Pool D

England Scott Waites (1)
England Phil Taylor (2)
England Adrian Lewis (3)
England James Wade (4)
Scotland Gary Anderson (5)
Wales Mark Webster (6)
England Wes Newton (7)
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (8)

Australia Paul Nicholson
England Terry Jenkins
England Mervyn King
England Mark Walsh
England Wayne Jones
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
England Dean Winstanley
Netherlands Jan Dekker

Netherlands Co Stompe
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
Canada John Part
England Justin Pipe
England Steve Beaton
Wales Barrie Bates
England Tony O'Shea
England Ted Hankey

Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
England Dave Chisnall
England Nigel Heydon
England Ian White
Sweden Magnus Caris
England Arron Monk
Wales Martin Phillips
England James Hubbard

Draw and results

Group Stages

all matches first-to-5/best of 9.

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/- = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Average – 3-dart average; Pts = Points

Group A

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 3211310+34Advance to the last 16
2England Mark Walsh 3211210+24
3England Scott Waites 312121202Eliminated
4England Tony O'Shea 312914−52

November 12[11]

(85.24) Mark Walsh England 5 – 2 England Tony O'Shea (85.10)
(94.06) Scott Waites England 3 – 5 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (101.84)

November 13[12]

(84.65) Scott Waites England 4 – 5 England Tony O'Shea (92.09)
(90.86) Mark Walsh England 5 – 3 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (85.98)

November 15[13]

(100.73) Scott Waites England 5 – 2 England Mark Walsh (94.99)
(90.06) Tony O'Shea England 2 – 5 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (96.06)

Group B

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1England Dean Winstanley 330156+96Advance to the last 16
2England Ted Hankey 321109+14
3England Ian White 3121112−12Eliminated
4Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 303815−70

November 12[11]

(85.40) Dean Winstanley England 5 – 0 England Ted Hankey (79.96)
(86.16) Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands 4 – 5 England Ian White (86.11)

November 13[12]

(90.74) Dean Winstanley England 5 – 4 England Ian White (91.52)
(89.19) Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands 2 – 5 England Ted Hankey (88.94)

November 15[13]

(85.12) Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands 2 – 5 England Dean Winstanley (92.68)
(100.05) Ted Hankey England 5 – 2 England Ian White (88.92)

Group C

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1Scotland Gary Anderson 321137+64Advance to the last 16
2England Wayne Jones 3211110+14
3England Nigel Heydon 3121113−22Eliminated
4Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 312813−52

November 12[11]

(96.51) Wayne Jones England 5 – 2 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan (86.39)
(88.55) Gary Anderson Scotland 3 – 5 England Nigel Heydon (84.67)

November 13[12]

(104.60) Gary Anderson Scotland 5 – 1 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan (90.49)
(98.03) Wayne Jones England 5 – 3 England Nigel Heydon (93.51)

November 15[13]

(93.91) Brendan Dolan Northern Ireland 5 – 3 England Nigel Heydon (90.25)
(90.61) Gary Anderson Scotland 5 – 1 England Wayne Jones (76.34)

Group D

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1England Terry Jenkins 321111104Advance to the last 16
2England James Wade 321131304
3England Justin Pipe 3121311+22Eliminated
4England Dave Chisnall 3121214−22

November 12[11]

(100.63) James Wade England 5 – 4 England Dave Chisnall (96.42)
(85.32) Terry Jenkins England 1 – 5 England Justin Pipe (85.79)

November 13[12]

(96.74) Terry Jenkins England 5 – 3 England Dave Chisnall (95.17)
(88.68) James Wade England 5 – 4 England Justin Pipe (93.34)

November 15[13]

(92.18) Justin Pipe England 4 – 5 England Dave Chisnall (88.66)
(93.80) James Wade England 3 – 5 England Terry Jenkins (94.77)

Group E

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1England Phil Taylor 330157+86Advance to the last 16
2England Steve Beaton 3211310+34
3England Mervyn King 3121113−22Eliminated
4England James Hubbard 303615−90

November 13[12]

(85.88) Mervyn King England 3 – 5 England Steve Beaton (86.65)
(94.67) Phil Taylor England 5 – 1 England James Hubbard (83.13)

November 14[14]

(90.09) Mervyn King England 5 – 3 England James Hubbard (76.59)
(99.72) Phil Taylor England 5 – 3 England Steve Beaton (92.22)

November 16[15]

(91.55) Steve Beaton England 5 – 2 England James Hubbard (85.98)
(100.93) Phil Taylor England 5 – 3 England Mervyn King (98.10)

Group F

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1Australia Paul Nicholson 330158+76Advance to the last 16
2England Wes Newton 321148+64
3Sweden Magnus Caris 312111102Eliminated
4Wales Barrie Bates 303215−130

November 13[12]

(92.78) Paul Nicholson Australia 5 – 0 Wales Barrie Bates (71.30)
(85.07) Wes Newton England 5 – 2 Sweden Magnus Caris (87.86)

November 14[14]

(83.29) Barrie Bates Wales 1 – 5 Sweden Magnus Caris (94.86)
(87.20) Wes Newton England 4 – 5 Australia Paul Nicholson (96.50)

November 16[15]

(94.31) Wes Newton England 5 – 1 Wales Barrie Bates (80.21)
(99.37) Paul Nicholson Australia 5 – 4 Sweden Magnus Caris (101.52)

Group G

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1Wales Mark Webster 330158+76Advance to the last 16
2Canada John Part 3211110+14
3Netherlands Jan Dekker 3121011−12Eliminated
4England Arron Monk 303815−70

November 13[12]

(95.42) Mark Webster Wales 5 – 4 England Arron Monk (84.40)
(73.23) Jan Dekker Netherlands 2 – 5 Canada John Part (80.90)

November 14[14]

(92.00) Jan Dekker Netherlands 5 – 1 England Arron Monk (87.93)
(95.30) Mark Webster Wales 5 – 1 Canada John Part (83.52)

November 16[15]

(90.79) John Part Canada 5 – 3 England Arron Monk (86.01)
(101.43) Mark Webster Wales 5 – 3 Netherlands Jan Dekker (91.21)

Group H

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1England Adrian Lewis 330157+86Advance to the last 16
2Wales Martin Phillips 321149+54
3Netherlands Co Stompé 312813−52Eliminated
4Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 303715−80

November 13[12]

(98.00) Vincent van der Voort Netherlands 3 – 5 Netherlands Co Stompé (91.63)
(89.75) Adrian Lewis England 5 – 4 Wales Martin Phillips (97.11)

November 14[14]

(74.86) Vincent van der Voort Netherlands 2 – 5 Wales Martin Phillips (88.38)
(109.39) Adrian Lewis England 5 – 1 Netherlands Co Stompé (98.96)

November 16[15]

(91.57) Adrian Lewis England 5 – 2 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (88.73)
(89.07) Co Stompé Netherlands 2 – 5 Wales Martin Phillips (91.47)

Knockout Stages

Second Round (best of 19)
17–18 November[16][17]
Quarter Finals (best of 31)
19 November[18]
Semi Finals (best of 31)
20 November[19]
Final (best of 31)
20 November[20]
            
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (90.42) 9
England Ted Hankey (91.23) 10
England Ted Hankey (89.54) 14
England Mark Walsh (91.82) 16
England Dean Winstanley (104.55) 9
England Mark Walsh (98.32) 10
England Mark Walsh (88.81) 11
5 Scotland Gary Anderson (94.77) 16
5 Scotland Gary Anderson (100.45) 10
4 England James Wade (96.83) 3
5 Scotland Gary Anderson (99.97) 16
England Terry Jenkins (93.59) 12
England Terry Jenkins (95.35) 10
England Wayne Jones (91.87) 8
5 Scotland Gary Anderson (98.92) 4
2 England Phil Taylor (109.04) 16
2 England Phil Taylor (112.37) 10
7 England Wes Newton (94.15) 3
2 England Phil Taylor (104.46) 16
Australia Paul Nicholson (95.24) 7
Australia Paul Nicholson (96.43) 10
England Steve Beaton (95.06) 8
2 England Phil Taylor (107.76) 16
3 England Adrian Lewis (101.10) 9
6 Wales Mark Webster (89.59) 10
Wales Martin Phillips (84.91) 8
6 Wales Mark Webster (94.59) 5
3 England Adrian Lewis (100.30) 16
3 England Adrian Lewis (92.75) 10
Canada John Part (92.44) 8

Statistics

[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
England Phil Taylor Winner 7 73 30 135 83 29 124 103.32
Scotland Gary Anderson Final 7 59 49 133 79 41 140 96.49
England Adrian Lewis Semi-finals 6 50 36 99 59 30 152 97.42
England Mark Walsh Semi-finals 6 49 49 148 58 22 138 91.67
Australia Paul Nicholson Quarter-finals 5 32 32 79 50 20 144 96.06
Wales Mark Webster Quarter-finals 5 30 32 84 44 15 111 95.27
England Terry Jenkins Quarter-finals 5 33 35 99 42 16 126 93.27
England Ted Hankey Quarter-finals 5 34 34 90 51 18 161 89.94
Canada John Part Second round 4 19 20 37 20 9 118 86.91
England James Wade Second round 4 16 23 58 28 5 161 94.99
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Second round 4 22 20 55 23 6 144 93.58
England Dean Winstanley Second round 4 24 16 45 29 17 138 93.34
England Steve Beaton Second round 4 21 20 59 23 7 141 91.37
England Wayne Jones Second round 4 19 20 53 27 8 122 90.69
Wales Martin Phillips Second round 4 22 19 58 36 5 100 90.47
England Wes Newton Second round 4 17 18 41 14 10 100 90.18
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld Group stage 3 8 15 25 19 1 80 86.82
England Arron Monk Group stage 3 8 15 22 13 5 60 86.11
Netherlands Jan Dekker Group stage 3 10 11 30 8 1 104 85.48
England James Hubbard Group stage 3 6 15 20 14 1 40 81.90
Sweden Magnus Caris Group stage 3 11 11 26 28 2 81 94.75
England Dave Chisnall Group stage 3 12 14 30 12 9 86 93.42
England Justin Pipe Group stage 3 13 11 33 22 2 160 90.44
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan Group stage 3 8 13 30 19 1 101 90.26
England Mervyn King Group stage 3 11 13 25 22 5 101 91.36
Netherlands Co Stompé Group stage 3 8 13 33 12 4 121 93.22
England Scott Waites Group stage 3 12 12 28 13 8 125 93.15
England Nigel Heydon Group stage 3 11 13 27 14 5 121 89.48
England Ian White Group stage 3 11 14 29 11 8 112 88.85
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort Group stage 3 7 15 30 14 3 101 87.20
England Tony O'Shea Group stage 3 9 14 33 12 8 64 92.78
Wales Barrie Bates Group stage 3 2 15 27 7 0 72 78.27

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