2010 Grand Slam of Darts

Grand Slam of Darts

Tournament information

Dates

November 13–21

Venue

Civic Hall

Location

Wolverhampton

Country

England

Organisation(s)

PDC

Format

Legs

Prize fund

£400,000

Winners share

£100,000

High checkout

170

Colin Lloyd
170

Gary Anderson

Champion(s)

Scott Waites

«2009

2011»

The 2010 Grand Slam of Darts was the fourth staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 13–21 November 2010 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. Television coverage of the tournament was covered by ITV Sport, with live coverage on ITV4. Although 8-0 down at one stage, Scott Waites made a remarkable comeback to defeat James Wade 16-12 in the final, becoming the first, and as of 2016, only member of the British Darts Organisation to win this event.^[1]

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
Third in group	£5,000
Fourth in group	£2,500
Group winner bonus	£2,500

Qualifying

There were numerous tournaments that provided qualifying opportunities to players. Most tournaments offering a qualifying position for the winner and runner-up of the tournament, however the World Championships and the Grand Slams offers 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.

Qualifying tournaments

Players in italics have already qualified for the event.

PDC

Tournament	Year	Position	Player
Grand Slam of Darts	2008	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	Terry Jenkins
		Semi-Finalist 1	Mervyn King
		Semi-Finalist 2	Gary Anderson
	2009	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	Scott Waites
		Semi-Finalist 1	Terry Jenkins
		Semi-Finalist 2	Raymond van Barneveld
World Championship	2009	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	Raymond van Barneveld
		Semi-Finalist 1	Mervyn King
		Semi-Finalist 2	James Wade
	2010	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	Simon Whitlock
		Third	Mark Webster
		Fourth	Raymond van Barneveld
World Matchplay	2009	Winner	Phil Taylor
	2009	Runner-Up	Terry Jenkins
	2010	Winner	Phil Taylor
	2010	Runner-Up	Raymond van Barneveld
World Grand Prix	2009	Winner	Phil Taylor
	2009	Runner-Up	Raymond van Barneveld
	2010	Winner	James Wade
	2010	Runner-Up	Adrian Lewis
Las Vegas Desert Classic	2009	Winner	Phil Taylor
Las Vegas Desert Classic	2009	Runner-Up	Raymond van Barneveld
UK Open	2009	Winner	Phil Taylor
	2009	Runner-Up	Colin Osborne
	2010	Winner	Phil Taylor
	2010	Runner-Up	Gary Anderson
Premier League	2009	Winner	James Wade
	2009	Runner-Up	Mervyn King
	2010	Winner	Phil Taylor
	2010	Runner-Up	James Wade
German Darts Championship	2008	Winner	Co Stompé
	2008	Runner-Up	Phil Taylor
	2009	Winner	Phil Taylor
	2009	Runner-Up	Mervyn King
European Championship	2009	Winner	Phil Taylor
	2009	Runner-Up	Steve Beaton
	2010	Winner	Phil Taylor
	2010	Runner-Up	Wayne Jones
Championship League Darts	2009	Winner	Colin Osborne
	2009	Runner-Up	Phil Taylor
	2010	Winner	James Wade
	2010	Runner-Up	Phil Taylor
Players Championship Finals	2009	Winner	Phil Taylor
	2009	Runner-Up	Robert Thornton
	2010	Winner	Paul Nicholson
	2010	Runner-Up	Mervyn King
Women's World Championship	2010	Winner	Stacy Bromberg
Women's World Championship	2010	Runner-Up	Tricia Wright
Under-21 World Championship	2011	Finalist	Michael van Gerwen
Under-21 World Championship	2011	Finalist	Arron Monk

BDO

Tournament	Year	Position	Player
World Championship	2009	Winner	Ted Hankey
		Runner-Up	Tony O'Shea
		Semi-Finalist 1	Darryl Fitton
		Semi-Finalist 2	~~Martin Adams~~
	2010	Winner	~~Martin Adams~~
		Runner-Up	Dave Chisnall
		Semi-Finalist 1	Tony O'Shea
		Semi-Finalist 2	Martin Phillips

Note: Players in italics have already qualified for the tournament.
The PDC 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.^[2]

Other Methods of Qualification

Additional invitations to compete in the 2010 Grand Slam of Darts were awarded on November 5 to (in order of preference):

ITV Wildcard

The ITV Wildcard qualifier was held at the Metrodome in Barnsley. Any darts player was able to enter and the top four players receiving invitations to the 2010 Grand Slam of Darts. The qualifiers were Wes Newton, John Henderson, Mark Hylton and Justin Pipe.^[3]

PDC Order of Merit

Ronnie Baxter was the highest non-qualified player from the PDC Order of Merit.

Players Championship Order of Merit

The Players Championship Order of Merit ranked all PDC players by their winnings in 2010 PDC Pro Tour Players Championships.

Colin Lloyd was the highest non-qualified player from the Players Championship Order of Merit.

European Order of Merit

The European Order of Merit ranked 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.

Qualified Players

Qualification changed from the 2009 event, with the winners of two BDO tournaments, the Women's World Championship and the Winmau World Masters, no longer being invited. Instead, four places were made available for the finalists of two new tournaments, the PDC Under-21 World Championship and the PDC Women's World Championship.^[4]

The 32 qualified players were:

Professional Darts Corporation

British Darts Organisation

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
1	Robert Thornton	3	3	0	15	6	+9	6	Advance to the last 16
2	Colin Osborne	3	2	1	12	12	0	4	Advance to the last 16
3	Dave Chisnall	3	1	2	10	11	−1	2	Eliminated
4	Simon Whitlock	3	0	3	7	15	−8	0	Eliminated

Date	Player	Legs	Player
November 13	(86.16) Colin Osborne	2 – 5	Robert Thornton (90.50)
November 13	(87.61) Simon Whitlock	1 – 5	Dave Chisnall (91.83)
November 14	(99.46) Colin Osborne	5 – 4	Simon Whitlock (101.00)
November 14	(96.60) Robert Thornton	5 – 2	Dave Chisnall (94.91)
November 16	(95.25) Robert Thornton	5 – 2	Simon Whitlock (93.98)
November 16	(93.78) Dave Chisnall	3 – 5	Colin Osborne (101.73)

Group B

POS	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/-	Pts	Status
1	Gary Anderson	3	2	1	13	7	+6	4	Advance to the last 16
2	Wayne Jones	3	2	1	12	10	+2	4	Advance to the last 16
3	Mark Webster	3	2	1	12	11	+1	4	Eliminated
4	Mark Hylton	3	0	3	6	15	−9	0	Eliminated

Date	Player	Legs	Player
November 13	(98.88) Gary Anderson	5 – 0	Mark Hylton (90.52)
November 13	(93.79) Wayne Jones	5 – 2	Mark Webster (88.08)
November 14	(87.98) Mark Hylton	3 – 5	Mark Webster (92.57)
November 14	(93.70) Gary Anderson	5 – 2	Wayne Jones (89.57)
November 16	(86.21) Mark Hylton	3 – 5	Wayne Jones (88.87)
November 16	(95.75) Mark Webster	5 – 3	Gary Anderson (91.45)

Group C

POS	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/-	Pts	Status
1	Mervyn King	3	3	0	15	8	+7	6	Advance to the last 16
2	Terry Jenkins	3	2	1	13	7	+6	4	Advance to the last 16
3	John Henderson	3	1	2	11	12	−1	2	Eliminated
4	Stacy Bromberg	3	0	3	3	15	−12	0	Eliminated

Date	Player	Legs	Player
November 13	(81.76) Mervyn King	5 – 1	Stacy Bromberg (61.64)
November 13	(89.97) Terry Jenkins	5 – 2	John Henderson (89.82)
November 14	(68.83) Stacy Bromberg	2 – 5	John Henderson (82.45)
November 14	(90.99) Mervyn King	5 – 3	Terry Jenkins (90.97)
November 16	(70.96) Stacy Bromberg	0 – 5	Terry Jenkins (87.38)
November 16	(92.16) John Henderson	4 – 5	Mervyn King (87.69)

Group D

POS	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/-	Pts	Status
1	Tony O'Shea	3	3	0	15	6	+9	6	Advance to the last 16
2	James Wade	3	2	1	11	11	0	4	Advance to the last 16
3	Vincent van der Voort	3	1	2	10	11	−1	2	Eliminated
4	Justin Pipe	3	0	3	7	15	−8	0	Eliminated

Date	Player	Legs	Player
November 13	(102.63) Tony O'Shea	5 – 1	Vincent van der Voort (100.92)
November 13	(88.61) James Wade	5 – 2	Justin Pipe (87.55)
November 14	(85.58) Vincent van der Voort	5 – 1	Justin Pipe (87.72)
November 14	(82.65) James Wade	1 – 5	Tony O'Shea (93.48)
November 16	(82.10) Justin Pipe	4 – 5	Tony O'Shea (92.15)
November 16	(94.17) Vincent van der Voort	4 – 5	James Wade (90.02)

Group E

POS	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/-	Pts	Status
1	Scott Waites	3	3	0	15	8	+7	6	Advance to the last 16
2	Co Stompé	3	2	1	14	12	+2	4	Advance to the last 16
3	Martin Phillips	3	1	2	10	12	−2	2	Eliminated
4	Adrian Lewis	3	0	3	8	15	−7	0	Eliminated

Date	Player	Legs	Player
November 14	(91.66) Adrian Lewis	2 – 5	Martin Phillips (96.79)
November 14	(91.74) Co Stompé	4 – 5	Scott Waites (93.13)
November 15	(94.25) Adrian Lewis	3 – 5	Co Stompé (90.15)
November 15	(103.28) Martin Phillips	1 – 5	Scott Waites (103.38)
November 17	(98.53) Scott Waites	5 – 3	Adrian Lewis (93.91)
November 17	(94.30) Co Stompé	5 – 4	Martin Phillips (95.30)

Group F

POS	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/-	Pts	Status
1	Colin Lloyd	3	3	0	15	8	+7	6	Advance to the last 16
2	Raymond van Barneveld	3	2	1	13	6	+7	4	Advance to the last 16
3	Darryl Fitton	3	1	2	10	13	−3	2	Eliminated
4	Tricia Wright	3	0	3	4	15	−11	0	Eliminated

Date	Player	Legs	Player
November 14	(86.38) Raymond van Barneveld	5 – 0	Tricia Wright (65.07)
November 14	(91.86) Colin Lloyd	5 – 4	Darryl Fitton (90.43)
November 15	(87.86) Darryl Fitton	5 – 3	Tricia Wright (76.47)
November 15	(94.34) Colin Lloyd	5 – 3	Raymond van Barneveld (97.30)
November 17	(82.36) Tricia Wright	1 – 5	Colin Lloyd (91.93)
November 17	(78.85) Darryl Fitton	1 – 5	Raymond van Barneveld (91.26)

Group G

POS	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/-	Pts	Status
1	Ronnie Baxter	3	2	1	13	8	+5	4	Advance to the last 16
2	Steve Beaton	3	2	1	12	7	+5	4	Advance to the last 16
3	Paul Nicholson	3	2	1	11	12	−1	4	Eliminated
4	Arron Monk	3	0	3	6	15	−9	0	Eliminated

Date	Player	Legs	Player
November 14	(95.43) Paul Nicholson	5 – 4	Arron Monk (92.47)
November 14	(89.92) Ronnie Baxter	5 – 2	Steve Beaton (88.29)
November 15	(94.73) Arron Monk	1 – 5	Steve Beaton (100.48)
November 15	(89.86) Paul Nicholson	5 – 3	Ronnie Baxter (87.28)
November 17	(95.44) Arron Monk	1 – 5	Ronnie Baxter (98.87)
November 17	(97.25) Steve Beaton	5 – 1	Paul Nicholson (90.80)

Group H

POS	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/-	Pts	Status
1	Ted Hankey	3	3	0	15	11	+4	6	Advance to the last 16
2	Phil Taylor	3	2	1	14	9	+5	4	Advance to the last 16
3	Wes Newton	3	1	2	11	14	−3	2	Eliminated
4	Michael van Gerwen	3	0	3	9	15	−6	0	Eliminated

Date	Player	Legs	Player
November 14	(89.88) Phil Taylor	5 – 1	Michael van Gerwen (76.01)
November 14	(86.77) Wes Newton	3 – 5	Ted Hankey (93.02)
November 15	(90.12) Michael van Gerwen	4 – 5	Wes Newton (88.10)
November 15	(97.22) Phil Taylor	4 – 5	Ted Hankey (103.75)
November 17	(92.09) Ted Hankey	5 – 4	Michael van Gerwen (89.17)
November 17	(93.82) Wes Newton	3 – 5	Phil Taylor (108.25)

Knockout Stages

Second Round (best of 19) 18–19 November			Quarter Finals (best of 31) 20 November			Semi Finals (best of 31) 21 November			Final (best of 31) 21 November


Robert Thornton (90.41)		6

Wayne Jones (90.62)		10
				Wayne Jones (94.65)	16

			6	Gary Anderson (95.78)	15
6	Gary Anderson (98.54)	10

	Colin Osborne (84.20)	3
							Wayne Jones (94.06)	6

						2	James Wade (96.77)	16
7	Mervyn King (95.39)	9

2	James Wade (92.80)	10
			2	James Wade (94.41)	16

				Terry Jenkins (95.10)	15
Tony O'Shea (101.24)		7

Terry Jenkins (96.71)		10
									2	James Wade (92.79)	12

										Scott Waites (99.86)	16
	Scott Waites (91.35)	10

4	Raymond van Barneveld (89.02)	7
			Scott Waites (93.69)		16

			Co Stompé (93.15)		10
Colin Lloyd (96.53)		4

Co Stompé (101.44)		10
						Scott Waites (97.41)		16

						Steve Beaton (94.14)		9
	Ronnie Baxter (91.83)	1

1	Phil Taylor (99.75)	10
			1	Phil Taylor (100.17)	14

				Steve Beaton (97.14)	16
Ted Hankey (90.26)		6

Steve Beaton (101.31)		10

Statistics

Player	Played	3-dart Average
Phil Taylor	5	99.05
Martin Phillips	3	98.46
Tony O'Shea	4	97.38
Scott Waites	7	96.81
Steve Beaton	6	96.44
Gary Anderson	5	95.67
Ted Hankey	4	94.78
Arron Monk	3	94.21
Simon Whitlock	3	94.20
Co Stompé	5	94.16
Colin Lloyd	4	93.67
Vincent van der Voort	3	93.56
Dave Chisnall	3	93.51
Robert Thornton	4	93.27
Adrian Lewis	3	93.23
Colin Osborne	4	92.89
Mark Webster	3	92.13
Paul Nicholson	3	92.03
Ronnie Baxter	4	91.98
Terry Jenkins	5	91.91
Wayne Jones	6	91.86
James Wade	7	91.25
Raymond van Barneveld	4	90.99
Wes Newton	3	89.96
Mervyn King	4	88.96
Mark Hylton	3	88.24
John Henderson	3	88.14
Justin Pipe	3	85.79
Darryl Fitton	3	85.71
Michael van Gerwen	3	85.10
Tricia Wright	3	74.83
Stacy Bromberg	3	67.14

References

↑ "Glory For Comeback Kid Waites". planetdarts.tv. 21 November 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
↑ "Waites Takes Adams' Spot". planetdarts.tv. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 1 August 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
↑ "Grand Slam of Darts Update". PDC.tv. 6 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
↑ PDC Launch Three New Events PDC, 16 February 2010

External links

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