2015 Grand Slam of Darts

November 2019 2015 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts 7–15 November 2015 Wolverhampton Civic Hall Wolverhampton PDC Legs £400,000 £100,000 170 ENG Robbie Green170 ENG Dave Chisnall170 NED Michael van Gerwen ENG Dave Chisnall NED Michael van Gerwen 2014 2016 The 2015 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts, was the ninth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took take place from 7–15 November 2015 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.http://www.pdc.tv/tournament-calendar15 Tournament Calendar 2015 PDC 10 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150302033813/http://www.pdc.tv/tournament-calendar15 2015-03-02 dead Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won his sixth Grand Slam title by defeating Dave Chisnall 16–13 in the 2014 final.http://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/aj8taqas98nn1dt5okds52g4l/title/taylors-five-alive-in-grand-slam Taylor's Five Alive In Grand Slam! PDC 14 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141020182657/http://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/aj8taqas98nn1dt5okds52g4l/title/taylors-five-alive-in-grand-slam 2014-10-20 dead The 2015 edition saw several changes in the qualification criteria due to the Grand Slam of Darts being a PDC Order of Merit ranking tournament for the first time. As a result of this, at most 20 places were filled by invitations and the remaining 12 places were open for qualification.10 June 2015 https://www.pdc.tv/news/2015/06/10/2015-grand-slam-qualification-criteria 2015 Grand Slam Qualification Criteria PDC 3 March 2025February 2026 medicmedic The tournament was won by Michael van Gerwen, who had a tournament average over 100, and with this title won every current PDC major tournament at least once.https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/10068015/michael-van-gerwen-beats-phil-taylor-16-13-to-win-the-grand-slam-of-darts Michael van Gerwen beats Phil Taylor 16-13 to win the Grand Slam of Darts Sky Sports 15 November 2015 16 November 2015 Other notable things that happened in the tournament included Dave Chisnall hitting a nine-dart finish against Peter Wright in their group match, and BDO veteran Martin Adams making his first appearance at the event, after declining his invite every year since the tournament's inception in 2007. Prize money Position (num. of players) Prize money(Total: £400,000)http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventPrizeFund.aspx?EventKey=6221 2015 Grand Slam Of Darts Prize Money Darts Database 8 November 2013Winner (1) £100,000Runner-up (1) £50,000Semi-finalists (2) £25,000Quarter-finalists (4) £15,000Last 16 (second round) (8) £7,500Third in group (8) £5,000Fourth in group (8) £2,500Group winner bonus (8) £2,500Nine-dart finish (1) £30,000 Qualifying http://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/11kcr4z4nj00izjue0nkotk9z/title/2015-grand-slam-qualification-criteria 2015 Grand Slam Of Darts Qualification Criteria Professional Darts Corporation 11 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151011052827/http://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/11kcr4z4nj00izjue0nkotk9z/title/2015-grand-slam-qualification-criteria 2015-10-11 dead Qualifying tournaments PDC main tournaments Players in italics had already qualified for the event. At most 16 players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification. PDC Main Tournaments Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers PDC World Darts Championship 2015 Winner SCO Gary Anderson SCO Gary AndersonENG Phil TaylorNED Michael van GerwenSCO Robert ThorntonENG Keegan Brown ENG Adrian LewisENG Dave ChisnallENG James WadeSCO Peter WrightNED Raymond van BarneveldAUT Rowby-John Rodriguez Grand Slam of Darts 2014 Winner ENG Phil Taylor Premier League Darts 2015 Winner SCO Gary Anderson World Matchplay 2015 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen World Grand Prix 2015 Winner SCO Robert Thornton Players Championship Finals 2014 Winner SCO Gary Anderson UK Open 2015 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen European Championship 2015 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen Masters 2015 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen PDC World Youth Championship 2014 Winner ENG Keegan Brown World Series of Darts 2015 Ranking List Leader ENG Phil Taylor PDC World Cup of Darts 2015 Winners ENG Phil TaylorENG Adrian Lewis PDC World Darts Championship 2015 Runner-Up ENG Phil Taylor Grand Slam of Darts 2014 Runner-Up ENG Dave Chisnall Premier League Darts 2015 Runner-Up NED Michael van Gerwen World Matchplay 2015 Runner-Up ENG James Wade World Grand Prix 2015 Runner-Up NED Michael van Gerwen Players Championship Finals 2014 Runner-Up ENG Adrian Lewis UK Open 2015 Runner-Up SCO Peter Wright European Championship 2015 Runner-Up SCO Gary Anderson Masters 2015 Runner-Up NED Raymond van Barneveld PDC World Youth Championship 2014 Runner-Up AUT Rowby-John Rodriguez World Series of Darts 2015 Ranking List Runner-Up ENG Adrian Lewis PDC World Cup of Darts 2015 Runners-Up SCO Gary AndersonSCO Peter Wright Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament. PDC European Tour In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than 16 players, the field of 16 players was filled from the reserve lists. The first list consisted of the winners from 2015 European Tour events, in which the winners were selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date. PDC European Tour Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers 2015 European Tour 2015 German Darts Championship Winner NED Michael van Gerwen ENG Michael SmithBEL Kim Huybrechts 2015 Gibraltar Darts Trophy Winner NED Michael van Gerwen 2015 German Darts Masters Winner NED Michael van Gerwen 2015 Dutch Darts Masters Winner NED Michael van Gerwen 2015 International Darts Open Winner ENG Michael Smith 2015 European Darts Open Winner SCO Robert Thornton 2015 European Darts Trophy Winner ENG Michael Smith 2015 European Darts Matchplay Winner NED Michael van Gerwen 2015 European Darts Grand Prix Winner BEL Kim Huybrechts Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament. PDC Players Championships In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments and the European Tour produced fewer than 16 players, the field of 16 players was filled from the reserve lists. The second list consists of the winners from 2015 Players Championship events, in which the winners were selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date. PDC Players Championships Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers 2015 Players Championships Players Championship 1 Winner SCO Gary Anderson ENG Ian WhiteNED Jelle KlaasenENG Terry Jenkins Players Championship 2 Winner ENG James Wade Players Championship 3 Winner ENG Adrian Lewis Players Championship 4 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen Players Championship 5 Winner ENG Adrian Lewis Players Championship 6 Winner NED Michael van Gerwen Players Championship 7 Winner SCO Peter Wright Players Championship 8 Winner ENG Keegan Brown Players Championship 9 Winner ENG Phil Taylor Players Championship 10 Winner ENG Joe Murnan Players Championship 11 Winner ENG Dave Chisnall Players Championship 12 Winner SCO Peter Wright Players Championship 13 Winner ENG James Wade Players Championship 14 Winner NED Jelle Klaasen Players Championship 15 Winner ENG Terry Jenkins Players Championship 16 Winner NED Jelle Klaasen Players Championship 17 Winner ENG Ian White Players Championship 18 Winner ENG Alan Norris Players Championship 19 Winner SCO Peter Wright Players Championship 20 Winner SCO Gary Anderson Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament. PDC qualifier A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier in Coventry on 23 October 2015. WAL Mark Webster WAL Jonny Clayton ENG Mervyn King ENG Steve West ENG Wayne Jones ENG Andy Boulton ENG Robbie Green ENG Steve Beaton BDO qualifying tournaments http://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/1v2lxs2q3z7qd1qqkvewszj43t/title/bdo-quartet-accept-grand-slam-places BDO Quartet Accept Grand Slam Places Professional Darts Corporation 11 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150901194830/http://www.pdc.tv/grand-slam-of-darts/article/1v2lxs2q3z7qd1qqkvewszj43t/title/bdo-quartet-accept-grand-slam-places 2015-09-01 dead Tournament Year Position Player BDO World Darts Championship 2015 Winner ENG Scott Mitchell Runner-Up ENG Martin Adams World Masters 2014 Winner WAL Martin Phillips BDO World Trophy 2015 Winner BEL Geert De Vos BDO qualifiers A further four places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from two BDO qualifiers. The first of which was in Hull on 6 October 2015 and was open for all players outside of mainland Europe. The other one was in Europe on 18 October 2015 and was open for all players in mainland Europe. UK qualifiers USA Larry Butler ENG Andy Fordham European qualifiers NED Mark Oosterhuis NED Michel van der Horst Pools http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/5k9vzle5xwfm1f1h623nmr69t/title/singha-beer-grand-slam-draw SINGHA Beer Grand Slam Draw PDC 2 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151105033929/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/5k9vzle5xwfm1f1h623nmr69t/title/singha-beer-grand-slam-draw 2015-11-05 dead Pool A(Seeded Players)Pool B(PDC Automatic Qualifiers)Pool C(PDC Qualifiers)Pool D(BDO Qualifiers)NED Michael van Gerwen (1) SCO Gary Anderson (2) ENG Phil Taylor (3) SCO Peter Wright (4) ENG Adrian Lewis (5) SCO Robert Thornton (6) ENG James Wade (7) ENG Ian White (8)NED Raymond van Barneveld ENG Keegan Brown ENG Dave Chisnall BEL Kim Huybrechts ENG Terry Jenkins NED Jelle Klaasen ENG Michael Smith AUT Rowby-John RodriguezENG Steve Beaton ENG Andy Boulton WAL Jonny Clayton ENG Robbie Green ENG Wayne Jones ENG Mervyn King WAL Mark Webster ENG Steve WestENG Martin Adams USA Larry Butler ENG Andy Fordham NED Michel van der Horst ENG Scott Mitchell NED Mark Oosterhuis WAL Martin Phillips BEL Geert De Vos Draw Group stage http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/aw08vd6mfjfu1qk1uv6nnprd6/title/singha-beer-grand-slam-schedule SINGHA Beer Grand Slam Schedule PDC 5 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151106021114/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/aw08vd6mfjfu1qk1uv6nnprd6/title/singha-beer-grand-slam-schedule 2015-11-06 dead All matches first-to-5/best of 9 legs NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; Q = Qualifier 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; Q = Qualified for K.O. phase Group A Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/–PtsStatus1NED Michael van Gerwen (1)330154+116Q2BEL Kim Huybrechts321119+243ENG Steve West (Q)312101002 Eliminated4NED Mark Oosterhuis (BDO, Q)303215–130 7 November 105.92 Kim Huybrechts BEL5 – 2 ENG Steve West 94.88 102.95 Michael van Gerwen NED5 – 0 NED Mark Oosterhuis 67.63 8 November 93.94 Steve West ENG5 – 0 NED Mark Oosterhuis 74.54 106.23 Michael van Gerwen NED5 – 1 BEL Kim Huybrechts 106.50 10 November 96.20 Kim Huybrechts BEL5 – 2 NED Mark Oosterhuis 86.38 105.38 Michael van Gerwen NED5 – 3 ENG Steve West 92.31 Group B Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus1ENG Martin Adams (BDO)3301510+56Q2ENG Steve Beaton (Q)3121312+123ENG Ian White (8)312911–22Eliminated4NED Jelle Klaasen3121014–42 7 November 92.62 Jelle Klaasen NED5 – 4 ENG Steve Beaton 96.52 99.67 Ian White ENG2 – 5 ENG Martin Adams 104.82 8 November 91.07 Ian White ENG2 – 5 ENG Steve Beaton 90.68 104.69 Jelle Klaasen NED4 – 5 ENG Martin Adams 93.47 10 November 97.96 Ian White ENG5 – 1 NED Jelle Klaasen 86.56 96.78 Steve Beaton ENG4 – 5 ENG Martin Adams 95.63 Group C Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus1ENG Michael Smith330158+76Q2ENG Adrian Lewis (5)3211310+343ENG Andy Fordham (BDO, Q)312913–42Eliminated4ENG Wayne Jones (Q)303915–60 7 November 94.77 Michael Smith ENG5 – 3 ENG Wayne Jones 88.17 103.34 Adrian Lewis ENG5 – 2 ENG Andy Fordham 99.26 8 November 82.95 Wayne Jones ENG3 – 5 ENG Andy Fordham 79.44 94.90 Adrian Lewis ENG3 – 5 ENG Michael Smith 95.88 10 November 92.36 Michael Smith ENG5 – 2 ENG Andy Fordham 84.11 96.30 Adrian Lewis ENG5 – 3 ENG Wayne Jones 93.77 Group D Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus1SCO Peter Wright (4)3211210+24Q2ENG Dave Chisnall3211110+143ENG Mervyn King (Q)3121112–12Eliminated4ENG Scott Mitchell (BDO)312911–22 7 November 96.52 Dave Chisnall ENG5 – 3 ENG Mervyn King 88.13 96.86 Peter Wright SCO5 – 2 ENG Scott Mitchell 104.49 8 November 104.31 Mervyn King ENG5 – 2 ENG Scott Mitchell 93.18 98.62 Peter Wright SCO2 – 5ENG Dave Chisnall 109.84 10 November 98.41 Dave Chisnall ENG1 – 5 ENG Scott Mitchell 93.60 94.02 Peter Wright SCO5 – 3ENG Mervyn King 81.50 Group E Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/–PtsStatus1SCO Gary Anderson (2)330154+116Q2NED Raymond van Barneveld321138+543USA Larry Butler (BDO, Q)312814–62Eliminated4ENG Andy Boulton (Q)303515–100 7 November 101.55 Gary Anderson SCO5 – 0 USA Larry Butler 83.00 98.88 Raymond van Barneveld NED5 – 0 ENG Andy Boulton 87.42 8 November 90.37 Andy Boulton ENG4 – 5 USA Larry Butler 88.31 103.36 Gary Anderson SCO5 – 3 NED Raymond van Barneveld 105.93 9 November 95.26 Raymond van Barneveld NED5 – 3 USA Larry Butler 97.32 102.79 Gary Anderson SCO5 – 1 ENG Andy Boulton 89.46 Group F Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus1ENG James Wade (7)330155+106 Q2WAL Mark Webster (Q)3211111043ENG Keegan Brown3121014–42 Eliminated4NED Michel van der Horst (BDO, Q)303915–60 7 November 94.72 James Wade ENG5 – 2 NED Michel van der Horst 87.73 81.68 Keegan Brown ENG3 – 5 WAL Mark Webster 93.90 8 November 85.25 Keegan Brown ENG5 – 4 NED Michel van der Horst 81.59 105.83 James Wade ENG5 – 1 WAL Mark Webster 96.11 9 November 92.67 Mark Webster WAL5 – 3 NED Michel van der Horst 89.69 103.68 James Wade ENG5 – 2 ENG Keegan Brown 94.47 Group G Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/–PtsStatus1SCO Robert Thornton (6)3301510+56 Q2ENG Terry Jenkins3121210+223BEL Geert De Vos (BDO)312910–12 Eliminated4WAL Jonny Clayton (Q)312713–62 7 November 89.66 Terry Jenkins ENG3 – 5 WAL Jonny Clayton 93.18 93.71 Robert Thornton SCO5 – 4 BEL Geert De Vos 91.85 8 November 89.46 Terry Jenkins ENG5 – 0 BEL Geert De Vos 87.15 96.08 Robert Thornton SCO5 – 2 WAL Jonny Clayton 88.49 9 November 98.15 Jonny Clayton WAL0 – 5 BEL Geert De Vos 113.86 100.05 Robert Thornton SCO5 – 4 ENG Terry Jenkins 99.87 Group H Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/–PtsStatus1ENG Phil Taylor (3)330154+116Q2ENG Robbie Green (Q)321129+343AUT Rowby-John Rodriguez3121012–22Eliminated4WAL Martin Phillips (BDO)303315–120 7 November 94.60 Rowby-John Rodriguez AUT3 – 5 ENG Robbie Green 95.00 102.95 Phil Taylor ENG5 – 0 WAL Martin Phillips 97.04 8 November 94.06 Rowby-John Rodriguez AUT5 – 2 WAL Martin Phillips 87.43 108.42 Phil Taylor ENG5 – 2 ENG Robbie Green 88.67 9 November 94.57 Robbie Green ENG5 – 1 WAL Martin Phillips 81.00 94.19 Phil Taylor ENG5 – 2 AUT Rowby-John Rodriguez 96.06 Knockout stage Second round (best of 19 legs)11–12 Novemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/9atkt8zqqcn215ix0f52jem4s/title/singha-beer-grand-slam---wednesday SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Wednesday PDC 21 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151214203311/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/9atkt8zqqcn215ix0f52jem4s/title/singha-beer-grand-slam---wednesday 2015-12-14 dead http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1dg9rgfeoyomq13ux6lmelxr59/title/singha-beer-grand-slam---thursday SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Thursday PDC 21 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151114011142/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1dg9rgfeoyomq13ux6lmelxr59/title/singha-beer-grand-slam---thursday 2015-11-14 dead Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)13–14 Novemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/dh7njcg4pxde1wl79kr10x0el/title/singha-beer-grand-slam---friday SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Friday PDC 21 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151218153540/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/dh7njcg4pxde1wl79kr10x0el/title/singha-beer-grand-slam---friday 2015-12-18 dead http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1prqofykmv6rv1qae5mn9klpt2/title/singha-beer-grand-slam---saturday SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Saturday PDC 21 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151117121103/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1prqofykmv6rv1qae5mn9klpt2/title/singha-beer-grand-slam---saturday 2015-11-17 dead Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)15 Novemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/lmsoqesjthlp1m2xpcg6so8sv/title/singha-beer-grand-slam-semi-finals SINGHA Beer Grand Slam Semi-finals PDC 21 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151119045127/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/lmsoqesjthlp1m2xpcg6so8sv/title/singha-beer-grand-slam-semi-finals 2015-11-19 dead Final (best of 31 legs)15 Novemberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1aqytpyh7ykxf12j702bqxiac7/title/singha-beer-grand-slam-final Mighty Mike Claims Grand Slam Glory PDC 21 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151119045122/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1aqytpyh7ykxf12j702bqxiac7/title/singha-beer-grand-slam-final 2015-11-19 dead 20 225 A1 NED Michael van Gerwen (1) 109.18 10 B2 ENG Steve Beaton (Q) 99.56 2 B1 ENG Martin Adams (BDO) 98.47 9 A2 BEL Kim Huybrechts 100.87 10 C1 ENG Michael Smith 104.59 10 D2 ENG Dave Chisnall 99.82 7 D1 SCO Peter Wright (4) 101.36 7 C2 ENG Adrian Lewis (5) 104.71 10 E1 SCO Gary Anderson (2) 104.22 6 F2 WAL Mark Webster (Q) 94.89 10 F1 ENG James Wade (7) 100.05 7 E2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 96.96 10 G1 SCO Robert Thornton (6) 93.09 10 H2 ENG Robbie Green (Q) 96.61 8 H1 ENG Phil Taylor (3) 91.67 10 G2 ENG Terry Jenkins 95.16 6 A1 NED Michael van Gerwen (1) 111.05 16 A2 BEL Kim Huybrechts 93.99 4 C1 ENG Michael Smith 98.03 16 C2 ENG Adrian Lewis (5) 98.63 11 F2 WAL Mark Webster (Q) 96.86 12 E2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 95.37 16 G1 SCO Robert Thornton (6) 93.48 7 H1 ENG Phil Taylor (3) 104.18 16 A1 NED Michael van Gerwen (1) 102.19 16 C1 ENG Michael Smith 93.08 6 E2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 97.07 12 H1 ENG Phil Taylor (3) 100.84 16 A1 NED Michael van Gerwen (1) 100.94 16 H1 ENG Phil Taylor (3) 102.53 13 References External links PDC netzone, Schedule, results 2015 2015 Grand Slam Grand Slam of Darts Grand Slam of Darts