2011 Grand Slam of Darts

November 2019 2011 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts 12–20 November 2011 Wolverhampton Civic Hall Wolverhampton PDC Legs £400,000 £100,000 161 ENG James Wade161 ENG Ted Hankey ENG Phil Taylor 2010 2012 The 2011 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts, was the fifth staging of the darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation.http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2492422,00.html William Hill Sponsor Grand Slam PDC.tv 24 October 2011 30 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111026180527/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2492422,00.html 26 October 2011 dead The event took place from 12–20 November 2011 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England. For the first time, Sky Sports was given the television coverage of the Grand Slam after taking over from ITV Sport as the event's broadcaster.http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandSlamDetail/0,,10180~2275468,00.html Sky Sports Snap Up Grand Slam PDC.tv 25 January 2011 25 January 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110128084420/http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandSlamDetail/0%2C%2C10180~2275468%2C00.html 28 January 2011 Scott Waites was the defending champion, but he was eliminated in the group stages. The title was won for the fourth time by Phil Taylor, who defeated Gary Anderson 16–4 in the final.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/darts/15813746.stm Phil Taylor secures Grand Slam of Darts title 21 November 2011 BBC Sport 21 November 2011http://www.espn.co.uk/darts/sport/story/122375.html Supreme Taylor thrashes Anderson for fourth crown 21 November 2011 ESPN 21 November 2011 Prize money Position (num. of players) Prize money(Total: £400,000)Winner (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) £2,500 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 were changed this year, extending the dates back 5 years for respective World Champions to receive an invite.February 2020 Qualifying tournaments PDC Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers Grand Slam of Darts 2009 Winner ENG Phil Taylor ENG Phil TaylorENG Scott WaitesENG Terry JenkinsNED Raymond van BarneveldENG James WadeENG Steve BeatonENG Wayne JonesCAN John PartWAL Mark WebsterENG Adrian LewisSCO Gary AndersonNIR Brendan DolanENG Wes NewtonAUS Paul NicholsonENG Mervyn KingNED Co StompéWAL Barrie BatesENG Arron MonkNED Michael van GerwenENG James Hubbard Runner-Up ENG Scott Waites Semi-finalists ENG Terry JenkinsNED Raymond van Barneveld 2010 Winner ENG Scott Waites Runner-Up ENG James Wade Semi-finalists ENG Steve BeatonENG Wayne Jones PDC World Darts Championship 2007 Winner NED Raymond van Barneveld 2008 Winner CAN John Part 2009 Winner ENG Phil Taylor 2010 Winner ENG Phil Taylor Runner-Up AUS Simon WhitlockWhitlockWhite Third Place WAL Mark Webster Fourth Place NED Raymond van Barneveld 2011 Winner ENG Adrian Lewis Runner-Up SCO Gary Anderson Semi-finalists ENG Terry JenkinsWAL Mark Webster World Matchplay 2010 Winner ENG Phil Taylor Runner-Up NED Raymond van Barneveld 2011 Winner ENG Phil Taylor Runner-Up ENG James Wade World Grand Prix 2010 Winner ENG James Wade Runner-Up ENG Adrian Lewis 2011 Winner ENG Phil Taylor Runner-Up NIR Brendan Dolan UK Open 2010 Winner ENG Phil Taylor Runner-Up SCO Gary Anderson 2011 Winner ENG James Wade Runner-Up ENG Wes Newton Premier League Darts 2010 Winner ENG Phil Taylor Runner-Up ENG James Wade 2011 Winner SCO Gary Anderson Runner-Up ENG Adrian Lewis European Championship 2010 Winner ENG Phil Taylor Runner-Up ENG Wayne Jones 2011 Winner ENG Phil Taylor Runner-Up ENG Adrian Lewis Championship League Darts 2010 Winner ENG James Wade Runner-Up ENG Phil Taylor 2011 Winner ENG Phil Taylor Runner-Up AUS Paul Nicholson Players Championship Finals 2010 Winner AUS Paul Nicholson Runner-Up ENG Mervyn King 2011 (1) Winner ENG Phil Taylor Runner-Up SCO Gary Anderson PDC World Cup of Darts 2010 Winners NED Raymond van BarneveldNED Co Stompé Runners-Up WAL Mark WebsterWAL Barrie Bates PDC World Youth Championship 2011 Winner ENG Arron Monk 2012 Finalists NED Michael van Gerwen ENG James Hubbard Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament. BDO Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers BDO World Darts Championship 2007 Winner ENG Martin Adams ENG Ted HankeyENG Dave ChisnallENG Tony O'SheaWAL Martin PhillipsENG Dean WinstanleyNED Jan Dekker 2008 Winner WAL Mark Webster 2009 Winner ENG Ted Hankey 2010 Winner ENG Martin Adams Runner-Up ENG Dave Chisnall Semi-finalists ENG Tony O'SheaWAL Martin Phillips 2011 Winner ENG Martin Adams Runner-Up ENG Dean Winstanley Semi-finalists NED Jan DekkerWAL Martin Phillips Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament. Other qualifiers Criteria Player Grand Slam of Darts Wildcards ENG Nigel HeydonSWE Magnus CarisENG Ian WhiteWhitlockWhite Highest Ranked Non-Qualifier On PDC Order of Merit ENG Mark Walsh Highest Ranked Non-Qualifier On Players Championship Order Of Merit ENG Justin Pipe European Order of Merit Leader NED Vincent van der Voort WhitlockWhite Ian White was on the reserve list after the Wildcard Qualifier, and replaced Simon Whitlock, when he had to withdraw due to injury. Pools http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandSlamDetail/0,,10180~2510069,00.html William Hill Grand Slam of Darts Draw Planet Darts 7 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120115191605/http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandSlamDetail/0,,10180~2510069,00.html 15 January 2012 dead Pool APool BPool CPool D(Seeded Players)(qualifiers)ENG Scott Waites (1) ENG Phil Taylor (2) ENG Adrian Lewis (3) ENG James Wade (4) SCO Gary Anderson (5) WAL Mark Webster (6) ENG Wes Newton (7) NED Raymond van Barneveld (8)AUS Paul Nicholson ENG Terry Jenkins ENG Mervyn King ENG Mark Walsh ENG Wayne Jones NED Vincent van der Voort ENG Dean Winstanley NED Jan DekkerNED Co Stompé NIR Brendan Dolan CAN John Part ENG Justin Pipe ENG Steve Beaton WAL Barrie Bates ENG Tony O'Shea ENG Ted HankeyNED Michael van Gerwen ENG Dave Chisnall ENG Nigel Heydon ENG Ian White SWE Magnus Caris ENG Arron Monk WAL Martin Phillips ENG James Hubbard Draw and results Group stages all matches first-to-5/best of 9. NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; RQ = Ranking qualifier; 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 Group A POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1NED Michael van Gerwen3211310+34Advance to the last 162ENG Mark Walsh (RQ)3211210+243ENG Scott Waites (BDO, 1)312121202Eliminated4ENG Tony O'Shea (BDO)312914−52 12 NovemberWilliam Hill Grand Slam of Darts Night One http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandSlamDetail/0,,10180~2514455,00.html PDC 16 November 2011 13 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111116191916/http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandSlamDetail/0,,10180~2514455,00.html 16 November 2011 dead 85.24 Mark Walsh ENG5 – 2 ENG Tony O'Shea 85.10 94.06 Scott Waites ENG3 – 5 NED Michael van Gerwen 101.84 13 NovemberWilliam Hill Grand Slam of Darts Night Two http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandSlamDetail/0,,10180~2514894,00.html PDC 16 November 2011 14 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111130204317/http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandSlamDetail/0,,10180~2514894,00.html 30 November 2011 dead 84.65 Scott Waites ENG4 – 5 ENG Tony O'Shea 92.09 90.86 Mark Walsh ENG5 – 3 NED Michael van Gerwen 85.98 15 NovemberWilliam Hill GSoD Day Four http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandSlamDetail/0,,10180~2517210,00.html PDC 16 November 2011 15 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111130204322/http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandSlamDetail/0,,10180~2517210,00.html 30 November 2011 dead 100.73 Scott Waites ENG5 – 2 ENG Mark Walsh 94.99 90.06 Tony O'Shea ENG2 – 5 NED Michael van Gerwen 96.06 Group B POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1ENG Dean Winstanley (BDO)330156+96Advance to the last 162ENG Ted Hankey (BDO)321109+143ENG Ian White (Q)3121112−12Eliminated4NED Raymond van Barneveld (8)303815−70 12 November 85.40 Dean Winstanley ENG5 – 0 ENG Ted Hankey 79.96 86.16 Raymond van Barneveld NED4 – 5 ENG Ian White 86.11 13 November 90.74 Dean Winstanley ENG5 – 4 ENG Ian White 91.52 89.19 Raymond van Barneveld NED2 – 5 ENG Ted Hankey 88.94 15 November 85.12 Raymond van Barneveld NED2 – 5 ENG Dean Winstanley 92.68 100.05 Ted Hankey ENG5 – 2 ENG Ian White 88.92 Group C POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1SCO Gary Anderson (5)321137+64Advance to the last 162ENG Wayne Jones3211110+143ENG Nigel Heydon (Q)3121113−22Eliminated4NIR Brendan Dolan312813−52 12 November 96.51 Wayne Jones ENG5 – 2 NIR Brendan Dolan 86.39 88.55 Gary Anderson SCO3 – 5 ENG Nigel Heydon 84.67 13 November 104.60 Gary Anderson SCO5 – 1 NIR Brendan Dolan 90.49 98.03 Wayne Jones ENG5 – 3 ENG Nigel Heydon 93.51 15 November 93.91 Brendan Dolan NIR5 – 3 ENG Nigel Heydon 90.25 90.61 Gary Anderson SCO5 – 1 ENG Wayne Jones 76.34 Group D POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1ENG Terry Jenkins321111104Advance to the last 162ENG James Wade (4)3211313043ENG Justin Pipe (RQ)3121311+22Eliminated4ENG Dave Chisnall3121214−22 12 November 100.63 James Wade ENG5 – 4 ENG Dave Chisnall 96.42 85.32 Terry Jenkins ENG1 – 5 ENG Justin Pipe 85.79 13 November 96.74 Terry Jenkins ENG5 – 3 ENG Dave Chisnall 95.17 88.68 James Wade ENG5 – 4 ENG Justin Pipe 93.34 15 November 92.18 Justin Pipe ENG4 – 5 ENG Dave Chisnall 88.66 93.80 James Wade ENG3 – 5 ENG Terry Jenkins 94.77 Group E POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1ENG Phil Taylor (2)330157+86Advance to the last 162ENG Steve Beaton3211310+343ENG Mervyn King3121113−22Eliminated4ENG James Hubbard303615−90 13 November 85.88 Mervyn King ENG3 – 5 ENG Steve Beaton 86.65 94.67 Phil Taylor ENG5 – 1 ENG James Hubbard 83.13 14 NovemberWilliam Hill GSoD Day Three http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandSlamDetail/0,,10180~2515914,00.html PDC 16 November 2011 15 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111130204506/http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandSlamDetail/0,,10180~2515914,00.html 30 November 2011 dead 90.09 Mervyn King ENG5 – 3 ENG James Hubbard 76.59 99.72 Phil Taylor ENG5 – 3 ENG Steve Beaton 92.22 16 NovemberWilliam Hill GSoD Day Five http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandSlamDetail/0,,10180~2518247,00.html PDC 16 November 2011 16 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111130204538/http://www.pdc.tv/page/GrandSlamDetail/0,,10180~2518247,00.html 30 November 2011 dead 91.55 Steve Beaton ENG5 – 2 ENG James Hubbard 85.98 100.93 Phil Taylor ENG5 – 3 ENG Mervyn King 98.10 Group F POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1AUS Paul Nicholson330158+76Advance to the last 162ENG Wes Newton (7)321148+643SWE Magnus Caris (Q)312111102Eliminated4WAL Barrie Bates303215−130 13 November 92.78 Paul Nicholson AUS5 – 0 WAL Barrie Bates 71.30 85.07 Wes Newton ENG5 – 2 SWE Magnus Caris 87.86 14 November 83.29 Barrie Bates WAL1 – 5 SWE Magnus Caris 94.86 87.20 Wes Newton ENG4 – 5 AUS Paul Nicholson 96.50 16 November 94.31 Wes Newton ENG5 – 1 WAL Barrie Bates 80.21 99.37 Paul Nicholson AUS5 – 4 SWE Magnus Caris 101.52 Group G POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1WAL Mark Webster (6)330158+76Advance to the last 162CAN John Part3211110+143NED Jan Dekker (BDO)3121011−12Eliminated4ENG Arron Monk303815−70 13 November 95.42 Mark Webster WAL5 – 4 ENG Arron Monk 84.40 73.23 Jan Dekker NED2 – 5 CAN John Part 80.90 14 November 92.00 Jan Dekker NED5 – 1 ENG Arron Monk 87.93 95.30 Mark Webster WAL5 – 1 CAN John Part 83.52 16 November 90.79 John Part CAN5 – 3 ENG Arron Monk 86.01 101.43 Mark Webster WAL5 – 3 NED Jan Dekker 91.21 Group H POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1ENG Adrian Lewis (3)330157+86Advance to the last 162WAL Martin Phillips (BDO)321149+543NED Co Stompé312813−52Eliminated4NED Vincent van der Voort (RQ)303715−80 13 November 98.00 Vincent van der Voort NED3 – 5 NED Co Stompé 91.63 89.75 Adrian Lewis ENG5 – 4 WAL Martin Phillips 97.11 14 November 74.86 Vincent van der Voort NED2 – 5 WAL Martin Phillips 88.38 109.39 Adrian Lewis ENG5 – 1 NED Co Stompé 98.96 16 November 91.57 Adrian Lewis ENG5 – 2 NED Vincent van der Voort 88.73 89.07 Co Stompé NED2 – 5 WAL Martin Phillips 91.47 Knockout stages Second round (best of 19 legs)17–18 NovemberWilliam Hill GSoD Day Six http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2518248,00.html PDC 17 November 2011 17 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111119180431/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2518248,00.html 19 November 2011 deadWilliam Hill GSoD Day Seven http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2519309,00.html PDC 18 November 2011 18 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111120054148/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2519309,00.html 20 November 2011 dead Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)19 NovemberWilliam Hill GSoD Quarter-finals http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2520667,00.html PDC 19 November 2011 19 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111121224008/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2520667,00.html 21 November 2011 dead Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)20 NovemberWilliam Hill GSoD Semi-finals http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2522061,00.html PDC 20 November 2011 20 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111122083545/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2522061,00.html 22 November 2011 dead Final (best of 31 legs)20 NovemberTaylor's Just Grand! http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2522334,00.html PDC 20 November 2011 20 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111122083635/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2522334,00.html 22 November 2011 dead 20 225 A1 NED Michael van Gerwen 90.42 9 B2 ENG Ted Hankey (BDO) 91.23 10 B1 ENG Dean Winstanley (BDO) 104.55 9 A2 ENG Mark Walsh (RQ) 98.32 10 C1 SCO Gary Anderson (5) 100.45 10 D2 ENG James Wade (4) 96.83 3 D1 ENG Terry Jenkins 95.35 10 C2 ENG Wayne Jones 91.87 8 E1 ENG Phil Taylor (2) 112.37 10 F2 ENG Wes Newton (7) 94.15 3 F1 AUS Paul Nicholson 96.43 10 E2 ENG Steve Beaton 95.06 8 G1 WAL Mark Webster (6) 89.59 10 H2 WAL Martin Phillips (BDO) 84.91 8 H1 ENG Adrian Lewis (3) 92.75 10 G2 CAN John Part 92.44 8 B2 ENG Ted Hankey (BDO) 89.54 14 A2 ENG Mark Walsh (RQ) 91.82 16 C1 SCO Gary Anderson (5) 99.97 16 D1 ENG Terry Jenkins 93.59 12 E1 ENG Phil Taylor (2) 104.46 16 F1 AUS Paul Nicholson 95.24 7 G1 WAL Mark Webster (6) 94.59 5 H1 ENG Adrian Lewis (3) 100.30 16 A2 ENG Mark Walsh (RQ) 88.81 11 C1 SCO Gary Anderson (5) 94.77 16 E1 ENG Phil Taylor (2) 107.76 16 H1 ENG Adrian Lewis (3) 101.10 9 C1 SCO Gary Anderson (5) 98.92 4 E1 ENG Phil Taylor (2) 109.04 16 Statistics 2011 Grand Slam Of Darts Stats Tournament Average http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventStats.aspx?EventKey=3326 Darts Database 19 November 2011 Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout 3-dart average ENG Phil Taylor Winner 7 124 103.32 SCO Gary Anderson Final 7 140 96.49 ENG Adrian Lewis Semi-finals 6 152 97.42 ENG Mark Walsh Semi-finals 6 138 91.67AUS Paul Nicholson Quarter-finals 5 144 96.06 WAL Mark Webster Quarter-finals 5 111 95.27 ENG Terry Jenkins Quarter-finals 5 126 93.27 ENG Ted Hankey Quarter-finals 5 161 89.94 CAN John Part Second round 4 118 86.91 ENG James Wade Second round 4 161 94.99 NED Michael van Gerwen Second round 4 144 93.58 ENG Dean Winstanley Second round 4 138 93.34 ENG Steve Beaton Second round 4 141 91.37 ENG Wayne Jones Second round 4 122 90.69 WAL Martin Phillips Second round 4 100 90.47ENG Wes Newton Second round 4 100 90.18 NED Raymond van Barneveld Group stage 3 80 86.82 ENG Arron Monk Group stage 3 60 86.11 NED Jan Dekker Group stage 3 104 85.48 ENG James Hubbard Group stage 3 40 81.90 SWE Magnus Caris Group stage 3 81 94.75 ENG Dave Chisnall Group stage 3 86 93.42ENG Justin Pipe Group stage 3 160 90.44 NIR Brendan Dolan Group stage 3 101 90.26 ENG Mervyn King Group stage 3 101 91.36 NED Co Stompé Group stage 3 121 93.22 ENG Scott Waites Group stage 3 125 93.15 ENG Nigel Heydon Group stage 3 121 89.48 ENG Ian White Group stage 3 112 88.85 NED Vincent van der Voort Group stage 3 101 87.20 ENG Tony O'Shea Group stage 3 64 92.78 WAL Barrie Bates Group stage 3 72 78.27 References External links PDC.tv Netzone, with 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