2011 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2011 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts, was the fifth staging of the darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation.[1] The event took place from 12–20 November 2011 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.

2011 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	12–20 November 2011
Venue	Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Location	Wolverhampton
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£400,000
Winner's share	£100,000
High checkout	161 James Wade 161 Ted Hankey
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«2010 2012»

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.[2]

The title was won for the fourth time by Phil Taylor, who defeated Gary Anderson 16–4 in the final.[3][4]

Prize Money

Position (num. of players)		Prize Money (Total: £400,000)
Winner	(1)	£100,000
Runner-up	(1)	£50,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£25,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£15,000
Last 16 (Second round)	(8)	£7,500
Third in group	(8)	£5,000
Fourth in group	(8)	£2,500
Group 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 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 Phil Taylor Runner-Up Scott Waites Semi-Finalist 1 Terry Jenkins Semi-Finalist 2 Raymond van Barneveld 2010 Winner Scott Waites Runner-Up James Wade Semi-Finalist 1 Steve Beaton Semi-Finalist 2 Wayne Jones World Championship 2007 Winner Raymond van Barneveld 2008 Winner John Part 2009 Winner Phil Taylor 2010 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Simon Whitlock Third Mark Webster Fourth Raymond van Barneveld 2011 Winner Adrian Lewis Runner-Up Gary Anderson Semi-Finalist 1 Terry Jenkins Semi-Finalist 2 Mark Webster World Matchplay 2010 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Raymond van Barneveld 2011 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up James Wade World Grand Prix 2010 Winner James Wade Runner-Up Adrian Lewis 2011 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Brendan Dolan UK Open 2010 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Gary Anderson 2011 Winner James Wade Runner-Up Wes Newton Premier League 2010 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up James Wade 2011 Winner Gary Anderson Runner-Up Adrian Lewis European Championship 2010 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Wayne Jones 2011 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Adrian Lewis Championship League Darts 2010 Winner James Wade Runner-Up Phil Taylor 2011 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Paul Nicholson Players Championship Finals 2010 Winner Paul Nicholson Runner-Up Mervyn King 2011 (1) Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Gary Anderson World Cup of Darts 2010 Winners Raymond van Barneveld Co Stompé Runners-Up Mark Webster Barrie Bates World Youth Championship 2011 Winner Arron Monk 2012 Finalist Michael van Gerwen Finalist James Hubbard

BDO Tournament Year Position Player World Championship 2007 Winner Martin Adams 2008 Winner Mark Webster 2009 Winner Ted Hankey 2010 Winner Martin Adams Runner-Up Dave Chisnall Semi-Finalist 1 Tony O'Shea Semi-Finalist 2 Martin Phillips 2011 Winner Martin Adams Runner-Up Dean Winstanley Semi-Finalist 1 Jan Dekker Semi-Finalist 2 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 4 November to:

Grand Slam of Darts Wildcards

The Grand Slam of Darts Wildcard qualifier was held at the K2 Centre in Crawley on 4 November. 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 4 August, 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 Gary Anderson Raymond van Barneveld Barrie Bates Steve Beaton Magnus Caris Dave Chisnall Brendan Dolan Michael van Gerwen Nigel Heydon James Hubbard Terry Jenkins Wayne Jones Mervyn King Adrian Lewis Arron Monk Wes Newton Paul Nicholson John Part Justin Pipe Co Stompé Phil Taylor Vincent van der Voort James Wade Mark Walsh Mark Webster Ian White

British Darts Organisation Jan Dekker Ted Hankey Tony O'Shea Martin Phillips Scott Waites Dean Winstanley

Pools

[10]

Seeded Players	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Scott Waites (1) Phil Taylor (2) Adrian Lewis (3) James Wade (4) Gary Anderson (5) Mark Webster (6) Wes Newton (7) Raymond van Barneveld (8)	Paul Nicholson Terry Jenkins Mervyn King Mark Walsh Wayne Jones Vincent van der Voort Dean Winstanley Jan Dekker	Co Stompé Brendan Dolan John Part Justin Pipe Steve Beaton Barrie Bates Tony O'Shea Ted Hankey	Michael van Gerwen Dave Chisnall Nigel Heydon Ian White Magnus Caris Arron Monk Martin Phillips 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 POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Michael van Gerwen 3 2 1 13 10 +3 4 Advance to the last 16 2 Mark Walsh (RQ) 3 2 1 12 10 +2 4 3 Scott Waites (BDO,1) 3 1 2 12 12 0 2 Eliminated 4 Tony O'Shea (BDO) 3 1 2 9 14 −5 2 12 November[11] (85.24) Mark Walsh 5 – 2 Tony O'Shea (85.10) (94.06) Scott Waites 3 – 5 Michael van Gerwen (101.84) 13 November[12] (84.65) Scott Waites 4 – 5 Tony O'Shea (92.09) (90.86) Mark Walsh 5 – 3 Michael van Gerwen (85.98) 15 November[13] (100.73) Scott Waites 5 – 2 Mark Walsh (94.99) (90.06) Tony O'Shea 2 – 5 Michael van Gerwen (96.06)

Group B POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Dean Winstanley (BDO) 3 3 0 15 6 +9 6 Advance to the last 16 2 Ted Hankey (BDO) 3 2 1 10 9 +1 4 3 Ian White (Q) 3 1 2 11 12 −1 2 Eliminated 4 Raymond van Barneveld (8) 3 0 3 8 15 −7 0 12 November[11] (85.40) Dean Winstanley 5 – 0 Ted Hankey (79.96) (86.16) Raymond van Barneveld 4 – 5 Ian White (86.11) 13 November[12] (90.74) Dean Winstanley 5 – 4 Ian White (91.52) (89.19) Raymond van Barneveld 2 – 5 Ted Hankey (88.94) 15 November[13] (85.12) Raymond van Barneveld 2 – 5 Dean Winstanley (92.68) (100.05) Ted Hankey 5 – 2 Ian White (88.92)

Group C POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Gary Anderson (5) 3 2 1 13 7 +6 4 Advance to the last 16 2 Wayne Jones 3 2 1 11 10 +1 4 3 Nigel Heydon (Q) 3 1 2 11 13 −2 2 Eliminated 4 Brendan Dolan 3 1 2 8 13 −5 2 12 November[11] (96.51) Wayne Jones 5 – 2 Brendan Dolan (86.39) (88.55) Gary Anderson 3 – 5 Nigel Heydon (84.67) 13 November[12] (104.60) Gary Anderson 5 – 1 Brendan Dolan (90.49) (98.03) Wayne Jones 5 – 3 Nigel Heydon (93.51) 15 November[13] (93.91) Brendan Dolan 5 – 3 Nigel Heydon (90.25) (90.61) Gary Anderson 5 – 1 Wayne Jones (76.34)

Group D POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Terry Jenkins 3 2 1 11 11 0 4 Advance to the last 16 2 James Wade (4) 3 2 1 13 13 0 4 3 Justin Pipe (RQ) 3 1 2 13 11 +2 2 Eliminated 4 Dave Chisnall 3 1 2 12 14 −2 2 12 November[11] (100.63) James Wade 5 – 4 Dave Chisnall (96.42) (85.32) Terry Jenkins 1 – 5 Justin Pipe (85.79) 13 November[12] (96.74) Terry Jenkins 5 – 3 Dave Chisnall (95.17) (88.68) James Wade 5 – 4 Justin Pipe (93.34) 15 November[13] (92.18) Justin Pipe 4 – 5 Dave Chisnall (88.66) (93.80) James Wade 3 – 5 Terry Jenkins (94.77)

Group E POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Phil Taylor (2) 3 3 0 15 7 +8 6 Advance to the last 16 2 Steve Beaton 3 2 1 13 10 +3 4 3 Mervyn King 3 1 2 11 13 −2 2 Eliminated 4 James Hubbard 3 0 3 6 15 −9 0 13 November[12] (85.88) Mervyn King 3 – 5 Steve Beaton (86.65) (94.67) Phil Taylor 5 – 1 James Hubbard (83.13) 14 November[14] (90.09) Mervyn King 5 – 3 James Hubbard (76.59) (99.72) Phil Taylor 5 – 3 Steve Beaton (92.22) 16 November[15] (91.55) Steve Beaton 5 – 2 James Hubbard (85.98) (100.93) Phil Taylor 5 – 3 Mervyn King (98.10)

Group F POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Paul Nicholson 3 3 0 15 8 +7 6 Advance to the last 16 2 Wes Newton (7) 3 2 1 14 8 +6 4 3 Magnus Caris (Q) 3 1 2 11 11 0 2 Eliminated 4 Barrie Bates 3 0 3 2 15 −13 0 13 November[12] (92.78) Paul Nicholson 5 – 0 Barrie Bates (71.30) (85.07) Wes Newton 5 – 2 Magnus Caris (87.86) 14 November[14] (83.29) Barrie Bates 1 – 5 Magnus Caris (94.86) (87.20) Wes Newton 4 – 5 Paul Nicholson (96.50) 16 November[15] (94.31) Wes Newton 5 – 1 Barrie Bates (80.21) (99.37) Paul Nicholson 5 – 4 Magnus Caris (101.52)

Group G POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Mark Webster (6) 3 3 0 15 8 +7 6 Advance to the last 16 2 John Part 3 2 1 11 10 +1 4 3 Jan Dekker (BDO) 3 1 2 10 11 −1 2 Eliminated 4 Arron Monk 3 0 3 8 15 −7 0 13 November[12] (95.42) Mark Webster 5 – 4 Arron Monk (84.40) (73.23) Jan Dekker 2 – 5 John Part (80.90) 14 November[14] (92.00) Jan Dekker 5 – 1 Arron Monk (87.93) (95.30) Mark Webster 5 – 1 John Part (83.52) 16 November[15] (90.79) John Part 5 – 3 Arron Monk (86.01) (101.43) Mark Webster 5 – 3 Jan Dekker (91.21)

Group H POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Adrian Lewis (3) 3 3 0 15 7 +8 6 Advance to the last 16 2 Martin Phillips (BDO) 3 2 1 14 9 +5 4 3 Co Stompé 3 1 2 8 13 −5 2 Eliminated 4 Vincent van der Voort (RQ) 3 0 3 7 15 −8 0 13 November[12] (98.00) Vincent van der Voort 3 – 5 Co Stompé (91.63) (89.75) Adrian Lewis 5 – 4 Martin Phillips (97.11) 14 November[14] (74.86) Vincent van der Voort 2 – 5 Martin Phillips (88.38) (109.39) Adrian Lewis 5 – 1 Co Stompé (98.96) 16 November[15] (91.57) Adrian Lewis 5 – 2 Vincent van der Voort (88.73) (89.07) Co Stompé 2 – 5 Martin Phillips (91.47)

Knockout Stages

Second round (best of 19 legs) 17–18 November[16][17]

Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 19 November[18]

Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 20 November[19]

Final (best of 31 legs) 20 November[20]

A1

Michael van Gerwen 90.42

9

B2

Ted Hankey (BDO) 91.23

10

B2

Ted Hankey (BDO) 89.54

14

A2

Mark Walsh (RQ) 91.82

16

B1

Dean Winstanley (BDO) 104.55

9

A2

Mark Walsh (RQ) 98.32

10

A2

Mark Walsh (RQ) 88.81

11

C1

Gary Anderson (5) 94.77

16

C1

Gary Anderson (5) 100.45

10

D2

James Wade (4) 96.83

3

C1

Gary Anderson (5) 99.97

16

D1

Terry Jenkins 93.59

12

D1

Terry Jenkins 95.35

10

C2

Wayne Jones 91.87

8

C1

Gary Anderson (5) 98.92

4

E1

Phil Taylor (2) 109.04

16

E1

Phil Taylor (2) 112.37

10

F2

Wes Newton (7) 94.15

3

E1

Phil Taylor (2) 104.46

16

F1

Paul Nicholson 95.24

7

F1

Paul Nicholson 96.43

10

E2

Steve Beaton 95.06

8

E1

Phil Taylor (2) 107.76

16

H1

Adrian Lewis (3) 101.10

9

G1

Mark Webster (6) 89.59

10

H2

Martin Phillips (BDO) 84.91

8

G1

Mark Webster (6) 94.59

5

H1

Adrian Lewis (3) 100.30

16

H1

Adrian Lewis (3) 92.75

10

G2

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

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External links

• PDC.tv Netzone, with results and news