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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
Dates12–20 November 2011
VenueWolverhampton Civic Hall
LocationWolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£400,000
Winner's share£100,000
High checkout161 England James Wade
161 England Ted Hankey
Champion(s)
England 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]

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.[3][4]

Prize money edit

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 edit

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.[citation needed]

Qualifying tournaments edit

PDC edit

Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
Grand Slam of Darts 2009 Winner   Phil Taylor   Phil Taylor
  Scott Waites
  Terry Jenkins
  Raymond van Barneveld
  James Wade
  Steve Beaton
  Wayne Jones
  John Part
  Mark Webster
  Adrian Lewis
  Gary Anderson
  Brendan Dolan
  Wes Newton
  Paul Nicholson
  Mervyn King
  Co Stompé
  Barrie Bates
  Arron Monk
  Michael van Gerwen
  James Hubbard
Runner-Up   Scott Waites
Semi-finalists   Terry Jenkins
  Raymond van Barneveld
2010 Winner   Scott Waites
Runner-Up   James Wade
Semi-finalists   Steve Beaton
  Wayne Jones
PDC World Darts Championship 2007 Winner   Raymond van Barneveld
2008 Winner   John Part
2009 Winner   Phil Taylor
2010 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-Up   Simon Whitlock[i]
Third Place   Mark Webster
Fourth Place   Raymond van Barneveld
2011 Winner   Adrian Lewis
Runner-Up   Gary Anderson
Semi-finalists   Terry Jenkins
  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 Darts 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
PDC World Cup of Darts 2010 Winners   Raymond van Barneveld
  Co Stompé
Runners-Up   Mark Webster
  Barrie Bates
PDC World Youth Championship 2011 Winner   Arron Monk
2012 Finalists   Michael van Gerwen
  James Hubbard
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

BDO edit

Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
BDO World Darts Championship 2007 Winner   Martin Adams   Ted Hankey
  Dave Chisnall
  Tony O'Shea
  Martin Phillips
  Dean Winstanley
  Jan Dekker
2008 Winner   Mark Webster
2009 Winner   Ted Hankey
2010 Winner   Martin Adams
Runner-Up   Dave Chisnall
Semi-finalists   Tony O'Shea
  Martin Phillips
2011 Winner   Martin Adams
Runner-Up   Dean Winstanley
Semi-finalists   Jan Dekker
  Martin Phillips
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Other qualifiers edit

Criteria Player
Grand Slam of Darts Wildcards   Nigel Heydon
  Magnus Caris
  Ian White[i]
Highest Ranked Non-Qualifier On PDC Order of Merit   Mark Walsh
Highest Ranked Non-Qualifier On Players Championship Order Of Merit   Justin Pipe
European Order of Merit Leader   Vincent van der Voort
  1. ^ a b Ian White was on the reserve list after the Wildcard Qualifier, and replaced Simon Whitlock, when he had to withdraw due to injury.

Pools edit

[5]

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
(Seeded Players) (qualifiers)

  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 edit

Group stages edit

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

Knockout stages edit

Second round (best of 19 legs)
17–18 November[11][12] 		Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
19 November[13] 		Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
20 November[14] 		Final (best of 31 legs)
20 November[15]
            
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 edit

[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

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 0 72 78.27

References edit

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  16. ^ "2011 Grand Slam Of Darts Stats Tournament Average". Darts Database. Retrieved 19 November 2011.

External links edit

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