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2013 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2013 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts, was the seventh staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 9–17 November 2013 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.

2013 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates9–17 November 2013
VenueWolverhampton Civic Hall
LocationWolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£400,000
Winner's share£100,000
High checkout170 England Ted Hankey
(group stage)
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2012 2014»

Raymond van Barneveld was the defending champion, but he was eliminated in the group stage.[1] The semi-final match between Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis proved to be the highest quality in darts history as the players averaged 109.76 and 110.99 respectively, the highest combined average ever recorded. The PDC record of 31 maximums set in the 2007 World Championship final was broken as 32 were made in this match in 32 fewer legs.[2] Taylor won the match 16–9 and went on to seal his fifth Grand Slam title by beating Robert Thornton 16–6 in the final.[3]

Prize money edit

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £400,000)[4]
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

Qualifying tournaments edit

Players in italics had already qualified for the event.[5]

PDC edit

Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
Grand Slam of Darts 2012 Winner   Raymond van Barneveld   Raymond van Barneveld
  Michael van Gerwen
  Andy Hamilton
  Dean Winstanley
  Phil Taylor
  Gary Anderson
  Adrian Lewis
  Mark Walsh
  James Wade
  Simon Whitlock
  Dave Chisnall
  Mervyn King
  Robert Thornton
  Kim Huybrechts
  Kevin Painter
  Mark Webster
  Wes Newton
  Ronny Huybrechts
  Paul Nicholson
  Michael Smith
  Ricky Evans
Runner-up   Michael van Gerwen
Semi-finalists   Andy Hamilton
  Dean Winstanley
2011 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-up   Gary Anderson
Semi-finalists   Adrian Lewis
  Mark Walsh
PDC World Darts Championship 2013 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-up   Michael van Gerwen
Semi-finalists   Raymond van Barneveld
  James Wade
2012 Winner   Adrian Lewis
Runner-up   Andy Hamilton
Semi-finalists   Simon Whitlock
  James Wade
2011 Winner   Adrian Lewis
2010 Winner   Phil Taylor
2009 Winner   Phil Taylor
World Matchplay 2013 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-up   Adrian Lewis
2012 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-up   James Wade
World Grand Prix 2013 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-up   Dave Chisnall
2012 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Runner-up   Mervyn King
UK Open 2013 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-up   Andy Hamilton
2012 Winner   Robert Thornton
Runner-up   Phil Taylor
Premier League Darts 2013 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Runner-up   Phil Taylor
2012 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-up   Simon Whitlock
Championship League Darts 2013 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-up   Michael van Gerwen
2012 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-up   Simon Whitlock
Players Championship Finals 2012 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-up   Kim Huybrechts
2011 (2) Winner   Kevin Painter
Runner-up   Mark Webster
European Championship 2013 Winner   Adrian Lewis
Runner-up   Simon Whitlock
2012 Winner   Simon Whitlock
Runner-up   Wes Newton
PDC World Cup of Darts 2013 Winners   Phil Taylor
  Adrian Lewis
Runners-Up   Kim Huybrechts
  Ronny Huybrechts
2012 Winners   Phil Taylor
  Adrian Lewis
Runners-Up   Simon Whitlock
  Paul Nicholson
Masters 2013 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-up   Adrian Lewis
PDC World Youth Championship 2013 Winner   Michael Smith
Runner-up   Ricky Evans
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

BDO edit

Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
BDO World Darts Championship 2013 Winner   Scott Waites   Scott Waites
  Tony O'Shea
  Wesley Harms
  Richie George
  Christian Kist
  Ted Hankey
Runner-up   Tony O'Shea
Semi-finalists   Wesley Harms
  Richie George
2012 Winner   Christian Kist
Runner-up   Tony O'Shea
Semi-finalists   Wesley Harms
  Ted Hankey
2011 Winner   Martin Adams
2010 Winner   Martin Adams
2009 Winner   Ted Hankey
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Other qualifiers edit

Criteria Player
PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit Leader   Ross Smith
Grand Slam of Darts Wildcards   Justin Pipe
  Vincent van der Voort
  Peter Wright
  Stuart Kellett

Pools edit

[6]

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

  Phil Taylor (1)
  Raymond van Barneveld (2)
  Scott Waites (3)
  Michael van Gerwen (4)
  Adrian Lewis (5)
  Simon Whitlock (6)
  Andy Hamilton (7)
  James Wade (8)

  Gary Anderson
  Dave Chisnall
  Kim Huybrechts
  Mervyn King
  Christian Kist
  Wes Newton
  Kevin Painter
  Robert Thornton

  Wesley Harms
  Ronny Huybrechts
  Paul Nicholson
  Tony O'Shea
  Michael Smith
  Mark Walsh
  Mark Webster
  Dean Winstanley

  Ricky Evans
  Richie George
  Ted Hankey
  Stuart Kellett
  Justin Pipe
  Ross Smith
  Vincent van der Voort
  Peter Wright

Draw edit

Group stage edit

[6][7]

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; Q = Qualified for K.O. phase

Nine-dart shootout edit

With Wes Newton and Mark Webster finishing level on points and leg difference, a nine-dart shootout between the two took place to see who would play Scott Waites in the second round. The match took place after the conclusion of Monday's group matches, and was the first time since the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts that a nine-dart shootout was required.[11]

POS Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Status
2   Mark Webster 60 60 15 60 20 57 – – – 272 Advanced to the last 16
3   Wes Newton 15 20 5 60 20 20 20 20 19 199 Eliminated

Knockout stage edit

Second round (best of 19 legs)
13–14 November
[12][13] 		Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
15–16 November
[14][15] 		Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
17 November
[16] 		Final (best of 31 legs)
17 November
[17]
            
A1   Phil Taylor (1) 102.56 10
B2   Gary Anderson 106.13 5
A1   Phil Taylor (1) 97.89 16
B1   James Wade (8) 96.19 12
B1   James Wade (8) 91.54 10
A2   Paul Nicholson 87.77 1
A1   Phil Taylor (1) 109.76 16
C2   Adrian Lewis (5) 110.99 9
C1   Ronny Huybrechts 91.25 5
D2   Kim Huybrechts 97.83 10
D2   Kim Huybrechts 95.73 11
C2   Adrian Lewis (5) 100.16 16
D1   Michael van Gerwen (4) 97.88 8
C2   Adrian Lewis (5) 105.24 10
A1   Phil Taylor (1) 98.14 16
F1   Robert Thornton 97.02 6
E1   Tony O'Shea (BDO) 94.93 10
F2   Andy Hamilton (7) 92.86 7
E1   Tony O'Shea (BDO) 93.79 6
F1   Robert Thornton 95.30 16
F1   Robert Thornton 95.72 10
E2   Mervyn King 93.83 8
F1   Robert Thornton 101.03 16
H1   Scott Waites (BDO,3) 96.98 9
G1   Simon Whitlock (6) 91.25 9
H2   Ted Hankey 85.88 10
H2   Ted Hankey 84.96 10
H1   Scott Waites (BDO,3) 92.55 16
H1   Scott Waites (BDO,3) 94.39 10
G2   Mark Webster 90.99 6

Statistics edit

Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout 3-dart average
  Phil Taylor Winner 7 73 33 31 143 75 32 167 104.20
  Robert Thornton Runner-up 7 62 46 28 134 103 27 161 95.34
  Adrian Lewis Semi-finals 6 51 45 19 101 54 52 120 99.49
  Scott Waites Semi-finals 6 50 38 23 128 56 21 146 92.63
  Tony O'Shea Quarter-finals 5 30 33 14 76 58 20 123 96.47
  Kim Huybrechts Quarter-finals 5 32 31 12 69 33 23 148 95.00
  James Wade Quarter-finals 5 37 24 20 66 55 7 160 94.51
  Ted Hankey Quarter-finals 5 33 34 11 75 51 9 170 87.14
  Gary Anderson Second round 4 18 17 7 54 28 10 144 104.89
  Simon Whitlock Second round 4 23 18 7 58 23 11 122 98.66
  Michael van Gerwen Second round 4 23 18 7 57 23 12 135 96.41
  Mervyn King Second round 4 22 20 8 54 31 10 141 95.78
  Mark Webster Second round 4 17 20 6 47 13 10 164 93.97
  Andy Hamilton Second round 4 19 20 8 37 24 16 136 93.75
  Ronny Huybrechts Second round 4 20 19 5 52 26 8 108 92.23
  Paul Nicholson Second round 4 12 19 5 39 15 7 125 88.71
  Peter Wright Group stage 3 8 12 4 23 16 8 121 99.21
  Dave Chisnall Group stage 3 7 15 4 21 16 10 97 95.84
  Wes Newton Group stage 3 12 11 4 28 20 2 70 94.85
  Wesley Harms Group stage 3 5 15 3 34 15 2 96 94.31
  Ricky Evans Group stage 3 5 15 1 18 19 4 76 93.57
  Raymond van Barneveld Group stage 3 13 11 5 41 19 0 96 93.02
  Christian Kist Group stage 3 11 12 3 28 11 6 124 92.98
  Justin Pipe Group stage 3 9 12 2 32 12 5 101 92.90
  Dean Winstanley Group stage 3 9 12 3 27 16 3 91 92.77
  Michael Smith Group stage 3 8 13 3 26 14 5 121 91.20
  Stuart Kellett Group stage 3 9 14 3 27 10 5 78 90.54
  Kevin Painter Group stage 3 7 15 2 22 14 3 116 88.14
  Mark Walsh Group stage 3 6 12 2 26 10 2 101 87.52
  Vincent van der Voort Group stage 3 8 13 3 20 16 2 80 86.51
  Ross Smith Group stage 3 7 15 1 27 15 0 40 85.86
  Richie George Group stage 3 7 15 1 20 15 2 80 83.37

Source: Match reports from the draw.

References edit

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