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2014 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2014 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts, was the eighth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 8–16 November 2014 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.

2014 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates8–16 November 2014
VenueWolverhampton Civic Hall
LocationWolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£400,000
Winner's share£100,000
Nine-dart finishBelgium Kim Huybrechts
High checkout170 England Robbie Green
170 England James Wade
170 England Dave Chisnall
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2013 2015»

Phil Taylor was the defending champion and won the title for the a sixth and final time by defeating Dave Chisnall 16–13 in the final.[1][2]

In his quarter-final victory over Michael van Gerwen, Belgian player Kim Huybrechts threw a nine-dart finish, only the second in the event's history, and the first ever nine-darter on TV by a Belgian player.[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

For the first time, winners of the European Tour events were invited to the Grand Slam of Darts.[5]

PDC edit

Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
Grand Slam of Darts 2013 Winner   Phil Taylor   Phil Taylor
  Robert Thornton
  Adrian Lewis
  Scott Waites
  Raymond van Barneveld
  Michael van Gerwen
  Andy Hamilton
  Dean Winstanley
  Peter Wright
  Simon Whitlock
  James Wade
  Dave Chisnall
  Terry Jenkins
  Kim Huybrechts
  Ronny Huybrechts
  Mervyn King
  Keegan Brown
  Rowby-John Rodriguez
Runner-Up   Robert Thornton
Semi-finalists   Adrian Lewis
  Scott Waites
2012 Winner   Raymond van Barneveld
Runner-Up   Michael van Gerwen
Semi-finalists   Andy Hamilton
  Dean Winstanley
PDC World Darts Championship 2014 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Runner-Up   Peter Wright
Semi-finalists   Simon Whitlock
  Adrian Lewis
2013 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-Up   Michael van Gerwen
Semi-finalists   Raymond van Barneveld
  James Wade
2012 Winner   Adrian Lewis
2011 Winner   Adrian Lewis
2010 Winner   Phil Taylor
World Matchplay 2014 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-Up   Michael van Gerwen
2013 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-Up   Adrian Lewis
World Grand Prix 2014 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Runner-Up   James Wade
2013 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-Up   Dave Chisnall
UK Open 2014 Winner   Adrian Lewis
Runner-Up   Terry Jenkins
2013 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-Up   Andy Hamilton
Premier League Darts 2014 Winner   Raymond van Barneveld
Runner-Up   Michael van Gerwen
2013 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Runner-Up   Phil Taylor
Championship League Darts 2013 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-Up   Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship Finals 2013 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Runner-Up   Phil Taylor
2012 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-Up   Kim Huybrechts
European Championship 2014 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Runner-Up   Terry Jenkins
2013 Winner   Adrian Lewis
Runner-Up   Simon Whitlock
PDC World Cup of Darts 2014 Winners   Michael van Gerwen
  Raymond van Barneveld
Runners-Up   Phil Taylor
  Adrian Lewis
2013 Winners   Phil Taylor
  Adrian Lewis
Runners-Up   Kim Huybrechts
  Ronny Huybrechts
Masters 2014 Winner   James Wade
Runner-Up   Mervyn King
2013 Winner   Phil Taylor
Runner-Up   Adrian Lewis
PDC World Youth Championship 2014 Winner   Keegan Brown
Runner-Up   Rowby-John Rodriguez
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.
PDC European Tour
Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers
2014 European Tour 2014 German Darts Championship Winner   Gary Anderson   Gary Anderson
  Vincent van der Voort
  Michael Smith
2014 Dutch Darts Masters Winner   Michael van Gerwen
2014 German Darts Masters Winner   Phil Taylor
2014 Austrian Darts Open Winner   Vincent van der Voort
2014 Gibraltar Darts Trophy Winner   James Wade
2014 European Darts Open Winner   Peter Wright
2014 European Darts Grand Prix Winner   Mervyn King
2014 European Darts Trophy Winner   Michael Smith
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

BDO edit

Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
BDO World Darts Championship 2014 Winner   Stephen Bunting   Stephen Bunting
  Alan Norris
  Robbie Green
  Jan Dekker
  Tony O'Shea
  Wesley Harms
  Richie George
  Christian Kist
Runner-Up   Alan Norris
Semi-finalists   Robbie Green
  Jan Dekker
2013 Winner   Scott Waites
Runner-Up   Tony O'Shea
Semi-finalists   Wesley Harms
  Richie George
2012 Winner   Christian Kist
2011 Winner   Martin Adams
2010 Winner   Martin Adams
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Other qualifiers edit

Criteria Player
Grand Slam of Darts Wildcards   Brendan Dolan
  Jamie Caven
  Darren Webster

Pools edit

[6]

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

  Michael van Gerwen (1)
  Phil Taylor (2)
  Stephen Bunting (3)
  Raymond van Barneveld (4)
  Adrian Lewis (5)
  James Wade (6)
  Peter Wright (7)
  Alan Norris (8)

  Gary Anderson
  Dave Chisnall
  Andy Hamilton
  Kim Huybrechts
  Mervyn King
  Robert Thornton
  Scott Waites
  Simon Whitlock

  Keegan Brown
  Jan Dekker
  Terry Jenkins
  Christian Kist
  Tony O'Shea
  Michael Smith
  Vincent van der Voort
  Dean Winstanley

  Brendan Dolan
  Jamie Caven
  Richie George
  Robbie Green
  Wesley Harms
  Ronny Huybrechts
  Rowby-John Rodriguez
  Darren Webster

Draw edit

Group stage edit

[7][8][9][10][11]

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

Knockout stage edit

Second round (best of 19 legs)
12–13 November
[12][13] 		Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
14–15 November
[3][14] 		Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
16 November
[15] 		Final (best of 31 legs)
16 November
[16]
            
A1   Michael van Gerwen (1) 88.64 10
B2   Terry Jenkins 85.66 4
A1   Michael van Gerwen (1) 103.87 10
A2   Kim Huybrechts 104.83 16
B1   Alan Norris (BDO,8) 90.39 5
A2   Kim Huybrechts 97.92 10
A2   Kim Huybrechts 97.36 15
C1   Dave Chisnall 96.64 16
C1   Dave Chisnall 91.55 10
D2   Robbie Green (BDO) 84.13 3
C1   Dave Chisnall 96.64 16
C2   Keegan Brown 97.68 14
D1   Raymond van Barneveld (4) 91.46 7
C2   Keegan Brown 97.95 10
C1   Dave Chisnall 98.02 13
E1   Phil Taylor (2) 102.45 16
E1   Phil Taylor (2) 101.70 10
F2   Peter Wright (7) 99.05 4
E1   Phil Taylor (2) 107.28 16
F1   Michael Smith 86.45 3
F1   Michael Smith 99.97 10
E2   Christian Kist 89.12 5
E1   Phil Taylor (2) 101.61 16
G1   Mervyn King 94.84 9
G1   Mervyn King 94.12 10
H2   Gary Anderson 96.32 4
G1   Mervyn King 96.01 16
H1   Stephen Bunting (BDO,3) 96.54 9
H1   Stephen Bunting (BDO,3) 98.24 10
G2   James Wade (6) 95.45 8

Statistics edit

[17]

Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout 3-dart average
  Phil Taylor Winner 7 73 33 160 70 28 140 103.82
  Dave Chisnall Runner-up 7 67 55 151 81 39 170 96.57
  Mervyn King Semi-finals 6 50 41 129 54 24 164 92.68
  Kim Huybrechts Semi-finals 6 53 39 105 70 33 155 98.38
  Stephen Bunting Quarter-finals 5 34 29 77 52 12 145 97.55
  Keegan Brown Quarter-finals 5 35 32 95 53 17 130 97.30
  Michael van Gerwen Quarter-finals 5 35 26 70 40 17 141 96.74
  Michael Smith Quarter-finals 5 28 28 55 35 18 127 94.04
  Gary Anderson Second round 4 16 16 43 26 10 106 97.44
  Peter Wright Second round 4 18 20 56 26 10 135 95.78
  James Wade Second round 4 22 17 70 24 5 170 94.02
  Christian Kist Second round 4 16 18 39 25 6 85 93.30
  Raymond van Barneveld Second round 4 22 19 54 31 7 136 91.50
  Alan Norris Second round 4 18 22 35 31 6 164 91.35
  Robbie Green Second round 4 16 21 40 28 9 170 90.24
  Terry Jenkins Second round 4 15 18 52 17 5 116 88.76
  Simon Whitlock Group stage 3 10 13 34 14 7 86 97.24
  Andy Hamilton Group stage 3 10 12 24 19 4 96 96.45
  Jamie Caven Group stage 3 8 15 25 29 3 129 93.93
  Robert Thornton Group stage 3 6 15 31 12 5 161 93.12
  Rowby-John Rodriguez Group stage 3 9 12 24 8 7 127 92.76
  Vincent van der Voort Group stage 3 13 12 29 15 8 158 91.20
  Adrian Lewis Group stage 3 8 12 20 12 4 80 90.97
  Scott Waites Group stage 3 11 13 33 9 5 126 90.21
  Brendan Dolan Group stage 3 6 15 31 12 2 106 90.04
  Darren Webster Group stage 3 7 15 30 20 3 64 89.62
  Wesley Harms Group stage 3 6 13 25 14 2 156 89.27
  Ronny Huybrechts Group stage 3 8 14 28 15 3 81 88.43
  Tony O'Shea Group stage 3 10 13 32 11 8 104 88.19
  Jan Dekker Group stage 3 7 12 21 8 3 124 84.83
  Dean Winstanley Group stage 3 6 15 29 11 2 116 82.29
  Richie George Group stage 3 3 15 20 8 3 72 81.76

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