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2015 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2015 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts, was the ninth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took take place from 7–15 November 2015 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.[1]

2015 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates7–15 November 2015
VenueWolverhampton Civic Hall
LocationWolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£400,000
Winner's share£100,000
Nine-dart finishEngland Dave Chisnall
High checkout170 England Robbie Green
170 England Dave Chisnall
170 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«2014 2016»

Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won his sixth Grand Slam title by defeating Dave Chisnall 16–13 in the 2014 final.[2]

The 2015 edition saw several changes in the qualification criteria due to the Grand Slam of Darts being a PDC Order of Merit ranking tournament for the first time. As a result of this, at most 20 places were filled by invitations and the remaining 12 places were open for qualification.[3]

The tournament was won by Michael van Gerwen, who had a tournament average over 100, and with this title won every current PDC major tournament at least once.[4]

Other notable things that happened in the tournament included Dave Chisnall hitting a nine-dart finish against Peter Wright in their group match, and BDO veteran Martin Adams making his first appearance at the event, after declining his invite every year since the tournament's inception in 2007.

Prize money edit

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £400,000)[5]
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
Nine-dart finish (1) £30,000

Qualifying edit

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Qualifying tournaments edit

PDC main tournaments edit

Players in italics had already qualified for the event. At most 16 players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.

PDC Main Tournaments
Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship 2015 Winner   Gary Anderson   Gary Anderson
  Phil Taylor
  Michael van Gerwen
  Robert Thornton
  Keegan Brown
  Adrian Lewis
  Dave Chisnall
  James Wade
  Peter Wright
  Raymond van Barneveld
  Rowby-John Rodriguez
Grand Slam of Darts 2014 Winner   Phil Taylor
Premier League Darts 2015 Winner   Gary Anderson
World Matchplay 2015 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
World Grand Prix 2015 Winner   Robert Thornton
Players Championship Finals 2014 Winner   Gary Anderson
UK Open 2015 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
European Championship 2015 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Masters 2015 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Youth Championship 2014 Winner   Keegan Brown
World Series of Darts 2015 Ranking List Leader   Phil Taylor
PDC World Cup of Darts 2015 Winners   Phil Taylor
  Adrian Lewis
PDC World Darts Championship 2015 Runner-Up   Phil Taylor
Grand Slam of Darts 2014 Runner-Up   Dave Chisnall
Premier League Darts 2015 Runner-Up   Michael van Gerwen
World Matchplay 2015 Runner-Up   James Wade
World Grand Prix 2015 Runner-Up   Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship Finals 2014 Runner-Up   Adrian Lewis
UK Open 2015 Runner-Up   Peter Wright
European Championship 2015 Runner-Up   Gary Anderson
Masters 2015 Runner-Up   Raymond van Barneveld
PDC World Youth Championship 2014 Runner-Up   Rowby-John Rodriguez
World Series of Darts 2015 Ranking List Runner-Up   Adrian Lewis
PDC World Cup of Darts 2015 Runners-Up   Gary Anderson
  Peter Wright
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

PDC European Tour edit

In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than 16 players, the field of 16 players was filled from the reserve lists. The first list consisted of the winners from 2015 European Tour events, in which the winners were selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.

PDC European Tour
Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers
2015 European Tour 2015 German Darts Championship Winner   Michael van Gerwen   Michael Smith
  Kim Huybrechts
2015 Gibraltar Darts Trophy Winner   Michael van Gerwen
2015 German Darts Masters Winner   Michael van Gerwen
2015 Dutch Darts Masters Winner   Michael van Gerwen
2015 International Darts Open Winner   Michael Smith
2015 European Darts Open Winner   Robert Thornton
2015 European Darts Trophy Winner   Michael Smith
2015 European Darts Matchplay Winner   Michael van Gerwen
2015 European Darts Grand Prix Winner   Kim Huybrechts
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

PDC Players Championships edit

In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments and the European Tour produced fewer than 16 players, the field of 16 players was filled from the reserve lists. The second list consists of the winners from 2015 Players Championship events, in which the winners were selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.

PDC Players Championships
Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers
2015 Players Championships Players Championship 1 Winner   Gary Anderson   Ian White
  Jelle Klaasen
  Terry Jenkins
Players Championship 2 Winner   James Wade
Players Championship 3 Winner   Adrian Lewis
Players Championship 4 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 5 Winner   Adrian Lewis
Players Championship 6 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 7 Winner   Peter Wright
Players Championship 8 Winner   Keegan Brown
Players Championship 9 Winner   Phil Taylor
Players Championship 10 Winner   Joe Murnan
Players Championship 11 Winner   Dave Chisnall
Players Championship 12 Winner   Peter Wright
Players Championship 13 Winner   James Wade
Players Championship 14 Winner   Jelle Klaasen
Players Championship 15 Winner   Terry Jenkins
Players Championship 16 Winner   Jelle Klaasen
Players Championship 17 Winner   Ian White
Players Championship 18 Winner   Alan Norris
Players Championship 19 Winner   Peter Wright
Players Championship 20 Winner   Gary Anderson
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

PDC qualifier edit

A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier in Coventry on 23 October 2015.

BDO qualifying tournaments edit

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Tournament Year Position Player
BDO World Darts Championship 2015 Winner   Scott Mitchell
Runner-Up   Martin Adams
World Masters 2014 Winner   Martin Phillips
BDO World Trophy 2015 Winner   Geert De Vos

BDO qualifiers edit

A further four places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from two BDO qualifiers. The first of which was in Hull on 6 October 2015 and was open for all players outside of mainland Europe. The other one was in Europe on 18 October 2015 and was open for all players in mainland Europe.

UK qualifiers edit

European qualifiers edit

Pools edit

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Pool A
(Seeded Players) 		Pool B
(PDC Automatic Qualifiers) 		Pool C
(PDC Qualifiers) 		Pool D
(BDO Qualifiers)

  Michael van Gerwen (1)
  Gary Anderson (2)
  Phil Taylor (3)
  Peter Wright (4)
  Adrian Lewis (5)
  Robert Thornton (6)
  James Wade (7)
  Ian White (8)

  Raymond van Barneveld
  Keegan Brown
  Dave Chisnall
  Kim Huybrechts
  Terry Jenkins
  Jelle Klaasen
  Michael Smith
  Rowby-John Rodriguez

  Steve Beaton
  Andy Boulton
  Jonny Clayton
  Robbie Green
  Wayne Jones
  Mervyn King
  Mark Webster
  Steve West

  Martin Adams
  Larry Butler
  Andy Fordham
  Michel van der Horst
  Scott Mitchell
  Mark Oosterhuis
  Martin Phillips
  Geert De Vos

Draw edit

Group stage edit

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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)
11–12 November
[10][11] 		Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
13–14 November
[12][13] 		Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
15 November
[14] 		Final (best of 31 legs)
15 November
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A1   Michael van Gerwen (1) 109.18 10
B2   Steve Beaton (Q) 99.56 2
A1   Michael van Gerwen (1) 111.05 16
A2   Kim Huybrechts 93.99 4
B1   Martin Adams (BDO) 98.47 9
A2   Kim Huybrechts 100.87 10
A1   Michael van Gerwen (1) 102.19 16
C1   Michael Smith 93.08 6
C1   Michael Smith 104.59 10
D2   Dave Chisnall 99.82 7
C1   Michael Smith 98.03 16
C2   Adrian Lewis (5) 98.63 11
D1   Peter Wright (4) 101.36 7
C2   Adrian Lewis (5) 104.71 10
A1   Michael van Gerwen (1) 100.94 16
H1   Phil Taylor (3) 102.53 13
E1   Gary Anderson (2) 104.22 6
F2   Mark Webster (Q) 94.89 10
F2   Mark Webster (Q) 96.86 12
E2   Raymond van Barneveld 95.37 16
F1   James Wade (7) 100.05 7
E2   Raymond van Barneveld 96.96 10
E2   Raymond van Barneveld 97.07 12
H1   Phil Taylor (3) 100.84 16
G1   Robert Thornton (6) 93.09 10
H2   Robbie Green (Q) 96.61 8
G1   Robert Thornton (6) 93.48 7
H1   Phil Taylor (3) 104.18 16
H1   Phil Taylor (3) 91.67 10
G2   Terry Jenkins 95.16 6

References edit

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  11. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Thursday". PDC. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  12. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Friday". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  13. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Saturday". PDC. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
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External links edit

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