The 2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts was the twelfth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 10–18 November 2018 in Wolverhampton, England, but for the first time in the event's history, it was not at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, as it is undergoing a two-year renovation. The 2018 tournament was held at Aldersley Leisure Village.[1] Beginning with this tournament, the winner of the title would receive "The Eric Bristow Trophy", named after the legendary player who died in April 2018.
| 2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 10–18 November 2018 | ||
| Venue | Aldersley Leisure Village | ||
| Location | Aldersley, Wolverhampton | ||
| Country |  England | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £450,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £110,000 | ||
| Nine-dart finish |  Dimitri Van den Bergh | ||
| High checkout | 170  Simon Whitlock (x2) Stephen Bunting  Gerwyn Price | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Gerwyn Price | |||
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The tournament's defending champion was Michael van Gerwen, who won the tournament in 2017 by defeating Peter Wright 16–12 in the final to win it for a third straight year,[2] but lost in the semi-finals to Gary Anderson by the same scoreline 16–12.
Gerwyn Price won his first PDC major title by defeating Gary Anderson 16–13, in a highly controversial final.[3] Price also became the first Welsh player to win a PDC major title.
The DRA launched an investigation into the behaviour from both players in the final. Price was fined £21,500 for a combination of 'Bringing the sport into disrepute and gamesmanship' in the final and for his Quarter-final clash with Simon Whitlock. Price was also given a three month ban, which was suspended for 6 months. Anderson was given a formal warning for pushing Price on the oche.[4] Price's fine was subsequently reduced on appeal to a total of £11,500.[5]
Dimitri Van den Bergh hit the fourth nine dart leg in Grand Slam of Darts history, in his second round match against Stephen Bunting, and for the first time in the tournament history no Englishman progressed into the quarter-final stage.[6]
Prize money edit
The prize fund for the Grand Slam was the same as in 2017, with the winner getting £110,000.[7]
| Position (num. of players) | Prize money (Total: £450,000) | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £110,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £55,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £28,500 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £16,000 |
| Last 16 (second round) | (8) | £10,000 |
| Third in group | (8) | £5,000 |
| Fourth in group | (8) | £3,000 |
| Group winner bonus | (8) | £2,500 |
| Nine-dart finish | (1) | £25,000 |
Qualifying edit
PDC Qualifying Tournaments edit
At most sixteen players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.
As the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than sixteen players, the field of sixteen players is filled from the reserve lists. The first list consists of the winners from 2018 European Tour events, in which the winners are ordered by number of event wins then in Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.
| PDC European Tour | |||||
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| Tournament | Event | Position | Player | Qualifiers | |
| 2018 European Tour | |||||
| European Darts Open | Winner |  Michael van Gerwen
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Gerwyn Price Ian White Max Hopp
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| German Darts Grand Prix | Winner | Michael van Gerwen
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| German Darts Open | Winner | Max Hopp
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| Austrian Darts Open | Winner | Jonny Clayton
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| European Darts Grand Prix | Winner | Michael van Gerwen
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| Dutch Darts Masters | Winner | Michael van Gerwen
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| Gibraltar Darts Trophy | Winner | Michael van Gerwen
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| Danish Darts Open | Winner |  Mensur Suljović
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| European Darts Matchplay | Winner | Michael van Gerwen
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| German Darts Championship | Winner | Michael van Gerwen
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| Dutch Darts Championship | Winner | Ian White
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| International Darts Open | Winner | Gerwyn Price
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| European Darts Trophy | Winner | Michael van Gerwen
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| Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament. | |||||
If there are still less than sixteen qualified players after the winners of European Tour events are added, the winners of 2018 Players Championships events will be added, firstly by winners of multiple events followed by Order of Merit order.
- ^ Phil Taylor retired following the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship.
- ^ Corey Cadby withdrew from the Grand Slam,[8] due to an arm injury.[9]
PDC Qualifying Event edit
A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier that took place in Wigan on 5 November. These are the qualifiers:
Martin Schindler
Stephen Bunting- Andrew Gilding
- Steve Hine
Mark Webster- Joe Murnan
- Keegan Brown
- Ryan Searle
BDO Qualifying Tournaments edit
| Tournament | Year | Position | Player |
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| BDO World Darts Championship | 2018 | Winner | Glen Durrant
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| Runner-up | Mark McGeeney
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| World Masters | 2018 | Winner | Adam Smith-Neale
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| BDO World Trophy | 2018 | Winner | Glen Durrant
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BDO Ranking qualifiers edit
The remaining 5 BDO places were determined via the BDO Invitational Rankings at the end of September 2018.[10]
Pools edit
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
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| (PDC Seeded Players) | (PDC Qualifiers) | (BDO Qualifiers) | |
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Draw edit
Group stage edit
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All group matches are best of nine legs
After three games, the top two in each group qualify for the knock-out stage
NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage
Group A edit
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Group C edit
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Group D edit
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Group E edit
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Group F edit
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Group G edit
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Group H edit
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Knockout stage edit
| Second round (best of 19 legs) 14–15 November[15][16] | Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 16–17 November[17] | Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 18 November | Final (best of 31 legs) 18 November | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Jonny Clayton 103.65
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| B2 |  Krzysztof Ratajski 94.08
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| A1 | Jonny Clayton 95.88
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| A2 | Michael van Gerwen (1) 101.65
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| B1 | Michael Smith (8) 100.69
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| A2 | Michael van Gerwen (1) 108.32
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| A2 | Michael van Gerwen (1) 99.05
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| D1 |  Gary Anderson (4) 102.97
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| C1 | James Wade (5) 93.76
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| D2 | Michael Unterbuchner (BDO) 93.57
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| D2 | Michael Unterbuchner (BDO) 88.52
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| D1 | Gary Anderson (4) 100.48
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| D1 | Gary Anderson (4) 101.22
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| C2 | Wesley Harms (BDO) 87.97
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| D1 | Gary Anderson (4) 97.25
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| F1 | Gerwyn Price 96.70
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| E1 | Peter Wright (2) 93.86
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| F2 | Simon Whitlock (7) 94.95
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| F2 | Simon Whitlock (7) 95.03
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| F1 | Gerwyn Price 95.86
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| F1 | Gerwyn Price 93.37
| 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Josh Payne 84.10
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| F1 | Gerwyn Price 97.06
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| G2 | Mensur Suljović (6) 98.08
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| G1 | Stephen Bunting 88.14
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| H2 | Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.16
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| H2 | Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.28
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| G2 | Mensur Suljović (6) 98.58
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| H1 | Rob Cross (3) 92.23
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| G2 | Mensur Suljović (6) 93.63
| 10 | |||||||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "bwin Grand Slam Remains In Wolverhampton". PDC.
- ^ "Grand Slam of Darts: Michael van Gerwen wins his third title after beating Peter Wright and Phil Taylor on finals day". www.sportinglife.com. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Grand Slam of Darts: Gerwyn Price beats Gary Anderson in bad-tempered final". BBC Sport. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "Gerwyn Price handed record fine for Grand Slam of Darts gamesmanship". Live Darts. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ Allen, Dave. "DRA Statement: Gerwyn Price Appeal". PDC. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ "Dimitri Van den Bergh hits a nine-darter at Grand Slam of Darts". SKY Sports. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ Phillips, Josh. "Cadby Withdraws From Grand Slam". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ Phillips, Josh. "bwin World Series Finals Field Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ Phillips, Josh. "BDO Confirm Grand Slam Qualifiers". PDC. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ Phillips, Josh. "2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts Day One". PDC. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ Phillips, Josh. "2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ Phillips, Josh. "2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts Day Three". PDC. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ Phillips, Josh. "2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ Phillips, Josh. "2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts Day Fife". PDC. Retrieved 15 November 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Phillips, Josh. "2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts Day Six". PDC. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ Phillips, Josh. "2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts Day Seven". PDC. Retrieved 16 November 2018.