2010 Grand Slam of Darts

2010 Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates 13–21 November 2010
Venue Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Location Wolverhampton
Country  England
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Prize fund £400,000
Winners share £100,000
High checkout 170 England Colin Lloyd
170 Scotland Gary Anderson
Champion(s)
England Scott Waites
«2009 2011»

The 2010 Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts was the fourth staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 13–21 November 2010 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England. Television coverage of the tournament was covered by ITV Sport, with live coverage on ITV4.

Although 8-0 down at one stage, Scott Waites made a remarkable comeback to defeat James Wade 16-12 in the final, becoming the first, and as of 2017, only member of the British Darts Organisation to win this event.[1]

Prize money

StagePrize money
(Total-£400,000)
Winner£100,000
Runner up£50,000
Semi final£25,000
Quarter final£15,000
Last 16£7,500
Third in group£5,000
Fourth in group£2,500
Group winner bonus£2,500

Qualifying

There were numerous tournaments that provided qualifying opportunities to players. Most tournaments offering a qualifying position for the winner and runner-up of the tournament, however the World Championships and the Grand Slams offers 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.

Qualifying tournaments

Players in italics have already qualified for the event.

Note: Players in italics have already qualified for the tournament.
The PDC decided to no longer invite Martin Adams to the Grand Slam due to his decision to turn down three consecutive invitations in 2007, 2008 and 2009.[2]

Other Methods of Qualification

Additional invitations to compete in the 2010 Grand Slam of Darts were awarded on November 5 to (in order of preference):

ITV Wildcard

The ITV Wildcard qualifier was held at the Metrodome in Barnsley. Any darts player was able to enter and the top four players receiving invitations to the 2010 Grand Slam of Darts. The qualifiers were Wes Newton, John Henderson, Mark Hylton and Justin Pipe.[3]

PDC Order of Merit

Ronnie Baxter was the highest non-qualified player from the PDC Order of Merit.

Players Championship Order of Merit

The Players Championship Order of Merit ranked all PDC players by their winnings in 2010 PDC Pro Tour Players Championships.

Colin Lloyd was the highest non-qualified player from the Players Championship Order of Merit.

European Order of Merit

The European Order of Merit ranked all the European dart players based on the amount of prize money that they have won from tournaments held in continental Europe.

Vincent van der Voort was the highest non-qualified player from the European Order of Merit.

Qualified Players

Qualification changed from the 2009 event, with the winners of two BDO tournaments, the Women's World Championship and the Winmau World Masters, no longer being invited. Instead, four places were made available for the finalists of two new tournaments, the PDC Under-21 World Championship and the PDC Women's World Championship.[4]

The 32 qualified players were:

Draw and results

Group Stages

all matches first-to-5/best of 9.
 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

Second Round (best of 19)
18–19 November 		Quarter Finals (best of 31)
20 November 		Semi Finals (best of 31)
21 November 		Final (best of 31)
21 November
            
A1 Scotland Robert Thornton 90.41 6
B2 England Wayne Jones 90.62 10
B2 England Wayne Jones 94.65 16
B1 Scotland Gary Anderson (6) 95.78 15
B1 Scotland Gary Anderson (6) 98.54 10
A2 England Colin Osborne 84.20 3
B2 England Wayne Jones 94.06 6
D2 England James Wade (2) 96.77 16
C1 England Mervyn King (7) 95.39 9
D2 England James Wade (2) 92.80 10
D2 England James Wade (2) 94.41 16
C2 England Terry Jenkins 95.10 15
D1 England Tony O'Shea 101.24 7
C2 England Terry Jenkins 96.71 10
D2 England James Wade (2) 92.79 12
E1 England Scott Waites 99.86 16
E1 England Scott Waites 91.35 10
F2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (4) 89.02 7
E1 England Scott Waites 93.69 16
E2 Netherlands Co Stompé 93.15 10
F1 England Colin Lloyd 96.53 4
E2 Netherlands Co Stompé 101.44 10
E1 England Scott Waites 97.41 16
G2 England Steve Beaton 94.14 9
G1 England Ronnie Baxter 91.83 1
H2 England Phil Taylor (1) 99.75 10
H2 England Phil Taylor (1) 100.17 14
G2 England Steve Beaton 97.14 16
H1 England Ted Hankey 90.26 6
G2 England Steve Beaton 101.31 10

Statistics

Player Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
England Phil Taylor 5 99.05
Wales Martin Phillips 3 98.46
England Tony O'Shea 4 97.38
England Scott Waites 7 96.81
England Steve Beaton 6 96.44
Scotland Gary Anderson 5 95.67
England Ted Hankey 4 94.78
England Arron Monk 3 94.21
Australia Simon Whitlock 3 94.20
Netherlands Co Stompé 5 94.16
England Colin Lloyd 4 93.67
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 3 93.56
England Dave Chisnall 3 93.51
Scotland Robert Thornton 4 93.27
England Adrian Lewis 3 93.23
England Colin Osborne 4 92.89
Wales Mark Webster 3 92.13
Australia Paul Nicholson 3 92.03
England Ronnie Baxter 4 91.98
England Terry Jenkins 5 91.91
England Wayne Jones 6 91.86
England James Wade 7 91.25
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 4 90.99
England Wes Newton 3 89.96
England Mervyn King 4 88.96
England Mark Hylton 3 88.24
Scotland John Henderson 3 88.14
England Justin Pipe 3 85.79
England Darryl Fitton 3 85.71
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 3 85.10
England Tricia Wright 3 74.83
United States Stacy Bromberg 3 67.14

References

  1. ↑ "Glory For Comeback Kid Waites". planetdarts.tv. 21 November 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "Waites Takes Adams' Spot". planetdarts.tv. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 1 August 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
  3. ↑ "Grand Slam of Darts Update". PDC.tv. 6 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  4. ↑ PDC Launch Three New Events Archived 2010-04-30 at the Wayback Machine. PDC, 16 February 2010
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