2011 Grand Slam of Darts

2011 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates 12–20 November 2011
Venue Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Location Wolverhampton
Country  England
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Prize fund £400,000
Winners share £100,000
High checkout 161 England James Wade
161 England Ted Hankey
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2010 2012»

The 2011 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts, was the fifth staging of the darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation.[1] The event took place from 12–20 November 2011 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.

For the first time, Sky Sports was given the television coverage of the Grand Slam after taking over from ITV Sport as the event's broadcaster.[2]

The title was won for the fourth time by Phil Taylor, who defeated Gary Anderson 16–4 in the final.[3][4]

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
3rd in Group£5,000
4th in Group£2,500
Group Winner Bonus£2,500

Qualifying

There were numerous tournaments that provided qualifying opportunities to players. Most tournaments offered a qualifying position for the winner and runner-up of the tournament, however the World Championships and the Grand Slams offered 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. The qualifying criteria was changed this year, extending the dates back 5 years for respective World Champions to receive an invite.

Qualifying tournaments

Players in italics have already qualified for the event.

Note: Players in italics have already qualified for the tournament.
The PDC have 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.[5]

Other Methods of Qualification

Additional invitations to compete in the 2010 Grand Slam of Darts were awarded on November 4 to:

Grand Slam of Darts Wildcards

The Grand Slam of Darts Wildcard qualifier was held at the K2 Centre in Crawley on November 4. Any darts player was able to enter and the two finalists received invitations to the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts.[6] The qualifiers were Nigel Heydon and Magnus Caris. There were also two reserves. The first was Ian White and second was Keith Rooney.[7]

PDC Order of Merit

Mark Walsh was the highest non-qualified player from the PDC Order of Merit.[8]

Players Championship Order of Merit

The Players Championship Order of Merit ranks all PDC players by their winnings in 2011 PDC Pro Tour Players Championships.

Justin Pipe was the highest non-qualified player from the Players Championship Order of Merit.[8]

European Order of Merit

The European Order of Merit ranks 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.[8]

Qualified Players

Qualification changed from the 2010 event, with the finalists from the PDC Women's World Darts Championship no longer being invited. On August 4, it was announced that the 2007–2011 winners of the PDC and BDO world championships, along with the 2010 PDC World Cup of Darts finalists, would receive invitations.[6]

Simon Whitlock withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Ian White from the wildcard qualifier.[9] The 32 qualifiers were:

Pools

[10]

Seeded Players Pool B Pool C Pool D

England Scott Waites (1)
England Phil Taylor (2)
England Adrian Lewis (3)
England James Wade (4)
Scotland Gary Anderson (5)
Wales Mark Webster (6)
England Wes Newton (7)
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (8)

Australia Paul Nicholson
England Terry Jenkins
England Mervyn King
England Mark Walsh
England Wayne Jones
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
England Dean Winstanley
Netherlands Jan Dekker

Netherlands Co Stompé
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
Canada John Part
England Justin Pipe
England Steve Beaton
Wales Barrie Bates
England Tony O'Shea
England Ted Hankey

Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
England Dave Chisnall
England Nigel Heydon
England Ian White
Sweden Magnus Caris
England Arron Monk
Wales Martin Phillips
England James Hubbard

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)
17–18 November[16][17] 		Quarter Finals (best of 31)
19 November[18] 		Semi Finals (best of 31)
20 November[19] 		Final (best of 31)
20 November[20]
            
A1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 90.42 9
B2 England Ted Hankey 91.23 10
B2 England Ted Hankey 89.54 14
A2 England Mark Walsh 91.82 16
B1 England Dean Winstanley 104.55 9
A2 England Mark Walsh 98.32 10
A2 England Mark Walsh 88.81 11
C1 Scotland Gary Anderson (5) 94.77 16
C1 Scotland Gary Anderson (5) 100.45 10
D2 England James Wade (4) 96.83 3
C1 Scotland Gary Anderson (5) 99.97 16
D1 England Terry Jenkins 93.59 12
D1 England Terry Jenkins 95.35 10
C2 England Wayne Jones 91.87 8
C1 Scotland Gary Anderson (5) 98.92 4
E1 England Phil Taylor (2) 109.04 16
E1 England Phil Taylor (2) 112.37 10
F2 England Wes Newton (7) 94.15 3
E1 England Phil Taylor (2) 104.46 16
F1 Australia Paul Nicholson 95.24 7
F1 Australia Paul Nicholson 96.43 10
E2 England Steve Beaton 95.06 8
E1 England Phil Taylor (2) 107.76 16
H1 England Adrian Lewis (3) 101.10 9
G1 Wales Mark Webster (6) 89.59 10
H2 Wales Martin Phillips 84.91 8
G1 Wales Mark Webster (6) 94.59 5
H1 England Adrian Lewis (3) 100.30 16
H1 England Adrian Lewis (3) 92.75 10
G2 Canada John Part 92.44 8

Statistics

[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
England Phil Taylor Winner 7 73 30 135 83 29 124 103.32
Scotland Gary Anderson Final 7 59 49 133 79 41 140 96.49
England Adrian Lewis Semi-finals 6 50 36 99 59 30 152 97.42
England Mark Walsh Semi-finals 6 49 49 148 58 22 138 91.67
Australia Paul Nicholson Quarter-finals 5 32 32 79 50 20 144 96.06
Wales Mark Webster Quarter-finals 5 30 32 84 44 15 111 95.27
England Terry Jenkins Quarter-finals 5 33 35 99 42 16 126 93.27
England Ted Hankey Quarter-finals 5 34 34 90 51 18 161 89.94
Canada John Part Second round 4 19 20 37 20 9 118 86.91
England James Wade Second round 4 16 23 58 28 5 161 94.99
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Second round 4 22 20 55 23 6 144 93.58
England Dean Winstanley Second round 4 24 16 45 29 17 138 93.34
England Steve Beaton Second round 4 21 20 59 23 7 141 91.37
England Wayne Jones Second round 4 19 20 53 27 8 122 90.69
Wales Martin Phillips Second round 4 22 19 58 36 5 100 90.47
England Wes Newton Second round 4 17 18 41 14 10 100 90.18
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld Group stage 3 8 15 25 19 1 80 86.82
England Arron Monk Group stage 3 8 15 22 13 5 60 86.11
Netherlands Jan Dekker Group stage 3 10 11 30 8 1 104 85.48
England James Hubbard Group stage 3 6 15 20 14 1 40 81.90
Sweden Magnus Caris Group stage 3 11 11 26 28 2 81 94.75
England Dave Chisnall Group stage 3 12 14 30 12 9 86 93.42
England Justin Pipe Group stage 3 13 11 33 22 2 160 90.44
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan Group stage 3 8 13 30 19 1 101 90.26
England Mervyn King Group stage 3 11 13 25 22 5 101 91.36
Netherlands Co Stompé Group stage 3 8 13 33 12 4 121 93.22
England Scott Waites Group stage 3 12 12 28 13 8 125 93.15
England Nigel Heydon Group stage 3 11 13 27 14 5 121 89.48
England Ian White Group stage 3 11 14 29 11 8 112 88.85
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort Group stage 3 7 15 30 14 3 101 87.20
England Tony O'Shea Group stage 3 9 14 33 12 8 64 92.78
Wales Barrie Bates Group stage 3 2 15 27 7 0 72 78.27

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  3. ↑ "Phil Taylor secures Grand Slam of Darts title". BBC Sport. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Supreme Taylor thrashes Anderson for fourth crown". ESPN. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "Waites Takes Adams' Spot". planetdarts.tv. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 1 August 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
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  7. ↑ "Caris & Heydon Win Wolves Spots". PDC.tv. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
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