2012 Grand Slam of Darts

2012 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates 10–18 November 2012
Venue Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Location Wolverhampton
Country  England
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Prize fund £400,000
Winners share £100,000
High checkout 170 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (4x)
170 Netherlands Wesley Harms
Champion(s)
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
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The 2012 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts, was the sixth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 10–18 November 2012 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion, but was beaten in the Last 16 by Michael van Gerwen, who went on to make the final, but lost 16–14 to Raymond van Barneveld.

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

Qualifying Tournaments

Players in italics had already qualified for the event.[1]

Note: Players in italics had 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.

Other Methods of Qualification

PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Order of Merit

England Arron Monk qualified as the highest ranked player on the PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Order of Merit.

Qualified Players

Pools

Seeded Players Pool B Pool C Pool D

England Phil Taylor (1)
England Adrian Lewis (2)
Netherlands Christian Kist (3)
England James Wade (4)
Australia Simon Whitlock (5)
England Wes Newton (6)
England Andy Hamilton (7)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (8)

Scotland Gary Anderson
Netherlands Jan Dekker
England Terry Jenkins
Australia Paul Nicholson
England Kevin Painter
Scotland Robert Thornton
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
England Scott Waites

Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
England Ted Hankey
Netherlands Wesley Harms
England Mervyn King
Canada John Part
England Mark Walsh
Wales Mark Webster
England Dean Winstanley

Wales Barrie Bates
England Steve Beaton
England James Hubbard
England Wayne Jones
England Arron Monk
England Tony O'Shea
Wales Martin Phillips
Netherlands Co Stompé

Draw and results

Group stage

[2]

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; Q = Qualified for K.O. phase

Knockout stage

Second Round (best of 19)
15–16 November
[9][10] 		Quarter Finals (best of 31)
17 November
[11] 		Semi Finals (best of 31)
18 November
[12] 		Final (best of 31)
18 November
[13]
            
A1 England Scott Waites 103.67 10
B2 Scotland Robert Thornton 102.42 8
A1 England Scott Waites 98.04 12
B1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (8) 106.63 16
B1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (8) 108.38 10
A2 England Phil Taylor (1) 104.89 5
B1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (8) 101.83 16
C1 England Dean Winstanley 98.94 8
C1 England Dean Winstanley 94.73 10
D2 England Arron Monk 93.46 5
C1 England Dean Winstanley 90.45 16
C2 England Kevin Painter 91.78 12
D1 England Mervyn King 89.63 5
C2 England Kevin Painter 91.10 10
B1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (8) 98.55 14
H1 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 95.79 16
E1 Canada John Part 89.10 10
F2 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 85.40 6
E1 Canada John Part 90.19 12
F1 England Andy Hamilton (7) 95.37 16
F1 England Andy Hamilton (7) 98.76 10
E2 Scotland Gary Anderson 101.90 9
F1 England Andy Hamilton (7) 95.87 10
H1 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 97.54 16
G1 England Wes Newton (6) 93.71 9
H2 Netherlands Christian Kist (3) 89.78 10
H2 Netherlands Christian Kist (3) 93.05 10
H1 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 100.57 16
H1 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 104.56 10
G2 Netherlands Wesley Harms 97.50 4

Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)

Statistics

Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld Winner 7 72 45 148 84 35 156 96.29
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Final 7 71 46 145 92 35 170 100.12
England Andy Hamilton Semi-finals 6 51 44 117 59 17 152 94.14
England Dean Winstanley Semi-finals 6 48 41 107 66 20 142 94.00
England Scott Waites Quarter-finals 5 35 32 73 55 23 148 100.12
Netherlands Christian Kist Quarter-finals 5 34 36 78 38 19 128 90.66
England Kevin Painter Quarter-finals 5 36 33 89 46 12 121 90.38
Canada John Part Quarter-finals 5 36 33 89 35 2 121 84.73
England Phil Taylor Second round 4 17 18 53 26 1 164 98.93
Scotland Gary Anderson Second round 4 23 23 65 27 17 130 96.94
England Wes Newton Second round 4 24 16 60 20 14 164 94.85
England Mervyn King Second round 4 20 16 49 29 4 126 94.68
Netherlands Wesley Harms Second round 4 16 19 53 26 6 170 93.38
Scotland Robert Thornton Second round 4 21 19 57 33 5 90 93.16
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan Second round 4 17 17 49 20 4 123 87.78
England Arron Monk Second round 4 18 17 48 24 5 126 86.25
Australia Simon Whitlock Group stage 3 11 11 25 13 7 96 91.81
England Mark Walsh Group stage 3 10 13 25 12 5 164 85.84
Netherlands Co Stompé Group stage 3 7 12 22 12 2 67 91.00
Wales Mark Webster Group stage 3 9 13 31 12 3 131 90.13
Australia Paul Nicholson Group stage 3 11 10 30 12 4 88 90.75
England Terry Jenkins Group stage 3 9 12 24 12 8 78 90.49
England James Wade Group stage 3 8 11 25 16 2 116 89.73
England Tony O'Shea Group stage 3 13 14 36 15 9 100 88.54
England Adrian Lewis Group stage 3 11 14 28 14 4 147 87.34
England Ted Hankey Group stage 3 5 13 21 9 4 161 78.35
England Steve Beaton Group stage 3 9 15 33 13 6 124 92.00
England Wayne Jones Group stage 3 8 15 31 12 6 116 88.69
England James Hubbard Group stage 3 7 15 27 7 5 100 88.14
Wales Martin Phillips Group stage 3 6 15 29 13 3 61 85.62
Netherlands Jan Dekker Group stage 3 3 15 10 5 2 72 76.43
Wales Barrie Bates Group stage 3 2 15 19 6 1 59 75.31

Source: Match reports in the draw

Broadcasting

Sky Sports provided television coverage of the event in the United Kingdom, Fox Sports in Australia, OSN across the Middle East and it was available online and partially televised on RTL7 in the Netherlands.[2]

References

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  6. 1 2 3 4 "William Hill Grand Slam – Sunday Afternoon". PDC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
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  8. 1 2 3 4 "William Hill Grand Slam – Wednesday". PDC. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
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  10. ↑ "William Hill Grand Slam – Friday". PDC. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  11. ↑ "William Hill Grand Slam Quarter-Finals". PDC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-19. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  12. ↑ "William Hill Grand Slam Semi-Finals". PDC. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  13. ↑ "Brilliant Barney's Grand Slam Triumph!". PDC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-22. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
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