2013 Grand Slam of Darts

2013 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates 9–17 November 2013
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 Ted Hankey
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2012 2014»

The 2013 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts, was the seventh staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 9–17 November 2013 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.

Raymond van Barneveld was the defending champion, but he was eliminated in the group stage.[1] The semi-final match between Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis proved to be the highest quality in darts history as the players averaged 109.76 and 110.99 respectively, the highest combined average ever recorded. The PDC record of 31 maximums set in the 2007 World Championship final was broken as 32 were made in this match in 32 fewer legs.[2] Taylor won the match 16–9 and went on to seal his fifth Grand Slam title by beating Robert Thornton 16–6 in the final.[3]

Prize Money

[4]

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

Qualifying

Qualifying Tournaments

Players in italics had already qualified for the event.[5]

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 Challenge Tour Order of Merit

England Ross Smith qualified after finishing at the top of the 2013 Challenge Tour Order of Merit.[6]

Wigan Qualifiers

These four players qualified through the pre-tournament qualifying event held in Wigan at 4 November:[7]

Qualified Players

These are the 32 players who have qualified for the 2013 Grand Slam of Darts.

Pools

[8]

Seeded Players Pool B Pool C Pool D

England Phil Taylor (1)
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (2)
England Scott Waites (3)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (4)
England Adrian Lewis (5)
Australia Simon Whitlock (6)
England Andy Hamilton (7)
England James Wade (8)

Scotland Gary Anderson
England Dave Chisnall
Belgium Kim Huybrechts
England Mervyn King
Netherlands Christian Kist
England Wes Newton
England Kevin Painter
Scotland Robert Thornton

Netherlands Wesley Harms
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts
Australia Paul Nicholson
England Tony O'Shea
England Michael Smith
England Mark Walsh
Wales Mark Webster
England Dean Winstanley

England Ricky Evans
England Richie George
England Ted Hankey
England Stuart Kellett
England Justin Pipe
England Ross Smith
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
Scotland Peter Wright

Draw

Group stage

[8][9]

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

Nine dart shootout

With Wes Newton and Mark Webster finishing level on points and leg difference, a nine-dart shootout between the two took place to see who would play Scott Waites in the second round. The match took place after the conclusion of Monday's group matches, and was the first time since the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts that a nine-dart shootout was required.[13]

POS Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Status
2Wales Mark Webster 606015602057–––272Advanced to the last 16
3England Wes Newton 15205602020202019199Eliminated

Knockout stage

Second round (best of 19 legs)
13–14 November
[14][15] 		Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
15–16 November
[16][17] 		Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
17 November
[18] 		Final (best of 31 legs)
17 November
[19]
            
A1 England Phil Taylor (1) 102.56 10
B2 Scotland Gary Anderson 106.13 5
A1 England Phil Taylor (1) 97.89 16
B1 England James Wade (8) 96.19 12
B1 England James Wade (8) 91.54 10
A2 Australia Paul Nicholson 87.77 1
A1 England Phil Taylor (1) 109.76 16
C2 England Adrian Lewis (5) 110.99 9
C1 Belgium Ronny Huybrechts 91.25 5
D2 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 97.83 10
D2 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 95.73 11
C2 England Adrian Lewis (5) 100.16 16
D1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (4) 97.88 8
C2 England Adrian Lewis (5) 105.24 10
A1 England Phil Taylor (1) 98.14 16
F1 Scotland Robert Thornton 97.02 6
E1 England Tony O'Shea 94.93 10
F2 England Andy Hamilton (7) 92.86 7
E1 England Tony O'Shea 93.79 6
F1 Scotland Robert Thornton 95.30 16
F1 Scotland Robert Thornton 95.72 10
E2 England Mervyn King 93.83 8
F1 Scotland Robert Thornton 101.03 16
H1 England Scott Waites (3) 96.98 9
G1 Australia Simon Whitlock (6) 91.25 9
H2 England Ted Hankey 85.88 10
H2 England Ted Hankey 84.96 10
H1 England Scott Waites (3) 92.55 16
H1 England Scott Waites (3) 94.39 10
G2 Wales Mark Webster 90.99 6

Statistics

Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
England Phil Taylor Winner 7 73 33 31 143 75 32 167 104.20
Scotland Robert Thornton Runner-up 7 62 46 28 134 103 27 161 95.34
England Adrian Lewis Semi-finals 6 51 45 19 101 54 52 120 99.49
England Scott Waites Semi-finals 6 50 38 23 128 56 21 146 92.63
England Tony O'Shea Quarter-finals 5 30 33 14 76 58 20 123 96.47
Belgium Kim Huybrechts Quarter-finals 5 32 31 12 69 33 23 148 95.00
England James Wade Quarter-finals 5 37 24 20 66 55 7 160 94.51
England Ted Hankey Quarter-finals 5 33 34 11 75 51 9 170 87.14
Scotland Gary Anderson Second round 4 18 17 7 54 28 10 144 104.89
Australia Simon Whitlock Second round 4 23 18 7 58 23 11 122 98.66
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Second round 4 23 18 7 57 23 12 135 96.41
England Mervyn King Second round 4 22 20 8 54 31 10 141 95.78
Wales Mark Webster Second round 4 17 20 6 47 13 10 164 93.97
England Andy Hamilton Second round 4 19 20 8 37 24 16 136 93.75
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts Second round 4 20 19 5 52 26 8 108 92.23
Australia Paul Nicholson Second round 4 12 19 5 39 15 7 125 88.71
Scotland Peter Wright Group stage 3 8 12 4 23 16 8 121 99.21
England Dave Chisnall Group stage 3 7 15 4 21 16 10 97 95.84
England Wes Newton Group stage 3 12 11 4 28 20 2 70 94.85
Netherlands Wesley Harms Group stage 3 5 15 3 34 15 2 96 94.31
England Ricky Evans Group stage 3 5 15 1 18 19 4 76 93.57
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld Group stage 3 13 11 5 41 19 0 96 93.02
Netherlands Christian Kist Group stage 3 11 12 3 28 11 6 124 92.98
England Justin Pipe Group stage 3 9 12 2 32 12 5 101 92.90
England Dean Winstanley Group stage 3 9 12 3 27 16 3 91 92.77
England Michael Smith Group stage 3 8 13 3 26 14 5 121 91.20
England Stuart Kellett Group stage 3 9 14 3 27 10 5 78 90.54
England Kevin Painter Group stage 3 7 15 2 22 14 3 116 88.14
England Mark Walsh Group stage 3 6 12 2 26 10 2 101 87.52
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort Group stage 3 8 13 3 20 16 2 80 86.51
England Ross Smith Group stage 3 7 15 1 27 15 0 40 85.86
England Richie George Group stage 3 7 15 1 20 15 2 80 83.37

Source: Match reports from the draw.

References

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  2. ↑ "Grand Slam of Darts: Phil Taylor beats Adrian Lewis in record-breaking contest". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Taylor wins final after edging Lewis in a record-breaking classic". ESPN. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
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  6. ↑ "Win Earns Smith Challenge Tour Honour". PDC. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
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  8. 1 2 "William Hill Grand Slam Draw". PDC. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
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