2011 Grand Slam of Darts

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.

2011 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates12–20 November 2011
VenueWolverhampton Civic Hall
LocationWolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£400,000
Winner's share£100,000
High checkout161 James Wade
161 Ted Hankey
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«2010 2012»

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
Position (num. of players) Prize Money
(Total: £400,000)
Winner (1) £100,000
Runner-up (1) £50,000
Semi-finalists (2) £25,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £15,000
Last 16 (Second round) (8) £7,500
Third in group (8) £5,000
Fourth in group (8) £2,500
Group winner bonus (8) £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 4 November to:

Grand Slam of Darts Wildcards

The Grand Slam of Darts Wildcard qualifier was held at the K2 Centre in Crawley on 4 November. 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 4 August, 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

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

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

Co Stompé
Brendan Dolan
John Part
Justin Pipe
Steve Beaton
Barrie Bates
Tony O'Shea
Ted Hankey

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

Draw and results

Group Stages

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

NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; RQ = Ranking Qualifier; Q = Qualifier
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 legs)
17–18 November[16][17] 		Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
19 November[18] 		Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
20 November[19] 		Final (best of 31 legs)
20 November[20]
            
A1 Michael van Gerwen 90.42 9
B2 Ted Hankey (BDO) 91.23 10
B2 Ted Hankey (BDO) 89.54 14
A2 Mark Walsh (RQ) 91.82 16
B1 Dean Winstanley (BDO) 104.55 9
A2 Mark Walsh (RQ) 98.32 10
A2 Mark Walsh (RQ) 88.81 11
C1 Gary Anderson (5) 94.77 16
C1 Gary Anderson (5) 100.45 10
D2 James Wade (4) 96.83 3
C1 Gary Anderson (5) 99.97 16
D1 Terry Jenkins 93.59 12
D1 Terry Jenkins 95.35 10
C2 Wayne Jones 91.87 8
C1 Gary Anderson (5) 98.92 4
E1 Phil Taylor (2) 109.04 16
E1 Phil Taylor (2) 112.37 10
F2 Wes Newton (7) 94.15 3
E1 Phil Taylor (2) 104.46 16
F1 Paul Nicholson 95.24 7
F1 Paul Nicholson 96.43 10
E2 Steve Beaton 95.06 8
E1 Phil Taylor (2) 107.76 16
H1 Adrian Lewis (3) 101.10 9
G1 Mark Webster (6) 89.59 10
H2 Martin Phillips (BDO) 84.91 8
G1 Mark Webster (6) 94.59 5
H1 Adrian Lewis (3) 100.30 16
H1 Adrian Lewis (3) 92.75 10
G2 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
Phil Taylor Winner 7 73 30 135 83 29 124 103.32
Gary Anderson Final 7 59 49 133 79 41 140 96.49
Adrian Lewis Semi-finals 6 50 36 99 59 30 152 97.42
Mark Walsh Semi-finals 6 49 49 148 58 22 138 91.67
Paul Nicholson Quarter-finals 5 32 32 79 50 20 144 96.06
Mark Webster Quarter-finals 5 30 32 84 44 15 111 95.27
Terry Jenkins Quarter-finals 5 33 35 99 42 16 126 93.27
Ted Hankey Quarter-finals 5 34 34 90 51 18 161 89.94
John Part Second round 4 19 20 37 20 9 118 86.91
James Wade Second round 4 16 23 58 28 5 161 94.99
Michael van Gerwen Second round 4 22 20 55 23 6 144 93.58
Dean Winstanley Second round 4 24 16 45 29 17 138 93.34
Steve Beaton Second round 4 21 20 59 23 7 141 91.37
Wayne Jones Second round 4 19 20 53 27 8 122 90.69
Martin Phillips Second round 4 22 19 58 36 5 100 90.47
Wes Newton Second round 4 17 18 41 14 10 100 90.18
Raymond van Barneveld Group stage 3 8 15 25 19 1 80 86.82
Arron Monk Group stage 3 8 15 22 13 5 60 86.11
Jan Dekker Group stage 3 10 11 30 8 1 104 85.48
James Hubbard Group stage 3 6 15 20 14 1 40 81.90
Magnus Caris Group stage 3 11 11 26 28 2 81 94.75
Dave Chisnall Group stage 3 12 14 30 12 9 86 93.42
Justin Pipe Group stage 3 13 11 33 22 2 160 90.44
Brendan Dolan Group stage 3 8 13 30 19 1 101 90.26
Mervyn King Group stage 3 11 13 25 22 5 101 91.36
Co Stompé Group stage 3 8 13 33 12 4 121 93.22
Scott Waites Group stage 3 12 12 28 13 8 125 93.15
Nigel Heydon Group stage 3 11 13 27 14 5 121 89.48
Ian White Group stage 3 11 14 29 11 8 112 88.85
Vincent van der Voort Group stage 3 7 15 30 14 3 101 87.20
Tony O'Shea Group stage 3 9 14 33 12 8 64 92.78
Barrie Bates Group stage 3 2 15 27 7 72 78.27

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