2019 Grand Slam of Darts
The 2019 BoyleSports Grand Slam of Darts was the thirteenth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 9–17 November 2019 in Wolverhampton, England, and like in 2018, it took place at Aldersley Leisure Village.[1]
| 2019 BoyleSports Grand Slam of Darts | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 9–17 November 2019 | ||
| Venue | Aldersley Leisure Village | ||
| Location | Aldersley, Wolverhampton | ||
| Country |  | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £550,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £125,000 | ||
| High checkout | 167  | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
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The tournament's defending champion was Gerwyn Price, who won his first PDC major title by defeating Gary Anderson 16–13, in a highly controversial final in 2018.[2] Price successfully defended the title to win his second PDC major, beating Peter Wright 16–6 with the second highest average in a Grand Slam final.
Prize money
The prize fund for the Grand Slam increased from £450,000 in 2018 to £550,000 this year, with the winner getting £125,000.[3]
| Position (no. of players) | Prize Money (Total: £550,000) | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £125,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £65,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £40,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £20,000 |
| Last 16 (Second round) | (8) | £10,000 |
| Third in group | (8) | £7,500 |
| Fourth in group | (8) | £4,000 |
| Group winner bonus | (8) | £3,500 |
Qualifying
PDC Qualifying Tournaments
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At most sixteen players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.
As the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than sixteen players, the field of sixteen players is filled from the reserve lists. The first list consists of the winners from 2019 European Tour events, in which the winners are ordered by number of event wins then in Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.
| PDC European Tour | |||||
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| Tournament | Event | Position | Player | Qualifiers | |
| 2019 European Tour | |||||
| European Darts Open | Winner |  |
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| German Darts Championship | Winner |  | |||
| German Darts Grand Prix | Winner | | |||
| German Darts Open | Winner | | |||
| Austrian Darts Open | Winner | | |||
| European Darts Grand Prix | Winner | | |||
| Dutch Darts Masters | Winner | | |||
| Danish Darts Open | Winner | | |||
| Czech Darts Open | Winner | | |||
| Austrian Darts Championship | Winner |  | |||
| European Darts Matchplay | Winner | | |||
| International Darts Open | Winner | | |||
| Gibraltar Darts Trophy | Winner |  | |||
| Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament. | |||||
If there were still less than sixteen qualified players after the winners of European Tour events are added, then the winners of 2019 Players Championships events would have been added, firstly by winners of multiple events followed by Order of Merit order, but that was not needed for this year's competition.
PDC Qualifying Event
A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier in Wigan on 4 November. These are the qualifiers:
BDO Qualifying Tournaments
The men's and women's champions from the 2019 BDO World Darts Championship were invited, as was the winner of the 2019 BDO World Trophy.[4]
| Tournament | Year | Position | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| BDO World Darts Championship | 2019 | Men's Winner | |
| Women's Winner |  | ||
| BDO World Trophy | 2019 | Winner | |
BDO Ranking Qualifiers
The top ranked male and female players were invited.
Three more invitations were given to the next highest ranked men's players:
Pools
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
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| (PDC Seeded Players) | (PDC Qualifiers) | (BDO Representatives) | |
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Draw
Group stage
All group matches are best of nine legs
After three games, the top two in each group qualify for the knock-out stage
NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/− = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to Knockout Stage
Group A
9 November
10 November
12 November
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Group B
9 November
10 November
12 November
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Group C
9 November
10 November
12 November
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Group D
9 November
10 November
12 November
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Group E
9 November
10 November
11 November
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Group F
9 November
10 November
11 November
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Group G
9 November
10 November
11 November
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Group H
9 November
10 November
11 November
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Knockout stage
| Second round (best of 19 legs) 13–14 November | Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 15–16 November | Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 17 November | Final (best of 31 legs) 17 November | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| B2 | | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| A1 | | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| A2 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| B1 | | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| A2 | | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| A1 | | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| D2 | | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| D1 |  | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| D1 | | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| C2 | | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| F1 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| F2 | | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| F1 | | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| F1 | | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| F1 | | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| H2 | | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| G1 |  | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| H2 | | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| H2 | | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| H1 | | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| H1 | | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| G2 | | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
References
- "bwin Grand Slam Remains In Wolverhampton". PDC.
- "Grand Slam of Darts: Gerwyn Price beats Gary Anderson in bad-tempered final". BBC Sport. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- "Prize Money Soars Above £14m". PDC. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- Phillips, Josh. "BDO representatives confirmed for 2019 Grand Slam". PDC. Retrieved 17 October 2019.