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2011 Grand Slam of Darts

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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 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]

Scott Waites was the defending champion, but he was eliminated in the group stages. The title was won for the fourth time by Phil Taylor, who defeated Gary Anderson 16–4 in the final.[3][4]

Prize money

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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

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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 were changed this year, extending the dates back 5 years for respective World Champions to receive an invite.[citation needed]

Qualifying tournaments

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PDC

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Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
Grand Slam of Darts 2009 Winner England Phil Taylor England Phil Taylor
England Scott Waites
England Terry Jenkins
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
England James Wade
England Steve Beaton
England Wayne Jones
Canada John Part
Wales Mark Webster
England Adrian Lewis
Scotland Gary Anderson
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
England Wes Newton
Australia Paul Nicholson
England Mervyn King
Netherlands Co Stompé
Wales Barrie Bates
England Arron Monk
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
England James Hubbard
Runner-Up England Scott Waites
Semi-finalists England Terry Jenkins
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
2010 Winner England Scott Waites
Runner-Up England James Wade
Semi-finalists England Steve Beaton
England Wayne Jones
PDC World Darts Championship 2007 Winner Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
2008 Winner Canada John Part
2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
2010 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Australia Simon Whitlock[i]
Third Place Wales Mark Webster
Fourth Place Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
2011 Winner England Adrian Lewis
Runner-Up Scotland Gary Anderson
Semi-finalists England Terry Jenkins
Wales Mark Webster
World Matchplay 2010 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
2011 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England James Wade
World Grand Prix 2010 Winner England James Wade
Runner-Up England Adrian Lewis
2011 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
UK Open 2010 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Scotland Gary Anderson
2011 Winner England James Wade
Runner-Up England Wes Newton
Premier League Darts 2010 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England James Wade
2011 Winner Scotland Gary Anderson
Runner-Up England Adrian Lewis
European Championship 2010 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Wayne Jones
2011 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Adrian Lewis
Championship League Darts 2010 Winner England James Wade
Runner-Up England Phil Taylor
2011 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Australia Paul Nicholson
Players Championship Finals 2010 Winner Australia Paul Nicholson
Runner-Up England Mervyn King
2011 (1) Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Scotland Gary Anderson
PDC World Cup of Darts 2010 Winners Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Netherlands Co Stompé
Runners-Up Wales Mark Webster
Wales Barrie Bates
PDC World Youth Championship 2011 Winner England Arron Monk
2012 Finalists Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
England James Hubbard
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

BDO

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Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
BDO World Darts Championship 2007 Winner England Martin Adams England Ted Hankey
England Dave Chisnall
England Tony O'Shea
Wales Martin Phillips
England Dean Winstanley
Netherlands Jan Dekker
2008 Winner Wales Mark Webster
2009 Winner England Ted Hankey
2010 Winner England Martin Adams
Runner-Up England Dave Chisnall
Semi-finalists England Tony O'Shea
Wales Martin Phillips
2011 Winner England Martin Adams
Runner-Up England Dean Winstanley
Semi-finalists Netherlands Jan Dekker
Wales Martin Phillips
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Other qualifiers

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Criteria Player
Grand Slam of Darts Wildcards England Nigel Heydon
Sweden Magnus Caris
England Ian White[i]
Highest Ranked Non-Qualifier On PDC Order of Merit England Mark Walsh
Highest Ranked Non-Qualifier On Players Championship Order Of Merit England Justin Pipe
European Order of Merit Leader Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
  1. ^ a b Ian White was on the reserve list after the Wildcard Qualifier, and replaced Simon Whitlock, when he had to withdraw due to injury.

Pools

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Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
(Seeded Players) (qualifiers)

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

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Group stages

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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

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Second round (best of 19 legs)
17–18 November[11][12]
Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
19 November[13]
Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
20 November[14]
Final (best of 31 legs)
20 November[15]
            
A1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 90.42 9
B2 England Ted Hankey (BDO) 91.23 10
B2 England Ted Hankey (BDO) 89.54 14
A2 England Mark Walsh (RQ) 91.82 16
B1 England Dean Winstanley (BDO) 104.55 9
A2 England Mark Walsh (RQ) 98.32 10
A2 England Mark Walsh (RQ) 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 (BDO) 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

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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

References

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