2010 Grand Slam of Darts

2010 Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates13–21 November 2010
VenueWolverhampton Civic Hall
LocationWolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£400,000
Winner's share£100,000
High checkout170 England Colin Lloyd
170 Scotland Gary Anderson
Champion(s)
England Scott Waites
«2009 2011»
Darts tournament

The 2010 Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts was the fourth staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 13–21 November 2010 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England. Television coverage of the tournament was covered by ITV Sport, with live coverage on ITV4. It would prove to be the final time a Grand Slam tournament would be broadcast on ITV Sport, as Sky Sports took over broadcasting rights the following year.

Although 8–0 down at one stage, Scott Waites made a remarkable comeback to defeat James Wade 16–12 in the final, becoming the first and only member of the British Darts Organisation to win this event.[1]

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 offering a qualifying position for the winner and runner-up of the tournament, however the World Championships and the Grand Slams offers 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.

Qualifying tournaments

PDC

Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
Grand Slam of Darts 2008 Winner England Phil Taylor England Phil Taylor
England Terry Jenkins
England Mervyn King
Scotland Gary Anderson
England Scott Waites
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
England James Wade
Australia Simon Whitlock
Wales Mark Webster
England Adrian Lewis
England Colin Osborne
Netherlands Co Stompé
England Steve Beaton
England Wayne Jones
England Denis Ovens
Scotland Robert Thornton
Australia Paul Nicholson
United States Stacy Bromberg
England Tricia Wright
England Arron Monk
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Runner-Up England Terry Jenkins
Semi-finalists England Mervyn King
Scotland Gary Anderson
2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Scott Waites
Semi-finalists England Terry Jenkins
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
PDC World Darts Championship 2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Semi-finalists England Mervyn King
England James Wade
2010 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Australia Simon Whitlock
Third Place Wales Mark Webster
Fourth Place Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
World Matchplay 2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Terry Jenkins
2010 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
World Grand Prix 2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
2010 Winner England James Wade
Runner-Up England Adrian Lewis
Las Vegas Desert Classic 2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
UK Open 2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Colin Osborne
2010 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Scotland Gary Anderson
Premier League Darts 2009 Winner England James Wade
Runner-Up England Mervyn King
2010 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England James Wade
German Darts Championship 2008 Winner Netherlands Co Stompé
Runner-Up England Phil Taylor
2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Mervyn King
European Championship 2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Steve Beaton
2010 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Wayne Jones
Championship League Darts 2009 Winner England Colin Osborne
Runner-Up England Phil Taylor
2010 Winner England James Wade
Runner-Up England Phil Taylor
Players Championship Finals 2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Scotland Robert Thornton
2010 Winner Australia Paul Nicholson
Runner-Up England Mervyn King
PDC Women's World Championship 2010 Winner United States Stacy Bromberg
Runner-Up England Tricia Wright
PDC Under-21 World Championship 2011 Finalists England Arron Monk
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

BDO

Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
BDO World Darts Championship 2009 Winner England Ted Hankey England Ted Hankey
England Tony O'Shea
England Darryl Fitton
England Dave Chisnall
Wales Martin Phillips
Runner-Up England Tony O'Shea
Semi-finalists England Darryl Fitton
England Martin Adams
2010 Winner England Martin Adams
Runner-Up England Dave Chisnall
Semi-finalists England Tony O'Shea
Wales Martin Phillips
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

The PDC 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.[2]

Other Qualifiers

Criteria Player
ITV Wildcard England Wes Newton
Scotland John Henderson
England Mark Hylton
England Justin Pipe
Highest Ranked Non-Qualifier On PDC Order of Merit England Ronnie Baxter
Highest Ranked Non-Qualifier On Players Championship Order Of Merit England Colin Lloyd
European Order of Merit Leader Netherlands Vincent van der Voort

Draw

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

Group A

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1 Scotland Robert Thornton 3 3 0 15 6 +9 6 Advance to the last 16
2 England Colin Osborne 3 2 1 12 12 0 4
3 England Dave Chisnall (BDO) 3 1 2 10 11 −1 2 Eliminated
4 Australia Simon Whitlock (3) 3 0 3 7 15 −8 0

13 November

86.16 Colin Osborne England 2 – 5 Scotland Robert Thornton 90.50
87.61 Simon Whitlock Australia 1 – 5 England Dave Chisnall 91.83

14 November

99.46 Colin Osborne England 5 – 4 Australia Simon Whitlock 101.00
96.60 Robert Thornton Scotland 5 – 2 England Dave Chisnall 94.91

16 November

95.25 Robert Thornton Scotland 5 – 2 Australia Simon Whitlock 93.98
93.78 Dave Chisnall England 3 – 5 England Colin Osborne 101.73

Group B

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1 Scotland Gary Anderson (6) 3 2 1 13 7 +6 4 Advance to the last 16
2 England Wayne Jones 3 2 1 12 10 +2 4
3 Wales Mark Webster 3 2 1 12 11 +1 4 Eliminated
4 England Mark Hylton (Q) 3 0 3 6 15 −9 0

13 November

98.88 Gary Anderson Scotland 5 – 0 England Mark Hylton 90.52
93.79 Wayne Jones England 5 – 2 Wales Mark Webster 88.08

14 November

87.98 Mark Hylton England 3 – 5 Wales Mark Webster 92.57
93.70 Gary Anderson Scotland 5 – 2 England Wayne Jones 89.57

16 November

86.21 Mark Hylton England 3 – 5 England Wayne Jones 88.87
95.75 Mark Webster Wales 5 – 3 Scotland Gary Anderson 91.45

Group C

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1 England Mervyn King (7) 3 3 0 15 8 +7 6 Advance to the last 16
2 England Terry Jenkins 3 2 1 13 7 +6 4
3 Scotland John Henderson (BDO, Q) 3 1 2 11 12 −1 2 Eliminated
4 United States Stacy Bromberg 3 0 3 3 15 −12 0

13 November

81.76 Mervyn King England 5 – 1 United States Stacy Bromberg 61.64
89.97 Terry Jenkins England 5 – 2 Scotland John Henderson 89.82

14 November

68.83 Stacy Bromberg United States 2 – 5 Scotland John Henderson 82.45
90.99 Mervyn King Scotland 5 – 3 England Terry Jenkins 90.97

16 November

70.96 Stacy Bromberg United States 0 – 5 England Terry Jenkins 87.38
92.16 John Henderson Scotland 4 – 5 England Mervyn King 87.69

Group D

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1 England Tony O'Shea (BDO) 3 3 0 15 6 +9 6 Advance to the last 16
2 England James Wade (2) 3 2 1 11 11 0 4
3 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (RQ) 3 1 2 10 11 −1 2 Eliminated
4 England Justin Pipe (Q) 3 0 3 7 15 −8 0

13 November

102.63 Tony O'Shea England 5 – 1 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 100.92
88.61 James Wade England 5 – 2 England Justin Pipe 87.55

14 November

85.58 Vincent van der Voort Netherlands 5 – 1 England Justin Pipe 87.72
82.65 James Wade England 1 – 5 England Tony O'Shea 93.48

16 November

82.10 Justin Pipe England 4 – 5 England Tony O'Shea 92.15
94.17 Vincent van der Voort Netherlands 4 – 5 England James Wade 90.02

Group E

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1 England Scott Waites (BDO) 3 3 0 15 8 +7 6 Advance to the last 16
2 Netherlands Co Stompé 3 2 1 14 12 +2 4
3 Wales Martin Phillips (BDO) 3 1 2 10 12 −2 2 Eliminated
4 England Adrian Lewis (5) 3 0 3 8 15 −7 0

14 November

91.66 Adrian Lewis England 2 – 5 Wales Martin Phillips 96.79
91.74 Co Stompé Netherlands 4 – 5 England Scott Waites 93.13

15 November

94.25 Adrian Lewis England 3 – 5 Netherlands Co Stompé 90.15
103.28 Martin Phillips Wales 1 – 5 England Scott Waites 103.38

17 November

98.53 Scott Waites England 5 – 3 England Adrian Lewis 93.91
94.30 Co Stompé Netherlands 5 – 4 Wales Martin Phillips 95.30

Group F

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1 England Colin Lloyd (RQ) 3 3 0 15 8 +7 6 Advance to the last 16
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (4) 3 2 1 13 6 +7 4
3 England Darryl Fitton (BDO) 3 1 2 10 13 −3 2 Eliminated
4 England Tricia Wright 3 0 3 4 15 −11 0

14 November

86.38 Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands 5 – 0 England Tricia Wright 65.07
91.86 Colin Lloyd England 5 – 4 England Darryl Fitton 90.43

15 November

87.86 Darryl Fitton England 5 – 3 England Tricia Wright 76.47
94.34 Colin Lloyd England 5 – 3 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 97.30

17 November

82.36 Tricia Wright England 1 – 5 England Colin Lloyd 91.93
78.85 Darryl Fitton England 1 – 5 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 91.26

Group G

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1 England Ronnie Baxter (RQ) 3 2 1 13 8 +5 4 Advance to the last 16
2 England Steve Beaton 3 2 1 12 7 +5 4
3 Australia Paul Nicholson (8) 3 2 1 11 12 −1 4 Eliminated
4 England Arron Monk 3 0 3 6 15 −9 0

14 November

95.43 Paul Nicholson Australia 5 – 4 England Arron Monk 92.47
89.92 Ronnie Baxter England 5 – 2 England Steve Beaton 88.29

15 November

94.73 Arron Monk England 1 – 5 England Steve Beaton 100.48
89.86 Paul Nicholson Australia 5 – 3 England Ronnie Baxter 87.28

17 November

95.44 Arron Monk England 1 – 5 England Ronnie Baxter 98.87
97.25 Steve Beaton England 5 – 1 Australia Paul Nicholson 90.80

Group H

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1 England Ted Hankey (BDO) 3 3 0 15 11 +4 6 Advance to the last 16
2 England Phil Taylor (1) 3 2 1 14 9 +5 4
3 England Wes Newton (Q) 3 1 2 11 14 −3 2 Eliminated
4 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 3 0 3 9 15 −6 0

14 November

89.88 Phil Taylor England 5 – 1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 76.01
86.77 Wes Newton England 3 – 5 England Ted Hankey 93.02

15 November

90.12 Michael van Gerwen Netherlands 4 – 5 England Wes Newton 88.10
97.22 Phil Taylor England 4 – 5 England Ted Hankey 103.75

17 November

92.09 Ted Hankey England 5 – 4 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 89.17
93.82 Wes Newton England 3 – 5 England Phil Taylor 108.25

Knockout stages

Second round (best of 19 legs)
18–19 November 		Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
20 November 		Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
21 November 		Final (best of 31 legs)
21 November
            
A1 Scotland Robert Thornton 90.41 6
B2 England Wayne Jones 90.62 10
B2 England Wayne Jones 94.65 16
B1 Scotland Gary Anderson (6) 95.78 15
B1 Scotland Gary Anderson (6) 98.54 10
A2 England Colin Osborne 84.20 3
B2 England Wayne Jones 94.06 6
D2 England James Wade (2) 96.77 16
C1 England Mervyn King (7) 95.39 9
D2 England James Wade (2) 92.80 10
D2 England James Wade (2) 94.41 16
C2 England Terry Jenkins 95.10 15
D1 England Tony O'Shea (BDO) 101.24 7
C2 England Terry Jenkins 96.71 10
D2 England James Wade (2) 92.79 12
E1 England Scott Waites (BDO) 99.86 16
E1 England Scott Waites (BDO) 91.35 10
F2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (4) 89.02 7
E1 England Scott Waites (BDO) 93.69 16
E2 Netherlands Co Stompé 93.15 10
F1 England Colin Lloyd (RQ) 96.53 4
E2 Netherlands Co Stompé 101.44 10
E1 England Scott Waites (BDO) 97.41 16
G2 England Steve Beaton 94.14 9
G1 England Ronnie Baxter (RQ) 91.83 1
H2 England Phil Taylor (1) 99.75 10
H2 England Phil Taylor (1) 100.17 14
G2 England Steve Beaton 97.14 16
H1 England Ted Hankey (BDO) 90.26 6
G2 England Steve Beaton 101.31 10

Statistics

Player Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
England Phil Taylor 5 99.05
Wales Martin Phillips 3 98.46
England Tony O'Shea 4 97.38
England Scott Waites 7 96.81
England Steve Beaton 6 96.44
Scotland Gary Anderson 5 95.67
England Ted Hankey 4 94.78
England Arron Monk 3 94.21
Australia Simon Whitlock 3 94.20
Netherlands Co Stompé 5 94.16
England Colin Lloyd 4 93.67
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 3 93.56
England Dave Chisnall 3 93.51
Scotland Robert Thornton 4 93.27
England Adrian Lewis 3 93.23
England Colin Osborne 4 92.89
Wales Mark Webster 3 92.13
Australia Paul Nicholson 3 92.03
England Ronnie Baxter 4 91.98
England Terry Jenkins 5 91.91
England Wayne Jones 6 91.86
England James Wade 7 91.25
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 4 90.99
England Wes Newton 3 89.96
England Mervyn King 4 88.96
England Mark Hylton 3 88.24
Scotland John Henderson 3 88.14
England Justin Pipe 3 85.79
England Darryl Fitton 3 85.71
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 3 85.10
England Tricia Wright 3 74.83
United States Stacy Bromberg 3 67.14

References

  1. ^ "Glory For Comeback Kid Waites". planetdarts.tv. 21 November 2010. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Waites Takes Adams' Spot". planetdarts.tv. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 1 August 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2009.

External links

  • Netzone, with results and news
  • ITV's coverage of the event