2012 Grand Slam of Darts

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Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates November 10–18
Venue Civic Hall
Location Wolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Prize fund £400,000
Winners share £100,000
High checkout 170
Netherlands Wesley Harms
Last 16
vs Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Quarter-final (X2)
vs England Scott Waites
Semi-final
vs England Dean Winstanley
Final
vs Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Champion(s)
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
«2011  »

The 2012 Grand Slam of Darts, also known as the William Hill Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes, was the sixth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 10–18 November 2012 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. Phil Taylor was the defending champion, but was beaten in the Last 16 by Michael van Gerwen, who went on to make the final, but lost 16–14 to Raymond van Barneveld.

Contents

Prize Money [edit]

Stage Prize Money
(Total-£400,000)
Winner £100,000
Runner Up £50,000
Semi Final £25,000
Quarter Final £15,000
Last 16 £7,500
3rd in Group £5,000
4th in Group £2,500
Group Winner Bonus £2,500

Qualifying [edit]

Qualifying Tournaments [edit]

Players in italics had already qualified for the event.[1]

PDC [edit]

Tournament Year Position Player
Grand Slam of Darts 2011 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Scotland Gary Anderson
Semi-Finalist England Adrian Lewis
England Mark Walsh
2010 Winner England Scott Waites
Runner-Up England James Wade
Semi-Finalist England Steve Beaton
England Wayne Jones
PDC World Darts Championship 2012 Winner England Adrian Lewis
Runner-Up England Andy Hamilton
Semi-Finalist Australia Simon Whitlock
England James Wade
2011 Winner England Adrian Lewis
Runner-Up Scotland Gary Anderson
Semi-Finalist Wales Mark Webster
England Terry Jenkins
2010 Winner England Phil Taylor
2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
2008 Winner Canada John Part
World Matchplay 2012 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England James Wade
2011 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England James Wade
World Grand Prix 2012 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Runner-Up England Mervyn King
2011 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
UK Open 2012 Winner Scotland Robert Thornton
Runner-Up England Phil Taylor
2011 Winner England James Wade
Runner-Up England Wes Newton
Premier League Darts 2012 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Australia Simon Whitlock
2011 Winner Scotland Gary Anderson
Runner-Up England Adrian Lewis
Championship League Darts 2012 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Australia Simon Whitlock
2011 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Australia Paul Nicholson
Players Championship Finals 2011 (2) Winner England Kevin Painter
Runner-Up Wales Mark Webster
2011 (1) Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Scotland Gary Anderson
European Championship 2012 Winner Australia Simon Whitlock
Runner-Up England Wes Newton
2011 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Adrian Lewis
World Cup of Darts 2012 Winners England Phil Taylor
England Adrian Lewis
Runners-Up Australia Simon Whitlock
Australia Paul Nicholson
2010 Winners Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Netherlands Co Stompé
Runners-Up Wales Mark Webster
Wales Barrie Bates
PDC World Youth Championship 2012 Winner England James Hubbard
Runner-Up Netherlands Michael van Gerwen

BDO [edit]

Tournament Year Position Player
World Championship 2012 Winner Netherlands Christian Kist
Runner-Up England Tony O'Shea
Semi-Finalist Netherlands Wesley Harms
England Ted Hankey
2011 Winner England Martin Adams
Runner-Up England Dean Winstanley
Semi-Finalist Wales Martin Phillips
Netherlands Jan Dekker
2010 Winner England Martin Adams
2009 Winner England Ted Hankey
2008 Winner Wales Mark Webster

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 [edit]

PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Order of Merit [edit]

Arron Monk qualified as the highest ranked player on the PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Order of Merit.

Qualified Players [edit]

Professional Darts Corporation [edit]

British Darts Organisation [edit]

Pools [edit]

Seeded Players Pool B Pool C Pool D

England Phil Taylor (1)
England Adrian Lewis (2)
Netherlands Christian Kist (3)
England James Wade (4)
Australia Simon Whitlock (5)
England Wes Newton (6)
England Andy Hamilton (7)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (8)

Scotland Gary Anderson
Netherlands Jan Dekker
England Terry Jenkins
Australia Paul Nicholson
England Kevin Painter
Scotland Robert Thornton
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
England Scott Waites

Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
England Ted Hankey
Netherlands Wesley Harms
England Mervyn King
Canada John Part
England Mark Walsh
Wales Mark Webster
England Dean Winstanley

Wales Barrie Bates
England Steve Beaton
England James Hubbard
England Wayne Jones
England Arron Monk
England Tony O'Shea
Wales Martin Phillips
Netherlands Co Stompe

Draw and results [edit]

Group stage [edit]

[2]

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

Group A [edit]

Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts
1 England Scott Waites 3 2 1 13 8 +5 4 Q
2 England Phil Taylor 3 2 1 12 8 +4 4 Q
3 Wales Mark Webster 3 1 2 9 13 −4 2 Eliminated
4 Netherlands Co Stompé 3 1 2 7 12 −5 2

November 10[3]

(92.35) Scott Waites England 3 – 5 Wales Mark Webster (94.32)
(100.38) Phil Taylor England 5 – 1 Netherlands Co Stompé (88.18)

November 11[4]

(103.79) Scott Waites England 5 – 1 Netherlands Co Stompé (97.54)
(94.81) Phil Taylor England 5 – 2 Wales Mark Webster (92.30)

November 13[5]

(83.78) Mark Webster Wales 2 – 5 Netherlands Co Stompé (87.29)
(95.63) Phil Taylor England 2 – 5 England Scott Waites (102.77)

Group B [edit]

Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 3 3 0 15 5 +10 6 Q
2 Scotland Robert Thornton 3 2 1 13 9 +4 4 Q
3 England Ted Hankey 3 1 2 5 13 −8 2 Eliminated
4 England Steve Beaton 3 0 3 9 15 −6 0

November 10[3]

(84.44) Robert Thornton Scotland 5 – 0 England Ted Hankey (84.57)
(103.42) Michael van Gerwen Netherlands 5 – 2 England Steve Beaton (92.71)

November 11[4]

(91.28) Steve Beaton England 3 – 5 England Ted Hankey (90.82)
(91.49) Michael van Gerwen Netherlands 5 – 3 Scotland Robert Thornton (91.91)

November 13

(93.44) Robert Thornton Scotland 5 – 4 England Steve Beaton (97.60)
(90.54) Michael van Gerwen Netherlands 5 – 0 England Ted Hankey (59.67)

Group C [edit]

Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts
1 England Dean Winstanley 3 2 1 14 8 +6 4 Q
2 England Kevin Painter 3 2 1 14 12 +2 4 Q
3 Australia Simon Whitlock 3 2 1 11 11 0 4 Eliminated
4 England James Hubbard 3 0 3 7 15 −8 0

November 10[3]

(88.18) Kevin Painter England 5 – 4 England Dean Winstanley (89.77)
(96.50) Simon Whitlock Australia 5 – 2 England James Hubbard (91.42)

November 11[4]

(89.45) Dean Winstanley England 5 – 2 England James Hubbard (91.36)
(85.98) Simon Whitlock Australia 5 – 4 England Kevin Painter (88.32)

November 13[5]

(92.50) Kevin Painter England 5 – 3 England James Hubbard (81.65)
(92.96) Simon Whitlock Australia 1 – 5 England Dean Winstanley (100.63)

Group D [edit]

Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts
1 England Mervyn King 3 3 0 15 6 +9 6 Q
2 England Arron Monk 3 2 1 13 7 +6 4 Q
3 England James Wade 3 1 2 8 11 −3 2 Eliminated
4 Netherlands Jan Dekker 3 0 3 3 15 −12 0

November 10[3]

(73.45) Jan Dekker Netherlands 1 – 5 England Mervyn King (91.78)
(82.06) James Wade England 1 – 5 England Arron Monk (79.49)

November 11[4]

(99.41) James Wade England 5 – 1 Netherlands Jan Dekker 84.67
(99.53) Mervyn King England 5 – 3 England Arron Monk (88.20)

November 13[5]

(71.17) Jan Dekker Netherlands 1 – 5 England Arron Monk (83.85)
(92.71) James Wade England 2 – 5 England Mervyn King (97.78)

Group E [edit]

Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts
1 Canada John Part 3 2 1 14 11 +3 4 Q
2 Scotland Gary Anderson 3 2 1 14 13 +1 4 Q
3 England Tony O'Shea 3 1 2 13 14 −1 2 Eliminated
4 England Adrian Lewis 3 1 2 11 14 −3 2

November 11[6]

(88.41) Adrian Lewis England 4 – 5 England Tony O'Shea (90.71)
(95.22) Gary Anderson Scotland 5 – 4 Canada John Part (85.50)

November 12[7]

(78.35) Adrian Lewis England 2 – 5 Canada John Part (78.66)
(96.58) Gary Anderson Scotland 5 – 4 England Tony O'Shea (89.96)

November 14[8]

(95.26) Adrian Lewis England 5 – 4 Scotland Gary Anderson (94.05)
(80.19) John Part Canada 5 − 4 England Tony O'Shea (84.95)

Group F [edit]

Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts
1 England Andy Hamilton 3 3 0 15 7 +8 6 Q
2 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 3 2 1 11 7 +4 4 Q
3 Australia Paul Nicholson 3 1 2 11 10 +1 2 Eliminated
4 Wales Barrie Bates 3 0 3 2 15 −13 0

November 11[6]

(85.95) Paul Nicholson Australia 2 – 5 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan (88.20)
(87.92) Andy Hamilton England 5 – 2 Wales Barrie Bates (78.19)

November 12[7]

(91.65) Paul Nicholson Australia 5 – 0 Wales Barrie Bates (73.54)
(89.63) Andy Hamilton England 5 – 1 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan (85.85)

November 14[8]

(91.65) Brendan Dolan Northern Ireland 5 – 0 Wales Barrie Bates (74.19)
(97.31) Andy Hamilton England 5 – 4 Australia Paul Nicholson (94.65)

Group G [edit]

Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts
1 England Wes Newton 3 3 0 15 6 +9 6 Q
2 Netherlands Wesley Harms 3 2 1 12 9 +3 4 Q
3 England Terry Jenkins 3 1 2 9 12 −3 2 Eliminated
4 Wales Martin Phillips 3 0 3 6 15 −9 0

November 11[6]

(97.13) Terry Jenkins England 2 – 5 Netherlands Wesley Harms (101.79)
(93.39) Wes Newton England 5 – 2 Wales Martin Phillips (87.66)

November 12[7]

(86.39) Terry Jenkins England 5 – 2 Wales Martin Phillips (82.41)
(89.84) Wes Newton England 5 – 2 Netherlands Wesley Harms (81.08)

November 14[8]

(93.16) Wesley Harms Netherlands 5 – 2 Wales Martin Phillips (86.80)
(102.46) Wes Newton England 5 – 2 England Terry Jenkins (87.95)

Group H [edit]

Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts
1 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 3 2 1 14 7 +7 4 Q
2 Netherlands Christian Kist 3 2 1 14 10 +4 4 Q
3 England Mark Walsh 3 2 1 10 13 −3 4 Eliminated
4 England Wayne Jones 3 0 3 7 15 −8 0

November 11[6]

(96.35) Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands 5 – 0 England Mark Walsh (85.00)
(97.21) Christian Kist Netherlands 5 – 1 England Wayne Jones (83.51)

November 12[7]

(87.40) Mark Walsh England 5 – 4 England Wayne Jones (91.49)
(83.19) Christian Kist Netherlands 5 – 4 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (84.52)

November 14[8]

(94.73) Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands 5 − 2 England Wayne Jones (91.06)
(90.09) Netherlands Christian Kist 4 − 5 England Mark Walsh (85.12)

Knockout stage [edit]

  Second Round (best of 19)
15–16 November
[9][10]		 Quarter Finals (best of 31)
17 November
[11]		 Semi Finals (best of 31)
18 November
[12]		 Final (best of 31)
18 November
[13]
                                     
A1  England Scott Waites 103.67 10  
B2  Scotland Robert Thornton 102.42 8  
  A1  England Scott Waites 98.04 12  
   
  B1  Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 106.63 16  
B1  Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 108.38 10
 
A2  England Phil Taylor 104.89 5  
  B1  Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 101.83 16  
  C1  England Dean Winstanley 98.94 8  
C1  England Dean Winstanley 94.73 10  
 
D2  England Arron Monk 93.46 5  
  C1  England Dean Winstanley 90.45 16
   
  C2  England Kevin Painter 91.78 12  
D1  England Mervyn King 89.63 5
 
C2  England Kevin Painter 91.10 10  
  B1  Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 98.55 14
  H1  Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 95.79 16
E1  Canada John Part 89.10 10  
F2  Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 85.40 6  
  E1  Canada John Part 90.19 12
   
  F1  England Andy Hamilton 95.37 16  
F1  England Andy Hamilton 98.76 10
 
E2  Scotland Gary Anderson 101.90 9  
  F1  England Andy Hamilton 95.87 10
  H1  Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 97.54 16  
G1  England Wes Newton 93.71 9  
H2  Netherlands Christian Kist 89.78 10  
  H2  Netherlands Christian Kist 93.05 10
   
  H1  Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 100.57 16  
H1  Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 104.56 10
G2  Netherlands Wesley Harms 97.50 4  

Statistics [edit]

Player Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 7 72 45 148 84 35 156 96.29
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 7 71 46 145 92 35 170 100.12
England Andy Hamilton 6 51 44 117 59 17 152 94.14
England Dean Winstanley 6 48 41 107 66 20 142 94.00
England Scott Waites 5 35 32 73 55 23 148 100.12
Netherlands Christian Kist 5 34 36 78 38 19 128 90.66
England Kevin Painter 5 36 33 89 46 12 121 90.38
Canada John Part 5 36 33 89 35 2 121 84.73
England Phil Taylor 4 17 18 53 26 1 164 98.93
Scotland Gary Anderson 4 23 23 65 27 17 130 96.94
England Wes Newton 4 24 16 60 20 14 164 94.85
England Mervyn King 4 20 16 49 29 4 126 94.68
Netherlands Wesley Harms 4 16 19 53 26 6 170 93.38
Scotland Robert Thornton 4 21 19 57 33 5 90 93.16
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 4 17 17 49 20 4 123 87.78
England Arron Monk 4 18 17 48 24 5 126 86.25
Australia Simon Whitlock 3 11 11 25 13 7 96 91.81
England Mark Walsh 3 10 13 25 12 5 164 85.84
Netherlands Co Stompé 3 7 12 22 12 2 67 91.00
Wales Mark Webster 3 9 13 31 12 3 131 90.13
Australia Paul Nicholson 3 11 10 30 12 4 88 90.75
England Terry Jenkins 3 9 12 24 12 8 78 90.49
England James Wade 3 8 11 25 16 2 116 89.73
England Tony O'Shea 3 13 14 36 15 9 100 88.54
England Adrian Lewis 3 11 14 28 14 4 147 87.34
England Ted Hankey 3 5 13 21 9 4 161 78.35
England Steve Beaton 3 9 15 33 13 6 124 92.00
England Wayne Jones 3 8 15 31 12 6 116 88.69
England James Hubbard 3 7 15 27 7 5 100 88.14
Wales Martin Phillips 3 6 15 29 13 3 61 85.62
Netherlands Jan Dekker 3 3 15 10 5 2 72 76.43
Wales Barrie Bates 3 2 15 19 6 1 59 75.31

Source: Match reports in the draw

Broadcasting [edit]

Sky Sports provided television coverage of the event in the United Kingdom, Fox Sports in Australia, OSN across the Middle East and it was available online and partially televised on RTL7 in the Netherlands.[2]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "2012 Grand Slam Of Darts Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 11 November 2012. 
  2. ^ a b "William Hill Grand Slam Schedule". PDC. Retrieved 11 November 2012. 
  3. ^ a b c d "William Hill Grand Slam Day One". PDC. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2012. 
  4. ^ a b c d "William Hill Grand Slam - Sunday Evening". PDC. Retrieved 12 November 2012. 
  5. ^ a b c "William Hill Grand Slam – Tuesday". PDC. Retrieved 14 November 2012. 
  6. ^ a b c d "William Hill Grand Slam – Sunday Afternoon". PDC. Retrieved 12 November 2012. 
  7. ^ a b c d "William Hill Grand Slam – Monday". PDC. Retrieved 13 November 2012. 
  8. ^ a b c d "William Hill Grand Slam – Wednesday". PDC. Retrieved 15 November 2012. 
  9. ^ "William Hill Grand Slam – Thursday". PDC. Retrieved 16 November 2012. 
  10. ^ "William Hill Grand Slam – Friday". PDC. Retrieved 16 November 2012. 
  11. ^ "William Hill Grand Slam Quarter-Finals". PDC. Retrieved 17 November 2012. 
  12. ^ "William Hill Grand Slam Semi-Finals". PDC. Retrieved 19 November 2012. 
  13. ^ "Brilliant Barney's Grand Slam Triumph!". PDC. Retrieved 19 November 2012. 

External links [edit]
2012 in PDC darts
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PDC Pro Tour
European Tour
UK Open Qualifiers
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