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Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
DatesNovember 8–16
VenueCivic Hall
LocationWolverhampton
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£400,000
Winner's share£100,000
Nine-dart finishBelgium Kim Huybrechts
High checkout170 England Robbie Green
170 England James Wade
170 England Dave Chisnall
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2013 2015»

The 2014 Grand Slam of Darts, also known as the Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes, was the eighth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 8–16 November 2014 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion and won the title for the a sixth time by defeating Dave Chisnall 16–13 in the final.[1][2] In his quarter-final victory over Michael van Gerwen, Belgian player Kim Huybrechts threw a nine-dart finish.[3]

Prize Money

[4]

Stage Prize Money
(Total: £400,000)
Winner £100,000
Runner-up £50,000
Semi-finalists £25,000
Quarter-finalists £15,000
Last 16 £7,500
Third in group £5,000
Fourth in group £2,500
Group winner bonus £2,500

Qualifying

Qualifying Tournaments

Players in italics had already qualified for the event. For the first time, winners of the European Tour events were invited to the Grand Slam of Darts. [5]

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

Wigan Qualifiers

To fill the field to 32 contestants, a Grand Slam Qualifier was held on 3 November.[6]

Qualified Players

These are the players who qualified for the event:

Pools

[7]

Seeded Players Pool B Pool C Pool D

Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (1)
England Phil Taylor (2)
England Stephen Bunting (3)
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (4)
England Adrian Lewis (5)
England James Wade (6)
Scotland Peter Wright (7)
England Alan Norris (8)

Scotland Gary Anderson
England Dave Chisnall
England Andy Hamilton
Belgium Kim Huybrechts
England Mervyn King
Scotland Robert Thornton
England Scott Waites
Australia Simon Whitlock

England Keegan Brown
Netherlands Jan Dekker
England Terry Jenkins
Netherlands Christian Kist
England Tony O'Shea
England Michael Smith
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
England Dean Winstanley

Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
England Jamie Caven
England Richie George
England Robbie Green
Netherlands Wesley Harms
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts
Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez
England Darren Webster

Draw

Group stage

[8][9][10][11][12]

All matches first-to-5/best of 9 legs

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

Knockout stage

Second round (best of 19 legs)
12–13 November
[13][14] 		Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
14–15 November
[3][15] 		Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
16 November
[16] 		Final (best of 31 legs)
16 November
[17]
            
A1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (88.64) 10
B2 England Terry Jenkins (85.66) 4
A1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (103.87) 10
A2 Belgium Kim Huybrechts (104.83) 16
B1 England Alan Norris (90.39) 5
A2 Belgium Kim Huybrechts (97.92) 10
A2 Belgium Kim Huybrechts (97.36) 15
C1 England Dave Chisnall (96.64) 16
C1 England Dave Chisnall (91.55) 10
D2 England Robbie Green (84.13) 3
C1 England Dave Chisnall (96.64) 16
C2 England Keegan Brown (97.68) 14
D1 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (91.46) 7
C2 England Keegan Brown (97.95) 10
C1 England Dave Chisnall (98.02) 13
E1 England Phil Taylor (102.45) 16
E1 England Phil Taylor (101.70) 10
F2 Scotland Peter Wright (99.05) 4
E1 England Phil Taylor (107.28) 16
F1 England Michael Smith (86.45) 3
F1 England Michael Smith (99.97) 10
E2 Netherlands Christian Kist (89.12) 5
E1 England Phil Taylor (101.61) 16
G1 England Mervyn King (94.84) 9
G1 England Mervyn King (94.12) 10
H2 Scotland Gary Anderson (96.32) 4
G1 England Mervyn King (96.01) 16
H1 England Stephen Bunting (96.54) 9
H1 England Stephen Bunting (98.24) 10
G2 England James Wade (95.45) 8

Statistics

[18]

Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
England Phil Taylor Winner 7 73 33 160 70 28 140 103.82
England Dave Chisnall Runner-up 7 67 55 151 81 39 170 96.57
England Mervyn King Semi-finals 6 50 41 129 54 24 164 92.68
Belgium Kim Huybrechts Semi-finals 6 53 39 105 70 33 155 98.38
England Stephen Bunting Quarter-finals 5 34 29 77 52 12 145 97.55
England Keegan Brown Quarter-finals 5 35 32 95 53 17 130 97.30
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Quarter-finals 5 35 26 70 40 17 141 96.74
England Michael Smith Quarter-finals 5 28 28 55 35 18 127 94.04
Scotland Gary Anderson Second round 4 16 16 43 26 10 106 97.44
Scotland Peter Wright Second round 4 18 20 56 26 10 135 95.78
England James Wade Second round 4 22 17 70 24 5 170 94.02
Netherlands Christian Kist Second round 4 16 18 39 25 6 85 93.30
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld Second round 4 22 19 54 31 7 136 91.50
England Alan Norris Second round 4 18 22 35 31 6 164 91.35
England Robbie Green Second round 4 16 21 40 28 9 170 90.24
England Terry Jenkins Second round 4 15 18 52 17 5 116 88.76
Australia Simon Whitlock Group stage 3 10 13 34 14 7 86 97.24
England Andy Hamilton Group stage 3 10 12 24 19 4 96 96.45
England Jamie Caven Group stage 3 8 15 25 29 3 129 93.93
Scotland Robert Thornton Group stage 3 6 15 31 12 5 161 93.12
Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez Group stage 3 9 12 24 8 7 127 92.76
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort Group stage 3 13 12 29 15 8 158 91.20
England Adrian Lewis Group stage 3 8 12 20 12 4 80 90.97
England Scott Waites Group stage 3 11 13 33 9 5 126 90.21
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan Group stage 3 6 15 31 12 2 106 90.04
England Darren Webster Group stage 3 7 15 30 20 3 64 89.62
Netherlands Wesley Harms Group stage 3 6 13 25 14 2 156 89.27
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts Group stage 3 8 14 28 15 3 81 88.43
England Tony O'Shea Group stage 3 10 13 32 11 8 104 88.19
Netherlands Jan Dekker Group stage 3 7 12 21 8 3 124 84.83
England Dean Winstanley Group stage 3 6 15 29 11 2 116 82.29
England Richie George Group stage 3 3 15 20 8 3 72 81.76

References

  1. ^ "Taylor's Five Alive In Grand Slam!". PDC. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Grand Slam of Darts: Phil Taylor beats Dave Chisnall in Wolverhampton to lift sixth title". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Friday". PDC. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  4. ^ "2013 Grand Slam Of Darts Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Grand Slam Boost For Euro Winners". PDC. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Grand Slam of Darts Wildcard Qualifier". PDC. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  7. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam Seeds Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  8. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam Draw". PDC. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  9. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam Day One". PDC. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  10. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  11. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Monday". PDC. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  12. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Tuesday". PDC. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  13. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Wednesday". PDC. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  14. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Thursday". PDC. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  15. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Saturday". PDC. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  16. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam Semi-Finals". PDC. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  17. ^ "Magical Taylor's Grand Slam Glory". PDC. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  18. ^ "Dartsdata Match Statistics". PDC and Sportradar. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
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